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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -10.8, Offense: -7.9, Defense: -2.9, SoS: 1.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Joe Collier and Harvey Johnson
Training Camp: Niagara University (Niagara Falls, 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
| LT | Stew Barber | 29 | 7 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Billy Shaw* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 184th pick / 1961 |
| C | Al Bemiller | 30 | 7 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961 |
| RG | Bob Kalsu | 23 | Rook | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 199th pick / 1968 | |
| RT | Dick Cunningham | 24 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Jim Dunaway* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
| RDT | Tom Sestak | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 Detroit Lions / 16th / 220th 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 | |
| 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 Detroit Lions / 12th / 167th pick / 1963 |
| RS | George Saimes* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st 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 Buffalo Bills / 18th / 141st pick / 1964 |
| 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 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Bruce Alford | 23 | K | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | TCU | 4/21/1945 | 1 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 119th pick / 1967 |
| 22 | Max Anderson | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-8 | Arizona St. | 6/6/1945 | Rook | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 132nd pick / 1968 |
| 77 | Stew Barber | 29 | LT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 6/14/1939 | 7 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961 |
| 50 | Al Bemiller | 30 | C | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 7 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961 |
| 23 | Charlie E. Brown | 26 | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 9/13/1942 | 2 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 28th pick / 1966 San Diego Chargers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1966 |
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| 42 | Butch Byrd* | 27 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston Univ. | 9/20/1941 | 4 | 12 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| 36 | Bob Cappadona | 26 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,Northeastern | 12/13/1942 | 2 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 128th pick / 1965 | |
| 52 | Edgar Chandler | 22 | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia | 8/31/1946 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 | |
| 45 | Hagood Clarke | 26 | PR | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Florida | 6/14/1942 | 4 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 18th / 141st pick / 1964 |
| 82 | Paul Costa | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | 3 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
| 83 | Bobby Crockett | 25 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 4/3/1943 | 2 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 91st pick / 1966 New York Giants / 19th / 282nd pick / 1966 |
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| 62 | Dick Cunningham | 24 | RT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 10/12/1944 | 1 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966 |
| 10 | Dan Darragh | 22 | QB | 11 | 7 | 196 | 6-3 | William & Mary | 11/28/1946 | Rook | -2 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 336th pick / 1968 |
| 89 | Tom Day | 33 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 8 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| 44 | Elbert Dubenion | 35 | 4 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 8 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 | |
| 78 | Jim Dunaway* | 27 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 5 | 9 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
| 24 | Booker Edgerson | 29 | LCB | 13 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | West. Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 6 | 6 | |
| 63 | George Flint | 29 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 2/26/1939 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Tom Flores | 31 | qb | 1 | 1 | 202 | 6-1 | Pacific | 3/21/1937 | 8 | 0 | |
| 51 | John Frantz | 23 | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | California | 7/1/1945 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 16th / 415th pick / 1968 | |
| 33 | Ben Gregory | 22 | FB | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 10/31/1946 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 114th pick / 1968 |
| 59 | Paul Guidry | 24 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-3 | LSU,McNeese St. | 1/14/1944 | 2 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| 64 | Harry Jacobs | 31 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 8 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| 27 | Tom Janik | 28 | LS | 11 | 10 | 190 | 6-3 | Texas A&M,Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/6/1940 | 5 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 Detroit Lions / 12th / 167th pick / 1963 |
| 61 | Bob Kalsu | 23 | RG | 14 | 9 | 235 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 4/13/1945 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 199th pick / 1968 |
| 73 | Howard Kindig | 27 | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles St. | 6/22/1941 | 3 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1964 |
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| 21 | Jerry Lawson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Utah | 10/30/1944 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 251st pick / 1968 | |
| 43 | Monte Ledbetter | 25 | 7 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | NW State (LA) | 8/13/1943 | 1 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 95th pick / 1966 Cleveland Browns / 10th / 153rd pick / 1966 |
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| 20 | Keith Lincoln | 29 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Washington St. | 5/8/1939 | 7 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1961 Chicago Bears / 5th / 61st pick / 1961 |
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| 55 | Paul Maguire | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 8 | 1 | |
| 87 | Billy Masters | 24 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 3/15/1944 | 1 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967 | |
| 76 | Mike McBath | 22 | 9 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 5/29/1946 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 119th pick / 1968 | |
| 32 | Gary McDermott | 20 | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 6/9/1948 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 227th pick / 1968 | |
| 72 | Ron McDole | 29 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 7 | 11 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961 |
| 7 | Mike Mercer | 33 | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Minnesota,Hardin-Simmons,Arizona St. | 11/21/1935 | 7 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961 | |
| 75 | Dudley Meredith | 33 | 5 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Florida,Midwestern St.,Lamar | 1/16/1935 | 5 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 | |
| 46 | Charley Mitchell | 28 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Washington | 5/25/1940 | 5 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 52nd pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 18th / 141st pick / 1963 |
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| 25 | Haven Moses | 22 | SE | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | San Diego St. | 7/27/1946 | Rook | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| 30 | Wayne Patrick | 22 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Louisville | 9/1/1946 | Rook | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 | |
| 48 | John Pitts | 23 | ls | 14 | 7 | 218 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 2/28/1945 | 1 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| 74 | Ray Rissmiller | 26 | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Georgia | 7/22/1942 | 2 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 8th / 64th pick / 1965 |
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| 3 | Benny Russell | 24 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/12/1944 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 252nd pick / 1966 | |
| 40 | Ed Rutkowski | 27 | qb | 13 | 3 | 198 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/21/1941 | 5 | 2 | |
| 26 | George Saimes* | 27 | RS | 13 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 9/1/1941 | 5 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| 57 | Marty Schottenheimer | 25 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 9/23/1943 | 3 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 7th / 56th pick / 1965 |
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| 70 | Tom Sestak | 32 | RDT | 12 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese St. | 3/9/1936 | 6 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 Detroit Lions / 16th / 220th pick / 1962 |
| 66 | Billy Shaw* | 30 | LG | 13 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 7 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 184th pick / 1961 |
| 18 | Kay Stephenson | 24 | qb | 10 | 3 | 210 | 6-1 | Florida | 12/17/1944 | 1 | 1 | |
| 58 | Mike Stratton* | 27 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 6 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| 71 | Bob Tatarek | 22 | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 7/3/1946 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 | |
| 28 | Richard Trapp | 22 | FL | 14 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | Florida | 9/21/1946 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1968 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 223.5 | 6-2.0 | 3.3 |
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