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1961 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 4th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 294 points (21.0/g), 6th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 342 points (24.4/g), 4th.
Differential of -48 points (-3.4/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 4th.
Coached by Buster Ramsey (6-8-0)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1961 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 3 | BUF | Ken Rice | T | 6 | 1961 | 1967 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 79 | Auburn | |||||||||||
| 2 | 11 | BUF | Billy Shaw HOF | G | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 119 | Georgia Tech | |||||||||||
| 3 | 19 | BUF | Art Baker | FB | 2 | 1961 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 154 | 507 | 3 | 9 | 85 | 0 | Syracuse | |||||
| 3 | 21 | BUF | Tom Gilburg | T | 5 | 1961 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 69 | Syracuse | |||||||||||
| 4 | 27 | BUF | Stew Barber | T | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 125 | Penn State | |||||||||||
| 5 | 35 | BUF | Norm Snead | QB | 16 | 1961 | 1976 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 178 | 2276 | 4353 | 30797 | 196 | 257 | 212 | 521 | 23 | Wake Forest | |||
| 6 | 43 | BUF | Fred Brown | HB | 2 | 1961 | 1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 59 | 210 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | Georgia | |||||
| 7 | 51 | BUF | Al Bemiller | C | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Syracuse | ||||||||
| 8 | 59 | BUF | Chuck Linning | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Miami (FL) | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 67 | BUF | Billy Majors | DB | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tennessee | |||||||||||
| 10 | 75 | BUF | Don Kern | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | VMI | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 83 | BUF | Roy (Milam) Wall | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 91 | BUF | Floyd Powers | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mississippi State | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 99 | BUF | Tom Causey | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louisiana Tech | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | 107 | BUF | Ron Kostelnik | DT | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 120 | Cincinnati | |||||||||||
| 15 | 115 | BUF | Jerry Frye | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 123 | BUF | Vince Scott | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maryland | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 131 | BUF | Wayne Wolff | G | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Wake Forest | |||||||||||
| 18 | 139 | BUF | John Bodkin | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 147 | BUF | Charlie Barnes | E | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | La-Monroe | ||||||||
| 20 | 155 | BUF | Everett Cloud | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maryland | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | 163 | BUF | Larry Vargo | DB | 5 | 1962 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 13 | 0 | Detroit Mercy | ||||||||
| 22 | 171 | BUF | Charlie Baker | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tennessee | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | 179 | BUF | Red Mack | TE | 6 | 1961 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 52 | 1159 | 8 | Notre Dame | |||||
| 24 | 187 | BUF | Frank Jackunas | C | 1 | 1962 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Detroit Mercy | |||||||||||
| 25 | 195 | BUF | Jack Harbaugh | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green | |||||||||||||||
| 26 | 203 | BUF | Lorenzo Stanford | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | No. Carolina A&I | |||||||||||||||
| 27 | 211 | BUF | Bob Allen | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wake Forest | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | 219 | BUF | Jason Harness | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michigan State | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | 227 | BUF | Mike Stock | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwestern | |||||||||||||||
| 30 | 235 | BUF | Billy Martin | HB | 3 | 1962 | 1964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | Minnesota | |||||