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1980 Buffalo Bills: 11-5-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (156 points scored, 104 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (164 points scored, 156 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox 320 points scored (13th of 28 teams), 260 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 262 461 2,750 (23) 5.72 20 19 603 2,222 ( 8) 3.7 17 4,972 (18) 41 Defense: 240 433 2,282 ( 2) 4.90 15 24 486 1,819 ( 9) 3.7 14 4,101 ( 1) 44


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Nick Mike-Mayer K 16 5'8 185 30 8 Temple 7 Greg Cater P 16 6'0 191 23 R Tennessee-Chattanooga 10 David Humm QB 16 6'2 190 28 6 Nebraska 11 Dan Manucci QB 2 6'2 194 23 2 Kansas State 12 Joe Ferguson QB 16 6'1 195 30 8 Arkansas 20 Joe Cribbs RB 16 5'11 190 22 R Auburn 21 Rufus Bess DB 16 5'9 180 24 2 South Carolina State 21 Doug Greene DB 8 6'2 205 24 3 Texas A&I 22 Steve Freeman DB 16 5'11 185 27 6 Mississippi State 25 Roland Hooks RB 16 6'0 195 27 5 North Carolina State 26 Charles Romes DB 16 6'1 190 25 4 North Carolina Central 29 Mario Clark DB 16 6'2 195 26 5 Oregon 38 Jeff Nixon DB 7 6'3 190 24 2 Richmond 40 Terry Miller RB 15 5'10 196 24 3 Oklahoma State 41 Phil Villapiano LB 16 6'2 225 31 10 Bowling Green 42 Rod Kush DB 5 6'0 188 23 1 Nebraska-Omaha 45 Bill Simpson DB 11 6'1 191 28 6 Michigan State 46 Roland Solomon DB 1 6'0 196 24 1 Utah 47 Curtis Brown RB 16 5'10 203 25 4 Missouri 48 Roosevelt Leaks RB 16 5'10 225 27 6 Texas 51 Jim Ritcher C 14 6'3 251 22 R North Carolina State 52 Chris Keating LB 15 6'2 223 23 2 Maine 53 Will Grant C 16 6'3 248 26 3 Kentucky 55 Jim Haslett LB 16 6'3 232 24 2 Indiana (Pa.) 57 Lucius Sanford LB 16 6'2 216 24 3 Georgia Tech 58 Isiah Robertson LB 16 6'3 225 31 10 Southern 59 Shane Nelson LB 16 6'1 225 25 4 Baylor 62 Ervin Parker LB 16 6'4 225 22 R South Carolina State 65 Tim Vogler C 10 6'3 245 24 2 Ohio State 67 Reggie McKenzie OG 16 6'4 242 30 9 Michigan 69 Conrad Dobler OG 16 6'3 255 30 9 Wyoming 70 Joe Devlin OT 16 6'5 250 26 5 Iowa 71 Mike Kadish DT 16 6'5 270 30 8 Notre Dame 72 Ken Jones OT 16 6'5 250 27 5 Arkansas State 73 Jon Borchardt OG 16 6'5 255 23 2 Montana State 74 Dee Hardison OT 16 6'4 269 24 3 North Carolina 76 Fred Smerlas DT 16 6'3 270 23 2 Boston College 77 Ben Williams DE 16 6'3 245 26 5 Mississippi 78 Scott Hutchinson DE 16 6'4 243 24 3 Florida 80 Jerry Butler WR 16 6'0 178 23 2 Clemson 81 Ron Jessie WR 16 6'0 181 32 10 Kansas 82 Frank Lewis WR 15 6'1 196 33 10 Grambling 83 Sherman White DE 15 6'5 250 32 9 California 84 Duke Fergerson WR 9 6'1 185 26 4 San Diego State 85 Artie Owens WR 4 5'10 182 27 5 West Virginia 86 Mark Brammer TE 16 6'3 238 22 R Michigan State 88 Reuben Gant TE 16 6'4 225 28 7 Oklahoma State 89 Lou Piccone WR 9 5'9 175 31 7 West Liberty State 91 Ken Johnson DE 16 6'5 253 25 2 Knoxville 97 Darrell Irvin DE 7 6'4 255 23 1 Oklahoma
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Ferguson 439 251 57.2 2,805 6.39 11.2 20 4.6 18 4.1 13 129 74.5 David Humm 14 4 28.6 39 2.79 9.8 0 0.0 1 7.1 2 9 9.8 Dan Manucci 6 5 83.3 64 10.67 12.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 48 111.1 Greg Cater 1 1 100.0 15 15.00 15.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Joe Cribbs 1 1 100.0 13 13.00 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jerry Butler           57    832   14.6    6
Joe Cribbs             52    415    8.0    1
Frank Lewis            40    648   16.2    6
Curtis Brown           27    137    5.1    0
Mark Brammer           26    283   10.9    4
Roland Hooks           23    179    7.8    0
Reuben Gant            12    181   15.1    1
Roosevelt Leaks         8     57    7.1    1
Lou Piccone             7     82   11.7    0
Ron Jessie              4     56   14.0    1
Duke Fergerson          3     41   13.7    0
Terry Miller            3     25    8.3    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Joe Cribbs            306  1,185    3.9   11
Curtis Brown          153    559    3.7    3
Roosevelt Leaks        67    219    3.3    2
Roland Hooks           25    118    4.7    1
Joe Ferguson           31     65    2.1    0
Terry Miller           12     35    2.9    0
Dan Manucci             3     29    9.7    0
Jerry Butler            1     18   18.0    0
Mark Brammer            1      8    8.0    0
David Humm              1      5    5.0    0
Ron Jessie              1     -9   -9.0    0
Greg Cater              2    -10   -5.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Terry Miller           16    303   18.9    0
Curtis Brown           10    181   18.1    0
Artie Owens             8    157   19.6    0
Roland Hooks            7    109   15.6    0
Chris Keating           3     38   12.7    0
Joe Cribbs              2     39   19.5    0
Tim Vogler              1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Joe Cribbs             29    154    5.3    7    0
Roland Hooks            8     90   11.2    2    0
Lou Piccone             2     15    7.5    3    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Greg Cater 73 2,828 38.7 16 12 1 34 204 31.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Nick Mike-Mayer 0/0 4/4 4/9 5/9 0/1 13/23 37/39 76 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Mario Clark 1.0 1 0 0 Steve Freeman 7 107 1 Jim Haslett 2.0 2 30 0 Mike Kadish 1.0 Shane Nelson 1.0 Jeff Nixon 5 81 1 Isiah Robertson 1.5 2 39 0 Charles Romes 2 41 0 Lucius Sanford 3.0 Bill Simpson 4 36 0 Fred Smerlas 6.5 Sherman White 5.0 1 0 0 Ben Williams 12.0
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 C Jim Ritcher 218 North Carolina State [pick acquired from SEA] 2 29 RB Joe Cribbs 102 Auburn [pick acquired from SF] 2 37 QB Gene Bradley Arkansas State 3 67 TE Mark Brammer 65 Michigan State 3 71 OG John Schmeding Boston College [pick acquired from SEA] 4 93 LB Ervin Parker 57 South Carolina State 5 119 DB Jeff Pyburn Georgia 5 129 DB Keith Lee 68 Colorado State [pick acquired from WAS] 8 202 QB Todd Krueger Northern Michigan 9 231 DB Kent Davis S.E. Missouri State 10 259 P Greg Cater 77 Tennessee-Chattanooga 11 286 DT Joe Gordon Grambling 12 316 TE Roger Lapham Maine

Traded draft picks: #1 to SEA (Jacob Green), #7 to SD (Chuck Loewen)


Transactions:
04-22-1980traded Bob Chandler to Raiders for Phil Villapiano
04-29-1980traded Buffalo's #1 pick in the 1980 draft to Seahawks for Oakland's #1 pick and Seattle's #3 pick in the 1980 draft
05-30-1980claimed Roosevelt Leaks on waivers from Colts
07-03-1980traded Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1981 draft to Saints for Conrad Dobler
08-01-1980traded Buffalo's #7 pick in the 1981 draft to Rams for Ron Jessie
09-01-1980traded Joe DeLamielleure to Browns for Cleveland's #2 pick in the 1981 draft and #3 pick in the 1982 draft
09-01-1980traded an unspecified 1981 draft pick to Cowboys for Wade Manning
10-08-1980traded Buffalo's #6 pick in the 1983 draft to Dolphins for Bill Simpson


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
01/03/81    at San Diego Chargers      L 14-20


1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    vs Miami Dolphins          W 17-7        1-0-0
09/14/80    vs New York Jets           W 20-10       2-0-0
09/21/80    at New Orleans Saints      W 35-26       3-0-0
09/28/80    vs Oakland Raiders         W 24-7        4-0-0
10/05/80    at San Diego Chargers      W 26-24       5-0-0
10/12/80    vs Baltimore Colts         L 12-17       5-1-0
10/19/80    at Miami Dolphins          L 14-17       5-2-0
10/26/80    vs New England Patriots    W 31-13       6-2-0
11/02/80    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 14-30       6-3-0
11/09/80    at New York Jets           W 31-24       7-3-0
11/16/80    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 14-0        8-3-0
11/23/80    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 28-13       9-3-0
11/30/80    at Baltimore Colts         L 24-28       9-4-0
12/07/80    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 10-7 (OT)   10-4-0
12/14/80    at New England Patriots    L 2-24        10-5-0
12/21/80    at San Francisco 49ers     W 18-13       11-5-0

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