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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)
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1965 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*+ | 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 |
| 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 |
| TE | Charley Ferguson* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 21 catches for 262 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Stew Barber* | 26 | 4 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Billy Shaw*+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Dave Behrman* | 24 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
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| RG | Al Bemiller* | 27 | 4 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
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| RT | Dick Hudson* | 25 | 3 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 5 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Jim Dunaway* | 24 | 2 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Tom Sestak*+ | 29 | 3 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd 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 | |
| RCB | Butch Byrd*+ | 24 | 1 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| LS | Hagood Clarke* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
| RS | George Saimes*+ | 24 | 2 | 5 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th 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 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Joe Auer | 24 | RB | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech,Miami (FL) | 10/11/1941 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 57th pick / 1963 |
| Stew Barber* | 26 | T-LB-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn State | 6/14/1939 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
| Glenn Bass | 26 | SE-WR | 4 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 4/12/1939 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 |
| Dave Behrman* | 24 | C-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 11/9/1941 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| Al Bemiller* | 27 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| Butch Byrd*+ | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston University | 9/20/1941 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| Wray Carlton* | 28 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Duke | 6/18/1937 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| Hagood Clarke* | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Florida | 6/14/1942 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Costa* | 24 | TE-T | 10 | 8 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 |
| Tom Day* | 30 | DE-G-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 32 | FL-WR-HB | 3 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Dunaway* | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| Booker Edgerson* | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Western Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 3 | |
| Charley Ferguson* | 26 | WR-TE | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 11/13/1939 | 4 | |
| George Flint* | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/26/1939 | 3 | |
| Pete Gogolak* | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Cornell | 4/18/1942 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| Bill Groman | 29 | WR-FL | 5 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Heidelberg | 7/17/1936 | 5 | |
| Floyd Hudlow | 22 | DB | 7 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Arizona | 11/9/1943 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 80th pick / 1965 |
| Dick Hudson* | 25 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Memphis | 7/30/1940 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| Harry Jacobs* | 28 | LB-DE | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Tom Janik* | 25 | DB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Texas A&M,Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/6/1940 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 |
| Billy Joe* | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Villanova | 10/14/1940 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 85th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Keating | 23 | DT | 6 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Michigan | 9/2/1942 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 34th pick / 1964 |
| Jack Kemp*+ | 30 | QB | 14 | 13 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| Daryle Lamonica* | 24 | QB | 14 | 1 | 215 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1941 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 168th pick / 1963 |
| Bill Laskey* | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan | 2/10/1943 | Rook | |
| Paul Maguire* | 27 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 5 | |
| Ron McDole* | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| Dudley Meredith* | 30 | DT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Florida,Lamar,Midwestern State | 1/16/1935 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 |
| Pete Mills* | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Wichita State | 5/29/1942 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 96th pick / 1965 |
| Joe O'Donnell* | 24 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/31/1941 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 |
| Bo Roberson* | 30 | FL-HB-WR | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Cornell | 7/23/1935 | 4 | |
| Ed Rutkowski* | 24 | QB-HB-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/21/1941 | 2 | |
| George Saimes*+ | 24 | DB | 14 | 5 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 9/1/1941 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Henry Schmidt* | 30 | DT-E | 8 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Trinity (TX),USC | 9/28/1935 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 71st pick / 1958 |
| Marty Schottenheimer* | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 9/23/1943 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Sestak*+ | 29 | DT | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese State | 3/9/1936 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| Billy Shaw*+ | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Bobby L. Smith* | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | North Texas | 5/18/1942 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 81st pick / 1964 |
| Donnie Stone | 28 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 1/5/1937 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 249th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Stratton*+ | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| Eugene Sykes | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/26/1941 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 106th pick / 1963 |
| John Tracey* | 32 | LB-E-DE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 6/27/1933 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| Ernie Warlick* | 33 | TE | 14 | 6 | 235 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 7/21/1932 | 3 | |
| Charley Warner* | 25 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 176 | 6-0 | Prairie View | 4/14/1940 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 224.2 | 6-1.9 | 2.8 |