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1960 Buffalo Bills season
Head Coach Buster Ramsey
Home Field War Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 5–8–1
Place 3rd AFL Eastern
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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N/A 1961

The 1960 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s first season in the American Football League. Home games were played at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York

Offseason[]

1960 AFL Draft[]

Two Rounds of draft were held, the first round called "First Selections", the second round "Second Selections".

First Selections[]

  • Charles Bevins, HB, Morris Brown
  • Don Black, E, New Mexico
  • Bill Burrell, G, Illinois
  • Paul Choquette, FB, Brown
  • Mike Connelly, C, Utah State
  • Jim Conroy, FB, USC
  • Bob Coogan, T/G, Utah
  • Louis Cordileone, G, Clemson
  • Ted Dean, FB, Wichita
  • Willie Evans, HB, Buffalo
  • Ross Fichtner, QB, Purdue
  • Jon Gilliam, C, E. Texas State
  • Al Goldstein, E, North Carolina
  • James Houston, E, Ohio State
  • Ray Jauch, HB, Iowa
  • Robert Khayat, T, Mississippi
  • Ken Kirk, C, Mississippi
  • Jim Leo, E, Cincinnati
  • Richie Lucas, QB, Penn State
  • Charles McMurtry, T/G, Whittier
  • Bubba Meyer, E, TCU
  • Ron Miller, E, Vanderbilt
  • Gale Oliver, T, Texas A&M
  • Harold Olsen, T, Clemson
  • Ray Peterson, HB, West Virginia
  • Vince Promuto, G, Holy Cross
  • Rene Ramirez, HB, Texas
  • Len Rohde, T, Utah State
  • Joe Schaffer, T, Tennessee
  • Wayne Schneider, HB, Colorado State
  • Ivan Toncic, QB, Pittsburgh
  • Larry Wilson, HB, Utah

Second Selections[]

  • Dwight Baumgartner, E, Duke
  • Tom Day, T/G, North Carolina A&T
  • Babe Dreymala, T/G, Texas
  • Joe Gomes, HB, South Carolina
  • Mike Graney, E, Notre Dame
  • Pete Hall, QB, Marquette
  • Jim Hanna, E, USC
  • Ernie Hanson, C, Arizona State
  • John Littlejohn, HB, Kansas State
  • Marvin Luster, E, UCLA
  • Dwight Nichols, HB, Iowa State
  • Merlin Priddy, HB, TCU
  • Gary Ratkowski, HB, Citadel
  • Dale Rems, T/G, Purdue
  • Carl Robison, T/G, S. Carolina State
  • Bob Sliva, T/G, Stephen F. Austin
  • James Sorey, T/G, Texas Southern
  • Jerry Thompson, T/G, Oklahoma
  • Royce Whittington, T/G, Southwestern
  • Darrell Harper, HB, Michigan

1960 Regular Season[]

Season schedule[]

Preseason[]

Week Date Opponent Result Notes Attendance
1 July 29, 1960 Boston Patriots L 28–7 First game in American Football League history
16,474
2 August 13, 1960 Denver Broncos W 31–14 Played at Aquinas Stadium in Rochester, New York
6,200
3 August 24, 1960 Oakland Raiders L 26–21
17,071

Regular season[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 11, 1960 at New York Titans L 27–3
10,200
2 September 18, 1960 Denver Broncos L 27–21
15,229
3 September 23, 1960 at Boston Patriots W 13–0
20,732
4 October 2, 1960 Los Angeles Chargers L 24–10
15,821
5 October 16, 1960 New York Titans L 17–13
14,988
6 October 23, 1960 Oakland Raiders W 38–9
8,876
7 October 30, 1960 Houston Oilers W 25–24
23,001
8 November 6, 1960 Dallas Texans L 45–28
19,610
9 November 13, 1960 at Oakland Raiders L 20–7
8,800
10 November 20, 1960 at Los Angeles Chargers W 32–3
16,161
11 November 27, 1960 at Denver Broncos T 38–38
7,785
12 December 4, 1960 Boston Patriots W 38–14
14,335
13 December 11, 1960 at Houston Oilers L 31–23
25,243
14 December 18, 1960 at Dallas Texans L 24–7
18,000

1960 Season Standings[]

Eastern Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
*Houston Oilers 10 4 0 .714 379 285
New York Titans 7 7 0 .500 382 399
Buffalo Bills 5 8 1 .385 296 303
Boston Patriots 5 9 0 .357 286 349

References[]

Eastern Division Western Division
Boston Dallas Texans
Buffalo Denver
Houston Los Angeles Chargers
New York Titans Oakland
1960 AFL Draft1960 AFL Championship Game1960 AFL All-Star game
Related: 1960 NFL Season
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