1964 Buffalo Bills season
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
1964 Buffalo Bills season
| 1964 Buffalo Bills season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Lou Saban | ||||||
| Home field | War Memorial Stadium | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 12–2 | ||||||
| Division Place | 1st AFL Eastern | ||||||
| Playoff finish | Won AFL Championship | ||||||
| Timeline | |||||||
|
|||||||
The 1964 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s fifth season. Buffalo won its first of two AFL Championships.
The 1964 Bills' defense set an AFL record by giving up the fewest rushing yards in league history, with only 918, or 65.5 yards per game.[1] They also led the league in points allowed (242), total yards allowed (3,878), first downs surrendered (206), and rushing touchdowns allowed (four).[2]
Buffalo's offense also led the AFL in total yards (5,206), passing yards (2,040) and total points (400).[3]
|
Contents
|
Personnel
Staff
| 1964 Buffalo Bills staff | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Front Office
Head Coaches
Offensive Coaches
|
Defensive Coaches
|
|||||
Offseason
AFL Draft
Regular season
Season standings
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 400 | 242 |
| Boston Patriots | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 365 | 297 |
| New York Jets | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 278 | 315 |
| Houston Oilers | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 310 | 355 |
Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 13 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 34–17 |
|
| 2 | September 20 | Denver Broncos | W 30–13 |
|
| 3 | September 26 | San Diego Chargers | W 30–3 |
|
| 4 | October 3 | Oakland Raiders | W 23–20 |
|
| 5 | October 11 | at Houston Oilers | W 48–17 |
|
| 6 | October 18 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 35–22 |
|
| 7 | October 24 | New York Jets | W 34–24 |
|
| 8 | November 1 | Houston Oilers | W 24–10 |
|
| 9 | November 8 | at New York Jets | W 20–7 |
|
| 10 | November 15 | Boston Patriots | L 36–28 |
|
| 11 | Bye | |||
| 12 | November 26 | at San Diego Chargers | W 27–24 |
|
| 13 | December 6 | at Oakland Raiders | L 16–13 |
|
| 14 | December 13 | at Denver Broncos | W 30–19 |
|
| 15 | December 20 | at Boston Patriots | W 24–14 |
|
Roster
|
Buffalo Bills roster
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quarterbacks
Running Backs Wide Receivers Tight Ends |
Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen
|
Linebackers
Defensive Backs
Special Teams |
||||
Player stats
Passing
| Player | Comp | Att | Yds | Completion % | TD | INT |
| Jack Kemp | 119 | 269 | 2285 | 44.2 | 13 | 26 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 55 | 128 | 1137 | 43.0 | 6 | 8 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Average | Long | TD |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 230 | 981 | 4.3 | 67 | 6 |
| B. Smith | 62 | 306 | 4.9 | 37 | 4 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 55 | 289 | 5.3 | 18 | 6 |
| Joe Auer | 63 | 191 | 3.0 | 21 | 2 |
| Jack Kemp | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 14 | 5 |
| Wray Carlton | 39 | 114 | 2.9 | 11 | 1 |
Special teams
Kicking
| Player | FG | Att | XP | XP Att | Pts |
| Pete Gogolak | 19 | 29 | 45 | 46 | 102 |
Punting
| Player | No. | Yards | Avg. | Long |
| Paul Maguire | 65 | 2777 | 42.7 | 64 |
Postseason
AFL Championship Game
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chargers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bills | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
Buffalo Bills 20, San Diego Chargers 7
- December 26, 1964 at War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 40,242
Awards and Records
- Lou Saban, Coach of the Year
References
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by ascending opp Rushing Yds
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1964 AFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference: 1964 AFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics
- ^ a b http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/1964.htm
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||
| Eastern Division | Western Division |
| Boston | Denver |
| Buffalo | Kansas City |
| Houston | Oakland |
| New York Jets | San Diego |
| 1964 AFL Draft • 1964 AFL Championship Game • 1964 AFL All-Star game Related: 1964 NFL Season |
|
 |
This article relating to an American football season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article 1964 Buffalo Bills season.
Read more