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1968 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 1-12-1, Finished 5th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 199 points (14.2/g), 10th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 367 points (26.2/g), 8th.
Differential of -168 points (-12.0/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 2.7-11.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 6th.
Coached by Joe Collier (0-2-0) and Harvey Johnson (1-10-1)
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1968 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 | Dan Darragh | 22 | Rook | 7 | 92 for 215, 917 yards, 3 td, 14 int, & 13 rushes for 11 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 336th pick / 1968 |
| QB | Ed Rutkowski | 27 | 5 | 3 | 41 for 100, 380 yards, 0 td, 6 int, & 20 rushes for 96 yards and 1 td | |
| HB | Max Anderson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 147 rushes for 525 yards, 2 td, & 22 catches for 140 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 132nd pick / 1968 |
| FB | Ben Gregory | 22 | Rook | 0 | 52 rushes for 283 yards, 1 td, & 5 catches for 21 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 114th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Bob Cappadona | 26 | 2 | 0 | 73 rushes for 272 yards, 1 td, & 18 catches for 92 yards and 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 128th pick / 1965 |
| FL | Richard Trapp | 22 | Rook | 0 | 24 catches for 235 yards, 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1968 |
| SE | Haven Moses | 22 | Rook | 0 | 42 catches for 633 yards, 2 td, & 5 rushes for -4 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| TE | Paul Costa | 27 | 3 | 0 | 15 catches for 172 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for 11 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 |
| LT | Stew Barber | 29 | 7 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Billy Shaw* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
| C | Al Bemiller | 30 | 7 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| RG | Bob Kalsu | 23 | Rook | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 199th pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Dick Cunningham | 24 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Jim Dunaway* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| RDT | Tom Sestak | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| RDE | Tom Day | 33 | 8 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| LLB | Paul Guidry | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Harry Jacobs | 31 | 8 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
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| RLB | Mike Stratton* | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| LCB | Booker Edgerson | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Butch Byrd* | 27 | 4 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| LS | Tom Janik | 28 | 5 | 10 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 |
| LS | John Pitts | 23 | 1 | 7 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| RS | George Saimes* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bruce Alford | 23 | 1 | 0 | 14 of 24 field goals & 15 of 15 extra points | Chicago Bears / 5th / 119th pick / 1967 |
| P | Paul Maguire | 30 | 8 | 0 | 100 punts for a 41.8 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Hagood Clarke | 26 | 4 | 0 | 29 punt returns for a 8.3 average and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Max Anderson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 39 kick returns for a 24.9 average and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 132nd pick / 1968 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bruce Alford | 23 | K | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | TCU | 4/21/1945 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 119th pick / 1967 |
| Max Anderson | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-8 | Arizona State | 6/6/1945 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 132nd pick / 1968 |
| Stew Barber | 29 | T-LB-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn State | 6/14/1939 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
| Al Bemiller | 30 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| Charlie E. Brown | 26 | DB-HB | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 9/13/1942 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 28th pick / 1966 |
| Butch Byrd* | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston University | 9/20/1941 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| Bob Cappadona | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Northeastern,Notre Dame | 12/13/1942 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 128th pick / 1965 |
| Edgar Chandler | 22 | LB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia | 8/31/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 |
| Hagood Clarke | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Florida | 6/14/1942 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Costa | 27 | TE-T | 14 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 |
| Bobby Crockett | 25 | SE-WR | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 4/3/1943 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 91st pick / 1966 |
| Dick Cunningham | 24 | T-LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 10/12/1944 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966 |
| Dan Darragh | 22 | QB | 11 | 7 | 196 | 6-3 | William & Mary | 11/28/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 336th pick / 1968 |
| Tom Day | 33 | DE-G-DT-T | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 35 | FL-WR-HB | 4 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Dunaway* | 27 | DT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| Booker Edgerson | 29 | DB | 13 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Western Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 6 | |
| George Flint | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/26/1939 | 6 | |
| Tom Flores | 31 | QB | 1 | 1 | 202 | 6-1 | Pacific | 3/21/1937 | 8 | |
| John Frantz | 23 | C | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | California | 7/1/1945 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 16th / 415th pick / 1968 |
| Ben Gregory | 22 | RB | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 10/31/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 114th pick / 1968 |
| Paul Guidry | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-3 | LSU,McNeese State | 1/14/1944 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| Harry Jacobs | 31 | LB-DE | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Tom Janik | 28 | DB | 11 | 10 | 190 | 6-3 | Texas A&M,Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/6/1940 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 |
| Bob Kalsu | 23 | G | 14 | 9 | 235 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 4/13/1945 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 199th pick / 1968 |
| Howard Kindig | 27 | DE-T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles State | 6/22/1941 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 |
| Jerry Lawson | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Utah | 10/30/1944 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 251st pick / 1968 |
| Monte Ledbetter | 25 | WR | 7 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | Northwest State (LA) | 8/13/1943 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 95th pick / 1966 |
| Keith Lincoln | 29 | FB-HB | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Washington State | 5/8/1939 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1961 |
| Paul Maguire | 30 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 8 | |
| Billy Masters | 24 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 3/15/1944 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967 |
| Mike McBath | 22 | DE-DT-T | 9 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Penn State | 5/29/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 119th pick / 1968 |
| Gary McDermott | 20 | RB | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 6/9/1948 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 227th pick / 1968 |
| Ron McDole | 29 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| Mike Mercer | 33 | K | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Arizona State,Florida State,Hardin-Simmons,Minnesota | 11/21/1935 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961 |
| Dudley Meredith | 33 | DT | 5 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Florida,Lamar,Midwestern State | 1/16/1935 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 |
| Charley Mitchell | 28 | HB-DB | 3 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Washington | 5/25/1940 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 52nd pick / 1963 |
| Haven Moses | 22 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 7/27/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| Wayne Patrick | 22 | RB | 3 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Louisville | 9/1/1946 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 |
| John Pitts | 23 | DB | 14 | 7 | 218 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/28/1945 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| Ray Rissmiller | 26 | T | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Georgia | 7/22/1942 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| Benny Russell | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/12/1944 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 252nd pick / 1966 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 27 | QB-HB-SE-WR | 13 | 3 | 198 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/21/1941 | 5 | |
| George Saimes* | 27 | DB | 13 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 9/1/1941 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Marty Schottenheimer | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 9/23/1943 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Sestak | 32 | DT | 12 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese State | 3/9/1936 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| Billy Shaw* | 30 | G | 13 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Kay Stephenson | 24 | QB | 10 | 3 | 210 | 6-1 | Florida | 12/17/1944 | 1 | |
| Mike Stratton* | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| Bob Tatarek | 22 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 7/3/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 |
| Richard Trapp | 22 | FL-WR | 14 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | Florida | 9/21/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1968 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 223.5 | 6-2.0 | 3.3 |