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1947 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-4-2, 2nd in AAFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Red Dawson (8-4-2)

Points For: 320 (22.9/g) 5th of 8

Points Against: 288 (20.6/g) 5th of 8

Expected W-L: 7.9-6.1

SRS: 2.00 (5th of 8), SOS: -0.29

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Conkright (Ends Coach) and Clem Crowe (Line Coach)

Stadium: Buffalo Civic Stadium

Principal Owner: James Breuil

General Manager: Carl Owen

Training Camp: Hamilton Tigers' Practice Field (Hamilton, Ontario)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	320	4108	777	5.3	40	17	175	129	267	1891	24	23	6.7	59	496	2217	18	4.5	109	48	390	7
Opp. Stats	288	4147	789	5.3	32	14	182	133	260	1929	14	18	6.8	64	507	2218	22	4.4	109	52	456	9
Lg Rank Offense	5	4			6	4	4		6	6	2	5	4		3	4	5	4
Lg Rank Defense	5	5			7	6	5		2	4	2	5	3		5	5	6	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	August 31		boxscore	W		1-0		New York Yankees	28	24	11	251	114	137	1	17	385	215	170	3
2	Fri	September 5		boxscore	L		1-1	@	Cleveland Browns	14	30	13	223	15	208	5	11	309	115	194	2
3	Sun	September 14		boxscore	W		2-1		Chicago Rockets	28	20	10	257	94	163	2	16	308	156	152	3
4	Fri	September 19		boxscore	W		3-1	@	Chicago Rockets	31	14	15	448	304	144	2	9	233	150	83	1
5	Sun	September 28		boxscore	L		3-2		San Francisco 49ers	24	41	8	279	134	145	5	22	408	131	277	1
6	Sun	October 5		boxscore	W		4-2	@	Los Angeles Dons	27	25	10	272	159	113	2	16	341	212	129	5
7	Sun	October 12		boxscore	W		5-2		Baltimore Colts	20	15	14	313	74	239	1	13	236	167	69
8	Fri	October 17		boxscore	T		5-2-1	@	Brooklyn Dodgers	14	14	13	258	56	202	1	12	282	8	274	2
9	Sun	October 26		boxscore	W		6-2-1		Brooklyn Dodgers	35	7	22	408	147	261	3	6	128	16	112	3
10	Sun	November 2		boxscore	L		6-3-1		Cleveland Browns	7	28	13	239	154	85	4	13	375	238	137
11	Sun	November 9		boxscore	W		7-3-1		Los Angeles Dons	25	0	6	141	67	74	2	8	165	27	138	6
13	Sun	November 23		boxscore	W		8-3-1	@	Baltimore Colts	33	14	16	323	93	230	4	11	217	120	97	3
14	Sun	November 30		boxscore	L		8-4-1	@	New York Yankees	13	35	10	188	101	87	4	17	334	80	254	1
15	Sun	December 7		boxscore	T		8-4-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	21	21	14	344	215	129	4	11	220	88	132	2

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	George Ratterman	21	QB	14	4	124	244	50.8	1840	22	9.0	20	8.2	61	7.5	5.66	14.8	131.4	71.8	13	153	5.06	6.56	4.77	0	0
2	George Terlep	24		11	1	5	23	21.7	51	2	8.7	3	13.0		2.2	-1.91	10.2	4.6	29.0	1	11	4.17	1.67	-2.29	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	129	267	48.3	1891	24	9.0	23	8.6	61	7.7	5.00	15.9	135.1	68.5		164

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Chet Mutryn	26	LH	14	14	140	868	9	50	6.2	62.0	10.0	10	176	17.6	2	58	0.7	12.6	150	7.0	1044	11	0
2	Al Baldwin	24	LE	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	468	18.7	7	59	1.8	33.4	25	18.7	468	7	0
3	Julie Rykovich	24	RH	12	9	92	414	4		4.5	34.5	7.7	4	44	11.0	0		0.3	3.7	96	4.8	458	4	0
4	Lou Tomasetti	31	FB	13	6	92	326	2		3.5	25.1	7.1	13	125	9.6	0		1.0	9.6	105	4.3	451	2	0
5	Fay King	25		14	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	382	14.7	6		1.9	27.3	26	14.7	382	6	0
6	Vic Kulbitski	26	FB	13	7	56	249	1		4.4	19.2	4.3	9	117	13.0	4		0.7	9.0	65	5.6	366	5	0
7	Al Coppage	31	RE	13	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	226	11.3	2		1.5	17.4	20	11.3	226	2	0
8	Steve Juzwik	29		10	3	26	130	0		5.0	13.0	2.6	5	35	7.0	1		0.5	3.5	31	5.3	165	1	0
9	George Koch	28		13	3	37	149	1		4.0	11.5	2.8	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.8	38	4.2	159	1	0
10	Paul Gibson	23	LE	14	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	154	19.3	0		0.6	11.0	8	19.3	154	0	0
11	Marty Comer	30		14	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	75	37.5	1		0.1	5.4	2	37.5	75	1	0
12	Fred Evans	26		4	0	11	14	0		1.3	3.5	2.8	1	31	31.0	1	31	0.3	7.8	12	3.8	45	1	0
13	Alex Wizbicki	26		13	2	9	44	0		4.9	3.4	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	4.9	44	0	0
14	Ray Kuffel	26		7	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	37	12.3	0		0.4	5.3	3	12.3	37	0	0
15	Albie Reisz	30		13	0	2	32	0		16.0	2.5	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	16.0	32	0	0
16	Pug Manders	34		3	0	3	15	0		5.0	5.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	5.0	15	0	0
17	Vince Mazza	22		13	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	11	5.5	0		0.2	0.8	2	5.5	11	0	0
18	George Terlep	24		11	1	4	11	0		2.8	1.0	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	2.8	11	0	0
19	Lamar Blount	27		5	0	3	7	0		2.3	1.4	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.3	7	0	0
20	Buckets Hirsch	26	QB	14	2	4	7	0		1.8	0.5	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.8	7	0	0
21	George Ratterman	21	QB	14	4	17	-49	1		-2.9	-3.5	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	-2.9	-49	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	496	2217	18	50	4.5	158.4	35.4	129	2039	15.8	24	61	9.2	145.6	625	6.8	4256	42	36

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Chet Mutryn	26	LH	14	14	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Felto Prewitt	23	C	13	10	2	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Julie Rykovich	24	RH	12	9	2	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Vic Kulbitski	26	FB	13	7	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Lou Tomasetti	31	FB	13	6	1	44	1	44	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Al Baldwin	24	LE	14	5	2	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Bert Corley	27		13	4	1	41	0	41	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	George Koch	28		13	3	3	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Buckets Hirsch	26	QB	14	2	3	73	1	45	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Vince Mazza	22		13	2	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	George Terlep	24		11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	18	0	2		36	19	0	0	22	0

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