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1963 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 304 points (21.7/g), 5th of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 291 points (20.8/g), 5th.
 Differential of 13 points (0.9/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 5th.

Coached by Lou Saban (7-6-1)

1963 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 8 box L 0-1 @ San Diego Chargers 10 14 19 306 190 116 4 17 370 239 131 1
2 Sun September 15 box L 0-2 @ Oakland Raiders 17 35 23 433 336 97 5 27 492 372 120 4
3 Sun September 22 box T 0-2-1 Kansas City Chiefs 27 27 17 356 242 114 1 20 290 241 49 3
4 Sat September 28 box L 0-3-1 Houston Oilers 20 31 19 311 123 188 3 23 353 237 116 3
5 Sat October 5 box W 1-3-1 Oakland Raiders 12 0 18 275 140 135 3 10 143 119 24 3
6 Sun October 13 box W 2-3-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 35 26 16 397 300 97 3 21 299 176 123 2
7 Sun October 20 box L 2-4-1 @ Houston Oilers 14 28 22 381 241 140 5 13 287 205 82 1
8 Sat October 26 box W 3-4-1 Boston Patriots 28 21 19 350 267 83 2 15 305 201 104 2
9 Sun November 3 box W 4-4-1 @ Denver Broncos 30 28 20 459 307 152 4 11 301 242 59 4
10 Sat November 9 box W 5-4-1 Denver Broncos 27 17 20 361 267 94 2 17 245 168 77 1
11 Sun November 17 box L 5-5-1 San Diego Chargers 13 23 22 358 239 119 3 16 355 156 199 2
12 Sun December 1 box L 5-6-1 @ Boston Patriots 7 17 15 239 166 73 2 10 250 186 64
13 Sun December 8 box W 6-6-1 New York Jets 45 14 22 370 85 285 14 168 130 38 4
14 Sat December 14 box W 7-6-1 @ New York Jets 19 10 20 308 150 158 3 10 217 168 49 3
Playoffs
Division December 28 box L 7-7-1 Boston Patriots 8 26

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 304 4904 947 5.2 272 227 457 3053 16 24 6.2 147 453 1851 21 4.1 107 40 16 18
Team Defense 291 4075 814 5.0 385 218 472 2840 24 21 5.5 147 301 1235 12 4.1 224 33 12 14
Lg Rank Offense 5 2 1 3 2 8 3 3 1 2 1 4 4 5
Lg Rank Defense 5 3 3 6 6 5 6 4 1 2 3 5 8 8

Passing

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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%
Jack Kemp* 28 QB 14 12 5-6-1 193 384 50.3 2910 13 3.4 20 5.2 89 7.6 5.6 15.1 207.9 65.1
Daryle Lamonica 22 P 14 2 2-0-0 33 71 46.5 437 3 4.2 4 5.6 93 6.2 4.0 13.2 31.2 57.1
Cookie Gilchrist* 28 FB 14 0 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 2.5 118.7
Ed Rutkowski 22 hb 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.5 14 7-6-1 227 457 49.7 3382 16 3.5 24 5.3 93 7.4 5.4 14.9 241.6 64.1
Opp Total 14 218 472 46.2 2840 24 5.1 21 4.4 6.0 4.5 13.0 202.9 64.1 41 397 5.5 3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Cookie Gilchrist* 28 FB 14 0 232 979 12 32 4.2 69.9 16.6 24 211 8.8 2 42 1.7 15.1 1190 14 8
Jack Kemp* 28 QB 14 12 50 239 8 26 4.8 17.1 3.6 239 8 10
Ed Rutkowski 22 hb 14 0 48 144 0 45 3.0 10.3 3.4 19 264 13.9 1 58 1.4 18.9 408 1 1
Roger Kochman 22 HB 5 0 47 232 0 48 4.9 46.4 9.4 4 148 37.0 1 68 0.8 29.6 380 1 0
Wray Carlton 26 4 0 29 125 0 19 4.3 31.3 7.3 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 2.3 134 0 1
Glenn Bass 24 9 0 14 59 0 9 4.2 6.6 1.6 9 153 17.0 1 74 1.0 17.0 212 1 0
George Saimes 22 RS 14 0 12 41 0 7 3.4 2.9 0.9 6 23 3.8 0 9 0.4 1.6 64 0 0
Daryle Lamonica 22 P 14 2 9 8 0 7 0.9 0.6 0.6 8 0 1
Wayne Crow 25 5 0 6 6 0 7 1.0 1.2 1.2 5 69 13.8 0 28 1.0 13.8 75 0 0
Fred Brown 25 4 0 6 18 1 8 3.0 4.5 1.5 3 7 2.3 0 7 0.8 1.8 25 1 0
Bill Miller 23 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 69 860 12.5 3 36 4.9 61.4 860 3 0
Elbert Dubenion 30 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 959 18.1 4 89 3.8 68.5 959 4 2
Ernie Warlick* 31 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 479 20.0 1 55 1.7 34.2 479 1 0
Charley Ferguson 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 181 20.1 3 72 0.8 15.1 181 3 0
Mike Stratton* 22 RLB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.1 1.4 19 0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 453 1851 21 48 4.1 132.2 32.4 227 3382 14.9 16 89 16.2 241.6 5233 37 25
Opp Total 14 301 1235 12 4.1 88.2 21.5 218 2840 13.0 24 15.6 202.9 4075 36 19

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ray Abruzzese 26 LS 14 0 17 152 0 32 8.9 6 118 0 25 19.7 270
Ed Rutkowski 22 hb 14 0 8 67 0 29 8.4 13 396 0 65 30.5 871
Willie West* 25 LCB 14 0 11 86 0 24 7.8 6 146 0 32 24.3 232
Elbert Dubenion 30 FL 14 0 13 333 0 39 25.6 1292
George Saimes 22 RS 14 0 7 140 0 31 20.0 204
Fred Brown 25 4 0 2 40 0 20 20.0 65
Stew Barber*+ 24 LT 14 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Roger Kochman 22 HB 5 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 391
Marv Matuszak 32 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Herb Paterra 23 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Hank Rivera 25 3 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 20
John Tracey 30 LLB 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Team Total 25.5 14 37 316 0 32 8.5 52 1223 0 65 23.5 6772
Opp Total 14 21 0 60 1243 0 20.7

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Mack Yoho 27 RDE 14 0 5 4 4 3 8 2 7 1 24 10 41.7% 35 32 91.4%
Daryle Lamonica 22 P 14 2 52 2086 57 0 40.1
Wayne Crow 25 5 0 10 424 57 0 42.4
Team Total 25.5 14 5 4 4 3 8 2 7 1 24 10 41.7% 35 32 91.4% 62 2510 57 0 40.5
Opp Total 14 26 10 38.5% 35 35 100.0% 80 3208 40.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Ray Abruzzese 26 LS 14 0 2 0 0 0
Stew Barber*+ 24 LT 14 0 1 0 0 0
Wray Carlton 26 4 0 1 0 0 0
Elbert Dubenion 30 FL 14 0 2 0 0 0
Booker Edgerson 24 RCB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Cookie Gilchrist* 28 FB 14 0 8 0 0 0
Harry Jacobs 26 MLB 14 0 1 8 0 8
Jack Kemp* 28 QB 14 12 10 0 0 0
Daryle Lamonica 22 P 14 2 1 0 0 0
Ed Rutkowski 22 hb 14 0 1 0 0 0
George Saimes 22 RS 14 0 4 29 0 16
Mike Stratton* 22 RLB 14 0 3 31 1 26
John Tracey 30 LLB 14 0 5 22 0 15
Willie West* 25 LCB 14 0 5 57 0 23 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 21 147 1 26 25 0 0 0
Opp Total 14 37 19 7 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Cookie Gilchrist* 28 FB 14 0 12 2 84
Mack Yoho 27 RDE 14 0 32 10 62
Jack Kemp* 28 QB 14 12 8 48
Elbert Dubenion 30 FL 14 0 4 24
Charley Ferguson 24 12 0 3 18
Bill Miller 23 SE 14 0 3 18
Glenn Bass 24 9 0 1 6
Fred Brown 25 4 0 1 6
Carl Charon 23 12 0 1 6
Roger Kochman 22 HB 5 0 1 6
Ed Rutkowski 22 hb 14 0 1 6
Mike Stratton* 22 RLB 14 0 1 6
Ernie Warlick* 31 TE 14 0 1 6
Daryle Lamonica 22 P 14 2 1 2
John Tracey 30 LLB 14 0 1 2
Team Total 25.5 14 21 16 1 1 2 32 10 300
Opp Total 14 12 24 35 10 1 291