1970 Buffalo Bills: 3-10-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 01-04-1970 | Stew Barber retired |
| 03-02-1970 | traded Buffalo's #4 pick in the 1971 draft to Saints for Frank Marchlewski |
| 03-05-1970 | Jack Kemp retired |
| 03-06-1970 | Bobby Hunt retired |
| 05-04-1970 | traded Joe Runk to Packers for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 06-11-1970 | Billy Shaw retired |
| 07-1970 | claimed Virgil Carter on waivers from Bears |
| 08-12-1970 | claimed Ike Hill on waivers from Raiders |
| 08-19-1970 | Saints claimed John Canale on waivers |
| 08-21-1970 | traded Billy Masters to Broncos for Dave Pivec and Denver's #5 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 08-26-1970 | traded Virgil Carter to Bengals for a draft pick |
| 08-31-1970 | traded Booker Edgerson to Broncos for Denver's #5 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 09-02-1970 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Browns for Alvin Mitchell |
| 09-09-1970 | Saints claimed Harry Jacobs on waivers |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Jim McFarland on waivers from Cardinals |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Art Laster on waivers from Raiders |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Greg Jones on waivers from Bears |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Jackie Allen on waivers from Raiders |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Mike McCaffrey on waivers from Vikings |
| 10-06-1970 | claimed 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