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1976 Buffalo Bills
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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -9.2, Offense: -2.5, Defense: -6.7, SoS: -0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Ringo and 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 | Gary Marangi | 24 | 2 | 7 | 82 for 232, 998 yards, 7 td, 16 int, & 39 rushes for 230 yards and 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 70th pick / 1974 |
| RB | O.J. Simpson*+ | 29 | 7 | 7 | 290 rushes for 1,503 yards, 8 td, & 22 catches for 259 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| FB | Jeff Kinney | 27 | 4 | 7 | 116 rushes for 475 yards, 1 td, & 14 catches for 78 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1972 |
| WR | Bob Chandler | 27 | 5 | 14 | 61 catches for 824 yards, 10 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 160th pick / 1971 |
| WR | John Holland | 24 | 2 | 8 | 15 catches for 299 yards, 2 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 29th pick / 1974 |
| TE | Paul Seymour | 26 | 3 | 13 | 16 catches for 169 yards, 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 7th pick / 1973 |
| LT | Dave Foley | 29 | 7 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 26th pick / 1969 |
| LG | Reggie McKenzie | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1972 |
| C | Mike Montler | 32 | 7 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1969 |
| RG | Joe DeLamielleure*+ | 25 | 3 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1973 |
| RT | Donnie Green | 28 | 5 | 11 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 107th pick / 1971 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ken Jones | 24 | Rook | 7 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1976 |
| LDT | Mike Kadish | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 25th pick / 1972 |
| RDT | Marty Smith | 23 | Rook | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 15th / 390th pick / 1975 |
| RDE | Sherman White | 28 | 4 | 13 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1972 |
| LLB | John Skorupan | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 136th pick / 1973 |
| MLB | Merv Krakau | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 6 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 14th / 344th pick / 1973 |
| RLB | Dan Jilek | 23 | Rook | 14 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 109th pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Mario Clark | 22 | Rook | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 18th pick / 1976 |
| RCB | Dwight Harrison | 28 | 5 | 12 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 35th pick / 1971 |
| SS | Doug Jones | 26 | 3 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 145th pick / 1973 |
| FS | Tony Greene | 27 | 5 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | George Jakowenko | 28 | 2 | 0 | 12 of 17 field goals & 21 of 24 extra points | |
| P | Marv Bateman | 26 | 4 | 0 | 86 punts for a 42.8 average, 1 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 78th pick / 1972 |
| KR | Keith Moody | 23 | Rook | 2 | 26 kick returns for a 23.3 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 280th pick / 1976 |
| KR | Keith Moody | 23 | Rook | 2 | 26 kick returns for a 23.3 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 280th pick / 1976 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Bill Adams | 26 | g | 11 | 1 | 255 | 6-2 | Holy Cross | 2/4/1950 | 4 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 161st pick / 1972 |
| 26 | William Anderson | 27 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 8/1/1949 | 1 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1971 | |
| 7 | Marv Bateman | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 213 | 6-4 | Utah | 4/5/1950 | 4 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 78th pick / 1972 |
| 34 | Jim Braxton | 27 | 1 | 0 | 243 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 5/23/1949 | 5 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1971 | |
| 23 | Cliff Brooks | 27 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Tennessee St. | 6/21/1949 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 45th pick / 1972 | |
| 81 | Bob Chandler | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 180 | 6-0 | USC | 4/24/1949 | 5 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 160th pick / 1971 |
| 29 | Mario Clark | 22 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 194 | 6-2 | Oregon | 3/29/1954 | Rook | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 18th pick / 1976 |
| 85 | Fred Coleman | 23 | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | La-Monroe | 6/26/1953 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 142nd pick / 1976 | |
| 30 | Bo Cornell | 27 | lb | 14 | 1 | 220 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/7/1949 | 5 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 40th pick / 1971 |
| 68 | Joe DeLamielleure*+ | 25 | RG | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 3/16/1951 | 3 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1973 |
| 70 | Joe Devlin | 22 | t | 14 | 2 | 261 | 6-5 | Iowa | 2/23/1954 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
| 86 | Emmett Edwards | 24 | wr | 6 | 1 | 187 | 6-1 | Kansas | 6/6/1952 | 1 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1975 |
| 12 | Joe Ferguson | 26 | qb | 7 | 7 | 195 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 4/23/1950 | 3 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1973 |
| 78 | Dave Foley | 29 | LT | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Ohio St. | 10/28/1947 | 7 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 26th pick / 1969 |
| 22 | Steve Freeman | 23 | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Mississippi St. | 5/8/1953 | 1 | 1 | New England Patriots / 5th / 117th pick / 1975 | |
| 89 | Bob Gaddis | 24 | 2 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Miss. Valley St. | 1/20/1952 | Rook | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 13th / 337th pick / 1975 | |
| 88 | Reuben Gant | 24 | wr | 14 | 7 | 230 | 6-4 | Oklahoma St. | 4/12/1952 | 2 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 18th pick / 1974 |
| 74 | Donnie Green | 28 | RT | 13 | 11 | 272 | 6-7 | Purdue | 7/12/1948 | 5 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 107th pick / 1971 |
| 21 | Van Green | 25 | 5 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Shaw | 4/21/1951 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 150th pick / 1973 | |
| 43 | Tony Greene | 27 | FS | 14 | 14 | 170 | 5-10 | Maryland | 8/29/1949 | 5 | 7 | |
| 28 | Dwight Harrison | 28 | RCB | 12 | 12 | 187 | 6-1 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10/12/1948 | 5 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 35th pick / 1971 |
| 37 | Clayton Heath | 25 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Wake Forest | 2/15/1951 | Rook | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 13th / 338th pick / 1974 | |
| 80 | John Holland | 24 | WR | 13 | 8 | 190 | 6-0 | Tennessee St. | 2/28/1952 | 2 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 29th pick / 1974 |
| 86 | Mike Holmes | 26 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/18/1950 | 2 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 18th pick / 1973 | |
| 25 | Roland Hooks | 23 | rb | 14 | 2 | 197 | 6-0 | North Carolina St. | 1/2/1953 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 253rd pick / 1975 |
| 5 | George Jakowenko | 28 | K | 11 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Syracuse | 6/26/1948 | 2 | 0 | |
| 51 | Dan Jilek | 23 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-2 | Michigan | 12/3/1953 | Rook | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 109th pick / 1976 |
| 50 | Mark Johnson | 23 | de | 13 | 1 | 240 | 6-2 | Missouri | 8/14/1953 | 1 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 305th pick / 1975 |
| 24 | Doug Jones | 26 | SS | 14 | 14 | 202 | 6-2 | Arizona St.,Cal State-Northridge | 5/31/1950 | 3 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 145th pick / 1973 |
| 69 | Ken Jones | 24 | LDE | 12 | 7 | 260 | 6-5 | Arkansas St. | 12/1/1952 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1976 |
| 71 | Mike Kadish | 26 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 5/27/1950 | 3 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 25th pick / 1972 |
| 36 | Jeff Kinney | 27 | FB | 12 | 7 | 215 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 11/1/1949 | 4 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1972 |
| 52 | Merv Krakau | 25 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 242 | 6-2 | Iowa St. | 5/16/1951 | 3 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 14th / 344th pick / 1973 |
| 3 | John Leypoldt | 30 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | Northern Virginia CC | 3/31/1946 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 75 | Jeff Lloyd | 22 | 9 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | West Texas A&M | 3/14/1954 | Rook | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1976 | |
| 17 | Gary Marangi | 24 | QB | 11 | 7 | 201 | 6-1 | Boston Col. | 7/29/1952 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 70th pick / 1974 |
| 67 | Reggie McKenzie | 26 | LG | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 7/27/1950 | 4 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1972 |
| 53 | Mike Montler | 32 | C | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-5 | Colorado | 1/10/1944 | 7 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1969 |
| 46 | Keith Moody | 23 | KR | 14 | 2 | 171 | 5-11 | Syracuse | 6/13/1953 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 280th pick / 1976 |
| 56 | Bob Nelson | 23 | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 6/30/1953 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1975 | |
| 61 | Willie Parker | 28 | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | North Texas | 12/28/1948 | 3 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1971 | |
| 65 | Bob Patton | 22 | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Delaware | 10/21/1954 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 35 | Darnell Powell | 22 | 11 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Tenn-Chattanooga | 5/31/1954 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 175th pick / 1976 | |
| 38 | Eddie Ray | 29 | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | LSU | 4/5/1947 | 6 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 4th / 83rd pick / 1970 | |
| 33 | Andy Reid | 22 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Georgia | 2/26/1954 | Rook | 0 | Seattle Seahawks / 13th / 349th pick / 1976 | |
| 1 | Benny Ricardo | 22 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | San Diego St. | 1/4/1954 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 54 | Tom Ruud | 23 | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 7/26/1953 | 1 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 19th pick / 1975 | |
| 87 | Paul Seymour | 26 | TE | 13 | 13 | 252 | 6-5 | Michigan | 2/6/1950 | 3 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 7th pick / 1973 |
| 32 | O.J. Simpson*+ | 29 | RB | 14 | 7 | 212 | 6-2 | USC | 7/9/1947 | 7 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| 55 | John Skorupan | 25 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 222 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 5/17/1951 | 3 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 136th pick / 1973 |
| 79 | Marty Smith | 23 | RDT | 14 | 12 | 250 | 6-3 | Louisville | 10/20/1953 | Rook | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 15th / 390th pick / 1975 |
| 85 | Tody Smith | 28 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Michigan St.,USC | 12/24/1948 | 5 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1971 | |
| 33 | Vic Washington | 30 | 2 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 3/23/1946 | 5 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 87th pick / 1970 | |
| 83 | Sherman White | 28 | RDE | 13 | 13 | 250 | 6-5 | California | 10/6/1948 | 4 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1972 |
| 77 | Ben Williams | 22 | lde | 13 | 7 | 251 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 9/1/1954 | Rook | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 78th pick / 1976 |
| 47 | Roscoe Word | 24 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 5-11 | Jackson St. | 7/24/1952 | 2 | 0 | New York Jets / 3rd / 74th pick / 1974 | |
| 62 | Jeff Yeates | 25 | 3 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston Col. | 8/3/1951 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 103rd pick / 1973 | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 219.7 | 6-2.0 | 2.5 |
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