1964 Buffalo Bills season

1964 Buffalo Bills season
Head Coach	Lou Saban
Home Field	War Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	12–2
Place	1st AFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	Won AFL Championship
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1963	1965

The 1964 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s fifth season. It ended with a triumph in the AFL Championship.

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
*Buffalo Bills	12	2	0	.857	400	242
Boston Patriots	10	3	1	.769	365	297
New York Jets	5	8	1	.385	278	315
Houston Oilers	4	10	0	.286	310	355

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	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

Roster

Buffalo Bills roster
Quarterbacks  - Daryle Lamonica  15 Jack Kemp Running Backs  - Cookie Gilchrist  - Wray Carlton Wide Receivers  - Elbert Dubenion  - Glenn Bass Tight Ends  - Ernie Warlick		Offensive Linemen  - Billy Shaw  - Al Bemiller  - Joe O'Donnell  - Stew Barber Defensive Linemen  - Tom Sestak  - Ron McDole  - Tom Day  - Jim Dunaway		Linebackers  - Mike Stratton  - Harry Jacobs  - Jack Tracy Defensive Backs  - Butch Byrd  - Booker Edgerson  - George Saimes  - Charley Warner Special Teams  - Paul Maguire  - Pete Gogolak

Player stats

Passing

Player	Comp	Att	Yds	Completion %	TD	INT
Jack Kemp	119	269	2285	44.2	13	26
Daryle Lamonica	55	128	1137	43.0	6	8

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Average	Long	TD
Cookie Gilchrist	230	981	4.3	67	6
B. Smith	62	306	4.9	37	4
Daryle Lamonica	55	289	5.3	18	6
Joe Auer	63	191	3.0	21	2
Jack Kemp	37	124	3.4	14	5
Wray Carlton	39	114	2.9	11	1

Special teams

Kicking

Player	FG	Att	XP	XP Att	Pts
Pete Gogolak	19	29	45	46	102

Punting

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long
Paul Maguire	65	2777	42.7	64

Postseason

AFL Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	OT
Chargers	7	0	0	0	7
Bills	3	10	0	7	20

Buffalo Bills 20, San Diego Chargers 7

December 26, 1964 at War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 40,242

Awards and Records

• Lou Saban, Coach of the Year

References

• Buffalo Bills on Pro Football Reference
• Buffalo Bills on jt-sw.com