1948 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season
The 1948 Buffalo Bills season was their third in the All-America Football Conference. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8-4-2, winning only seven games.[1] They qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, but lost to the Cleveland Browns in the AAFC Championship.
| 1948 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Red Dawson |
| Home field | Civic Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 7–7 |
| Division place | 1st AAFC East |
| Playoff finish | Lost AAFC Championship |
The team's statistical leaders included George Ratterman with 2,577 passing yards, Chet Mutryn with 823 rushing yards and 96 points scored, and Al Baldwin with 916 receiving yards.[2]
Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 29, 1948 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 35-14 |
| 2 | September 6, 1948 | Chicago Rockets | W 42-7 |
| 3 | September 12, 1948 | Cleveland Browns | L 42-13 |
| 4 | September 26, 1948 | San Francisco 49ers | L 38-28 |
| 5 | October 3, 1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers | W 31-21 |
| 6 | October 10, 1948 | New York Yankees | L 14-13 |
| 7 | October 17, 1948 | at Cleveland Browns | L 31-14 |
| 8 | October 24, 1948 | at Los Angeles Dons | W 35-21 |
| 9 | October 31, 1948 | Baltimore Colts | W 35-17 |
| 10 | November 7, 1948 | at Brooklyn Dodgers | W 26-21 |
| 11 | November 14, 1948 | Los Angeles Dons | L 27-20 |
| 12 | November 25, 1948 | at Chicago Rockets | W 39-35 |
| 13 | November 28, 1948 | at New York Yankees | W 35-14 |
| 14 | December 5, 1948 | at Baltimore Colts | L 35-15 |
Playoffs
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division | December 12, 1948 | at Baltimore Colts | W 28-17 |
| Championship | December 19, 1948 | at Cleveland Browns | L 49-7 |
Division standings
| AAFC East | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Buffalo Bills | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 360 | 358 | L-1 |
| Baltimore Colts | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 333 | 327 | W-2 |
| New York Yankees | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 265 | 301 | W-1 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 253 | 387 | L-6 |
References
- 1948 Buffalo Bills Archived August 2, 2013, at WebCite
- "1948 Buffalo Bills Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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