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The San Diego Chargers faced the Buffalo Bills for the American Football League Championship game on Saturday, December 26th, 1964.
The Chargers were AFL champions in 1963 and finished 1964 in first place in the Western Division with an 8-5-1 record under head coach Sid Gilman.
The Bills dominated the AFL landscape in 1964, finishing with a 12-2 record including two victories over the Chargers in the regular season.
They were led by head coach Lou Saban.
This audio recording is not a complete broadcast of the game, but does include several key plays, commentary, commercials, and locker room interviews after the game.
The audio is from the Buffalo Radio broadcast featuring announcers Van Miller, Dick Riffenberg, and Ralph Hubbell.
The field is in good condition. The top was removed. There is solid footing. We walked across about half of it, and it's ready to play this game this afternoon.
And ready to set the stage for the kickoff in just a moment will be my colleague on the Bills broadcast, Ralph Hubbell.
But before we rejoin Ralph, let's take a minute out for this message on the Buffalo Bills football network.
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... here in the city of Buffalo, New York, where the American Football League overall championship game will be played starting in about three or four minutes.
We're still waiting for the players to be introduced down on the field.
If you have time, we'd like very much to thank all of the fans along our Buffalo Bills football network for their fine loyalty through the years.
And we just hope that you will continue to play on our side and that Buffalo will be able to send great football your way.
The Buffalo team is going to receive on the opening kickoff, although the official formality of deciding that has not taken place in the center of the field.
We're waiting now for the officials who are getting a little bit anxious and champing it a bit, a bit, to get these fellows introduced and get the game on its way.
The fog is beginning to settle in and the lights are penetrating, are dimming just a little bit.
The official today's referee will be Bob Finley.
The umpire will be Walt Parker, now the official introduction is taking place.
The headlinesman will be Al Sabato, the backfield judge Hugh Gamber, and the field judge Frank Rustage.
One by one, these players are being brought on the field. It's been five years since the American Football League started its first organizing.
And through the lane years, the Buffalo fans, Western New York fans have all stayed right with the club.
This year they have set every attendance record for War Memorial Stadium.
And there's no question about it that whereas the Sandies are not quite as colorful as they were for the Boston game a month or so ago,
they're still standing down there on the right and the stands themselves are being packed to capacity.
Right now with a faint applause, the San Diego team is being introduced.
However, in comparison to what we saw a week ago at snowbound Boston, the booing by Buffalo fans is not in evidence at all.
The Boston fans seem to take great delight in booing every single member of the Buffalo team and especially Cookie Gilgrips.
The last title game that the Buffalo Bills played in, but not as these Bills, was in 1948 when Cleveland won by a score of 49-7 in Cleveland.
And I remember that game but too well.
Four years of the All-American Conference for the Buffalo Bills and now five years for the Bills here
and they get another crack at the overall championship of the league.
And now the Buffalo Bills are about to be introduced and I rather imagine you'll hear some cheering and they tell us
that Lou Saban, who has not been taking any bows this year, is going to be introduced before the game starts.
Right here we have the champs.
As these fellows are introduced, we'll call them off for you.
Rolly McDowell is just introduced. Here's Jim Dunaway, the tackle.
And that great big man, Tom Sestak from McNeese State, coming out now.
He'll be followed by the right end, Tommy Day.
The left linebacker is John Tracy, number 51, coming out now.
These are all great ball players, integrated into a great system of football.
The middle linebacker is number 64, Harry Jacobs.
The right linebacker is the blonde, Mike Stratton, number 58.
Here comes number 22, left halfback, left Tracy.
Will be Dean Sykes, number 23.
And I cross this up. They did the right halfback, George Byrd, number 42, not Dean Sykes.
And the next one, and the last one to be introduced, will be George Mane, who will play right safety.
So it's a defensive lineup.
Mane gets a tremendous hand.
Patrick Roeder, one of the officials of the Lambo Hill, is giving Lou an oil painting of himself.
And we'll try to catch some of the words.
And this next one, we would like to present to the players, we're going to go to the ring to the Lambo Hill family, going to go to the rim.
Thank you Ralph, and Merry Christmas everybody.
And here we go, for the American Football League Championship of 1964.
Jim Warren and Leslie Duncan are standing beneath the upright as Gogolak gets ready to side foot this ball and start the championship game.
Today's crowd will set a championship game record in the American Football League.
It will be in the neighborhood of 40,000. The lights are on, the temperature is 47, Gogolak sets the ball on the tee.
And wherever you are, we hope you'll enjoy our broadcast this afternoon.
Warren and Duncan of the Chargers are waiting, and here is Gogolak approaching the ball and he kicks it off.
It is high and deep at the goal line and behind it, it has fumbled there and fallen on by Leslie Duncan.
There will be no run back and the Chargers will start at the 20-yard line.
Heygood Clark was the first man down the field for the Bills.
Their backfield will be road at quarterback, low and Lincoln the halfback, Robinson the flanker, and Norton the split end.
The center is Don Rogers. The tackles are right and mixed, the guards Weenie and Shea.
Here we go, wide to the left is Norton, Robinson is out to the right.
In the tee, with the back set in a divide behind the tackles, the first play of the game.
Tobin Roque calls it, goes back to pass, gets good protection and gives up the middle to Lincoln, who breaks through to the midfield stripe and is tackled at the Buffalo 41-yard line.
Keith Lincoln, a beautiful fake by Roque.
Charlie Warner made the tackle at the Bills 42 as Lincoln broke through for a 58-yard gain at the Bills 42-yard line.
Wide to the left is Norton, to the right is Robinson.
The back set to the weak side, Roque calling his play with Lincoln and Lowe behind him.
He gives off again to Lincoln and Lincoln gets about five yards, off right tackle.
He is stopped by Susak and McDowell at the Bills 37-yard line.
Right goes Robinson, Kasuric is out there too as double flankers.
They have a slot back to the left in Lincoln and a wing back to the right.
Here's the pass, it is good to Lincoln and he is upended at about the 26-yard line in a spread formation, double wing and double flankers.
Sames made the stop at the Bills 26 and the Chargers are on the move.
Got a first down.
Well, you can expect Sid Gilman to use everything in the book this afternoon, the same formation.
A wing back wide to the right this time, double flankers to the right and a split left end.
Here's Roque faking back the pass.
He drove long and it is caught for the touchdown by Dave Kasuric.
And the Chargers lead 6-0 as they drove 80 yards in about five plays.
And there's the San Diego Cannon.
As the Chargers go out in front with 12.49 left in the first quarter, they have scored in four plays, moving 80 yards.
Lincoln is coming in to try the point, keep Lincoln with road holding.
The Bills stunned on this drive and they trail 6-0.
Here's the try for point, it is good.
The score is 7-0.
San Diego leads and we'll be back in one minute.
Once again, friends, we greet you from War Memorial Stadium where in electrifying fashion the San Diego Chargers have taken a 7-0 lead over the Buffalo Bills in this championship AFL game.
Dave Kasuric scored on a pass from Tobin Roach, a 26 yarder, and Lincoln kicked the extra point.
So it's San Diego 7 and Buffalo nothing as the kickoff comes up and here again is Van Miller.
Warner is deep with Rutkowski, Lincoln kicks off, it is high and short.
Coming up on the ball, Rutkowski at the 15 to the 20, the 25, the 30, the 35, out to the 40 yard line and down he goes.
We're in the first quarter with 12.31 to play and the clock is running.
Jack Kemp was the quarterback.
Carleton and Gilchrist are the running backs.
DuVernay is flanked to the right.
Here's Kemp giving off to Carleton.
He finds a good hole and roars up to the 48 or 9 yard line.
Off right tackle.
He was stopped by Bud Whitehead, the safety man, and Dick Westmoreland and Bass is the split right end.
Here is the call by Jack Kemp, the quarterback.
He has Gilchrist behind him.
He moves him over now behind the tackle, gives the cookie and he fights through for a first down on the plate of the San Diego 49 over right tackle.
Ernie Ladd made the stop.
George Grote, the left tackle, helped out.
It will be first down for the Bills and 10 to go.
Gilchrist and Carleton in a divide out behind the tackles as Kemp calls the play.
He gives off to Gilchrist again and the big guy Ladd hits him at the line of scrimmage and stops him for no gain.
Ernie Ladd was there to great cookie Gilchrist at the line of scrimmage, which is the San Diego 49 yard line and he stopped him right there.
It will be second down and 10 to go for Buffalo at the Charger 49.
San Diego moved 80 yards in four plays.
They lead 7-0 with 10-43 remaining.
Westmoreland is playing off him about seven yards.
Bass is split right, single coverage as Kemp calls the play on second and 10.
He goes back to throw, looks downfield, passes and it is incomplete at the 40 yard line.
Defending on the play was the middle linebacker Allen.
And they're flip-flopping their safety men now, interchanging them.
Here is the call by Kemp on third and 10.
He is going to pass.
It is good to Gilchrist and then he drops the ball and it goes as an incomplete pass.
Dropping back in safety for San Diego Leslie Duncan and Jim Warren or Jerry Robinson.
McGuire will punt standing at the Bills 35.
Gets a good pass from center.
Kicks it high for the right sideline and it goes out of bounds inside the pass.
And above the seven and a half yard line.
To the right is Robinson.
Norton is split left.
Back to pass goes Tobin Rowe.
He throws long for Robinson and it is no good at midfield.
But I'll tell you this, that pass was right on the button.
And Robinson who has great speed, glide to the left, Robinson to the right.
Tobin Rowe calling the play.
On a trap.
Into the clear momentarily out over the 20 yard line goes Paul Lowe.
George Sames finally cut him down.
It will be a first down for San Diego at the 24.
They have Lowe and Lincoln out his wing backs in this spread formation.
Here is Rowe on a quarterback draw.
And he pulls away from one man and then is cut down at the 30 yard line.
Falls forward to about the 31.
Here is Rowe calling the play on second and three.
He's going to pass.
He throws over the middle.
Lowe cannot hold the ball at midfield.
He was down there and the pass was thrown a little bit high.
Wide to the right is Robinson.
Norton is split to the left.
Lowe and Lincoln are the setbacks.
Here's the draw to Lincoln trying to get outside and they've got him over there.
And they roll him out of bounds I believe short of a first down.
McDowell and Tracy made the stop.
Guy of the San Diego 34.
First down and 10.
828 to play in the first quarter.
The AFL championship game from War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo.
San Diego 7, the bill's nothing.
The Chargers break their huddle.
Don Rogers the center drops over the ball.
Again that spread with a double wingback.
Double flankers to the left and the split right end.
Rowe back to throw.
They blitz him.
He throws long and it is almost intercepted by Stratton who was out with Paul Lowe on the play.
Stratton had a hand on the ball at the Buffalo 38 but couldn't hold it.
It is second and 10.
Here is Rowe calling the play.
The bills drop off a linebacker.
Rowe is back to pass.
The swing pass and boy oh boy.
The man was hit hard inside the 30 by Stratton and he is hurt.
It is Lincoln and he was really hit by Mike Stratton just as the ball came into his arms
and he was really shaken up on the play.
And Ralph you don't see any tackles harder than that.
The hardest tackle that I saw all year was one that Booker Edgerton put on here.
That was on cold call about six or eight weeks ago but this lad down here right now is really suffering.
He was hit so hard by Mike Stratton that he almost came out the other side.
He is still on his back down there on the field.
We are at War Memorial Stadium here in Buffalo.
The score is San Diego 7, Buffalo nothing.
The injured player is Keith Lincoln and he is stunned.
There is no question of it.
We are going to pause 10 seconds for station identification.
Chargers at their 34.
Here we go.
Rowe rolling out a reverse.
Norton, one man misses him and now they get him for a loss inside the 30 yard line.
McDole made the tackle on the play.
Tracy missed him but McDole got him on the split end reverse.
Waiting for the snap from center on this punt, a good pass from center.
The kick is high, a beauty.
Waiting for it is Haygood Clark at the 30.
Up to the 35 spun around and then hit there and dropped at the 35 yard line.
721 to play in the first quarter.
Don Rogers made the tackle.
That was a 43 yard punt and a five yard return.
Dubenian is flanked to the right.
Double coverage on Dubenian as Kemp calls the play.
The linebackers have moved out of the picture.
Let's see if he goes up the middle.
Gilchrist trying to sweep left end.
Gets away from one man and then is hit down at the 40 yard line.
A flag goes down.
Maybe grabbing the face mask.
Great block by Bass.
I thought maybe that Gilchrist might cut in.
They're going to penalize San Diego 15 yards.
Ernie Ladd grabbed the face mask.
That pulls the ball into Charger territory to the San Diego 46 yard line.
A personal foul for grabbing the face mask on Ernie Ladd.
6'9", 295 pounds.
Bass wide to the right, Dubenian flanked to the left.
He goes back to pass, looks downfield, knocked up into the air and incomplete.
It was blocked out there by alignment, Earl Faza on the left end.
Five men up on the line for the Chargers.
Kemp back to throw.
Good to Bass.
And he is hit there and dropped inside the 30 yard line at about the 26th.
A 20 yard pass.
A first down for the Bills.
First down and 10 for Buffalo.
The Buffalo backfield is Kemp, Carlton, Gilchrist and Dubenian.
Bass split left, Dubenian flanked right.
Six men up on the line for the Chargers.
Gilchrist moves over behind Kemp.
He goes back to pass again, looks, runs out to the right, now throws.
It is good to Warlick.
And he is shoved out of bounds by number 89 Ron Carpenter, the linebacker at the 11 yard line.
A 15 yard pass and a first down for Buffalo.
Kemp asks the crowd to quiet down.
The backs to divide.
Gilchrist to the left and Kemp to the right behind quarterback Kemp.
Calls his play.
Gives to Carlton.
Over left tackle.
Inside the 10 and down to about the 6 yard line.
Good blocking out in front of him.
Gross made the stop.
The left tackle.
Bass is split to the right.
Let's see what Kemp will do.
Will he roll out or give it straight ahead?
He calls the play.
On the same play Carlton cuts in and is stopped at about the 4 yard line.
Ladd and Gross made the tackle.
Here is Kemp on that big third down play at the San Diego 5.
Third and about three and a half.
He gives to Carlton.
No fake.
He passes.
Touchdown.
No!
No good.
They say DuVenon was out of the end zone.
DuVenon was out of the end zone.
It is not a touchdown.
His feet did not come down.
Inside the end zone with 4.21 remaining in the first period.
The Bills trailing 7 to nothing.
LaMonica will hold at the 12 yard line right in a little patch of sand out there on the
only wet part of this field where the tarps come together around the center of the field
waiting for the snap on this field goal attempt from the 12.
The kick is up and the kick is good.
And the Chargers lead 7 to 3 after Gogolak's 12 yard field goal and we'll be back in 10
seconds on the Buffalo Bills football network.
That was brilliantly executed and has brilliantly caught but the feet were in the air and you
can't carry a ball that way into the out of bounds area and still have it count for points.
So Buffalo has shaved the point lead to 4 now trailed by 3 to 7 and here's Pete Gogolak
putting that ball on its tippy toes and he's all ready to boot it.
Here's Matt Miller.
The deep man are Jim Warren and Leslie Duncan.
Here's Gogolak approaching the ball.
He kicks it off high and long.
In the end zone it is taken there and going to be run out by Duncan.
5, 10, 15, 20, outside 25, 30, two men to the midfield, down to the 40.
One man gets them from behind.
A great tackle by McGuire at the 35 yard line of the Bills.
McGuire made a diving tackle.
Paul Low carried to the Bills 32 yard line stopped by McDowell.
3 yards, 2nd and 7.
Well Duncan almost had it all on that kickoff return.
70 yards, he got to the outside running to the right and had just two men to beat until
McGuire cut him down from behind.
Out of the huddle come the San Diego Chargers leading 7 to 3 late in the first quarter in
that double wing spread formation.
Back to pass goes Tobin Rowe.
They rush him out of the pocket.
He looks, he passes, interception!
Charlie Warner has the ball at the 28 yard line of the Bills.
Sustak hit him and the Bills take over on the interception by Charlie Warner.
First down for the Bills at the Buffalo 28 yard line.
The pass was intended for Robinson.
Out of bounds and about the 40 yard line of San Diego.
A beautiful block by Glenn Bass as Gilchrist ran outside right in.
Bass, the split in, cut the corner man down on the play.
Rowe made the tackle outside the San Diego 40.
The Bills got 32 yards on the play.
Kemp rubbing his hand in this 47 degree weather to warm them up a little bit.
Back to pass, good protection.
He fakes, he throws, and it is good to Dominion at the 14 yard line.
Wait a minute, Warlick, it was Ernie Warlick at the 14 yard line.
A first down Buffalo.
27 yards, Bass to Warlick.
That's Buffalo, 6th first down of the game.
The Chargers have 4.
The Bills trail 7 to 3.
Kemp is now 3 of 7 for 62 yards.
Gilchrist has gained 38 and 4 rushes, Carlton 15 and 3.
First down Buffalo at the San Diego 14, and here we go.
Bass flips out to the left.
Dominion is the flanker back to the right.
They have a four man front where their defense stats 3D.
Here is Kemp calling the play.
Outside, cut back in, fights down there to about the 11 yard line.
Petrich, the right end, and Allen, the middle linebacker, made the tackle.
They spotted at the San Diego 11.
He rolls out to the right, gets a good block.
He's going to run, and he has tackled beautifully at the 8 yard line by Faison.
What a tackle by Faison right around the ankle.
They have blocked out the left corner linebacker nicely on the play.
It is third down and 5 for the Bills at the San Diego 8.
And you have to believe that Kemp will throw the ball in this situation
on a third down and 5 from the San Diego 8 yard line.
The Bills out of the huddle.
Dominion flanks left.
Bass is the split right end.
Four seconds left in the quarter.
Are they going to get the play off?
They are not.
And that is the end of the first quarter.
And we'll be back in one minute on the Buffalo Bills football network.
Has come to a close with the San Diego team,
the short of the first four plays of the game, leading by a score of 7 to 3.
And as we look down there now, Buffalo is in scoring position.
And here's Van Miller to call the play.
San Diego 8 yard line.
The last time they had a third down inside the 10.
Dominion caught the ball but was over the sideline in the end zone.
And they had to settle for 3.
The Bills trailing 7 to 3.
And here is the play with Kemp calling it.
He goes back to pass, looks toward the end zone, fires there.
It is almost intercepted, dropped by a San Diego linebacker,
number 55 Frank Buncombe.
And again the Bills field goal unit goes on the field.
And Gogolak will try this one from around the 15 yard line.
And so again the Bills have been boarded in their touchdown attempt.
Now the first time they passed to Dominion they had just one man on him.
But that time the cornerback and the linebacker were covering.
Buncombe had gone over to help Westmoreland.
This will be a 16 yard field goal attempt by Gogolak from the hash mark at the far side of the field
with LaMonica holding.
There's the buffet. LaMonica's going to run.
And he is hit at the 5 yard line.
And he does not get it and the Chargers take over.
Diego leading 7 to 3.
It was not an option pass or run.
It was an obvious attempt to run right end.
Their backfield is Rote, Low, Kinderman I believe, and Robinson is the flanker.
First down at the 6 yard line.
Buffalo has driven after Warner's interception from about the 28 or 9.
Here's that spread formation with Rote in the middle as the quarterback.
At the 6 yard line he gives off on an inside reverse to Kinderman.
And they second up Sestak leading the charge at about the 8 yard line.
Pass at the 5, the Low to the 10.
And he tackled and knocked down at about the 16.
And that will be I believe enough for the first down.
With 13.29 to play in the first half.
And the clock activated once again.
The Chargers leading 7 to 3.
Keith Lincoln was injured when he was tackled on a swing fast play by Mike Stratton.
And has been replaced by Kinderman.
Double wing, double flanker.
And here is Rote back to pass.
Over the middle it is good to Kinderman at the 20.
And he is hit down hard.
But first by Tracy.
And McDowell was in to help finish him off.
And Rote on one knee in that huddle.
Playing his last game today.
Sends the Chargers up to the line.
Rodgers to center, drops over the ball.
Again that spread off the double wing and double flanker.
Back to pass goes Rote.
The quick one is no good.
It was intended for Paul Low at the 27 yard line.
It was thrown behind him and out of bounds.
Again that double wing and spread formation.
And here is Rote back to pass.
Gets good protection.
Throws over the middle.
It is caught beautifully.
No, wait a minute, no good.
Robinson had it at the 39 but couldn't hold it.
Warner was on his back.
Robinson was facing away from us and we thought he had the ball.
But when he fell he did not have it.
And so the Chargers will have to punt on fourth and five from their 21 yard line.
The Bills have Clark and Rakowski upfield.
Low pass from center.
He scoops it up and gets it away.
It is taken at the 45.
Fumbled by Rakowski.
I think the Bills have it.
Clark rather fumbled it and fell on the ball at the 44 yard line of Buffalo.
And the Bills have a first and tenth.
That was a 35 yard punt.
And Hadal did a good job of scooping the ball up.
He trapped it off the skin part of the infield.
Here is tenth.
First down.
Back the throw.
Good to do, Banyan, at the 40.
Tackled at the 37.
Jim Warren stopped him at the Chargers 37 and a half yard line.
We're in the second period here at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo.
We have 11 minutes and 12 seconds to go.
And the fog is settling in.
You can even feel some moisture from it as umbrellas are beginning to go up around the stadium.
Now the signal is to start the clock once again.
And that's the signal to charge Van Miller.
It's first and tenth for the Bills.
Outside the Chargers 37.
Lincoln has come back out along the sideline.
Dirk Kemp on his first down play.
Back the path.
The draw to Gilchrist outside.
And he has hit and stopped at about the 33 yard line.
That was an outside draw.
Instead of running up the middle, he tried to get to the outside.
He won the second quarter with 10.25 left.
Jabenya is flanked to the left.
Bass is the split right end.
Five men on the line for San Diego.
Kemp gives to Kemp and tries to tackle and it's hit there beautifully on a driving tackle by Gross.
Number 33, Graham in there too.
The gain of a couple of yards to the 29.
It will be third down and about two to go.
Gilchrist and Carlton are in behind Kemp.
Bass is split right.
Jabenya is flanked left.
And here's the call by Kemp.
To Gilchrist, he drives in there and I don't know whether he's got it or not.
It will be close.
In there around the 22 and a half yard line.
He may be a little bit short.
Are they going to measure?
They're going to take the chain in and stretch it out.
It's a first down.
Nine twenty-eighths of play in the first half.
In just a moment we'll give our stations around the network an opportunity to identify themselves.
Here's the play, second down, Buffalo at the San Diego 27.
Kemp the quarterback with Bass to the left and Jabenya to the right.
He fakes the deep reverse to Jabenya at the 30, the 25, the 20, and down he goes at about the 19 yard line.
Bud Whitehead hit him there.
They ran that play to the closed side of the field.
You would think that they would try to run that reverse to the open side of the field, but they didn't.
They came back to the short side, an eight yard gain at third down and two for Buffalo.
Kemp rolls out.
He passes.
It is good to Gilchrist at the five.
And he's got a first down.
What a play by Kemp.
Buncombe made the tackle at the four.
Kemp threw the ball with Allen around his ankle.
Fifteen yards at first and goal.
Well, I'll tell you, Kemp did a job that time.
And Gilchrist made the catch.
It's awfully tough against that big front four.
Maybe it's just an illusion, but San Diego looks so much bigger in those white jerseys.
Kemp, long count.
Carlton fighting in for the touchdown.
Off right tackle.
And the Bills lead by a score of nine to seven.
And listen to this crowd.
Daryl LaMonica will come in and hold for Pete Gogolak.
Extra point try at the ten yard line.
The Bills have gone out in front nine to seven.
San Diego led seven-three at the end of the first quarter.
The kick is up and good.
And Buffalo lead ten to seven.
And we'll be back in one minute on the Buffalo Bills football network.
Warren and Duncan are deep.
Here's the kickoff.
It is high.
And again it goes into the end zone.
Three yards.
Warren is going to run it out to the ten to fifteen.
And he has hit it about the twenty-three straight on.
And he's got Clark within there.
Duncan carried the ball.
Meredith felt it in hard.
And San Diego has the first down.
It was Duncan who returned that kickoff to the twenty-four yard line of the Chargers.
Twenty-six yard return.
Over the middle, almost intercepted at the twenty-five.
Zestak made a dive at the ball.
Norton's split to the left.
Again a pass play.
Rope throwing.
It is batted down by Bird at the forty yard line.
Intended for Norton.
Bird made a great play.
Third down and ten for San Diego at the Charger twenty-four.
Butch Bird, the rookie from Boston University.
The linebackers up the blitz.
Good blocking.
A pass out here.
A flag on the play.
It is incomplete.
Intended for Robinson out of the right flat.
But now let's see what the call is going to be.
Thirty-nine yard line of the Bills.
And Buffalo will take over there after that thirty-seven yard punt.
First and ten for the Bills at the Buffalo thirty-nine yard line.
Jack Kemp, who again this afternoon has played brilliantly so far in this game.
Throwing under tackle to Gilchrist at the four yard line to set up the Bills first touchdown of the afternoon.
It's first down at the Bills thirty-nine.
Jabenian is flanked to the right.
Bass to the left.
The give is to Carlton.
And he is hit after about a yard gain at the forty yard line by George Gross.
They are trying to run over Gross, the defensive left tackle.
Carlton has run that same play now four times.
That time it gained a little better than a yard.
Bass is the split right end.
Kemp calling his play for Buffalo.
Back to pass a four man pattern.
He runs at the forty, forty-five midfield and dives in to the San Diego forty-seven yard line for a first down.
Whitehead and Allen hit him.
And I'll tell you, Mr. Kemp just put his head down and tore into him.
That is ten first downs for the Bills.
Thirteen yard gain for Kemp.
First down in San Diego territory at the forty-seven.
Bass is split to the left.
Four forty-seven left in the first half.
The Bills lead ten to seven.
They have a first down and ten at the San Diego forty-seven.
Here is Gilchrist finding a hole inside the forty, thirty, twenty-five, twenty, fifteen, ten, and out of bounds at the eight yard line.
What a job Gilchrist did on that run.
Really ripped on that play.
First and goal at the eight.
DeVinion planks to the right.
Bass splits to the left.
Kemp with those sleeves rolled up above the elbows calls the play.
Gives the carton a good hole inside the five and down to about the two or three.
On that off tackle shot over Groats, the left defensive tackle.
He gained about five on the play.
Barber blocking beautifully in there.
DeVinion made the stop and here we go.
Wide to the left is Bass.
DeVinion is flanked to the right.
The backs are to the weak side.
And here is Kemp giving again to carton.
He has hit right at the line and scrimmaged there.
Might have fallen forward for about a half a yard.
A good tackle by Graham, the safety man.
They've got him back at the ten yard line.
He slipped and fell just as he was ready to throw.
And Carpenter, the linebacker who was flitzing, stopped the play at the San Diego 10.
And the field goal unit is coming on.
Two-fifty to play in the first half.
And so the Bills have had the ball now four times inside San Diego's ten yard line.
And the total points on the scoreboard, a field goal and a touchdown so far.
And now Gokalak is going to try a 17 yarder from the hash marks across the field.
The kick is up and the kick is good and the Bills lead 13 to 7.
And the 15, the 20, the 25 and he has hit outside the 30 and spun around
and dropped at about the 32 or 3 by McGuire.
Dudley Meredith also helped out on that tackle.
28 yard return. Warren and Duncan have great speed.
And they have displayed it here, running back those kickoffs this afternoon.
First down San Diego, the Bills lead 13 to 7 as we approach the two minute mark in the second period.
Here's Rowe the quarterback, back to pass, gets good protection.
Fake swats now throws. Intercepted beautifully by Stratton.
He laterals the ball to Bird at the 35 and he retreats to the 30.
And then comes upfield to the 35, the 40, the 40.
At the 45 a flag on the play, midfield and down he goes.
Dykes with a block, there's a flag on the play at the 42 yard line of Buffalo.
I think they are going to allow the interception and probably call a penalty
for clipping on the attempted return.
That's the preliminary indication now, although we'll just wait.
They're going to give San Diego the ball. Wait a minute.
At the 42 yard line of the Bills, the official pointed San Diego downfield.
There's a discussion out there at the 43 yard line.
It is a first down San Diego. Apparently pass interference was the call.
It would have to be pass interference.
Pass interference is the call.
All right, he threw the flag later, we didn't see it.
But it has to be pass interference.
The first down Chargers at the Bills 43 yard line.
They have the double flankers and a spread, wrote back to throw.
In short, it is caught inside the 40 at the 37 yard line by Kinderman,
who was tackled by Jacobs, the middle linebacker,
and the Chargers are asking for a timeout.
And we'll turn it back to Ralph Hubbell.
Well, that was the strangest one I've seen in a long time, Van.
It didn't seem to be any immediate call of the interference penalty,
but of course there was so much scrambling going on that nobody was looking for flags at that time.
And we did, there it was.
And so Buffalo had a good break, what looked to be a good break.
They have Robinson wind to the right, Norton split to the left,
wrote the quarterback, pitches out to the halfback, low at the 35,
and inside the 30 on a good run, tackled by McDolan Day.
Now was there a flag drop there? No.
They've got the ball at the 28 yard line of the San Diego Chargers,
and again the Chargers call timeout to stop the clock.
Now they move it back to the 29.
It's in Buffalo territory, outside the 28, between the 28 and 9,
a first down for San Diego at that point.
And again, Ralph, they have called timeout to stop the clock.
A desperate charge to get into that scoring column again before the end of the second quarter,
1.27 to go, and here's Van.
The ball at the Bills 28 and a half yard line, a first down for the Chargers.
They have used up all but one of their timeouts now.
They have one more coming to them in this first half.
Norton is split to the left, and again they have the spread formation, as wrote,
against the three-man rush goes back to pass Long, and oh, almost intercepted by Warner at the 5.
He had the ball all alone at the 5 yard line and could have done the Bills some good there,
1.21 to play in the first half, and Warner, in his anxiety to run with the ball,
did not have possession of it at the 5.
The Bills had Robinson covered well on the play, the split end,
and so at a second down and 10 for San Diego at the Buffalo, 29 yard line.
For some reason they moved it upfield about a foot after that incomplete pass.
All right, here come the Chargers.
Off the spread again, it's wrote, three-man line for the Bills.
He looks, he throws, it is good to Norton, and he is down.
He gets up to run again, but the play has been blown dead at about the 16 yard line.
The clock is running now.
San Diego will not huddle on this play with 1.06 remaining.
Here is wrote, the quick pass, intercepted by the Bills.
Stratton has the ball at the 18 yard line, and the Bills take over.
Wrote, instead of throwing over the sideline, threw the ball to his receiver,
and Stratton picked it off.
It was intended for Norton.
The Bills have it, and the clock is running with less than a minute remaining.
In the first half, it is first down Buffalo at the Buffalo 18 yard line.
The Bills huddling back at the 10.
The clock ticking off the seconds, that's the third interception.
Of course, one was nullified, so give him two officially.
Jabenian wide to the left against double coverage, 33 seconds left.
Here is Kemp giving to Gilchrist outside, finds a bit of a hole,
and then is spun around and dropped at the 24 yard line of the Bills.
21 seconds, 20.
The Bills are going to be content not to try anything here that would lose them the ball,
and I believe they are going to let the clock run time out in the first half.
Nine seconds, eight, seven, six, five.
The Bills leading 13 to seven.
San Diego led seven to three at the end of the first quarter.
There is the gun ending the half with Buffalo leading San Diego 13 to seven.
The Chargers scored seven in the first period, nothing in the second.
The Bills a field goal in the first by Gogolak and 10 points in the second.
And that's the half of it, and Ralph Hubbell will be back with our intermission show
after this one minute pause on the Buffalo Bills football network.
You see a lot of yellow flickers around here today, sort of sparkled throughout the stadium.
The lights have been on since the start of the game at War Memorial Stadium.
Duvenion is flanked to the left, and Bass is the split right end.
Kemp is the quarterback, Carlton and Gilchrist are the running backs.
And here is the call by Kemp.
He calls on Gilchrist and he dives through the pile and squirts forward for a couple of yards.
He picked up about two on the play, and then he was stopped by George Gross, the left tackle.
Spot the ball up around the Bills 37-yard line.
It will be second down and about eight to go.
Passes, it is no good to Bass.
He trapped the ball at the 46-yard line, made a good move to get around Allen the linebacker,
but he had picked the ball off the ground.
It's a close ball game in the third quarter with 11 minutes and 11 seconds remaining.
Second down and 10 for San Diego at the Charger 43-yard line.
The Bills are leading 13-7 in the game that will decide the American Football League champion.
Again the spread, wrote all alone.
Back to Bass.
The quick one is, oh Tracy almost had it picked off at the San Diego 45,
and Tracy would have gone for the TD.
It was again intended for Robinson, and Kucerich was over there with him.
Oh, that was close.
Tracy, the left linebacker, had broken through and got his fingertips on the ball,
and they've got him short of the first down, up around the 48- or 9-yard line.
Bird slowed him down and Day made the tackle on him, and now San Diego will send John Hadel into punt
on fourth down and about four.
It is high and short.
It bounces inside the 20, rolls inside the 15, and is going to be surrounded and down
just at the 10-yard line of San Diego or a Buffalo.
A 41-yard punt, rolling dead at the 10-yard line, 10 minutes and 13 seconds to go.
The rain is still lasing down. It's a cold, misty rain.
First down Buffalo at the 10-yard line, kept the quarterback, sends Bass to the left,
Dubenny to the right.
They'll be looking for Gilchrist and Carlton now, the setbacks, to give us to Carlton,
and he hits a stone wall but manages to get out to the 14-yard line.
Again on that crossfire play from left to right, he picked up four on the play.
Allen, the middle linebacker, made the stop.
It is second down and now sets team along the line, and second and six at the Bills 14.
It is Gilchrist, and he looks for a hole, but it does not open.
Ernie Ladd smothered him along with Bob Petrich.
Right at the line of scrimmage, he might have gotten a yard to the 15 on the play
as he ran outside left tackle.
It is third down and five, tackled by Chuck Allen, the deep diagonal to Albert Dubennyan.
First down for the Bills, 20 yards on the play, closer to 21.
Calls his play, waits for the snap, has it, here's Carlton again, fighting for yardage,
and Ladd rode him down from behind after about a two-yard pickup
somewhere in the neighborhood of the 38-yard line.
It will be a second down play for the Bills, and they'll need about seven yards for the first down,
seven to seven and a half yards, make it second and seven.
Ball spotted at the Bills 38-yard line.
Seven minutes and 30 seconds left in the third quarter.
The Bills 13, the Chargers 7.
Now he waits for the snap of the ball, goes back to pass, looks downfield,
throws a good catch at the 45 by Gilchrist.
He tries to get up and run, but is written down by Allen, the middle linebacker,
and Carpenter set it down and they decide it is not a first down, it will be third down.
Six-fifty-seven remaining in the third quarter, Buffalo leading 13 to seven.
Running backs Carlton and Gilchrist, who are set in a divide.
The tackles Gross and Ladd are right in there tight.
Will Kemp go straight ahead? Let's see if he does.
He gives instead to Gilchrist off the pile for the first down.
What a play he made.
And they shove him out of bounds at the 49-yard line.
Bass to the left, Duvenion flanked to the right.
Kemp calls the play, takes the snap, goes back to pass.
Duvenion at the 40, down he goes.
And San Diego Territory, the San Diego 39, first down.
Up the middle goes Carlton and a flag is going down on the play.
He gained a couple of yards to about the 38-yard line.
Now wait a minute, let's see what the call is here.
The official is pointing at the bill, so we must assume that this penalty will be assessed against Buffalo.
Gross made the tackle with Ernie Ladd and it may be a major penalty,
because the Buffalo offensive unit, except for the captain, has retreated back into Buffalo Territory.
And they're going to march off a 15-yarder against the Bills.
And that takes the ball back into Buffalo Territory to the 46-yard line.
Offensive holding is the call.
So they will run the first down play over again.
And the Bills will need 25 yards now.
Kemp, ready to direct the ball club, as Duvenion flanked to the left.
The quarterback comes up.
Kemp goes back to throw. They've got him from behind.
Petrich at the 35 blindsided him and dumped him for the loss.
Bob Petrich from the 35-yard line of Buffalo.
They lost 15 on the penalty, 11 on the blitz.
Here is Kemp looking to throw again, runs out to the right.
Now throws. It is fumbled there, incomplete.
The ball at the 49-yard line of San Diego was intended for Duvenion, but he couldn't hold onto it.
And the Bills now have a third down and 36.
The swing pass to Gilchrist is no good at the 37-yard line.
And the Bills will have to punt on fourth down and 36 from their own 35, 20-yard line.
We'll see if Lowe or Lincoln come back into the ball game here.
Here's the punt.
It bounces at the 30 and is picked up there and returned by Robinson.
They miss him at the 40, 45, midfield. One man to beat.
And they've got him there in Buffalo territory at the 47-yard line.
McGuire again made the tackle.
And the Chargers on a good play by Robinson, a dangerous play, nonetheless have a first down in Buffalo territory.
Sends Robinson to the right, pitches out to Lowe, and they stack him up there and drop him close to the line of strippage.
Tracy and McDull were there to hit Paul Lowe as he took the pitch out and ran to the right sideline,
trying to get around the corner, a yard gain on the play, second down and nine for the Chargers at the Bills 41-yard line.
Three minutes and 56 seconds left.
Four times in the first half, the Bills were inside San Diego's 10.
They scored three of those times, a touchdown and two field goals, a fake field goal on a fourth down play misfired.
Throat goes back to pass, runs out to the right, fake throws, knocked into the air, intercepted and dropped.
Knocked into the air by Tracy, and Day almost had it picked off.
Well, that was another near interception by the Bills.
Earlier Tracy almost had one.
John Hadel is coming in for San Diego.
Hadel is coming into the backfield and Rhodes is going out.
Looked downfield, throws.
Is it intercepted? Yes, it is at the 20-yard line by Byrd, and the Bills have the ball.
George Byrd caught the ball at the far side of the field, just got it before it went over the sideline,
and the Bills take over at the 21-yard line, the Buffalo 21, 322 to play in the third quarter.
Back to the huddle now with Gilchrist, Carlton and Dubenion, his backfield.
Bass and Warlick the end, Barber and Hudson the tackle, Shaw and B. Miller the guard, Kudzik the center.
First down, Buffalo at the Bills 21.
Wide to the left, Dubenion to the right, Bass, the backs to the weak side,
and it is Gilchrist finding a hole, ripping out to about the 30-yard line.
And how that cookie is running today, I'll tell you.
After a doggedly fought and scoreless third period, the Bills strike again early in the fourth.
Kemp hits Glen Bass on a look-in and the speedy end streaks to the one, setting up an easy TD by Kemp.
Paul McGuire puts the icing on the championship cake with this gorgeous 64-yard punt to the Chargers 2 near game's end.
The scoreboard shows us 56 seconds remaining and Buffalo with a 20-7 lead.
It'll be a long trip home for San Diego after this game today,
just as it was probably a shorter trip than we ever took when we came from Boston last Sunday night.
Funny how victory makes the trip lose its miles almost immediately.
Yes, the crowd is really gathering right now from all sections of the area.
We see their signs. I notice Oakfield is represented down there.
And the players themselves are standing in front of the bench.
The lone person to be sitting down is Jack Kemp, who is sitting on the bench down to the right of our broadcasting equipment.
And the fellows are coming around, ladies are coming around, shaking his hands.
Jack must be a happy man. There was one period there about three weeks ago when he was very unhappy
and lost his starting quarterbacking job to Darrell LaMonica.
Here is Haydl up on his feet. He wouldn't use the stretcher. And look at that crowd.
He's not only up on his feet, but he's going to stay in the game.
He tried to get that ball out there on a run out, but he was knocked down,
although he did manage to get it out for a first down.
So it will be first and 10. And the ball is on the 15-yard line of the San Diego Chargers.
And now the man who has called them all for five years is ready to step back in
and call off the championship second for the Buffalo Bills, Van Billing.
Thank you, Ralph. 56 of those seconds remain, and it is 20-7 Buffalo.
Tobin Rhoade has replaced John Haydl as quarterback.
Well, the Bills have waited a long time for this victory, and it is just 56 seconds away.
Spread formation, double wings, double flankers, wrote the pass.
They rush him, stratton hits him, but the pass is good to Kinderman.
15, 20, 25, 30, still on his feet and down to the 37-yard line.
45 seconds left, and San Diego steps the clock.
A 22-yard pass, Day making the tackle from behind.
San Diego 37-yard line, Paul McGuire is going into the game, and Day is coming out.
We'll talk with Thurlow McCready on the postgame show, and Bob Gallagher, the voice of the Patriots.
Tobin Rhoade, playing his final, the final seconds of his career, is back to pass, off the spread,
over the middle, no good, intended for McKinnon.
At midfield, it is incomplete.
McGuire and Jacobs were there with him.
41 seconds to play, Dick Reifenberg will have a rundown of today's championship game
on today's 6.15 sports on WBEN, and of course, will be on with a postgame show
over many of our network stations following the broadcast.
41 seconds left, second and 10 for the Chargers at the San Diego 37-yard line.
Out of the huddle they come.
Tobin Rhoade, wait for the snap from center, goes back to pass, three-man rush,
a little swing pass is good to McKinnon, and nice wraps him up at the 44-yard line.
Helped out on the tackle by McGuire.
33 seconds to play, and again they stop the clock.
We would like to thank our spotters, Tony Vacanti, Dr. Ed Gosevich, Jim Georgison,
Herman Brunati, Dr. Bob Werner for their splendid assistance on the broadcast this afternoon,
and Messrs. Vacanti, Georgison, Gosevich, and Brunati for their splendid help all season long.
We couldn't have done it without them.
33 seconds left.
Tobin Rhoade with a third down and three from the 44-yard line is back to pass.
Suss-Dack has him at the 30-yard line.
The clock is running now and they cannot stop it.
Wait a minute, yes they do.
The goal post in the East End Zone is tottering now, and down it comes.
And there is a search.
The crowd is out on the field and they're going to have to suspend play, Ralph, with 26 seconds remaining.
A mob at each goal post.
Well, Ralph, we'll turn it back to you.
Yes, 26 seconds of the years left.
And these fans have gone absolutely crazy.
21 seconds, 20 seconds, play is in on the field and the fans are all over the field.
They better look out.
Go ahead, fans. Here's the Charger huddle.
Now there's the line of Strimmage.
Back to pass goes Rhoade. The little spring pass is good.
30, 35, 40, 45, midfield, three seconds, two, one.
The Mills are champions.
They beat the Chargers 20 to 7 with three points in the first quarter, 10 in the second,
none in the third, and the final seven in the fourth.
San Diego scored only in the first quarter, and we'll be back in one minute.
The Razor from Duke, the guy they thought was washed up, he came back this year.
He played like an All-American.
Ray, they thought you over, but you came back. What a bargain. They had a touchdown of you. It was tremendous.
Thank you very much, Ray.
Ray, this has got to be one of the biggest fills of your eyes.
Sure is.
I had a feeling we were going to beat them. We should have beat them worse than we did, but it was a tough ballgame.
It was hard to run out there because of the weather conditions.
It was a good, hard-hitting ballgame, and we just thankfully win.
Ray, are you going to play next year for us?
I sure am.
What a season, Razor. What a season.
Thank you.
Mike Stratton. Mike. Mike.
Mike Stratton, the all-A grindback from Tennessee. Mike, a great ballgame today.
The most finest hour you've ever had.
Thank you very much, Ray. Thank you.
We won tremendous ballgames.
What happened when you hit Lincoln?
What happened when you hit Lincoln there?
I don't really know. I didn't stay around to find out. I don't know what happened.
I just wanted to win a ballgame, so glad I couldn't say. I didn't care what happened.
Why did we win? Why did we win?
We do anything different on defense?
Pardon?
We do anything different on defense?
We do anything different. I need to say.
I was just about to say. I was just a little bit better today, it seems like.
Harvey Johnson, the director of player personnel.
Harvey Johnson, the guy who put this team together was fine dress, he's great.
Harvey, what a ballclub.
That was a wonderful game for us. I'm so happy for the boys. They played like champions.
Thank you very much, Harvey.
Concept tackle, a wrong world tackle.
The time you played against Twinny, you didn't do a thing. You had a great ballgame today, Tom.
Thank you very much, Barry.
He's a much improved ballplayer. He's done a tremendous job today.
I know a well-coached ballclub there. Got time to push it out.
Is it the greatest thrill you ever had?
Definitely, it sure is. I tell you, it's something else. It's something once in a lifetime, you know.
And it's really great. Beautiful thrill.
Our defense do anything different today, Seth?
No, we didn't do anything. We just kept doing the same things we did all year.
We just got a little confused out there at first.
But we settled down and started playing ball as we really want.
Tom, a great season. You can't add any much more to this. All world, all pro. And now everything else.
Thank you very much, Barry.
I want to say thank you to the school.
We're going to give the sisters a game of our own, too.
Harry Jacobs. Harry Jacobs. After the defense, the middle line back there. Harry, what a job you've been today.
Thank you, Barry. It's been wonderful to be the world champion, Barry.
Harry, do we do anything different defensively against them?
It's all we do is play a solid defense like we did all year.
We didn't do as much defensively as we've done in the past games.
Didn't need to. Didn't need to.
We've got guys like Mike Stratton and John Tracy doing the job. You don't have to.
Well, I guess not. And all the rest of the guys out there are just trying to get the job done.
John Tracy. John Tracy, the All-American Texas A&M. You sit at the beginning of the year.
The first time we came in here, no one's going to touch us.
That was another team effort, Barry. That's what I've been saying all year.
As long as we keep the team effort going, nobody's going to beat it.
We're all a bunch of individual players. We just get to play as a team and help.
You can't beat team spirit.
Our defense was tremendous today. We could have had nine, ten interceptions if the guys could have held onto the ball.
Well, that's where you had no hands. You know, same old thing. Got steel boards for hands, Barry.
Great job. What about next year, Johnny? You're going to play next year for us.
Are you kidding me? You're kidding me?
I want more of that champion's money, Barry.
Have a great winter.
Billy Shaw, the captain of the Buffalo Bills. Billy, we've spoken so many times during the course of the year.
You said this is a bar code that could go all the way.
You said we take things from the proper perspective, we're going to go all the way.
Billy, you're a prophet.
Thank you very much, Barry. Of course, a lot of things entered into our championship.
Of course, the great teamwork that we had and the closeness that was created by our coaching staff.
And I think that went a long way for our championship.
What about the team itself? Well, you played together as a unit.
Fiennuals, Shaw, Barber, such that. All the guys played together as a unit.
Was this the key to it?
I think so, Barry. We have no stars on this team. Everyone is equal.
And I think this is the reason.
And what about Billy Shaw? What can you do more for this field, Billy?
You're all pro, all world, and you're all the captain of the world champions.
This is the greatest thrill for me in my life. It certainly is.
Billy, thanks very much.
Oh, Tudzik! You're out in the center.
Well, you played last year. 51-10, you lost 20 playing for Boston.
We got even with him this year.
We got even.
Yeah, we had a ball club. Everyone was playing hard.
I just wanted to say our offensive line, all the guys that work hard, work together.
And we try to give our players the protection that they need today.
Thanks very much. Jerry Smith, the coach of the offensive line.
Joe, your coach of defense last year.
This year, your coach of the offensive.
Last week at Noh Henry, he had a perfect game. No one touched their quarterback.
This week, Saison, all the big studs we kept in mind.
But you can give all the credit to that offensive line. They're great. That's all. They're just great.
They really did a job. They can't single anybody out because they were a unit.
That's right. That's the way we've been playing, and that's the way I know we'll continue to play next year.
Do we do anything different on our offensive assignments?
No, we just ran a lot of our standard stuff against their different defensive staff.
Okay, thanks very much.
Ronnie McTorrell, the corner-husker from Nebraska.
Ronnie, you came to camp at the beginning of the year. No one thought you had a chance to turn out to be one of the best defensive players in the league.
Ronnie, my hat is off to you.
Thank you, but it's been a great year for me and everybody.
And today we proved that we were champions.
How is it playing against Ron Nish?
It's always tough. It's always tough.
No matter, all three times I've played against him here, he's just a fine football player.
You've had a great team victory, Ronnie.
Oh, great.
George East Flint, our swing guard for the last four years.
Everyone comes and tries to take away his job. No one can do it because George is a fine ballplayer.
George, what a ballgame.
Thank you, Barry. It was a truly ballgame.
Those guys really did have a beating, though.
I swear I'm going to have to rest through the week.
I'm going to come back next year in July and we're going to have to do another World Championship.
I'll tell you, I'm going to start lifting weights Monday.
Lifting weights and training.
Al B. Miller! Al B. Miller!
Big B smoking on the cigar that Pamela Gorter gave him.
B said last week that it was just the biggest blow as you had when you were playing for Syracuse.
He said no because now you're getting paid for it.
What can you do now as the champions of the World, B?
All I can do now, Barry, is just keep playing football and win it again next year because that money is awful nice.
It was a great team effort. How was it to switch the guy this year?
Well, it was sort of rough. It's a lot different from center, but I hope I did a good job for him.
Thanks very much. One of the real gentlemen in sports, one of the finest defense offensive professional football,
one of the captains of the San Diego Chargers, Earl Faison.
Earl, your boys played a great ballgame. You had a tough break when Keith Lincoln got here,
and then when Lance Alvarez got here.
That was just some of the breaks of the game, you might say.
Buffalo played ahead of the game and they deserved to win it.
Thanks very much, you all. Have a nice winter.
Dick Hudson. Dick Hudson, this must be three three veins.
The San Diego Chargers let you go on a trade.
Now you came back to Haunum. You had a great ballgame with them, Dick.
Thank you very much, Barry. This is the greatest thing that ever happened.
We really appreciate it. Paul McGuire! Paul McGuire!
The second-lead, the third-lead, the real spirit man behind the Buffalo Bills.
Paul, we didn't speak to you much last week.
So, what a revenge. You said you could beat them, you said they couldn't match us. You were right.
Well, the things that were in the paper, I didn't say, but I knew we could beat them and we did.
I got the greatest football team that I've been saying all year long, that I've ever seen in my life,
and they proved it today. Even the San Diego Chargers told me the same thing on the field.
They said, you guys really deserved this ballgame because you fought for it.
And they played fine football. They did. They really did. They never let down.
And neither did the Chargers, but we just out-hit them. We out-out everything.
Is this the biggest thrill in playing with the Chargers when he won, Paul?
This is what I've been looking for. This, to me, just made my whole year.
Anything can happen now. I could care less.
Two championship checks in one year.
That helps.
It's a really good...
Third one next year, Paul.
I hope so.
We got Larry Stelz in the fine sports commons for the Buff Weaving News.
Larry, you said at the beginning of the year that if the girls don't get hurt and play as a team,
they can go all the way. Larry, your profit.
Well, I'm very happy about that. They deserve to win. They outplay these people all the way.
They probably should have won by a bigger score.
A great team effort, Larry.
Thanks very much, Larry.
Eddie Abramowski!
The trainer of the Buff War, Bill.
Billy Bates popped off his mouth at training the Patriots.
Who are they going to beat us by? Two touchdowns?
You said we were going to be sent by two.
Tell me confidently before the week, said Bill, we're going to beat these guys by at least 10 points.
You were right.
We were lucky, Bill. We went after them. We saw them at touchdown and we went after them.
Just like I knew we would.
The market is a great barcode.
Right. We held them when we had to.
A bigger score than we were in the trainer of Kentucky and of the Detroit Lions.
Yes, sir. This is the best. We never won it when I was with Detroit.
We won the division, but never the...
We did win the division. I take it back.
We did win the thing, but we lost to the All-Stars.
It was a little edge off it.
And we really did a job today that came back from behind.
Yes, they did. Like I said, Barry, they come to the spot at the touchdown and went after them.
And we certainly came back from...
Ernie Wallack!
With five hands in the Buff War, Bill, is a big horse.
Ernie has some real big catches today.
Great. A wonderful feeling.
Do you realize that this is the first championship game I've ever been on?
In all your years?
Confessional, Ernie.
A great game today and a great season, Ernie.
You played like a kid today.
I can't believe it. I can't believe we won it.
I can't believe it.
What about next year? Are you going to play for us again next year?
Definitely.
The old guy goes on.
I have to say that if he was going to retire next year, he's going to...
Not unless I wanted to. I guess I'll be around.
Fine. Thank you.
Johnny Mazer, the offensive coach, the former greater Notre Dame.
Johnny, who was quarterback in the 1949 team to finish, was undefeated.
Was that a bigger thrill as this one is today?
Well, I was younger then and I didn't know the value of the dollar as much as I know now
and I didn't have a family, Barry.
So I think this one is a little bigger thrill because it means a few more dollars in the bank account.
Johnny, did we do anything different offensively?
No, the last two weeks we said we thought we could take advantage of
and we were proven right that we could take advantage of them
and the kids played a heck of a ball game.
It's a great team effort, John. Beautiful team effort.
All year long, Barry, all year long.
And you couldn't single out any one guy because it was a team effort?
No, I wouldn't try to single out anybody.
It was just a great year for a great bunch of football players.
Okay, thanks very much.
And my brother, the man who brought pro football to Buffalo, New York,
had all those years when he was the head of the Chamber of Commerce in the past.
He finally brought it here and now we've got a winner.
We've got the champion.
That's the man, Barry.
The champion.
We've got it. Thanks very much.
Nick Gallagher, the general manager of the Buffalo football,
professional football addict, you were with the Cleveland Browns,
anything like this, nothing like this.
We've waited five years for this and, boy, I'm telling you,
these guys have overlapped a lot of things.
We were hung in there with the greatest honor of professional football.
You know what this was today? This was the World Champions Cup.
And we certainly did it.
Tiffy Day.
How you doing there?
Tiffy Day, all year long, Tiffy, you played a great job with the defense.
What a ball game, Tiffy.
I'm telling you, with that one, I got the strawberry to prove it.
You played against Bernie White today, you really handled him.
Right.
I got Bernie White pretty well set now, but he's still top.
He's still one of the best in the league.
It was a great ball game.
Terrific. How you doing, Barry?
Okay, okay, Tiffy.
Darryl O'Monica. Darryl O'Monica.
18, 19, 20.
Darryl O'Monica, the greatest,
the least quarterback of professional football,
the second year man from Notre Dame.
Darryl, you came off the bench so many times this year
and did a job for us.
The last two ball games, you didn't play it all,
but Jack went all the way. I know you were on the sidelines
helping him out with his calls.
I was ready just in case, but very fortunate, Jack had a real
two terrific games.
We came out on top, but this has been a winning combination
all year long.
If Jack was cold, I could come in and I hope that I was hot.
If I was cold, it was vice versa.
It was a great season all the way.
What happened with that reverse that takes you over?
I had an audible eye, and no one heard my audible eye.
It was automatic number seven, and no one heard it.
I didn't have any receivers, so I was kind of out there all by myself.
A great season, Darryl.
Thank you, man.
Sue Barber! Sue Barber!
Sue Barber, the only Jack off from Michigan for Penn State,
so you were all back to Penn State and all through now,
what a thrill, Sue.
Greatest thrill of my life.
You didn't really handle them today, Sue.
Well, we all did a good job, I think, proven by the score,
and I think that this team really deserves a lot of credit.
They stuck together through the whole year, through second thin,
and I think this was a difference.
It's a real team battle.
Did you do anything different today, personally?
No, no, we all played the hardest football we could,
and eventually we were good enough to win.
You said before the ball game that we need 100 and 7 percent
effort in order to win the ball game.
That's what we got.
I think so, Barry, definitely.
Okay, thank you.
Chuck Spurs, Assistant General Manager of the Colton's Director of Publicity.
My name's Chuck.
What a thrill.
Oh, this is my...
I know last week I'd never seen another thrill like it,
but this tops it.
We're the champs all the way, and this is a great ball club, Barry, great.
This is a great trick.
I'm so proud of them.
Guys like Glenn Bass, playing ball for us, catch us fast,
there's Devinian, what a team effort.
Suddenly Meredith.
Come here, big star.
What a game.
Oh, man, it's lovely to be a champ, I tell you.
You started off with Houston and you ended up here.
You ever think that could happen?
Never thought it'd be possible.
Pretty sweet, isn't it?
It's the most wonderful feeling I've ever had in my life, baby.
Okay, Dudley.
Very fine, baby.
Okay.
Glenn Bass, a fine sport, and Glenn, what a day today, what a day.
Oh, thank you very much.
Glenn, you almost went all the way in that touchdown.
You missed by about an inch.
No, I think I got it.
Let's say I got it, huh?
We'll give it to you then, Glenn, a fine ball game.
Thank you very much, Barry.
Mr. Bob Rustig.
Mr. Bob Rustig, one of the men on the board of directors for Ralph Wilson,
one of his business assistants.
What a ball game, Barry.
Well, the game is right.
That's two in a row that we won so convincingly,
the two that we won, Boston and this one, no doubt about it.
No doubt about it.
Now one of the greatest quarterbacks in pro football,
a fine gentleman, George Redham, and George is back in Buffalo,
this time with a winner.
It's time to return the shoes.
I brought them from the Bills today.
There must have been good luck for the Bills.
A great ball game, wasn't it, George?
Tremendous ball game, two good football teams out there today.
George, you played in both leagues.
How does this league compare to the others the way we played?
The Bills and the Chargers can play in the national league as well as anybody.
Okay, George, thanks very much.
Eddie Rutkowski, the goal is almost no today.
What a ball game, Eddie.
What a heck of a ball game.
This is the greatest one we've ever had, the greatest one that I've ever had.
I'm telling you, this is great.
I'm telling you, this is a great bunch of guys.
Thank you, Barry.
Willie Ross, cookie-joker, a thunder study for Nebraska.
Last week he said he was going to come back, we're going to take him.
We did it, Willie.
Really, we did.
I'm telling you, it felt real good, I'll tell you.
It was a tight game, but we stuck in and everybody was blocking real well
and cookie was playing real well, and we didn't have too much trouble after.
Thanks very much.
Gene Sykes, former Tiger from LSU.
Gene, you started this season on the taxi slide.
You came in to play the last nine ball games.
You did a great job as a tight end safety.
Thanks a lot.
I really appreciate it.
It's a good opportunity to play with a bunch of guys like this and win the championship.
Everyone here in Brooklyn has been waiting a long time for it.
It means a lot to us, too.
You ever have a throw like this when you're playing for LSU?
I don't think I like this, no.
Nothing could stop you?
No, nothing.
Thanks very much, you know.
We're trying to get for you Commissioner Joe Foss, the commissioner of the American Football League.
He's making his way over.
Commissioner Joe Foss, five years ago we started the American Football League.
Look who we are now, we could play anybody.
Well, the way they looked out there today, they were ready.
It was a good hard-fought game all the way and a clean game.
It was a great ball game and it shows the overall balance of our league.
Well, that's the thing that we've been very fortunate with all since we started,
is to have balance in the league and we've shown up every year with different faces in the championship game,
which is a good indication of it.
It must be quite a thrill for Joe Foss, the commissioner of the American Football League,
to walk around here and see 40,000 streaming fans.
No more to get in, we could have sold 100,000 more tickets.
Well, it's a good thing and speaks to all of the fans in the Buffalo area, that's for certain.
Commissioner Foss, you've done an excellent job and thanks very much for this interview.
Thank you.
The greatest shoulder professional football, Mr. Ralph C. Wilson Jr. of Detroit.
Mr. Wilson, a great moment for you.
Yes, it is. It's a great moment for Lou and the assistant coaches and particularly the team, everybody, and the fans of Buffalo.
I'm very happy. It's a happy New Year for everybody.
Five years ago you bought the Buffalo Bills and it was a little frustrating the first three years.
And now you stuck with the team. Now the city got behind the Bills and stuck with them.
Mr. Wilson, my hat is off to you and cheerleaders for the amount of devotion you put into the city of Buffalo and renewing this fine football city.
Well, thank you very much. You know, we always figured it was going to be about a five-year build-up.
Of course, the team came along a little faster this year than anybody expected.
And we certainly had two great football teams playing for the championship today.
And I'm very happy the both came out on top.
Mr. Wilson, I'm proud to be associated with your organization of class all the way from the top to the bottom.
Mr. Wilson, once again, thanks very much. Finest owner of professional football, Mr. Ralph C. Wilson Jr.
Well, I don't know about that finest owner, but thanks for your kind comments.
Okay, Mr. Wilson, thank you.
Tommy Saban, the son of Lou Saban, the Buffalo Bills head coach. Tommy, this must be quite a thrill for you.
You know, your dad had a tough first couple of years. I know you and your mother Lorraine and the rest of the family stuck by him.
And now we got a championship.
You said before the ballgame you wanted a Christmas present from your dad at the World Championships. We got it now, Tommy.
Yeah, he's going to be real happy and so is the rest of the family. Everybody's happy now.
This will be a happy year for everybody.
It must be tremendous, Tommy.
Yeah. My children may get home, my mother will probably be dancing around the whole house.
I don't blame her at all. I don't blame her.
Charlie Young, the sports editor of the Bucsweving News.
Charlie, you said last week this was the greatest football show we've ever had in Buffalo.
We want one better, Charlie.
Well, I said it was last week and certainly two now. More than ever.
They did a real good job, Roger. It was a real fun time for you for the first two minutes. I had to scramble for that.
They certainly did. Thank you very much.
That's fine.
Dr. Stone Van Miller, the vice for the Buffalo Bills, man. Five years ago.
We finally got a great win, wasn't it? Very wonderful.
And I know how close you've been to this team and you're a real part of it. And we rejoice with you in this wonderful victory.
A great victory.
All the players and coaches and Mr. Wilson.
And a lot of my friends up there. We'll do that, man. Thanks very much.
How are you, man?
Shelley Warner from 32 A&M, the boy who came in this year from the Kansas City Chiefs.
And he came in. He did a great job playing at the corner spot.
Yeah, great. Thank you, Warner.
I'm glad I could be a part of this wonderful machine that Buffalo Bill has.
And I'm looking forward to coming back next year and trying to do a good job.
You did a great job, Shelley.
Thank you.
Maylon Kent, quarterback of the Buffalo Bill's taxi squad.
You're a great deal above. You played down in the Southeastern Conference for Auburn.
Anything that's real like this, Maylon?
No, it's about as cool as beating Alabama, I believe. It's been a great thrill.
You were on the phones all day today talking to Johnny Mayson. What were you talking about, Maylon?
We were just figuring out what players would do best and what he wants the quarterback to do.
And then he talks to them back and forth.
Did you do anything different, Maylon?
Nothing different. We just stuck with the game plan and it worked.
Best of luck next year, Maylon.
Thank you, man.
George Steen is a great free safety, an all-fool free safety.
George, you could have had a dozen interceptions today if it wasn't for money.
You weren't throwing my weight, Barry.
But, you know, like I said before, it's a unit.
You pick up a slack or something else in the habit and defense, offense, everyone did a hell of a job.
During the course of the week, you were confident that we would beat them.
Yeah, I was. I'm not excited as I wasn't after the one game. I just thought we had it.
You went out and did a job today, George.
We did the job.
Great job you did.
They played the ball, too.
Jerry, once again we got it grabbed. What a thrill.
Oh, it really is. It really is.
I see you've got the game ball, Jerry. You deserved it all year long. You worked for it. We finally got it.
Well, thank you. Thank you very much.
Glad to have it. You gave it to all the assistants.
Everyone. You got one.
What a job, Jerry.
Thank you.
Jack Kemp, what a ball game it is. All during the course of the year, we said that you could do it.
We talked about it at the editorial and also our WZOA listeners.
I had the faith in you and a more important coach, Ruth Saban did.
Really, you could do it all and what you thought was the most important thing. You certainly did.
Thank you very, very much. Appreciate your help and your confidence and it means a lot to me.
Jack, would you do anything different today?
Well, we ran more basically because he's one of his own defense and forces into more of a running game and control the football and that's the big thing.
That one pass to Cookie when you were trapped behind the line in the scrimmage or set up a field goal, was that an auto or was it a gamble?
It was a roll out with an option and I thought about running it but then I thought I wouldn't make it so I thought Cookie would stand in there and flip it over and the big horse got in.
You finally beat the San Diego Chargers going all the way.
Yeah, you know, give me a time.
Jack, are you going to stay in Buffalo during the offseason?
Well, Coach Saban wants to chat with me and I want to stay around and ski for a while and we're just going to kind of play it by ear today.
Jack, a great season. I really want to thank you for all the conversation you've given me.
Thank you.
Joe Collier, the brilliant defensive strategist for the Buffalo Drolls.
Joe, what a broad game. What a broad game. Your defense was superb.
Oh, it was tremendous, very tremendous. We certainly appreciate the way the defense has played for us this year.
We've got some outstanding individuals but I think our defensive club is one that is outstanding as a unit.
We may not have the best personnel in the league but the team that stays together is the one that's going to win and we had a fine defensive unity this year and we certainly appreciate the way they played for us.
Joe, you started out this year and they started running the traps up the middle for their first score.
After that, what do we do to readjust and keep them from scoring?
Well, we tightened our line down to trying to cut their splits down. They were trying to split us out wide and we thought if we tightened up our defensive line they would have more trouble getting through there, which they did.
And our outside linebackers played good balls to maintain their outside game and the corner men played a particularly good game. Bush Bird, actually his man didn't catch one ball, which was outstanding.
Joe, thanks very much.
Thank you.
Albert, you've been in the Greatest Point in Quebec in professional football. We've spoken to you so many times before about your confidence, about the way you could come back. This is a big thing that you and John Mays have worked on.
It's brought fruit today. What a ballgame.
Thanks Barry, thank you very much.
Did you double team any out there at all today?
Well, a couple times today but we ran the, what we call, the square end pattern and I lost the face of the man.
The second ballgame, the second time we played the Chargers this year on Thanksgiving Day, you've played but you certainly weren't at your maximum effectiveness because of your knee injury. Now you're 100% effective and you certainly showed it today dude.
Thank you Larry.
I feel real good today.
What about next year? Will you be going to play for us again?
Well I hope I don't get to cut a tree. I'm planning on coming back again.
You're the only original Bill Refs in the first day of training camp when Buster Ramsey came. It's been a long hard road and we finally made it. You must feel great.
I feel like a million dollars man. After five years, finally a dream came true.
What about Grandma? She must be pretty happy too.
Hey let me close with my Grandma's video for all old girls. My Grandma, she's the best grandma in the world.
She's really good.
Jimmy B, you had a great year. Thanks for everything. A great winner.
Thanks Barry, thank you very much.
Butch Bird, our stellar all-star cornerback from Boston University. Butch, many times you've hit the Buffalo Bulls and you've played for Boston. You came up here and you've torn every team in the league apart. No team has been able to pick on you. Last week you said we didn't beat Boston. We stomped them. What do we do today Butch?
Well we played a real hell of a game against San Diego. They've got a real fine team and I think we just outplayed them. We just got a better team.
Butch, I've seen you play all during the course of the year and although you don't return a touchdown, return one for touchdown, like you did the last game against San Diego, you played a fantastic game. They couldn't do a thing against you.
Thank you. This is one of my better days. The receiver I have, did Norton. He didn't get to pass all day. I was quite pleased about that. Overall I think I had a pretty good game today and I'm happy about it.
Butch, it's been a long way since that August 21st practice game against Kansas City. You went to Abner Haynes at a real good day. You showed him the spirit of a great champion. You bounced back when you were down. You're a real champion all the way Butch.
Thank you very much.
This is Billy Shaw, the captain of the Bills. Billy, we've set everything. A great team, a great fist, a great hat. It must be fantastic.
Yes, there it is. I'm glad the end is here because we've all worked hard. We're tired and ready to go home and rest until July comes again.
Well, you know, maybe it's my imagination, but I think there wasn't as much enthusiasm, raw, uncanned enthusiasm in the dressing room this week as there was last week simply because we knew we had to go out and do a job. We went out and we did the job and now we're the champions. Am I right?
Yes, I think so, Barry. Of course, our intergame was a little anticlimactic for us. Our real big game was last week and of course we got up for the game and did a wonderful job as far as scoring points and playing a good game. But I think the, well, I can't say that the enthusiasm was greater for the Boston game than it was for this one, but personally, I think I enjoyed the victory over Boston more than I did this one.
Billy, thanks very much for everything. Have a great game in the Pro Bowl game and we'll see you next July. Thank you a lot, Barry.
Jim Dunnway, the former All-American from Ole Miss, and now our second year at Tackley. You did a great job this year, Jim. You were hurt at the beginning of the year. You came through and now the big one, we certainly did the job.
Thank you, sir. I'm just proud that I could come through after a little ending.
Jim, was this as big a thrill as when you played for those great teams down at Ole Miss? Oh, this is a much bigger thrill here. This is for all the marbles. All the marbles we went out and we did it.
That's right. I'm glad we did, too. I don't know though, I felt, I don't know, I feel more elated about the Boston game than how most of us do this one.
We were just speaking about that with Billy Shaw. We won out, we played this game, we played the last one. Now with a chance, no one can take anything away from it.
And I'm proud of that because it's been a long season and the whole team has held it real good and real lucky.
Okay, Jim, thanks very much. We're trying to get Lou Saban, the head coach of the Buffalo Bills. He's making his way over now, being congratulated by the many, many well-wishers that are in the Buffalo dressing room.
Hello. We said at the beginning of the year that Lou Saban was the type of guy that was going to stand by the courage of his convictions, that wanted to get the fans of Buffalo New York, nothing to do with the best professional football team.
Whatever you did, whatever decision you had, you had this in mind. You went out there, you know, you didn't care about what people thought about Lou Saban. You thought about what you could give to the people of Buffalo.
And Lou, I want to tell you how proud I am to be part of, one, as a sports cash and secondly, as the city of Buffalo and call you now a great coach. I know you don't like that word, but I don't know.
I don't think that I'm a great coach. I'm perhaps a very fortunate coach. Fortunate from the point of view that Mr. Wilson's allowed me to do what I think is necessary to do.
I've got a very capable staff, a trainer, equipment man, and a doctor. And these are the things that are far more important to me than a lot of the other stuff that I've heard.
Plus the fact that with this young squad, this squad has done such a tremendous job, they certainly are entitled to all the benefits that go along with it.
I hope that we can continue to be a top club. I think we can.
Well, they said it before the year began that the Buffalo Bill could never win the big one. It seemed that week after week we always had the big one. We went out and won the ball game. This must have been hard for you to coach all these pressure ball games.
Well, they had to win 13 big ones. Without, for the loss anywhere along the line, we would have been in serious trouble. And we went out and we did it.
Lou, I know that during the year you chastised me a few times for using the word great. Can I now call this Buffalo Bill Club the World Champions a great club just so that the fine football came?
Well, once again, thanks for everything and I want to tell you how happy I am to be associated with you and your staff.
Okay, fine. Thank you, Barry. You've been fine.
Thanks again, Lou.
Cookie Gilchrist, the premier running back in the American football league. Cookie, you've had better days than this. You've picked up 122 yards there. That one 243 yard day.
Never though have I seen you run with such reckless abandon and just run with the intent to get that championship the way you did today. A great ball game.
Thanks a lot, Barry. Well, my running ability as well as any other back running ability depends greatly on the line.
The line did a tremendous job of blocking today and the result, we won and I had a good day myself and everybody's happy.
Cookie, your blocking today was superb. Were they boycoting you out? You had to pick up a lot of guys?
Well, they didn't, but not like Boston, which my blocking, I don't think my blocking was as good as it was last week because last week I had a specific man, but today I filled in a lot, you know, on a lot of occasions.
What happened? I noticed that you got injured. You came off and lost play the rest of the ball game. What actually happened?
It was rib. I got a rib, I don't know, a rib separation or muscle or something and it's quite painful right now, but I think it'll be okay. I hope so.
We'll keep you out of the All-Star game, won't we? I doubt it very much. If it does, I'll be down there anyway. We have a vacation well deserved.
Cookie, you had a real rough year this year, the heavy incident way back after the Boston game where you were fired and then came back. Now you're back and played like a champion for the championship. What does the future hold? Do you want to play here next year, Cook?
Well, I'm flexible. I feel I have a bright future whether I'm here or wherever I go, but I would like to play in Buffalo, but there's a lot of things that happened that I think we're going to have to sit down and talk about and discuss, so there won't be any reoccurrence of these things on my part as well as the management part.
So I feel that the next couple of days I'm going to sit down with Mr. Wilkins and find out what their intentions are and just see.
Cookie, putting things in proper perspective, how does this picture over the Chargers rank as your sports drill?
Well, I didn't get a bigger drill last week when we beat Boston. You know, it was up for Boston and the momentum sort of carried on to this game, but it's a great thrill to be a champion for the AFL and all the fellows are quite as enthused as well as I am.
You know, but with me, I've been playing 11 years and I just don't get as enthused as I used to get. You know, it's a sport as well as it's a job.
Cookie, you did a tremendous job, not only today but for the entire season. I want to tell you one thing, I'm really proud to be associated with you. You've been very, very good to me and I want to wish you nothing but the best whether it's in Buffalo, Oakland, New York or wherever you're going to be.
Thanks a lot, Barry. I'm thrilled to hear about you too.
Thank you, Cook.
He's a great pro innovator, a great pro innovation with his new method of kicking field goals and kicking off. Pete, your point production today topped out the entire San Diego Chargers team. You know that?
Thank you, Barry. I had a pretty good day. This was an important game and we won the championship and I feel great.
Greatest thrill, Pete, in your life?
Just a buzz. I should say, yes, tremendous.
You came a long way, Pete, not only coming from Hungary but from the Ivy League. We always kill it on a ballad, the Ivy League ballplayers couldn't play football. You kind of just proved that, didn't you?
Well, I guess I did. Professional football is different than Ivy League football, I have to admit, but I guess I was lucky enough to get into pro ball and I enjoyed it all the way.
How do you feel now, Pete, after this great win?
Tremendous. And I tell you, Barry, this is a young club and this team has a long ways to go. I see the average age of the football team is about 25 years old and the future looks pretty good.
Next year we're going to cut the rookie's hair.
The American Football League Championship Game. The Bills of Luce Saban, Pro Football's Coach of the Year versus the Western Division winning San Diego Chargers.
40,242 slightly apoplectic Buffalo fans turn out in standing room numbers for their first championship game and what a battle it is.
The Chargers strike early. The brilliant Keith Lincoln draws up the middle for 38 yards.
Quarterback Tobin Rhoade passes to end Dave Kasuric for 26 yards and the Chargers lead after 3 minutes and 11 seconds of play.
The Bills can't get moving and the Chargers are on the attack again, but here's the tackle heard around the world.
Keith Lincoln is hit by Mike Stratton and Lincoln is through for the day.
The Chargers are shaken. Quarterback Tobin Rhoade throws right into Charlie Warner's waiting arms.
The AFL's leading ground gainer, Cookie Gilchrist, cranks up. Behind Billy Shaw, Cookie turns Earl Faison's end for 32 yards.
Kemp throws to Warlick to the San Diego 14.
Second period, Kemp is trapped, but he spots Gilchrist on the San Diego 4.
Carlton puts the Bills in front for Keith.
Late in the second period, Gilchrist streaks off tackle to the Chargers 8.
Pete Gogolak adds to the Bills margin with a field goal from the 17 before the half.
After a doggedly fought and scoreless third period, the Bills strike again early in the fourth.
Kemp hits Glen Bass on a look-in and the speedy end streaks to the 1, setting up an easy TD by Kemp.
Paul McGuire puts the icing on the championship cake with this gorgeous 64-yard punt to the Chargers 2 near game's end.
It's an impatient crowd that waits the final whistle to congratulate their heroes, the Buffalo Bills, champions of the American Football League for 1964.
Hi, I'm Darrell Lamonica. M&T and I hope you have enjoyed the highlights of the 1964 championship season.
I'm confident 1965 will be another fine year for the Bills.
I think our club will be even better and that we'll defend our championship in an exciting manner.
The best way to see the Bills play, and the only way when we're at home, is to be at War Memorial Stadium in person.
And the easiest way to be sure of getting the best seats for every home game is by purchasing season tickets.
7,700 brand new seats located between the goal line will be ready in 1965.
And thousands of additional choice seats will be available to new season ticket holders as well.
So if you are not already a season ticket holder, there is no time like the present to join friends and neighbors who are.
All you have to do is send a $10 deposit for each seat requested in a price range of your choice.
$42, $31.50, $21, and the Bills will invoice you for the remainder in May.
Of course, you can pay in full at the time you make application, if you so desire.
Why not pick up a season ticket application form tonight before you leave?
Fill it out and mail it to the Buffalo Bills ticket office, 69 West Mohawk Street.
And close your $10 check or money order for each seat ordered. And you'll have no more worries about good seats in 1965.
Be glad if you do.