1963 Buffalo Bills (AFL)

1st place Eastern Division 7-6-1 .538

Head Coach: Lou Saban

Herman Ball	Offensive Line
Joe Collier	Defensive Backs
Johnny Mazur	Receivers
Jerry Smith	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/9/1963	A	Kansas City Chiefs	13-17	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	5721
Fri	8/16/1963	H	New York Jets	23-8	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	19142
Sat	8/24/1963	H	Boston Patriots	24-14	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	17697
Sat	8/31/1963	N	Denver Broncos	21-14	W	Winston-Salem, NC	Bowman Gray Stadium	7000
Sun	9/8/1963	A	San Diego Chargers	10-14	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	22344
Sun	9/15/1963	A	Oakland Raiders	17-35	L	Oakland, CA	Frank Youell Field	17568
Sun	9/22/1963	H	Kansas City Chiefs	27-27	T	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	33487
Sat	9/28/1963	H	Houston Oilers	20-31	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	32340
Sat	10/5/1963	H	Oakland Raiders	12-0	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	24846
Sun	10/13/1963	A	Kansas City Chiefs	35-26	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	25519
Sun	10/20/1963	A	Houston Oilers	14-28	L	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	23948
Sat	10/26/1963	H	Boston Patriots	28-21	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	29243
Sun	11/3/1963	A	Denver Broncos	30-28	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	19424
Sat	11/9/1963	H	Denver Broncos	27-17	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	30989
Sun	11/17/1963	H	San Diego Chargers	13-23	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	38593
Sun	12/1/1963	A	Boston Patriots	7-17	L	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	16981
Sun	12/8/1963	H	New York Jets	45-14	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	20222
Sat	12/14/1963	A	New York Jets	19-10	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	5826
Eastern Division Playoff
Sat	12/28/1963	H	Boston Patriots	8-26	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	33044

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
46	Ray Abruzzese	LS	6-1	194	26	Hinds CC; Alabama	14	14
20	Billy Atkins	S	6-1	196	29	Auburn	1	0
77	Stew Barber	LOT	6-3	247	24	Penn State	14	14
88/27	Glenn Bass	TE-HB	6-2	202	24	East Carolina	9	0
51	Dave Behrman	ROT-DT-C	6-5	262	22	Michigan State	14	0
50	Al Bemiller	C	6-3	243	25	Syracuse	14	14
33	Hez Braxton	FB	6-2	227	29	Virginia Union	1	0
25	Fred Brown	FL	5-11	186	25	Georgia	4	0
30	Wray Carlton	HB	6-2	218	26	Duke	4	2
43	Carl Charon	RS	5-10	190	23	Michigan State	12	2
22	Wayne Crow	HB	6-0	205	25	California	5	1
60	Tom Day	ROG	6-2	252	28	North Carolina A&T State	14	9
74	Jerry DeLucca	OT	6-2	249	27	Tennessee; Middle Tennessee State	2	0
44	Elbert Dubenion	FL	6-0	189	30	Bluffton	14	14
78	Jim Dunaway	RDT-LDT	6-4	278	22	Mississippi	14	10
24	Booker Edgerson	RCB	5-10	182	24	Western Illinois	14	14
80	Charley Ferguson	SE	6-5	218	24	Tennessee State	12	2
73	George Flint	ROG	6-4	243	26	Arizona State	9	5
34	Cookie Gilchrist	FB	6-3	249	28	none	14	14
79	Dick Hudson	OT	6-4	266	23	Memphis	2	2
56	Harry Jacobs	MLB	6-2	228	26	Bradley	14	12
15	Jack Kemp	QB	6-1	201	28	Occidental	14	12
45	Roger Kochman	HB	6-2	205	22	Penn State	5	4
12	Daryle Lamonica	P-QB	6-2	215	22	Notre Dame	14	1
64	Chuck Leo	ROG	6-0	238	29	Indiana	4	0
55	Marv Matuszak	MLB-RLB	6-3	232	32	Tulsa	14	2
72	Ron McDole	RDE	6-3	266	24	Nebraska	12	0
81	Bill Miller	SE	6-0	192	23	Miami (Florida)	14	12
87	LeRoy Moore	LDE	6-0	231	28	Fort Valley State	2	2
25	Jesse Murdock	FB	6-2	203	27	San Bernardino Valley JC; U.S. International	6	0
57	Herb Paterra	LLB-RLB	6-1	222	23	Michigan State	10	0
75	Ken Rice	ROT-LDE	6-2	243	24	Auburn	14	14
20	Hank Rivera	LS	5-11	180	25	Los Angeles CC; Oregon State	3	0
40	Ed Rutkowski	HB-LCB-FB	6-1	204	22	Notre Dame	14	7
26	George Saimes	RS-FB	5-10	188	22	Michigan State	14	12
70	Tom Sestak	RDT-LDT	6-5	267	27	Baylor; McNeese State	14	14
66	Billy Shaw	LOG	6-3	250	25	Georgia Tech	14	14
58	Mike Stratton	RLB	6-3	236	22	Tennessee	14	14
23	Gene Sykes	LS-RS	6-1	196	22	Louisiana State	9	0
85	John Tracey	LLB	6-3	225	30	Texas A&M	14	14
84	Ernie Warlick	TE	6-4	234	33	North Carolina Central	14	14
47	Willie West	LCB	5-10	188	25	Oregon	14	14
82	Mack Yoho	RDE-K	6-2	239	27	Miami (Ohio)	14	12
76	Sid Youngelman	LDE-LDT	6-3	257	32	Alabama	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Dave Behrman	C	Michigan State
2	9	Jim Dunaway	T	Mississippi
2	12	Tom Hutchinson	E	Kentucky
3	20	Tom Brown	HB	Maryland
4	28	Tom Woodeshick	HB	West Virginia
5	36	Bob Jencks	E	Miami (Ohio)
6	44	Jim Moss	LB	South Carolina
7	52	Jim Kanicki	T	Michigan State
9	68	Larry Stallings	LB	Georgia Tech
10	76	Ron Snidow	T	Oregon
11	83	Ronnie Goodwin	HB	Baylor
14	108	John Simmons	E	Tulsa
15	116	Paul Underhill	FB	Missouri
16	124	Ed Hoerster	LB	Notre Dame
17	132	Jeff Slabaugh	T	Indiana
18	140	Herb Paterra	LB	Michigan State
19	148	Gene Sykes	E	Louisiana State
20	156	Harlow Fullwood	T	Virginia Union
21	164	Ed Adamchik	T	Pittsburgh
22	172	Chuck Walker	T	Duke
23	180	Bob Middleton	E	Ohio State
24	188	Daryle Lamonica	QB	Notre Dame
25	196	Ron Carlson	E	Wisconsin
26	204	Willis Crenshaw	FB	Kansas State
27	212	Dick Quast	G	Memphis
28	220	Leon Mavity	HB	Colorado
29	228	Charlie Killett	HB	Memphis

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	60	88	83	73
Opponents Totals	58	86	74	73

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		272	107	147	18	/ %	/ %	63	532
Opponents Totals		224	63	147	14	/ %	/ %	50	453

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Cookie Gilchrist	14	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	84
Mack Yoho	0	32	37	86.5	0	0	10	24	41.7	0	62
Jack Kemp	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	48
Elbert Dubenion	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Charley Ferguson	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Bill Miller	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Glenn Bass	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Fred Brown	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Carl Charon	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Roger Kochman	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Ed Rutkowski	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Mike Stratton	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Ernie Warlick	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Daryle Lamonica	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	2
John Tracey	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	2
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	4
Team Totals	39	32	37	86.5	2	2	10	24	41.7	2	304
Opponents Totals	37	35	35	100.0	1	2	10	26	38.5	1	291

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Mack Yoho	10	24	41.7	4/5	3/4	2/8	1/7	0/0
Team Totals	10	24	41.7	4/5	3/4	2/8	1/7	0/0
Opponents Totals	10	26	38.5	2/2	2/3	3/7	3/11	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cookie Gilchrist	232	979	4.2	32	12
Roger Kochman	47	232	4.9	48	0
Jack Kemp	50	239	4.8	26	8
Ed Rutkowski	48	144	3.0	45	0
Wray Carlton	29	125	4.3	19	0
Glenn Bass	14	59	4.2	9	0
George Saimes	12	41	3.4	7	0
Fred Brown	6	18	3.0	6	1
Daryle Lamonica	9	8	0.9	7	0
Wayne Crow	6	6	1.0	7	0
Team Totals	453	1851	4.1	48	21
Opponents Totals	303	1217	4.0		12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jack Kemp	384	193	50.3	171	2910	7.6	15.1	89t	13	3.4	20	5.2				65.1
Daryle Lamonica	71	33	46.5	34	437	6.2	13.2	74t	3	4.2	4	5.6				57.1
Cookie Gilchrist	1	1	100.0	0	35	35.0	35.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0				118.8
Ed Rutkowski	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	457	227	49.7	206	3382	7.4	14.9	89t	16	3.5	24	5.3	36	319	3063	64.1
Opponents Totals	472	218	46.2	232	3228	6.8	14.8		24	5.1	22	4.7	38	372	2856	66.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Miller	69	860	12.5	36	3
Elbert Dubenion	53	959	18.1	89t	4
Ernie Warlick	24	479	20.0	55t	1
Cookie Gilchrist	24	211	8.8	42	2
Ed Rutkowski	19	264	13.9	58t	1
Charley Ferguson	9	181	20.1	72t	3
Glenn Bass	9	153	17.0	74t	1
George Saimes	6	23	3.8	9	0
Wayne Crow	5	69	13.8	28	0
Roger Kochman	4	148	37.0	68	1
Fred Brown	3	7	2.3	7	0
Mike Stratton	1	19	19.0	19	0
Wray Carlton	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	227	3382	14.9	89t	16
Opponents Totals	218	3228	14.8		24

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie West	5	57	11.4	23	0
John Tracey	5	22	4.4	15	0
George Saimes	4	29	7.3	16	0
Mike Stratton	3	31	10.3	26t	1
Ray Abruzzese	3	9	3.0	9	0
Harry Jacobs	1	8	8.0	8	0
Booker Edgerson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	156	7.1	26t	1
Opponents Totals	24				1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Daryle Lamonica	51	2071	40.6	57	1	1	3
Wayne Crow	10	424	42.4	57	0	4	16
Team Totals	62	2495	40.2	57	1	5	19	144	2251	36.9
Opponents Totals	80	3209	40.1	68	0	3	14	316	2833	35.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Ray Abruzzese	17	8	152	8.9	32
Willie West	11	6	86	7.8	24
Ed Rutkowski	8	6	67	8.4	29
Roger Kochman	1	0	11	11.0	11
Team Totals	37	22	316	8.5	32
Opponents Totals	21	21	144	6.9	27

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Ed Rutkowski	13	396	30.5	65
Elbert Dubenion	13	333	25.6	39
George Saimes	7	140	20.0	31
Ray Abruzzese	6	118	19.7	25
Willie West	6	56	9.3	32
Fred Brown	2	40	20.0	20
John Tracey	1	21	21.0	21
Hank Rivera	1	20	20.0	20
Stew Barber	1	9	9.0	9
Marv Matuszak	1	0	0.0	0
Herb Paterra	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	52	1133	21.8	65
Opponents Totals	60	1239	20.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Stew Barber	1					0
Wray Carlton	1					0
Carl Charon	0	0				1
Elbert Dubenion	2					0
Cookie Gilchrist	8					0
Jack Kemp	10					0
Daryle Lamonica	1					0
Ed Rutkowski	1					0
Willie West	1					0
Team Totals	25	16	9	12	21	1
Opponents Totals	19	12	7	16	23	0