1975 Buffalo Bills roster and stats

1975 Buffalo Bills: 8-6-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (217 points scored, 184 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (203 points scored, 167 allowed) Head Coach: Lou Saban 420 points scored (1st of 26 teams), 351 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 182 354 2,493 ( 8) 6.63 28 19 588 2,974 ( 1) 5.1 26 5,467 ( 1) 34 Defense: 237 431 3,080 (26) 6.68 25 25 480 1,993 (14) 4.2 21 5,073 (24) 45

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 John Leypoldt K 14 6'2 226 29 5 Northern Virginia C.C. 7 Marv Bateman P 14 6'4 214 25 4 Utah 12 Joe Ferguson QB 14 6'1 184 25 3 Arkansas 17 Gary Marangi QB 5 6'1 203 23 2 Boston College 21 Gary Hayman RB 14 6'1 202 24 2 Penn State 22 Steve Freeman DB 14 5'11 185 22 R Mississippi State 23 Steve Schnarr RB 12 6'2 218 23 R Otterbein 26 Ed Jones DB 12 6'0 185 23 R Rutgers 28 Dwight Harrison DB 13 6'1 186 27 5 Texas A&I 29 Don Calhoun RB 6 6'0 198 23 2 Kansas State 30 Bo Cornell LB 14 6'1 222 26 5 Washington 32 O.J. Simpson RB 14 6'2 212 28 7 Southern California 33 Vic Washington RB 13 5'10 196 29 5 Wyoming 34 Jim Braxton RB 14 6'2 242 26 5 West Virginia 37 Ike Thomas DB 5 6'2 195 27 4 Bishop 40 J.D. Hill WR 14 6'1 185 27 5 Arizona State 41 Royce McKinney DB 9 6'1 190 21 R Kentucky State 42 Frank Oliver DB 14 6'1 189 23 R Kentucky State 43 Tony Greene DB 14 5'10 170 26 5 Maryland 45 Charlie Ford DB 5 6'3 185 26 5 Houston 47 Clint Haslerig WR 3 6'0 194 23 2 Michigan 50 Mark Johnson DE 11 6'2 240 22 R Missouri 52 Merv Krakau LB 14 6'2 233 24 3 Iowa State 53 Mike Montler C 14 6'4 245 31 7 Colorado 54 Tom Ruud LB 14 6'2 223 22 R Nebraska 55 John Skorupan LB 14 6'2 225 24 3 Penn State 57 John McCrumbly LB 13 6'1 245 23 R Texas A&M 59 Doug Allen LB 14 6'2 228 23 2 Penn State 60 Bill Adams OG 6 6'2 246 25 3 Holy Cross 61 Willie Parker C 14 6'3 252 26 3 North Texas State 62 Jeff Yeates DT 13 6'3 250 24 2 Boston College 65 Pat Toomay DE 14 6'5 244 30 6 Vanderbilt 67 Reggie McKenzie OG 14 6'4 244 25 4 Michigan 68 Joe DeLamielleure OG 14 6'3 248 24 3 Michigan State 71 Mike Kadish DT 14 6'5 270 25 3 Notre Dame 72 Don Croft DT 13 6'3 260 26 3 Texas-El Paso 73 Earl Edwards DT 14 6'6 254 29 7 Wichita State 74 Donnie Green OT 14 6'7 252 27 5 Purdue 75 Jeff Winans DE 11 6'5 260 24 2 Southern California 76 Halvor Hagen OG 13 6'5 260 28 7 Weber State 78 Dave Foley OT 14 6'5 247 28 7 Ohio State 80 John Holland WR 12 6'0 190 23 2 Tennessee State 81 Bob Chandler WR 14 6'0 180 26 5 Southern California 85 Walt Patulski DE 14 6'6 260 25 4 Notre Dame 87 Paul Seymour TE 14 6'5 246 25 3 Michigan 88 Reuben Gant TE 14 6'4 230 23 2 Oklahoma State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Ferguson 321 169 52.6 2,426 7.56 14.4 25 7.8 17 5.3 20 153 81.3 Gary Marangi 33 13 39.4 235 7.12 18.1 3 9.1 2 6.1 2 15 69.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Bob Chandler           55    746   13.6    6
J.D. Hill              36    667   18.5    7
O.J. Simpson           28    426   15.2    7
Jim Braxton            26    282   10.8    4
Paul Seymour           19    268   14.1    1
Reuben Gant             9    107   11.9    2
John Holland            7    144   20.6    1
Vic Washington          2     21   10.5    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
O.J. Simpson          329  1,817    5.5   16
Jim Braxton           186    823    4.4    9
Joe Ferguson           23     82    3.6    1
Don Calhoun            19     80    4.2    0
Gary Marangi            7     78   11.1    0
Vic Washington          9     49    5.4    0
Gary Hayman            10     30    3.0    0
Clint Haslerig          2      9    4.5    0
Bob Chandler            2      5    2.5    0
J.D. Hill               1      1    1.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Vic Washington         35    923   26.4    0
Gary Hayman             8    179   22.4    0
Royce McKinney          6    151   25.2    0
Steve Schnarr           4     80   20.0    0
John Holland            4     67   16.8    0
Bo Cornell              3     38   12.7    0
Reggie McKenzie         1     15   15.0    0
Tom Ruud                1      4    4.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Gary Hayman            25    216    8.6    8    0
John Holland            7     53    7.6    5    0
Ed Jones                1      9    9.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Marv Bateman 61 2,536 41.6 0 0 2 0 0 40.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Leypoldt 0/1 2/2 4/5 3/7 0/1 9/16 51/57 78 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bo Cornell 2.0 Don Croft 3.0 Earl Edwards 4.5 Charlie Ford 1 19 0 Steve Freeman 2 44 1 Tony Greene 6 81 0 Dwight Harrison 8 99 0 Ed Jones 3 13 0 Mike Kadish 4.0 Merv Krakau 1 2 0 Walt Patulski 4.0 Tom Ruud 1.0 John Skorupan 3.0 1 0 0 Ike Thomas 2 74 0 Pat Toomay 6.5 1 44 1 Jeff Winans 2.0 Jeff Yeates 0.5

1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 LB Tom Ruud 59 Nebraska 2 42 LB Bob Nelson 72 Nebraska [pick acquired from PHI] 2 50 DB Glenn Lott Drake [pick acquired from OAK] 4 102 RB Tom Donchez 14 Penn State [pick acquired from WAS] 5 115 LB John McCrumbly 13 Texas A&M [pick acquired from HOU via OAK] 7 166 RB Gil Chapman 9 Michigan [pick acquired from SF] 7 174 RB Reggie Cherry Houston [pick acquired from DEN] 7 175 DB Harry Banks Michigan 8 201 DT John Hill Duke 10 253 RB Roland Hooks 98 North Carolina State 11 279 DB Tom Drake Michigan 12 305 DE Mark Johnson 31 Missouri 13 331 OT Mark Dienhart St. Thomas (Mn.) 14 357 WR Robert Evans Morris Brown 15 383 QB Chris Kupec North Carolina 16 408 TE Tom Fine Notre Dame 17 435 DE Jeff Turcotte Colorado

Traded draft picks: #2 to OAK (Charles Phillips), #3 to SF (Jeff Hart), #4 to CIN (Stan Fritts), #5 to ATL (Greg McCrary), #6 to NO (Mike Lemon), #9 to CIN (Lofell Williams)

Transactions:

01-28-1975	traded Donnie Walker to Rams for Washington's #5 pick in the 1975 draft
04-18-1975	traded Larry Watkins to Giants for a pick in the 1976 draft
06-06-1975	traded Jerry Patton to Eagles for Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1975 draft
07-18-1975	traded Jim Cheyunski to Colts for Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1976 draft
07-22-1975	traded Buffalo's #2 pick in the 1977 draft to Cowboys for Pat Toomay
08-01-1975	traded Dave Washington to 49ers for San Francisco's #5 pick in the 1977 draft
08-12-1975	traded a draft pick to Redskins for Mike Hancock
08-26-1975	traded Buffalo's #9 pick in the 1977 draft to Chiefs for Doug Jones
09-04-1975	placed Roland Hooks on injured reserve
09-04-1975	traded Neal Craig to Browns for Cleveland's #8 pick in the 1976 draft
09-09-1975	traded a draft pick to 49ers for Frank Oliver

1975 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/21/75    vs New York Jets           W 42-14       1-0-0
09/28/75    at Pittsburgh Steelers     W 30-21       2-0-0
10/05/75    vs Denver Broncos          W 38-10       3-0-0
10/12/75    at Baltimore Colts         W 38-31       4-0-0
10/20/75    vs New York Giants         L 14-17       4-1-0
10/26/75    vs Miami Dolphins          L 30-35       4-2-0
11/02/75    at New York Jets           W 24-23       5-2-0
11/09/75    vs Baltimore Colts         L 35-42       5-3-0
11/17/75    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 24-33       5-4-0
11/23/75    vs New England Patriots    W 45-31       6-4-0
11/27/75    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 32-14       7-4-0
12/07/75    at Miami Dolphins          L 21-31       7-5-0
12/14/75    at New England Patriots    W 34-14       8-5-0
12/20/75    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 13-35       8-6-0

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