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1949 Buffalo Bills

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 5-5-2, Finished 3rd in AAFC
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 236 points (19.7/g), 4th of 7 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 256 points (21.3/g), 4th.
 Differential of -20 points (-1.7/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 5.4-6.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 6th.

Coached by Red Dawson (1-4-1) and Clem Crowe (4-1-1)

1949 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 Fri August 26 box L 0-1 N Chicago Hornets 14 17 9 193 66 127 3 7 305 198 107 6
2 Mon September 5 box T 0-1-1 Cleveland Browns 28 28 13 175 95 80 1 17 507 330 177 3
3 Sun September 11 box L 0-2-1 New York Yankees 14 17 11 313 173 140 5 15 339 181 158 3
4 Sun September 25 box W 1-2-1 San Francisco 49ers 28 17 20 445 224 221 1 9 230 97 133
5 Sun October 2 box L 1-3-1 Baltimore Colts 28 35 23 378 165 213 3 11 366 276 90
6 Sun October 9 box L 1-4-1 @ Los Angeles Dons 28 42 19 506 319 187 6 19 470 283 187 2
7 Sun October 16 box L 1-5-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 51 10 178 167 11 4 16 450 140 310 3
8 Sun October 23 box W 2-5-1 Los Angeles Dons 17 14 23 463 138 325 2 7 188 78 110 2
9 Sun November 6 box W 3-5-1 @ New York Yankees 17 14 13 307 190 117 1 9 286 60 226 3
10 Sun November 13 box T 3-5-2 @ Cleveland Browns 7 7 14 240 82 158 3 15 290 176 114 3
11 Sun November 20 box W 4-5-2 Chicago Hornets 10 0 7 173 20 153 2 7 110 55 55 3
12 Sun November 27 box W 5-5-2 @ Baltimore Colts 38 14 22 461 234 227 3 7 277 231 46 3
Playoffs
Champ December 4 box L 5-6-2 @ Cleveland Browns 21 31

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 236 3920 765 5.1 184 156 273 1873 15 16 6.9 61 492 2047 16 4.2 111 34 18 12
Team Defense 256 3725 667 5.6 209 132 282 2109 18 9 7.5 62 385 1616 13 4.2 139 31 22 8
Lg Rank Offense 4 3 1 6 5 3 2 4 3 3 4 5 2 2
Lg Rank Defense 4 4 2 3 5 5 7 5 2 3 3 3 6 2

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 23 QB 11 11 146 252 57.9 1777 14 5.6 13 5.2 0 7.1 5.3 12.2 161.5 76.8
Jim Still 25 9 1 6 12 50.0 86 1 8.3 1 8.3 0 7.2 4.3 14.3 9.6 66.7
Jesse Freitas 28 1 0 4 9 44.4 10 0 0.0 2 22.2 0 1.1 -8.9 2.5 10.0 12.0
Team Total 26.3 12 156 273 57.1 1873 15 5.5 16 5.9 0 6.9 4.8 12.0 156.1 72.2
Opp Total 12 132 282 46.8 2109 18 6.4 9 3.2 7.5 6.7 16.0 175.8 80.2 0 0 7.5 6.7

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+ 28 LH 11 11 131 696 5 0 5.3 63.3 11.9 29 333 11.5 0 0 2.6 30.3 1029 5 0
Ollie Cline 24 FB 11 11 125 518 3 0 4.1 47.1 11.4 15 110 7.3 0 0 1.4 10.0 628 3 0
Rex Bumgardner 26 RH 10 8 101 391 1 0 3.9 39.1 10.1 7 168 24.0 4 0 0.7 16.8 559 5 0
Lou Tomasetti 33 12 4 54 249 2 0 4.6 20.8 4.5 9 56 6.2 1 0 0.8 4.7 305 3 0
George Ratterman 23 QB 11 11 36 85 4 0 2.4 7.7 3.3 85 4 0
Vito Kissell 22 9 0 10 19 0 0 1.9 2.1 1.1 3 37 12.3 0 0 0.3 4.1 56 0 0
Joe Sutton 25 9 1 9 63 0 0 7.0 7.0 1.0 5 63 12.6 1 0 0.6 7.0 126 1 0
Tom Colella 31 P 11 0 7 -9 0 0 -1.3 -0.8 0.6 2 6 3.0 0 0 0.2 0.5 -3 0 0
Alex Wizbicki 28 12 1 5 -10 0 0 -2.0 -0.8 0.4 -10 0 0
Wilbur Volz 25 8 0 4 7 1 0 1.8 0.9 0.5 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.8 13 1 0
Jesse Freitas 28 1 0 3 13 0 0 4.3 13.0 3.0 13 0 0
Al Baldwin 26 LE 12 12 2 1 0 0 0.5 0.1 0.2 53 719 13.6 7 0 4.4 59.9 720 7 0
Larry Joe 26 1 0 2 18 0 0 9.0 18.0 2.0 2 52 26.0 0 0 2.0 52.0 70 0 0
Jim Still 25 9 1 2 6 0 0 3.0 0.7 0.2 6 0 0
Bob Livingstone 27 RET 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0 0
Jim Lukens 25 RE 11 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 249 10.4 2 0 2.2 22.6 249 2 0
Paul Gibson 28 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 32 10.7 0 0 0.3 3.6 32 0 0
Jack Carpenter 26 LT 8 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 20 10.0 0 0 0.3 2.5 20 0 0
Bob Oristaglio 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.2 14 0 0
Team Total 26.3 12 492 2047 16 0 4.2 170.6 41.0 156 1873 12.0 15 14 13.0 156.1 3920 31 0
Opp Total 12 385 1616 13 4.2 134.7 32.1 132 2109 16.0 18 11.0 175.8 3725 31 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+ 28 LH 11 11 7 77 0 0 11.0 10 224 0 0 22.4 1330
Rex Bumgardner 26 RH 10 8 4 35 0 0 8.8 9 163 0 0 18.1 757
Tom Colella 31 P 11 0 5 42 0 0 8.4 7 107 0 0 15.3 146
Bob Livingstone 27 RET 5 0 10 171 1 79 17.1 2 35 0 0 17.5 206
Joe Sutton 25 9 1 6 62 0 0 10.3 4 82 0 0 20.5 270
Lou Tomasetti 33 12 4 2 13 0 0 6.5 1 19 0 19 19.0 337
Wilbur Volz 25 8 0 3 43 0 0 14.3 56
Ollie Cline 24 FB 11 11 1 21 0 21 21.0 649
Larry Joe 26 1 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 82
Vito Kissell 22 9 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 57
Alex Wizbicki 28 12 1 1 22 0 22 22.0 12
Team Total 26.3 12 34 400 1 79 11.8 40 729 0 22 18.2 5049
Opp Total 12 29 0 41 959 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
Tom Colella 31 P 11 0 44 1554 0 1 35.3
Chet Adams 34 K 12 0 11 4 36.4% 32 32 100.0%
Jim Still 25 9 1 16 614 0 0 38.4
Team Total 26.3 12 11 4 36.4% 32 32 100.0% 60 2168 0 1 36.1
Opp Total 12 16 3 18.8% 35 35 100.0% 58 2459 42.4

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
Tom Colella 31 P 11 0 3 49 0 0
Paul Gibson 28 9 2 1 9 0 9
Hal Herring 25 12 0 1 1 0 1
Vito Kissell 22 9 0 1 14 0 14
Bob Livingstone 27 RET 5 0 1 6 0 6
Bill Schroll 23 12 0 1 4 0 4
Alex Wizbicki 28 12 1 1 1 0 1
Team Total 26.3 12 9 84 0 14
Opp Total 12 34 12 1

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 Adams 34 K 12 0 32 4 44
Al Baldwin 26 LE 12 12 7 42
Rex Bumgardner 26 RH 10 8 1 4 30
Chet Mutryn+ 28 LH 11 11 5 30
George Ratterman 23 QB 11 11 4 24
Ollie Cline 24 FB 11 11 3 18
Lou Tomasetti 33 12 4 2 1 18
Jim Lukens 25 RE 11 10 2 12
Bob Livingstone 27 RET 5 0 1 6
Joe Sutton 25 9 1 1 6
Wilbur Volz 25 8 0 1 6
Team Total 26.3 12 16 15 1 32 4 236
Opp Total 12 13 18 35 3 1 256