1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)

2nd place Eastern Division 8-4-2 .667

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/18/1947	N	New York Yankees	7-29	L	Newark, NJ	Ruppert Stadium	11004
Fri	8/22/1947	N	Baltimore Colts	29-20	W	Hershey, PA	Hershey Stadium	7018
Sun	8/31/1947	H	New York Yankees	28-24	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	32385
Fri	9/5/1947	A	Cleveland Browns	14-30	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	61442
Sun	9/14/1947	H	Chicago Rockets	28-20	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	33648
Fri	9/19/1947	A	Chicago Rockets	31-14	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	22685
Sun	9/28/1947	H	San Francisco 49ers	24-41	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	36099
Sun	10/5/1947	A	Los Angeles Dons	27-25	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	36087
Sun	10/12/1947	H	Baltimore Colts	20-15	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	27345
Fri	10/17/1947	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	14-14	T	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	9972
Sun	10/26/1947	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	35-7	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	23762
Sun	11/2/1947	H	Cleveland Browns	7-28	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	43167
Sun	11/9/1947	H	Los Angeles Dons	25-0	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	21293
Sun	11/23/1947	A	Baltimore Colts	33-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	19593
Sun	11/30/1947	A	New York Yankees	13-35	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	39012
Sun	12/7/1947	A	San Francisco 49ers	21-21	T	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	22943

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
43	Graham Armstrong	LOT-LDT-K	6-3	230	29	John Carroll	14	5
57	Al Baldwin	LOE-LDE	6-2	205	24	Arkansas	13	4
72	Lamar Blount	FB	6-1	190	27	East Central CC; Mississippi State	6	0
45	Jack Carpenter	ROT-RDT	6-0	235	24	Columbia; Missouri; Michigan	13	4
53	Marty Comer	RDE-ROE-LDE-LOE	6-0	203	30	Tulane	14	2
54	Al Coppage	ROE-RDE	6-1	195	31	Oklahoma	14	11
23	Bert Corley	C-LB	6-2	215	27	Mississippi State	14	4
44	George Doherty	ROT-RDT	6-0	218	27	Louisiana Tech	11	8
42	Gil Duggan	LOT-LDT	6-3	229	33	Oklahoma	11	2
85	Fred Evans	LOH-LDH	5-11	185	26	Notre Dame	4	0
52	Paul Gibson	LOE-LDE	6-0	195	23	North Carolina State	13	8
36	George Groves	OG-DG	5-11	195	26	Marquette	8	0
22	Joe Haynes	OG-DG-C-LB	6-3	225	26	Tulsa	10	0
73	Ed Hirsch	QB-S-FB-LLB-TB-LDH-OG-DG	5-10	210	26	Northwestern	13	5
88	Steve Juzwik	ROH-K	5-8	186	29	Notre Dame	9	2
46	John Kerns	ROT-RDT	6-3	245	24	Ohio University; Duke; North Carolina; Ohio University	13	2
51	Fay King	ROE-RDE	6-2	195	25	Georgia	14	2
84	George Koch	ROH-RDH	6-0	200	28	Baylor; St. Mary's (Texas)	13	3
41	Chet Kozel	LOT-LDT	6-2	211	28	Mississippi	11	6
55	Ray Kuffel	LOE-LDE	6-3	213	26	Marquette; Notre Dame; Marquette	7	2
75	Vic Kulbitski	FB-LB	5-10	205	26	Minnesota; Notre Dame; Minnesota	13	7
32	Hal Lahar	LOG-MG	6-0	225	28	Oklahoma	14	14
74	Pug Manders	FB	6-0	200	34	Minnesota; Drake	3	0
34	John Maskas	OG-DG	5-11	212	27	Virginia Tech	9	0
58	Vince Mazza	OE-DE	6-1	216	22	none	13	0
56	Jack Morton	DE	5-11	197	25	Missouri; Purdue	2	0
83	Chet Mutryn	LOH-LDH	5-9	179	26	Xavier (Ohio)	14	10
35	Rocco Pirro	ROG-RDG	6-0	226	31	Catholic	14	14
21	Felto Prewitt	C-RLB	5-11	212	23	Tulsa	13	10
61	George Ratterman	QB	6-0	192	21	Notre Dame	14	14
63	Albie Reisz	QB	5-10	175	30	Southeastern Louisiana	14	0
86	Julie Rykovich	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	6-2	204	24	Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois	13	11
37	Vince Scott	OG-DG	5-8	215	25	Notre Dame	12	0
62	George Terlep	QB-S	5-10	180	24	Notre Dame	12	0
87	Lou Tomasetti	FB-LB	6-0	198	31	Bucknell	14	6
82	Alex Wizbicki	FB	5-11	188	26	Holy Cross; Dartmouth; Holy Cross	14	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
Special Selection		Frank Aschenbrenner	B	Northwestern
Special Selection		Red Cochran	B	Wake Forest
Special Selection		Bob Fenimore	B	Oklahoma State
Special Selection		Cal Richardson	E	Tulsa
1	2	Al Baldwin	E	Arkansas
2	10	Bob Davis	T	Georgia Tech
3	18	Ray Kuffel	E	Marquette
4	26	Joe Andrejco	B	Fordham
5	34	John Mastrangelo	G	Notre Dame
6	42	Bert Corley	C	Mississippi State
7	50	Ernie Knotts	G	Duke
8	58	Joe Watt	B	Syracuse
9	66	Paul Gibson	E	North Carolina State
10	74	John Maskas	T	Virginia Tech
11	82	Baxter Jarrell	T	North Carolina
12	90	Chet Lipka	T	Boston College
13	98	Joe Sowinski	G	Indiana
14	106	Bill Chipley	E	Washington & Lee
15	114	Bronco Kosanovich	C	Penn State
16	122	Frank Kosikowski	E	Notre Dame
17	128	Wash Serini	T	Kentucky
18	134	Vinnie Yablonski	B	Columbia
19	140	Chuck Compton	T	Alabama
20	146	Bill Swiacki	E	Columbia
21	152	Ham Nichols	G	Rice
22	156	John Furey	T	Boston College
23	160	Don Schneider	B	Pennsylvania
24	164	Chan Highsmith	C	North Carolina
25	168	Frank Wydo	T	Cornell

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	64	78	103	75
Opponents Totals	64	75	56	93

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		175	109	59	7	/ %	/ %	48	390
Opponents Totals		182	109	64	9	/ %	/ %	52	456

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Chet Mutryn	12	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	73
Al Baldwin	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Steve Juzwik	1	28	32	87.5	2	3	66.7	0	40
Fay King	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Vic Kulbitski	5	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	31
Julie Rykovich	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Lou Tomasetti	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Al Coppage	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Graham Armstrong	0	8	10	80.0	0	1	0.0	0	8
Marty Comer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Fred Evans	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ed Hirsch	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Koch	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Ratterman	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	6
Alex Wizbicki	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	46	38	46	82.6	2	4	50.0	0	320
Opponents Totals	39	36	39	92.3	4	10	40.0	3	288

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Graham Armstrong	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Steve Juzwik	2	3	66.7	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	2	4	50.0	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	4	10	40.0	2/	2/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chet Mutryn	140	868	6.2	50	9
Julie Rykovich	92	414	4.5		4
Lou Tomasetti	92	326	3.5		2
Vic Kulbitski	56	249	4.4		1
George Koch	37	149	4.0		1
Steve Juzwik	26	130	5.0		0
Alex Wizbicki	9	44	4.9		0
Albie Reisz	2	32	16.0		0
Pug Manders	3	15	5.0		0
Fred Evans	11	14	1.3		0
George Terlep	4	11	2.8		0
Lamar Blount	3	7	2.3		0
Ed Hirsch	4	7	1.8		0
George Ratterman	17	-49	-2.9		1
Team Totals	496	2217	4.5	50	18
Opponents Totals	507	2218	4.4	84t	22

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
George Ratterman	244	124	50.8	100	1840	7.5	14.8	61t	22	9.0	20	8.2	13	153	1687	71.8
George Terlep	23	5	21.7	15	51	2.2	10.2		2	8.7	3	13.0	1	11	40	29.0
Team Totals	267	129	48.3	115	1891	7.1	14.7	61t	24	9.0	23	8.6	14	164	1727	65.9
Opponents Totals	260	133	51.2	109	1929	7.4	14.5	99t	14	5.4	18	6.9	22	206	1723	64.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fay King	26	382	14.7	61t	6
Al Baldwin	25	468	18.7	59t	7
Al Coppage	20	226	11.3		2
Lou Tomasetti	13	125	9.6		0
Chet Mutryn	10	176	17.6	58t	2
Vic Kulbitski	9	117	13.0		4
Paul Gibson	8	154	19.3		0
Steve Juzwik	5	35	7.0		1
Julie Rykovich	4	44	11.0		0
Ray Kuffel	3	37	12.3		0
Marty Comer	2	75	37.5	56t	1
Vince Mazza	2	11	5.5		0
Fred Evans	1	31	31.0	31t	1
George Koch	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	129	1891	14.7	61t	24
Opponents Totals	133	1929	14.5	99	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Hirsch	3	73	24.3	46t	1
George Koch	3	24	8.0	16	0
Al Baldwin	2	90	45.0	71	0
Julie Rykovich	2	61	30.5	56	0
Felto Prewitt	2	20	10.0	10	0
Lou Tomasetti	1	44	44.0	41t	1
Bert Corley	1	41	41.0	41	0
Vince Mazza	1	26	26.0	26	0
Vic Kulbitski	1	14	14.0	14	0
Chet Mutryn	1	11	11.0	11	0
George Terlep	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	404	22.4	56	2
Opponents Totals	23	327	14.2		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Albie Reisz	57	2107	37.0		0
Team Totals	57	2107	37.0		0		31.4
Opponents Totals	64			69	1	545

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Chet Mutryn	13	187	14.4
Alex Wizbicki	9	105	11.7
Julie Rykovich	7	93	13.3
George Koch	4	84	21.0
Steve Juzwik	4	36	9.0
George Terlep	1	17	17.0	17
Vic Kulbitski	1	13	13.0	13
Fred Evans	3	10	3.3
Team Totals	42	545	13.0
Opponents Totals	29	312	10.8

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chet Mutryn	21	691	32.9	87t	1
Julie Rykovich	12	257	21.4		0
Alex Wizbicki	5	164	32.8	91t	1
Lou Tomasetti	4	74	18.5		0
Al Coppage	2	28	14.0		0
Steve Juzwik	1	20	20.0	20	0
Vic Kulbitski	1	19	19.0	19	0
George Koch	1	12	12.0	12	0
Chet Kozel	1	11	11.0	11	0
Al Baldwin	1	6	6.0	6	0
Fred Evans	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	50	1282	25.6	91t	2
Opponents Totals	58				0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	36	17	19	14	33		0
Opponents Totals	34	14	20	17	37		1