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 History of Pro Football in Western New York


  1948 Buffalo Bills

 

Preseason Attendance
August 12, 1948
August 17, 1948
August 22, 1948		 Buffalo vs. New York (@ Newark, NJ)
Brooklyn @ Buffalo
Buffalo vs. Cleveland (@ Akron, OH)

n/a
n/a
n/a
Regular Season  
August 29, 1948
September 6, 1948
September 12, 1948
September 26, 1948
October 3, 1948
October 10, 1948
October 17, 1948
October 24, 1948
October 31, 1948
November 7, 1948
November 17, 1948
November 25, 1948
November 28, 1948
December 5, 1948		 Buffalo 14 @ San Francisco 35
Chicago 7 @ Buffalo 42
Cleveland 42 @ Buffalo 13
San Francisco 38 @ Buffalo 28
Brooklyn 21 @ Buffalo 31
New York 14 @ Buffalo 13
Buffalo 14 @ Cleveland 31
Buffalo 35 @ Los Angeles 21
Baltimore 17 @ Buffalo 35
Buffalo 26 @ Brooklyn 21
Los Angeles 27 @ Buffalo 20
Buffalo 39 @ Chicago 35
Buffalo 35 @ New York 14
Buffalo 15 @ Baltimore 35

33,946
25,816
35,340
31,103
17,694
18,825
28,054
26,818
23,694
7,805
23,725
6,305
18,376
33,090
Eastern Division Title  
December 12, 1948 Buffalo 28 @ Baltimore 17 27,325
AAFC Championship  
December 19, 1948 Buffalo 7 @ Cleveland 49 22,981

 

1948 Buffalo Bills
Coach: Lowell "Red" Dawson
Owner: Jim Brueil
Record: 7-7-0
Name Games Pos. Ht. Wt.
“Leo“ Armstrong
Al Baldwin
Rex Bumgardner
Bob Callahan
Jack Carpenter
Marty Comer
Paul Gibson
“Bushel Foot” Gompers
“Buckets” Hirsch
“Moose” Kerns
Ed King
George Kisiday
John Kissell
Chet Kozel
Vic Kulbitski
Hal Lahar
Bob Leonetti
“Chick” Maggioli
Vince Mazza
Chet Mutryn
“Zeke” O’Connor
“Rocky” Pirro
“Pluto” Prewitt
“The Kid” Ratterman
Julie Rykovich
Don Schneider
“Carl” Schuette
“Boomer” Scott
Bob Smith
Art Statuto
Bob Steuber
Jim Still
“Duke” Terlep
Lou Tomasetti
Jerry Whalen
Alex Wizbicki
John Wyhonic

13

13

13

7

12

7

7

14

13

14

14

14

14

 

14

13

 

7

14

14

 

14

7

14

 

9

14

14

 

14

 

12

 

14

7

9

13

T

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HB-DB

C-LB

T

DE-OE

OE-DB-DE

HB-DB

LB-FB

T

OG-DE-DG

T

DT-OT

G-T

FB-LB-G-C

G

G

DB-HB

DE-OE

HB-DB

OE-DE

G-BB-LB-DB

LB-C

QB

HB-DB

HB

LB-C-DB

G

DB-HB-WB

C

FB-HB-LB-DB

QB-DB

QB-DB

HB-DB-TB-WB

C-G

DB-HB

G

6’4”

6’2”

5’11”

6’0”

6’0”

6’0”

6’2”

6’1”

5’10”

6’3”

6’0”

6’1”

6’3”

6’2”

5’11”

6’0”

6’0”

5’11”

6’1”

5’9”

6’4”

6’0”

5’11”

6’1”

6’2”

5’9”

6’1”

5’8”

6’1”

6’2”

6’2”

6’3”

5’10”

6’0”

6’1”

5’11”

6’0”

230

201

193

205

240

203

195

185

207

243

217

220

245

211

205

221

230

178

216

179

220

226

207

185

204

170

206

215

191

221

200

193

180

198

235

188

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All text taken from the Development of Pro Football in Western New York by Ken Crippen

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