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1947 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 8-4-2, Finished 2nd in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 320 points (22.9/g), 5th of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 288 points (20.6/g), 5th.
 Differential of 32 points (2.3/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 7.9-6.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 6th.

Coached by Red Dawson (8-4-2)

1947 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 box W 1-0 New York Yankees 28 24 11 258 121 137 1 17 399 229 170 3
2 Fri September 5 box L 1-1 @ Cleveland Browns 14 30 13 332 24 308 5 11 332 139 193 2
3 Sun September 14 box W 2-1 Chicago Rockets 28 20 11 265 102 163 2 16 330 175 155 3
4 Fri September 19 box W 3-1 @ Chicago Rockets 31 14 15 448 304 144 2 9 245 162 83 1
5 Sun September 28 box L 3-2 San Francisco 49ers 24 41 8 279 134 145 4 22 408 131 277 2
6 Sun October 5 box W 4-2 @ Los Angeles Dons 27 25 10 272 185 87 2 16 356 227 129 5
7 Sun October 12 box W 5-2 Baltimore Colts 20 15 14 335 96 239 13 266 197 69 1
8 Fri October 17 box T 5-2-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 14 14 13 283 81 202 1 12 286 12 274 2
9 Sun October 26 box W 6-2-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 35 7 22 426 171 255 1 6 140 28 112 2
10 Sun November 2 box L 6-3-1 Cleveland Browns 7 28 13 252 167 85 1 13 392 256 136 2
11 Sun November 9 box W 7-3-1 Los Angeles Dons 25 0 6 90 10 80 8 180 42 138
12 Sun November 23 box W 8-3-1 @ Baltimore Colts 33 14 16 325 93 232 4 11 240 143 97 3
13 Sun November 30 box L 8-4-1 @ New York Yankees 13 35 10 202 115 87 5 17 360 106 254 1
14 Sun December 7 box T 8-4-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 21 14 297 176 121 4 11 229 98 131 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 320 4108 763 5.4 175 129 267 1891 24 23 7.1 59 496 2217 18 4.5 109 40 17 7
Team Defense 288 4147 767 5.4 255 133 260 1929 14 18 7.4 64 507 2218 22 4.4 182 32 14 9
Lg Rank Offense 5 4 4 6 6 2 5 4 3 4 5 4 6 4
Lg Rank Defense 5 5 5 2 4 2 5 3 5 5 6 5 7 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
George Ratterman 21 QB 14 4 124 244 50.8 1840 22 9.0 20 8.2 61 7.5 4.8 14.8 131.4 71.8
George Terlep 24 11 1 5 23 21.7 51 2 8.7 3 13.0 0 2.2 -2.8 10.2 4.6 29.0
Team Total 26.7 14 129 267 48.3 1891 24 9.0 23 8.6 61 7.1 4.1 14.7 135.1 65.9
Opp Total 14 133 260 51.2 1929 14 5.4 18 6.9 7.4 4.8 14.5 137.8 64.7 0 0 7.4 4.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Chet Mutryn 26 LH 14 14 140 868 9 50 6.2 62.0 10.0 10 176 17.6 2 58 0.7 12.6 1044 11 0
Lou Tomasetti 31 fb 13 6 92 326 2 0 3.5 25.1 7.1 13 125 9.6 0 0 1.0 9.6 451 2 0
Julie Rykovich 24 RH 12 9 92 414 4 0 4.5 34.5 7.7 4 44 11.0 0 0 0.3 3.7 458 4 0
Vic Kulbitski 26 FB 13 7 56 249 1 0 4.4 19.2 4.3 9 117 13.0 4 0 0.7 9.0 366 5 0
George Koch 28 13 3 37 149 1 0 4.0 11.5 2.8 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.8 159 1 0
Steve Juzwik 29 K 10 3 26 130 0 0 5.0 13.0 2.6 5 35 7.0 1 0 0.5 3.5 165 1 0
George Ratterman 21 QB 14 4 17 -49 1 0 -2.9 -3.5 1.2 -49 1 0
Fred Evans 26 4 0 11 14 0 0 1.3 3.5 2.8 1 31 31.0 1 31 0.3 7.8 45 1 0
Alex Wizbicki 26 13 2 9 44 0 0 4.9 3.4 0.7 44 0 0
Buckets Hirsch 26 qb 14 2 4 7 0 0 1.8 0.5 0.3 7 0 0
George Terlep 24 11 1 4 11 0 0 2.8 1.0 0.4 11 0 0
Lamar Blount 27 5 0 3 7 0 0 2.3 1.4 0.6 8 148 18.5 0 0 1.6 29.6 155 0 0
Pug Manders 34 3 0 3 15 0 0 5.0 5.0 1.0 15 0 0
Albie Reisz 30 P 13 0 2 32 0 0 16.0 2.5 0.2 32 0 0
Fay King 25 14 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 382 14.7 6 0 1.9 27.3 382 6 0
Al Baldwin 24 le 14 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 468 18.7 7 59 1.8 33.4 468 7 0
Al Coppage 31 RE 13 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 226 11.3 2 0 1.5 17.4 226 2 0
Paul Gibson 26 LE 14 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 154 19.3 0 0 0.6 11.0 154 0 0
Ray Kuffel 26 7 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 37 12.3 0 0 0.4 5.3 37 0 0
Marty Comer 30 14 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 75 37.5 1 0 0.1 5.4 75 1 0
Vince Mazza 22 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 11 5.5 0 0 0.2 0.8 11 0 0
Team Total 26.7 14 496 2217 18 50 4.5 158.4 35.4 137 2039 14.9 24 59 9.8 145.6 4256 42 0
Opp Total 14 507 2218 22 4.4 158.4 36.2 133 1929 14.5 14 9.5 137.8 4147 36 34

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Chet Mutryn 26 LH 14 14 13 187 0 0 14.4 21 691 1 87 32.9 1922
Julie Rykovich 24 RH 12 9 7 93 0 0 13.3 12 257 0 0 21.4 808
Alex Wizbicki 26 13 2 9 105 0 0 11.7 5 164 1 91 32.8 313
Steve Juzwik 29 K 10 3 4 36 0 0 9.0 1 20 0 20 20.0 221
George Koch 28 13 3 4 84 0 0 21.0 1 12 0 12 12.0 255
Fred Evans 26 4 0 3 10 0 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 0.0 55
Lou Tomasetti 31 fb 13 6 4 74 0 0 18.5 525
Al Coppage 31 RE 13 10 2 28 0 0 14.0 254
Vic Kulbitski 26 FB 13 7 1 13 0 13 13.0 1 19 0 19 19.0 398
Al Baldwin 24 le 14 5 1 6 0 6 6.0 474
Chet Kozel 28 lt 12 9 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
George Terlep 24 11 1 1 17 0 17 17.0 28
Team Total 26.7 14 42 545 0 17 13.0 50 1282 2 91 25.6 6083
Opp Total 14 29 0 58 1357 0 23.4

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Albie Reisz 30 P 13 0 57 2107 0 0 37.0
Steve Juzwik 29 K 10 3 3 2 66.7% 32 28 87.5%
Graham Armstrong 29 LT 14 8 1 0.0% 10 8 80.0%
Chet Mutryn 26 LH 14 14 2 1 50.0%
Vic Kulbitski 26 FB 13 7 1 1 100.0%
George Ratterman 21 QB 14 4 1 0.0%
Team Total 26.7 14 4 2 50.0% 46 38 82.6% 57 2107 0 0 37.0
Opp Total 14 10 4 40.0% 39 36 92.3% 64 2739 42.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Al Baldwin 24 le 14 5 2 90 0 0
Bert Corley 27 13 4 1 41 0 41
Buckets Hirsch 26 qb 14 2 3 73 1 45
George Koch 28 13 3 3 24 0 0
Vic Kulbitski 26 FB 13 7 1 14 0 14
Vince Mazza 22 13 2 1 26 0 26
Chet Mutryn 26 LH 14 14 1 11 0 11
Felto Prewitt 23 C 13 10 2 20 0 0
Julie Rykovich 24 RH 12 9 2 61 0 0
George Terlep 24 11 1 1 0 0 0
Lou Tomasetti 31 fb 13 6 1 44 1 44
Team Total 26.7 14 18 404 2 45
Opp Total 14 34 20 3

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Chet Mutryn 26 LH 14 14 9 2 1 1 73
Al Baldwin 24 le 14 5 7 42
Steve Juzwik 29 K 10 3 1 28 2 40
Fay King 25 14 2 6 36
Vic Kulbitski 26 FB 13 7 1 4 1 31
Julie Rykovich 24 RH 12 9 4 24
Lou Tomasetti 31 fb 13 6 2 1 18
Al Coppage 31 RE 13 10 2 12
Graham Armstrong 29 LT 14 8 8 8
Marty Comer 30 14 2 1 6
Fred Evans 26 4 0 1 6
Buckets Hirsch 26 qb 14 2 1 6
George Koch 28 13 3 1 6
George Ratterman 21 QB 14 4 1 6
Alex Wizbicki 26 13 2 1 6
Team Total 26.7 14 18 24 2 2 38 2 320
Opp Total 14 22 14 36 4 3 288