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Jim Ringo

James Stephen Ringo

Position: C
Height: 6-1    Weight: 232 lbs.

Born: November 21, 1931 in Orange, NJ
Died: November 19, 2007 in Chesapeake, VA
College: Syracuse   (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 7th round (79th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
10-time Pro Bowler & 6-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1981

Playing Record

Coaching Results

Year Age Tm Lg G W L T W-L% G plyf W plyf L plyf W-L% Rank Notes
1976 45 Buffalo Bills NFL 9 0 9 0 .000 5
1977 46 Buffalo Bills NFL 14 3 11 0 .214 4
9 yrs 23 3 20 0 .130 0 0 0 3.4 Avg Finish
6 yrs BUF 23 3 20 0 .130 0 0 0 3.8
3 yrs NWE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7

Games over .500: -17
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 0
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 0

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
1976 BUF 28 26 16 23 16 12 20 24 9 3 19 2 28 10 18 14 13 22 23 24 7 18 23 22 26 4 5 20 20 12 23
1977 BUF 28 24 25 28 17 8 26 22 27 18 28 8 24 1 1 18 22 16 23 25 15 25 25 25 22 20 5 16 24 11 27
1979 NWE 28 11 9 3 3 8 2 15 6 15 15 22 11 13 8 1 16 10 3 15 6 3 5 20 7 3 15 8 3 17 3
1980 NWE 28 10 14 5 7 10 2 9 4 7 5 21 3 26 12 7 25 1 8 17 16 9 11 8 17 25 8 7 25 11 9
1981 NWE 28 27 27 19 18 9 15 26 16 15 3 12 7 17 6 22 28 4 25 22 23 28 28 23 26 14 1 6 10 24 21
1985 BUF 28 27 28 28 24 25 28 28 27 24 20 16 24 11 21 28 28 23 17 20 18 27 26 22 22 17 4 11 21 16 18
1986 BUF 28 24 28 23 22 19 20 19 25 21 23 13 24 19 15 9 10 11 24 20 28 10 9 23 8 28 24 27 11 27 23
1987 BUF 28 15 24 19 16 16 24 25 17 17 23 16 27 7 18 15 15 24 12 12 20 27 22 11 11 16 4 9 20 17 14
1988 BUF 28 1 16 5 6 12 14 10 6 7 12 12 16 23 15 20 7 6 4 3 19 13 12 10 11 7 3 4 6 23 7
9 yrs %tile 38 29 43 52 56 44 33 49 53 45 55 38 53 58 50 38 57 48 41 43 40 40 38 44 50 76 61 48 41 46
6 yrs BUF 34 22 29 43 49 25 27 38 50 29 64 18 61 51 42 47 43 42 42 40 32 34 36 44 49 77 52 43 40 37
3 yrs NWE 46 44 71 70 71 81 44 73 60 76 38 79 37 73 68 21 86 61 39 50 56 51 43 44 54 75 79 58 42 64

Coaching History

Year Age Level Employer Role
1976 45 NFL Buffalo Bills Head Coach
1977 46 NFL Buffalo Bills Head Coach
1979 48 NFL New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator
1980 49 NFL New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator
1981 50 NFL New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator
1985 54 NFL Buffalo Bills Offensive Coordinator
1986 55 NFL Buffalo Bills Offensive Coordinator
1987 56 NFL Buffalo Bills Offensive Coordinator
1988 57 NFL Buffalo Bills Offensive Coordinator

Worked For

NFL head coaches this coach worked under in his career.
Name Role
Hank Bullough Offensive Coordinator
Ron Erhardt Offensive Coordinator
Marv Levy Offensive Coordinator
Kay Stephenson Offensive Coordinator