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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 1.0, Offense: -0.3, Defense: 1.4, SoS: -0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Lou Saban
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 | Joe Ferguson | 24 | 1 | 14 | 119 for 232, 1,588 yards, 12 td, 12 int, & 54 rushes for 111 yards and 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1973 |
| RB | O.J. Simpson*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 270 rushes for 1,125 yards, 3 td, & 15 catches for 189 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| FB | Jim Braxton | 25 | 3 | 0 | 146 rushes for 543 yards, 4 td, & 18 catches for 171 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1971 |
| WR | J.D. Hill | 26 | 3 | 0 | 32 catches for 572 yards, 6 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 4th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Ahmad Rashad | 25 | 2 | 0 | 36 catches for 433 yards, 4 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 4th pick / 1972 |
| TE | Paul Seymour | 24 | 1 | 14 | 15 catches for 246 yards, 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 7th pick / 1973 |
| LT | Dave Foley | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 26th pick / 1969 |
| LG | Reggie McKenzie | 24 | 2 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1972 | |
| C | Mike Montler | 30 | 5 | 14 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1969 | |
| RG | Joe DeLamielleure | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1973 |
| RT | Donnie Green | 26 | 3 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 107th pick / 1971 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Walt Patulski | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1972 |
| NT | Mike Kadish | 24 | 1 | 14 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 25th pick / 1972 | |
| RDE | Earl Edwards | 28 | 5 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 120th pick / 1969 | |
| LOLB | Bo Cornell | 25 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 40th pick / 1971 | |
| LILB | Doug Allen | 23 | Rook | 8 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1974 |
| RILB | Jim Cheyunski | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 12th / 305th pick / 1968 |
| ROLB | Dave Washington | 26 | 4 | 8 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 9th / 219th pick / 1970 |
| LCB | Robert James*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RCB | Dwight Harrison | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 35th pick / 1971 |
| SS | Neal Craig | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 171st pick / 1971 |
| FS | Tony Greene+ | 25 | 3 | 12 | 9 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | John Leypoldt | 28 | 3 | 0 | 19 of 33 field goals & 25 of 29 extra points | |
| P | Spike Jones | 27 | 4 | 0 | 35 punts for a 37.3 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1970 |
| PR | Donnie Walker | 24 | 1 | 0 | 43 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 87th pick / 1973 |
| KR | Wallace Francis | 23 | 1 | 0 | 37 kick returns for a 25.6 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 110th pick / 1973 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Bill Adams | 24 | 8 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Holy Cross | 2/4/1950 | 2 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 161st pick / 1972 | |
| 59 | Doug Allen | 23 | LILB | 14 | 8 | 228 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 11/13/1951 | Rook | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1974 |
| 7 | Marv Bateman | 24 | 5 | 0 | 213 | 6-4 | Utah | 4/5/1950 | 2 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 78th pick / 1972 | |
| 34 | Jim Braxton | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 243 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 5/23/1949 | 3 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1971 |
| 22 | Bill Cahill | 23 | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Washington | 5/5/1951 | 1 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 158th pick / 1973 | |
| 29 | Don Calhoun | 22 | rb | 14 | 1 | 206 | 6-0 | Kansas St. | 4/29/1952 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 249th pick / 1974 |
| 81 | Bob Chandler | 25 | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | USC | 4/24/1949 | 3 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 160th pick / 1971 | |
| 50 | Jim Cheyunski | 29 | RILB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 12/29/1945 | 6 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 12th / 305th pick / 1968 |
| 30 | Bo Cornell | 25 | LOLB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/7/1949 | 3 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 40th pick / 1971 |
| 64 | Dave Costa | 33 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 10/27/1941 | 11 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 Oakland Raiders / 7th / 49th pick / 1963 |
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| 42 | Neal Craig | 26 | SS | 14 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Fisk | 4/21/1948 | 3 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 171st pick / 1971 |
| 72 | Don Croft | 25 | 6 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Texas-El Paso | 1/7/1949 | 2 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 115th pick / 1972 | |
| 68 | Joe DeLamielleure | 23 | RG | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 3/16/1951 | 1 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1973 |
| 73 | Earl Edwards | 28 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-7 | Wichita St. | 3/17/1946 | 5 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 120th pick / 1969 |
| 12 | Joe Ferguson | 24 | QB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 4/23/1950 | 1 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1973 |
| 78 | Dave Foley | 27 | LT | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Ohio St. | 10/28/1947 | 5 | 5 | New York Jets / 1st / 26th pick / 1969 |
| 89 | Wallace Francis | 23 | KR | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 11/7/1951 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 110th pick / 1973 |
| 88 | Reuben Gant | 22 | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Oklahoma St. | 4/12/1952 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 18th pick / 1974 | |
| 74 | Donnie Green | 26 | RT | 10 | 10 | 272 | 6-7 | Purdue | 7/12/1948 | 3 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 107th pick / 1971 |
| 43 | Tony Greene+ | 25 | FS | 12 | 12 | 170 | 5-10 | Maryland | 8/29/1949 | 3 | 11 | |
| 76 | Halvor Hagen | 27 | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-5 | Weber St. | 2/4/1947 | 5 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 74th pick / 1969 | |
| 28 | Dwight Harrison | 26 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10/12/1948 | 3 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 35th pick / 1971 |
| 47 | Clint Haslerig | 22 | 8 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Michigan | 4/9/1952 | Rook | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 83rd pick / 1974 | |
| 21 | Gary Hayman | 23 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 9/8/1951 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 106th pick / 1974 | |
| 40 | J.D. Hill | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Arizona St. | 10/30/1948 | 3 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 4th pick / 1971 |
| 16 | Scott Hunter | 27 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Alabama | 11/11/1947 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 140th pick / 1971 | |
| 20 | Robert James*+ | 27 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Fisk | 7/7/1947 | 5 | 12 | |
| 51 | Bruce Jarvis | 26 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 6-7 | Washington | 11/3/1948 | 3 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1971 | |
| 24 | Ed Jenkins | 24 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Holy Cross | 8/31/1950 | 2 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 11th / 285th pick / 1972 | |
| 11 | Spike Jones | 27 | P | 8 | 0 | 197 | 6-2 | Georgia | 7/9/1947 | 4 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1970 |
| 46 | Steve Jones | 23 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Duke | 3/6/1951 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 129th pick / 1973 | |
| 71 | Mike Kadish | 24 | NT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 5/27/1950 | 1 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 25th pick / 1972 |
| 70 | Bob Kampa | 23 | 2 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | California | 4/26/1951 | 1 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 77th pick / 1973 | |
| 45 | Rex Kern | 25 | 8 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Ohio St. | 5/28/1949 | 3 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 260th pick / 1971 | |
| 37 | Ted Koy | 27 | 12 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Texas | 9/15/1947 | 4 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 50th pick / 1970 | |
| 52 | Merv Krakau | 23 | 11 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | Iowa St. | 5/16/1951 | 1 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 14th / 344th pick / 1973 | |
| 56 | Rich Lewis | 24 | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Portland St. | 6/8/1950 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | John Leypoldt | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | Northern Virginia CC | 3/31/1946 | 3 | 2 | |
| 17 | Gary Marangi | 22 | 3 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Boston Col. | 7/29/1952 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 70th pick / 1974 | |
| 67 | Reggie McKenzie | 24 | LG | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 7/27/1950 | 2 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1972 |
| 77 | Dave Means | 22 | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | SE Missouri St. | 1/23/1952 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 303rd pick / 1974 | |
| 53 | Mike Montler | 30 | C | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-5 | Colorado | 1/10/1944 | 5 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1969 |
| 39 | Wayne Mosley | 22 | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Alabama A&M | 10/6/1952 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 65 | Nick Nighswander | 22 | 7 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | Morehead St. | 11/3/1952 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 61 | Willie Parker | 26 | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | North Texas | 12/28/1948 | 1 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1971 | |
| 85 | Walt Patulski | 24 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 259 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 2/3/1950 | 2 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1972 |
| 24 | Al Randolph | 30 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/8/1944 | 8 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 37th pick / 1966 | |
| 27 | Ahmad Rashad | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Oregon | 11/19/1949 | 2 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 4th pick / 1972 |
| 87 | Paul Seymour | 24 | TE | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-5 | Michigan | 2/6/1950 | 1 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 7th pick / 1973 |
| 32 | O.J. Simpson*+ | 27 | RB | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | USC | 7/9/1947 | 5 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| 55 | John Skorupan | 23 | lilb | 6 | 6 | 222 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 5/17/1951 | 1 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 136th pick / 1973 |
| 26 | Donnie Walker | 24 | PR | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-2 | Central State (OH) | 12/26/1950 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 87th pick / 1973 |
| 86 | Dave Washington | 26 | ROLB | 14 | 8 | 223 | 6-5 | Alcorn St. | 9/12/1948 | 4 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 219th pick / 1970 |
| 38 | Larry Watkins | 28 | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Alcorn St. | 10/5/1946 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 62 | Jeff Yeates | 23 | 10 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston Col. | 8/3/1951 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 103rd pick / 1973 | |
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 221.8 | 6-2.3 | 2.5 |
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