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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -3.6, Offense: -6.2, Defense: 2.6, SoS: -0.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Joe Collier (4-10-0)
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 | 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 |
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| LT | Al Bemiller | 29 | 6 | 13 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961 |
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| 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 |
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| C | Al Bemiller | 29 | 6 | 13 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Teddy Bailey | 23 | RB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 8/12/1944 | Rook | |
| 77 | Stew Barber* | 28 | T-LB-G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 6/14/1939 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961 |
| 50 | 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 |
| 35 | Charlie Bivins | 29 | HB-TE | 9 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Morris Brown | 10/16/1938 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 79th pick / 1960 |
| 76 | Gary Bugenhagen | 22 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 2/6/1945 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 102nd pick / 1967 |
| 21 | 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 |
| 42 | Butch Byrd | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston Univ. | 9/20/1941 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| 30 | Wray Carlton | 30 | HB-FB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Duke | 6/18/1937 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| 45 | 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 |
| 82 | 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 |
| 62 | Dick Cunningham | 23 | T-LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 10/12/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966 |
| 34 | Gene Donaldson | 25 | RB | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Purdue | 11/4/1942 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 11th / 143rd pick / 1964 |
| 44 | Elbert Dubenion | 34 | FL-WR-HB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| 78 | 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 |
| 24 | Booker Edgerson | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | West. Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 5 | |
| 16 | Tom Flores | 30 | QB | 14 | 3 | 202 | 6-1 | Pacific | 3/21/1937 | 7 | |
| 53 | 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 |
| 59 | Paul Guidry | 23 | LB | 14 | 4 | 227 | 6-3 | LSU,McNeese St. | 1/14/1944 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| 79 | Dick Hudson | 27 | T-G | 8 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Memphis | 7/30/1940 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| 64 | Harry Jacobs | 30 | LB-DE | 7 | 7 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| 27 | 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 |
| 15 | Jack Kemp | 32 | QB | 14 | 11 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| 73 | Howard Kindig | 26 | DE-T | 5 | 1 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles St. | 6/22/1941 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1964 |
| 47 | Charlie King | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Purdue | 1/7/1943 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 18th / 252nd pick / 1965 |
| 46 | Tony King | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Findlay | 5/6/1944 | Rook | |
| 43 | Monte Ledbetter | 24 | WR | 5 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | NW State (LA) | 8/13/1943 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 11th / 95th pick / 1966 Cleveland Browns / 10th / 153rd pick / 1966 |
| 60 | Jim LeMoine | 22 | TE-G | 8 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah St. | 4/29/1945 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1967 |
| 20 | Keith Lincoln* | 28 | FB-HB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Washington St. | 5/8/1939 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1961 Chicago Bears / 5th / 61st pick / 1961 |
| 55 | Paul Maguire | 29 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 7 | |
| 87 | Billy Masters | 23 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 3/15/1944 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967 |
| 72 | 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 |
| 7 | Mike Mercer* | 32 | K | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Minnesota,Hardin-Simmons,Arizona St. | 11/21/1935 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961 |
| 75 | Dudley Meredith | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Florida,Midwestern St.,Lamar | 1/16/1935 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 |
| 67 | 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 |
| 85 | 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 |
| 48 | John Pitts | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 2/28/1945 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| 23 | 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 |
| 84 | Art Powell | 30 | SE-DB-WR | 6 | 0 | 211 | 6-3 | San Jose St. | 2/25/1937 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 123rd pick / 1959 |
| 65 | 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 |
| 40 | Ed Rutkowski | 26 | QB-HB-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/21/1941 | 4 | |
| 26 | George Saimes*+ | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 9/1/1941 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| 57 | Bob Schmidt | 31 | C-T-G | 7 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/9/1936 | 8 | Chicago Cardinals / 14th / 159th pick / 1958 |
| 56 | 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 |
| 70 | Tom Sestak | 31 | DT | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese St. | 3/9/1936 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 Detroit Lions / 16th / 220th pick / 1962 |
| 66 | 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 |
| 34 | Allen Smith | 25 | RB | 5 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Fort Valley St. | 11/20/1942 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 15th / 136th pick / 1966 |
| 32 | Jack Spikes | 30 | FB-HB-K | 7 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | TCU | 2/5/1937 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1960 |
| 58 | Mike Stratton* | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| 51 | 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 |
| 81 | Rich Zecher | 24 | DT-T | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Utah St. | 10/14/1943 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 67th pick / 1965 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 227.7 | 6-2.1 | 3.9 |