1948 Buffalo Bills Statistics

All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 1st in the AAFC's East Division
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Red Dawson (7-7)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1948 Buffalo Bills Roster
1948 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the All American Football Conference ended the 1948 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing first in the AAFC's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

Buffalo scored 360 points, while the defense conceded 358. Chet Mutryn rushed for a team-leading 823 yards for the Bills, while Lou Tomasetti also contributed to the rushing attack.

George Ratterman threw for 2,577 yards. Al Baldwin topped the receiving corps, hauling in 54 balls for 916 yards. Chet Mutryn was targeted regularly, too.

Carl Schuette intercepted 4 opponent throws.

Red Dawson coached the team. The 1948 Buffalo Bills lost in the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
George Ratterman	335	168	50.1	2577	7.7	16	4.8	22	6.6	71	64.5
Jim Still	14	5	35.7	89	6.4	1	7.1	3	21.4	0	42.6
Chet Mutryn	6	2	33.3	21	3.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	44.4
Chick Maggioli	1	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	79.2
George Terlep	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0
Totals	360	177	49.2	2683	7.5	17	4.7	26	7.2	71

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chet Mutryn	147	823	5.6	68	10
Lou Tomasetti	134	716	5.3	0	7
Bob Steuber	69	437	6.3	0	3
Julie Rykovich	43	249	5.8	0	5
Bill Gompers	48	219	4.6	0	1
Vic Kulbitski	40	152	3.8	0	0
Rex Bumgardner	14	82	5.9	0	0
Don Schneider	15	70	4.7	0	0
Chick Maggioli	11	27	2.5	0	0
Bob Smith	1	7	7.0	7	0
George Ratterman	12	-18	-1.5	0	3
Jim Still	5	-26	-5.2	0	0
Totals	539	2738	5.1	68	29

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Baldwin	54	916	17.0	58	8
Chet Mutryn	39	794	20.4	71	5
Bill O'Connor	31	301	9.7	0	2
Lou Tomasetti	22	213	9.7	0	1
Paul Gibson	11	216	19.6	0	0
Marty Comer	5	66	13.2	0	1
Vic Kulbitski	3	37	12.3	0	0
Chick Maggioli	3	23	7.7	0	0
Bob Steuber	2	14	7.0	0	0
Julie Rykovich	2	-7	-3.5	0	0
Rex Bumgardner	1	63	63.0	63	0
George Kisiday	1	20	20.0	20	0
Don Schneider	1	14	14.0	14	0
Al Akins	1	11	11.0	11	0
Graham Armstrong	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	177	2681	15.1	71	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Steuber	23	20	87.0	2	1	50.0	23
Graham Armstrong	17	15	88.2	1		0.0	15
Vic Kulbitski	10	8	80.0				8
Al Baldwin	1		0.0				0
Bob Stefik	1		0.0				0
Totals	52	43	82.7	3	1	33.3	46

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jim Still	47	1825	38.8	0
Bob Smith	13	480	36.9	0
Chick Maggioli	2	95	47.5	0
Bob Steuber	1	40	40.0	40
Totals	63	2440	38.7	40

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rex Bumgardner	16	336	21.0	0	2
Chet Mutryn	10	171	17.1	88	1
Alex Wizbicki	3	33	11.0	0	0
Bill Gompers	1	10	10.0	10	0
Don Schneider	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bob Smith	1	1	1.0	1	0
Chick Maggioli	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	33	555	16.8	88	3

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chet Mutryn	19	500	26.3	0
Rex Bumgardner	9	141	15.7	0
Bob Steuber	6	123	20.5	0
Don Schneider	4	77	19.2	0
Bill Gompers	4	62	15.5	0
Julie Rykovich	3	48	16.0	0
Chick Maggioli	2	38	19.0	0
Vic Kulbitski	1	18	18.0	18
Lou Tomasetti	2	14	7.0	0
Graham Armstrong	1	9	9.0	9
John Kerns	1	3	3.0	3
Bill O'Connor	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	53	1033	19.5	18

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Carl Schuette	4	97	24.2	0	1
Alex Wizbicki	3	49	16.3	0	0
Bill Gompers	2	74	37.0	0	0
Rex Bumgardner	2	7	3.5	0	0
Jim Still	1	37	37.0	37	0
Bob Smith	1	18	18.0	18	0
Chick Maggioli	1	7	7.0	7	0
Vince Mazza					1
Totals	14	289	20.6	37	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Chet Mutryn	10	5	1	0					0	0	0			96
Al Baldwin		8							0	0	0			48
Lou Tomasetti	7	1		0					0	0	0			48
Bob Steuber	3	0		0					1	20	0			41
Julie Rykovich	5	0		0					0	0	0			30
George Ratterman	3								0	0	0			18
Graham Armstrong		0		0					0	15	0			15
Vic Kulbitski	0	0		0				1	0	8	0			14
Rex Bumgardner	0	0	2	0		0			0	0	0			12
Bill O'Connor		2		0					0	0	0			12
Marty Comer		1							0	0	0			6
Carl Schuette						1			0	0	0			6
Bill Gompers	1		0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Vince Mazza						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	29	17	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	43	0	0	0	358