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1974 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 264 points (18.9/g), 12th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 244 points (17.4/g), 12th.
 Differential of 20 points (1.4/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 11th.

Coached by Lou Saban (9-5-0)

1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 16 box W 1-0 Oakland Raiders 21 20 22 306 106 200 1 18 252 100 152 2
2 Sun September 22 box L 1-1 Miami Dolphins 16 24 16 264 157 107 3 16 248 72 176 3
3 Sun September 29 box W 2-1 New York Jets 16 12 17 223 223 2 7 139 33 106 3
4 Sun October 6 box W 3-1 @ Green Bay Packers 27 7 22 305 157 148 2 18 231 131 100 3
5 Sun October 13 box W 4-1 @ Baltimore Colts 27 14 15 306 125 181 2 11 162 1 161 2
6 Sun October 20 box W 5-1 New England Patriots 30 28 19 315 135 180 19 320 131 189 2
7 Sun October 27 box W 6-1 Chicago Bears 16 6 16 226 100 126 17 258 159 99 1
8 Sun November 3 box W 7-1 @ New England Patriots 29 28 22 327 224 103 4 20 355 200 155 3
9 Sun November 10 box L 7-2 Houston Oilers 9 21 16 224 91 133 6 10 174 59 115 4
10 Sun November 17 box L 7-3 @ Miami Dolphins 28 35 16 271 139 132 2 21 382 222 160 2
11 Sun November 24 box W 8-3 @ Cleveland Browns 15 10 10 197 9 188 19 277 130 147 3
12 Sun December 1 box W 9-3 Baltimore Colts 6 0 9 184 46 138 1 10 144 98 46 1
13 Sun December 8 box L 9-4 @ New York Jets 10 20 12 220 94 126 3 12 226 131 95 1
14 Sun December 15 box L 9-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 19 8 218 109 109 3 21 321 144 177 1
Playoffs
Division Sun December 22 box L 9-6 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 32

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 264 3586 829 4.3 220 128 251 1492 14 15 5.3 85 545 2094 11 3.8 118 29 14 17
Team Defense 244 3489 832 4.2 342 146 311 1611 11 20 4.7 97 489 1878 19 3.8 219 31 11 26
Lg Rank Offense 12 23 20 26 25 12 7 16 5 9 18 14 7 14
Lg Rank Defense 12 5 7 3 3 4 12 4 16 14 22 13 16 19

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Joe Ferguson 24 QB 14 14 119 232 51.3 1588 12 5.2 12 5.2 55 6.8 5.0 13.3 113.4 69.0 32 235 5.1 3.5 12.1
Gary Marangi 22 3 0 9 18 50.0 140 2 11.1 3 16.7 44 7.8 1.4 15.6 46.7 73.6 1 1 7.3 1.3 5.3
O.J. Simpson*+ 27 RB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.0 14 128 251 51.0 1728 14 5.6 15 6.0 55 6.9 4.8 13.5 123.4 67.0 33 236 5.3 3.4 11.6
Opp Total 14 146 311 46.9 1611 11 3.5 20 6.4 5.2 2.6 11.0 115.1 47.8 32 287 4.7 1.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
O.J. Simpson*+ 27 RB 14 0 270 1125 3 41 4.2 80.4 19.3 15 189 12.6 1 29 1.1 13.5 1314 4 7
Jim Braxton 25 FB 12 0 146 543 4 21 3.7 45.3 12.2 18 171 9.5 0 15 1.5 14.3 714 4 5
Joe Ferguson 24 QB 14 14 54 111 2 15 2.1 7.9 3.9 111 2 14
Larry Watkins 28 10 0 41 170 2 13 4.1 17.0 4.1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.7 177 2 0
Don Calhoun 22 14 1 21 88 0 15 4.2 6.3 1.5 2 10 5.0 0 7 0.1 0.7 98 0 0
Gary Hayman 23 1 0 7 31 0 8 4.4 31.0 7.0 31 0 0
Gary Marangi 22 3 0 4 20 0 16 5.0 6.7 1.3 20 0 2
Wayne Mosley 22 3 0 2 6 0 4 3.0 2.0 0.7 6 0 0
Ahmad Rashad 25 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 433 12.0 4 29 2.6 30.9 433 4 0
J.D. Hill 26 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 572 17.9 6 55 2.3 40.9 572 6 0
Paul Seymour 24 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 246 16.4 2 40 1.1 17.6 246 2 0
Bob Chandler 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 88 12.6 1 21 0.5 6.3 88 1 0
Donnie Green 26 RT 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 0 0 0
Ed Jenkins 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.3 4.0 12 0 0
Team Total 25.0 14 545 2094 11 41 3.8 149.6 38.9 128 1728 13.5 14 55 9.1 123.4 3822 25 32
Opp Total 14 489 1878 19 3.8 134.1 34.9 146 1611 11.0 11 10.4 115.1 3489 30 26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Donnie Walker 24 RET 14 0 43 384 0 52 8.9 1 20 0 20 20.0 404
Wallace Francis 23 RET 14 0 37 947 0 74 25.6 947
Bill Cahill 23 14 0 10 62 0 15 6.2 1 26 0 26 26.0 88
Don Calhoun 22 14 1 6 90 0 25 15.0 188
Bo Cornell 25 LOLB 14 0 3 45 0 20 15.0 45
Gary Hayman 23 1 0 2 13 0 11 6.5 44
Neal Craig 26 SS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Rex Kern 25 8 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Ahmad Rashad 25 WR 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 433
Team Total 25.0 14 56 460 0 52 8.2 50 1128 0 74 22.6 5410
Opp Total 14 45 0 58 1345 0 23.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
John Leypoldt 28 K 14 0 10 8 9 6 12 5 2 33 19 57.6% 29 25 86.2%
Spike Jones 27 P 8 0 35 1305 56 0 37.3
Marv Bateman 24 5 0 34 1494 66 0 43.9
Team Total 25.0 14 10 8 9 6 12 5 2 33 19 57.6% 29 25 86.2% 69 2799 66 0 40.6
Opp Total 14 15 8 53.3% 32 28 87.5% 77 2857 37.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Doug Allen 23 LILB 14 8 1 16 0 16 0 2 0 0
Jim Braxton 25 FB 12 0 5 1 0 0
Jim Cheyunski 29 RILB 14 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Bo Cornell 25 LOLB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Costa 33 14 0 0 2 3 0
Neal Craig 26 SS 14 0 1 55 1 55 0 1 19 0
Joe DeLamielleure 23 RG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Joe Ferguson 24 QB 14 14 14 5 -13 0
Dave Foley 27 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Tony Greene+ 25 FS 12 12 9 157 0 38 0 1 0 0
Halvor Hagen 27 8 0 0 2 0 0
Dwight Harrison 26 RCB 13 0 1 24 0 24
Robert James*+ 27 LCB 14 0 3 13 0 8 0 1 0 0
Rex Kern 25 8 0 0 1 0 0
Merv Krakau 23 11 0 1 37 0 37
Rich Lewis 24 2 0 1 33 0 33
Gary Marangi 22 3 0 2 1 0 0
Wayne Mosley 22 3 0 0 1 -2 0
Walt Patulski 24 LDE 14 0 0 1 3 0
Ahmad Rashad 25 WR 14 0 0 2 0 2
O.J. Simpson*+ 27 RB 14 0 7 1 0 0
John Skorupan 23 lilb 6 6 0 1 0 0
Donnie Walker 24 RET 14 0 3 1 0 0
Dave Washington 26 ROLB 14 8 2 72 1 72 0 2 46 1
Team Total 25.0 14 20 413 2 72 32 29 56 3 1
Opp Total 14 33 26 15

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
John Leypoldt 28 K 14 0 25 19 82
J.D. Hill 26 WR 14 0 6 36
Ahmad Rashad 25 WR 14 0 4 2 36
Jim Braxton 25 FB 12 0 4 24
O.J. Simpson*+ 27 RB 14 0 3 1 24
Joe Ferguson 24 QB 14 14 2 12
Paul Seymour 24 TE 14 14 2 12
Dave Washington 26 ROLB 14 8 1 1 12
Larry Watkins 28 10 0 2 12
Bob Chandler 25 14 0 1 6
Neal Craig 26 SS 14 0 1 6
Mike Kadish 24 NT 14 14 1 2
Team Total 25.0 14 11 14 3 2 25 19 1 264
Opp Total 14 19 11 28 8 244