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 History of Pro Football in Western New York


 
  1949 Buffalo Bills

 

Preseason Attendance
August 5, 1949
August 10, 1949
August 14, 1949
August 19, 1949		 Jersey City @ Buffalo
Buffalo vs. Baltimore (@ Wilmington, DE)
Buffalo @ San Francisco
Bethlehem @ Buffalo

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Regular Season  
August 26, 1949
September 5, 1949
September 11, 1949
September 25, 1949
October 2, 1949
October 9, 1949
October 16, 1949
October 23, 1949
October 30, 1949
November 6, 1949
November 13, 1949
November 20, 1949
November 27, 1949		 Buffalo 14 @ Chicago 17
Cleveland 28 @ Buffalo 28
New York 17 @ Buffalo 14
San Francisco 17 @ Buffalo 28
Baltimore 35 @ Buffalo 28
Buffalo 28 @ Los Angeles 42
Buffalo 7 @ San Francisco 51
Los Angeles 14 @ Buffalo 17
Buffalo @ Charlotte (Exhibition)
Buffalo 17 @ New York 14
Buffalo 7 @ Cleveland 7
Chicago 0 @ Buffalo 10
Buffalo 38 @ Baltimore 14

23,800
31,839
30,410
32,097
25,692
16,575
35,476
21,310
n/a
16,758
22,511
18,494
16,323
Playoff  
December 4, 1949 Buffalo 21 @ Cleveland 31 17,270

 

1949 Buffalo Bills
Coach: Lowell "Red" Dawson/Clem Crowe
Owner: Jim Brueil
Record: 5-5-2
Name Games Pos. Ht. Wt.
Chet Adams
Al Baldwin
Rex Bumgardner
Jack Carpenter
“Ollie” Cline
Tom Colella
Abe Gibron
Paul Gibson
“Buckets” Hirsch
Larry Joe
“Moose” Kerns
Ed King
John Kissell
Vito Kissell
Bob Logel
John Maskas
Vince Mazza
Chet Mutryn
Bob Oristaglio
“Rocky” Pirro
“The Kid” Ratterman
“Bonk” Schroll
“Carl” Schuette
Bill Stanton
Art Statuto
Odell Stautzenberger
Jim Still
Joe Sutton
Lou Tomasetti
Vic Vasicek
Wilbur Volz
Alex Wizbicki
John Wyhonic

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

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