1964 Buffalo Bills season

1964 Buffalo Bills season
Head coach Lou Saban
Owner Ralph Wilson
Home field War Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 12–2
Division place 1st AFL Eastern
Playoff finish Won AFL Championship
(Chargers, 20–7)

The 1964 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s fifth season. Buffalo was 12–2 in the regular season and won the first of two consecutive championships in the American Football League.

The 1964 Bills' defense set an AFL record by giving up the fewest rushing yards in league history, with only 918, or 65.5 yards per game.[1] They also led the league in points allowed (242), total yards allowed (3,878), first downs surrendered (206), and rushing touchdowns allowed (four).[2]

Buffalo's offense also led the AFL in total yards (5,206), passing yards (2,040) and total points (400).[3]

Offseason

AFL Draft

Personnel

Staff

1964 Buffalo Bills staff

Front Office

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

 

Defensive Coaches

Roster

Buffalo Bills roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Regular season

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 13 Kansas City Chiefs W 34–17
30,157
2 September 20 Denver Broncos W 30–13
28,501
3 September 26 San Diego Chargers W 30–3
40,167
4 October 3 Oakland Raiders W 23–20
36,461
5 October 11 at Houston Oilers W 48–17
26,218
6 October 18 at Kansas City Chiefs W 35–22
20,904
7 October 24 New York Jets W 34–24
39,621
8 November 1 Houston Oilers W 24–10
40,119
9 November 8 at New York Jets W 20–7
61,929
10 November 15 Boston Patriots L 36–28
42,308
11 November 22 Bye
12 November 26 at San Diego Chargers W 27–24
34,865
13 December 6 at Oakland Raiders L 16–13
18,134
14 December 13 at Denver Broncos W 30–19
14,431
15 December 20 at Boston Patriots W 24–14
38,021

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Chiefs 0 3140 17
Bills 31 003 34

[4]

Week 2

1 234Total
Broncos 3 730 13
Bills 3 10710 30

[5]

Week 3

1 234Total
Chargers 0 300 3
Bills 7 7313 30

[6]

Week 4

1 234Total
Raiders 3 0710 20
Bills 0 779 23

[7]

Week 5

1 234Total
Bills 14 171710 58
Oilers 7 370 17

[8]

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Buffalo Bills 1220.8575–1400242W2
Boston Patriots 1031.7694–2365297L1
New York Jets 581.3852–4278315L3
Houston Oilers 4100.2861–5310355W2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Postseason

AFL Championship Game

1 234Total
Chargers 7 000 7
Bills 3 1007 20

[9]

Player stats

Passing

Player Comp Att Yds Completion % TD INT
Jack Kemp 119269 2285 44.2 13 26
Daryle Lamonica 55128 1137 43.0 6 8

[10]

Rushing

Player Att Yds Average Long TD
Cookie Gilchrist 230981 4.3 67 6
B. Smith 62306 4.9 37 4
Daryle Lamonica 55289 5.3 18 6
Joe Auer 63191 3.0 21 2
Jack Kemp 37124 3.4 14 5
Wray Carlton 39114 2.9 111

[10]

Special teams

Kicking

Player FG Att XP XP Att Pts
Pete Gogolak 1929 45 46 102

Punting

Player No. Yards Avg. Long
Paul Maguire 652777 42.7 64

Awards and Records

See also

List of American Football League players

References

  1. Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by ascending opp Rushing Yds
  2. Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1964 AFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics
  3. Pro-Football-Reference: 1964 AFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics
  4. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-26.
  5. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-27.
  6. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-28.
  7. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-29.
  8. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-12.
  9. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  10. 1 2 http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/1964.htm
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