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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)

Training Camp: Hamilton Tigers Practice Field (Hamilton, Ontario)

Team Stats and Rankings

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 5.4 182 133 260 1929 14 18 7.4 64 507 2218 22 4.4 109 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

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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% 4QC GWD
George Ratterman 21 QB 14 4 124 244 50.8 1840 22 9.0 20 8.2 61 7.5 5.7 14.8 131.4 71.8 0 0
George Terlep 24 11 1 5 23 21.7 51 2 8.7 3 13.0 0 2.2 -1.9 10.2 4.6 29.0 0 0
Team Total 26.7 14 129 267 48.3 1891 24 9.0 23 8.6 61 7.1 5.0 14.7 135.1 65.9 0 0
Opp Total 14 133 260 51.2 1929 14 5.4 18 6.9 7.4 5.4 14.5 137.8 64.7 0 0 7.4 5.4 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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 PR/LH/KR 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Chet Mutryn 26 PR/LH/KR 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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 PR/LH/KR 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Buckets Hirsch 26 qb 14 2 3 73 1 45 0
George Koch 28 13 3 3 24 0 0 0
Al Baldwin 24 le 14 5 2 90 0 0 0
Felto Prewitt 23 C 13 10 2 20 0 0 0
Julie Rykovich 24 RH 12 9 2 61 0 0 0
Bert Corley 27 13 4 1 41 0 41 0
Vic Kulbitski 26 FB 13 7 1 14 0 14 0
Vince Mazza 22 13 2 1 26 0 26 0
Chet Mutryn 26 PR/LH/KR 14 14 1 11 0 11 0
George Terlep 24 11 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lou Tomasetti 31 fb 13 6 1 44 1 44 0
Team Total 26.7 14 18 404 2 45 0
Opp Total 14 34 20 3

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Chet Mutryn 26 PR/LH/KR 14 14 9 2 1 12 1 73
Al Baldwin 24 le 14 5 7 7 42
Steve Juzwik 29 K 10 3 1 1 28 2 40
Fay King 25 14 2 6 6 36
Vic Kulbitski 26 FB 13 7 1 4 5 1 31
Julie Rykovich 24 RH 12 9 4 4 24
Lou Tomasetti 31 fb 13 6 2 1 3 18
Al Coppage 31 RE 13 10 2 2 12
Graham Armstrong 29 LT 14 8 8 8
Marty Comer 30 14 2 1 1 6
Fred Evans 26 4 0 1 1 6
Buckets Hirsch 26 qb 14 2 1 1 6
George Koch 28 13 3 1 1 6
George Ratterman 21 QB 14 4 1 1 6
Alex Wizbicki 26 13 2 1 1 6
Team Total 26.7 14 18 24 2 2 46 38 2 320
Opp Total 14 22 14 36 4 3 288