1976 Buffalo Bills: 2-12-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 1-6-0 (136 points scored, 170 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (109 points scored, 193 allowed) Head Coaches: Lou Saban (2-3-0), Jim Ringo (0-9-0) 245 points scored (20th of 28 teams), 363 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 156 383 1,838 (18) 4.42 16 17 548 2,566 ( 3) 4.7 11 4,404 (12) 43 Defense: 163 337 2,265 (20) 6.21 18 19 533 2,465 (23) 4.6 19 4,730 (23) 42
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Benny Ricardo K 2 5'9 175 22 1 San Diego State 3 John Leypoldt K 1 6'2 230 30 6 Northern Virginia C.C. 5 George Jakowenko K 11 5'9 180 28 2 Syracuse 7 Marv Bateman P 14 6'4 214 26 5 Utah 12 Joe Ferguson QB 7 6'1 184 26 4 Arkansas 17 Gary Marangi QB 11 6'1 203 24 3 Boston College 21 Van Green DB 5 6'1 192 25 4 Shaw 22 Steve Freeman DB 14 5'11 185 23 2 Mississippi State 23 Cliff Brooks DB 1 6'1 190 27 5 Tennessee State 24 Doug Jones DB 14 6'2 205 26 3 Cal State-Northridge 25 Roland Hooks RB 14 6'0 197 23 1 North Carolina State 26 Tim Anderson DB 2 6'0 194 27 2 Ohio State 28 Dwight Harrison DB 12 6'1 186 28 6 Texas A&I 29 Mario Clark DB 14 6'2 190 22 R Oregon 30 Bo Cornell LB 14 6'1 222 27 6 Washington 32 O.J. Simpson RB 14 6'2 212 29 8 Southern California 33 Vic Washington RB 2 5'10 195 30 6 Wyoming 33 Andy Reid RB 1 6'0 195 22 R Georgia 34 Jim Braxton RB 1 6'2 242 27 6 West Virginia 35 Darnell Powell RB 11 6'0 197 22 R Tennessee-Chattanooga 36 Jeff Kinney RB 12 6'2 215 26 5 Nebraska 37 Clayton Heath RB 2 5'11 195 25 1 Wake Forest 42 Eddie Ray RB 7 6'1 240 29 6 Louisiana State 43 Tony Greene DB 14 5'10 170 27 6 Maryland 46 Keith Moody DB 14 5'10 171 23 R Syracuse 47 Roscoe Word DB 1 5'11 169 24 3 Jackson State 50 Mark Johnson DE 13 6'2 240 23 2 Missouri 51 Dan Jilek LB 14 6'2 212 22 R Michigan 52 Merv Krakau LB 14 6'2 233 25 4 Iowa State 53 Mike Montler C 14 6'4 245 32 8 Colorado 54 Tom Ruud LB 14 6'2 223 23 2 Nebraska 55 John Skorupan LB 14 6'2 221 25 4 Penn State 56 Bob Nelson LB 14 6'4 232 23 1 Nebraska 60 Bill Adams OG 11 6'2 246 26 4 Holy Cross 61 Willie Parker C 2 6'3 245 27 4 North Texas State 62 Jeff Yeates DE 3 6'3 248 25 3 Boston College 65 Bob Patton C 12 6'1 245 22 R Delaware 67 Reggie McKenzie OG 14 6'4 242 26 5 Michigan 68 Joe DeLamielleure OG 14 6'3 248 25 4 Michigan State 69 Ken Jones DE 12 6'5 252 23 R Arkansas State 70 Joe Devlin OT 14 6'5 258 22 R Iowa 71 Mike Kadish DT 14 6'5 270 26 4 Notre Dame 74 Donnie Green OT 13 6'7 252 28 6 Purdue 75 Jeff Lloyd DE 9 6'6 255 22 R West Texas State 77 Ben Williams DT 13 6'3 258 22 R Mississippi 78 Dave Foley OT 14 6'5 247 29 8 Ohio State 79 Marty Smith DE 14 6'3 250 23 1 Louisville 80 John Holland WR 13 6'0 190 24 3 Tennessee State 81 Bob Chandler WR 14 6'0 180 27 6 Southern California 83 Sherman White DE 13 6'5 245 28 5 California 85 Fred Coleman TE 7 6'4 240 23 R Northeast Louisiana 85 Tody Smith DE 2 6'5 250 27 6 Southern California 86 Mike Holmes DB 1 6'2 198 25 3 Texas Southern 87 Paul Seymour TE 13 6'5 245 26 4 Michigan 87 Emmett Edwards WR 6 6'1 190 24 2 Kansas 88 Reuben Gant TE 14 6'4 225 24 3 Oklahoma State 89 Bob Gaddis WR 2 5'11 178 24 1 Mississippi Valley State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Gary Marangi 232 82 35.3 998 4.30 12.2 7 3.0 16 6.9 22 166 30.8 Joe Ferguson 151 74 49.0 1,086 7.19 14.7 9 6.0 1 0.7 11 80 90.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bob Chandler 61 824 13.5 10 O.J. Simpson 22 259 11.8 1 Paul Seymour 16 169 10.6 0 John Holland 15 299 19.9 2 Jeff Kinney 14 78 5.6 0 Reuben Gant 12 263 21.9 3 Roland Hooks 6 72 12.0 0 Vic Washington 3 29 9.7 0 Eddie Ray 3 26 8.7 0 Emmett Edwards 2 53 26.5 0 Darnell Powell 1 6 6.0 0 Mike Montler 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD O.J. Simpson 290 1,503 5.2 8 Jeff Kinney 116 475 4.1 1 Gary Marangi 39 230 5.9 2 Roland Hooks 25 116 4.6 0 Joe Ferguson 18 81 4.5 0 Vic Washington 22 65 3.0 0 Eddie Ray 24 56 2.3 0 Darnell Powell 11 40 3.6 0 Emmett Edwards 1 0 0.0 0 Bob Chandler 1 0 0.0 0 Jim Braxton 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Keith Moody 26 605 23.3 0 Roland Hooks 23 521 22.7 0 Tom Ruud 6 68 11.3 0 Darnell Powell 4 101 25.2 0 Mike Holmes 4 90 22.5 0 John Holland 4 62 15.5 0 Vic Washington 3 63 21.0 0 Roscoe Word 2 36 18.0 0 Bo Cornell 2 32 16.0 0 Bob Gaddis 1 16 16.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Keith Moody 16 166 10.4 8 1 Roland Hooks 11 45 4.1 3 0 John Holland 4 11 2.8 2 0 Bob Gaddis 1 6 6.0 0 0 Roscoe Word 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 DB Mario Clark 126 Oregon 2 45 OG Ken Jones 163 Arkansas State 2 52 OT Joe Devlin 191 Iowa [pick acquired from STL] 3 78 DE Ben Williams 147 Mississippi 4 109 LB Dan Jilek 58 Michigan 5 142 TE Fred Coleman 7 N.E. Louisiana 6 164 DE Leslie Benson Baylor [pick acquired from ATL] 6 171 WR Scott Piper 13 Arizona 6 175 RB Darnell Powell 25 Tennessee-Chattanooga [pick acquired from BAL] 7 195 DB Jackie Williams Texas A&M [pick acquired from NYG] 8 215 QB Scott Gardner Virginia [pick acquired from CLE] 8 226 RB Bobby Joe Easter Middle Tennessee State 8 227 OG Art Meadowcroft Minnesota [pick acquired from WAS via ATL] 9 241 LB Jeff Turner Kansas [pick acquired from SD] 9 255 DT Bob Kotzur S.W. Texas State 10 280 DB Keith Moody 63 Syracuse 11 309 WR Forry Smith Iowa State 12 336 RB Joe Lowery Jackson State 13 365 OG Will Wilcox Texas 14 392 WR Tony Williams Middle Tennessee State 15 421 LB Arnold Robinson Bethune-Cookman 16 448 LB Gary Gorrell Boise State 17 477 K Bob Berg New Mexico
Traded draft picks: #7 to NYJ (James Richards)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Frank Oliver in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Pat Toomay in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Gary Hayman in expansion draft |
| 04-02-1976 | traded Walt Patulski to Cardinals for St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 04-09-1976 | traded Halvor Hagen to Chargers for San Diego's #9 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 07-12-1976 | traded Earl Edwards to Browns for Cleveland's #3 and #6 picks in the 1977 draft |
| 07-22-1976 | traded Buffalo's #1 pick in the 1977 draft to Bengals for Sherman White |
| 07-22-1976 | traded J.D. Hill to Lions for Detroit's #1 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-29-1976 | traded Oakland's #3 pick in the 1977 draft to Oilers for Emmett Edwards |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/13/76 vs Miami Dolphins L 21-30 0-1-0 09/19/76 vs Houston Oilers L 3-13 0-2-0 09/26/76 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 14-9 1-2-0 10/03/76 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 50-17 2-2-0 10/10/76 at New York Jets L 14-17 2-3-0 10/17/76 vs Baltimore Colts L 13-31 2-4-0 10/24/76 vs New England Patriots L 22-26 2-5-0 10/31/76 vs New York Jets L 14-19 2-6-0 11/07/76 at New England Patriots L 10-20 2-7-0 11/15/76 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-17 2-8-0 11/21/76 vs San Diego Chargers L 13-34 2-9-0 11/25/76 at Detroit Lions L 14-27 2-10-0 12/05/76 at Miami Dolphins L 27-45 2-11-0 12/12/76 at Baltimore Colts L 20-58 2-12-0