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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.
Coached by John Rauch (4-10-0)
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1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| 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 |
| LT | Stew Barber | 30 | 8 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Angelo Loukas | 22 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Al Bemiller | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| RG | Joe O'Donnell | 28 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 |
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| RT | Paul Costa | 28 | 4 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole | 30 | 8 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Jim Dunaway | 28 | 6 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Bob Tatarek | 23 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 |
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| 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 |
| LLB | Edgar Chandler | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 |
| 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 |
| RS | Pete Richardson | 23 | Rook | 5 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 173rd pick / 1968 |
| 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 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bruce Alford | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | TCU | 4/21/1945 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 119th pick / 1967 |
| Max Anderson | 24 | RB | 11 | 0 | 180 | 5-8 | Arizona State | 6/6/1945 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 132nd pick / 1968 |
| Teddy Bailey | 25 | RB | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 8/12/1944 | 2 | |
| Stew Barber | 30 | T-LB-G | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn State | 6/14/1939 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
| Al Bemiller | 31 | C-G-T | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 24 | WR-QB-FL | 13 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| Butch Byrd*+ | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston University | 9/20/1941 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| Edgar Chandler | 23 | LB | 14 | 6 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia | 8/31/1946 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 |
| Jerald Collins | 22 | LB | 9 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Western Michigan | 2/1/1947 | Rook | |
| Paul Costa | 28 | TE-T | 14 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 |
| Hilton Crawford | 24 | DB | 7 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 2/2/1945 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 224th pick / 1969 |
| Bobby Crockett | 26 | SE-WR | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 4/3/1943 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 91st pick / 1966 |
| Dan Darragh | 23 | QB | 3 | 2 | 196 | 6-3 | William & Mary | 11/28/1946 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 336th pick / 1968 |
| Chuck DeVleigher | 22 | DT | 4 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Memphis | 1/2/1947 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 14th / 361st pick / 1968 |
| Jim Dunaway | 28 | DT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| Booker Edgerson | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Western Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 7 | |
| Bill Enyart | 22 | RB-LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Oregon State | 4/28/1947 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1969 |
| Charley Ferguson | 30 | WR-TE | 4 | 0 | 217 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 11/13/1939 | 8 | |
| Tom Flores | 32 | QB | 2 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Pacific | 3/21/1937 | 9 | |
| Willie Grate | 23 | TE | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | South Carolina State | 5/25/1946 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 143rd pick / 1969 |
| Paul Guidry | 25 | LB | 8 | 8 | 227 | 6-3 | LSU,McNeese State | 1/14/1944 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| James Harris | 22 | QB | 4 | 1 | 210 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 7/20/1947 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 192nd pick / 1969 |
| Waddey Harvey | 22 | DT | 14 | 0 | 282 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 3/26/1947 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 183rd pick / 1969 |
| Harry Jacobs* | 32 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Robert James | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Fisk | 7/7/1947 | Rook | |
| Jack Kemp* | 34 | QB | 14 | 11 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| Howard Kindig | 28 | DE-T | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles State | 6/22/1941 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 |
| Bob Kruse | 27 | G-T | 3 | 0 | 259 | 6-2 | Colorado State,Wayne State (NE) | 2/10/1942 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 306th pick / 1967 |
| Monte Ledbetter | 26 | WR | 2 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | Northwest State (LA) | 8/13/1943 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 95th pick / 1966 |
| Angelo Loukas | 22 | G-T | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 2/25/1947 | Rook | |
| Paul Maguire | 31 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 9 | |
| Billy Masters | 25 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 3/15/1944 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967 |
| Mike McBath | 23 | DE-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Penn State | 5/29/1946 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 119th pick / 1968 |
| Ron McDole | 30 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| Haven Moses* | 23 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 7/27/1946 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| Julian Nunamaker | 23 | DE-DT | 10 | 0 | 252 | 6-3 | Tennessee-Martin | 2/13/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1969 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 28 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/31/1941 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 |
| Dave Ogas | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 7/23/1946 | 1 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Louisville | 9/1/1946 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 |
| John Pitts | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/28/1945 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| Roy Reeves | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 2/8/1946 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 14th / 352nd pick / 1969 |
| Pete Richardson | 23 | DB | 14 | 5 | 193 | 6-0 | Dayton | 10/17/1946 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 173rd pick / 1968 |
| Mike Richey | 22 | T | 14 | 0 | 263 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 1/30/1947 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 79th pick / 1969 |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Georgia | 11/2/1943 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 166th pick / 1966 |
| George Saimes | 28 | DB | 8 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 9/1/1941 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Billy Shaw* | 31 | G | 13 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Tom Sherman | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Penn State | 12/5/1945 | 1 | |
| O.J. Simpson* | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | USC | 7/9/1947 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| Mike Stratton | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| Bob Tatarek | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 7/3/1946 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 |
| Bubba Thornton | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 174 | 6-0 | TCU | 3/9/1947 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 14th / 339th pick / 1969 |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 14 | 224.4 | 6-2.2 | 3.0 |