1979 Buffalo Bills roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Rusty Jackson 96 3,671 38.2 11 14 0 61 555 30.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Nick Mike-Mayer 0/0 8/8 8/10 4/11 0/0 20/29 17/18 77 Tom Dempsey 1/1 0/0 0/2 0/1 0/0 1/ 4 8/11 11 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Mario Clark 5 95 0 Steve Freeman 3 62 1 Doug Greene 1 21 0 Tony Greene 1 10 0 Dee Hardison 4.5 Jim Haslett 1.0 2 15 0 Scott Hutchinson 2.0 Mike Kadish 3.0 Shane Nelson 3.0 1 13 0 Jeff Nixon 6 81 0 Isiah Robertson 1.0 2 29 1 Charles Romes 1 0 0 Lucius Sanford 2 44 0 Fred Smerlas 2.0 Sherman White 5.5 Ben Williams 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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