1979 Buffalo Bills: 7-9-0
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Home record: 3-5-0 (158 points scored, 142 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (110 points scored, 137 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox
268 points scored (23rd of 28 teams), 279 points allowed (8th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 241 465 3,216 ( 9) 6.33 14 15 474 1,621 (28) 3.4 11 4,837 (21) 34
Defense: 193 382 2,530 ( 6) 6.25 14 24 617 2,481 (24) 4.0 18 5,011 (14) 41
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Rusty Jackson P 16 6'2 195 28 3 Louisiana State 5 Nick Mike-Mayer K 13 5'8 185 29 7 Temple 6 Tom Dempsey K 3 6'1 249 38 11 Palomar J.C. (CA) 9 Bill Munson QB 3 6'2 205 38 16 Utah State 11 Dan Manucci QB 14 6'2 194 22 R Kansas State 12 Joe Ferguson QB 16 6'1 195 29 7 Arkansas 21 Doug Greene DB 15 6'2 205 23 2 Texas A&I 22 Steve Freeman DB 16 5'11 185 26 5 Mississippi State 23 Steve Powell RB 15 5'11 186 23 2 Northeast Missouri State 25 Roland Hooks RB 16 6'0 195 26 4 North Carolina State 26 Charles Romes DB 16 6'1 190 24 3 North Carolina Central 29 Mario Clark DB 16 6'2 195 25 4 Oregon 35 Mike Collier RB 16 5'11 200 26 3 Morgan State 38 Jeff Nixon DB 16 6'3 190 23 R Richmond 39 Dennis Johnson RB 3 6'3 220 23 2 Mississippi State 40 Terry Miller RB 16 5'10 196 23 2 Oklahoma State 43 Tony Greene DB 16 5'10 175 30 9 Maryland 46 Keith Moody DB 16 5'10 170 26 4 Syracuse 47 Curtis Brown RB 15 5'10 203 24 3 Missouri 51 Dan Jilek LB 15 6'2 225 25 4 Michigan 52 Chris Keating LB 16 6'2 223 22 R Maine 53 Will Grant C 16 6'3 248 25 2 Kentucky 54 Tom Higgins LB 16 6'1 235 25 1 North Carolina State 55 Jim Haslett LB 16 6'3 232 23 R Indiana (Pa.) 56 Willie Parker C 16 6'3 245 30 7 North Texas State 57 Lucius Sanford LB 16 6'2 216 23 2 Georgia Tech 58 Isiah Robertson LB 16 6'3 225 30 9 Southern 59 Shane Nelson LB 16 6'1 225 24 3 Baylor 65 Ed Fulton OG 5 6'3 250 24 2 Maryland 65 Tim Vogler C 10 6'3 245 23 R Ohio State 67 Reggie McKenzie OG 16 6'4 242 29 8 Michigan 68 Joe DeLamielleure OG 16 6'3 245 28 7 Michigan State 69 Ken Jones OT 16 6'5 250 26 4 Arkansas State 70 Joe Devlin OT 16 6'5 250 25 4 Iowa 71 Mike Kadish DT 16 6'5 270 29 7 Notre Dame 73 Jon Borchardt OT 16 6'5 255 22 R Montana State 74 Dee Hardison DE 16 6'4 269 23 2 North Carolina 76 Fred Smerlas DT 13 6'3 270 22 R Boston College 77 Ben Williams DE 16 6'3 245 25 4 Mississippi 78 Scott Hutchinson DE 16 6'4 243 23 2 Florida 80 Jerry Butler WR 13 6'0 178 22 R Clemson 81 Bob Chandler WR 3 6'0 180 30 9 Southern California 82 Frank Lewis WR 15 6'1 196 32 9 Grambling 83 Sherman White DE 15 6'5 250 31 8 California 84 Danny Fulton WR 6 6'2 180 23 1 Nebraska-Omaha 85 Ron Howard TE 1 6'4 230 28 6 Seattle 86 Leonard Willis WR 7 5'11 185 26 4 Ohio State 87 Joe Shipp TE 16 6'4 225 24 1 Southern California 88 Reuben Gant TE 14 6'4 225 27 6 Oklahoma State 89 Lou Piccone WR 16 5'9 175 30 6 West Liberty State 91 Ken Johnson DE 3 6'5 253 24 R Knoxville
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Joe Ferguson 458 238 52.0 3,572 7.80 15.0 14 3.1 15 3.3 43 387 74.4
Bill Munson 7 3 42.9 31 4.43 10.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 56.3
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Frank Lewis 54 1,082 20.0 2 Jerry Butler 48 834 17.4 4 Curtis Brown 39 401 10.3 3 Lou Piccone 33 556 16.8 2 Roland Hooks 26 254 9.8 0 Reuben Gant 19 245 12.9 2 Terry Miller 10 111 11.1 0 Mike Collier 7 43 6.1 0 Joe Shipp 3 43 14.3 1 Danny Fulton 2 34 17.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Curtis Brown 172 574 3.3 1 Terry Miller 139 484 3.5 1 Roland Hooks 89 320 3.6 6 Mike Collier 34 130 3.8 2 Joe Ferguson 22 68 3.1 1 Steve Powell 10 29 2.9 0 Jerry Butler 2 13 6.5 0 Dennis Johnson 3 5 1.7 0 Nick Mike-Mayer 1 4 4.0 0 Frank Lewis 2 -6 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Keith Moody 27 556 20.6 0 Terry Miller 8 160 20.0 0 Mike Collier 7 129 18.4 0 Steve Powell 6 97 16.2 0 Leonard Willis 4 92 23.0 0 Curtis Brown 3 42 14.0 0 Lou Piccone 3 41 13.7 0 Chris Keating 1 14 14.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Keith Moody 38 318 8.4 10 0 Lou Piccone 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 LB Tom Cousineau 66 Ohio State [pick acquired from SF] 1 5 WR Jerry Butler 88 Clemson 2 32 DT Fred Smerlas 200 Boston College 2 51 LB Jim Haslett 94 Indiana (Pa.) [pick acquired from DEN] 3 62 OT Jon Borchardt 130 Montana State 4 83 DE Ken Johnson 76 Knoxville [pick acquired from SF] 4 87 DB Jeff Nixon 43 Richmond 5 114 DB Rod Kush 66 Nebraska-Omaha 5 116 QB Dan Manucci 19 Kansas State [pick acquired from TB via SEA] 6 141 OG Mike Burrow Auburn [pick acquired from BAL] 7 170 TE Tom Mullady 75 S.W. Tennessee 9 226 DE Keven Baker William Penn 10 253 QB Dave Marler Mississippi State 11 279 DB Paul Lawler Colgate 12 308 RB Mike Harris Arizona State
Traded draft picks: #6 to HOU (Darryl Hunt), #8 to PHI (Chuck Correal)
Transactions:
| 05-16-1979 | traded a draft pick to Rams for Bill Simpson |
| 07-11-1979 | traded Buffalo's #4 pick in the 1981 draft to Rams for Isiah Robertson |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Bob Bell on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Connie Zelencik on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Phil Dokes on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Tom Ehlers on injured reserve |
| 08-27-1979 | traded a draft pick to Eagles for Tom Luken |
| 08-28-1979 | placed Bob Chandler on injured reserve |
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 vs Miami Dolphins L 7-9 0-1-0 09/09/79 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 51-24 1-1-0 09/16/79 at San Diego Chargers L 19-27 1-2-0 09/23/79 vs New York Jets W 46-31 2-2-0 09/30/79 at Baltimore Colts W 31-13 3-2-0 10/07/79 vs Chicago Bears L 0-7 3-3-0 10/14/79 at Miami Dolphins L 7-17 3-4-0 10/21/79 vs Baltimore Colts L 13-14 3-5-0 10/28/79 at Detroit Lions W 20-17 4-5-0 11/04/79 vs New England Patriots L 6-26 4-6-0 11/11/79 at New York Jets W 14-12 5-6-0 11/18/79 vs Green Bay Packers W 19-12 6-6-0 11/25/79 at New England Patriots W 16-13 (OT) 7-6-0 12/02/79 vs Denver Broncos L 16-19 7-7-0 12/09/79 at Minnesota Vikings L 3-10 7-8-0 12/16/79 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0-28 7-9-0
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