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