1968 Buffalo Bills Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 1-12-1
Finishing 5th in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Harvey Johnson (1-10-1)
Coach: Joe Collier (0-2)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1968 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 1-12-1
Finishing 5th in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Harvey Johnson (1-10-1)
Coach: Joe Collier (0-2)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1968 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 1 wins and 12 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the AFL's East Division.
The Bills struggled to score 199 points, worst in the circuit, while the defense conceded 367. Max Anderson rushed for a team-leading 525 yards for Buffalo.
Dan Darragh threw for 917 yards. Haven Moses hauled in 42 balls for 633 yards.
Butch Byrd picked off 6 opponent throws.
Harvey Johnson and Joe Collier coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Dan Darragh | 215 | 92 | 42.8 | 917 | 4.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 14 | 6.5 | 41 | 33.0 | Ed Rutkowski | 100 | 41 | 41.0 | 380 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 37 | 27.1 | Kay Stephenson | 79 | 29 | 36.7 | 364 | 4.6 | 4 | 5.1 | 7 | 8.9 | 55 | 31.8 | Gary McDermott | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 106.3 | Tom Flores | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 12 | 25.0 | Benny Russell | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 56.3 | Max Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 405 | 168 | 41.5 | 1714 | 4.2 | 7 | 1.7 | 28 | 6.9 | 55 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Max Anderson | 147 | 525 | 3.6 | 45 | 2 | Ben Gregory | 52 | 283 | 5.4 | 67 | 1 | Bob Cappadona | 73 | 272 | 3.7 | 33 | 1 | Gary McDermott | 47 | 102 | 2.2 | 17 | 3 | Ed Rutkowski | 20 | 96 | 4.8 | 33 | 1 | Keith Lincoln | 26 | 84 | 3.2 | 24 | 0 | Billy Masters | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 35 | 0 | Charlie Brown | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 | Kay Stephenson | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | Paul Costa | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 1 | Dan Darragh | 13 | 11 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | Paul Maguire | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Wayne Patrick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Haven Moses | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 19 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 400 | 1527 | 3.8 | 67 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Haven Moses | 42 | 633 | 15.1 | 55 | 2 | Richard Trapp | 24 | 235 | 9.8 | 27 | 0 | Max Anderson | 22 | 140 | 6.4 | 23 | 0 | Gary McDermott | 20 | 115 | 5.8 | 37 | 1 | Bob Cappadona | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 21 | 2 | Paul Costa | 15 | 172 | 11.5 | 27 | 1 | Billy Masters | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 21 | 0 | Bobby Crockett | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 | Ben Gregory | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 | Monte Ledbetter | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 43 | 1 | Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Wayne Patrick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Keith Lincoln | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Al Bemiller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 168 | 1714 | 10.2 | 55 | 7 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Bruce Alford | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 57 | Mike Mercer | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 61 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Paul Maguire | 100 | 4175 | 41.8 | 61 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 100 | 4175 | 41.8 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Hagood Clarke | 29 | 241 | 8.3 | 82 | 1 | Richard Trapp | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 | Ed Rutkowski | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 | Butch Byrd | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 301 | 6.8 | 82 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Max Anderson | 39 | 971 | 24.9 | 100 | 1 | Charlie Brown | 12 | 274 | 22.8 | 32 | 0 | Charley Mitchell | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 24 | 0 | Ed Rutkowski | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 26 | 0 | Paul Costa | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 33 | 0 | Gary McDermott | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Paul Maguire | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Stew Barber | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 1519 | 22.0 | 100 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Butch Byrd | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 53 | 1 | Booker Edgerson | 4 | 100 | 25.0 | 45 | 2 | Tom Janik | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 100 | 1 | Ron McDole | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 42 | 0 | George Saimes | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | John Pitts | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 | Marty Schottenheimer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Paul Guidry | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Mike Stratton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 22 | 475 | 21.6 | 100 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ben Gregory | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | George Saimes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | Jim Dunaway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Shaw | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Al Bemiller | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron McDole | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Max Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Day | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Pitts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Dan Darragh | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marty Schottenheimer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Paul Guidry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Ed Rutkowski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Sestak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Trapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary McDermott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hagood Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Cappadona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 77 | 0 | 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 | Bruce Alford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 57 | Gary McDermott | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | Bob Cappadona | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | Max Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Haven Moses | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Paul Costa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Booker Edgerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Butch Byrd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tom Janik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Hagood Clarke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Monte Ledbetter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ben Gregory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Mercer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 197 |
