1949 Buffalo Bills Roster

All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 5-5-2
Finishing 3rd in the AAFC
Postseason: 0-1 Lost First Round
Coach: Clem Crowe (4-1-1)
Coach: Red Dawson (1-4-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1949 Buffalo Bills Statistics
1949 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the All American Football Conference ended the 1949 season with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the AAFC. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

Buffalo racked up 236 points, while the defensive squad yielded 256. Chet Mutryn rushed for a team-leading 696 yards for the Bills.

George Ratterman threw for 1,777 yards. Al Baldwin hauled in 53 balls for 719 yards.

Tom Colella picked off 3 opponent throws.

Clem Crowe and Red Dawson coached the team. The 1949 Buffalo Bills lost in the First Round.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
42Chet AdamsKOctober 24, 19156'3"233OhioCleveland, OH USA120
57Al BaldwinLEMarch 21, 19236'2"201ArkansasHot Springs, AR USA1212
82Rex BumgardnerRHSeptember 6, 19235'11"193West VirginiaClarksburg, WV USA108
45Jack CarpenterLTJuly 29, 19236'0"240ColumbiaKansas City, MO USA87
70Ollie ClineFBDecember 31, 19256'0"200Ohio St.Mount Vernon, OH USA1111
88Tom ColellaPJuly 3, 19186'0"187CanisiusAlbion, NY USA110
87Jesse FreitasQBFebruary 7, 19215'10"170Santa ClaraRed Bluff, CA USA10
40Abe GibronLGSeptember 22, 19255'11"243ValparaisoMichigan City, IN USA109
52Paul GibsonEOctober 28, 19216'2"195North Carolina St.Winston-Salem, NC USA92
26Hal HerringLB-CFebruary 24, 19246'1"211AuburnLanett, AL USA120
36Buckets HirschQB-FBMarch 26, 19215'10"207NorthwesternClarence, NY USA70
80Larry JoeBJuly 6, 19235'9"190Penn St.New Derry, PA USA10
46John KernsRTJune 17, 19236'3"245OhioAshtabula, OH USA1212
31Ed KingG-DE-DGMay 11, 19256'0"217Boston Col.Chelsea, MA USA50
47John KissellDT-TMay 14, 19236'3"245Boston Col.Nashua, NH USA120
71Vito KissellLB-FBJune 13, 19275'10"205Holy CrossNashua, NH USA90
80Bob LivingstonePRMay 11, 19226'0"173Notre DameHammond, IN USA50
Bob LogelEJuly 29, 19286'3"210noneEast Aurora, NY USA10
59Jim LukensRESeptember 6, 19246'4"205Washington & LeeChester, PA USA1110
49John MaskasG-TAugust 15, 19205'11"212Virginia TechChios, Greece110
88Vince MazzaEMarch 25, 19256'1"216noneNiagara Falls, NY USA120
83Chet MutrynKRMarch 12, 19215'9"179Xavier (OH)Cleveland, OH USA1111
56Bob OristaglioDE-EApril 6, 19246'2"214PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA USA120
35Rocco PirroRGJune 30, 19166'0"226CatholicSyracuse, NY USA1111
61George RattermanQBNovember 12, 19266'0"192Notre DameCincinnati, OH USA1111
72Bill SchrollLB-FBJanuary 24, 19266'0"214LSUAlexandria, LA USA120
23Carl SchuetteLB-C-DBApril 4, 19226'1"206MarquetteSheboygan, WI USA100
53Bill StantonDEApril 21, 19246'2"210North Carolina St.Dillon, SC USA100
22Art StatutoCJuly 17, 19256'2"221Notre DameSaugus, MA USA1212
32Odell StautzenbergerLGOctober 23, 19246'0"218Texas A&MSan Antonio, TX USA96
62Jim StillBMarch 5, 19246'3"193Georgia TechColumbia, SC USA91
86Joe SuttonDBApril 26, 19245'11"180TemplePhiladelphia, PA USA91
74Lou TomasettiFBJanuary 8, 19166'0"198BucknellOld Forge, PA USA124
34Vic VasicekLBMay 5, 19265'11"223USCEl Campo, TX USA123
87Wilbur VolzHB-DBJanuary 1, 19246'0"192MissouriRdwardsville, IL USA80
85Alex WizbickiDBOctober 6, 19215'11"188DartmouthBrooklyn, NY USA121
33John WyhonicGDecember 23, 19196'0"213AlabamaTiltonville, OH USA30



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