1946 Buffalo Bisons season

1946 Buffalo Bisons (AAFC) season

Head coach| Red Dawson
Home field| Civic Stadium
Results
Record| 3–10–1
Division place| T-2nd AAFC East
Playoff finish| did not qualify

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The 1946 Buffalo Bisons season was their inaugural season in the All-America Football Conference. The team finished 3-10-1,[1] failing to qualify for the playoffs.

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback George Terlep with 574 passing yards, fullback Vic Kulbitski with 605 rushing yards, and end Fay King with 466 receiving yards. Right halfback Steve Juzwik and fullback Lou Zontini tied for the team scoring lead with 42 points each.[2]

## Season schedule[edit]

Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record  | Venue  | Recap

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1  | September 8  | Brooklyn Dodgers | L 14–27  | 0–1  | Civic Stadium | Recap
2  | September 14 | at New York Yankees | L 10–21  | 0–2  | Yankee Stadium | Recap
3  | September 22  | Cleveland Browns | L 0–28  | 0–3  | Civic Stadium  | Recap
September 25 | at Chicago Rockets | L 28–35  | 0–4  | Soldier Field | Recap
4  | September 29  | Los Angeles Dons | T 21–21  | 0–4–1  | Civic Stadium  | Recap
5  | October 4 | New York Yankees | L 13–21  | 0–5–1  | Civic Stadium  | Recap
6  | October 11 | Miami Seahawks | L 14–17  | 0–6–1  | Civic Stadium  | Recap
7  | October 19 | San Francisco 49ers | W 17–14  | 1–6–1  | Civic Stadium  | Recap
8  | October 27  | Chicago Rockets | W 49–17  | 2–6–1  | Civic Stadium  | Recap
9  | November 2 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 14–27  | 2–7–1  | Kezar Stadium | Recap
10  | November 10  | at Brooklyn Dodgers | W 17–14  | 3–7–1  | Ebbets Field | Recap
11  | November 18 | at Miami Seahawks | L 14–21  | 3–8–1  | Miami Orange Bowl | Recap
12  | November 24  | at Cleveland Browns | L 17–42  | 3–9–1  | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | Recap
13  | December 1  | at Los Angeles Dons | L 14–62  | 3–10–1  | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Recap
14  | Bye
15  | Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

## Division standings[edit]

AAFC Eastern Division

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| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK
New York Yankees | 10  | 3  | 1  | .769  | 6–0  | 270  | 192  | W2
Buffalo Bisons | 3  | 10  | 1  | .231  | 1–5  | 249  | 370  | L3
Brooklyn Dodgers | 3  | 10  | 1  | .231  | 2–4  | 226  | 339  | L6
Miami Seahawks | 3  | 11  | 0  | .214  | 3–3  | 167  | 378  | W1

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

## Roster[edit]

Players shown in bold started at least one game at the position listed as confirmed by contemporary game coverage.

Buffalo Bisons 1946 roster

Quarterbacks

* QB Al Dekdebrun
* QB George Terlep
* QB Harry Hopp

Fullbacks

* FB Vic Kulbitski
* FB Lou Zontini
* Blondy Black

Halfbacks

* LHB Chet Mutryn
* RHB Steve Juzwik
* LHB Pres Johnston
* RHB Lou Tomasetti
* RHB Andy Dudish
* LHB Curt Sandig
* RHB Ken Stofer

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* LE/RE Ray Ebli
* RE Herb Nelson
* LE Nick Klutka
* RE Marty Comer
* RE Al Vandeweghe
* LE John Batorski
* LE Bill Daddio
* Fay King

Tackles

* LT C. B. Stanley
* RT George Doherty
* RT Quentin Klenk
* RT Jack Kramer
* RT Ben Pucci

Guards

* LG/RG John Perko
* RG/LT/LG Rocco Pirro
* LG Hal Lahar
* RG/LT Al Klug
* RG Elmer Jones

Centers

* C Felto Prewitt
* C Al Wukits
* Patsy Martinelli

## References[edit]

1. ^ 1946 Buffalo Bisons Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "1946 Buffalo Bisons Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

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