1967 Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
3rd place Eastern Division 4-10-0 .286 |
Head Coach: Joe Collier |
Harvey Johnson | Kickers |
Johnny Mazur | Passing Game |
Richie McCabe | Defense |
Jerry Smith | Running Game |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/5/1967 | N | Miami Dolphins | 7-10 | L | Memphis, TN | Memorial Stadium | 21200 | |
Mon | 8/14/1967 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-19 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 43503 | |
Sun | 8/20/1967 | H | Boston Patriots | 10-13 | L | Rochester, NY | Aquinas Stadium | 15300 | |
Fri | 8/25/1967 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-38 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 41488 | |
Thu | 8/31/1967 | N | New York Jets | 31-23 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Memorial Stadium | 19274 | |
Sun | 9/10/1967 | H | New York Jets | 20-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45748 | |
Sun | 9/17/1967 | H | Houston Oilers | 3-20 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 41384 | |
Sun | 9/24/1967 | H | Boston Patriots | 0-23 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45748 | |
Sun | 10/1/1967 | H | San Diego Chargers | 17-37 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 39310 | |
Sun | 10/8/1967 | A | Denver Broncos | 17-16 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 35188 | |
Sun | 10/15/1967 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-24 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45758 | |
Sun | 10/29/1967 | A | Houston Oilers | 3-10 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 30060 | |
Sun | 11/5/1967 | H | Miami Dolphins | 35-13 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 31622 | |
Sun | 11/12/1967 | A | New York Jets | 10-20 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62671 | |
Sun | 11/19/1967 | H | Denver Broncos | 20-21 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30891 | |
Sun | 11/26/1967 | A | Miami Dolphins | 14-17 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 27050 | |
Sun | 12/3/1967 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-23 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 41948 | |
Sat | 12/9/1967 | A | Boston Patriots | 44-16 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 20627 | |
Sun | 12/24/1967 | A | Oakland Raiders | 21-28 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 30738 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
33 | Bill Bailey | FB | 6-0 | 211 | 23 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 |
77 | Stew Barber | LOT-LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
50 | Al Bemiller | C-LOT-ROT | 6-3 | 243 | 29 | Syracuse | 14 | 13 |
35 | Charlie Bivins | FB | 6-2 | 212 | 29 | Morris Brown | 9 | 0 |
76 | Gary Bugenhagen | LOG-OT | 6-2 | 249 | 22 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
21 | Bobby Burnett | HB | 6-2 | 208 | 24 | Arkansas | 8 | 3 |
42 | Butch Byrd | RCB | 6-0 | 203 | 26 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
30 | Wray Carlton | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 30 | Duke | 12 | 10 |
45 | Hagood Clarke | LS | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Florida | 11 | 4 |
82 | Paul Costa | TE | 6-4 | 252 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
62 | Dick Cunningham | ROT-LOT-OG | 6-2 | 239 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 6 |
34 | Gene Donaldson | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Purdue | 2 | 0 |
44 | Elbert Dubenion | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 34 | Bluffton | 12 | 11 |
78 | Jim Dunaway | LDT | 6-4 | 278 | 26 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
24 | Booker Edgerson | LCB | 5-10 | 182 | 28 | Western Illinois | 14 | 14 |
16 | Tom Flores | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 30 | Fresno CC; Pacific | 14 | 3 |
53 | Wayne Frazier | C | 6-2 | 243 | 28 | Auburn | 6 | 5 |
59 | Paul Guidry | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 23 | Louisiana State; McNeese State | 14 | 4 |
79 | Dick Hudson | ROT | 6-4 | 266 | 27 | Memphis | 8 | 8 |
64 | Harry Jacobs | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 30 | Bradley | 7 | 7 |
27 | Tommy Janik | LS-CB | 6-3 | 198 | 27 | Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 10 |
15 | Jack Kemp | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 32 | Occidental | 14 | 11 |
73 | Howard Kindig | LDE | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Moberly JC; Los Angeles State | 5 | 1 |
47 | Charley King | CB-S | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 0 |
46 | Tony King | OE | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Findlay | 7 | 0 |
43 | Monte Ledbetter | FL | 6-2 | 185 | 24 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 5 | 3 |
60 | Jim LeMoine | OG | 6-2 | 247 | 22 | Chabot JC; Utah State | 8 | 0 |
20 | Keith Lincoln | HB-FB | 6-2 | 212 | 28 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
55 | Paul Maguire | P-LB | 6-0 | 224 | 29 | The Citadel | 14 | 0 |
87 | Billy Masters | SE | 6-5 | 236 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 5 |
72 | Ron McDole | LDE | 6-3 | 266 | 28 | Nebraska | 13 | 13 |
7 | Mike Mercer | K | 6-0 | 208 | 32 | Minnesota; Florida State; Hardin-Simmons; Northern Arizona | 14 | 0 |
75 | Dudley Meredith | RDE-DT | 6-4 | 280 | 32 | Del Mar JC; Midwestern State; Lamar | 14 | 5 |
67 | Joe O'Donnell | ROG | 6-2 | 249 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
85 | Bob Petrich | DE | 6-4 | 253 | 26 | Los Angeles Valley JC; West Texas A&M | 6 | 3 |
48 | John Pitts | SE | 6-4 | 219 | 22 | Santa Ana JC; Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
23 | Bobby Ply | S | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Baylor | 3 | 0 |
84 | Art Powell | SE | 6-2 | 211 | 30 | San Diego CC; San Jose State | 6 | 6 |
65 | Remi Prudhomme | RDE | 6-4 | 251 | 25 | Louisiana State | 10 | 6 |
40 | Ed Rutkowski | SE-FL | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 3 |
26 | George Saimes | RS | 5-10 | 188 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
57 | Bob Schmidt | C | 6-4 | 248 | 31 | Minnesota | 7 | 1 |
56 | Marty Schottenheimer | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 5 |
70 | Tom Sestak | RDT | 6-5 | 267 | 31 | Baylor; McNeese State | 14 | 14 |
66 | Billy Shaw | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 9 |
34 | Allen Smith | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Fort Valley State | 5 | 0 |
32 | Jack Spikes | FB | 6-2 | 221 | 29 | Texas Christian | 7 | 1 |
58 | Mike Stratton | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 26 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
51 | John Tracey | LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 34 | Texas A&M | 13 | 12 |
81 | Rich Zecher | DT-DE | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Contra Costa JC; Utah State | 5 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 22 | John Pitts | FL-DB | Arizona State |
2 | 42 | Jim LeMoine | TE | Utah State |
3 | 70 | Tom Rhoads | DE | Notre Dame |
4 | 102 | Gary Bugenhagen | T | Syracuse |
6 | 149 | Bill Wilkerson | DE | Texas-El Paso |
7 | 181 | George Gaiser | T | Southern Methodist |
8 | 207 | Tommy Luke | DB | Mississippi |
9 | 233 | Jerry Seither | E | Kent State |
10 | 259 | Tom Croft | DB | Louisiana Tech |
11 | 284 | Paul Tomich | T | Drake |
12 | 292 | Ernie Ames | DT | Kent State |
12 | 311 | Bob Bonner | DT | Southern University |
13 | 318 | Howard Finley | DB | Tennessee State |
13 | 319 | George Carter | HB | St. Bonaventure |
13 | 337 | Randy Wheeler | HB | Georgia |
14 | 362 | Vern Moore | HB | Central Oklahoma |
15 | 389 | Grant Martinsen | DB | Utah State |
16 | 415 | Mike Irwin | HB | Penn State |
17 | 441 | Grover Smith | HB | Fort Valley State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 61 | 61 | 47 | 68 |
Opponents Totals | 50 | 105 | 49 | 81 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 203 | 65 | 119 | 19 | / % | / % | 74 | 828 | |
Opponents Totals | 201 | 73 | 106 | 22 | / % | / % | 51 | 507 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Mercer | 0 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 0 | 73 |
Keith Lincoln | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
Art Powell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Wray Carlton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Jack Kemp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
Paul Costa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Tommy Janik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Billy Masters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Monte Ledbetter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Marty Schottenheimer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Tom Sestak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 27 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 0 | 237 |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 38 | 44.7 | 2 | 285 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Mercer | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 3/3 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 1/1 |
Team Totals | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 3/3 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 1/1 |
Opponents Totals | 17 | 38 | 44.7 | 3/6 | 6/10 | 5/7 | 3/12 | 0/3 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keith Lincoln | 159 | 601 | 3.8 | 28 | 4 |
Wray Carlton | 107 | 467 | 4.4 | 21 | 3 |
Bobby Burnett | 45 | 96 | 2.1 | 18 | 0 |
Charlie Bivins | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 43 | 0 |
Jack Kemp | 36 | 58 | 1.6 | 14 | 2 |
Jack Spikes | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
Gene Donaldson | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | -2 | 0 |
Elbert Dubenion | 2 | -17 | -8.5 | -1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 371 | 1271 | 3.4 | 43 | 9 |
Opponents Totals | 437 | 1622 | 3.7 | 53 | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Kemp | 369 | 161 | 43.6 | 182 | 2503 | 6.8 | 15.5 | 63t | 14 | 3.8 | 26 | 7.0 | 38 | 380 | 2123 | 50.0 |
Tom Flores | 64 | 22 | 34.4 | 34 | 260 | 4.1 | 11.8 | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 12.5 | 7 | 66 | 194 | 8.1 |
Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 434 | 183 | 42.2 | 217 | 2763 | 6.4 | 15.1 | 63t | 14 | 3.2 | 34 | 7.8 | 45 | 446 | 2317 | 41.9 |
Opponents Totals | 377 | 162 | 43.0 | 188 | 2191 | 5.8 | 13.5 | 56 | 17 | 4.5 | 27 | 7.2 | 43 | 366 | 1825 | 47.3 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keith Lincoln | 41 | 558 | 13.6 | 60t | 5 |
Paul Costa | 39 | 726 | 18.6 | 63t | 2 |
Elbert Dubenion | 25 | 384 | 15.4 | 42 | 0 |
Art Powell | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 37t | 4 |
Billy Masters | 20 | 274 | 13.7 | 28 | 2 |
Bobby Burnett | 11 | 114 | 10.4 | 38 | 0 |
Monte Ledbetter | 9 | 161 | 17.9 | 60t | 1 |
Wray Carlton | 9 | 97 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
Ed Rutkowski | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 |
Gene Donaldson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
John Tracey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Jack Spikes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 183 | 2763 | 15.1 | 63t | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 162 | 2191 | 13.5 | 56 | 17 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Janik | 10 | 222 | 22.2 | 46 | 2 |
Butch Byrd | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
Marty Schottenheimer | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 45t | 1 |
Booker Edgerson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
George Saimes | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jim Dunaway | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Dudley Meredith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Ron McDole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Mike Stratton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
John Tracey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 27 | 401 | 14.9 | 46 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 554 | 16.3 | 2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Maguire | 77 | 3320 | 43.1 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 301 | 2919 | 37.9 |
Team Totals | 77 | 3320 | 43.1 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 301 | 2919 | 37.9 |
Opponents Totals | 74 | 3032 | 41.0 | 199 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Byrd | 30 | 5 | 142 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 |
Ed Rutkowski | 15 | 4 | 43 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
Charley King | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Booker Edgerson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 47 | 9 | 199 | 4.2 | 19 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 301 | 9.1 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Bivins | 16 | 380 | 23.8 | 55 | 0 | |
Allen Smith | 16 | 346 | 21.6 | 64 | 0 | |
Charley King | 12 | 316 | 26.3 | 38 | 0 | |
Ed Rutkowski | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 38 | 0 | |
Dudley Meredith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Guidry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 51 | 1113 | 21.8 | 64 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 56 | 1292 | 23.1 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Burnett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Butch Byrd | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Wray Carlton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Costa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Dunaway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Guidry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Hudson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Kemp | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Charley King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Lincoln | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Masters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dudley Meredith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Sestak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Shaw | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Allen Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
Team Totals | 32 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 26 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 3 |
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