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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 5.4, Offense: 0.1, Defense: 5.3, SoS: -0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Lou Saban
Training Camp: Sheraton Camelot Motor Inn (Blasdell, New York)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Jack Kemp*+ | 30 | 8 | 13 | 179 for 391, 2,368 yards, 10 td, 18 int, & 36 rushes for 49 yards and 4 td | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| HB | Wray Carlton* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 156 rushes for 592 yards, 6 td, & 24 catches for 196 yards and 1 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| FB | Billy Joe* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 123 rushes for 377 yards, 4 td, & 27 catches for 271 yards and 2 td | Denver Broncos / 11th / 85th pick / 1963 Washington Redskins / 9th / 119th pick / 1963 |
| FL | Bo Roberson* | 30 | 4 | 0 | 31 catches for 483 yards, 3 td | |
| SE | Ed Rutkowski* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 18 catches for 247 yards, 1 td | |
| TE | Paul Costa* | 24 | Rook | 8 | 21 catches for 401 yards, 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
| LT | Stew Barber* | 26 | 4 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Billy Shaw*+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 184th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Dave Behrman* | 24 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1963 |
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| RG | Al Bemiller* | 27 | 4 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961 |
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| RT | Dick Hudson* | 25 | 3 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 5 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Jim Dunaway* | 24 | 2 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Tom Sestak*+ | 29 | 3 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 Detroit Lions / 16th / 220th pick / 1962 |
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| RDE | Tom Day* | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| LLB | John Tracey* | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| MLB | Harry Jacobs* | 28 | 5 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| RLB | Mike Stratton*+ | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| LCB | Booker Edgerson* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| PR | Butch Byrd*+ | 24 | 1 | 14 | 22 punt returns for a 10.0 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| LS | Hagood Clarke* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 18th / 141st pick / 1964 |
| RS | George Saimes*+ | 24 | 2 | 5 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pete Gogolak* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 28 of 46 field goals & 31 of 31 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| P | Paul Maguire* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 80 punts for a 43.0 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Butch Byrd*+ | 24 | 1 | 14 | 22 punt returns for a 10.0 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Charley Warner* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 32 kick returns for a 25.8 average and 2 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Joe Auer | 24 | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Miami (FL),Georgia Tech | 10/11/1941 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 57th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 120th pick / 1963 |
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| 77 | Stew Barber* | 26 | LT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 6/14/1939 | 4 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961 |
| 85 | Glenn Bass | 26 | 4 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 4/12/1939 | 4 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 23rd / 183rd pick / 1961 |
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| 60 | Dave Behrman* | 24 | C | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 11/9/1941 | 2 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1963 |
| 50 | Al Bemiller* | 27 | RG | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 4 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961 |
| 42 | Butch Byrd*+ | 24 | PR | 14 | 14 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston Univ. | 9/20/1941 | 1 | 15 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| 30 | Wray Carlton* | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Duke | 6/18/1937 | 5 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| 45 | Hagood Clarke* | 23 | LS | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Florida | 6/14/1942 | 1 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 18th / 141st pick / 1964 |
| 82 | Paul Costa* | 24 | TE | 10 | 8 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | Rook | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
| 88 | Tom Day* | 30 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 5 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| 44 | Elbert Dubenion | 32 | 3 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 5 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 | |
| 78 | Jim Dunaway* | 24 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 2 | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
| 24 | Booker Edgerson* | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | West. Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 3 | 9 | |
| 80 | Charley Ferguson* | 26 | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-5 | Tennessee St. | 11/13/1939 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 73 | George Flint* | 26 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 2/26/1939 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Pete Gogolak* | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Cornell | 4/18/1942 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| 81 | Bill Groman | 29 | 5 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Heidelberg | 7/17/1936 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Floyd Hudlow | 22 | 7 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Arizona | 11/9/1943 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 80th pick / 1965 Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 119th pick / 1965 |
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| 79 | Dick Hudson* | 25 | RT | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Memphis | 7/30/1940 | 3 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| 64 | Harry Jacobs* | 28 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 5 | 11 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| 27 | Tom Janik* | 25 | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Texas A&M,Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/6/1940 | 2 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 Detroit Lions / 12th / 167th pick / 1963 |
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| 33 | Billy Joe* | 25 | FB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Villanova | 10/14/1940 | 2 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 85th pick / 1963 Washington Redskins / 9th / 119th pick / 1963 |
| 74 | Tom Keating | 23 | 6 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Michigan | 9/2/1942 | 1 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 34th pick / 1964 Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 53rd pick / 1964 |
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| 15 | Jack Kemp*+ | 30 | QB | 14 | 13 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 8 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| 12 | Daryle Lamonica* | 24 | qb | 14 | 1 | 215 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1941 | 2 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 168th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 24th / 188th pick / 1963 |
| 52 | Bill Laskey* | 22 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan | 2/10/1943 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 55 | Paul Maguire* | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 5 | 4 | |
| 72 | Ron McDole* | 26 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 4 | 13 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961 |
| 75 | Dudley Meredith* | 30 | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Florida,Midwestern St.,Lamar | 1/16/1935 | 2 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 | |
| 48 | Pete Mills* | 23 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Wichita St. | 5/29/1942 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 96th pick / 1965 | |
| 67 | Joe O'Donnell* | 24 | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/31/1941 | 1 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964 |
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| 46 | Bo Roberson* | 30 | FL | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Cornell | 7/23/1935 | 4 | 5 | |
| 40 | Ed Rutkowski* | 24 | SE | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/21/1941 | 2 | 3 | |
| 26 | George Saimes*+ | 24 | RS | 14 | 5 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 9/1/1941 | 2 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| 76 | Henry Schmidt* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | USC,Trinity (TX) | 9/28/1935 | 6 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 71st pick / 1958 | |
| 56 | Marty Schottenheimer* | 22 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 9/23/1943 | Rook | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 7th / 56th pick / 1965 |
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| 70 | Tom Sestak*+ | 29 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese St. | 3/9/1936 | 3 | 15 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 Detroit Lions / 16th / 220th pick / 1962 |
| 66 | Billy Shaw*+ | 27 | LG | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 4 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 184th pick / 1961 |
| 20 | Bobby L. Smith* | 23 | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | North Texas | 5/18/1942 | 1 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 81st pick / 1964 Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 94th pick / 1964 |
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| 32 | Donnie Stone | 28 | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 1/5/1937 | 4 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 249th pick / 1959 | |
| 58 | Mike Stratton*+ | 24 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 3 | 15 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| 23 | Eugene Sykes | 24 | 4 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/26/1941 | 2 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 106th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 148th pick / 1963 |
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| 51 | John Tracey* | 32 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 6/27/1933 | 6 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| 84 | Ernie Warlick* | 33 | te | 14 | 6 | 235 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 7/21/1932 | 3 | 2 | |
| 22 | Charley Warner* | 25 | KR | 14 | 0 | 176 | 6-0 | Prairie View | 4/14/1940 | 2 | 7 | |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 224.2 | 6-1.9 | 2.8 |
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