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1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season

{{short description|American football team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox NFL season

| team = Buffalo Bills (AAFC)

| year = 1947

| record = 8–4–2

| division_place = 2nd AAFC East

| coach = Red Dawson

| stadium = Civic Stadium

| playoffs = did not qualify

| previous = 1946

}}

The 1947 Buffalo Bills season was their second in the All-America Football Conference. The team improved on their previous output of 3-10-1, winning eight games.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/bba/1947.htm 1947 Buffalo Bills] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

The team's statistical leaders included George Ratterman with 1,840 passing yards, Chet Mutryn with 868 rushing yards and 73 points scored, and Al Baldwin with 468 receiving yards.{{cite web|title=1947 Buffalo Bills Statistics & Players|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=March 1, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/bba/1947.htm}}

Although the All-America Football Conference was integrated from its inception, the 1947 Bills did not have a single black player on their roster.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-afro-american-cleveland-browns-roll/160146224/ Browns Roll On,"] The Afro-American [Baltimore], Nov. 8, 1947, p. 14.

Season schedule

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! 1

| August 31

| New York Yankees

| W 28–24

| 1–0

| Civic Stadium

| 32,385

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194708310bba.htm Recap]

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! 2

| {{dow tooltip|September 5, 1947}}

| at Cleveland Browns

| L 14–30

| 1–1

| Cleveland Municipal Stadium

| 63,263

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194709050cle.htm Recap]

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! 3

| September 14

| Chicago Rockets

| W 28–20

| 2–1

| Civic Stadium

| 33,648

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194709140bba.htm Recap]

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! 4

| {{dow tooltip|September 19, 1947}}

| at Chicago Rockets

| W 31–14

| 3–1

| Soldier Field

| 22,685

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194709190cra.htm Recap]

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! 5

| September 28

| San Francisco 49ers

| L 24–41

| 3–2

| Civic Stadium

| 36,099

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194709280bba.htm Recap]

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! 6

| October 5

| at Los Angeles Dons

| W 27–25

| 4–2

| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| 36,087

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194710050lda.htm Recap]

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! 7

| October 12

| Baltimore Colts

| W 20–15

| 5–2

| Civic Stadium

| 27,345

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194710120bba.htm Recap]

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! 8

| {{dow tooltip|October 17, 1947}}

| at Brooklyn Dodgers

| T 14–14

| 5–2–1

| Ebbets Field

| 9,792

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194710170bda.htm Recap]

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! 9

| October 26

| Brooklyn Dodgers

| W 35–7

| 6–2–1

| Civic Stadium

| 23,762

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194710260bba.htm Recap]

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! 10

| November 2

| Cleveland Browns

| L 7–28

| 6–3–1

| Civic Stadium

| 43,167

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711020bba.htm Recap]

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! 11

| November 9

| Los Angeles Dons

| W 25–0

| 7–3–1

| Civic Stadium

| 21,293

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711090bba.htm Recap]

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! 12

| November 23

| at Baltimore Colts

| W 33–14

| 8–3–1

| Municipal Stadium

| 19,593

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711230bcl.htm Recap]

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! 13

| November 30

| at New York Yankees

| L 13–35

| 8–4–1

| Yankee Stadium

| 39,012

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711300naa.htm Recap]

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! 14

| December 7

| at San Francisco 49ers

| T 21–21

| 8–4–2

| Kezar Stadium

| 22,943

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194712070sfo.htm Recap]

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|colspan="10"| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Division standings

{{1947 AAFC Eastern standings}}

{{1947 AAFC Western standings}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Buffalo Bills seasons (AAFC)}}

{{1947 AAFC season by team}}

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