| Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1949 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 16575 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 66 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Ollie Cline 35 run (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Billy Joe Grimes 12 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Bob Nelson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 4 run (Chet Adams kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Billy Joe Grimes 9 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Glenn Dobbs 2 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jim Lukens 10 pass from George Ratterman (Chet Adams kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Al Baldwin 8 pass from George Ratterman (Chet Adams kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 3 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Dick Wilkins 32 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Bob Nelson kick) | 28 | 28 |
| 3 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Hosea Rodgers 1 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 28 | 35 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Ab Wimberly 33 fumble recovery (Bob Nelson kick) | 28 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 45 | LOT | Jack Carpenter |
| 32 | LOG | Odell Stautzenberger |
| 22 | C | Art Statuto |
| 34 | ROG | Vic Vasicek |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 59 | ROE | Jim Lukens |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 82 | ROH | Rex Bumgardner |
| 70 | FB | Ollie Cline |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Vince Mazza |
| 47 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 49 | MG | John Maskas |
| 42 | RDT | Chet Adams |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Stanton |
| 72 | LLB | Bill Schroll |
| 26 | MLB | Hal Herring |
| 23 | RLB | Carl Schuette |
| 52 | LDH | Paul Gibson |
| 85 | RDH | Alex Wizbicki |
| 86 | S | Joe Sutton |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Dick Wilkins |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 30 | LOG | Al Lolotai |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 33 | ROG | Bob Dobelstein |
| 40 | ROT | Ed Kelley |
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford |
| 66 | BB | Bob Hoffman |
| 95 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 85 | HB | Billy Joe Grimes |
| 73 | FB | Hosea Rodgers |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Burr Baldwin |
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard |
| 47 | MG | Mike Perrotti |
| 42 | RDT | Ernie Williamson |
| 55 | RDE | Ab Wimberly |
| 65 | LLB | Dan Dworsky |
| 27 | RLB | Dick Woodard |
| 97 | LDH | Earl Howell |
| 92 | RDH | Shorty McWilliams |
| 82 | S | Bob Kennedy |
| 77 | S | Jim Spavital |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ollie Cline | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 1 | |
| Joe Sutton | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| George Ratterman | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Veto Kissell | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Hosea Rodgers | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Earl Howell | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Spavital | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 34 | 17 | 50.0 | 3 | 305 | 9.0 | 56 | 2 | 64.0 | ||
| Jim Still | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 283 | 10.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Al Baldwin | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 1 | |
| Jim Lukens | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 56 | 1 |
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Gibson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Still | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vic Vasicek | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Dick Wilkins | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 1 | |
| Len Ford | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Hosea Rodgers | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Ed Henke | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Earl Howell | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| John Brown | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Burr Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Joe Sutton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Rex Bumgardner | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sutton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Billy Joe Grimes | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Spavital | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
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