1967 Buffalo Bills Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Collier (4-10)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1967 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Collier (4-10)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1967 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ended the 1967 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the AFL's East Division.
The Bills labored to change the scoreboard with just 237 points, and the defensive squad yielded 285. Jack Kemp passed for 2,503 yards. Keith Lincoln hauled in 41 balls, while Paul Costa added 726 receiving yards.
Keith Lincoln rushed for a team-leading 601 yards for Buffalo, while Wray Carlton also buoyed the ground attack.
Tom Janik seized 10 opponent throws.
Joe Collier coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 369 | 161 | 43.6 | 2503 | 6.8 | 14 | 3.8 | 26 | 7.0 | 63 | 50.0 |
| Tom Flores | 64 | 22 | 34.4 | 260 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 12.5 | 59 | 8.1 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 434 | 183 | 42.2 | 2763 | 6.4 | 14 | 3.2 | 34 | 7.8 | 63 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lincoln | 159 | 601 | 3.8 | 28 | 4 |
| Wray Carlton | 107 | 467 | 4.4 | 21 | 3 |
| Bobby Burnett | 45 | 96 | 2.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 43 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 36 | 58 | 1.6 | 14 | 2 |
| Jack Spikes | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Donaldson | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 2 | -17 | -8.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 371 | 1271 | 3.4 | 43 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lincoln | 41 | 558 | 13.6 | 60 | 5 |
| Paul Costa | 39 | 726 | 18.6 | 63 | 2 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 25 | 384 | 15.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 37 | 4 |
| Billy Masters | 20 | 274 | 13.7 | 28 | 2 |
| Bobby Burnett | 11 | 114 | 10.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Monte Ledbetter | 9 | 161 | 17.9 | 60 | 1 |
| Wray Carlton | 9 | 97 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Donaldson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 183 | 2763 | 15.1 | 63 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 77 | 3320 | 43.1 | 64 |
| Totals | 77 | 3320 | 43.1 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Byrd | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie King | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 199 | 4.2 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bivins | 16 | 380 | 23.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Allen Smith | 16 | 346 | 21.6 | 64 | 0 |
| Charlie King | 12 | 316 | 26.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Paul Guidry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dudley Meredith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 1113 | 21.8 | 64 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Janik | 10 | 222 | 22.2 | 46 | 2 |
| Butch Byrd | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Marty Schottenheimer | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 45 | 1 |
| Booker Edgerson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Dunaway | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dudley Meredith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 401 | 14.9 | 46 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Butch Byrd | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Dunaway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Shaw | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Costa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe O'Donnell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dudley Meredith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Hudson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wray Carlton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Allen Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Sestak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Guidry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Burnett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 28 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mike Mercer | 16 | 25 | 0 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Keith Lincoln | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Art Powell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Wray Carlton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| Billy Masters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Paul Costa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Tom Janik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Monte Ledbetter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Marty Schottenheimer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Sestak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 237 |
