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1962 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 309 points (22.1/g), 6th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 272 points (19.4/g), 3rd.
Differential of 37 points (2.6/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 2nd.
Coached by Lou Saban (7-6-1)
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1962 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 | Warren Rabb | 25 | 2 | 7 | 67 for 177, 1,196 yards, 10 td, 14 int, & 37 rushes for 77 yards and 3 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 15th pick / 1960 |
| HB | Monte Crockett | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 14 yards and 0 td | |
| HB | Wray Carlton | 25 | 2 | 0 | 94 rushes for 530 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 54 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| FB | Cookie Gilchrist*+ | 27 | Rook | 0 | 214 rushes for 1,096 yards, 13 td, & 24 catches for 319 yards and 2 td | |
| FL | Elbert Dubenion | 29 | 2 | 0 | 33 catches for 571 yards, 5 td, & 7 rushes for 40 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| SE | Glenn Bass | 23 | 1 | 0 | 32 catches for 555 yards, 4 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 |
| TE | Ernie Warlick* | 30 | Rook | 0 | 35 catches for 482 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Stew Barber | 23 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Billy Shaw*+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Al Bemiller | 24 | 1 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Tom Day | 27 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
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| RT | Harold Olson+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 13th pick / 1960 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Leroy Moore | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDE | Nate Borden | 30 | 7 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 25th / 293rd pick / 1955 |
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| LDT | Sid Youngelman | 31 | 7 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
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| RDT | Tom Sestak* | 26 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| RDE | Mack Yoho | 26 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LLB | Marv Matuszak* | 31 | 9 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1953 |
| MLB | Archie Matsos* | 28 | 2 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 189th pick / 1958 |
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| RLB | Mike Stratton | 21 | Rook | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| LCB | Willie West | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| RCB | Booker Edgerson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Carl Taseff | 34 | 11 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| RS | Carl Charon | 22 | Rook | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 18th / 239th pick / 1962 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Cookie Gilchrist*+ | 27 | Rook | 0 | 8 of 20 field goals & 14 of 17 extra points | |
| P | Wayne Crow | 24 | 2 | 0 | 76 punts for a 38.8 average, 0 blocked | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 85th pick / 1960 |
| PR | Willie West | 24 | 2 | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 8.3 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| KR | Willie Jones | 23 | Rook | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 20.5 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 17th / 225th pick / 1961 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ray Abruzzese | 25 | B | 12 | 2 | 194 | 6-1 | Alabama | 10/27/1937 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| Art Baker | 25 | FB | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 12/31/1937 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1961 |
| Stew Barber | 23 | T-LB-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn State | 6/14/1939 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
| Glenn Bass | 23 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 4/12/1939 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 |
| Al Bemiller | 24 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| Nate Borden | 30 | DE | 9 | 0 | 234 | 6-0 | Indiana | 9/22/1932 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 25th / 293rd pick / 1955 |
| Joe Cannavino | 27 | DB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 1/20/1935 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 185th pick / 1957 |
| Wray Carlton | 25 | HB-FB | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Duke | 6/18/1937 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| Carl Charon | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 3/17/1940 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 18th / 239th pick / 1962 |
| Monte Crockett | 24 | HB-TE | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | New Mexico Highlands | 7/14/1938 | 2 | |
| Jim Crotty | 24 | DB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/31/1938 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1960 |
| Wayne Crow | 24 | HB-DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | California | 5/5/1938 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 85th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Day | 27 | DE-G-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| Jerry DeLucca | 26 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. State,Tennessee | 7/17/1936 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 84th pick / 1957 |
| Al Dorow | 33 | QB | 4 | 4 | 193 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 11/15/1929 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 31st pick / 1952 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 29 | FL-WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| Booker Edgerson | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Western Illinois | 7/5/1939 | Rook | |
| Ralph Felton | 30 | LB-DB-FB | 4 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Maryland | 5/21/1932 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 39th pick / 1954 |
| George Flint | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/26/1939 | Rook | |
| Cookie Gilchrist*+ | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-3 | none | 5/25/1935 | Rook | |
| Don Healy | 26 | DT-G | 1 | 0 | 259 | 6-3 | Maryland | 8/28/1936 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 37th pick / 1958 |
| Carey Henley | 26 | HB | 1 | 0 | 201 | 5-10 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 9/24/1936 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 21st / 164th pick / 1962 |
| Frank Jackunas | 22 | C | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Detroit Mercy | 10/5/1940 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 12th / 159th pick / 1961 |
| Willie Jones | 23 | FB | 10 | 0 | 208 | 5-11 | Purdue | 8/30/1939 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 17th / 225th pick / 1961 |
| Jack Kemp* | 27 | QB | 4 | 3 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| Tom Louderback | 29 | LB-C-G | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | San Jose State | 3/5/1933 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 111th pick / 1955 |
| Archie Matsos* | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 11/22/1934 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 189th pick / 1958 |
| Marv Matuszak* | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 9/12/1931 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1953 |
| Tom Minter | 23 | DB | 5 | 0 | 178 | 5-10 | Baylor | 7/18/1939 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 72nd pick / 1962 |
| Leroy Moore | 27 | DE | 6 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Fort Valley State | 9/16/1935 | 2 | |
| Harold Olson+ | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Clemson | 1/19/1938 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 13th pick / 1960 |
| Warren Rabb | 25 | QB | 14 | 7 | 204 | 6-3 | LSU | 12/12/1937 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 15th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Rychlec | 28 | E | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | American International College | 9/11/1934 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 119th pick / 1957 |
| Tom Saidock | 32 | DT | 2 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 2/26/1930 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 74th pick / 1957 |
| Tom Sestak* | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese State | 3/9/1936 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| Billy Shaw*+ | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Sorey | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 285 | 6-4 | Texas Southern | 9/5/1936 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 165th pick / 1960 |
| Mike Stratton | 21 | LB | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| Carl Taseff | 34 | DB-HB | 11 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 9/28/1928 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| LaVerne Torczon | 26 | DE | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/1/1936 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 |
| John Tracey | 29 | LB-E-DE | 12 | 2 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 6/27/1933 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| Ernie Warlick* | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 7/21/1932 | Rook | |
| Willie West | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Oregon | 5/1/1938 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| Manch Wheeler | 23 | QB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Maine | 3/2/1939 | Rook | |
| John Yaccino | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 6/27/1940 | Rook | |
| Mack Yoho | 26 | DE-K | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 6/14/1936 | 2 | |
| Sid Youngelman | 31 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/1/1931 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 14 | 222.6 | 6-1.4 | 2.4 |