1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)

4th place 5-5-2 .500

Head Coach: Lowell Dawson (1-4-1); Clem Crowe (4-1-1)

Clem Crowe	Line
Joel Hunt	Backfield
Hank Reese	Line
John Scafide	Assistant Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/5/1949	H	Jersey City Giants	79-0	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	31890
Wed	8/10/1949	N	Baltimore Colts	12-28	L	Wilmington, DE	Wilmington Park	2953
Sun	8/14/1949	A	San Francisco 49ers	10-21	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	28084
Fri	8/19/1949	H	Bethlehem Bulldogs	48-0	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	12697
Fri	8/26/1949	A	Chicago Hornets	14-17	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	23800
Mon	9/5/1949	H	Cleveland Browns	28-28	T	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	31839
Sun	9/11/1949	H	Brooklyn-New York Yankees	14-17	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	30410
Sun	9/25/1949	H	San Francisco 49ers	28-17	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	32097
Sun	10/2/1949	H	Baltimore Colts	28-35	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	25692
Sun	10/9/1949	A	Los Angeles Dons	28-42	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	16575
Sun	10/16/1949	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-51	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	35476
Sun	10/23/1949	H	Los Angeles Dons	17-14	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	21310
Sun	10/30/1949	A	Charlotte Clippers		-	Charlotte, NC	Memorial Stadium
Sun	11/6/1949	A	Brooklyn-New York Yankees	17-14	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	16758
Sun	11/13/1949	A	Cleveland Browns	7-7	T	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	22511
Sun	11/20/1949	H	Chicago Hornets	10-0	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	18494
Sun	11/27/1949	A	Baltimore Colts	38-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	16323
First Round Playoff
Sun	12/4/1949	A	Cleveland Browns	21-31	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	17270

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

Game Score Notes
10/30/1949	Charlotte Clippers	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
42	Chet Adams	RDT-K	6-3	240	34	Ohio University	12	0
57	Al Baldwin	LOE	6-2	205	26	Arkansas	12	12
82	Rex Bumgardner	ROH-LDH	5-11	193	26	West Virginia	11	8
45	Jack Carpenter	LOT-LDT	6-0	235	26	Columbia; Missouri; Michigan	7	7
70	Ollie Cline	FB	6-0	200	24	Ohio State	11	11
88	Tommy Colella	RDH-ROH	6-0	187	31	Canisius	12	0
87	Jesse Freitas	QB	5-10	175	28	Santa Clara	1	0
40	Abe Gibron	LOG-DG-LOT-LDT	5-11	243	24	Valparaiso; Purdue	10	9
52	Paul Gibson	ROE-RDE	6-0	195	25	North Carolina State	11	2
26	Hal Herring	RLB-C	6-1	211	25	Auburn	11	0
36	Ed Hirsch	LOG-DG	5-10	210	28	Northwestern	10	0
80	Larry Joe	LOH	5-9	190	26	Penn State	2	0
46	John Kerns	ROT-RDT	6-3	245	26	Ohio University; Duke; North Carolina; Ohio University	12	12
31	Eddie King	LG	6-0	217	24	Boston College	4	0
47	John Kissell	LDT-ROT	6-2	245	26	Boston College	12	0
71	Veto Kissell	ROH-RDH-FB-LB	5-10	205	22	Holy Cross	11	0
80	Bobby Livingstone	LDH-LOH	6-0	173	27	Notre Dame	5	0
59	Jim Lukens	ROE	6-4	205	25	Washington & Lee	11	10
49	John Maskas	MG	5-11	212	29	Virginia Tech	11	0
58	Vince Mazza	LDE	6-1	216	24	none	12	0
83	Chet Mutryn	LOH	5-9	179	28	Xavier (Ohio)	11	11
56	Bob Oristaglio	RDE-ROE	6-2	214	25	Pennsylvania	12	0
35	Rocco Pirro	ROG	6-0	226	33	Catholic	11	11
61	George Ratterman	QB	6-0	192	23	Notre Dame	11	11
72	Bill Schroll	LLB-FB	6-0	214	23	Louisiana State	11	0
23	Carl Schuette	RLB-C	6-1	206	27	Marquette	12	0
53	Bill Stanton	RDE	6-2	210	25	North Carolina State	10	0
22	Art Statuto	C	6-2	221	24	Notre Dame	12	12
32	Odell Stautzenberger	LOG-LB	6-0	218	25	Texas A&M	9	6
62	Jim Still	QB	6-3	193	25	Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Georgia Tech	10	1
86	Joe Sutton	S-LOH	5-11	180	25	Temple	11	1
74	Lou Tomasetti	ROH-FB	6-0	198	33	Bucknell	12	4
34	Vic Vasicek	MLB-LOG	5-11	223	23	Southern California; Texas	12	3
87	Wilbur Volz	RDH-ROH	6-0	190	25	Missouri	9	0
85	Alex Wizbicki	ROH-RDH	5-11	188	28	Holy Cross; Dartmouth; Holy Cross	12	1
33	John Wyhonic	RG	6-0	213	30	Alabama	4	0

DRAFT LIST - SECRET
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	6	Abe Gibron	G	Purdue
2	14	Frank Tripucka	QB	Notre Dame

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	6	Bill Kay	T	Iowa
3	15	Huey Keeney	B	Rice
3	19	Veto Kissell	B	Holy Cross
4	27	Wilbur Volz	B	Missouri
5	35	Frank Gaul	G	Notre Dame
6	43	Frank Guess	B	Texas
7	51	Hal Entsminger	QB	Missouri
8	59	Vic Vasicek	G	Texas
9	67	Alex Verdova	B	Ohio State
10	75	Al Russas	E	Tennessee
11	83	Ernie Settembre	T	Miami (Florida)
12	91	Milt Kormarnicki	C	Villanova
13	99	Butch Songin	QB	Boston College
14	107	Leon Cooper	T	Hardin-Simmons
15	115	Clay Tonnemaker	C	Minnesota
16	123	Rob Goode	B	Texas A&M
17	131	Art Donovan	G	Boston College
18	137	Jim Goodman	T	Maryland
19	143	Merlin London	E	Oklahoma State
20	149	Marty Breen	C	Canisius
21	155	John Simon	G	Penn State
25	170	Bernie Hanula	T	Wake Forest
26	175	Bobby Deuber	B	Pennsylvania
27	180	Floyd Lewis	G	Southern Methodist
28	185	Leon Cochran	B	Auburn
29	190	Joe Leonard	T	Virginia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	77	55	56	48
Opponents Totals	52	79	49	76

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		184	111	61	12	/ %	/ %	59	454
Opponents Totals		139	69	62	8	/ %	/ %	54	419

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Chet Adams	0	32	32	100.0	4	11	36.4	0	44
Al Baldwin	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Rex Bumgardner	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Chet Mutryn	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
George Ratterman	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ollie Cline	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Lou Tomasetti	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Lukens	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bobby Livingstone	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Sutton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Wilbur Volz	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	32	32	32	100.0	4	11	36.4	0	236
Opponents Totals	35	35	35	100.0	3	16	18.8	1	256

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Chet Adams	4	11	36.4	3/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	4	11	36.4	3/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	3	16	18.8	0/	3/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chet Mutryn	131	696	5.3		5
Ollie Cline	125	518	4.1		3
Rex Bumgardner	101	391	3.9		1
Lou Tomasetti	54	249	4.6		2
George Ratterman	36	85	2.4		4
Joe Sutton	9	63	7.0		0
Veto Kissell	10	19	1.9		0
Larry Joe	2	18	9.0		0
Jesse Freitas	3	13	4.3		0
Wilbur Volz	4	7	1.8		1
Jim Still	2	6	3.0		0
Al Baldwin	2	1	0.5		0
Bobby Livingstone	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tommy Colella	7	-9	-1.3		0
Alex Wizbicki	5	-10	-2.0		0
Team Totals	492	2047	4.2		16
Opponents Totals	385	1616	4.2	57t	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
George Ratterman	252	146	57.9	93	1777	7.1	12.2		14	5.6	13	5.2				76.8
Jim Still	12	6	50.0	5	86	7.2	14.3		1	8.3	1	8.3				66.7
Jesse Freitas	9	4	44.4	3	10	1.1	2.5		0	0.0	2	22.2				12.0
Team Totals	273	156	57.1	101	1873	6.9	12.0		15	5.5	16	5.9				72.2
Opponents Totals	282	132	46.8	141	2109	7.5	16.0	80t	18	6.4	9	3.2	28	110	1999	80.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Baldwin	53	719	13.6		7
Chet Mutryn	29	333	11.5		0
Jim Lukens	24	249	10.4		2
Ollie Cline	15	110	7.3		0
Lou Tomasetti	9	56	6.2		1
Rex Bumgardner	7	168	24.0		4
Joe Sutton	5	63	12.6		1
Paul Gibson	3	32	10.7		0
Veto Kissell	3	37	12.3		0
Jack Carpenter	2	20	10.0		0
Tommy Colella	2	6	3.0		0
Larry Joe	2	52	26.0		0
Bob Oristaglio	1	14	14.0	14	0
Wilbur Volz	1	6	6.0	6	0
Abe Gibron	0	3		3L	0
Vic Vasicek	0	5		5L	0
Team Totals	156	1873	12.0		15
Opponents Totals	132	2109	16.0	80	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Colella	3	49	16.3		0
Veto Kissell	1	14	14.0	14	0
Paul Gibson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Bobby Livingstone	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bill Schroll	1	4	4.0	4	0
Hal Herring	1	1	1.0	1	0
Alex Wizbicki	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	9	84	9.3		0
Opponents Totals	16	250	15.6	55	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	BL	RYDS	NET
Tommy Colella	44	1554	35.3	1
Jim Still	16	614	38.4	0
Team Totals	60	2168	36.1	1	343	30.4
Opponents Totals	58			0	400

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Livingstone	10	171	17.1	79t	1
Chet Mutryn	7	77	11.0		0
Joe Sutton	6	62	10.3		0
Tommy Colella	5	42	8.4		0
Rex Bumgardner	4	35	8.8		0
Lou Tomasetti	2	13	6.5		0
Team Totals	34	400	11.8	79t	1
Opponents Totals	29	343	11.8		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Chet Mutryn	10	224	22.4
Rex Bumgardner	9	163	18.1
Tommy Colella	7	107	15.3
Joe Sutton	4	82	20.5
Wilbur Volz	3	43	14.3
Bobby Livingstone	2	35	17.5
Alex Wizbicki	1	22	22.0	22
Ollie Cline	1	21	21.0	21
Lou Tomasetti	1	19	19.0	19
Larry Joe	1	12	12.0	12
Veto Kissell	1	1	1.0	1
Team Totals	40	729	18.2
Opponents Totals	41

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	34	18	16	22	38		0
Opponents Totals	34	22	12	18	30		3