1964 Buffalo Bills Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Lou Saban (12-2)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1964 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Lou Saban (12-2)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1964 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ended the 1964 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the AFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
Offensively, the Bills led the league with 400 points. The defense proved to be a force, as Buffalo surrendered 242 points, lowest in the league. Jack Kemp passed for 2,285 yards. Glenn Bass topped pass catchers, hauling in 43 balls, while Elbert Dubenion added 1,139 receiving yards.
Cookie Gilchrist rushed for a team-leading 981 yards.
Butch Byrd picked off 7 opponent throws.
Lou Saban coached the team. The 1964 Buffalo Bills won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 269 | 119 | 44.2 | 2285 | 8.5 | 13 | 4.8 | 26 | 9.7 | 94 | 50.9 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 128 | 55 | 43.0 | 1137 | 8.9 | 6 | 4.7 | 8 | 6.2 | 80 | 64.5 |
| Totals | 397 | 174 | 43.8 | 3422 | 8.6 | 19 | 4.8 | 34 | 8.6 | 94 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 230 | 981 | 4.3 | 67 | 6 |
| Bobby Smith | 62 | 306 | 4.9 | 37 | 4 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 55 | 289 | 5.3 | 28 | 6 |
| Joe Auer | 63 | 191 | 3.0 | 21 | 2 |
| Jack Kemp | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 14 | 5 |
| Wray Carlton | 39 | 114 | 2.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Willie Ross | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Dick Hudson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 492 | 2040 | 4.1 | 67 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Bass | 43 | 897 | 20.9 | 94 | 7 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 42 | 1139 | 27.1 | 72 | 10 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 30 | 345 | 11.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Ernie Warlick | 23 | 478 | 20.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 13 | 234 | 18.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Joe Auer | 11 | 166 | 15.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Wray Carlton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 174 | 3422 | 19.7 | 94 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 65 | 2777 | 42.7 | 64 |
| Totals | 65 | 2777 | 42.7 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagood Clarke | 33 | 317 | 9.6 | 53 | 1 |
| Charley Warner | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 421 | 9.2 | 53 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Rutkowski | 21 | 498 | 23.7 | 57 | 0 |
| Hagood Clarke | 16 | 330 | 20.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stew Barber | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 48 | 1017 | 21.2 | 57 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Byrd | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 75 | 1 |
| George Saimes | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 4 | 130 | 32.5 | 91 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Eugene Sykes | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Sestak | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 470 | 16.8 | 91 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wray Carlton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Kemp | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charley Warner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Auer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daryle Lamonica | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hagood Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pete Gogolak | 19 | 45 | 0 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Glenn Bass | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | ||||||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Bobby Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Joe Auer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Willie Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Butch Byrd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Hagood Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Groman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Sestak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ron McDole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 25 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 400 |
