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1964 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
1964 AFL Champions
Scored 400 points (28.6/g), 1st of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 242 points (17.3/g), 1st.
Differential of 158 points (11.3/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 10.7-3.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 7th.
Coached by Lou Saban (12-2-0)
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1964 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* | 29 | 7 | 13 | 119 for 269, 2,285 yards, 13 td, 26 int, & 37 rushes for 124 yards and 5 td | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| HB | Bobby L. Smith | 22 | Rook | 0 | 62 rushes for 306 yards, 4 td, & 6 catches for 72 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 81st pick / 1964 |
| HB | Joe Auer | 23 | Rook | 0 | 63 rushes for 191 yards, 2 td, & 11 catches for 166 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 57th pick / 1963 |
| FB | Cookie Gilchrist*+ | 29 | 2 | 0 | 230 rushes for 981 yards, 6 td, & 30 catches for 345 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Glenn Bass | 25 | 3 | 0 | 43 catches for 897 yards, 7 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 |
| FL | Elbert Dubenion* | 31 | 4 | 0 | 42 catches for 1,139 yards, 10 td, & 1 rush for 20 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| TE | Ernie Warlick* | 32 | 2 | 0 | 23 catches for 478 yards, 0 td | |
| LT | Stew Barber*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Billy Shaw*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Walt Cudzik | 32 | 10 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
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| RG | Al Bemiller | 26 | 3 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
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| RT | Dick Hudson | 24 | 2 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Jim Dunaway | 23 | 1 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Tom Sestak*+ | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| RDE | Tom Day | 29 | 4 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
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| LLB | John Tracey | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| MLB | Harry Jacobs | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| RLB | Mike Stratton*+ | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| LCB | Booker Edgerson | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Butch Byrd* | 23 | Rook | 14 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| LS | Eugene Sykes | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 106th pick / 1963 |
| LS | Hagood Clarke | 22 | Rook | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
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| RS | George Saimes*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pete Gogolak | 22 | Rook | 0 | 19 of 29 field goals & 45 of 46 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| P | Paul Maguire | 26 | 4 | 0 | 65 punts for a 42.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Hagood Clarke | 22 | Rook | 0 | 33 punt returns for a 9.6 average and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Ed Rutkowski | 23 | 1 | 0 | 21 kick returns for a 23.7 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ray Abruzzese | 27 | B | 9 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Alabama | 10/27/1937 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| Joe Auer | 23 | RB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech,Miami (FL) | 10/11/1941 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 57th pick / 1963 |
| Stew Barber*+ | 25 | T-LB-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn State | 6/14/1939 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
| Glenn Bass | 25 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 4/12/1939 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 |
| Al Bemiller | 26 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| Butch Byrd* | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston University | 9/20/1941 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| Wray Carlton | 27 | HB-FB | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Duke | 6/18/1937 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| Hagood Clarke | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Florida | 6/14/1942 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
| Walt Cudzik | 32 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Purdue | 2/21/1932 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
| Tom Day | 29 | DE-G-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| Oliver Dobbins | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Morgan State | 11/30/1941 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 18th / 247th pick / 1964 |
| Elbert Dubenion* | 31 | FL-WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Dunaway | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| Booker Edgerson | 25 | DB | 10 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Western Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 2 | |
| George Flint | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/26/1939 | 2 | |
| Cookie Gilchrist*+ | 29 | FB | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-3 | none | 5/25/1935 | 2 | |
| Pete Gogolak | 22 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Cornell | 4/18/1942 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| Bill Groman | 28 | WR-FL | 5 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Heidelberg | 7/17/1936 | 4 | |
| Dick Hudson | 24 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Memphis | 7/30/1940 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| Harry Jacobs | 27 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Tom Keating | 22 | DT | 3 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Michigan | 9/2/1942 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 34th pick / 1964 |
| Jack Kemp* | 29 | QB | 14 | 13 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 23 | QB | 14 | 1 | 215 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1941 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 168th pick / 1963 |
| Paul Maguire | 26 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 4 | |
| Ron McDole | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| Dudley Meredith | 29 | DT | 11 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Florida,Lamar,Midwestern State | 1/16/1935 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 23 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/31/1941 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 |
| Hatch Rosdahl | 23 | DE-DT | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Penn State | 8/24/1941 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1963 |
| Willie Ross | 23 | FB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 6/6/1941 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 90th pick / 1964 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 23 | QB-HB-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/21/1941 | 1 | |
| George Saimes*+ | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 9/1/1941 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Sestak*+ | 28 | DT | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese State | 3/9/1936 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| Billy Shaw*+ | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Bobby L. Smith | 22 | HB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | North Texas | 5/18/1942 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 81st pick / 1964 |
| Mike Stratton*+ | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| Eugene Sykes | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/26/1941 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 106th pick / 1963 |
| John Tracey | 31 | LB-E-DE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 6/27/1933 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| Ernie Warlick* | 32 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 7/21/1932 | 2 | |
| Charley Warner | 24 | DB-HB | 4 | 0 | 176 | 6-0 | Prairie View | 4/14/1940 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 224.0 | 6-1.6 | 2.2 |