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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)
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1949 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 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 146 for 252, 1,777 yards, 14 td, 13 int, & 36 rushes for 85 yards and 4 td | Boston Yanks / 16th / 139th pick / 1948 |
| FB | Ollie Cline | 24 | 1 | 11 | 125 rushes for 518 yards, 3 td, & 15 catches for 110 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 14th / 122nd pick / 1948 |
| LH | Chet Mutryn+ | 28 | 3 | 11 | 131 rushes for 696 yards, 5 td, & 29 catches for 333 yards and 0 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 20th / 182nd pick / 1943 |
| RH | Rex Bumgardner | 26 | 1 | 8 | 101 rushes for 391 yards, 1 td, & 7 catches for 168 yards and 4 td | |
| LE | Al Baldwin | 26 | 2 | 12 | 53 catches for 719 yards, 7 td, & 2 rushes for 1 yards and 0 td | Boston Yanks / 4th / 25th pick / 1947 |
| LT | Jack Carpenter | 26 | 2 | 7 | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 15th / 143rd pick / 1944 |
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| LG | Abe Gibron | 24 | Rook | 9 | New York Giants / 6th / 55th pick / 1949 |
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| LG | Odell Stautzenberger | 25 | Rook | 6 | Boston Yanks / 27th / 247th pick / 1947 |
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| C | Art Statuto | 24 | 1 | 12 | Philadelphia Eagles / 31st / 292nd pick / 1948 |
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| RG | Rocco Pirro | 33 | 9 | 11 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 12th / 102nd pick / 1940 |
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| RT | John Kerns | 26 | 2 | 12 | Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 137th pick / 1946 |
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| RE | Jim Lukens | 25 | Rook | 10 | 24 catches for 249 yards, 2 td | Boston Yanks / 21st / 189th pick / 1948 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Chet Adams | 34 | 10 | 0 | 4 of 11 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| P | Tom Colella | 31 | 7 | 0 | 44 punts for a 35.3 average, 1 blocked | Detroit Lions / 7th / 55th pick / 1942 |
| PR | Bob Livingstone | 27 | 1 | 0 | 10 punt returns for a 17.1 average and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 225th pick / 1945 |
| KR | Chet Mutryn+ | 28 | 3 | 11 | 10 kick returns for a 22.4 average and 0 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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| Chet Adams | 34 | T-E-DT | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Ohio | 10/24/1915 | 10 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| Al Baldwin | 26 | E-DB | 12 | 12 | 201 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 3/21/1923 | 2 | Boston Yanks / 4th / 25th pick / 1947 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 26 | HB-DB | 10 | 8 | 193 | 5-11 | West Virginia | 9/6/1923 | 1 | |
| Jack Carpenter | 26 | T | 8 | 7 | 240 | 6-0 | Columbia,Michigan,Missouri | 7/29/1923 | 2 | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 15th / 143rd pick / 1944 |
| Ollie Cline | 24 | FB | 11 | 11 | 200 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 12/31/1925 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 122nd pick / 1948 |
| Tom Colella | 31 | HB-TB | 11 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | Canisius | 7/3/1918 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 55th pick / 1942 |
| Jesse Freitas | 28 | QB | 1 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Santa Clara | 2/7/1921 | 3 | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 7th / 63rd pick / 1944 |
| Abe Gibron | 24 | G | 10 | 9 | 243 | 5-11 | Purdue,Valparaiso | 9/22/1925 | Rook | New York Giants / 6th / 55th pick / 1949 |
| Paul Gibson | 28 | E-QB-DB-DE | 9 | 2 | 195 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 10/28/1921 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 78th pick / 1947 |
| Hal Herring | 25 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Auburn | 2/24/1924 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 9th / 90th pick / 1949 |
| Buckets Hirsch | 28 | QB-FB | 7 | 0 | 207 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 3/26/1921 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 16th / 161st pick / 1944 |
| Larry Joe | 26 | B | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Penn State | 7/6/1923 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 26th / 240th pick / 1947 |
| John Kerns | 26 | T | 12 | 12 | 245 | 6-3 | Duke,North Carolina,Ohio | 6/17/1923 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 137th pick / 1946 |
| Ed King | 24 | G-DE-DG | 5 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Boston College | 5/11/1925 | 1 | |
| John Kissell | 26 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Boston College | 5/14/1923 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 123rd pick / 1947 |
| Vito Kissell | 22 | LB-FB | 9 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | Holy Cross | 6/13/1927 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 165th pick / 1949 |
| Bob Livingstone | 27 | HB-DB | 5 | 0 | 173 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 5/11/1922 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 225th pick / 1945 |
| Bob Logel | 21 | E | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | none | 7/29/1928 | Rook | |
| Jim Lukens | 25 | E | 11 | 10 | 205 | 6-4 | Washington & Lee | 9/6/1924 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 21st / 189th pick / 1948 |
| John Maskas | 29 | G-T | 11 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | Virginia Tech | 8/15/1920 | 2 | Boston Yanks / 14th / 142nd pick / 1944 |
| Vince Mazza | 24 | E | 12 | 0 | 216 | 6-1 | none | 3/25/1925 | 4 | |
| Chet Mutryn+ | 28 | HB-DB | 11 | 11 | 179 | 5-9 | Xavier (OH) | 3/12/1921 | 3 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 20th / 182nd pick / 1943 |
| Bob Oristaglio | 25 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-2 | Pennsylvania | 4/6/1924 | Rook | |
| Rocco Pirro | 33 | G-B-T | 11 | 11 | 226 | 6-0 | Catholic | 6/30/1916 | 9 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 12th / 102nd pick / 1940 |
| George Ratterman | 23 | QB | 11 | 11 | 192 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 11/12/1926 | 2 | Boston Yanks / 16th / 139th pick / 1948 |
| Bill Schroll | 23 | LB-FB | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | LSU | 1/24/1926 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 120th pick / 1948 |
| Carl Schuette | 27 | LB-C-DB | 10 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Marquette | 4/4/1922 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 22nd / 196th pick / 1947 |
| Bill Stanton | 25 | DE | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 4/21/1924 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 27th / 252nd pick / 1948 |
| Art Statuto | 24 | C | 12 | 12 | 221 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1925 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 31st / 292nd pick / 1948 |
| Odell Stautzenberger | 25 | G | 9 | 6 | 218 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 10/23/1924 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 27th / 247th pick / 1947 |
| Jim Still | 25 | B | 9 | 1 | 193 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 3/5/1924 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 16th / 145th pick / 1948 |
| Joe Sutton | 25 | DB-HB | 9 | 1 | 180 | 5-11 | Temple | 4/26/1924 | Rook | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 33 | FB-HB | 12 | 4 | 198 | 6-0 | Bucknell | 1/8/1916 | 10 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 11th / 92nd pick / 1939 |
| Vic Vasicek | 23 | LB-G-DG | 12 | 3 | 223 | 5-11 | Texas,USC | 5/5/1926 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 10th / 98th pick / 1949 |
| Wilbur Volz | 25 | HB-DB | 8 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Missouri | 1/1/1924 | Rook | |
| Alex Wizbicki | 28 | DB-HB | 12 | 1 | 188 | 5-11 | Dartmouth,Holy Cross | 10/6/1921 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 18th / 178th pick / 1945 |
| John Wyhonic | 30 | G | 3 | 0 | 213 | 6-0 | Alabama | 12/23/1919 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 123rd pick / 1942 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 12 | 207.2 | 6-0.4 | 2.0 |