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1969 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 230 points (16.4/g), 10th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 359 points (25.6/g), 9th.
Differential of -129 points (-9.2/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 3.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 10th.
Simple Rating System: Total -8.3, Offense: -4.0, Defense: -4.4, SoS: 0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
John Rauch
Training Camp: Niagara University (Niagara Falls, New York)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Jack Kemp* | 34 | 12 | 11 | 170 for 344, 1,981 yards, 13 td, 22 int, & 37 rushes for 124 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| HB | O.J. Simpson* | 22 | Rook | 0 | 181 rushes for 697 yards, 2 td, & 30 catches for 343 yards and 3 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| FB | Wayne Patrick | 23 | 1 | 0 | 83 rushes for 361 yards, 3 td, & 35 catches for 229 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 |
| FL | Marlin Briscoe | 24 | 1 | 0 | 32 catches for 532 yards, 5 td | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| SE | Haven Moses* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 39 catches for 752 yards, 5 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| TE | Billy Masters | 25 | 2 | 0 | 33 catches for 387 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for -3 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967 |
| LT | Mike Richey | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 79th pick / 1969 |
| LG | Angelo Loukas | 22 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Al Bemiller | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961 |
| RG | Joe O'Donnell | 28 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964 |
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| RT | Paul Costa | 28 | 4 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole | 30 | 8 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Jim Dunaway | 28 | 6 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Bob Tatarek | 23 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 | |
| RDE | Mike McBath | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 119th pick / 1968 |
| LLB | Paul Guidry | 25 | 3 | 8 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Harry Jacobs* | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| RLB | Mike Stratton | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| LCB | Booker Edgerson | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Butch Byrd*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| LS | John Pitts | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| RS | George Saimes | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bruce Alford | 24 | 2 | 0 | 17 of 26 field goals & 23 of 24 extra points | Chicago Bears / 5th / 119th pick / 1967 |
| P | Paul Maguire | 31 | 9 | 0 | 78 punts for a 44.5 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Max Anderson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 19 punt returns for a 7.5 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 132nd pick / 1968 |
| KR | Bubba Thornton | 22 | Rook | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 25.0 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 14th / 339th pick / 1969 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Bruce Alford | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | TCU | 4/21/1945 | 2 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 119th pick / 1967 |
| 22 | Max Anderson | 24 | PR | 11 | 0 | 180 | 5-8 | Arizona St. | 6/6/1945 | 1 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 132nd pick / 1968 |
| Teddy Bailey | 25 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 8/12/1944 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 77 | Stew Barber | 30 | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 6/14/1939 | 8 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 30th pick / 1961 |
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| 50 | Al Bemiller | 31 | C | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 8 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 94th pick / 1961 |
| 86 | Marlin Briscoe | 24 | FL | 13 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 1 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| 42 | Butch Byrd*+ | 28 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston Univ. | 9/20/1941 | 5 | 18 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| 52 | Edgar Chandler | 23 | llb | 14 | 6 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia | 8/31/1946 | 1 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 |
| 51 | Jerald Collins | 22 | 9 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | West. Michigan | 2/1/1947 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 79 | Paul Costa | 28 | RT | 14 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | 4 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
| 45 | Hilton Crawford | 24 | 7 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Grambling St. | 2/2/1945 | Rook | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 224th pick / 1969 | |
| 83 | Bobby Crockett | 26 | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 4/3/1943 | 3 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 91st pick / 1966 New York Giants / 19th / 282nd pick / 1966 |
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| 10 | Dan Darragh | 23 | qb | 3 | 2 | 196 | 6-3 | William & Mary | 11/28/1946 | 1 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 336th pick / 1968 |
| 74 | Chuck DeVleigher | 22 | 4 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Memphis | 1/2/1947 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 14th / 361st pick / 1968 | |
| 78 | Jim Dunaway | 28 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 6 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
| 24 | Booker Edgerson | 30 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | West. Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 7 | 8 | |
| 41 | Bill Enyart | 22 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Oregon St. | 4/28/1947 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1969 | |
| 80 | Charley Ferguson | 30 | 4 | 0 | 217 | 6-5 | Tennessee St. | 11/13/1939 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Tom Flores | 32 | 2 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Pacific | 3/21/1937 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Willie Grate | 23 | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | South Carolina St. | 5/25/1946 | Rook | 1 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 143rd pick / 1969 | |
| 59 | Paul Guidry | 25 | LLB | 8 | 8 | 227 | 6-3 | LSU,McNeese St. | 1/14/1944 | 3 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| 12 | James Harris | 22 | qb | 4 | 1 | 210 | 6-4 | Grambling St. | 7/20/1947 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 192nd pick / 1969 |
| 65 | Waddey Harvey | 22 | 14 | 0 | 282 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 3/26/1947 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 183rd pick / 1969 | |
| 64 | Harry Jacobs* | 32 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 9 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| 20 | Robert James | 22 | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Fisk | 7/7/1947 | Rook | 4 | ||
| 15 | Jack Kemp* | 34 | QB | 14 | 11 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 12 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| 54 | Howard Kindig | 28 | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles St. | 6/22/1941 | 4 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1964 |
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| 63 | Bob Kruse | 27 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 6-2 | Colorado St.,Wayne State (NE) | 2/10/1942 | 2 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 306th pick / 1967 | |
| 43 | Monte Ledbetter | 26 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | NW State (LA) | 8/13/1943 | 2 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 95th pick / 1966 Cleveland Browns / 10th / 153rd pick / 1966 |
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| 60 | Angelo Loukas | 22 | LG | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 2/25/1947 | Rook | 4 | |
| 55 | Paul Maguire | 31 | P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 9 | 4 | |
| 87 | Billy Masters | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 3/15/1944 | 2 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967 |
| 76 | Mike McBath | 23 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 5/29/1946 | 1 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 119th pick / 1968 |
| 72 | Ron McDole | 30 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 8 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961 |
| 25 | Haven Moses* | 23 | SE | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | San Diego St. | 7/27/1946 | 1 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| 61 | Julian Nunamaker | 23 | 10 | 0 | 252 | 6-3 | Tenn-Martin | 2/13/1946 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1969 | |
| 67 | Joe O'Donnell | 28 | RG | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/31/1941 | 5 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964 |
| 53 | Dave Ogas | 23 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | San Diego St. | 7/23/1946 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 30 | Wayne Patrick | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Louisville | 9/1/1946 | 1 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 |
| 48 | John Pitts | 24 | LS | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 2/28/1945 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| 28 | Roy Reeves | 23 | 2 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 2/8/1946 | Rook | 0 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 352nd pick / 1969 | |
| 47 | Pete Richardson | 23 | rs | 14 | 5 | 193 | 6-0 | Dayton | 10/17/1946 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 173rd pick / 1968 |
| 75 | Mike Richey | 22 | LT | 14 | 0 | 263 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 1/30/1947 | Rook | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 79th pick / 1969 |
| 31 | Preston Ridlehuber | 26 | 9 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Georgia | 11/2/1943 | 3 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 166th pick / 1966 New York Jets / 19th / 168th pick / 1966 |
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| 26 | George Saimes | 28 | RS | 8 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 9/1/1941 | 6 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| 66 | Billy Shaw* | 31 | 13 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 8 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 184th pick / 1961 |
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| 14 | Tom Sherman | 24 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Penn St. | 12/5/1945 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 32 | O.J. Simpson* | 22 | HB | 13 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | USC | 7/9/1947 | Rook | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| 58 | Mike Stratton | 28 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 7 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| 71 | Bob Tatarek | 23 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 7/3/1946 | 1 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 |
| 34 | Bubba Thornton | 22 | KR | 14 | 0 | 174 | 6-0 | TCU | 3/9/1947 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 14th / 339th pick / 1969 |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 14 | 224.4 | 6-2.2 | 3.0 |
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