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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

Starters

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Pos Age Yrs GS Summary of Player Stats Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
 Offensive Starters Complete Team Stats
QB Jack Kemp 32 10 11 161 for 369, 2,503 yards, 14 td, 26 int, & 36 rushes for 58 yards and 2 td

Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957

HB Keith Lincoln* 28 6 14 159 rushes for 601 yards, 4 td, & 41 catches for 558 yards and 5 td

San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1961
Chicago Bears / 5th / 61st pick / 1961

FB Wray Carlton 30 7 0 107 rushes for 467 yards, 3 td, & 9 catches for 97 yards and 0 td

Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959

FL Elbert Dubenion 34 7 0 25 catches for 384 yards, 0 td, & 2 rushes for -17 yards and 0 td

Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959

SE Billy Masters 23 Rook 0 20 catches for 274 yards, 2 td

Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967

SE Art Powell 30 8 0 20 catches for 346 yards, 4 td

Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 123rd pick / 1959

TE Paul Costa 26 2 14 39 catches for 726 yards, 2 td

Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964
Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964

LT Stew Barber* 28 6 14

Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961
Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961

LT Al Bemiller 29 6 13

Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961
St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961

LG Billy Shaw* 29 6 0 2 fumbles recovered

Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961
Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 184th pick / 1961

LG Stew Barber* 28 6 14

Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961
Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961

C Al Bemiller 29 6 13

Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961
St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961

C Bob Schmidt 31 8 0

Chicago Cardinals / 14th / 159th pick / 1958

RG Joe O'Donnell 26 3 0 1 fumble recovered

Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964
Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964

RT Dick Hudson 27 5 0 1 fumble recovered

San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962

RT Dick Cunningham 23 Rook 0

Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966

 Defensive Starters
LDE Ron McDole* 28 6 0 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered

Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961
St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961

LDT Jim Dunaway* 26 4 0 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered

Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963
Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963

RDT Tom Sestak 31 5 0 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered

Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962
Detroit Lions / 16th / 220th pick / 1962

RDE Remi Prudhomme 25 1 0

St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 37th pick / 1964
Buffalo Bills / 14th / 108th pick / 1964

LLB John Tracey 34 8 0 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered

Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959

MLB Harry Jacobs 30 7 7

Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959

MLB Marty Schottenheimer 24 2 5 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered

Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1965
Buffalo Bills / 7th / 56th pick / 1965

RLB Mike Stratton* 26 5 0 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered

Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962

LCB Booker Edgerson 28 5 0 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered
RCB Butch Byrd 26 3 14 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered

Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964

LS Tom Janik* 27 4 0 10 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered

Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963
Detroit Lions / 12th / 167th pick / 1963

RS George Saimes*+ 26 4 0 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered

Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963
Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963

 Special Teams Starters
K Mike Mercer* 32 6 0 16 of 27 field goals & 25 of 25 extra points

Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961

P Paul Maguire 29 7 0 77 punts for a 43.1 average, 0 blocked
PR Butch Byrd 26 3 14 30 punt returns for a 4.7 average and 0 td

Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964

KR Charlie Bivins 29 7 0 16 kick returns for a 23.8 average and 0 td

Chicago Bears / 7th / 79th pick / 1960

Roster

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Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Teddy Bailey 23 RB 1 0 225 6-1 Cincinnati 8/12/1944 Rook
Stew Barber* 28 T-LB-G 14 14 250 6-2 Penn State 6/14/1939 6

Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961
Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961

Al Bemiller 29 C-G-T 14 13 243 6-3 Syracuse 4/18/1938 6

Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961
St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961

Charlie Bivins 29 HB-TE 9 0 212 6-1 Morris Brown 10/16/1938 7

Chicago Bears / 7th / 79th pick / 1960

Gary Bugenhagen 22 G-T 14 0 240 6-2 Syracuse 2/6/1945 Rook

Buffalo Bills / 4th / 102nd pick / 1967

Bobby Burnett 24 RB 8 0 210 6-3 Arkansas 1/4/1943 1

Buffalo Bills / 4th / 33rd pick / 1966
Chicago Bears / 10th / 152nd pick / 1966

Butch Byrd 26 DB 14 14 211 6-0 Boston University 9/20/1941 3

Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964

Wray Carlton 30 HB-FB 12 0 225 6-2 Duke 6/18/1937 7

Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959

Hagood Clarke 25 DB 11 4 205 6-0 Florida 6/14/1942 3

San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964
Buffalo Bills / 18th / 141st pick / 1964

Paul Costa 26 TE-T 14 14 268 6-6 Notre Dame 12/7/1941 2

Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964
Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964

Dick Cunningham 23 T-LB 14 0 245 6-3 Arkansas 10/12/1944 Rook

Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966

Gene Donaldson 25 RB 2 0 230 6-2 Purdue 11/4/1942 Rook

Washington Redskins / 11th / 143rd pick / 1964

Elbert Dubenion 34 FL-WR-HB 12 0 187 5-11 Bluffton 2/16/1933 7

Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959

Jim Dunaway* 26 DT 14 0 277 6-4 Mississippi 9/3/1941 4

Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963
Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963

Booker Edgerson 28 DB 14 0 183 5-10 Western Illinois 7/5/1939 5
Tom Flores 30 QB 14 3 202 6-1 Pacific 3/21/1937 7
Wayne Frazier 28 C-LB 6 0 245 6-3 Auburn 3/5/1939 5

San Diego Chargers / 32nd / 256th pick / 1962
Chicago Bears / 16th / 216th pick / 1961

Paul Guidry 23 LB 14 4 227 6-3 LSU,McNeese State 1/14/1944 1

Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966

Dick Hudson 27 T-G 8 0 272 6-3 Memphis 7/30/1940 5

San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962

Harry Jacobs 30 LB-DE 7 7 226 6-1 Bradley 2/4/1937 7

Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959

Tom Janik* 27 DB 14 0 190 6-3 Texas A&M,Texas A&M-Kingsville 9/6/1940 4

Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963
Detroit Lions / 12th / 167th pick / 1963

Jack Kemp 32 QB 14 11 201 6-1 Occidental 7/13/1935 10

Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957

Howard Kindig 26 DE-T 5 1 265 6-6 Los Angeles State 6/22/1941 2

San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964
Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1964

Charlie King 24 DB 14 0 184 6-0 Purdue 1/7/1943 1

Baltimore Colts / 18th / 252nd pick / 1965

Tony King 23 DB 7 0 197 6-1 Findlay 5/6/1944 Rook
Monte Ledbetter 24 WR 5 0 185 6-2 Northwest State (LA) 8/13/1943 Rook

Houston Oilers / 11th / 95th pick / 1966
Cleveland Browns / 10th / 153rd pick / 1966

Jim LeMoine 22 TE-G 8 0 250 6-2 Utah State 4/29/1945 Rook

Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1967

Keith Lincoln* 28 FB-HB 14 14 215 6-1 Washington State 5/8/1939 6

San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1961
Chicago Bears / 5th / 61st pick / 1961

Paul Maguire 29 LB-P 14 0 228 6-0 The Citadel 8/22/1938 7
Billy Masters 23 TE-SE 14 0 240 6-5 LSU 3/15/1944 Rook

Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967

Ron McDole* 28 DE-DT 13 0 265 6-4 Nebraska 9/9/1939 6

Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961
St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961

Mike Mercer* 32 K 14 0 220 6-0 Arizona State,Florida State,Hardin-Simmons,Minnesota 11/21/1935 6

Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961

Dudley Meredith 32 DT 14 0 280 6-4 Florida,Lamar,Midwestern State 1/16/1935 4

Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957

Joe O'Donnell 26 G-T 14 0 262 6-2 Michigan 8/31/1941 3

Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964
Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964

Bob Petrich 26 DE 6 0 252 6-4 West Texas A&M 3/15/1941 4

New York Giants / 6th / 82nd pick / 1963
San Diego Chargers / 11th / 82nd pick / 1963

John Pitts 22 DB 14 0 218 6-4 Arizona State 2/28/1945 Rook

Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967

Bobby Ply 27 DB 3 0 190 6-1 Baylor 8/13/1940 5

New York Titans / 5th / 37th pick / 1962
Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 216th pick / 1962

Art Powell 30 SE-DB-WR 6 0 211 6-3 San Jose State 2/25/1937 8

Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 123rd pick / 1959

Remi Prudhomme 25 C-DE-G-DT 10 0 250 6-4 LSU 4/24/1942 1

St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 37th pick / 1964
Buffalo Bills / 14th / 108th pick / 1964

Ed Rutkowski 26 QB-HB-SE-WR 14 0 198 6-1 Notre Dame 3/21/1941 4
George Saimes*+ 26 DB 14 0 186 5-11 Michigan State 9/1/1941 4

Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963
Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963

Bob Schmidt 31 C-T-G 7 0 248 6-4 Minnesota 7/9/1936 8

Chicago Cardinals / 14th / 159th pick / 1958

Marty Schottenheimer 24 LB 14 5 225 6-3 Pittsburgh 9/23/1943 2

Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1965
Buffalo Bills / 7th / 56th pick / 1965

Tom Sestak 31 DT 14 0 267 6-5 Baylor,McNeese State 3/9/1936 5

Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962
Detroit Lions / 16th / 220th pick / 1962

Billy Shaw* 29 G 9 0 258 6-2 Georgia Tech 12/15/1938 6

Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961
Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 184th pick / 1961

Allen Smith 25 RB 5 0 202 5-11 Fort Valley State 11/20/1942 1

Buffalo Bills / 15th / 136th pick / 1966

Jack Spikes 30 FB-HB-K 7 0 210 6-2 TCU 2/5/1937 7

Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1960

Mike Stratton* 26 LB 14 0 224 6-3 Tennessee 4/10/1941 5

Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962

John Tracey 34 LB-E-DE 13 0 225 6-3 Texas A&M 6/27/1933 8

Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959

Rich Zecher 24 DT-T 5 0 255 6-2 Utah State 10/14/1943 2

Oakland Raiders / 9th / 67th pick / 1965

Team Total 27.0 14 227.7 6-2.1 3.9