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1949 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Previous Season

Record: 5-5-2, 4th in AAFC (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Red Dawson (1-4-1) and Clem Crowe (4-1-1)

Points For: 236 (19.7/g) 4th of 7

Points Against: 256 (21.3/g) 4th of 7

Expected W-L: 5.4-6.6

SRS: -1.43 (4th of 7), SOS: .24

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 21-31 vs. Cleveland Browns

Stadium: Buffalo Civic Stadium

Principal Owner: James Breuil

Training Camp: Knox Estates (East Aurora, New York)

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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	236	3920	773	5.1	34	18	184	156	273	1873	15	16	6.7	61	492	2047	16	4.2	111	59	454	12
Opp. Stats	256	3725	695	5.4	31	22	139	132	282	2109	18	9	6.8	62	385	1616	13	4.2	69	54	419	8
Lg Rank Offense	4	3			2	2	1		6	5	3	2	4		3	3	4	5
Lg Rank Defense	4	4			6	2	2		3	5	5	7	5		2	3	3	3

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	Fri	August 26	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Chicago Hornets	14	17	9	193	66	127	3	7	305	198	107	6
2	Mon	September 5	boxscore	T		0-1-1		Cleveland Browns	28	28	13	272	95	177	1	17	373	293	80	3
3	Sun	September 11	boxscore	L		0-2-1		New York Yankees	14	17	11	284	144	140	5	15	311	153	158	3
5	Sun	September 25	boxscore	W		1-2-1		San Francisco 49ers	28	17	20	445	224	221	1	9	214	81	133
6	Sun	October 2	boxscore	L		1-3-1		Baltimore Colts	28	35	23	366	152	214	3	11	333	243	90
7	Sun	October 9	boxscore	L		1-4-1	@	Los Angeles Dons	28	42	19	489	302	187	6	19	470	283	187	2
8	Sun	October 16	boxscore	L		1-5-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	51	10	178	167	11	4	16	433	123	310	3
9	Sun	October 23	boxscore	W		2-5-1		Los Angeles Dons	17	14	23	463	138	325	2	7	184	74	110	2
11	Sun	November 6	boxscore	W		3-5-1	@	New York Yankees	17	14	13	296	179	117	1	9	256	30	226	3
12	Sun	November 13	boxscore	T		3-5-2	@	Cleveland Browns	7	7	14	240	82	158	3	15	270	156	114	3
13	Sun	November 20	boxscore	W		4-5-2		Chicago Hornets	10	0	7	163	20	143	2	7	94	39	55	3
14	Sun	November 27	boxscore	W		5-5-2	@	Baltimore Colts	38	14	22	461	234	227	3	7	272	226	46	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 4	boxscore	L		5-6-2	@	Cleveland Browns	21	31	19	373	293	80	4	15	398	326	72	2

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	George Ratterman	23	QB	11	11	146	252	57.9	1777	14	5.6	13	5.2	7.1	5.84	12.2	161.5	76.8	8	70	3.08	6.57	5.39	0	0
2	Jim Still	25		9	1	6	12	50.0	86	1	8.3	1	8.3	7.2	5.08	14.3	9.6	66.7						0	0
3	Jesse Freitas	28		1	0	4	9	44.4	10	0	0.0	2	22.2	1.1	-8.89	2.5	10.0	12.0						0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	156	273	57.1	1873	15	5.5	16	5.9	7.1	5.32	12.5	156.1	73.3		70

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	George Ratterman	23	QB	1	1	0-1-0	21	39	53.8	293	3	7.7	2	5.1	7.5	6.74	14.0	293.0	82.5	2	27	4.88	6.49	5.76	0	0
2	Jim Still	25		1	0		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	21	42	50.0	293	3	7.1	2	4.8	7.6	6.26	15.2	293.0	79.5		27

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing						Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	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	28	LH	11	11	131	696	5	5.3	63.3	11.9	29	333	11.5	0		2.6	30.3	160	6.4	1029	5	0	AP-1
2	Al Baldwin	26	LE	12	12	2	1	0	0.5	0.1	0.2	53	719	13.6	7		4.4	59.9	55	13.1	720	7	0
3	Ollie Cline	24	FB	11	11	125	518	3	4.1	47.1	11.4	15	110	7.3	0		1.4	10.0	140	4.5	628	3	0
4	Rex Bumgardner	26	RH	10	8	101	391	1	3.9	39.1	10.1	7	168	24.0	4		0.7	16.8	108	5.2	559	5	0
5	Lou Tomasetti	33		12	4	54	249	2	4.6	20.8	4.5	9	56	6.2	1		0.8	4.7	63	4.8	305	3	0
6	Jim Lukens	25	RE	11	10	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	24	249	10.4	2		2.2	22.6	24	10.4	249	2	0
7	Joe Sutton	25		9	1	9	63	0	7.0	7.0	1.0	5	63	12.6	1		0.6	7.0	14	9.0	126	1	0
8	George Ratterman	23	QB	11	11	36	85	4	2.4	7.7	3.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	36	2.4	85	4	0
9	Larry Joe	26		1	0	2	18	0	9.0	18.0	2.0	2	52	26.0	0		2.0	52.0	4	17.5	70	0	0
10	Veto Kissell	22		9	0	10	19	0	1.9	2.1	1.1	3	37	12.3	0		0.3	4.1	13	4.3	56	0	0
11	Paul Gibson	25		9	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	32	10.7	0		0.3	3.6	3	10.7	32	0	0
12	Jack Carpenter	26	LT	8	7	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	20	10.0	0		0.3	2.5	2	10.0	20	0	0
13	Bob Oristaglio	25		12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	1.2	1	14.0	14	0	0
14	Jesse Freitas	28		1	0	3	13	0	4.3	13.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	4.3	13	0	0
15	Wilbur Volz	25		8	0	4	7	1	1.8	0.9	0.5	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.8	5	2.6	13	1	0
16	Jim Still	25		9	1	2	6	0	3.0	0.7	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	0	0
17	Vic Vasicek	23		12	3	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0	5		0		0.0	0.4	0		5	0	0
18	Abe Gibron	24	LG	10	9	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0	3		0	3	0.0	0.3	0		3	0	0
19	Bob Livingstone	27		5	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
20	Tom Colella	31		11	0	7	-9	0	-1.3	-0.8	0.6	2	6	3.0	0		0.2	0.5	9	-0.3	-3	0	0
21	Alex Wizbicki	28		12	1	5	-10	0	-2.0	-0.8	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	-2.0	-10	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	492	2047	16	4.2	170.6	41.0	156	1873	12.0	15	0	13.0	156.1	648	6.0	3920	31	34

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing						Receiving						Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Rex Bumgardner	26	RH	1	1	10	37	0	3.7	37.0	10.0	4	80	20.0	0	4.0	80.0	14	8.4	117	0	0
2	Chet Mutryn	28	LH	1	1	8	24	0	3.0	24.0	8.0	6	81	13.5	2	6.0	81.0	14	7.5	105	2	0
3	Al Baldwin	26	LE	1	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	54	27.0	0	2.0	54.0	2	27.0	54	0	0
4	Lou Tomasetti	33		1	0	4	9	0	2.3	9.0	4.0	3	37	12.3	1	3.0	37.0	7	6.6	46	1	0
5	Jim Lukens	25	RE	1	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	32	8.0	0	4.0	32.0	4	8.0	32	0	0
6	Ollie Cline	24	FB	1	1	3	10	0	3.3	10.0	3.0	2	9	4.5	0	2.0	9.0	5	3.8	19	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	25	80	0	3.2	80.0	25.0	21	293	14.0	3	21.0	293.0	46	8.1	373	3	3

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
					Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Paul Gibson	25	9	2	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Alex Wizbicki	28	12	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Tom Colella	31	11	0	3	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Hal Herring	25	12	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Veto Kissell	22	9	0	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bob Livingstone	27	5	0	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Bill Schroll	23	12	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals		12	12	9	0	0		34	16	0	0	28	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Livingstone	27	1	0	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals		1	1						3	0	0	0			0

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