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1970 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 3-10-1, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 204 points (14.6/g), 23rd of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 337 points (24.1/g), 23rd.
Differential of -133 points (-9.5/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 3.3-10.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -26 (-1.9/g), 26th.
Simple Rating System: Total -12.3, Offense: -5.8, Defense: -6.5, SoS: -2.8, 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 | Dennis Shaw | 23 | Rook | 12 | 178 for 321, 2,507 yards, 10 td, 20 int, & 39 rushes for 210 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 30th pick / 1970 |
| RB | O.J. Simpson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 120 rushes for 488 yards, 5 td, & 10 catches for 139 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| FB | Wayne Patrick | 24 | 2 | 0 | 66 rushes for 259 yards, 1 td, & 16 catches for 142 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Marlin Briscoe* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 57 catches for 1,036 yards, 8 td, & 3 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Haven Moses | 24 | 2 | 0 | 39 catches for 726 yards, 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| TE | Austin Denney | 26 | 3 | 0 | 14 catches for 201 yards, 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 160th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Howard Kindig | 29 | 5 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1964 |
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| LG | Richard Cheek | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 186th pick / 1970 |
| C | Frank Marchlewski | 27 | 5 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 152nd pick / 1965 |
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| RG | Joe O'Donnell | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964 |
| RT | Paul Costa | 29 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole | 31 | 9 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Jim Dunaway | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
| RDT | Waddey Harvey | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 183rd pick / 1969 |
| RDE | Al Cowlings | 23 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1970 | |
| LLB | Paul Guidry | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Edgar Chandler | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 |
| RLB | Mike Stratton | 29 | 8 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 | |
| LCB | Robert James | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RCB | Butch Byrd | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| SS | John Pitts | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| FS | Pete Richardson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 173rd pick / 1968 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Grant Guthrie | 22 | Rook | 0 | 10 of 19 field goals & 24 of 25 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 135th pick / 1970 |
| P | Paul Maguire | 32 | 10 | 0 | 83 punts for a 38.9 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Tommy Pharr | 23 | Rook | 0 | 23 punt returns for a 8.0 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Glenn Alexander | 23 | Rook | 0 | 12 kick returns for a 17.0 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 67th pick / 1970 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Glenn Alexander | 23 | KR | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Grambling St. | 6/3/1947 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 67th pick / 1970 |
| 21 | Jackie Allen | 23 | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Baylor | 9/24/1947 | 1 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 153rd pick / 1969 | |
| 56 | Al Andrews | 25 | 8 | 0 | 216 | 6-3 | Laney College (CA),New Mexico St. | 7/10/1945 | Rook | 3 | ||
| 86 | Marlin Briscoe* | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 2 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| 42 | Butch Byrd | 29 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston Univ. | 9/20/1941 | 6 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| 74 | Levert Carr | 26 | 7 | 0 | 273 | 6-2 | North Central | 6/30/1944 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 52 | Edgar Chandler | 24 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia | 8/31/1946 | 2 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 |
| 73 | Richard Cheek | 22 | LG | 14 | 0 | 266 | 6-3 | Auburn | 1/19/1948 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 186th pick / 1970 |
| 51 | Jerald Collins | 23 | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | West. Michigan | 2/1/1947 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 79 | Paul Costa | 29 | RT | 14 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | 5 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
| 82 | Al Cowlings | 23 | RDE | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | USC | 6/16/1947 | Rook | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1970 |
| 63 | Dick Cunningham | 26 | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 10/12/1944 | 3 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966 | |
| 10 | Dan Darragh | 24 | qb | 3 | 2 | 196 | 6-3 | William & Mary | 11/28/1946 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 336th pick / 1968 |
| 84 | Austin Denney | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 1/2/1944 | 3 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 160th pick / 1966 |
| 78 | Jim Dunaway | 29 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 7 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
| 41 | Bill Enyart | 23 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Oregon St. | 4/28/1947 | 1 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1969 | |
| 53 | Wayne Fowler | 22 | 10 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Richmond | 1/23/1948 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 161st pick / 1970 | |
| 69 | Jerry Gantt | 22 | 6 | 0 | 266 | 6-4 | North Carolina Central | 8/20/1948 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 82nd pick / 1970 | |
| 24 | Bob Gladieux | 23 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 1/2/1947 | 1 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 188th pick / 1969 | |
| 26 | Clyde Glosson | 23 | 11 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Texas-El Paso | 1/22/1947 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 182nd pick / 1970 | |
| 85 | Willie Grate | 24 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | South Carolina St. | 5/25/1946 | 1 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 143rd pick / 1969 | |
| 59 | Paul Guidry | 26 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | LSU,McNeese St. | 1/14/1944 | 4 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| 7 | Grant Guthrie | 22 | K | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 2/9/1948 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 135th pick / 1970 |
| 12 | James Harris | 23 | 7 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Grambling St. | 7/20/1947 | 1 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 192nd pick / 1969 | |
| 65 | Waddey Harvey | 23 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 282 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 3/26/1947 | 1 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 183rd pick / 1969 |
| 28 | Ike Hill | 23 | 6 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Catawba | 4/15/1947 | Rook | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 232nd pick / 1970 | |
| 20 | Robert James | 23 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Fisk | 7/7/1947 | 1 | 6 | |
| 36 | Greg Jones | 22 | 10 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | UCLA | 2/12/1948 | Rook | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 129th pick / 1970 | |
| 54 | Howard Kindig | 29 | LT | 10 | 8 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles St. | 6/22/1941 | 5 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1964 |
| 75 | Art Laster | 22 | t | 14 | 6 | 280 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 3/2/1948 | Rook | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 128th pick / 1970 |
| 55 | Paul Maguire | 32 | P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 10 | 1 | |
| 57 | Frank Marchlewski | 27 | C | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 10/14/1943 | 5 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 152nd pick / 1965 |
| 76 | Mike McBath | 24 | 12 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 5/29/1946 | 2 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 119th pick / 1968 | |
| 64 | Mike McCaffrey | 24 | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | California | 4/11/1946 | Rook | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 95th pick / 1969 | |
| 72 | Ron McDole | 31 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 9 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 50th pick / 1961 |
| 80 | Jim McFarland | 23 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 10/4/1947 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 164th pick / 1970 | |
| 25 | Haven Moses | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | San Diego St. | 7/27/1946 | 2 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| 40 | Roland Moss | 24 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Toledo | 9/20/1946 | 1 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 181st pick / 1969 | |
| 88 | Julian Nunamaker | 24 | 8 | 0 | 252 | 6-3 | Tenn-Martin | 2/13/1946 | 1 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1969 | |
| 67 | Joe O'Donnell | 29 | RG | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/31/1941 | 6 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964 |
| 33 | Lloyd Pate | 24 | 9 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 3/11/1946 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 287th pick / 1969 | |
| 30 | Wayne Patrick | 24 | FB | 9 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Louisville | 9/1/1946 | 2 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 |
| 27 | Tommy Pharr | 23 | PR | 10 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Mississippi St. | 7/31/1947 | Rook | 0 | |
| 48 | John Pitts | 25 | SS | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 2/28/1945 | 3 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| 61 | Jim Reilly | 22 | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 2/8/1948 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1970 | |
| 47 | Pete Richardson | 24 | FS | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Dayton | 10/17/1946 | 1 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 173rd pick / 1968 |
| 16 | Dennis Shaw | 23 | QB | 14 | 12 | 217 | 6-3 | USC,San Diego St. | 3/3/1947 | Rook | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 30th pick / 1970 |
| 32 | O.J. Simpson | 23 | RB | 8 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | USC | 7/9/1947 | 1 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| 58 | Mike Stratton | 29 | RLB | 9 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 8 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| 71 | Bob Tatarek | 24 | 4 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 7/3/1946 | 2 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 | |
| Team Total | 24.6 | 14 | 229.4 | 6-2.4 | 2.0 |
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