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1961 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 4th in AFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buster Ramsey (6-8-0)

Points For: 294 (21.0/g) 6th of 8

Points Against: 342 (24.4/g) 4th of 8

Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2

SRS: -3.00 (5th of 8), SOS: .43

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Dove (Line Coach) and Harvey Johnson (Secondary/Kickers)

Stadium: War Memorial Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager: Richard Gallagher

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Roycroft Inn & 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	294	3950	940	4.2	42	17	243	194	439	2344	15	25	4.7	128	438	1606	18	3.7	92	65	549	23
Opp. Stats	342	4264	815	5.2	44	15	200	206	430	2887	28	29	6.2	124	349	1377	9	3.9	61	76	693	15
Lg Rank Offense	6	6			3	4	4		4	7	8	2	6		3	5	3	6
Lg Rank Defense	4	4			4	5	1		2	7	7	3	7		1	3	2	5

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	September 10		boxscore	L		0-1		Denver Broncos	10	22	13	284	118	166	3	12	279	179	100	2
2	Sun	September 17		boxscore	W		1-1		New York Titans	41	31	15	288	120	168	3	22	316	250	66	4
3	Sat	September 23		boxscore	L		1-2		Boston Patriots	21	23	14	175	112	63	2	15	329	163	166	2
4	Sat	September 30		boxscore	L		1-3		San Diego Chargers	11	19	15	239	137	102	2	15	302	140	162	1
5	Sun	October 8		boxscore	W		2-3	@	Houston Oilers	22	12	18	382	176	206	5	8	194	146	48	3
6	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		3-3		Dallas Texans	27	24	15	362	197	165	3	11	193	164	29	3
7	Sun	October 22		boxscore	L		3-4	@	Boston Patriots	21	52	23	275	224	51	5	18	437	202	235	2
8	Sun	October 29		boxscore	L		3-5		Houston Oilers	16	28	22	351	252	99	4	17	510	464	46	4
9	Sun	November 5		boxscore	L		3-6		Oakland Raiders	22	31	18	365	241	124	4	16	381	256	125	1
10	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		4-6	@	Dallas Texans	30	20	15	169	69	100	3	16	280	195	85	6
11	Sun	November 19		boxscore	W		5-6	@	Denver Broncos	23	10	13	235	155	80		11	273	161	112	9
12	Thu	November 23		boxscore	L		5-7	@	New York Titans	14	21	22	277	214	63	3	12	216	157	59	2
13	Sun	December 3		boxscore	W		6-7	@	Oakland Raiders	26	21	22	269	149	120	1	20	317	220	97	2
14	Sun	December 10		boxscore	L		6-8	@	San Diego Chargers	10	28	18	279	180	99	4	7	237	190	47	2

Passing

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	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	M.C. Reynolds	26	QB	12	3	2-1-0	83	181	45.9	1004	2	1.1	13	7.2	52	5.5	2.5	12.1	83.7	37.2	23	166	11.27	4.11	1.4	0	0
2	Johnny Green	24	QB	8	6	2-3-0	56	126	44.4	903	6	4.8	5	4.0	61	7.2	6.3	16.1	112.9	68.3	25	166	16.56	4.88	4.2	1	2
3	Warren Rabb	24	QB	9	2	1-2-0	34	74	45.9	586	5	6.8	2	2.7	76	7.9	8.1	17.2	65.1	84.6	9	60	10.84	6.34	6.5	1	1
4	Richie Lucas	23	QB	8	2	1-1-0	20	50	40.0	282	2	4.0	4	8.0	45	5.6	2.8	14.1	35.3	38.9	5	41	9.09	4.38	1.8	0	0
5	Tommy O'Connell	31	QB	1	1	0-1-0	1	5	20.0	11	0	0.0	1	20.0	11	2.2	-6.8	11.0	11.0	0.0	1	9	16.67	0.33	-7.2	0	0
6	Dewey Bohling	23	LHB	7	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
7	Wray Carlton	24	FB	14	8		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-8-0	194	439	44.2	2344	15	3.4	25	5.7	76	6.3	4.5	14.4	167.4	53.0	63	442	12.63	4.67	3.03	2	3

Rushing & Receiving

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	Glenn Bass	22	LE	14	12	2	8	0	16	4.0	0.6	0.1	50	765	15.3	3	76	3.6	54.6	52	14.9	773	3	2
2	Elbert Dubenion	28	FL	14	14	17	173	2	72	10.2	12.4	1.2	31	461	14.9	6	61	2.2	32.9	48	13.2	634	8	1
3	Art Baker	24	FB	14	9	152	498	3	35	3.3	35.6	10.9	6	73	12.2	0	29	0.4	5.2	158	3.6	571	3	7
4	Wray Carlton	24	FB	14	8	101	311	4	27	3.1	22.2	7.2	17	193	11.4	0	22	1.2	13.8	118	4.3	504	4	5
5	Tom Rychlec	27	RE	14	4	1	-18	0	-18	-18.0	-1.3	0.1	33	405	12.3	2	27	2.4	28.9	34	11.4	387	2	0
6	Monte Crockett	23	RE	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	325	16.3	0	51	1.4	23.2	20	16.3	325	0	0
7	Dewey Bohling	23	LHB	7	6	42	134	2	18	3.2	19.1	6.0	10	183	18.3	1	41	1.4	26.1	52	6.1	317	3	1
8	Perry Richards	27	E	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	285	15.0	3	43	1.7	25.9	19	15.0	285	3	0
9	Fred Brown	23	LHB	5	5	53	192	1	13	3.6	38.4	10.6	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.2	2.2	54	3.8	203	1	1
10	M.C. Reynolds	26	QB	12	3	30	142	4	20	4.7	11.8	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	30	4.7	142	4	1
11	Billy Atkins	27	FS	14	14	2	87	1	56	43.5	6.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	43.5	87	1	0	PB,AP-1
12	Richie Lucas	23	QB	8	2	10	15	0	9	1.5	1.9	1.3	6	69	11.5	0	19	0.8	8.6	16	5.3	84	0	1
13	Warren Rabb	24	QB	9	2	13	47	0	19	3.6	5.2	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	3.6	47	0	5
14	Dan Chamberlain	24	SE	3	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.3	5.3	1	16.0	16	0	0
15	Johnny Green	24	QB	8	6	14	15	1	14	1.1	1.9	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	1.1	15	1	4
16	Willmer Fowler	24	HB	2	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	1.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	438	1606	18	72	3.7	114.7	31.3	194	2786	14.4	15	76	13.9	199.0	632	6.9	4392	33	28

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Billy Atkins	27	FS	14	14	10	158	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Elbert Dubenion	28	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ralph Felton	29	LLB	14	14	2	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
4	Archie Matsos	27	MLB	14	14	2	12	0	12	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	PB
5	Chuck McMurtry	24	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	PB
6	Jim Sorey	25	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
7	LaVerne Torczon	25	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	PB
8	Mack Yoho	25	LDE	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	0
9	Glenn Bass	22	LE	14	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Vern Valdez	26	RCB	13	12	2	54	0	50	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Jim Wagstaff	25	SS	14	11	3	25	0	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Art Baker	24	FB	14	9	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Richie McCabe	28	LCB	9	9	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Wray Carlton	24	FB	14	8	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Stew Barber	22	RLB	14	7	3	30	1	21	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
16	Dewey Bohling	23	LHB	7	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Johnny Green	24	QB	8	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Joe Hergert	25	LB	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
19	Fred Brown	23	LHB	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jim Crotty	23	DB	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	M.C. Reynolds	26	QB	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Richie Lucas	23	QB	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0
23	Warren Rabb	24	QB	9	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Tom Day	26	DT	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
	Team Totals			14	14	29	311	1	50	29	0	0	1	29.5	0

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