1962 Buffalo Bills Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Lou Saban (7-6-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1962 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Lou Saban (7-6-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1962 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ended the 1962 season with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the AFL's East Division.
Buffalo ran up 309 points, while the defense allowed 272. Cookie Gilchrist rushed for a team-leading 1,096 yards for the Bills.
Warren Rabb threw for 1,196 yards. Ernie Warlick hauled in 35 balls, while Elbert Dubenion added 571 receiving yards. Glenn Bass was targeted regularly, too.
Carl Charon picked off 7 opponent throws.
Lou Saban coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Warren Rabb | 177 | 67 | 37.9 | 1196 | 6.8 | 10 | 5.6 | 14 | 7.9 | 76 | 47.7 | Jack Kemp | 94 | 51 | 54.3 | 636 | 6.8 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | 4.3 | 31 | 68.4 | Al Dorow | 75 | 30 | 40.0 | 333 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.7 | 7 | 9.3 | 34 | 23.9 | Wayne Crow | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 10 | 20.8 | Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 351 | 150 | 42.7 | 2181 | 6.2 | 15 | 4.3 | 26 | 7.4 | 76 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Cookie Gilchrist | 214 | 1096 | 5.1 | 44 | 13 | Wayne Crow | 110 | 589 | 5.4 | 52 | 1 | Wray Carlton | 94 | 530 | 5.6 | 51 | 2 | Warren Rabb | 37 | 77 | 2.1 | 14 | 3 | Al Dorow | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | Jack Kemp | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 28 | 1 | Elbert Dubenion | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 43 | 0 | Willie Jones | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 | Art Baker | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Manch Wheeler | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | Carey Henley | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 501 | 2480 | 5.0 | 52 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ernie Warlick | 35 | 482 | 13.8 | 25 | 2 | Elbert Dubenion | 33 | 571 | 17.3 | 75 | 5 | Glenn Bass | 32 | 555 | 17.3 | 76 | 4 | Cookie Gilchrist | 24 | 319 | 13.3 | 76 | 2 | Wayne Crow | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 25 | 1 | Wray Carlton | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 25 | 0 | Tom Rychlec | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 18 | 1 | Art Baker | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 | John Tracey | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | Monte Crockett | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 150 | 2181 | 14.5 | 76 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Cookie Gilchrist | 17 | 14 | 82.4 | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 38 | Mack Yoho | 22 | 20 | 90.9 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 23 | Ralph Felton | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 34 | 85.0 | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 61 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Wayne Crow | 76 | 2946 | 38.8 | 59 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 76 | 2946 | 38.8 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willie West | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 45 | 0 | Tom Rychlec | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Carl Taseff | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Ray Abruzzese | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 | Joe Cannavino | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Booker Edgerson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 187 | 7.5 | 45 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willie Jones | 14 | 287 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 | Elbert Dubenion | 7 | 231 | 33.0 | 93 | 1 | Art Baker | 7 | 220 | 31.4 | 100 | 1 | Ray Abruzzese | 10 | 194 | 19.4 | 39 | 0 | Cookie Gilchrist | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 34 | 0 | Carey Henley | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 | George Flint | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Jerry DeLucca | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 52 | 1176 | 22.6 | 100 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carl Charon | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 25 | 1 | Booker Edgerson | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 40 | 0 | Mike Stratton | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | Marv Matuszak | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 25 | 0 | Ray Abruzzese | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 26 | 0 | Willie West | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 | Carl Taseff | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 | Joe Cannavino | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Tom Sestak | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | Leroy Moore | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 36 | 504 | 14.0 | 40 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ernie Warlick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Kemp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren Rabb | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cookie Gilchrist | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Booker Edgerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Dorow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Charon | 0 | 1 | Wray Carlton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Crow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Cookie Gilchrist | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 128 | Elbert Dubenion | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Glenn Bass | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Mack Yoho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 23 | Warren Rabb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | Wray Carlton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ernie Warlick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Wayne Crow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Carl Charon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Tom Rychlec | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jack Kemp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tom Sestak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Leroy Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Art Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 309 |
