The 1949 season was the fourth and final season of the Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 7–7, winning only five games.1949 Buffalo Bills They qualified for the playoffs, but lost to the Cleveland Browns who went on to beat the San Francisco 49ers for the final AAFC Championship.

Season schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap Sources 1 at Chicago Hornets L 14–17 0–1 Soldier Field Recap 2 Cleveland Browns T 28–28 0–1–1 Civic Stadium Recap 3 September 11 New York Yankees L 14–17 0–2–1 Civic Stadium Recap — Bye 4 September 25 San Francisco 49ers W 28–17 1–2–1 Civic Stadium Recap 5 October 2 Baltimore Colts L 28–35 1–3–1 Civic Stadium Recap 6 October 9 at Los Angeles Dons L 28–42 1–4–1 LA Memorial Coliseum Recap 7 October 16 at San Francisco 49ers L 7–51 1–5–1 Kezar Stadium Recap 8 October 23 Los Angeles Dons W 17–14 2–5–1 Civic Stadium Recap — Bye 9 November 6 at New York Yankees W 17–14 3–5–1 Yankee Stadium Recap 10 November 13 at Cleveland Browns T 7–7 3–5–2 Municipal Stadium Recap 11 November 20 Chicago Hornets W 10–0 4–5–2 Civic Stadium Recap 12 November 27 at Baltimore Colts W 38–14 5–5–2 Municipal Stadium Recap

Playoffs Round Date Opponent Result Venue Recap Sources Division December 4 Cleveland Browns L 21–31 Cleveland Municipal Stadium Recap

Division standings

Roster 1949 Buffalo Bills final rosterQuarterbacks George Ratterman Jim Still P

Running backs Rex Bumgardner Ollie Cline Veto Kissell OLB Chet Mutryn Lou Tomasetti Wilbur Volz CB

Receivers Al Baldwin CB Jim Lukens Offensive linemen Abe Gibron G/T John Kerns T/DT Rocco Pirro G Art Statuto C Odell Stautzenberger G/MG

Defensive linemen Chet Adams DT/K Ed King MG John Kissell DT/T John Maskas MG Vince Mazza DE Bob Oristaglio DE/WR Bill Stanton DE Linebackers Hal Herring MLB/C Ed Hirsch OLB/FB Bill Schroll OLB/FB Carl Schuette OLB Vic Vasicek MLB/G

Defensive backs Tommy Colella CB/RB/P Paul Gibson CB/WR Bob Livingstone S/RB Joe Sutton S/RB Alex Wizbicki CB/RB

rookies in italics

References

Further reading

Kenneth R. Crippen, The Original Buffalo Bills: A History of the All-America Football Conference TEam, 1946–1949. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2010. Jeffrey J. Miller and Greg D. Tranter, Relics: The History of The Buffalo Bills in Objects and Memorabilia. Haworth, NJ: St. Johann Press, 2021.