1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season

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. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season
Head coach	Red Dawson
Home field	Civic Stadium
Results
Record	8–4–2
Division place	2nd AAFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

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.

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 31	New York Yankees	W 28–24	1–0	Civic Stadium	Recap
2	September 5	at Cleveland Browns	L 14–30	1–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	Recap
3	September 14	Chicago Rockets	W 28–20	2–1	Civic Stadium	Recap
4	September 19	at Chicago Rockets	W 31–14	3–1	Soldier Field	Recap
5	September 28	San Francisco 49ers	L 24–41	3–2	Civic Stadium	Recap
6	October 5	at Los Angeles Dons	W 27–25	4–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap
7	October 12	Baltimore Colts	W 20–15	5–2	Civic Stadium	Recap
8	October 17	at Brooklyn Dodgers	T 14–14	5–2–1	Ebbets Field	Recap
9	October 26	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 35–7	6–2–1	Civic Stadium	Recap
10	November 2	Cleveland Browns	L 7–28	6–3–1	Civic Stadium	Recap
11	November 9	Los Angeles Dons	W 25–0	7–3–1	Civic Stadium	Recap
12	Bye
13	November 23	at Baltimore Colts	W 33–14	8–3–1	Municipal Stadium	Recap
14	November 30	at New York Yankees	L 13–35	8–4–1	Yankee Stadium	Recap
15	December 7	at San Francisco 49ers	T 21–21	8–4–2	Kezar Stadium	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Division standings

AAFC Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
New York Yankees	11	2	1	.846	5–1	378	239	W2
Buffalo Bills	8	4	2	.667	4–1–1	320	288	T1
Brooklyn Dodgers	3	10	1	.231	1–4–1	181	340	L3
Baltimore Colts	2	11	1	.154	1–5	167	377	L1

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