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1947 Buffalo Bills Roster
Team Record: 8-4-2
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC's East Division
Coach: Red Dawson (8-4-2)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1947 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the All American Football Conference ended the 1947 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses and 2 ties, finishing second in the AAFC's East Division.
The Bills scored 320 points, and the defensive squad conceded 288. Chet Mutryn rushed for a team-leading 868 yards for Buffalo.
George Ratterman tossed for 1,840 yards. Fay King topped the receiving corps, hauling in 26 balls, while Al Baldwin added 468 receiving yards, while Al Coppage contributed to the receiving game, too.
George Koch and Buckets Hirsch each picked off 3 opponent throws.
Red Dawson coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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43 | Graham Armstrong | LT | May 30, 1918 | 6'4" | 230 | John Carroll | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 8 |
57 | Al Baldwin | LE | March 21, 1923 | 6'2" | 201 | Arkansas | Hot Springs, AR USA | 14 | 5 |
72 | Lamar Blount | E-B | April 11, 1920 | 6'1" | 190 | Duke | Decatur, MS USA | 5 | 0 |
45 | Jack Carpenter | T | July 29, 1923 | 6'0" | 240 | Columbia | Kansas City, MO USA | 13 | 2 |
53 | Marty Comer | DE | October 28, 1917 | 6'0" | 203 | Tulane | Indianapolis, IN USA | 14 | 2 |
54 | Al Coppage | RE | February 8, 1916 | 6'1" | 195 | Oklahoma | Pilot Point, TX USA | 13 | 10 |
23 | Bert Corley | C | September 9, 1920 | 6'2" | 210 | Mississippi St. | Okolona, MS USA | 13 | 4 |
44 | George Doherty | RT | September 5, 1920 | 6'1" | 218 | Louisiana Tech | Camden, MS USA | 11 | 8 |
42 | Gil Duggan | T | December 26, 1914 | 6'3" | 229 | Oklahoma | Benton, AR USA | 12 | 2 |
85 | Fred Evans | HB | May 23, 1921 | 5'11" | 185 | Notre Dame | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 4 | 0 |
52 | Paul Gibson | LE | October 28, 1921 | 6'2" | 195 | North Carolina St. | Winston-Salem, NC USA | 14 | 8 |
36 | George Groves | G-LB | June 10, 1921 | 5'11" | 195 | Marquette | Hammond, IN USA | 7 | 0 |
22 | Joe Haynes | C-G | March 26, 1921 | 6'3" | 225 | Oklahoma | Barnsdall, OK USA | 9 | 0 |
73 | Buckets Hirsch | QB | March 26, 1921 | 5'10" | 207 | Northwestern | Clarence, NY USA | 14 | 2 |
88 | Steve Juzwik | K | June 18, 1918 | 5'8" | 186 | Notre Dame | Gary, IN USA | 10 | 3 |
46 | John Kerns | T | June 17, 1923 | 6'3" | 245 | Ohio | Ashtabula, OH USA | 14 | 3 |
51 | Fay King | E | March 7, 1922 | 6'2" | 195 | Georgia | Dothan, AL USA | 14 | 2 |
84 | George Koch | HB | July 2, 1919 | 6'0" | 200 | St. Mary's (TX) | Temple, TX USA | 13 | 3 |
41 | Chet Kozel | LT | October 15, 1919 | 6'2" | 211 | Mississippi | Kenosha, WI USA | 12 | 9 |
55 | Ray Kuffel | E | December 9, 1921 | 6'3" | 213 | Marquette | Milwaukee, WI USA | 7 | 2 |
75 | Vic Kulbitski | FB | June 15, 1921 | 5'10" | 205 | Minnesota | Virginia, MN USA | 13 | 7 |
32 | Hal Lahar | LG | July 14, 1919 | 6'0" | 225 | Oklahoma | Durant, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
74 | Pug Manders | FB-HB | May 5, 1913 | 6'0" | 200 | Drake | Milbank, SD USA | 3 | 0 |
34 | John Maskas | G-T | August 15, 1920 | 5'11" | 212 | Virginia Tech | Chios, Greece | 7 | 0 |
58 | Vince Mazza | E | March 25, 1925 | 6'1" | 216 | none | Niagara Falls, NY USA | 13 | 2 |
56 | Jack Morton | E-DE-DB | July 22, 1922 | 6'0" | 197 | Missouri | East St. Louis, IL USA | 2 | 0 |
83 | Chet Mutryn | KR | March 12, 1921 | 5'9" | 179 | Xavier (OH) | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
35 | Rocco Pirro | RG | June 30, 1916 | 6'0" | 226 | Catholic | Syracuse, NY USA | 13 | 12 |
21 | Felto Prewitt | C | May 17, 1924 | 5'11" | 207 | Tulsa | Corsicana, TX USA | 13 | 10 |
61 | George Ratterman | QB | November 12, 1926 | 6'0" | 192 | Notre Dame | Cincinnati, OH USA | 14 | 4 |
63 | Albie Reisz | P | November 29, 1917 | 5'10" | 175 | SE Louisiana | Lorain, OH USA | 13 | 0 |
86 | Julie Rykovich | RH | April 6, 1923 | 6'2" | 204 | Notre Dame | Gary, IN USA | 12 | 9 |
37 | Vin Scott | G | July 10, 1925 | 5'8" | 215 | Notre Dame | LeRoy, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
62 | George Terlep | QB | April 12, 1923 | 5'10" | 180 | Notre Dame | Elkhart, IN USA | 11 | 1 |
87 | Lou Tomasetti | FB | January 8, 1916 | 6'0" | 198 | Bucknell | Old Forge, PA USA | 13 | 6 |
82 | Alex Wizbicki | DB | October 6, 1921 | 5'11" | 188 | Dartmouth | Brooklyn, NY USA | 13 | 2 |