1946 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC's East Division
Coach: Red Dawson (3-10-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1946 Buffalo Bisons RosterTeam Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC's East Division
Coach: Red Dawson (3-10-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1946 Buffalo Bisons Results
The Buffalo Bisons of the All American Football Conference ended the 1946 season with a record of 3 wins and 10 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the AAFC's East Division.
Buffalo ran up 249 points, while the leaky defense allowed 370. Vic Kulbitski carried the ball for a team-leading 605 yards for the Bisons, and Steve Juzwik also contributed to the rushing attack.
George Terlep passed for 574 yards, and Al Dekdebrun spent time under center, too. Fay King hauled in 30 passes for 466 yards, while Steve Juzwik was targeted regularly as well.
Steve Juzwik picked off 5 opponent throws.
Red Dawson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Terlep | 123 | 48 | 39.0 | 574 | 4.7 | 7 | 5.7 | 14 | 11.4 | 0 | 33.4 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 66 | 28 | 42.4 | 517 | 7.8 | 8 | 12.1 | 8 | 12.1 | 0 | 70.1 |
| Harry Hopp | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 190 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 79.7 |
| Ken Stofer | 26 | 9 | 34.6 | 86 | 3.3 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 41.5 |
| Lou Zontini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 238 | 96 | 40.3 | 1367 | 5.7 | 16 | 6.7 | 23 | 9.7 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Kulbitski | 97 | 605 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Juzwik | 71 | 455 | 6.4 | 68 | 3 |
| Chet Mutryn | 57 | 289 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 43 | 139 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Hopp | 45 | 129 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Andy Dudish | 30 | 106 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pres Johnston | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Sandig | 22 | 52 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Thibaut | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Zontini | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Stofer | 16 | 36 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Terlep | 36 | 29 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Blondy Black | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Nelson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Fekete | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 25 | -55 | -2.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 486 | 1934 | 4.0 | 68 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay King | 30 | 466 | 15.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Steve Juzwik | 23 | 357 | 15.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Chet Mutryn | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 54 | 3 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Vandeweghe | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Herb Nelson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Dudish | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| John Batorski | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pres Johnston | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Marty Comer | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Ebli | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Curt Sandig | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Blondy Black | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jack Dugger | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Stofer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Nick Klutka | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 96 | 1367 | 14.2 | 54 | 16 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Zontini | 31 | 30 | 96.8 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 42 |
| Bill Daddio | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 34 | 33 | 97.1 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 45 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Zontini | 44 | 1595 | 36.2 | 0 |
| Pres Johnston | 21 | 784 | 37.3 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 15 | 461 | 30.7 | 0 |
| Curt Sandig | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 0 |
| Ken Stofer | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 0 |
| George Terlep | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 |
| Totals | 88 | 3134 | 35.6 | 31 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Tomasetti | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Juzwik | 11 | 135 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Dudish | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Blondy Black | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Stofer | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Sandig | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 534 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Juzwik | 21 | 452 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Dudish | 7 | 196 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Stofer | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Sandig | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Terlep | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Pres Johnston | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Vandeweghe | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| George Doherty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1265 | 21.4 | 23 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Juzwik | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 48 | 1 |
| Felto Prewitt | 4 | 89 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Brazinsky | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Blondy Black | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pres Johnston | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Patsy Martinelli | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 297 | 13.5 | 48 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve Juzwik | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Lou Zontini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Fay King | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Vic Kulbitski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Al Vandeweghe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Marty Comer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Thibaut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Pres Johnston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| George Terlep | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ray Ebli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jack Dugger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Curt Sandig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bill Daddio | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 237 |
