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1970 Buffalo Bills: 3-10-1
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Home record: 1-6-0 (96 points scored, 185 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (108 points scored, 152 allowed) Head Coach: John Rauch

204 points scored (23rd of 26 teams), 337 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   213   402   2,430   (12)   5.34   13   26    367   1,465   (21)    4.0    8    3,895    (17)      52
Defense:   157   338   2,088   ( 5)   5.66   15   11    484   1,718   (14)    3.5   16    3,806    ( 8)      26

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 7  Grant Guthrie        K     14   6'0   210   22    R   Florida State
10  Dan Darragh          QB     3   6'3   196   23    3   William & Mary
12  James Harris         QB     7   6'3   215   23    2   Grambling
16  Dennis Shaw          QB    14   6'2   210   23    R   San Diego State
20  Robert James         DB    14   6'1   177   23    2   Fisk
21  Jackie Allen         DB    14   6'1   187   23    2   Baylor
24  Bob Gladieux         RB     2   5'11  190   23    2   Notre Dame
25  Haven Moses          WR    14   6'3   205   24    3   San Diego State
27  Tommy Pharr          DB    10   5'10  187   23    R   Mississippi State
28  Ike Hill             DB     6   5'10  180   23    R   Catawba
30  Wayne Patrick        RB     9   6'2   254   24    3   Louisville
32  O.J. Simpson         RB     8   6'2   204   23    2   Southern California
33  Lloyd Pate           RB     9   6'1   205   24    1   Cincinnati
36  Greg Jones           RB    10   6'1   200   22    R   UCLA
40  Roland Moss          TE     4   6'3   215   24    2   Toledo
41  Bill Enyart          RB    14   6'4   236   23    2   Oregon State
42  Butch Byrd           DB    14   6'0   196   29    7   Boston University
45  Glenn Alexander      WR    13   6'3   205   23    R   Grambling
47  Pete Richardson      DB    12   6'1   193   24    2   Dayton
48  John Pitts           DB    14   6'4   223   25    4   Arizona State
51  Jerald Collins       LB     3   6'1   220   23    2   Western Michigan
52  Edgar Chandler       LB    14   6'3   235   24    3   Georgia
53  Wayne Fowler         C     10   6'3   260   22    R   Richmond
54  Howard Kindig        OT    10   6'6   264   29    6   Los Angeles State
55  Paul Maguire         P     14   6'0   232   32   11   Citadel
56  Al Andrews           LB     8   6'3   216   25    1   New Mexico State
57  Frank Marchiewski    C     13   6'2   240   27    6   Minnesota
58  Mike Stratton        LB     9   6'3   240   29    9   Tennessee
59  Paul Guidry          LB    14   6'3   233   26    5   McNeese State
61  Jim Reilly           OG    13   6'2   260   22    R   Notre Dame
63  Dick Cunningham      LB    14   6'2   244   26    3   Arkansas
64  Mike McCaffrey       LB    12   6'3   235   24    1   California
65  Waddey Harvey        DT    14   6'4   282   23    2   Virginia Tech
67  Joe O'Donnell        OG    14   6'2   262   29    6   Michigan
69  Jerry Gantt          OT     6   6'4   266   22    R   North Carolina Central
71  Bob Tatarek          DT     4   6'4   260   24    R   Miami
72  Ron McDole           DE    14   6'3   288   31   10   Nebraska
73  Richard Cheek        OG    14   6'3   266   22    R   Auburn
74  Levert Carr          OT     7   6'5   260   26    2   North Central
75  Art Laster           OT    14   6'4   280   22    R   Maryland Eastern Shore
76  Mike McBath          DE    12   6'4   248   24    3   Penn State
78  Jim Dunaway          DT    14   6'4   277   29    8   Mississippi
79  Paul Costa           OT    14   6'4   255   28    6   Notre Dame
80  Jim McFarland        TE     1   6'5   225   23    R   Nebraska
82  Al Cowlings          DE    13   6'5   258   23    R   Southern California
83  Clyde Glossen        WR    11   5'11  175   23    R   Texas-El Paso
84  Austin Denney        TE    14   6'2   230   26    4   Tennessee
85  Willie Grate         TE    14   6'4   225   24    2   South Carolina State
86  Marlin Briscoe       WR    14   5'10  177   25    3   Nebraska-Omaha
88  Julian Nunamaker     DT     8   6'3   252   24    2   Tennessee-Martin

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Dennis Shaw          321  178   55.5  2,507   7.81  14.1  10   3.1   20   6.2    41   387    65.3
James Harris          50   24   48.0    338   6.76  14.1   3   6.0    4   8.0     7    63    56.9
Dan Darragh           29   11   37.9     71   2.45   6.5   0   0.0    2   6.9     5    36    17.5
O.J. Simpson           2    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Marlin Briscoe         57  1,036   18.2    8
Haven Moses            39    726   18.6    2
Bill Enyart            35    235    6.7    1
Lloyd Pate             19    103    5.4    0
Wayne Patrick          16    142    8.9    0
Austin Denney          14    201   14.4    0
O.J. Simpson           10    139   13.9    0
Greg Jones              8     89   11.1    0
Willie Grate            7    147   21.0    2
Glenn Alexander         4     51   12.8    0
Roland Moss             2     31   15.5    0
Clyde Glossen           2     16    8.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
O.J. Simpson          120    488    4.1    5
Wayne Patrick          66    259    3.9    1
Dennis Shaw            39    210    5.4    0
Bill Enyart            58    196    3.4    0
Lloyd Pate             46    162    3.5    1
Greg Jones             31    113    3.6    1
Dan Darragh             1     26   26.0    0
Marlin Briscoe          3     19    6.3    0
James Harris            3     -8   -2.7    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Glenn Alexander        12    204   17.0    0
Ike Hill                9    165   18.3    0
O.J. Simpson            7    333   47.6    1
Greg Jones              7    162   23.1    1
Roland Moss             6    131   21.8    0
Clyde Glossen           4     61   15.2    0
Bill Enyart             3     60   20.0    0
Wayne Patrick           3     38   12.7    0
Jerald Collins          2     17    8.5    0
Mike McCaffrey          2     15    7.5    0
Art Laster              2      8    4.0    0
Lloyd Pate              1     21   21.0    0
Al Andrews              1     16   16.0    0
Mike McBath             1      7    7.0    0
Tommy Pharr             1      6    6.0    0
Paul Costa              1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Tommy Pharr            23    184    8.0    4    0
Ike Hill               19    102    5.4    2    0
Jackie Allen            2     10    5.0    2    0
Glenn Alexander         1      2    2.0    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Paul Maguire 83 3,228 38.9 0 0 1 0 0 38.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Grant Guthrie 3/3 3/4 2/3 1/4 1/5 10/19 24/25 54 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Butch Byrd 4 63 1 Edgar Chandler 1.0 1 59 1 Al Cowlings 8.0 Jim Dunaway 4.0 Paul Guidry 6.0 Mike McBath 3.0 Mike McCaffrey 1.5 Ron McDole 3.0 John Pitts 1 11 0 Pete Richardson 1.0 5 46 0 Mike Stratton 1.5 Bob Tatarek 1.0

1970 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 DE Al Cowlings 101 USC 2 30 QB Dennis Shaw 50 San Diego State 3 57 OG Jim Reilly 27 Notre Dame 3 67 WR Glenn Alexander 13 Grambling [pick acquired from SD] 4 82 DE Jerry Gantt 6 North Carolina Central 5 109 LB Steve Starnes Tampa 6 134 RB Ken Edwards Virginia Tech 6 135 K Grant Guthrie 20 Florida State [pick acquired from BOS] 7 161 OT Wayne Fowler 10 Richmond 8 186 OT Richard Cheek 14 Auburn 9 213 OG Bill Bridges Houston 10 238 DB Willie Dixon Albany State (Ga.) 11 265 RB Terry Williams Grambling 12 290 OT Dave Simpson Drake 13 317 K Steve Schroeder Pacific 14 342 OT Bill Costen Morris Brown 15 369 TE Dave Farris Central Michigan 16 394 WR Larry Davis Rice 17 421 DB George Bevan LSU

Traded draft picks: none


Transactions:

01-04-1970Stew Barber retired
03-02-1970traded Buffalo's #4 pick in the 1971 draft to Saints for Frank Marchlewski
03-05-1970Jack Kemp retired
03-06-1970Bobby Hunt retired
05-04-1970traded Joe Runk to Packers for an undisclosed draft pick
06-11-1970Billy Shaw retired
07-1970claimed Virgil Carter on waivers from Bears
08-12-1970claimed Ike Hill on waivers from Raiders
08-19-1970Saints claimed John Canale on waivers
08-21-1970traded Billy Masters to Broncos for Dave Pivec and Denver's #5 pick in the 1971 draft
08-26-1970traded Virgil Carter to Bengals for a draft pick
08-31-1970traded Booker Edgerson to Broncos for Denver's #5 pick in the 1972 draft
09-02-1970traded an undisclosed draft pick to Browns for Alvin Mitchell
09-09-1970Saints claimed Harry Jacobs on waivers
09-16-1970claimed Jim McFarland on waivers from Cardinals
09-16-1970claimed Art Laster on waivers from Raiders
09-16-1970claimed Greg Jones on waivers from Bears
09-16-1970claimed Jackie Allen on waivers from Raiders
09-16-1970claimed Mike McCaffrey on waivers from Vikings
10-06-1970claimed Bob Gladieux on waivers from ?


1970 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/20/70 vs Denver Broncos L 10-25 0-1-0 09/27/70 vs Los Angeles Rams L 0-19 0-2-0 10/04/70 vs New York Jets W 34-31 1-2-0 10/11/70 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10-23 1-3-0 10/18/70 vs Miami Dolphins L 14-33 1-4-0 10/25/70 at New York Jets W 10-6 2-4-0 11/01/70 at Boston Patriots W 45-10 3-4-0 11/08/70 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 14-43 3-5-0 11/15/70 at Baltimore Colts T 17-17 3-5-1 11/22/70 at Chicago Bears L 13-31 3-6-1 11/29/70 vs Boston Patriots L 10-14 3-7-1 12/06/70 at New York Giants L 6-20 3-8-1 12/13/70 vs Baltimore Colts L 14-20 3-9-1 12/20/70 at Miami Dolphins L 7-45 3-10-1

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