1963 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-6-1, 1st in AFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lou Saban (7-6-1)

Points For: 304 (21.7/g) 5th of 8

Points Against: 291 (20.8/g) 5th of 8

Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6

SRS: .81 (5th of 8), SOS: -0.12

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 8-26 vs. Boston Patriots

Other Notable Asst.: Herman Ball (Offensive Line), Joe Collier (Defensive Backs), John Mazur (Offensive Backfield) and Jerry Smith (Defensive Line)

Stadium: War Memorial Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager: Richard Gallagher

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Sheraton Camelot Motor Inn (Blasdell, 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	304	4904	947	5.2	40	16	272	227	457	3053	16	24	6.2	147	453	1851	21	4.1	107	63	532	18
Opp. Stats	291	4075	814	5.0	33	12	224	218	472	2840	24	21	5.5	147	301	1235	12	4.1	63	55	508	14
Lg Rank Offense	5	2			4	5	1		3	2	8	3	2		1	2	1	4
Lg Rank Defense	5	3			8	8	2		6	6	5	6	4		1	2	3	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 8	boxscore	L		0-1	@	San Diego Chargers	10	14	19	306	190	116	4	17	370	239	131	1
2	Sun	September 15	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Oakland Raiders	17	35	23	433	336	97	5	27	492	372	120	4
3	Sun	September 22	boxscore	T		0-2-1		Kansas City Chiefs	27	27	17	356	242	114	1	20	290	241	49	3
4	Sat	September 28	boxscore	L		0-3-1		Houston Oilers	20	31	19	311	123	188	3	23	353	237	116	3
5	Sat	October 5	boxscore	W		1-3-1		Oakland Raiders	12	0	18	275	140	135	3	10	143	119	24	3
6	Sun	October 13	boxscore	W		2-3-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	35	26	16	397	300	97	3	21	299	176	123	2
7	Sun	October 20	boxscore	L		2-4-1	@	Houston Oilers	14	28	22	381	241	140	5	13	287	205	82	1
8	Sat	October 26	boxscore	W		3-4-1		Boston Patriots	28	21	19	350	267	83	2	15	305	201	104	2
9	Sun	November 3	boxscore	W		4-4-1	@	Denver Broncos	30	28	20	459	307	152	4	11	301	242	59	4
10	Sat	November 9	boxscore	W		5-4-1		Denver Broncos	27	17	20	361	267	94	2	17	245	168	77	1
11	Sun	November 17	boxscore	L		5-5-1		San Diego Chargers	13	23	22	358	239	119	3	16	355	156	199	2
13	Sun	December 1	boxscore	L		5-6-1	@	Boston Patriots	7	17	15	239	166	73	2	10	250	186	64
14	Sun	December 8	boxscore	W		6-6-1		New York Jets	45	14	22	370	85	285		14	168	130	38	4
15	Sat	December 14	boxscore	W		7-6-1	@	New York Jets	19	10	20	308	150	158	3	10	217	168	49	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 28	boxscore	L		7-7-1		Boston Patriots	8	26	13	286	279	7	6	16	375	292	83	1

Passing

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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	Jack Kemp	28	QB	14	12	5-6-1	193	384	50.3	2910	13	3.4	20	5.2	89	7.6	5.9	15.1	207.9	65.1	31	274	7.47	6.35	4.8	1	2	PB
2	Daryle Lamonica	22	QB	14	2	2-0-0	33	71	46.5	437	3	4.2	4	5.6	74	6.2	4.5	13.2	31.2	57.1	6	55	7.79	4.96	3.4	0	0
3	Cookie Gilchrist	28	FB	14	14		1	1	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	35.0	35.0	35.0	2.5	118.7						0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Ed Rutkowski	22	HB	14	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-6-1	227	457	49.7	3053	16	3.5	24	5.3	89	7.4	5.7	14.9	218.1	64.1	37	329	7.52	6.18	4.64	1	2

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	Daryle Lamonica	22	QB	1	0		9	24	37.5	168	1	4.2	3	12.5	93	7.0	2.2	18.7	168.0	36.8	1	9	4.00	6.36	1.8
2	Jack Kemp	28	QB	1	1	0-1-0	10	21	47.6	133	0	0.0	1	4.8	27	6.3	4.2	13.3	133.0	48.3	1	13	4.55	5.45	3.4
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	19	45	42.2	279	1	2.2	4	8.9	93	6.7	3.1	15.8	279.0	35.5	2	22	4.26	5.94	2.53

Rushing & Receiving

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						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	Cookie Gilchrist	28	FB	14	14	232	979	12	32	4.2	69.9	16.6	24	211	8.8	2	42	1.7	15.1	256	4.6	1190	14	8	PB,AP-2
2	Elbert Dubenion	30	FL	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	53	959	18.1	4	89	3.8	68.5	53	18.1	959	4	2	AP-2
3	Bill Miller	23	LE	14	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	69	860	12.5	3	36	4.9	61.4	69	12.5	860	3	0	AP-2
4	Ernie Warlick	31	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	479	20.0	1	55	1.7	34.2	24	20.0	479	1	0	PB
5	Ed Rutkowski	22	HB	14	7	48	144	0	45	3.0	10.3	3.4	19	264	13.9	1	58	1.4	18.9	67	6.1	408	1	1
6	Roger Kochman	22	HB	5	4	47	232	0	48	4.9	46.4	9.4	4	148	37.0	1	68	0.8	29.6	51	7.5	380	1	0
7	Jack Kemp	28	QB	14	12	50	239	8	26	4.8	17.1	3.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	50	4.8	239	8	10	PB
8	Glenn Bass	24	WR	9	0	14	59	0	9	4.2	6.6	1.6	9	153	17.0	1	74	1.0	17.0	23	9.2	212	1	0
9	Charley Ferguson	24	WR	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	181	20.1	3	72	0.8	15.1	9	20.1	181	3	0
10	Wray Carlton	26	HB	4	2	29	125	0	19	4.3	31.3	7.3	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.3	2.3	30	4.5	134	0	1
11	Wayne Crow	25	HB	5	1	6	6	0	7	1.0	1.2	1.2	5	69	13.8	0	28	1.0	13.8	11	6.8	75	0	0
12	George Saimes	22	FS	14	12	12	41	0	7	3.4	2.9	0.9	6	23	3.8	0	9	0.4	1.6	18	3.6	64	0	0
13	Fred Brown	25	HB	4	1	6	18	1	8	3.0	4.5	1.5	3	7	2.3	0	7	0.8	1.8	9	2.8	25	1	0
14	Mike Stratton	22	RLB	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.1	1.4	1	19.0	19	0	0	PB
15	Daryle Lamonica	22	QB	14	2	9	8	0	7	0.9	0.6	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	0.9	8	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	453	1851	21	48	4.1	132.2	32.4	227	3382	14.9	16	89	16.2	241.6	680	7.7	5233	37	23

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	Elbert Dubenion	30	FL	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	115	38.3	1	93	3.0	115.0	3	38.3	115	1	1
2	Glenn Bass	24	WR	1	1	2	4	0	2	2.0	4.0	2.0	4	45	11.3	0	27	4.0	45.0	6	8.2	49	0	0
3	Charley Ferguson	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	47	11.8	0	15	4.0	47.0	4	11.8	47	0	0
4	Ed Rutkowski	22	HB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	45	15.0	0	16	3.0	45.0	3	15.0	45	0	0
5	Ernie Warlick	31	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	33	11.0	0	13	3.0	33.0	3	11.0	33	0	0
6	Cookie Gilchrist	28	FB	1	1	8	7	0	6	0.9	7.0	8.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.0	11.0	9	2.0	18	0	1
7	Bill Miller	23	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	1.0	5.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
8	Jack Kemp	28	QB	1	1	2	-4	0		-2.0	-4.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.0	-4	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	12	7	0	6	0.6	7.0	12.0	19	301	15.8	1	93	19.0	301.0	31	9.9	308	1	3

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ray Abruzzese	26	SS	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Stew Barber	24	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Elbert Dubenion	30	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
4	Booker Edgerson	24	RCB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Cookie Gilchrist	28	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
6	Tom Sestak	27	RDT/LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	0	PB,AP-1
7	Mike Stratton	22	RLB	14	14	3	31	1	26	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	PB
8	John Tracey	30	LLB	14	14	5	22	0	15	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
9	Willie West	25	LCB	14	14	5	57	0	23	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Sid Youngelman	32	LDE/LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
11	Harry Jacobs	26	MLB/RLB	14	12	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
12	Jack Kemp	28	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	George Saimes	22	FS	14	12	4	29	0	16	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
14	Mack Yoho	27	RDE/LDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
15	Jim Dunaway	22	LDT	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
16	Ed Rutkowski	22	HB	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Wray Carlton	26	HB	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Daryle Lamonica	22	QB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Marv Matuszak	32	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	21	147	1	26	25	0	0	0	32.5	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Ray Abruzzese	26	SS	1	1	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Elbert Dubenion	30	FL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Cookie Gilchrist	28	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Harry Jacobs	26	MLB/RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	Jack Kemp	28	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	9	0	9	0	3	1	0	0	1.0	0	0

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