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Joe Collier

Joel D. Collier

Born: June 7, 1932 in Rock Island, IL
College: Northwestern   (school history)

Coaching Results

Year Age Tm Lg G W L T W-L% G plyf W plyf L plyf W-L% Rank Notes
1966 34 Buffalo Bills AFL 14 9 4 1 .692 1 0 1 .000 1
1967 35 Buffalo Bills AFL 14 4 10 0 .286 3
1968 36 Buffalo Bills AFL 2 0 2 0 .000 5
22 yrs 30 13 16 1 .448 1 0 1 .000 2.3 Avg Finish
17 yrs DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
3 yrs BUF 30 13 16 1 .448 1 0 1 .000 3.0
2 yrs NWE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5

Games over .500: -3
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 0
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 1

Team's Ranks

Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.
Overall Offense Rushing Off Passing Off Defense Rushing Def Passing Def
Year Tm Tms WL% T/G Pts± Yds± Yds Pts GvA Att Yds TD Y/A FL Att Yds TD Int NY/A Yds Pts TkA Att Yds TD Y/A FR Att Yds TD Int nY/A
1966 BUF 9 2 5 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 1 4 7 3 5 8 3 6 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 3 6
1967 BUF 9 6 7 6 5 7 8 8 8 8 9 7 6 5 7 8 9 6 2 4 5 6 5 4 4 7 2 1 3 5 2
1968 BUF 10 10 6 9 10 10 10 8 10 9 9 8 7 8 10 10 8 10 5 8 6 10 8 7 6 6 1 3 5 5 8
1972 DEN 26 17 23 18 6 5 9 15 21 18 6 5 8 4 3 7 19 7 9 21 26 8 4 17 5 19 25 16 20 24 6
1973 DEN 26 11 13 9 9 6 3 8 17 14 6 14 1 7 3 3 18 4 19 15 22 5 6 16 9 16 24 24 13 21 18
1974 DEN 26 10 9 13 11 5 7 9 11 5 4 3 10 24 9 7 9 7 21 22 12 15 13 18 11 19 25 24 13 8 19
1975 DEN 26 14 24 16 8 10 17 23 14 13 23 10 8 7 7 15 26 13 9 18 19 16 13 18 6 12 3 7 7 18 14
1976 DEN 28 11 12 8 13 16 7 15 17 19 14 19 3 21 12 15 23 12 8 6 13 11 3 13 2 22 22 12 1 4 9
1977 DEN 28 1 5 3 13 17 10 5 11 11 9 12 14 22 18 12 3 15 9 3 9 7 1 1 1 15 28 25 7 6 8
1978 DEN 28 6 2 4 6 14 15 4 8 8 17 11 10 16 17 10 4 14 6 2 7 8 6 5 4 26 17 14 1 2 12
1979 DEN 28 6 16 12 8 12 20 17 16 18 21 18 13 12 13 15 16 11 10 5 17 5 1 12 1 10 26 23 1 19 18
1980 DEN 28 14 23 15 21 25 16 12 21 20 13 16 6 18 22 26 17 23 15 16 25 22 20 6 12 20 4 14 10 25 21
1981 DEN 28 6 8 15 7 14 17 11 15 21 20 23 14 16 8 4 11 10 6 9 7 5 13 17 22 3 11 5 3 11 5
1982 DEN 28 25 28 26 24 15 20 28 20 17 17 9 28 6 15 23 28 18 24 25 22 18 7 12 2 22 24 26 21 14 25
1983 DEN 28 7 8 19 24 26 21 18 20 23 17 22 15 15 20 20 11 22 21 9 7 14 10 12 9 6 25 23 4 5 18
1984 DEN 28 3 2 5 24 22 11 9 10 10 19 12 20 24 23 10 7 18 25 2 2 4 5 2 10 2 28 27 5 2 14
1985 DEN 28 4 7 8 9 10 8 4 12 16 4 24 1 2 6 8 16 19 13 13 16 15 14 5 16 25 23 14 16 6 9
1986 DEN 28 5 9 9 10 15 6 5 20 20 9 20 8 8 10 9 6 13 9 15 17 4 5 12 13 12 22 16 11 18 11
1987 DEN 28 5 4 5 5 2 4 16 7 12 3 20 14 2 3 9 15 4 9 7 3 11 20 20 26 8 6 5 3 2 9
1988 DEN 28 16 21 15 12 8 15 15 19 19 18 17 4 4 6 7 21 12 22 20 24 26 27 25 28 18 4 7 10 19 12
1991 NWE 28 20 25 23 25 22 25 24 16 18 20 24 26 20 16 26 22 22 26 15 14 20 9 3 4 4 28 27 25 22 25
1992 NWE 28 27 27 27 28 27 27 28 19 22 26 23 28 20 26 25 15 27 19 23 23 28 22 21 6 9 9 17 22 23 25
22 yrs %tile 62 52 55 53 51 53 51 46 45 52 46 57 56 55 51 47 50 54 58 50 57 65 60 69 51 42 46 66 57 51
17 yrs DEN 69 58 61 59 57 60 58 48 47 57 50 66 59 62 61 50 56 53 59 50 62 68 58 66 49 36 43 72 60 55
3 yrs BUF 48 46 51 48 40 40 40 40 40 44 43 39 54 33 18 40 33 76 66 57 51 62 69 72 43 78 75 64 64 54
2 yrs NWE 20 11 14 9 16 11 11 41 32 21 20 7 32 29 13 38 16 23 36 38 18 48 61 86 80 38 25 20 23 14

Coaching History

Year Age Level Employer Role
1966 34 NFL Buffalo Bills Head Coach
1967 35 NFL Buffalo Bills Head Coach
1968 36 NFL Buffalo Bills Head Coach
1972 40 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1973 41 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1974 42 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1975 43 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1976 44 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1977 45 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1978 46 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1979 47 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1980 48 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1981 49 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1982 50 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1983 51 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1984 52 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1985 53 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1986 54 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1987 55 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1988 56 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
1991 59 NFL New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator
1992 60 NFL New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator

Worked For

NFL head coaches this coach worked under in his career.
Name Role
Dick MacPherson Defensive Coordinator
Red Miller Defensive Coordinator
John Ralston Defensive Coordinator
Dan Reeves Defensive Coordinator