1965 Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 10-3-1 .769 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban |
| Joe Collier | Defensive Backs/Linebackers |
| Johnny Mazur | Receivers/Quarterbacks |
| Jerry Smith | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/8/1965 | A | Boston Patriots | 23-0 | W | Boston, MA | Boston College Alumni Stadium | 23674 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | H | Houston Oilers | 7-29 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 14286 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | A | New York Jets | 30-14 | W | New Brunswick, NJ | Rutgers Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 16-18 | L | Wichita, KS | Veterans Field | 8000 | |
| Thu | 9/2/1965 | H | New York Jets | 31-10 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | H | Boston Patriots | 24-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45502 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Denver Broncos | 30-15 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 30682 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | H | New York Jets | 33-21 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45056 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | H | Oakland Raiders | 17-12 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 41246 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | H | San Diego Chargers | 3-34 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45260 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 26941 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Denver Broncos | 31-13 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45046 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Houston Oilers | 17-19 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 44267 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | A | Boston Patriots | 23-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 24415 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-14 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 19352 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1965 | A | San Diego Chargers | 20-20 | T | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 27473 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | A | Houston Oilers | 29-18 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 23087 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 34-25 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40298 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | A | New York Jets | 12-14 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 55427 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/26/1965 | A | San Diego Chargers | 23-0 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 30361 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 43 | Joe Auer | FB-HB | 6-1 | 207 | 24 | Miami (Florida); Georgia Tech | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | Stew Barber | LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 26 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Glenn Bass | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 26 | East Carolina | 4 | 4 |
| 60 | Dave Behrman | C | 6-5 | 262 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | Al Bemiller | ROG | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Butch Byrd | RCB | 6-0 | 203 | 24 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Wray Carlton | HB | 6-2 | 218 | 28 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | Hagood Clarke | LS | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 11 |
| 82 | Paul Costa | TE | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Notre Dame | 10 | 9 |
| 88 | Tom Day | RDE | 6-2 | 252 | 30 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Elbert Dubenion | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 32 | Bluffton | 3 | 3 |
| 78 | Jim Dunaway | LDT | 6-4 | 278 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Booker Edgerson | LCB | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Western Illinois | 14 | 9 |
| 80 | Charley Ferguson | SE | 6-5 | 218 | 26 | Tennessee State | 12 | 8 |
| 73 | George Flint | ROG | 6-4 | 243 | 28 | Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | K | 6-2 | 193 | 23 | Cornell | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | Bill Groman | SE-FL | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Heidelberg | 5 | 0 |
| 49 | Floyd Hudlow | FL | 5-11 | 192 | 22 | Phoenix JC; Arizona | 7 | 0 |
| 79 | Dick Hudson | ROT | 6-4 | 266 | 25 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Harry Jacobs | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Bradley | 14 | 14 |
| 27 | Tommy Janik | S | 6-3 | 198 | 25 | Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10 | 0 |
| 33 | Billy Joe | FB | 6-2 | 243 | 25 | Villanova | 14 | 11 |
| 74 | Tom Keating | DE-RDT | 6-3 | 246 | 23 | Michigan | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | Jack Kemp | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 30 | Occidental | 14 | 13 |
| 12 | Daryle Lamonica | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| 52 | Bill Laskey | LLB | 6-2 | 237 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Paul Maguire | P | 6-0 | 224 | 27 | The Citadel | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | Ron McDole | LDE | 6-3 | 266 | 26 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Dudley Meredith | LDE-DT | 6-4 | 280 | 30 | Del Mar JC; Midwestern State; Lamar | 14 | 0 |
| 48 | Pete Mills | FL | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Coffeyville CC; Wichita State | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | Joe O'Donnell | LOT | 6-2 | 249 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| 46 | Bo Roberson | FL | 6-1 | 192 | 30 | Cornell | 8 | 8 |
| 40 | Ed Rutkowski | SF-FL-S | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 4 |
| 26 | George Saimes | RS | 5-10 | 188 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 76 | Hank Schmidt | DT | 6-4 | 258 | 30 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California; Trinity (Texas) | 8 | 0 |
| 56 | Marty Schottenheimer | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Tom Sestak | RDT | 6-5 | 267 | 29 | Baylor; McNeese State | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Billy Shaw | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Bobby Smith | HB | 6-0 | 203 | 23 | North Texas | 14 | 3 |
| 32 | Donnie Stone | FB-HB | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Arkansas | 14 | 0 |
| 58 | Mike Stratton | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 24 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 23 | Gene Sykes | LS | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Louisiana State | 4 | 3 |
| 51 | John Tracey | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 32 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Ernie Warlick | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 35 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 5 |
| 22 | Charley Warner | LCB | 5-11 | 178 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 8 | Jim Davidson | T | Ohio State | |
| 3 | 24 | Al Atkinson | T | Villanova | |
| 5 | 40 | Dave Simmons | LB | Georgia Tech | |
| 6 | 48 | Lance Rentzel | HB | Oklahoma | |
| 7 | 56 | Marty Schottenheimer | LB | Pittsburgh | |
| 8 | 64 | Ray Rissmiller | T | Georgia | |
| 9 | 72 | Al Nelson | DB | Cincinnati | |
| 10 | 79 | Chuck Mercein | FB | Yale | |
| 10 | 80 | Floyd Hudlow | DB | Arizona | |
| 11 | 88 | Doug Goodwin | FB | Maryland-Eastern Shore | |
| 12 | 91 | Chuck Hurston | T | Auburn | |
| 12 | 96 | Pete Mills | HB | Wichita State | |
| 13 | 104 | Bob Timberlake | QB | Michigan | |
| 14 | 112 | Lyn Hart | DB | Virginia State | |
| 15 | 120 | John Meyer | LB | Notre Dame | |
| 16 | 128 | Bruce Airheart | HB | North Dakota State | |
| 17 | 136 | John Henderson | E | Michigan | |
| 18 | 137 | Ray Hinze | T | Texas A&M | |
| 18 | 144 | John Fouse | E | Arizona | |
| 19 | 152 | Frank Marchlewski | LB | Minnesota | |
| 20 | 160 | John Henry | DT | Boston University | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 8 | Ken Ambrusko | HB | Maryland | |
| 2 | 16 | Gary Lane | QB | Missouri | |
| 3 | 23 | John Kuzniewski | FB | Purdue | |
| 4 | 32 | Roger Davis | HB | Virginia | |
| 5 | 40 | Johnny Boyette | T | Clemson | |
| 6 | 48 | John Strohmeyer | DE | Nebraska | |
| 7 | 56 | J.R. Wilburn | E | South Carolina | |
| 8 | 64 | Charley King | DB | Purdue | |
| 9 | 72 | Earl Hawkins | HB | Emory & Henry | |
| 10 | 80 | Sonny Odom | HB | Duke | |
| 11 | 88 | Ray Johnson | G | Prairie View A&M | |
| 12 | 96 | George Wilson | QB | Xavier (Ohio) | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 76 | 81 | 60 | 96 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 73 | 39 | 72 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 69 | 119 | 18 | / % | / % | 78 | 685 | |
| Opponents Totals | 226 | 65 | 141 | 20 | / % | / % | 69 | 832 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 0 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 46 | 60.9 | 0 | 115 |
| Wray Carlton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Billy Joe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Charley Warner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bo Roberson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Charley Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Saimes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Warlick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 46 | 60.9 | 0 | 313 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 1 | 226 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 28 | 46 | 60.9 | 5 | 47 | 10/10 | 8/9 | 9/15 | 1/8 | 0/4 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 46 | 60.9 | 5 | 47 | 10/10 | 8/9 | 9/15 | 1/8 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 6/9 | 4/7 | 4/9 | 1/4 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wray Carlton | 156 | 592 | 3.8 | 80t | 6 |
| Billy Joe | 123 | 377 | 3.1 | 30 | 4 |
| Bobby Smith | 43 | 137 | 3.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Donnie Stone | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 36 | 49 | 1.4 | 12 | 4 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Auer | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 392 | 1288 | 3.3 | 80t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 360 | 1114 | 3.1 | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 391 | 179 | 45.8 | 194 | 2368 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 78t | 10 | 2.6 | 18 | 4.6 | 54.8 | |||
| Daryle Lamonica | 70 | 29 | 41.4 | 35 | 376 | 5.4 | 13.0 | 74t | 3 | 4.3 | 6 | 8.6 | 37.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 461 | 208 | 45.1 | 229 | 2744 | 6.0 | 13.2 | 78t | 13 | 2.8 | 24 | 5.2 | 29 | 283 | 2461 | 52.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 502 | 227 | 45.2 | 243 | 3416 | 6.8 | 15.0 | 95t | 19 | 3.8 | 32 | 6.4 | 28 | 246 | 3170 | 54.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Roberson | 31 | 483 | 15.6 | 74t | 3 |
| Billy Joe | 27 | 271 | 10.0 | 78t | 2 |
| Wray Carlton | 24 | 196 | 8.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Paul Costa | 21 | 401 | 19.1 | 46 | 0 |
| Charley Ferguson | 21 | 262 | 12.5 | 30t | 2 |
| Glenn Bass | 18 | 299 | 16.6 | 38 | 1 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 18 | 281 | 15.6 | 46 | 1 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 18 | 247 | 13.7 | 47t | 1 |
| Bobby Smith | 12 | 116 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Ernie Warlick | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Donnie Stone | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Mills | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 208 | 2744 | 13.2 | 78t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 3416 | 15.0 | 95t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagood Clarke | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 23 | 1 |
| Booker Edgerson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Day | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 393 | 12.3 | 62 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 467 | 19.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 80 | 3437 | 43.0 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 222 | 3095 | 38.7 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 3437 | 43.0 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 222 | 3095 | 38.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 3053 | 40.2 | 1 | 389 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Byrd | 22 | 4 | 220 | 10.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Charley Warner | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Hagood Clarke | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Floyd Hudlow | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| George Saimes | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 16 | 389 | 10.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 222 | 7.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Warner | 32 | 825 | 25.8 | 102t | 2 | |
| Ed Rutkowski | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bo Roberson | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Floyd Hudlow | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jim Dunaway | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 1022 | 22.7 | 102t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 1449 | 24.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stew Barber | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Butch Byrd | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Hagood Clarke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Costa | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Dunaway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charley Ferguson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Floyd Hudlow | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Harry Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Janik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billy Joe | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Kemp | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ron McDole | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| George Saimes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Marty Schottenheimer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tom Sestak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gene Sykes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Charley Warner | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 28 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 0 |
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