1949 Buffalo Bills Statistics

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 Roster
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.

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

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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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Rating
George Ratterman	252	146	57.9	1777	7.1	14	5.6	13	5.2	76.8
Jim Still	12	6	50.0	86	7.2	1	8.3	1	8.3	66.7
Jesse Freitas	9	4	44.4	10	1.1	0	0.0	2	22.2	12.0
Totals	273	156	57.1	1873	6.9	15	5.5	16	5.9

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	TDs
Chet Mutryn	131	696	5.3	5
Ollie Cline	125	518	4.1	3
Rex Bumgardner	101	391	3.9	1
Lou Tomasetti	54	249	4.6	2
George Ratterman	36	85	2.4	4
Joe Sutton	9	63	7.0	0
Vito Kissell	10	19	1.9	0
Larry Joe	2	18	9.0	0
Jesse Freitas	3	13	4.3	0
Wilbur Volz	4	7	1.8	1
Jim Still	2	6	3.0	0
Al Baldwin	2	1	0.5	0
Bob Livingstone	1	0	0.0	0
Tom Colella	7	-9	-1.3	0
Alex Wizbicki	5	-10	-2.0	0
Totals	492	2047	4.2	16

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Baldwin	53	719	13.6	0	7
Chet Mutryn	29	333	11.5	0	0
Jim Lukens	24	249	10.4	0	2
Ollie Cline	15	110	7.3	0	0
Lou Tomasetti	9	56	6.2	0	1
Rex Bumgardner	7	168	24.0	0	4
Joe Sutton	5	63	12.6	0	1
Vito Kissell	3	37	12.3	0	0
Paul Gibson	3	32	10.7	0	0
Larry Joe	2	52	26.0	0	0
Jack Carpenter	2	20	10.0	0	0
Tom Colella	2	6	3.0	0	0
Bob Oristaglio	1	14	14.0	14	0
Wilbur Volz	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	156	1865	12.0	14	15

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Chet Adams	32	32	100.0	11	4	36.4	44
Totals	32	32	100.0	11	4	36.4	44

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Tom Colella	44	1554	35.3
Jim Still	16	614	38.4
Totals	60	2168	36.1

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bob Livingstone	10	171	17.1	79	1
Chet Mutryn	7	77	11.0	0	0
Joe Sutton	6	62	10.3	0	0
Tom Colella	5	42	8.4	0	0
Rex Bumgardner	4	35	8.8	0	0
Lou Tomasetti	2	13	6.5	0	0
Totals	34	400	11.8	79	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chet Mutryn	10	224	22.4	0
Rex Bumgardner	9	163	18.1	0
Tom Colella	7	107	15.3	0
Joe Sutton	4	82	20.5	0
Wilbur Volz	3	43	14.3	0
Bob Livingstone	2	35	17.5	0
Alex Wizbicki	1	22	22.0	22
Ollie Cline	1	21	21.0	21
Lou Tomasetti	1	19	19.0	19
Larry Joe	1	12	12.0	12
Vito Kissell	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	40	729	18.2	22

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Colella	3	49	16.3	0
Vito Kissell	1	14	14.0	14
Paul Gibson	1	9	9.0	9
Bob Livingstone	1	6	6.0	6
Bill Schroll	1	4	4.0	4
Alex Wizbicki	1	1	1.0	1
Hal Herring	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	9	84	9.3	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Chet Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	32	0			44
Al Baldwin	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Rex Bumgardner	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Chet Mutryn	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
George Ratterman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Lou Tomasetti	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Ollie Cline	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Jim Lukens	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Joe Sutton	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Bob Livingstone	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Wilbur Volz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	32	0	0	0	236