1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season

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1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season
Head coach Red Dawson
Home field Civic Stadium
Results
Record8–4–2
Division place2nd AAFC East
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 1947 Buffalo Bills season was their second in the All-America Football Conference. The team improved on their previous output of 3-10-1, winning eight games. [1] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

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The team's statistical leaders included George Ratterman with 1,840 passing yards, Chet Mutryn with 868 rushing yards and 73 points scored, and Al Baldwin with 468 receiving yards. [2]

Season schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1August 31 New York Yankees W 28–241–0 Civic Stadium Recap
2September 5at Cleveland Browns L 14–301–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium Recap
3September 14 Chicago Rockets W 28–202–1Civic Stadium Recap
4September 19at Chicago Rockets W 31–143–1 Soldier Field Recap
5September 28 San Francisco 49ers L 24–413–2Civic Stadium Recap
6October 5at Los Angeles Dons W 27–254–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
7October 12 Baltimore Colts W 20–155–2Civic Stadium Recap
8October 17at Brooklyn Dodgers T 14–145–2–1 Ebbets Field Recap
9October 26 Brooklyn Dodgers W 35–76–2–1Civic Stadium Recap
10November 2 Cleveland Browns L 7–286–3–1Civic Stadium Recap
11November 9 Los Angeles Dons W 25–07–3–1Civic Stadium Recap
12 Bye
13November 23at Baltimore Colts W 33–148–3–1 Municipal Stadium Recap
14November 30at New York Yankees L 13–358–4–1 Yankee Stadium Recap
15December 7at San Francisco 49ers T 21–218–4–2 Kezar Stadium Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Division standings

AAFC Eastern Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
New York Yankees 1121.8465–1378239W2
Buffalo Bills 842.6674–1–1320288T1
Brooklyn Dodgers 3101.2311–4–1181340L3
Baltimore Colts 2111.1541–5167377L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings.

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References

  1. 1947 Buffalo Bills
  2. "1947 Buffalo Bills Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2020.