1974 Buffalo Bills: 9-5-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (114 points scored, 111 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (150 points scored, 133 allowed) Head Coach: Lou Saban
264 points scored (12th of 26 teams), 244 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 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: 128 251 1,492 (25) 5.25 14 15 545 2,094 ( 9) 3.8 11 3,586 (23) 29
Defense: 146 311 1,611 ( 3) 4.70 11 20 489 1,878 (14) 3.8 19 3,489 ( 5) 31
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 John Leypoldt K 14 6'2 237 28 4 Northern Virginia C.C. 7 Marv Bateman P 5 6'4 210 24 3 Utah 10 Spike Jones P 8 6'2 195 27 5 Georgia 12 Joe Ferguson QB 14 6'1 180 24 2 Arkansas 16 Scott Hunter QB 1 6'2 205 26 4 Alabama 17 Gary Marangi QB 3 6'1 196 22 R Boston College 20 Robert James DB 14 6'1 184 27 6 Fisk 21 Gary Hayman RB 1 6'1 198 23 R Penn State 22 Bill Cahill DB 14 5'11 170 23 2 Washington 24 Al Randolph DB 3 6'2 205 30 9 Iowa 24 Ed Jenkins RB 4 6'2 210 24 2 Holy Cross 26 Donnie Walker DB 14 6'1 180 23 2 Central State 27 Ahmad Rashad WR 14 6'2 200 24 3 Oregon 28 Dwight Harrison DB 13 6'1 185 26 4 Texas A&I 29 Don Calhoun RB 14 6'0 198 22 R Kansas State 30 Bo Cornell LB 14 6'1 215 25 4 Washington 32 O.J. Simpson RB 14 6'2 212 27 6 Southern California 34 Jim Braxton RB 12 6'2 240 25 4 West Virginia 37 Ted Koy LB 12 6'1 210 27 5 Texas 38 Larry Watkins RB 10 6'2 235 28 6 Alcorn State 39 Wayne Mosley RB 3 6'0 190 22 R Alabama A&M 40 J.D. Hill WR 14 6'1 190 26 4 Arizona State 41 Clint Haslerig RB 8 6'0 190 22 R Michigan 42 Neal Craig DB 14 6'1 190 26 4 Fisk 43 Tony Greene DB 12 5'10 170 25 4 Maryland 45 Rex Kern DB 8 5'11 190 25 4 Ohio State 46 Steve Jones RB 1 6'0 200 23 2 Duke 50 Jim Cheyunski LB 14 6'2 220 28 7 Syracuse 51 Bruce Jarvis C 1 6'7 250 25 4 Washington 52 Merv Krakau LB 11 6'2 237 23 2 Iowa State 53 Mike Montler C 14 6'4 253 30 6 Colorado 55 John Skorupan LB 6 6'2 220 23 2 Penn State 56 Rich Lewis LB 2 6'3 215 24 3 Portland State 59 Doug Allen LB 14 6'2 228 22 R Penn State 60 Bill Adams OG 8 6'2 254 24 2 Holy Cross 61 Willie Parker C 14 6'3 245 25 2 North Texas State 62 Jeff Yeates DE 10 6'3 240 23 1 Boston College 64 Dave Costa DE 14 6'2 250 33 12 Utah 65 Nick Nighswander C 7 6'0 232 21 R Morehead State 67 Reggie McKenzie OG 14 6'4 242 24 3 Michigan 68 Joe DeLamielleure OG 14 6'3 245 23 2 Michigan State 70 Bob Kampa DT 2 6'4 245 23 2 California 71 Mike Kadish DT 14 6'5 270 24 2 Notre Dame 72 Don Croft DT 6 6'3 254 25 2 Texas-El Paso 73 Earl Edwards DT 14 6'6 256 28 6 Wichita State 74 Donnie Green OT 10 6'7 272 26 4 Purdue 76 Halvor Hagen OT 8 6'5 253 27 6 Weber State 77 Dave Means DE 9 6'4 235 22 R Southeast Missouri State 78 Dave Foley OT 14 6'5 253 27 6 Ohio State 81 Bob Chandler WR 14 6'0 180 25 4 Southern California 85 Walt Patulski DE 14 6'6 260 24 3 Notre Dame 86 Dave Washington LB 14 6'5 223 26 5 Alcorn State 87 Paul Seymour TE 14 6'5 243 24 2 Michigan 88 Reuben Gant TE 13 6'4 230 22 R Oklahoma State 89 Wallace Francis WR 14 5'11 195 22 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Joe Ferguson 232 119 51.3 1,588 6.84 13.3 12 5.2 12 5.2 32 235 69.0
Gary Marangi 18 9 50.0 140 7.78 15.6 2 11.1 3 16.7 1 1 73.6
O.J. Simpson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ahmad Rashad 36 433 12.0 4 J.D. Hill 32 572 17.9 6 Jim Braxton 18 171 9.5 0 Paul Seymour 15 246 16.4 2 O.J. Simpson 15 189 12.6 1 Bob Chandler 7 88 12.6 1 Don Calhoun 2 10 5.0 0 Ed Jenkins 1 12 12.0 0 Larry Watkins 1 7 7.0 0 Donnie Green 1 0 0.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD O.J. Simpson 270 1,125 4.2 3 Jim Braxton 146 543 3.7 4 Larry Watkins 41 170 4.1 2 Joe Ferguson 54 111 2.1 2 Don Calhoun 21 88 4.2 0 Gary Hayman 7 31 4.4 0 Gary Marangi 4 20 5.0 0 Wayne Mosley 2 6 3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Wallace Francis 37 947 25.6 0 Don Calhoun 6 90 15.0 0 Bo Cornell 3 45 15.0 0 Bill Cahill 1 26 26.0 0 Donnie Walker 1 20 20.0 0 Neal Craig 1 0 0.0 0 Ahmad Rashad 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Donnie Walker 43 384 8.9 2 0 Bill Cahill 10 62 6.2 1 0 Gary Hayman 2 13 6.5 0 0 Rex Kern 1 1 1.0 0 0 Tony Greene 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1974 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 TE Reuben Gant 101 Oklahoma State 2 27 LB Doug Allen 28 Penn State [pick acquired from HOU] 3 70 QB Gary Marangi 19 Boston College 4 95 RB Carlester Crumpler East Carolina 5 106 WR Gary Hayman 15 Penn State [pick acquired from SD] 5 122 OT Tim Guy Oregon 8 203 QB Gregg Hare Ohio State [pick acquired from WAS] 9 226 P Brian Doherty Notre Dame 10 241 TE Art Cameron Albany State (Ga.) [pick acquired from STL] 10 249 RB Don Calhoun 114 Kansas State [pick acquired from CLE] 11 278 LB Rod Kirby Pittsburgh 12 303 DE Dave Means 9 S.E. Missouri State 13 331 LB Ed Gatewood Tennessee State 14 339 DB Phil Lamm North Carolina [pick acquired from HOU] 14 355 DB Phil Gurbada Mayville 15 382 LB Ken Williams S.W. Louisiana 16 406 OT Sanford Qvale North Dakota State 17 434 K Sal Casola Cincinnati
Traded draft picks: #2 to SD (Mark Markovich), #6 to CLE (Billy Pritchett), #7 to BAL (Freddie Scott), #8 to CLE (Eddie Brown), #10 to STL via DEN (Greg Hartle)
Transactions:
| 01-1974 | traded Steve Okoniewski and Pete Van Valkenburg to Packers for Scott Hunter |
| 01-26-1974 | traded Dennis Shaw to Cardinals for Ahmad Rashad |
| 04-25-1974 | traded Leo Hart to Giants for the Giants' #7 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 07-1974 | traded Bob Penchion to 49ers for San Francisco's #7 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 07-31-1974 | traded Buffalo's #4 pick in the 1975 draft to Bengals for Steve Chomyszak |
| 08-02-1974 | traded Fred Forsberg to Chargers for $100 cash |
| 09-05-1974 | traded a #5 pick in the 1975 draft to Chargers for Dave Costa |
| 09-05-1974 | traded Carlester Crumpler to Redskins for a draft pick (trade was later voided) |
| 09-10-1974 | Redskins returned Carlester Crumpler (after failing physical) |
| 10-21-1974 | traded Bob Kampa to Broncos for Denver's #7 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 10-27-1974 | Cardinals claimed Steve Jones on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/22/74 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14-32
1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/74 vs Oakland Raiders W 21-20 1-0-0 09/22/74 vs Miami Dolphins L 16-24 1-1-0 09/29/74 vs New York Jets W 16-12 2-1-0 10/06/74 at Green Bay Packers W 27-7 3-1-0 10/13/74 at Baltimore Colts W 27-14 4-1-0 10/20/74 vs New England Patriots W 30-28 5-1-0 10/27/74 vs Chicago Bears W 16-6 6-1-0 11/03/74 at New England Patriots W 29-28 7-1-0 11/10/74 vs Houston Oilers L 9-21 7-2-0 11/17/74 at Miami Dolphins L 28-35 7-3-0 11/24/74 at Cleveland Browns W 15-10 8-3-0 12/01/74 vs Baltimore Colts W 6-0 9-3-0 12/08/74 at New York Jets L 10-20 9-4-0 12/15/74 at Los Angeles Rams L 14-19 9-5-0
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