1948 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season
Appearance
1948 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season | |
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Head coach | Red Dawson |
Home field | Civic Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 7–7 |
Division place | 1st AAFC East |
Playoff finish | Lost AAFC Championship |
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.
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 |
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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 |
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Division | December 12, 1948 | at Baltimore Colts | W 28-17 |
Championship | December 19, 1948 | at Cleveland Browns | L 49-7 |
Division standings
AAFC East | |||||||
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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.