1946 Buffalo Bisons season

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1946 Buffalo Bisons (AAFC) season
Head coach Red Dawson
Home stadium Civic Stadium
Results
Record3–10–1
Division placeT-2nd AAFC East
Playoffsdid not qualify

The 1946 Buffalo Bisons season was their inaugural season in the All-America Football Conference. The team finished 3-10-1, [1] failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Contents

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback George Terlep with 574 passing yards, fullback Vic Kulbitski with 605 rushing yards, and end Fay King with 466 receiving yards. Right halfback Steve Juzwik and fullback Lou Zontini tied for the team scoring lead with 42 points each. [2]

Season schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1September 8 Brooklyn Dodgers L 14–270–1 Civic Stadium Recap
2September 14at New York Yankees L 10–210–2 Yankee Stadium Recap
3September 22 Cleveland Browns L 0–280–3Civic Stadium Recap
September 25at Chicago Rockets L 28–350–4 Soldier Field Recap
4September 29 Los Angeles Dons T 21–210–4–1Civic Stadium Recap
5October 4 New York Yankees L 13–210–5–1Civic Stadium Recap
6October 11 Miami Seahawks L 14–170–6–1Civic Stadium Recap
7October 19 San Francisco 49ers W 17–141–6–1Civic Stadium Recap
8October 27 Chicago Rockets W 49–172–6–1Civic Stadium Recap
9November 2at San Francisco 49ers L 14–272–7–1 Kezar Stadium Recap
10November 10at Brooklyn Dodgers W 17–143–7–1 Ebbets Field Recap
11November 18at Miami Seahawks L 14–213–8–1 Miami Orange Bowl Recap
12November 24at Cleveland Browns L 17–423–9–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium Recap
13December 1at Los Angeles Dons L 14–623–10–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
14 Bye
15Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Division standings

AAFC Eastern Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
New York Yankees 1031.7696–0270192W2
Buffalo Bisons 3101.2311–5249370L3
Brooklyn Dodgers 3101.2312–4226339L6
Miami Seahawks 3110.2143–3167378W1
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings.

Roster

Players shown in bold started at least one game at the position listed as confirmed by contemporary game coverage.

Buffalo Bisons 1946 roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Halfbacks

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

References

  1. 1946 Buffalo Bisons Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "1946 Buffalo Bisons Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

Further reading