1964 Buffalo Bills
1964 American Football League Champions!
1964 Record: 12-2 (Reg. Season), 1-0 (Playoffs)
Head Coach: Lou Saban
Points Scored: 400 (1st out of 8 AFL teams)
Points Allowed: 242 (1st out of 8 AFL teams)
Home Stadium: War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, NY.
Cornerback Butch Byrd finished tied for sixth in the AFL with 7 interceptions as a rookie in 1964. He was selected to play in the AFL All Star Game and the Newspaper Ent. Assoc. named him to their second team All-AFL.
1964 Game-by-Game Results
Regular Season
Date Opponent Result
9/13/64 Kansas City W 34-17
9/20/64 Denver W 30-13
9/26/64 San Diego W 30- 3
10/ 3/64 Oakland W 23-20
10/11/64 at Houston W 48-17
10/18/64 at Kansas City W 35-22
10/24/64 N.Y. Jets W 34-24
11/ 1/64 Houston W 24-10
11/ 8/64 at N.Y. Jets W 20- 7
11/15/64 Boston L 28-36
11/26/64 at San Diego W 27-24
12/ 6/64 at Oakland L 13-16
12/13/64 at Denver W 30-19
12/20/64 at Boston W 24-14
Playoffs
Round Opponent Result
AFL Championship San Diego W 20- 7
1964 Buffalo Bills Individual Statistical Leaders:
Passing: Jack Kemp, 2285 yards, 44.2 comp. pct., 13 TDs, 50.9 rating
Rushing: Cookie Gilchrist, 981 yards, 6 TDs, 4.3 yards / carry
Receiving: Elbert Dubenion, 42 receptions, 1139 yards, 10 TDs
Touchdowns: Elbert Dubenion, 10 (0 rush., 10 rec.)
Interceptions: Butch Byrd, 7 int., 178 yards, 1 TD
Points: Pete Gogolak, 102 (19 FG's, 46 PAT's)
1964 AFL EASTERN DIVISION STANDINGS:
1st Place - Buffalo (12-2)
2nd Place - Boston (10-3-1)
3rd Place - N.Y. Jets (5-8-1)
4th Place - Houston (4-10)
Wide Receiver Elbert Dubenion led the AFL with 27.1 yards per reception in 1964 and his 1,139 receiving yards were fourth best in the AFL in 1964. He earned his first AFL All-Star Game selection and the New York Daily News and the AP named him second team All-AFL in 1964.
Halfback Cookie Gilchrist led the AFL in carries (230) rushing yards (981) and rushing TDs (6) in 1964. He was selected to his third consecutive AFL All Star Game appearance and was voted first team All-AFL by the AFL, AP, UPI, N.Y. Daily News, & the Newspaper Ent. Assoc following the season.
1964 Buffalo Bills Depth Chart / Roster:
All players wore style 2 helmets!
(Note: Team not in game - use All Bills Team as template)
# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Hair Equipment
Quarterbacks
1. 15 Jack Kemp 6-0 201 29 5 N/A 96 3 brn buzz 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to WR)
3. 12 Daryle Lamonica 6-3 215 23 1 Notre Dame 64 6 brn buzz 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
Halfbacks
1. 20 Bobby Smith 6-0 203 22 R North Texas 222 4 blk buzz wt elbowpads, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. 43 Joe Auer 6-1 205 23 R Georgia Tech lt skin 70 3 blo crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
3. 30 Wray Carlton 6-1 216 27 4 Duke lt skin 100 6 brn fade 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
# Roger Kochman 6-2 205 23 1 Penn State 32 5 brn buzz 2 bar (thin), eye paint, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
# 28 Bob Curington 6-0 210 22 R NC Central bk shoes
Fullbacks
1. 34 Cookie Gilchrist 6-3 251 29 2 No College dk skin 217 19 blk buzz 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands
2. Earl Lattimer 5-11 218 R Michigan St. 210 19 blk buzz 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
3. 47 Willie Ross 5-10 200 23 R Nebraska dk skin 264 13 blk buzz bk shoes
Wide Receivers
1. 44 Elbert Dubenion 6-0 187 31 4 N/A 152 12 blk buzz 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. n/a (switch position to TE)
3. 85 Glenn Bass 6-2 206 25 3 E. Carolina lt skin 72 11 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
4. n/a (switch position to FS - use as Sykes)
5. 40 Ed Rutkowski 6-1 208 23 1 Notre Dame 14 4 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
6. n/a (switch position to SS - use as Abruzzese)
# 81 Bill Groman 6-0 200 28 4 N/A 67 4 brn crop 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
Tight Ends
1. 84 Ernie Warlick 6-4 235 32 2 NC Central dk skin 14 3 blk fade 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. 80 Charley Ferguson 6-5 215 25 3 Tennessee St.
3. Cloyd Webb R Iowa
# Don Montgomery R N.C. State lt skin 111 8 brn buzz bk shoes
Left Tackles
1. 77 Stew Barber 6-2 251 33 3 Penn State lt skin 66 2 blk crop half cage, wt half sleeves, bk shoes
2. 60 Dave Behrman 6-5 260 23 1 Michigan St. lt skin 11 17 brn crop tc sleeves, bk ankles taped, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
Left Guards
1. 66 Billy Shaw 6-2 248 26 3 Georgia Tech 80 7 brn buzz half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. 73 George Flint 6-4 244 25 2 Arizona St. lt skin 40 17 l. brn crop tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
Centers
1. 53 Walt Cudzik 6-2 240 32 5 Purdue 18 17 brn crop tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. 65 Remi Prudhomme 6-1 222 22 R LSU 83 11 brn crop 3 bar qb, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Right Guards
1. 67 Joe O'Donnell 6-2 246 23 R Michigan 19 6 l. brn crop tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. 50 Al Bemiller 6-3 260 26 3 Syracuse 87 15 brn buzz tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
3. n/a (switch position to LE)
Right Tackles
1. 79 Dick Hudson 6-3 272 24 2 Memphis 19 8 brn buzz half cage, wt elbowpads, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. Bill Simpson R Baylor
Left Defensive Ends
1. 72 Ron McDole 6-3 255 25 3 Nebraska 61 6 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes
2. 83 Hatch Rosdahl 6-4 250 23 R Penn State 66 13 brn crop bk shoes
# 65 Remi Prudhomme 6-1 222 22 R LSU 83 11 brn crop 3 bar qb, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Right Defensive Ends
1. 88 Tom Day 6-2 250 29 4 N. Car. A&T 29 17 blk fade wt wrist double, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. 76 Sid Youngelman 6-3 257 33 9 Alabama 12 17 blk buzz bk shoes
# 82 Mack Yoho 6-2 230 28 4 Miami Univ. bk shoes
Defensive Tackles
1. 70 Tom Sestak 6-4 270 28 2 Baylor 52 2 brn crop half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk ankles taped, bk shoes, wt sleeves
2. 78 Jim Dunaway 6-3 276 23 1 Ole Miss 108 18 brn buzz half cage, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
3. 75 Dudley Meredith 6-4 275 29 1 Florida lt skin
# 74 Tom Keating 6-2 247 22 R Michigan lt skin 32 8 brn crop half cage, wt half sleeves, bk shoes
Left Outside Linebackers
1. 51 John Tracey 6-2 225 31 5 Texas A&M 78 4 brn crop half cage, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. n/a (switch position to RE)
# 57 Herb Paterra 6-1 222 23 1 Michigan St. bk shoes
Middle Linebackers
1. 64 Harry Jacobs 6-1 225 27 4 N/A lt skin 32 3 brn buzz 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to DT)
3. 54 John Briscoe 6-4 225 22 R Arizona lt skin bk shoes
Right Outside Linebackers
1. 58 Mike Stratton 6-3 224 23 2 Tennessee lt skin 48 7 blo crop half cage, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
2. 55 Paul Maguire 6-0 219 26 4 Citadel 97 6 brn buzz 1 bar, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
3. n/a (switch position to HB)
Cornerbacks
1. 25 Oliver Dobbins 6-0 182 23 R Morgan St. 244 3 blk buzz bk shoes
2. 42 Butch Byrd 6-0 211 23 R N/A 192 5 blk bald 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes
3. 24 Booker Edgerson 5-10 183 25 1 W. Illinois 71 11 blk buzz 1 bar, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
4. 22 Charley Warner 5-11 180 24 1 P. View A&M 27 8 blk buzz tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
Free Safeties
1. n/a (switch position to SS - use as Saimes)
2. n/a (switch position to SS - use as Urbanik)
# 45 Hagood Clarke 6-0 205 22 R Florida lt skin 92 5 brn crop wt wristbands, bk shoes
# 23 Eugene Sykes 5-11 195 23 1 LSU
Strong Safeties
1. n/a (switch position to HB - use as Curington)
2. n/a (switch position to FS - use as Clarke)
3. n/a (switch position to LOLB)
# 26 George Saimes 5-10 195 23 1 Michigan St. lt skin 54 8 brn crop 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
# 46 Ray Abruzzese 5-11 194 27 2 Alabama 58 6 brn crop bk shoes
# 36 Tom Urbanik 5-11 215 R Penn State lt skin
Kicker
1. 3 Pete Gogolak 6-2 200 22 R Cornell 85 5 brn crop 1 bar, tc sleeves, bk ankles taped, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
Punter
1. 55 Paul Maguire 6-0 219 26 4 Citadel 97 6 brn buzz 1 bar, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acc-cth-car-jmp-btk-tkl-tpw-tac-rbk-pbk-kpw-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh
J. Kemp 62-58-86-59-60-48-46-47-44-23-95-89-25-28-26-22-0-85-87-78
Lamonica 66-58-63-66-64-29-49-49-45-22-93-86-22-25-83-73-0-82-85-64
B. Smith 92-62-58-90-93-63-76-69-85-22-39-24-30-30-27-24-70-82-82-67
Auer 83-58-55-88-85-74-73-65-83-27-34-29-29-28-29-25-75-77-76-64
W. Carlton 82-70-77-80-85-72-78-54-74-24-38-30-44-51-30-23-25-79-77-82
Kochman 84-60-56-83-80-63-79-71-72-22-26-25-29-31-29-23-58-76-70-62
Curington 92-59-47-94-89-67-77-62-67-25-27-25-36-35-27-22-10-77-79-67
Gilchrist 75-85-93-74-80-73-72-40-77-22-47-40-45-53-82-62-61-93-90-81
W. Ross 78-65-52-80-76-63-73-68-81-21-28-23-45-44-29-23-10-76-78-69
E. Lattimer 71-74-50-70-77-65-72-46-73-24-33-26-42-47-77-69-10-77-82-75
Dubenion 91-73-87-90-94-89-73-84-71-22-17-18-21-33-27-26-75-81-78-78
G. Bass 89-64-80-90-94-82-64-69-66-22-35-31-33-36-26-22-50-76-69-71
Rutkowski 86-62-66-85-88-77-76-74-63-24-77-68-31-32-34-28-82-80-84-67
Groman 85-63-76-82-82-82-79-73-60-21-32-31-26-31-27-25-10-80-72-76
Warlick 82-65-83-80-83-77-76-68-67-28-29-24-52-56-26-23-8-81-86-80
C. Ferguson 82-72-66-81-81-75-73-64-66-24-29-24-46-50-27-24-8-81-73-70
C. Webb 67-65-52-70-67-75-74-57-65-24-25-22-55-59-29-25-8-76-78-73
D. Montgomery 67-74-44-69-66-63-57-66-53-74-27-22-52-56-32-26-8-76-77-80
S. Barber 68-84-76-72-72-55-46-57-26-84-27-23-92-89-31-24-0-77-93-86
Behrman 61-82-55-60-64-24-24-56-25-28-28-24-75-81-25-22-0-76-81-78
B. Shaw 57-97-84-54-53-24-22-52-28-25-29-21-93-97-26-22-0-78-86-82
G. Flint 66-85-65-65-61-31-28-63-26-24-29-22-83-84-25-22-0-68-84-76
Cudzik 59-82-78-56-61-28-24-46-25-23-29-22-83-80-27-22-0-60-83-76
Prudhomme 69-77-42-71-66-36-24-62-28-74-24-19-69-77-26-24-0-66-82-74
Bemiller 55-92-79-57-65-24-22-48-28-23-34-21-83-88-26-22-0-70-90-85
J. O'Donnell 57-87-57-57-63-24-22-57-25-26-33-24-82-88-24-21-0-73-88-81
Prudhomme 69-77-42-71-66-36-24-62-28-74-24-19-69-77-26-24-0-66-82-74
D. Hudson 62-88-65-60-74-45-40-46-30-27-32-26-83-88-25-22-0-68-79-75
B. Simpson 59-86-47-58-62-27-25-54-25-23-27-22-78-82-26-23-0-75-80-78
McDole 63-84-66-60-70-34-27-63-25-84-27-21-29-41-27-20-0-86-85-86
Rosdahl 63-81-53-61-67-31-32-55-26-76-25-23-23-32-27-23-0-68-73-76
T. Day 64-88-66-66-74-27-25-57-27-86-28-25-73-76-27-22-0-76-84-82
Youngelman 55-83-84-55-54-19-17-47-23-83-32-17-29-38-29-18-0-73-75-79
Yoho 66-76-64-64-66-45-41-59-26-79-25-22-26-37-76-62-0-75-78-71
Sestak 75-89-94-60-72-36-31-50-23-91-27-24-28-44-29-22-0-87-93-83
J. Dunaway 61-89-65-59-63-27-24-57-31-88-29-20-30-44-31-17-0-79-94-87
D. Meredith 61-85-58-62-60-29-27-55-27-84-31-23-28-38-27-24-0-76-80-73
T. Keating 60-79-54-59-70-21-17-51-27-88-27-22-26-37-32-19-0-75-73-83
Tracey 76-79-74-74-74-61-46-58-27-85-26-23-22-41-25-22-0-78-79-81
Paterra 75-58-52-74-76-45-42-53-28-83-25-22-25-47-28-24-0-76-64-73
H. Jacobs 71-74-78-77-70-52-46-57-27-89-25-23-27-45-28-22-0-79-77-83
J. Briscoe 71-70-50-85-73-37-33-57-28-85-27-22-23-41-26-24-0-76-84-76
Stratton 75-78-82-73-79-47-45-54-28-90-32-27-26-49-29-26-0-84-86-90
Maguire 72-75-70-75-74-53-43-53-28-83-24-22-32-51-86-77-0-78-87-84
B. Byrd 93-58-60-92-95-68-60-87-25-77-22-21-19-26-24-22-73-91-88-84
Edgerson 92-54-62-94-91-63-52-86-26-73-26-23-18-25-25-21-10-81-70-63
C. Warner 87-51-57-89-86-64-49-83-44-59-25-23-18-21-25-22-88-76-82-69
O. Dobbins 86-52-52-86-84-57-42-83-26-64-26-22-18-23-23-22-10-75-79-62
H. Clarke 86-57-59-86-84-71-57-78-40-73-24-22-16-21-22-21-76-78-82-68
E. Sykes 77-63-64-75-76-64-51-70-24-82-24-24-20-32-25-21-10-77-80-82
Saimes 83-64-73-84-82-61-52-74-27-83-24-22-23-27-26-23-55-85-87-74
Abruzzese 83-57-62-83-81-68-52-74-37-74-25-23-19-33-29-25-62-81-73-67
Urbanik 77-56-51-78-76-54-48-73-27-80-24-23-21-32-24-22-10-79-76-82
P. Gogolak 58-39-58-57-54-34-37-53-27-24-32-26-20-25-91-86-0-61-82-58
Maguire 72-75-78-75-74-53-43-53-28-83-24-22-32-51-86-77-0-78-87-84
Defensive Tackle Tom Sestak wraps up the Chiefs" Len Dawson in the season opener. He was selected to his third consecutive AFL All Star Game appearance and was voted first team All-AFL by the AFL, AP, UPI, N.Y. Daily News, & the Newspaper Ent. Assoc. following the season.
Quarterback Jack Kemp played in the AFL All Star Game for the third time after leading the AFL with 8.5 yards per pass attempt and finishing sixth in passing yards (2,285) and seventh in passing TDs (13) in 1964.
Free Safety Hagood Clarke returns a punt against the Chargers. He led all AFL returners in punt returns (33) and returned one for a score in 1964.
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