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1963 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 304 points (21.7/g), 5th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 291 points (20.8/g), 5th.
Differential of 13 points (0.9/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 5th.
Coached by Lou Saban (7-6-1)
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1963 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 | Jack Kemp* | 28 | 6 | 12 | 193 for 384, 2,910 yards, 13 td, 20 int, & 50 rushes for 239 yards and 8 td | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| HB | Roger Kochman | 22 | Rook | 0 | 47 rushes for 232 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 148 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 47th pick / 1962 |
| HB | Ed Rutkowski | 22 | Rook | 0 | 48 rushes for 144 yards, 0 td, & 19 catches for 264 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Cookie Gilchrist* | 28 | 1 | 0 | 232 rushes for 979 yards, 12 td, & 24 catches for 211 yards and 2 td | |
| FL | Elbert Dubenion | 30 | 3 | 0 | 53 catches for 959 yards, 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| SE | Bill Miller | 23 | 1 | 0 | 69 catches for 860 yards, 3 td | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 11th pick / 1962 |
| TE | Ernie Warlick* | 31 | 1 | 0 | 24 catches for 479 yards, 1 td | |
| LT | Stew Barber*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Billy Shaw*+ | 25 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Al Bemiller | 25 | 2 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Tom Day | 28 | 3 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
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| RG | George Flint | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RT | Ken Rice | 24 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 3rd pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Sid Youngelman | 32 | 8 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
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| LDE | Ron McDole | 24 | 2 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Jim Dunaway | 22 | Rook | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Tom Sestak*+ | 27 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
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| RDE | Mack Yoho | 27 | 3 | 0 | ||
| RDE | Sid Youngelman | 32 | 8 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
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| LLB | John Tracey | 30 | 4 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| MLB | Harry Jacobs | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| RLB | Mike Stratton* | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| LCB | Willie West* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| RCB | Booker Edgerson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Ray Abruzzese | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| RS | George Saimes | 22 | Rook | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mack Yoho | 27 | 3 | 0 | 10 of 24 field goals & 32 of 35 extra points | |
| P | Daryle Lamonica | 22 | Rook | 2 | 52 punts for a 40.1 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 168th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Ray Abruzzese | 26 | 1 | 0 | 17 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| KR | Ed Rutkowski | 22 | Rook | 0 | 13 kick returns for a 30.5 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ray Abruzzese | 26 | B | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Alabama | 10/27/1937 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| Billy Atkins | 29 | DB-HB | 1 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Auburn | 11/19/1934 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1958 |
| Stew Barber*+ | 24 | T-LB-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn State | 6/14/1939 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
| Glenn Bass | 24 | SE-WR | 9 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 4/12/1939 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 |
| Dave Behrman | 22 | C-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 11/9/1941 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| Al Bemiller | 25 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| Hezekiah Braxton | 27 | FB | 1 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Virginia Union | 4/11/1936 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 95th pick / 1961 |
| Fred Brown | 25 | HB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Georgia | 12/22/1938 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 43rd pick / 1961 |
| Wray Carlton | 26 | HB-FB | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Duke | 6/18/1937 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| Carl Charon | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 202 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 3/17/1940 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 239th pick / 1962 |
| Wayne Crow | 25 | HB-DB | 5 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | California | 5/5/1938 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 85th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Day | 28 | DE-G-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| Jerry DeLucca | 27 | T-DT | 2 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. State,Tennessee | 7/17/1936 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 84th pick / 1957 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 30 | FL-WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Dunaway | 22 | DT | 14 | 10 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| Booker Edgerson | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Western Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 1 | |
| Charley Ferguson | 24 | WR-TE | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 11/13/1939 | 2 | |
| George Flint | 24 | G | 9 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/26/1939 | 1 | |
| Cookie Gilchrist* | 28 | FB | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-3 | none | 5/25/1935 | 1 | |
| Dick Hudson | 23 | T-G | 2 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Memphis | 7/30/1940 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| Harry Jacobs | 26 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Jack Kemp* | 28 | QB | 14 | 12 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| Roger Kochman | 22 | HB | 5 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Penn State | 6/16/1941 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 47th pick / 1962 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 22 | QB | 14 | 2 | 215 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1941 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 168th pick / 1963 |
| Charley Leo | 29 | G | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-0 | Indiana | 8/29/1934 | 3 | |
| Marv Matuszak | 32 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 9/12/1931 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1953 |
| Ron McDole | 24 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| Bill Miller | 23 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 4/17/1940 | 1 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 11th pick / 1962 |
| Leroy Moore | 28 | DE | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Fort Valley State | 9/16/1935 | 3 | |
| Jesse Murdock | 25 | HB | 6 | 0 | 203 | 6-2 | California Western | 9/17/1938 | Rook | |
| Herb Paterra | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 11/8/1940 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 18th / 140th pick / 1963 |
| Ken Rice | 24 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Auburn | 9/14/1939 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 3rd pick / 1961 |
| Hank Rivera | 25 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Oregon State | 12/25/1938 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 67th pick / 1962 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 22 | QB-HB-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/21/1941 | Rook | |
| George Saimes | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 9/1/1941 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Sestak*+ | 27 | DT | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese State | 3/9/1936 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| Billy Shaw*+ | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Mike Stratton* | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| Eugene Sykes | 22 | DB | 9 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/26/1941 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 106th pick / 1963 |
| John Tracey | 30 | LB-E-DE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 6/27/1933 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| Ernie Warlick* | 31 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 7/21/1932 | 1 | |
| Willie West* | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Oregon | 5/1/1938 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| Mack Yoho | 27 | DE-K | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 6/14/1936 | 3 | |
| Sid Youngelman | 32 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/1/1931 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 224.1 | 6-1.8 | 2.1 |