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1967 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 237 points (16.9/g), 8th of 9 in the AFL.
 Allowed 285 points (20.4/g), 4th.
 Differential of -48 points (-3.4/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 5.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 7th.

Coached by Joe Collier (4-10-0)

1967 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 Sun September 10 box W 1-0 New York Jets 20 17 15 248 159 89 2 14 287 135 152
2 Sun September 17 box L 1-1 Houston Oilers 3 20 9 193 150 43 4 9 139 26 113 2
3 Sun September 24 box L 1-2 Boston Patriots 0 23 11 241 199 42 6 13 265 82 183
4 Sun October 1 box L 1-3 San Diego Chargers 17 37 12 247 193 54 3 26 484 282 202
5 Sun October 8 box W 2-3 @ Denver Broncos 17 16 21 297 210 87 4 13 190 107 83 1
6 Sun October 15 box L 2-4 Oakland Raiders 20 24 10 158 120 38 2 13 223 79 144 5
7 Sun October 29 box L 2-5 @ Houston Oilers 3 10 14 215 100 115 4 10 181 61 120 3
8 Sun November 5 box W 3-5 Miami Dolphins 35 13 18 310 128 182 3 16 127 80 47 2
9 Sun November 12 box L 3-6 @ New York Jets 10 20 16 257 136 121 2 15 360 293 67 3
10 Sun November 19 box L 3-7 Denver Broncos 20 21 21 367 229 138 3 13 194 154 40 3
11 Sun November 26 box L 3-8 @ Miami Dolphins 14 17 19 351 245 106 4 18 318 202 116 3
12 Sun December 3 box L 3-9 @ Kansas City Chiefs 13 23 8 242 211 31 4 18 257 128 129 1
13 Sat December 9 box W 4-9 @ Boston Patriots 44 16 17 252 119 133 2 9 150 97 53 7
14 Sun December 24 box L 4-10 @ Oakland Raiders 21 28 12 210 118 92 4 14 272 99 173 6

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 237 3588 850 4.2 203 183 434 2317 14 34 4.8 119 371 1271 9 3.4 65 47 13 19
Team Defense 285 3447 857 4.0 201 162 377 1825 17 27 4.3 106 437 1622 11 3.7 73 36 9 22
Lg Rank Offense 8 7 8 5 7 8 9 6 8 8 9 7 8 6
Lg Rank Defense 4 2 2 2 1 3 5 2 6 5 4 4 5 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
15 Jack Kemp 32 QB 14 11 3-8-0 161 369 43.6 2503 14 3.8 26 7.0 63 6.8 4.0 15.5 178.8 50.0
16 Tom Flores 30 14 3 1-2-0 22 64 34.4 260 0 0.0 8 12.5 59 4.1 -1.6 11.8 18.6 8.1
40 Ed Rutkowski 26 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.0 14 4-10-0 183 434 42.2 2763 14 3.2 34 7.8 63 6.4 3.2 15.1 197.4 41.9
Opp Total 14 162 377 43.0 2191 17 4.5 27 7.2 5.8 3.0 13.5 156.5 47.3 43 366 4.3 1.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
20 Keith Lincoln* 28 HB 14 14 159 601 4 28 3.8 42.9 11.4 41 558 13.6 5 60 2.9 39.9 1159 9 3
30 Wray Carlton 30 FB 12 0 107 467 3 21 4.4 38.9 8.9 9 97 10.8 0 24 0.8 8.1 564 3 3
21 Bobby Burnett 24 8 0 45 96 0 18 2.1 12.0 5.6 11 114 10.4 0 38 1.4 14.3 210 0 4
15 Jack Kemp 32 QB 14 11 36 58 2 14 1.6 4.1 2.6 58 2 14
35 Charlie Bivins 29 RET 9 0 15 58 0 43 3.9 6.4 1.7 58 0 0
32 Jack Spikes 30 7 0 4 9 0 6 2.3 1.3 0.6 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 1.3 18 0 0
34 Gene Donaldson 25 2 0 3 -1 0 2 -0.3 -0.5 1.5 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.5 10.0 19 0 0
44 Elbert Dubenion 34 FL 12 0 2 -17 0 -1 -8.5 -1.4 0.2 25 384 15.4 0 42 2.1 32.0 367 0 0
82 Paul Costa 26 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 726 18.6 2 63 2.8 51.9 726 2 2
87 Billy Masters 23 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 274 13.7 2 28 1.4 19.6 274 2 0
84 Art Powell 30 se 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 346 17.3 4 37 3.3 57.7 346 4 0
43 Monte Ledbetter 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 161 17.9 1 60 1.8 32.2 161 1 0
40 Ed Rutkowski 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 59 9.8 0 17 0.4 4.2 59 0 0
51 John Tracey 34 LLB 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 15 15.0 0 15 0.1 1.2 15 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 371 1271 9 43 3.4 90.8 26.5 183 2763 15.1 14 63 13.1 197.4 4034 23 32
Opp Total 14 437 1622 11 3.7 115.9 31.2 162 1825 11.3 17 11.6 130.4 3447 28 26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
42 Butch Byrd 26 RCB 14 14 30 142 0 19 4.7 142
40 Ed Rutkowski 26 14 0 15 43 0 12 2.9 3 71 0 38 23.7 173
35 Charlie Bivins 29 RET 9 0 16 380 0 55 23.8 438
34 Allen Smith 25 5 0 16 346 0 64 21.6 346
47 Charlie King 24 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12 316 0 38 26.3 328
75 Dudley Meredith 32 14 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
24 Booker Edgerson 28 LCB 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
59 Paul Guidry 23 14 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 47 199 0 19 4.2 51 1113 0 64 21.8 5346
Opp Total 14 33 0 56 1292 0 23.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
55 Paul Maguire 29 P 14 0 77 3320 64 0 43.1
7 Mike Mercer* 32 K 14 0 3 3 6 3 6 4 11 5 1 1 27 16 59.3% 25 25 100.0%
Team Total 27.0 14 3 3 6 3 6 4 11 5 1 1 27 16 59.3% 25 25 100.0% 77 3320 64 0 43.1
Opp Total 14 38 17 44.7% 33 32 97.0% 74 3034 41.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
21 Bobby Burnett 24 8 0 4 0 0 0
42 Butch Byrd 26 RCB 14 14 5 25 0 12 3 3 0 0
30 Wray Carlton 30 FB 12 0 3 1 0 0
82 Paul Costa 26 TE 14 14 2 1 0 0
78 Jim Dunaway* 26 LDT 14 0 1 8 0 8 0 2 0 0
24 Booker Edgerson 28 LCB 14 0 2 25 0 25
59 Paul Guidry 23 14 4 1 0 0 0
79 Dick Hudson 27 RT 8 0 0 1 0 0
27 Tom Janik* 27 LS 14 0 10 222 2 46
15 Jack Kemp 32 QB 14 11 14 6 0 0
47 Charlie King 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
20 Keith Lincoln* 28 HB 14 14 3 2 0 0
87 Billy Masters 23 SE 14 0 0 2 0 0
72 Ron McDole* 28 LDE 13 0 1 5 0 5
75 Dudley Meredith 32 14 0 1 8 0 8 1 1 0 0
67 Joe O'Donnell 26 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
26 George Saimes*+ 26 RS 14 0 2 14 0 14
56 Marty Schottenheimer 24 mlb 14 5 3 88 1 45
70 Tom Sestak 31 RDT 14 0 0 1 0 1
66 Billy Shaw* 29 LG 9 0 0 2 0 0
34 Allen Smith 25 5 0 1 1 0 0
58 Mike Stratton* 26 RLB 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 29 0
51 John Tracey 34 LLB 13 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 17 0
Team Total 27.0 14 27 401 3 46 32 28 46 1
Opp Total 14 45 26 17 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
7 Mike Mercer* 32 K 14 0 25 16 73
20 Keith Lincoln* 28 HB 14 14 4 5 54
84 Art Powell 30 se 6 0 4 24
30 Wray Carlton 30 FB 12 0 3 18
15 Jack Kemp 32 QB 14 11 2 1 14
82 Paul Costa 26 TE 14 14 2 12
27 Tom Janik* 27 LS 14 0 2 12
87 Billy Masters 23 SE 14 0 2 12
43 Monte Ledbetter 24 5 0 1 6
56 Marty Schottenheimer 24 mlb 14 5 1 6
70 Tom Sestak 31 RDT 14 0 1 6
Team Total 27.0 14 9 14 1 3 1 25 16 237
Opp Total 14 11 17 32 17 2 285