You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Teams > Buffalo Bills > 1948 Statistics & Players

1948 Buffalo Bills

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

Record: 7-7-0, Finished 1st in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 360 points (25.7/g), 3rd of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 358 points (25.6/g), 6th.
 Differential of 2 points (0.1/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 7.0-7.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 5th.

Coached by Red Dawson (7-7-0)

1948 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 29 box L 0-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 35 18 467 196 271 5 12 411 186 225 6
2 Mon September 6 box W 1-1 Chicago Rockets 42 7 20 384 185 199 4 17 290 258 32 9
3 Sun September 12 box L 1-2 Cleveland Browns 13 42 13 236 20 216 20 504 236 268 1
4 Sun September 26 box L 1-3 San Francisco 49ers 28 38 14 404 299 105 3 18 536 268 268
5 Sun October 3 box W 2-3 Brooklyn Dodgers 31 21 17 398 176 222 4 7 153 144 9 3
6 Sun October 10 box L 2-4 New York Yankees 13 14 12 317 186 131 3 13 306 207 99 1
7 Sun October 17 box L 2-5 @ Cleveland Browns 14 31 14 342 260 82 2 21 428 219 209 2
8 Sun October 24 box W 3-5 @ Los Angeles Dons 35 21 16 483 310 173 3 17 386 219 167
9 Sun October 31 box W 4-5 Baltimore Colts 35 17 20 513 295 218 3 16 380 269 111 1
10 Sun November 7 box W 5-5 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 26 21 16 439 20 419 3 14 265 211 54 2
11 Sun November 14 box L 5-6 Los Angeles Dons 20 27 15 397 208 189 3 14 282 149 133 2
12 Thu November 25 box W 6-6 @ Chicago Rockets 39 35 14 360 181 179 5 16 453 263 190 7
13 Sun November 28 box W 7-6 @ New York Yankees 35 14 15 395 205 190 1 9 211 141 70 3
14 Sun December 5 box L 7-7 @ Baltimore Colts 15 35 19 295 140 155 3 12 303 163 140 1
Playoffs
Champ December 12 box W 8-7 @ Baltimore Colts 28 17
Champ December 19 box L 8-8 @ Cleveland Browns 7 49

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 360 5421 899 6.0 223 177 360 2683 17 26 7.5 89 539 2738 29 5.1 120 39 13 14
Team Defense 358 4812 877 5.5 316 211 414 2829 23 14 6.8 95 463 1983 25 4.3 207 40 26 14
Lg Rank Offense 3 2 3 3 3 7 6 3 3 2 2 2 4 2
Lg Rank Defense 6 4 6 8 8 4 8 4 2 3 6 3 4 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
George Ratterman 22 QB 14 13 168 335 50.1 2577 16 4.8 22 6.6 71 7.7 5.2 15.3 184.1 64.5
Jim Still 24 P 12 1 5 14 35.7 89 1 7.1 3 21.4 0 6.4 -2.6 17.8 7.4 42.6
Chet Mutryn 27 LH 14 14 2 6 33.3 21 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 3.5 3.5 10.5 1.5 44.4
Bob Steuber 27 RH 9 7 1 2 50.0 -4 0 0.0 0 0.0 -4 -2.0 -2.0 -4.0 -0.4 56.2
George Terlep 25 3 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
Chick Maggioli 26 7 0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.2
Team Total 25.6 14 177 360 49.2 2683 17 4.7 26 7.2 71 7.5 4.7 15.2 191.6 59.8
Opp Total 14 211 414 51.0 2829 23 5.6 14 3.4 6.8 5.9 13.4 202.1 77.5 0 0 6.8 5.9

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 27 LH 14 14 147 823 10 68 5.6 58.8 10.5 39 794 20.4 5 71 2.8 56.7 1617 15 0
Lou Tomasetti 32 FB 14 9 134 716 7 0 5.3 51.1 9.6 22 213 9.7 1 0 1.6 15.2 929 8 0
Bob Steuber 27 RH 9 7 69 437 3 0 6.3 48.6 7.7 2 14 7.0 0 0 0.2 1.6 451 3 0
Bill Gompers 20 14 3 48 219 1 0 4.6 15.6 3.4 219 1 0
Julie Rykovich 25 6 2 43 249 5 0 5.8 41.5 7.2 2 -7 -3.5 0 0 0.3 -1.2 242 5 0
Vic Kulbitski 27 fb 14 6 40 152 0 0 3.8 10.9 2.9 3 37 12.3 0 0 0.2 2.6 189 0 0
Don Schneider 24 9 0 15 70 0 0 4.7 7.8 1.7 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.6 84 0 0
Rex Bumgardner 25 RET 13 3 14 82 0 0 5.9 6.3 1.1 1 63 63.0 0 63 0.1 4.8 145 0 0
George Ratterman 22 QB 14 13 12 -18 3 0 -1.5 -1.3 0.9 -18 3 0
Chick Maggioli 26 7 0 11 27 0 0 2.5 3.9 1.6 3 23 7.7 0 0 0.4 3.3 50 0 0
Jim Still 24 P 12 1 5 -26 0 0 -5.2 -2.2 0.4 -26 0 0
Bob Smith 23 3 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 2.3 0.3 7 0 0
Al Baldwin 25 LE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 916 17.0 8 58 4.2 70.5 916 8 0
Bill O'Connor 22 re 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 301 9.7 2 0 2.2 21.5 301 2 0
Paul Gibson 27 RE 7 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 216 19.6 0 0 1.6 30.9 216 0 0
Marty Comer 31 7 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 66 13.2 1 0 0.7 9.4 66 1 0
Al Akins 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.2 2.2 11 0 0
Graham Armstrong 30 LT 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 0 0 0
George Kisiday 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.1 1.4 20 0 0
Team Total 25.6 14 539 2738 29 68 5.1 195.6 38.5 177 2683 15.2 17 71 12.6 191.6 5421 46 0
Opp Total 14 463 1983 25 4.3 141.6 33.1 211 2829 13.4 23 15.1 202.1 4812 48 44

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Chet Mutryn 27 LH 14 14 10 171 1 88 17.1 19 500 0 0 26.3 2288
Rex Bumgardner 25 RET 13 3 16 336 2 0 21.0 9 141 0 0 15.7 622
Bob Steuber 27 RH 9 7 6 123 0 0 20.5 574
Bill Gompers 20 14 3 1 10 0 10 10.0 4 62 0 0 15.5 291
Don Schneider 24 9 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4 77 0 0 19.3 165
Chick Maggioli 26 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 38 0 0 19.0 88
Julie Rykovich 25 6 2 3 48 0 0 16.0 290
Alex Wizbicki 27 9 1 3 33 0 0 11.0 33
Lou Tomasetti 32 FB 14 9 2 14 0 0 7.0 943
Graham Armstrong 30 LT 13 13 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
John Kerns 25 RT 14 9 1 3 0 3 3.0 5
Vic Kulbitski 27 fb 14 6 1 18 0 18 18.0 207
Bill O'Connor 22 re 14 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 301
Bob Smith 23 3 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 8
Team Total 25.6 14 33 557 3 88 16.9 53 1033 0 18 19.5 7011
Opp Total 14 40 1 57 1333 0 23.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Jim Still 24 P 12 1 47 1825 0 0 38.8
Bob Steuber 27 RH 9 7 2 1 50.0% 23 20 87.0% 1 40 40 0 40.0
Graham Armstrong 30 LT 13 13 1 0.0% 17 15 88.2%
Bob Smith 23 3 0 13 480 0 1 36.9
Vic Kulbitski 27 fb 14 6 10 8 80.0%
Chick Maggioli 26 7 0 2 95 0 0 47.5
Al Baldwin 25 LE 13 13 1 0.0%
Bob Stefik 25 1 0 1 0.0%
Team Total 25.6 14 3 1 33.3% 52 43 82.7% 63 2440 40 1 38.7
Opp Total 14 11 5 45.5% 49 49 100.0% 67 2914 43.5

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
Rex Bumgardner 25 RET 13 3 2 7 0 0
Bill Gompers 20 14 3 2 74 0 0
Chick Maggioli 26 7 0 1 7 0 7
Carl Schuette 26 14 0 4 97 1 0
Bob Smith 23 3 0 1 18 0 18
Jim Still 24 P 12 1 1 37 0 37
Alex Wizbicki 27 9 1 3 49 0 0
Team Total 25.6 14 14 294 2 37
Opp Total 14 44 18

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Chet Mutryn 27 LH 14 14 10 5 1 96
Al Baldwin 25 LE 13 13 8 48
Lou Tomasetti 32 FB 14 9 7 1 48
Bob Steuber 27 RH 9 7 3 20 1 41
Julie Rykovich 25 6 2 5 30
George Ratterman 22 QB 14 13 3 18
Graham Armstrong 30 LT 13 13 15 15
Vic Kulbitski 27 fb 14 6 1 8 14
Rex Bumgardner 25 RET 13 3 2 12
Bill O'Connor 22 re 14 4 2 12
Marty Comer 31 7 4 1 6
Bill Gompers 20 14 3 1 6
Vince Mazza 23 14 1 1 6
Carl Schuette 26 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.6 14 29 17 3 2 1 43 1 358
Opp Total 14 25 23 1 49 5 358