1948 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 1st in AAFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Red Dawson (7-7-0)

Points For: 360 (25.7/g) 3rd of 8

Points Against: 358 (25.6/g) 6th of 8

Expected W-L: 7.0-7.0

SRS: .13 (4th of 8), SOS: -0.02

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 28-17 vs. Baltimore Colts
Lost Championship 7-49 vs. Cleveland Browns

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Conkright (Ends Coach) and Clem Crowe (Line Coach)

Stadium: Buffalo Civic Stadium

Principal Owner: James Breuil

Training Camp: Knox Estates (East Aurora, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	360	5421	910	6.0	39	13	223	177	360	2683	17	26	7.2	89	539	2738	29	5.1	120	88	644	14
Opp. Stats	358	4812	911	5.3	40	26	207	211	414	2829	23	14	6.3	95	463	1983	25	4.3	98	76	616	14
Lg Rank Offense	3	2			4	2	3		3	3	7	6	3		3	2	2	2
Lg Rank Defense	6	4			4	1	4		8	8	4	8	4		2	3	6	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	August 29	boxscore	L		0-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	35	18	448	177	271	5	12	394	167	227	6
2	Mon	September 6	boxscore	W		1-1		Chicago Rockets	42	7	20	373	174	199	3	17	271	239	32	9
3	Sun	September 12	boxscore	L		1-2		Cleveland Browns	13	42	13	236	20	216		21	504	236	268	1
5	Sun	September 26	boxscore	L		1-3		San Francisco 49ers	28	38	14	382	277	105	3	18	394	126	268
6	Sun	October 3	boxscore	W		2-3		Brooklyn Dodgers	31	21	17	387	165	222	4	7	110	101	9	3
7	Sun	October 10	boxscore	L		2-4		New York Yankees	13	14	12	317	186	131	3	13	276	177	99	1
8	Sun	October 17	boxscore	L		2-5	@	Cleveland Browns	14	31	14	328	246	82	2	21	421	212	209	2
9	Sun	October 24	boxscore	W		3-5	@	Los Angeles Dons	35	21	16	477	310	167	3	17	349	176	173
10	Sun	October 31	boxscore	W		4-5		Baltimore Colts	35	17	20	513	295	218	3	16	348	237	111	1
11	Sun	November 7	boxscore	W		5-5	@	Brooklyn Dodgers	26	21	16	434	20	414	3	14	265	211	54	2
12	Sun	November 14	boxscore	L		5-6		Los Angeles Dons	20	27	15	389	200	189		14	247	114	133	2
14	Thu	November 25	boxscore	W		6-6	@	Chicago Rockets	39	35	14	351	172	179	5	16	447	257	190	7
14	Sun	November 28	boxscore	W		7-6	@	New York Yankees	35	14	15	395	205	190	1	9	152	82	70	3
15	Sun	December 5	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Baltimore Colts	15	35	19	295	140	155	3	12	269	129	140	1
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Division	Sun	December 12	boxscore	W		8-7	@	Baltimore Colts	28	17	11	297	135	162	3	24	393	217	176	3
Championship	Sun	December 19	boxscore	L		8-8	@	Cleveland Browns	7	49	13	167	104	63	8	20	333	118	215	4

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	Awards
1	George Ratterman	22	QB	14	13	168	335	50.1	2577	16	4.8	22	6.6	71	7.7	5.7	15.3	184.1	64.5	8	71	2.33	7.31	5.4
2	Jim Still	24		12	1	5	14	35.7	89	1	7.1	3	21.4		6.4	-1.9	17.8	7.4	42.6	1	12	6.67	5.13	-2.5
3	Chet Mutryn	27	LH	14	14	2	6	33.3	21	0	0.0	0	0.0		3.5	3.5	10.5	1.5	44.4	1	2	14.29	2.71	2.7	AP-2
4	Chick Maggioli	26		7	0	1	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	79.2
5	George Terlep	25		3	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	1	9	33.33	-3.00	-18.0
6	Bob Steuber	27	RH	9	7	1	2	50.0	-4	0	0.0	0	0.0	-4	-2.0	-2.0	-4.0	-0.4	56.2
	Team Totals			14	14	177	360	49.2	2683	17	4.7	26	7.2	71	7.5	5.15	15.2	191.6	59.8	11	94	2.99	6.98	4.8

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	George Ratterman	22	QB	2	1	0-1-0	15	36	41.7	159	3	8.3	4	11.1	66	4.4	1.1	10.6	79.5	43.4	1	8	2.70	4.08	0.8
2	Jim Still	24		1	0		6	18	33.3	80	1	5.6	2	11.1	25	4.4	0.6	13.3	80.0	27.3	0	0	0.00	4.44	0.6
	Team Totals			2	2	0-1-0	21	54	38.9	239	4	7.4	6	11.1	66	2.9	-2.81	9.5	119.5	9.7	1	8	1.82	4.20	0.7

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Chet Mutryn	27	LH	14	14	147	823	10	68	5.6	58.8	10.5	39	794	20.4	5	71	2.8	56.7	186	8.7	1617	15	0	AP-2
2	Lou Tomasetti	32	FB	14	9	134	716	7		5.3	51.1	9.6	22	213	9.7	1		1.6	15.2	156	6.0	929	8	0
3	Al Baldwin	25	LE	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	54	916	17.0	8	58	4.2	70.5	54	17.0	916	8	0
4	Bob Steuber	27	RH	9	7	69	437	3		6.3	48.6	7.7	2	14	7.0	0		0.2	1.6	71	6.4	451	3	0
5	Bill O'Connor	22	RE	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	301	9.7	2		2.2	21.5	31	9.7	301	2	0
6	Julie Rykovich	25		6	2	43	249	5		5.8	41.5	7.2	2	-7	-3.5	0		0.3	-1.2	45	5.4	242	5	0
7	Bill Gompers	20		14	3	48	219	1		4.6	15.6	3.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	48	4.6	219	1	0
8	Paul Gibson	24	RE	7	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	216	19.6	0		1.6	30.9	11	19.6	216	0	0
9	Vic Kulbitski	27	FB	14	6	40	152	0		3.8	10.9	2.9	3	37	12.3	0		0.2	2.6	43	4.4	189	0	0
10	Rex Bumgardner	25		13	3	14	82	0		5.9	6.3	1.1	1	63	63.0	0	63	0.1	4.8	15	9.7	145	0	0
11	Don Schneider	25		9	0	15	70	0		4.7	7.8	1.7	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	1.6	16	5.3	84	0	0
12	Marty Comer	31		7	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	66	13.2	1		0.7	9.4	5	13.2	66	1	0
13	Chick Maggioli	26		7	0	11	27	0		2.5	3.9	1.6	3	23	7.7	0		0.4	3.3	14	3.6	50	0	0
14	George Kisiday	25		14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.1	1.4	1	20.0	20	0	0
15	Al Akins	27	/	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.2	2.2	1	11.0	11	0	0
16	Bob Smith	23		3	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	2.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
17	Art Statuto	23	C	14	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	2		0	2	0.0	0.1	0		2	0	0
18	Graham Armstrong	30	LT	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0		0.1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
19	George Ratterman	22	QB	14	13	12	-18	3		-1.5	-1.3	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	-1.5	-18	3	0
20	Jim Still	24		12	1	5	-26	0		-5.2	-2.2	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	-5.2	-26	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	539	2738	29	68	5.1	195.6	38.5	177	2683	15.2	17	71	12.6	191.6	716	7.6	5421	46	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bill Gompers	20		1	0	14	52	0		3.7	52.0	14.0	1	66	66.0	1	66	1.0	66.0	15	7.9	118	1	0
2	Lou Tomasetti	32	FB	2	1	23	76	0	6	3.3	38.0	11.5	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.5	-1.0	24	3.1	74	0	0
3	Chet Mutryn	27	LH	2	1	19	62	0	5	3.3	31.0	9.5	2	5	2.5	0	4	1.0	2.5	21	3.2	67	0	0
4	Bill O'Connor	22	RE	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	61	10.2	1	19	3.0	30.5	6	10.2	61	1	0
5	Rex Bumgardner	25		1	1	11	34	0	10	3.1	34.0	11.0	1	25	25.0	0	25	1.0	25.0	12	4.9	59	0	0
6	Al Baldwin	25	LE	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	31	7.8	2	10	2.0	15.5	4	7.8	31	2	0
7	Vic Kulbitski	27	FB	1	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	1.0	2.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	1.0	14.0	3	5.0	15	0	0
8	Paul Gibson	24	RE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
9	Don Schneider	25		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	1.0	4.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
10	Jim Still	24		1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	70	225	0	10	3.2	112.5	35.0	18	211	11.7	4	66	9.0	105.5	88	5.0	436	4	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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					Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Rex Bumgardner	25	13	3	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Bill Gompers	20	14	3	2	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jim Still	24	12	1	1	37	0	37	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Alex Wizbicki	27	9	1	3	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Chick Maggioli	26	7	0	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Carl Schuette	26	14	0	4	97	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Bob Smith	23	3	0	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals		14	14	14	289	1	37	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Buckets Hirsch	27	1	1	1	20	1	20	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Chick Maggioli	26	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals		2	2	2	22	1	20	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

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