1947 Buffalo Bills Statistics

All American Football Conference (AAFC)
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 Roster
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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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
George Ratterman	244	124	50.8	1840	7.5	22	9.0	20	8.2	61	71.8
George Terlep	23	5	21.7	51	2.2	2	8.7	3	13.0	0	29.0
Totals	267	129	48.3	1891	7.1	24	9.0	23	8.6	61

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chet Mutryn	140	868	6.2	50	9
Julie Rykovich	92	414	4.5	0	4
Lou Tomasetti	92	326	3.5	0	2
Vic Kulbitski	56	249	4.4	0	1
George Koch	37	149	4.0	0	1
Steve Juzwik	26	130	5.0	0	0
Alex Wizbicki	9	44	4.9	0	0
Albie Reisz	2	32	16.0	0	0
Pug Manders	3	15	5.0	0	0
Fred Evans	11	14	1.3	0	0
George Terlep	4	11	2.8	0	0
Lamar Blount	3	7	2.3	0	0
Buckets Hirsch	4	7	1.8	0	0
George Ratterman	17	-49	-2.9	0	1
Totals	496	2217	4.5	50	18

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Fay King	26	382	14.7	0	6
Al Baldwin	25	468	18.7	59	7
Al Coppage	20	226	11.3	0	2
Lou Tomasetti	13	125	9.6	0	0
Chet Mutryn	10	176	17.6	58	2
Vic Kulbitski	9	117	13.0	0	4
Paul Gibson	8	154	19.2	0	0
Lamar Blount	8	148	18.5	0	0
Steve Juzwik	5	35	7.0	0	1
Julie Rykovich	4	44	11.0	0	0
Ray Kuffel	3	37	12.3	0	0
Marty Comer	2	75	37.5	0	1
Vince Mazza	2	11	5.5	0	0
Fred Evans	1	31	31.0	31	1
George Koch	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	137	2039	14.9	59	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Steve Juzwik	32	28	87.5	3	2	66.7	34
Graham Armstrong	10	8	80.0	1		0.0	8
Chet Mutryn	2	1	50.0				1
Vic Kulbitski	1	1	100.0				1
George Ratterman	1		0.0				0
Totals	46	38	82.6	4	2	50.0	44

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Albie Reisz	57	2107	37.0	0
Totals	57	2107	37.0	0

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chet Mutryn	13	187	14.4	0
Alex Wizbicki	9	105	11.7	0
Julie Rykovich	7	93	13.3	0
George Koch	4	84	21.0	0
Steve Juzwik	4	36	9.0	0
George Terlep	1	17	17.0	17
Vic Kulbitski	1	13	13.0	13
Fred Evans	3	10	3.3	0
Totals	42	545	13.0	17

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chet Mutryn	21	691	32.9	87	1
Julie Rykovich	12	257	21.4	0	0
Alex Wizbicki	5	164	32.8	91	1
Lou Tomasetti	4	74	18.5	0	0
Al Coppage	2	28	14.0	0	0
Steve Juzwik	1	20	20.0	20	0
Vic Kulbitski	1	19	19.0	19	0
George Koch	1	12	12.0	12	0
Chet Kozel	1	11	11.0	11	0
Al Baldwin	1	6	6.0	6	0
Fred Evans	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	50	1282	25.6	91	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Buckets Hirsch	3	73	24.3	45	1
George Koch	3	24	8.0	0	0
Al Baldwin	2	90	45.0	0	0
Julie Rykovich	2	61	30.5	0	0
Felto Prewitt	2	20	10.0	0	0
Lou Tomasetti	1	44	44.0	44	1
Bert Corley	1	41	41.0	41	0
Vince Mazza	1	26	26.0	26	0
Vic Kulbitski	1	14	14.0	14	0
Chet Mutryn	1	11	11.0	11	0
George Terlep	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	18	404	22.4	45	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Chet Mutryn	9	2	0	1		0			0	1	0			73
Al Baldwin		7		0		0			0	0	0			42
Steve Juzwik	0	1	0	0					2	28	0			40
Fay King		6							0	0	0			36
Vic Kulbitski	1	4	0	0		0			0	1	0			31
Julie Rykovich	4	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			24
Lou Tomasetti	2	0		0		1			0	0	0			18
Al Coppage		2		0					0	0	0			12
Graham Armstrong									0	8	0			8
George Koch	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
George Ratterman	1								0	0	0			6
Fred Evans	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Alex Wizbicki	0		0	1					0	0	0			6
Buckets Hirsch	0					1			0	0	0			6
Marty Comer		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	18	24	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	38	0	0	0	320