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Record: 2-12-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 245 points (17.5/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 363 points (25.9/g), 24th.
Differential of -118 points (-8.4/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 4.0-10.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.
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1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 13 | box | L | 0-1 | Miami Dolphins | 21 | 30 | 16 | 383 | 275 | 108 | 25 | 401 | 197 | 204 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 19 | box | L | 0-2 | Houston Oilers | 3 | 13 | 13 | 168 | 79 | 89 | 2 | 11 | 260 | 52 | 208 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 26 | box | W | 1-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 | 9 | 14 | 295 | 186 | 109 | 2 | 15 | 338 | 168 | 170 | 2 |
| 4 | Sun | October 3 | box | W | 2-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 50 | 17 | 25 | 446 | 180 | 266 | 22 | 502 | 341 | 161 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 10 | box | L | 2-3 | @ | New York Jets | 14 | 17 | 11 | 205 | 80 | 125 | 5 | 20 | 270 | 63 | 207 | 4 |
| 6 | Sun | October 17 | box | L | 2-4 | Baltimore Colts | 13 | 31 | 17 | 344 | 199 | 145 | 2 | 24 | 415 | 202 | 213 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 24 | box | L | 2-5 | New England Patriots | 22 | 26 | 21 | 309 | 100 | 209 | 5 | 18 | 277 | 93 | 184 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 31 | box | L | 2-6 | New York Jets | 14 | 19 | 17 | 311 | 87 | 224 | 5 | 16 | 234 | 79 | 155 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 7 | box | L | 2-7 | @ | New England Patriots | 10 | 20 | 20 | 373 | 224 | 149 | 8 | 16 | 298 | 126 | 172 | 5 |
| 10 | Mon | November 15 | box | L | 2-8 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 17 | 19 | 250 | 103 | 147 | 1 | 14 | 228 | 165 | 63 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 21 | box | L | 2-9 | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 34 | 14 | 219 | 71 | 148 | 3 | 20 | 382 | 198 | 184 | 4 | |
| 12 | Thu | November 25 | box | L | 2-10 | @ | Detroit Lions | 14 | 27 | 19 | 322 | 15 | 307 | 3 | 17 | 304 | 111 | 193 | 3 |
| 13 | Sun | December 5 | box | L | 2-11 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 27 | 45 | 23 | 424 | 155 | 269 | 2 | 19 | 425 | 207 | 218 | 1 |
| 14 | Sun | December 12 | box | L | 2-12 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 20 | 58 | 21 | 355 | 84 | 271 | 5 | 25 | 396 | 263 | 133 | 2 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 245 | 4404 | 964 | 4.6 | 250 | 156 | 383 | 1838 | 16 | 17 | 4.4 | 102 | 548 | 2566 | 11 | 4.7 | 135 | 43 | 26 | 13 |
| Team Defense | 363 | 4730 | 898 | 5.3 | 396 | 163 | 337 | 2265 | 18 | 19 | 6.2 | 110 | 533 | 2465 | 19 | 4.6 | 262 | 42 | 23 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 20 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 28 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 24 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Marangi | 24 | QB | 11 | 7 | 82 | 232 | 35.3 | 998 | 7 | 3.0 | 16 | 6.9 | 39 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 12.2 | 90.7 | 30.8 | 22 | 166 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 8.7 |
| Joe Ferguson | 26 | qb | 7 | 7 | 74 | 151 | 49.0 | 1086 | 9 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 58 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 14.7 | 155.1 | 90.0 | 11 | 80 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 156 | 383 | 40.7 | 2084 | 16 | 4.2 | 17 | 4.4 | 58 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 13.4 | 148.9 | 54.1 | 33 | 246 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 163 | 337 | 48.4 | 2265 | 18 | 5.3 | 19 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 13.9 | 161.8 | 64.7 | 28 | 210 | 6.2 | 3.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| O.J. Simpson*+ | 29 | RB | 14 | 7 | 290 | 1503 | 8 | 75 | 5.2 | 107.4 | 20.7 | 22 | 259 | 11.8 | 1 | 43 | 1.6 | 18.5 | 1762 | 9 | 6 |
| Jeff Kinney | 27 | FB | 12 | 7 | 116 | 475 | 1 | 22 | 4.1 | 39.6 | 9.7 | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 0 | 15 | 1.2 | 6.5 | 553 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Marangi | 24 | QB | 11 | 7 | 39 | 230 | 2 | 21 | 5.9 | 20.9 | 3.5 | 230 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
| Roland Hooks | 23 | 14 | 2 | 25 | 116 | 0 | 24 | 4.6 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | 28 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 188 | 0 | 4 | |
| Eddie Ray | 29 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 8.0 | 3.4 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 15 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 82 | 0 | 5 | |
| Vic Washington | 30 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 65 | 0 | 10 | 3.0 | 32.5 | 11.0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 11 | 1.5 | 14.5 | 94 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 26 | qb | 7 | 7 | 18 | 81 | 0 | 19 | 4.5 | 11.6 | 2.6 | 81 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Darnell Powell | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Chandler | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 61 | 824 | 13.5 | 10 | 58 | 4.4 | 58.9 | 824 | 10 | 3 |
| Emmett Edwards | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 46 | 0.3 | 8.8 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Paul Seymour | 26 | TE | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 169 | 10.6 | 0 | 22 | 1.2 | 13.0 | 169 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Holland | 24 | WR | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 299 | 19.9 | 2 | 58 | 1.2 | 23.0 | 299 | 2 | 1 | |
| Reuben Gant | 24 | wr | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 263 | 21.9 | 3 | 39 | 0.9 | 18.8 | 263 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mike Montler | 32 | C | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 548 | 2566 | 11 | 75 | 4.7 | 183.3 | 39.1 | 156 | 2084 | 13.4 | 16 | 58 | 11.1 | 148.9 | 4650 | 27 | 45 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 533 | 2465 | 19 | 4.6 | 176.1 | 38.1 | 163 | 2265 | 13.9 | 18 | 11.6 | 161.8 | 4730 | 37 | 37 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Keith Moody | 23 | RET | 14 | 2 | 16 | 166 | 1 | 67 | 10.4 | 26 | 605 | 0 | 41 | 23.3 | 771 |
| Roland Hooks | 23 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 4.1 | 23 | 521 | 0 | 79 | 22.7 | 754 | |
| John Holland | 24 | WR | 13 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 2.8 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 19 | 15.5 | 372 |
| Tom Ruud | 23 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 0 | 17 | 11.3 | 68 | ||||||
| Mike Holmes | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 26 | 22.5 | 90 | ||||||
| Darnell Powell | 22 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 101 | 0 | 26 | 25.3 | 147 | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 27 | 21.0 | 157 | ||||||
| Roscoe Word | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 18.0 | 28 | |
| Bo Cornell | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 16.0 | 32 | ||||||
| Bob Gaddis | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 22 | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 33 | 220 | 1 | 67 | 6.7 | 75 | 1594 | 0 | 79 | 21.3 | 6464 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 52 | 2 | 48 | 1204 | 0 | 25.1 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Marv Bateman | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 86 | 3678 | 78 | 1 | 42.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Jakowenko | 28 | K | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 70.6% | 24 | 21 | 87.5% | |||||||||
| John Leypoldt | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benny Ricardo | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 54.2% | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | 86 | 3678 | 78 | 1 | 42.8 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 30 | 26 | 86.7% | 41 | 39 | 95.1% | 72 | 2772 | 38.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Bob Chandler | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mario Clark | 22 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bo Cornell | 27 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe DeLamielleure*+ | 25 | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 26 | qb | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Foley | 29 | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Freeman | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Gaddis | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Reuben Gant | 24 | wr | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Greene | 27 | FS | 14 | 14 | 5 | 135 | 1 | 101 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Dwight Harrison | 28 | RCB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| John Holland | 24 | WR | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dan Jilek | 23 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Doug Jones | 26 | SS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Jones | 24 | LDE | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Kadish | 26 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Kinney | 27 | FB | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Merv Krakau | 25 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Marangi | 24 | QB | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | -10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reggie McKenzie | 26 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Montler | 32 | C | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Keith Moody | 23 | RET | 14 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Nelson | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Ray | 29 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Ruud | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Paul Seymour | 26 | TE | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| O.J. Simpson*+ | 29 | RB | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Skorupan | 25 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Marty Smith | 23 | RDT | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sherman White | 28 | RDE | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Ben Williams | 22 | lde | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roscoe Word | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 19 | 293 | 1 | 101 | 45 | 39 | 72 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 33 | 37 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Chandler | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| George Jakowenko | 28 | K | 11 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 57 | |||||||||
| O.J. Simpson*+ | 29 | RB | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 54 | |||||||||
| Reuben Gant | 24 | wr | 14 | 7 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| John Holland | 24 | WR | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gary Marangi | 24 | QB | 11 | 7 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tony Greene | 27 | FS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Kinney | 27 | FB | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Keith Moody | 23 | RET | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Benny Ricardo | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| John Leypoldt | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 245 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 39 | 26 | 363 |