1948 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)

1st place Eastern Division 7-7-0 .500

Bill Conkright	Ends/Centers
Clem Crowe	Line
Chuck Jaskwhich	Backfield
John Scafide	Assistant Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	8/12/1948	N	New York Yankees	28-28	T	Newark, NJ	Ruppert Stadium	7500
Tue	8/17/1948	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	21-19	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	27630
Sun	8/22/1948	A	Cleveland Browns	21-35	L	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	28059
Sun	8/29/1948	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-35	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	33946
Mon	9/6/1948	H	Chicago Rockets	42-7	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	25816
Sun	9/12/1948	H	Cleveland Browns	13-42	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	35340
Sun	9/26/1948	H	San Francisco 49ers	28-38	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	31103
Sun	10/3/1948	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	31-21	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	17694
Sun	10/10/1948	H	New York Yankees	13-14	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	18825
Sun	10/17/1948	A	Cleveland Browns	14-31	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	28054
Sun	10/24/1948	A	Los Angeles Dons	35-21	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	26818
Sun	10/31/1948	H	Baltimore Colts	35-17	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	23964
Sun	11/7/1948	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	26-21	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	7805
Sun	11/14/1948	H	Los Angeles Dons	20-27	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	23725
Thu	11/25/1948	A	Chicago Rockets	39-35	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	6305
Sun	11/28/1948	A	New York Yankees	35-14	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	18376
Sun	12/5/1948	A	Baltimore Colts	15-35	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	33090
Eastern Division Playoff
Sun	12/12/1948	A	Baltimore Colts	28-17	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	27327
League Championship
Sun	12/19/1948	A	Cleveland Browns	7-49	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	22981

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
90	Al Akins	ROH-RDH	6-1	195	27	Washington State; Washington	4	0
43	Graham Armstrong	LOT-LDT	6-3	230	30	John Carroll	14	12
50	Ed Balatti	ROE-RDE	6-1	195	24	none	7	0
57	Al Baldwin	LOE-LDE	6-2	205	25	Arkansas	14	12
23	Jack Baldwin	C-LB	6-3	223	27	Centenary	3	0
82	Rex Bumgardner	LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-QB-S	5-11	193	25	West Virginia	13	4
23	Bob Callahan	C-LB	6-0	212	25	Missouri; Michigan	7	0
45	Jack Carpenter	RDT-ROT	6-0	235	25	Columbia; Missouri; Michigan	13	7
53	Marty Comer	ROE-RDE	6-0	203	31	Tulane	6	3
52	Paul Gibson	ROE-RDE	6-0	195	24	North Carolina State	7	5
88	Bill Gompers	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	6-1	190	20	Notre Dame	14	2
25	Ed Hirsch	LLB-C-LOG	5-10	210	27	Northwestern	12	2
46	John Kerns	ROT-RDT	6-3	245	25	Ohio University; Duke; North Carolina; Ohio University	14	7
31	Eddie King	LOG-LDG	6-0	217	23	Boston College	13	0
51	George Kisiday	RDE_ROE	5-11	210	25	Duquesne; Columbia	14	3
47	John Kissell	LKDT-LOT	6-2	245	25	Boston College	14	2
41	Chet Kozel	ROT-RDT	6-2	211	29	Mississippi	1	0
75	Vic Kulbitski	FB-LB-ROH-RDH	5-10	205	27	Minnesota; Notre Dame; Minnesota	14	4
32	Hal Lahar	LOG-LDG	6-0	225	29	Oklahoma	13	11
30	Bob Leonetti	OG-DG	6-0	230	25	Wake Forest	2	0
81	Chick Maggioli	LDH-LOH-RDH-ROH	5-10	178	26	Indiana; Notre Dame; Illinois	7	0
58	Vince Mazza	LDE-LOE	6-1	216	23	none	14	2
83	Chet Mutryn	LOH	5-9	179	27	Xavier (Ohio)	14	12
55	Bill O'Connor	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-4	220	22	Notre Dame	14	3
35	Rocco Pirro	ROG-RDG	6-0	226	32	Catholic	13	11
21	Felto Prewitt	C-LB	5-11	212	24	Tulsa	6	6
61	George Ratterman	QB	6-0	192	22	Notre Dame	14	11
86	Julie Rykovich	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	6-2	204	25	Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois	6	2
89	Don Schneider	S-LOH-ROH	5-9	175	25	Pennsylvania	9	1
74	Carl Schuette	RLB-FB	6-1	206	26	Marquette	13	2
37	Vince Scott	MG-LOG	5-8	215	26	Notre Dame	14	3
85	Bob Smith	FB-LB-ROH-RDH	6-1	198	23	Tulsa; Iowa	3	1
22	Art Statuto	C-LB	6-2	221	23	Notre Dame	13	6
	Bob Stefik	LOE-LDE	5-11	180	25	Niagara	1	0
80	Bob Steuber	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	6-2	200	27	Missouri; DePauw	9	7
63	Jim Still	QB-S	6-3	193	24	Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Georgia Tech	12	1
62	George Terlep	QB-S	5-10	180	25	Notre Dame	3	0
87	Lou Tomasetti	FB	6-0	198	32	Bucknell	14	7
40	Jerry Whalen	LOG-LDG	6-1	240	20	Canisius	5	0
85	Alex Wizbicki	RDH-ROH-LOH	5-11	188	27	Holy Cross; Dartmouth; Holy Cross	8	2
33	John Wyhonic	MLB-ROG	6-0	213	29	Alabama	12	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Clyde Scott	B	Arkansas
3	16	Bill Gompers	B	Notre Dame
4	24	Bill O'Connor	E	Notre Dame
6	33	Marty Wendell	G	Notre Dame
7	39	Bob Brugge	B	Ohio State
9	51	Lou King	B	Iowa
11	63	John Finney	B	San Francisco
12	71	Dick Johnson	G	Baylor
13	79	George Grimes	B	Virginia
14	87	Larry Joe	B	Penn State
15	95	Frank Ballard	G	Virginia Tech
16	103	Jim Walthall	B	West Virginia
17	111	Ray Coates	B	Louisiana State
18	119	Doug Waybright	E	Notre Dame
19	127	Wade Walker	T	Oklahoma
20	135	Roger Stephens	B	Cincinnati
21	143	Howard Duncan	C	Ohio State
22	151	Ralph Sazio	T	William & Mary
23	159	George Blomquist	E	North Carolina State
24	167	J.D. Cheek	T	Oklahoma State
25	175	Bob Rennebohm	E	Wisconsin
26	183	Ted Andrus	G	Louisiana-Lafayette
27	191	Ray Brown	B	Virginia
28	199	Lou Corriere	B	Buffalo
29	207	Johnny Wolosky	C	Penn State
30	215	Tally Stevens	E	Utah

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	83	118	83	76
Opponents Totals	80	93	73	112

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		223	120	89	14	/ %	/ %	88	644
Opponents Totals		207	98	95	14	/ %	/ %	76	616

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Chet Mutryn	16	0	0		0	0		0	96
Al Baldwin	8	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	48
Lou Tomasetti	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Bob Steuber	3	20	23	87.0	1	2	50.0	0	41
Julie Rykovich	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
George Ratterman	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Graham Armstrong	0	15	17	88.2	0	1	0.0	0	15
Vic Kulbitski	1	8	10	80.0	0	0		0	14
Rex Bumgardner	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bill O'Connor	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Vince Mazza	1	0	0		0	0		1	8
Marty Comer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Gompers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Carl Schuette	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Stefik	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	52	43	52	82.7	1	3	33.3	1	360
Opponents Totals	49	49	49	100.0	5	11	45.5	0	358

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Graham Armstrong	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Bob Steuber	1	2	50.0	0/0	1/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	1	3	33.3	0/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	5	11	45.5	0/	1/	2/	1/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chet Mutryn	147	823	5.6	68t	10
Lou Tomasetti	134	716	5.3		7
Bob Steuber	69	437	6.3		3
Julie Rykovich	43	249	5.8		5
Bill Gompers	48	219	4.6		1
Vic Kulbitski	40	152	3.8		0
Rex Bumgardner	14	82	5.9		0
Don Schneider	15	70	4.7		0
Chick Maggioli	11	27	2.5		0
Bob Smith	1	7	7.0	7	0
George Ratterman	12	-18	-1.5		3
Jim Still	5	-26	-5.2		0
Team Totals	539	2738	5.1	68	29
Opponents Totals	463	1983	4.3	59t	25

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
George Ratterman	335	168	50.1	145	2577	7.7	15.3	71	16	4.8	22	6.6	64.5
Jim Still	14	5	35.7	6	89	6.4	17.8		1	7.1	3	21.4	42.6
Chet Mutryn	6	2	33.3	4	21	3.5	10.5		0	0.0	0	0.0	44.4
Chick Maggioli	1	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	79.2
Bob Steuber	2	1	50.0	1	-4	-2.0	-4.0	-4	0	0.0	0	0.0	56.3
George Terlep	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0	0.0
Team Totals	360	177	49.2	157	2683	7.5	15.2	71	17	4.7	26	7.2	59.8
Opponents Totals	414	211	51.0	189	2829	6.8	13.4	80t	23	5.6	14	3.4	77.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Baldwin	54	916	17.0	58t	8
Chet Mutryn	39	794	20.4	71	5
Bill O'Connor	31	301	9.7		2
Lou Tomasetti	22	213	9.7		1
Paul Gibson	11	216	19.6		0
Marty Comer	5	66	13.2		1
Vic Kulbitski	3	37	12.3		0
Chick Maggioli	3	23	7.7		0
Bob Steuber	2	14	7.0		0
Julie Rykovich	2	-7	-3.5		0
Rex Bumgardner	1	63	63.0	63	0
Al Akins	1	23	23.0	23	0
George Kisiday	1	20	20.0	20	0
Don Schneider	1	14	14.0	14	0
Graham Armstrong	1	0	0.0	0	0
Art Statuto	0	2		2L	0
Team Totals	177	2683	15.2	71	17
Opponents Totals	211	2829	13.4	80	23

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Carl Schuette	4	97	24.3	55	1
Alex Wizbicki	3	49	16.3		0
Bill Gompers	2	74	37.0	58	0
Rex Bumgardner	2	7	3.5		0
Jim Still	1	37	37.0	37	0
Bob Smith	1	18	18.0	18	0
Chick Maggioli	1	7	7.0	7	0
Vince Mazza	0	5		5Lt	1
Team Totals	14	294	21.0	60*	2
Opponents Totals	26	447	17.2	56	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Jim Still	47	1825	38.8		0
Chick Maggioli	2	95	47.5		0
Bob Steuber	1	40	40.0	40	0
Bob Smith	13	480	36.9		1
Team Totals	63	2440	38.7		1	620	28.9
Opponents Totals	67			82	1	557

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rex Bumgardner	16	336	21.0	91t	2
Chet Mutryn	10	171	17.1	88t	1
Alex Wizbicki	3	33	11.0		0
Bill Gompers	1	10	10.0	10	0
Don Schneider	1	4	4.0	4	0
John Kerns	0	2		2L	0
Bob Smith	1	1	1.0	1	0
Chick Maggioli	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	33	557	16.9	91t	3
Opponents Totals	40	620	15.5	70	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Chet Mutryn	19	500	26.3	59
Rex Bumgardner	9	141	15.7
Bob Steuber	6	123	20.5
Don Schneider	4	77	19.3
Bill Gompers	4	62	15.5
Julie Rykovich	3	48	16.0
Chick Maggioli	2	38	19.0
Vic Kulbitski	1	18	18.0	18
Lou Tomasetti	2	14	7.0
Graham Armstrong	1	9	9.0	9
John Kerns	1	3	3.0	3
Bill O'Connor	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	53	1033	19.5	59
Opponents Totals	57

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Vic Kulbitski						1
Team Totals	34	13	21	26	47	1
Opponents Totals	44	26	18	13	31	0