1963 Buffalo Bills Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Lou Saban (7-6-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1963 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Lou Saban (7-6-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1963 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the AFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Buffalo chalked up 304 points, while the defense allowed 291. Jack Kemp tossed for 2,910 yards. Bill Miller topped pass catchers, hauling in 69 balls, while Elbert Dubenion added 959 receiving yards.
Cookie Gilchrist rushed for a team-leading 979 yards for the Bills.
John Tracey and Willie West each snatched 5 opponent throws.
Lou Saban coached the team. The 1963 Buffalo Bills lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 384 | 193 | 50.3 | 2910 | 7.6 | 13 | 3.4 | 20 | 5.2 | 89 | 65.1 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 71 | 33 | 46.5 | 437 | 6.2 | 3 | 4.2 | 4 | 5.6 | 93 | 57.1 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 118.8 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 457 | 227 | 49.7 | 3382 | 7.4 | 16 | 3.5 | 24 | 5.3 | 93 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 232 | 979 | 4.2 | 32 | 12 |
| Jack Kemp | 50 | 239 | 4.8 | 26 | 8 |
| Roger Kochman | 47 | 232 | 4.9 | 48 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 48 | 144 | 3.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 29 | 125 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Glenn Bass | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Brown | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Wayne Crow | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 453 | 1851 | 4.1 | 48 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Miller | 69 | 860 | 12.5 | 36 | 3 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 53 | 959 | 18.1 | 89 | 4 |
| Ernie Warlick | 24 | 479 | 20.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 24 | 211 | 8.8 | 42 | 2 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 19 | 264 | 13.9 | 58 | 1 |
| Charley Ferguson | 9 | 181 | 20.1 | 72 | 3 |
| Glenn Bass | 9 | 153 | 17.0 | 74 | 1 |
| George Saimes | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Crow | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Roger Kochman | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 68 | 1 |
| Fred Brown | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 227 | 3382 | 14.9 | 89 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryle Lamonica | 52 | 2086 | 40.1 | 57 |
| Wayne Crow | 10 | 424 | 42.4 | 57 |
| Totals | 62 | 2510 | 40.5 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Abruzzese | 17 | 152 | 8.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Willie West | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Roger Kochman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 316 | 8.5 | 32 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Rutkowski | 13 | 396 | 30.5 | 65 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 13 | 333 | 25.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Willie West | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 32 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Ray Abruzzese | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Fred Brown | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Hank Rivera | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Stew Barber | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Herb Paterra | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1223 | 23.5 | 65 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie West | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 23 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Ray Abruzzese | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 147 | 7.0 | 26 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbert Dubenion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Kemp | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stew Barber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie West | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| Mack Yoho | 10 | 32 | 0 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Charley Ferguson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Bill Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Ed Rutkowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Carl Charon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fred Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Glenn Bass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Roger Kochman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ernie Warlick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 300 |
