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1965 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

1965 AFL Champions

Scored 313 points (22.4/g), 3rd of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 226 points (16.1/g), 1st.
 Differential of 87 points (6.2/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 9.6-4.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +19 (1.4/g), 1st.

Coached by Lou Saban (10-3-1)

1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 11 box W 1-0 Boston Patriots 24 7 17 348 271 77 2 13 215 111 104 5
2 Sun September 19 box W 2-0 @ Denver Broncos 30 15 20 364 276 88 2 17 360 291 69 8
3 Sun September 26 box W 3-0 New York Jets 33 21 27 408 304 104 1 18 307 263 44 2
4 Sun October 3 box W 4-0 Oakland Raiders 17 12 14 263 123 140 3 12 162 69 93 3
5 Sun October 10 box L 4-1 San Diego Chargers 3 34 8 150 93 57 6 18 458 369 89 2
6 Sun October 17 box W 5-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 23 7 7 127 80 47 4 12 231 161 70 9
7 Sun October 24 box W 6-1 Denver Broncos 31 13 21 338 262 76 1 19 359 264 95 1
8 Sun October 31 box L 6-2 Houston Oilers 17 19 19 283 162 121 4 16 272 148 124 1
9 Sun November 7 box W 7-2 @ Boston Patriots 23 7 9 161 99 62 15 264 236 28 4
10 Sun November 14 box W 8-2 @ Oakland Raiders 17 14 11 223 129 94 4 10 295 158 137 3
11 Thu November 25 box T 8-2-1 @ San Diego Chargers 20 20 13 241 194 47 3 23 361 309 52 5
12 Sun December 5 box W 9-2-1 @ Houston Oilers 29 18 11 284 82 202 3 15 300 214 86 5
13 Sun December 12 box W 10-2-1 Kansas City Chiefs 34 25 16 323 249 74 2 18 409 346 63 5
14 Sun December 19 box L 10-3-1 @ New York Jets 12 14 11 236 137 99 3 14 299 239 60 3
Playoffs
Championship December 26 box W 11-3-1 @ San Diego Chargers 23 0

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 313 3749 882 4.3 206 208 461 2461 13 24 5.0 119 392 1288 16 3.3 69 38 14 18
Team Defense 226 4284 890 4.8 387 227 502 3170 19 32 6.0 141 360 1114 4 3.1 226 57 25 20
Lg Rank Offense 3 7 8 4 7 8 4 6 4 6 1 7 2 5
Lg Rank Defense 1 6 6 8 8 4 1 7 2 2 1 1 1 1

Passing

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Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jack Kemp*+ 30 QB 14 13 179 391 45.8 2368 10 2.6 18 4.6 78 6.1 4.2 13.2 169.1 54.8
Daryle Lamonica* 24 14 1 29 70 41.4 376 3 4.3 6 8.6 74 5.4 1.9 13.0 26.9 37.6
Team Total 26.0 14 208 461 45.1 2744 13 2.8 24 5.2 78 6.0 3.9 13.2 196.0 52.2
Opp Total 14 227 502 45.2 3170 19 3.8 32 6.4 6.3 3.8 14.0 226.4 52.1 28 246 6.0 3.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Wray Carlton* 28 HB 14 0 156 592 6 80 3.8 42.3 11.1 24 196 8.2 1 23 1.7 14.0 788 7 2
Billy Joe* 25 FB 14 0 123 377 4 30 3.1 26.9 8.8 27 271 10.0 2 78 1.9 19.4 648 6 3
Bobby L. Smith* 23 14 0 43 137 1 13 3.2 9.8 3.1 12 116 9.7 0 21 0.9 8.3 253 1 2
Jack Kemp*+ 30 QB 14 13 36 49 4 12 1.4 3.5 2.6 1 -9 -9.0 0 -9 0.1 -0.6 40 4 9
Donnie Stone 28 14 0 19 61 0 14 3.2 4.4 1.4 6 29 4.8 0 9 0.4 2.1 90 0 1
Daryle Lamonica* 24 14 1 10 30 1 10 3.0 2.1 0.7 30 1 2
Joe Auer 24 5 0 3 19 0 14 6.3 3.8 0.6 19 0 0
Charley Warner* 25 RET 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 1 11 11.0 1 11 0.1 0.8 13 1 1
Paul Maguire* 27 P 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.5 0.1 21 0 1
Bo Roberson* 30 FL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 483 15.6 3 74 3.9 60.4 483 3 0
Paul Costa* 24 TE 10 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 401 19.1 0 46 2.1 40.1 401 0 1
Charley Ferguson* 26 te 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 262 12.5 2 30 1.8 21.8 262 2 1
Glenn Bass 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 299 16.6 1 38 4.5 74.8 299 1 1
Elbert Dubenion 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 281 15.6 1 46 6.0 93.7 281 1 0
Ed Rutkowski* 24 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 247 13.7 1 47 1.3 17.6 247 1 0
Ernie Warlick* 33 14 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 112 14.0 1 27 0.6 8.0 112 1 0
Pete Mills* 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 43 43.0 0 43 0.5 21.5 43 0 0
John Tracey* 32 LLB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 392 1288 16 80 3.3 92.0 28.0 208 2744 13.2 13 78 14.9 196.0 4032 29 28
Opp Total 14 360 1114 4 3.1 79.6 25.7 227 3170 14.0 19 16.2 226.4 4284 23 33

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Charley Warner* 25 RET 14 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 32 825 2 102 25.8 854
Butch Byrd*+ 24 RCB 14 14 22 220 0 30 10.0 220
Ed Rutkowski* 24 SE 14 0 11 127 0 33 11.5 5 97 0 23 19.4 471
Bo Roberson* 30 FL 8 0 4 59 0 22 14.8 542
Floyd Hudlow 22 7 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 2 36 0 18 18.0 48
Hagood Clarke* 23 LS 14 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Jim Dunaway* 24 LDT 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Paul Maguire* 27 P 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 26
Team Total 26.0 14 36 389 0 33 10.8 45 1022 2 102 22.7 5443
Opp Total 14 30 0 60 1449 0 24.2

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Paul Maguire* 27 P 14 0 80 3437 68 0 43.0
Pete Gogolak* 23 K 14 0 10 10 9 8 15 9 8 1 4 46 28 60.9% 31 31 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 14 10 10 9 8 15 9 8 1 4 46 28 60.9% 31 31 100.0% 80 3437 68 0 43.0
Opp Total 14 30 15 50.0% 21 21 100.0% 76 3055 40.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Glenn Bass 26 4 0 1 0 0 0
Butch Byrd*+ 24 RCB 14 14 5 119 0 62 3 0 0 0
Wray Carlton* 28 HB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Hagood Clarke* 23 LS 14 0 7 60 0 40
Paul Costa* 24 TE 10 8 1 0 0 0
Tom Day* 30 RDE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Booker Edgerson* 26 LCB 14 0 5 55 0 19
Charley Ferguson* 26 te 12 0 1 0 0 0
Floyd Hudlow 22 7 0 1 0 0 0
Harry Jacobs* 28 MLB 14 14 1 0 0 0
Billy Joe* 25 FB 14 0 3 0 0 0
Jack Kemp*+ 30 QB 14 13 9 6 0 0
Daryle Lamonica* 24 14 1 2 0 0 0
Paul Maguire* 27 P 14 0 1 0 0 0
Ron McDole* 26 LDE 14 0 1 24 0 24 0 5 0 0
George Saimes*+ 24 RS 14 5 4 24 0 20
Bobby L. Smith* 23 14 0 2 0 0 0
Donnie Stone 28 14 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Stratton*+ 24 RLB 14 0 2 19 0 19
John Tracey* 32 LLB 14 0 1 8 0 8
Charley Warner* 25 RET 14 0 5 84 1 23 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 32 393 1 62 28 11 0 1
Opp Total 14 29 33 8 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Pete Gogolak* 23 K 14 0 31 28 115
Wray Carlton* 28 HB 14 0 6 1 42
Billy Joe* 25 FB 14 0 4 2 36
Jack Kemp*+ 30 QB 14 13 4 24
Charley Warner* 25 RET 14 0 1 2 1 24
Bo Roberson* 30 FL 8 0 3 18
Charley Ferguson* 26 te 12 0 2 12
Glenn Bass 26 4 0 1 6
Elbert Dubenion 32 3 0 1 6
Daryle Lamonica* 24 14 1 1 6
Ed Rutkowski* 24 SE 14 0 1 6
George Saimes*+ 24 RS 14 5 1 6
Bobby L. Smith* 23 14 0 1 6
Ernie Warlick* 33 14 6 1 6
Team Total 26.0 14 16 13 2 1 1 31 28 313
Opp Total 14 4 19 21 15 1 226