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1976 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-12-0, 5th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Ringo (0-9-0) and Lou Saban (2-3-0)

Points For: 245 (17.5/g) 20th of 28

Points Against: 363 (25.9/g) 24th of 28

Expected W-L: 4.0-10.0

SRS: -9.22 (24th of 28), SOS: -0.79

Defensive Coordinator: Richie McCabe

Stadium: Rich Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager/VP: Bob Lustig

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Niagara University (Niagara Falls, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	245	4404	964	4.6	43	26	250	156	383	1838	16	17	4.4	102	548	2566	11	4.7	135	91	797	13
Opp. Stats	363	4730	898	5.3	42	23	262	163	337	2265	18	19	6.2	110	533	2465	19	4.6	128	92	704	24
Lg Rank Offense	20	12			24	28	15		10	18	14	13	22		9	3	19	2
Lg Rank Defense	24	23			7	4	20		5	20	20	12	23		18	23	22	26

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Miami Dolphins	21	30	16	383	275	108		25	401	197	204	3
2	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Houston Oilers	3	13	13	168	79	89	2	11	260	52	208	1
3	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	9	14	295	186	109	2	15	338	168	170	2
4	Sun	October 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Kansas City Chiefs	50	17	25	446	180	266		22	502	341	161	6
5	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	New York Jets	14	17	11	205	80	125	5	20	270	63	207	4
6	Sun	October 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4		Baltimore Colts	13	31	17	344	199	145	2	24	415	202	213	2
7	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		New England Patriots	22	26	21	309	100	209	5	18	277	93	184	4
8	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6		New York Jets	14	19	17	311	87	224	5	16	234	79	155	4
9	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7	@	New England Patriots	10	20	20	373	224	149	8	16	298	126	172	5
10	Mon	November 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-8	@	Dallas Cowboys	10	17	19	250	103	147	1	14	228	165	63	1
11	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9		San Diego Chargers	13	34	14	219	71	148	3	20	382	198	184	4
12	Thu	November 25	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		2-10	@	Detroit Lions	14	27	19	322	15	307	3	17	304	111	193	3
13	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-11	@	Miami Dolphins	27	45	23	424	155	269	2	19	425	207	218	1
14	Sun	December 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-12	@	Baltimore Colts	20	58	21	355	84	271	5	25	396	263	133	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Ferguson	26	QB	7	7	2-5-0	74	151	49.0	1086	9	6.0	1	0.7	58	7.2	8.1	14.7	155.1	90.0	11	80	6.79	6.21	7.0	1	1
2	Gary Marangi	24	QB	11	7	0-7-0	82	232	35.3	998	7	3.0	16	6.9	39	4.3	1.8	12.2	90.7	30.8	22	166	8.66	3.28	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	2-12-0	156	383	40.7	1838	16	4.2	17	4.4	58	5.4	4.3	13.4	131.3	54.1	33	246	7.93	4.42	3.35	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	O.J. Simpson	29	RB	14	13	290	1503	8	75	5.2	107.4	20.7	22	259	11.8	1	43	1.6	18.5	312	5.6	1762	9	6	PB,AP-1,AP OPoY-3
2	Bob Chandler	27	WR	14	14	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	61	824	13.5	10	58	4.4	58.9	62	13.3	824	10	3
3	Jeff Kinney	27	FB	12	8	116	475	1	22	4.1	39.6	9.7	14	78	5.6	0	15	1.2	6.5	130	4.3	553	1	3
4	John Holland	24	WR	13	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	299	19.9	2	58	1.2	23.0	15	19.9	299	2	1
5	Reuben Gant	24	WR	14	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	263	21.9	3	39	0.9	18.8	12	21.9	263	3	1
6	Gary Marangi	24	QB	11	7	39	230	2	21	5.9	20.9	3.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	39	5.9	230	2	12
7	Roland Hooks	23	RB	14	1	25	116	0	24	4.6	8.3	1.8	6	72	12.0	0	28	0.4	5.1	31	6.1	188	0	4
8	Paul Seymour	26	TE	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	169	10.6	0	22	1.2	13.0	16	10.6	169	0	1
9	Vic Washington	30	RB	2	1	22	65	0	10	3.0	32.5	11.0	3	29	9.7	0	11	1.5	14.5	25	3.8	94	0	0
10	Eddie Ray	29	RB	7	3	24	56	0	7	2.3	8.0	3.4	3	26	8.7	0	15	0.4	3.7	27	3.0	82	0	5
11	Joe Ferguson	26	QB	7	7	18	81	0	19	4.5	11.6	2.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	4.5	81	0	2
12	Emmett Edwards	24	WR	6	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.2	2	53	26.5	0	46	0.3	8.8	3	17.7	53	0	0
13	Darnell Powell	22	RB	11	0	11	40	0	20	3.6	3.6	1.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.5	12	3.8	46	0	0
14	Mike Montler	32	C	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	1	6.0	6	0	0
15	Jim Braxton	27	RB	1	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	548	2566	11	75	4.7	183.3	39.1	156	2084	13.4	16	58	11.1	148.9	704	6.6	4650	27	38

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Chandler	27	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Mario Clark	22	LCB	14	14	2	21	0	21	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Joe DeLamielleure	25	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Dave Foley	29	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Tony Greene	27	FS	14	14	5	135	1	101	0	2	7	0	0.0	0
6	Dan Jilek	23	RLB	14	14	2	33	0	28	0	3	0	0	1.0	0
7	Doug Jones	26	SS	14	14	3	5	0	5	0	1	1	0	1.0	0
8	Mike Kadish	26	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	6.5	0
9	Merv Krakau	25	MLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	6	65	0	2.5	0
10	Reggie McKenzie	26	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Mike Montler	32	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	John Skorupan	25	LLB	14	14	1	13	0	13	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
13	Paul Seymour	26	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	O.J. Simpson	29	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP OPoY-3
15	Sherman White	28	RDE	13	13	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
16	Dwight Harrison	28	RCB	12	12	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Marty Smith	23	RDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
18	John Holland	24	WR	13	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.0	0
19	Jeff Kinney	27	FB	12	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Joe Ferguson	26	QB	7	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Reuben Gant	24	WR	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ken Jones	24	LDE	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.5	0
23	Gary Marangi	24	QB	11	7	0	0	0	0	12	3	-10	0	0.0	0
24	Ben Williams	22	LDE	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
25	Eddie Ray	29	RB	7	3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Keith Moody	23	DB	14	2	3	63	0	44	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Bo Cornell	27	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	0
28	Roland Hooks	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jeff Yeates	25	DT	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
30	Steve Freeman	23	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Bob Gaddis	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Jeff Lloyd	22	DT	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
33	Bob Nelson	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
34	Tom Ruud	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
35	Roscoe Word	24	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	293	1	101	45	39	72	1	29.0	0

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