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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)
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1947 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | George Ratterman | 21 | Rook | 4 | 124 for 244, 1,840 yards, 22 td, 20 int, & 17 rushes for -49 yards and 1 td | Boston Yanks / 16th / 139th pick / 1948 |
| QB | Buckets Hirsch | 26 | Rook | 2 | 0 for 0, 0 yards, 0 td, 0 int, & 4 rushes for 7 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 16th / 161st pick / 1944 |
| FB | Vic Kulbitski | 26 | 1 | 7 | 56 rushes for 249 yards, 1 td, & 9 catches for 117 yards and 4 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 58th pick / 1944 |
| FB | Lou Tomasetti | 31 | 8 | 6 | 92 rushes for 326 yards, 2 td, & 13 catches for 125 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Pirates / 11th / 92nd pick / 1939 |
| LH | Chet Mutryn | 26 | 1 | 14 | 140 rushes for 868 yards, 9 td, & 10 catches for 176 yards and 2 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 20th / 182nd pick / 1943 |
| RH | Julie Rykovich | 24 | Rook | 9 | 92 rushes for 414 yards, 4 td, & 4 catches for 44 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 14th pick / 1946 |
| LE | Paul Gibson | 26 | Rook | 8 | 8 catches for 154 yards, 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 78th pick / 1947 |
| LE | Al Baldwin | 24 | Rook | 5 | 25 catches for 468 yards, 7 td | Boston Yanks / 4th / 25th pick / 1947 |
| LT | Graham Armstrong | 29 | 6 | 8 | ||
| LT | Chet Kozel | 28 | Rook | 9 | ||
| LG | Hal Lahar | 28 | 6 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 79th pick / 1941 |
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| C | Felto Prewitt | 23 | 1 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 48th pick / 1946 |
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| RG | Rocco Pirro | 31 | 7 | 12 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 12th / 102nd pick / 1940 |
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| RT | George Doherty | 27 | 3 | 8 | Brooklyn Tigers / 20th / 199th pick / 1944 |
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| RE | Al Coppage | 31 | 7 | 10 | 20 catches for 226 yards, 2 td | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 111th pick / 1940 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Steve Juzwik | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 of 3 field goals & 28 of 32 extra points | Washington Redskins / 21st / 191st pick / 1942 |
| P | Albie Reisz | 30 | 3 | 0 | 57 punts for a 37.0 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Chet Mutryn | 26 | 1 | 14 | 13 punt returns for a 14.4 average and 0 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 20th / 182nd pick / 1943 |
| KR | Chet Mutryn | 26 | 1 | 14 | 21 kick returns for a 32.9 average and 1 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 20th / 182nd pick / 1943 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Graham Armstrong | 29 | T | 14 | 8 | 230 | 6-4 | John Carroll | 5/30/1918 | 6 | |
| Al Baldwin | 24 | E-DB | 14 | 5 | 201 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 3/21/1923 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 4th / 25th pick / 1947 |
| Lamar Blount | 27 | E-B | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Duke,Mississippi State | 4/11/1920 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 16th pick / 1944 |
| Jack Carpenter | 24 | T | 13 | 2 | 240 | 6-0 | Columbia,Michigan,Missouri | 7/29/1923 | Rook | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 15th / 143rd pick / 1944 |
| Marty Comer | 30 | DE-E | 14 | 2 | 203 | 6-0 | Tulane | 10/28/1917 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 5th / 34th pick / 1943 |
| Al Coppage | 31 | E | 13 | 10 | 195 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 2/8/1916 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 111th pick / 1940 |
| Bert Corley | 27 | C | 13 | 4 | 210 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 9/9/1920 | Rook | New York Giants / 14th / 136th pick / 1944 |
| George Doherty | 27 | T-G | 11 | 8 | 218 | 6-1 | Louisiana Tech | 9/5/1920 | 3 | Brooklyn Tigers / 20th / 199th pick / 1944 |
| Gil Duggan | 33 | T | 12 | 2 | 229 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 12/26/1914 | 7 | New York Giants / 15th / 140th pick / 1939 |
| Fred Evans | 26 | HB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 5/23/1921 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 24th pick / 1943 |
| Paul Gibson | 26 | E-QB-DB-DE | 14 | 8 | 195 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 10/28/1921 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 78th pick / 1947 |
| George Groves | 26 | G-LB | 7 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Marquette | 6/10/1921 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 32nd / 327th pick / 1945 |
| Joe Haynes | 26 | C-G | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Oklahoma,Tulsa | 3/26/1921 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 23rd / 212th pick / 1947 |
| Buckets Hirsch | 26 | QB-FB | 14 | 2 | 207 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 3/26/1921 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 16th / 161st pick / 1944 |
| Steve Juzwik | 29 | HB-FB | 10 | 3 | 186 | 5-8 | Notre Dame | 6/18/1918 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 21st / 191st pick / 1942 |
| John Kerns | 24 | T | 14 | 3 | 245 | 6-3 | Duke,North Carolina,Ohio | 6/17/1923 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 137th pick / 1946 |
| Fay King | 25 | E | 14 | 2 | 195 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/7/1922 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 60th pick / 1946 |
| George Koch | 28 | HB | 13 | 3 | 200 | 6-0 | Baylor,St. Mary's (TX) | 7/2/1919 | 2 | |
| Chet Kozel | 28 | T-G | 12 | 9 | 211 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 10/15/1919 | Rook | |
| Ray Kuffel | 26 | E | 7 | 2 | 213 | 6-3 | Marquette,Notre Dame | 12/9/1921 | Rook | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 20th / 198th pick / 1944 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 26 | FB | 13 | 7 | 205 | 5-10 | Minnesota,Notre Dame | 6/15/1921 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 58th pick / 1944 |
| Hal Lahar | 28 | G | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 7/14/1919 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 79th pick / 1941 |
| Pug Manders | 34 | FB-HB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Drake | 5/5/1913 | 8 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| John Maskas | 27 | G-T | 7 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | Virginia Tech | 8/15/1920 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 14th / 142nd pick / 1944 |
| Vince Mazza | 22 | E | 13 | 2 | 216 | 6-1 | none | 3/25/1925 | 2 | |
| Jack Morton | 25 | E-DE-DB | 2 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Missouri,Purdue | 7/22/1922 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 84th pick / 1944 |
| Chet Mutryn | 26 | HB-DB | 14 | 14 | 179 | 5-9 | Xavier (OH) | 3/12/1921 | 1 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 20th / 182nd pick / 1943 |
| Rocco Pirro | 31 | G-B-T | 13 | 12 | 226 | 6-0 | Catholic | 6/30/1916 | 7 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 12th / 102nd pick / 1940 |
| Felto Prewitt | 23 | C-LB | 13 | 10 | 207 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 5/17/1924 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 48th pick / 1946 |
| George Ratterman | 21 | QB | 14 | 4 | 192 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 11/12/1926 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 16th / 139th pick / 1948 |
| Albie Reisz | 30 | TB-HB-QB | 13 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Southeastern Louisiana | 11/29/1917 | 3 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 24 | HB-DB | 12 | 9 | 204 | 6-2 | Illinois,Notre Dame | 4/6/1923 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 14th pick / 1946 |
| Vin Scott | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 215 | 5-8 | Notre Dame | 7/10/1925 | Rook | |
| George Terlep | 24 | QB-DB | 11 | 1 | 180 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 4/12/1923 | 1 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 31 | FB-HB | 13 | 6 | 198 | 6-0 | Bucknell | 1/8/1916 | 8 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 11th / 92nd pick / 1939 |
| Alex Wizbicki | 26 | DB-HB | 13 | 2 | 188 | 5-11 | Dartmouth,Holy Cross | 10/6/1921 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 18th / 178th pick / 1945 |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 205.3 | 6-0.2 | 2.1 |