1946 Buffalo Bisons (AAFC) |
3rd place • Eastern Division • 3-10-1 .231 |
Head Coach: Lowell Dawson |
Clem Crowe | Assistant Coach |
Bill Daddio | Assistant Coach |
John Scafide | Assistant Coach |
Tom Stidham | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 8/30/1946 | N | Miami Seahawks | 23-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 16664 | |
Sun | 9/8/1946 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-27 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 25489 | |
Sat | 9/14/1946 | A | New York Yankees | 10-21 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 40606 | |
Sun | 9/22/1946 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 30302 | |
Wed | 9/25/1946 | A | Chicago Rockets | 35-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 20678 | |
Sun | 9/29/1946 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 21-21 | T | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 18163 | |
Fri | 10/4/1946 | H | New York Yankees | 13-21 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 17101 | |
Fri | 10/11/1946 | H | Miami Seahawks | 14-17 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 5040 | |
Sat | 10/19/1946 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 6101 | |
Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | Chicago Rockets | 49-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 15738 | |
Sat | 11/2/1946 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 12500 | |
Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 17-14 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 12820 | |
Mon | 11/18/1946 | A | Miami Seahawks | 14-21 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 5592 | |
Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-42 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 37054 | |
Sun | 12/1/1946 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 14-62 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27000 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
John Batorski | 54 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 238 | 26 | Colgate | 7 | 7 |
Blondy Black | 81 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Mississippi State | 3 | 0 |
Sam Brazinsky | 25 | LB-C | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Villanova | 6 | 0 |
Marty Comer | 52 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | Tulane | 8 | 3 |
Bill Daddio | 55 | DE-OE-K | 5-11 | 207 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 60 | QB-DH | 5-10 | 182 | 25 | Cornell | 14 | 14 |
George Doherty | 44 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 218 | 26 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 12 |
Andy Dudish | 80 | ROH | 5-11 | 182 | 28 | Georgia | 13 | 2 |
Jack Dugger | 50/45 | OT-DT-OE-DE | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 |
Ray Ebli | 53 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Notre Dame | 9 | 8 |
Johnny Fekete | 73 | HB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Ohio University | 2 | 0 |
Forrest Grigg | 40 | T | 6-2 | 294 | 20 | Tulsa | 7 | 0 |
Harry Hopp | 61/74 | QB | 6-0 | 209 | 28 | Nebraska | 10 | 2 |
Preston Johnston | 84 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 7 |
Elmer Jones | 34 | ROG-RDG-MG | 6-0 | 224 | 26 | Wake Forest | 13 | 5 |
Steve Juzwik | 88 | ROH-S | 5-8 | 186 | 28 | Notre Dame | 13 | 12 |
Fay King | 51 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 0 |
Quentin Klenk | 47 | ROT | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Southern California | 3 | 2 |
Al Klug | 36 | LOT-ROG-RDG-MG | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Marquette | 12 | 4 |
Nick Klutka | 56 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 198 | 25 | Florida | 11 | 6 |
Jack Kramer | 43 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | Marquette | 13 | 4 |
Vic Kulbitski | 72 | LLB-FB | 5-10 | 205 | 25 | Minnesota; Notre Dame; Minnesota | 13 | 13 |
Hal Lahar | 31 | LOG-LDG-MLB | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Oklahoma | 12 | 9 |
Jim Lecture | 37 | G | 5-10 | 220 | 22 | Washington-St. Louis; Northwestern | 3 | 0 |
Pat Martinelli | 24 | RLB-C | 6-0 | 227 | 27 | Scranton | 3 | 3 |
John Matisi | 41 | LDT-LOT | 6-2 | 221 | 26 | Duquesne | 13 | 2 |
Chet Mutryn | 89 | LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 179 | 25 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | 8 |
Herb Nelson | 52/55 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 219 | 25 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
John Perko | 37/33 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Minnesota; Notre Dame | 14 | 11 |
Rocco Pirro | 35/30 | ROG-RDG-MG-MLB | 6-0 | 226 | 30 | Catholic | 13 | 13 |
Felto Prewitt | 21 | RLB-C | 5-11 | 212 | 22 | Tulsa | 14 | 11 |
Benny Pucci | 42 | ROT-LDT | 6-4 | 255 | 21 | none | 13 | 1 |
Curt Sandig | 85 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Baylor; St. Mary's (Texas) | 10 | 1 |
Ralph Schilling | 54 | DE-OE | 6-3 | 218 | 25 | Oklahoma; Oklahoma City | 3 | 0 |
C.B. Stanley | 46 | LDT-LOT | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
Ken Stofer | 82/61 | ROH-RDH | 5-9 | 188 | 27 | Cornell | 13 | 2 |
Roy Stuart | 70 | LB | 5-8 | 188 | 26 | Tulsa | 9 | 0 |
George Terlep | 62 | QB-S | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 5 |
Jim Thibaut | 73 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | Tulane | 4 | 0 |
Bob Thurbon | 83 | LOH-DB | 5-10 | 176 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
Lou Tomasetti | 87 | S-ROH | 6-0 | 198 | 30 | Bucknell | 14 | 7 |
Al Vandeweghe | 53 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | William & Mary | 5 | 3 |
Gene White | 33 | G | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Indiana | 1 | 0 |
Al Wukits | 25 | C-MG | 6-3 | 213 | 29 | Duquesne | 8 | 5 |
Lou Zontini | 71 | FB-LB-K | 5-8 | 189 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 8 |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 51 | 66 | 56 | 76 | 249 |
Opponents Totals | 70 | 73 | 84 | 143 | 370 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 147 | 85 | 45 | 17 | / % | / % | 46 | 296 | |
Opponents Totals | 170 | 94 | 68 | 8 | / % | / % | 73 | 588 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Juzwik | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Lou Zontini | 0 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 42 |
Fay King | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Chet Mutryn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Preston Johnston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Vic Kulbitski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Al Vandeweghe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Marty Comer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jack Dugger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ray Ebli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Harry Hopp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Curt Sandig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
George Terlep | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jim Thibaut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bill Daddio | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Team Totals | 34 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 249 |
Opponents Totals | 52 | 49 | 52 | 94.2 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 | 370 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Zontini | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 47 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | |
Team Totals | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | ||
Opponents Totals | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vic Kulbitski | 97 | 605 | 6.2 | 69 | 2 |
Steve Juzwik | 71 | 455 | 6.4 | 68 | 3 |
Chet Mutryn | 57 | 289 | 5.1 | 1 | |
Lou Tomasetti | 43 | 139 | 3.2 | 1 | |
Harry Hopp | 45 | 129 | 2.9 | 1 | |
Andy Dudish | 30 | 106 | 3.5 | 0 | |
Preston Johnston | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 2 | |
Curt Sandig | 22 | 52 | 2.4 | 1 | |
Jim Thibaut | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 1 | |
Lou Zontini | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 0 | |
Ken Stofer | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 0 | |
George Terlep | 36 | 29 | 0.8 | 1 | |
Blondy Black | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Bob Thurbon | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
Herb Nelson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Johnny Fekete | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 25 | -55 | -2.2 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 501 | 2046 | 4.1 | 69 | 13 |
Opponents Totals | 497 | 2075 | 4.2 | 76t | 21 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Terlep | 123 | 48 | 39.0 | 61 | 574 | 4.7 | 12.0 | 7 | 5.7 | 14 | 11.4 | 33.4 | ||||
Al Dekdebrun | 66 | 28 | 42.4 | 30 | 517 | 7.8 | 18.5 | 53 | 8 | 12.1 | 8 | 12.1 | 70.1 | |||
Harry Hopp | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 11 | 190 | 8.6 | 17.3 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.7 | |||
Ken Stofer | 26 | 9 | 34.6 | 16 | 86 | 3.3 | 9.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 41.5 | ||||
Lou Zontini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 238 | 96 | 40.3 | 119 | 1367 | 5.7 | 14.2 | 53 | 16 | 6.7 | 23 | 9.7 | 42.5 | |||
Opponents Totals | 295 | 146 | 49.5 | 127 | 2370 | 8.0 | 16.2 | 71t | 23 | 7.8 | 22 | 7.5 | 71.7 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fay King | 30 | 466 | 15.5 | 52t | 6 |
Steve Juzwik | 23 | 357 | 15.5 | 53 | 3 |
Chet Mutryn | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 40t | 3 |
Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 30t | 1 |
Al Vandeweghe | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 1 | |
Herb Nelson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
Andy Dudish | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 13 | 0 |
John Batorski | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
Preston Johnston | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19t | 1 |
Marty Comer | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
Ray Ebli | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 1 |
Curt Sandig | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
Harry Hopp | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 8 | 0 |
Blondy Black | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Jack Dugger | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Ken Stofer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Nick Klutka | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Thurbon | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 96 | 1367 | 14.2 | 53 | 16 |
Opponents Totals | 146 | 2370 | 16.2 | 71 | 23 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Juzwik | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 45t | 1 |
Felto Prewitt | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 42 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
Sam Brazinsky | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
Elmer Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Blondy Black | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Preston Johnston | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Pat Martinelli | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Lou Zontini | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 297 | 13.5 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 23 | 208 | 9.0 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preston Johnston | 21 | 784 | 37.3 | 63 | 1 | |||||
Lou Zontini | 44 | 1595 | 36.3 | 0 | ||||||
Harry Hopp | 15 | 461 | 30.7 | 59 | 2 | |||||
Curt Sandig | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 62 | 0 | |||||
Ken Stofer | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 0 | ||||||
George Terlep | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |||||
Team Totals | 88 | 3134 | 35.6 | 62 | 3 | 26.4 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 67 | 2779 | 41.5 | 68 | 1 | 534 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Tomasetti | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 57 | 0 | |
Steve Juzwik | 11 | 135 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 | |
Andy Dudish | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | ||
Blondy Black | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 42 | 0 | |
Chet Mutryn | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | ||
Ken Stofer | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 25 | 0 | |
Curt Sandig | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 37 | 534 | 14.4 | 57 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 47 | 810 | 17.2 | 75 | 2 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Juzwik | 21 | 452 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
Andy Dudish | 7 | 196 | 28.0 | 49 | 0 | |
Al Dekdebrun | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 0 | ||
Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 58 | 0 | |
Ken Stofer | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 45 | 0 | |
Vic Kulbitski | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | ||
Chet Mutryn | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | ||
Curt Sandig | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
Harry Hopp | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
George Terlep | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Preston Johnston | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | ||
Lou Zontini | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Bob Thurbon | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Al Vandeweghe | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
George Doherty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 59 | 1265 | 21.4 | 58 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 42 | 88 | 1 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marty Comer | 1 | ||||||
Jack Dugger | 1 | ||||||
Chet Mutryn | 1 | ||||||
Al Vandeweghe | 1 | ||||||
Team Totals | 55 | 35 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 4 | |
Opponents Totals | 42 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 3 |
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