1965 Buffalo Bills season


































1965 Buffalo Bills season
Head coach Lou Saban
Owner Ralph Wilson
Home field War Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 10–3–1
Division place 1st AFL Eastern
Playoff finish
Won AFL Championship
(Chargers, 23–0)


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The 1965 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s sixth season in the American Football League. Though not as statistically dominant as the previous season, the Bills won a second consecutive league championship.


Although Buffalo's offense was in the middle of the pack in 1965, it was their dominant team defense that kept them atop the league's standings. Buffalo gave up only 226 points (16.1 per game), fewest in the AFL, and one point fewer than AFL Championship runner-up San Diego.[1] The Bills' opportunistic defense led the league in interceptions, with 32, and gave up a league-low four rushing touchdowns all season. Between week 6 of the 1964 season, through week eight of the 1965 season, including two 1964 playoff games, the Bills' defense did not allow a touchdown by rushing, a Professional Football record that still stands.


The Bills, who had led the AFL in points, rushing yards and total yards the previous season, suffered significantly after losing star running back Cookie Gilchrist in the offseason. Statistically, the Bills dropped to 6th (out of 8) in rushing yards, and 7th in passing yards. Still, they managed to finish 3rd in the AFL in points scored, with 313 (22.3 per game).[2]


The Bills' turnover ratio was +18, best in the AFL, and fourth best in AFL history.[3] Buffalo's +87 point differential was second-best in the league in 1965.


Seven Bills made the 1965 AFL All-Star team: safety George Saimes, cornerback Butch Byrd, linebacker Mike Stratton, defensive tackle Tom Sestak, guard Billy Shaw, kicker Pete Gogolak, and quarterback Jack Kemp.[4]




Contents






  • 1 Personnel


    • 1.1 Coaches/Staff


    • 1.2 Final roster




  • 2 Offseason


    • 2.1 AFL Draft




  • 3 Regular season


  • 4 Standings


    • 4.1 Season schedule




  • 5 Player stats


    • 5.1 Passing


    • 5.2 Rushing




  • 6 Postseason


    • 6.1 AFL Championship Game


    • 6.2 AFL All-Star Game




  • 7 Awards and Records


  • 8 References





Personnel



Coaches/Staff











1965 Buffalo Bills staff

Front Office



  • President/Owner – Ralph Wilson

  • Vice-President/Minority Owner - Pat McGroder


Head Coaches


  • Head Coach – Lou Saban

Offensive Coaches



  • Running Backs/Wide Receivers – John Mazur

  • Offensive Line – Jerry Smith


  

Defensive Coaches


  • Linebackers/Defensive Backs – Joe Collier


Final roster













1965 Buffalo Bills roster

Quarterbacks


  • 15 Jack Kemp


  • 12 Daryle Lamonica


Running Backs




  • 43 Joe Auer


  • 30 Wray Carlton


  • 34 Cookie Gilchrist FB


  • 33 Billy Joe HB


  • 20 Bobby Smith HB


  • 32 Donnie Stone


Wide Receivers




  • 85 Glenn Bass


  • 44 Elbert Dubenion


  • 81 Bill Groman


  • 48 Pete Mills


  • 46 Bo Roberson LB/P


  • 40 Ed Rutkowski QB/RB/SE/KR


Tight Ends




  • 82 Paul Costa


  • 80 Charley Ferguson


  • 84 Ernie Warlick

Offensive Linemen


  • 77 Stew Barber T


  • 60 Dave Behrman C


  • 50 Al Bemiller G


  • 73 George Flint G


  • 79 Dick Hudson T


  • 67 Joe O'Donnell T/G


  • 66 Billy Shaw G


Defensive Linemen




  • 88 Tom Day DE


  • 78 Jim Dunaway DT


  • 74 Tom Keating DT


  • 72 Ron McDole DE


  • 75 Dudley Meredith DT


  • 76 Henry Schmidt DT


  • 70 Tom Sestak DT

Linebackers


  • 64 Harry Jacobs MLB


  • 52 Bill Laskey


  • 55 Paul Maguire LB/P


  • 56 Marty Schottenheimer MLB


  • 58 Mike Stratton OLB


  • 51 John Tracey OLB


Defensive Backs




  • 42 Butch Byrd CB


  • 45 Hagood Clarke SS


  • 24 Booker Edgerson CB


  • 49 Floyd Hudlow CB


  • 26 George Saimes FS


  • 23 Eugene Sykes FS


  • 22 Charley Warner CB


Special Teams




  •  3 Pete Gogolak K


  • 27 Tom Janik SS/P

Note: Rookies in italics


Offseason


The Bills lost All-AFL running back Cookie Gilchrist to the Denver Broncos after the 1964 season. Bills running back Wray Carlton would take over as the Bills' lead back.



AFL Draft


Main article: 1965 American Football League draft


Regular season



Standings




























































AFL Eastern Division


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W
L
T
PCT
DIV
PF
PA
STK

Buffalo Bills
 10 3 1 .769 4–2 313 226 L1

New York Jets
 5 8 1 .385 3–3 285 303 W1

Boston Patriots
 4 8 2 .333 2–4 244 302 W3

Houston Oilers
 4 10 0 .286 3–3 298 429 L7

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



Season schedule

















































































































Week
 Date
 Opponent
 Result
 Attendance
1
 September 11
Boston Patriots
 W 24–7
45,502
2
 September 19
 at Denver Broncos
 W 30–15
30,682
3
 September 26
New York Jets
 W 33–21
45,056
4
 October 3
Oakland Raiders
 W 17–12
41,256
5
 October 10
San Diego Chargers
 L 34–3
45,260
6
 October 17
 at Kansas City Chiefs
 W 23–7
26,941
7
 October 24
 Denver Broncos
 W 31–13
45,046
8
 October 31
Houston Oilers
 L 19–17
44,267
9
 November 7
 at Boston Patriots
 W 23–7
24,415
10
 November 14
 at Oakland Raiders
 W 17–14
19,352
11
 November 21
Bye
12
 November 25
 at San Diego Chargers
 T 20–20
27,473
13
 December 5
 at Houston Oilers
 W 29–18
23,087
14
 December 12
 Kansas City Chiefs
 W 34–25
40,298
15
 December 19
 at New York Jets
 L 14–12
57,396


Player stats



Passing






























Player Comp Att Yds Completion % TD
INT
Jack Kemp 179 391 2368 45.8 10 18
Daryle Lamonica 29 70 376 41.4 3 6

[5]



Rushing



















Player Att Yds Average Long
TD
Wray Carlton 156 592 3.8 80 6

[5]



Postseason



AFL Championship Game


Main article: 1965 American Football League Championship Game



























 1
 2
 3
 4 Total

Bills
 0
 14
 6
 3 23
Chargers
 0
 0
 0
 0 0

Buffalo Bills 23, San Diego Chargers 0



December 26, 1965, at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California
Attendance: 30,361

Scoring



  • BUF – Warlick 18 pass from Kemp (Gogolak kick)

  • BUF – Byrd 74 punt return (Gogolak kick)

  • BUF – Field goal Gogolak 11

  • BUF – Field goal Gogolak 39

  • BUF – Field goal Gogolak 32



AFL All-Star Game

















Season Date Winner Most Valuable Player(s) Site
1965 January 15, 1966 AFL All-Stars 30,
Buffalo Bills 19
Offense: Joe Namath, QB, Jets
Defense: Frank Buncom, LB, Chargers
Rice Stadium, Houston


Awards and Records


  • Lou Saban, Coach of the Year


References





  1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1965 AFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics


  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1965 AFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics


  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1960 to 1969, in the AFL, in the regular season, sorted by descending Turnover Margin


  4. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1965 AFL All-Pros


  5. ^ ab https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/1965.htm




  • Buffalo Bills on Pro Football Reference

  • Buffalo Bills on jt-sw.com












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