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1978 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 302 points (18.9/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 354 points (22.1/g), 24th.
Differential of -52 points (-3.2/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 19th.
Coached by Chuck Knox (5-11-0)
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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | box | L | 0-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 28 | 16 | 264 | 164 | 100 | 1 | 21 | 359 | 217 | 142 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | box | L | 0-2 | New York Jets | 20 | 21 | 17 | 314 | 213 | 101 | 1 | 18 | 288 | 171 | 117 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | box | L | 0-3 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 24 | 31 | 17 | 349 | 221 | 128 | 1 | 18 | 373 | 88 | 285 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | box | W | 1-3 | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 17 | 12 | 247 | 118 | 129 | 1 | 16 | 307 | 125 | 182 | 3 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 2-3 | Kansas City Chiefs | 28 | 13 | 17 | 293 | 176 | 117 | 3 | 15 | 308 | 70 | 238 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | box | L | 2-4 | @ | New York Jets | 14 | 45 | 16 | 322 | 185 | 137 | 4 | 18 | 278 | 47 | 231 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | box | L | 2-5 | @ | Houston Oilers | 10 | 17 | 15 | 229 | 80 | 149 | 1 | 17 | 330 | 152 | 178 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | box | W | 3-5 | Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 0 | 12 | 226 | 56 | 170 | 16 | 244 | 103 | 141 | 5 | ||
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 3-6 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 41 | 28 | 283 | 201 | 82 | 3 | 28 | 532 | 223 | 309 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | box | L | 3-7 | New England Patriots | 10 | 14 | 15 | 247 | 107 | 140 | 3 | 20 | 332 | 53 | 279 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | box | L | 3-8 | Miami Dolphins | 24 | 25 | 16 | 284 | 114 | 170 | 2 | 20 | 289 | 96 | 193 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | box | L | 3-9 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 31 | 18 | 211 | 132 | 79 | 5 | 20 | 312 | 107 | 205 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | box | W | 4-9 | New York Giants | 41 | 17 | 27 | 465 | 99 | 366 | 1 | 15 | 321 | 222 | 99 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 4-10 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 14 | 16 | 343 | 207 | 136 | 5 | 21 | 340 | 99 | 241 | 1 |
| 15 | Sun | December 10 | box | L | 4-11 | @ | New England Patriots | 24 | 26 | 16 | 307 | 123 | 184 | 2 | 24 | 403 | 154 | 249 | 3 |
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 5-11 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 21 | 14 | 16 | 246 | 53 | 193 | 1 | 18 | 172 | 33 | 139 | 2 |