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1973 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 259 points (18.5/g), 15th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 230 points (16.4/g), 10th.
Differential of 29 points (2.1/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 8th.
Coached by Lou Saban (9-5-0)
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1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 16 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | New England Patriots | 31 | 13 | 23 | 459 | 99 | 360 | 2 | 17 | 297 | 190 | 107 | 4 |
| 2 | Sun | September 23 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 34 | 16 | 287 | 139 | 148 | 4 | 17 | 354 | 249 | 105 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 30 | box | W | 2-1 | New York Jets | 9 | 7 | 15 | 272 | 64 | 208 | 3 | 17 | 250 | 148 | 102 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 3-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 26 | 16 | 276 | 47 | 229 | 1 | 28 | 451 | 176 | 275 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 4-1 | Baltimore Colts | 31 | 13 | 18 | 311 | 52 | 259 | 3 | 13 | 203 | 60 | 143 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 21 | box | L | 4-2 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 6 | 27 | 8 | 76 | 1 | 75 | 2 | 18 | 310 | 127 | 183 | 5 |
| 7 | Mon | October 29 | box | W | 5-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 23 | 14 | 21 | 309 | 63 | 246 | 3 | 8 | 105 | 67 | 38 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 4 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 0 | 13 | 10 | 190 | 66 | 124 | 1 | 19 | 281 | 166 | 115 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 11 | box | L | 5-4 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 16 | 10 | 180 | 30 | 150 | 2 | 18 | 281 | 120 | 161 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 5-5 | Miami Dolphins | 0 | 17 | 15 | 309 | 71 | 238 | 2 | 17 | 277 | 123 | 154 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 25 | box | W | 6-5 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 17 | 16 | 384 | 169 | 215 | 2 | 15 | 221 | 69 | 152 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 7-5 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 6 | 17 | 334 | 95 | 239 | 1 | 12 | 272 | 147 | 125 | 3 |
| 13 | Sun | December 9 | box | W | 8-5 | New England Patriots | 37 | 13 | 13 | 324 | 31 | 293 | 20 | 390 | 292 | 98 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 16 | box | W | 9-5 | @ | New York Jets | 34 | 14 | 21 | 374 | 70 | 304 | 1 | 12 | 223 | 184 | 39 | |