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:
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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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