1962 Buffalo Bills season
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1962 Buffalo Bills season
| 1962 Buffalo Bills season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Lou Saban | ||||||
| Owner | Ralph Wilson | ||||||
| Home field | War Memorial Stadium | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 7–6–1 | ||||||
| Division Place | 3rd AFL Eastern | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
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The 1962 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s third season in the American Football League. The Bills finished the season with a 7–6–1 record, third place in the AFL East; it was the Bills' first-ever season finishing with a winning record.
The Bills lost their first five games of the season, but finished the final nine games with only one loss (and one tie).
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Season Summary
The Bills were a run-heavy offense in 1962; they lead the league in rushing yards, with 2,480.[1] The Bills ran the ball 58.8 percent of the time on offense.[2][3] The Bills gained 5.0 yards per carry as a team, tied for the league lead.[4]
Bills running back Cookie Gilchrist, who came to the Bills in 1962 from the Canadian Football League, led the AFL in rushing yards with 1,096 yards.[5][6] and 13 rushing touchdowns.[7] Running back Wray Carlton ran for 530 yards, but led the league with 5.6 yards per rushing attempt.
The Bills' defense got a major infusion of talent on defense, as rookies Tom Sestak, Mike Stratton, Ray Abruzzese, and Booker Edgerson won starting jobs.
Offseason
During the offseason, the Bills removed former coach Buster Ramsey and hired Lou Saban to helm the team.
The Bills also picked up former Chargers quarterback Jack Kemp off the waiver wire. Kemp had a broken hand, and as such could not play until the twelfth game of the season, but he would prove to be the best Bills quarterback of the 1960s.[8]
AFL Draft
Main article: 1962 American Football League Draft
Defensive lineman Tom Sestak and linebacker Mike Stratton started for the Bills on defense as rookies; both would go on to be AFL All-Stars multiple times.
Ernie Davis
Main article: Ernie Davis
The Bills selected Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis from Syracuse with their first pick, but Davis chose instead to play with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. Unfortunately, Davis was diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia in the summer of 1962, and died in 1963 at age 23, without ever having played a snap in pro football.
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| Round | Player | Position | College |
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| 1 | Ernie Davis | Halfback | Syracuse |
| 2 | Glenn Glass | Halfback | Tennessee |
| 3 | John Elwell | End | Purdue |
| 5 | Tom Dellinger | Halfback | North Carolina State |
| 6 | Dave Viti | End | Boston University |
| 7 | Jim LeCompte | Guard | North Carolina |
| 8 | Paul White | Halfback | Florida |
| 9 | Bill Saul | Center | Penn State |
| 10 | Amos Bullocks | Halfback | Southern Illinois |
| 11 | Jerry Croft | Guard | Bowling Green |
| 11 | Tom Pennington | End | Georgia |
| 13 | Ron Gassert | Tackle | Virginia |
| 13 | Mike Stratton[10] | End | Tennessee |
| 14 | Ron Scufca | Tackle | Purdue |
| 15 | Roger Kochman | Halfback | Penn State |
| 16 | Frank Imperiale | Tackle | Southern Illinois |
| 17 | Tom Sestak[11] | End | McNeese State |
| 18 | Joe Kehoe | End | Virginia (VOIDED) Carolina |
| 19 | Bill Johnson | Linebacker | Southeast Louisiana |
| 20 | Sam Tidmore | End | Ohio State |
| 21 | Carey Henley | Halfback | Chattanooga |
| 22 | Tom Hall | End | Minnesota |
| 23 | Ray Abruzzese | Halfback | Alabama |
| 24 | Stan Sczurek | Guard | Purdue |
| 25 | Dave Gash | End | Kentucky |
| 26 | Ed Reynolds | Tackle | Tulane |
| 27 | Claude Crabb | Halfback | Colorado |
| 28 | Roy Walker | Fullback | Purdue |
| 29 | Jim Beaver | Guard | Florida |
| 30 | Cody Binkley | Center | Vanderbilt |
| 31 | Jim Collier | End | Arkansas |
| 32 | Ken Erickson | End | Syracuse |
| 33 | Tony Parilli | Guard | Illinois |
| 34 | Ben Charles | Quarterback | USC |
Personnel
Staff
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Front Office
Head Coaches
Offensive Coaches
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Defensive Coaches
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Regular season
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Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 9, 1962 | Houston Oilers | L 28–23 |
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| 2 | September 15, 1962 | Denver Broncos | L 23–20 |
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| 3 | September 22, 1962 | New York Titans | L 17–6 |
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| 4 | September 30, 1962 | at Dallas Texans | L 41–21 |
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| 5 | October 7, 1962 | at Houston Oilers | L 17–14 |
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| 6 | October 13, 1962 | San Diego Chargers | W 35–10 |
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| 7 | October 20, 1962 | Oakland Raiders | W 14–6 |
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| 8 | October 28, 1962 | at Denver Broncos | W 45–38 |
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| 9 | November 3, 1962 | Boston Patriots | T 28–28 |
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| 10 | November 11, 1962 | at San Diego Chargers | W 40–20 |
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| 11 | November 18, 1962 | at Oakland Raiders | W 10–6 |
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| 12 | November 23, 1962 | at Boston Patriots | L 21–10 |
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| 13 | December 2, 1962 | Dallas Texans | W 23–14 |
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| 14 | December 8, 1962 | at New York Titans | W 20–3 |
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Season standings
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| *Houston Oilers | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 387 | 270 |
| Boston Patriots | 9 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 346 | 295 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7 | 6 | 1 | .538 | 309 | 272 |
| New York Titans | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 278 | 423 |
Roster
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Buffalo Bills roster
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Running Backs Wide Receivers Tight Ends |
Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen Defensive Backs Special Teams |
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Awards and Records
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References
- ^ Buffalo's 1,984 passing yards were fewest in the AFL.
- ^ 501 rushes in 852 offensive plays
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1962 AFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics
- ^ Tied with the Dallas Texans
- ^ Gilchrist in '62: 78.3 yards per game
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1962 AFL Leaders and Leaderboards
- ^ Tied with Abner Haynes of the Dallas Texans
- ^ [Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; and Korch, Rich The Sports Encyclopedia: Pro Football, 12th Edition, page 52, Martin's Press, August 1994, ISBN 0-312-11073-1
- ^ Players are identified as an AFL All-Star if they were selected for the AFL All-Star Game at any time in their career.
- ^ AFL All-Star 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
- ^ AFL All-Star 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 299
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| Eastern Division | Western Division |
| Boston | Dallas Texans |
| Buffalo | Denver |
| Houston | Oakland |
| New York Titans | San Diego |
| 1962 AFL Draft • 1962 AFL Championship Game • 1962 AFL All-Star game Related: 1962 NFL Season |
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