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1972 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 4th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lou Saban (4-9-1)

Points For: 257 (18.4/g) 19th of 26

Points Against: 377 (26.9/g) 24th of 26

Expected W-L: 4.0-10.0

SRS: -7.20 (22nd of 26), SOS: 1.37

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Dooley (Linebackers) and Jim Ringo (Offensive Line)

Stadium: War Memorial 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	257	3733	877	4.3	39	15	221	164	316	1601	16	24	4.4	98	512	2132	11	4.2	104	87	900	19
Opp. Stats	377	4192	862	4.9	31	8	249	131	308	1951	19	23	5.9	95	532	2241	26	4.2	125	72	685	29
Lg Rank Offense	19	18			24	14	20		20	24	12	23	25		7	6	18	11
Lg Rank Defense	24	17			15	25	19		2	7	20	7	16		22	22	25	17

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	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		New York Jets	24	41	16	287	207	80	4	19	293	102	191	1
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		San Francisco 49ers	27	20	17	233	56	177	1	10	202	169	33	4
3	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Baltimore Colts	0	17	11	229	111	118	5	17	339	180	159	4
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		New England Patriots	38	14	19	305	160	145	2	23	354	244	110	4
5	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Oakland Raiders	16	28	16	295	114	181	1	22	396	181	215	2
6	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Miami Dolphins	23	24	11	188	24	164	1	20	310	80	230	4
7	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		Pittsburgh Steelers	21	38	24	418	164	254	4	18	309	93	216	1
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6		Miami Dolphins	16	30	12	172	99	73	2	21	327	73	254	1
9	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7	@	New York Jets	3	41	11	210	67	143	4	17	289	141	148	1
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-7	@	New England Patriots	27	24	19	295	116	179	4	15	298	183	115	4
11	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8	@	Cleveland Browns	10	27	12	175	28	147	2	16	253	121	132	2
12	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-9	@	Baltimore Colts	7	35	13	244	144	100	4	22	391	202	189
13	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	T		3-9-1		Detroit Lions	21	21	23	418	231	187	3	14	260	144	116
14	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-9-1	@	Washington Redskins	24	17	17	264	80	184	2	15	171	38	133	3

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	Dennis Shaw	25	QB	14	13	4-8-1	136	258	52.7	1666	14	5.4	17	6.6	58	6.5	4.6	12.3	119.0	63.5	38	320	12.84	4.55	2.9	3	3
2	Mike Taliaferro	31	QB	5	0		16	33	48.5	176	1	3.0	4	12.1	24	5.3	0.5	11.0	35.2	35.2	6	48	15.38	3.28	-0.8	0	0
3	O.J. Simpson	25	RB	14	14		5	8	62.5	113	1	12.5	0	0.0	34	14.1	16.6	22.6	8.1	145.8	1	11	11.11	11.33	13.6	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
4	Leo Hart	23	QB	2	1	0-1-0	6	15	40.0	53	0	0.0	3	20.0	13	3.5	-5.5	8.8	26.5	10.6	4	32	21.05	1.11	-6.0	0	0
5	Spike Jones	25	P	14	0		1	2	50.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.3	56.2	0	0	0.00	2.00	2.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	164	316	51.9	1601	16	5.1	24	7.6	58	6.4	4.0	12.3	114.4	57.1	49	411	13.42	4.39	2.30	3	3

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	25	RB	14	14	292	1251	6	94	4.3	89.4	20.9	27	198	7.3	0	25	1.9	14.1	319	4.5	1449	6	8	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
2	J.D. Hill	24	WR	14	14	1	11	0	11	11.0	0.8	0.1	52	754	14.5	5	58	3.7	53.9	53	14.4	765	5	1	PB
3	Jim Braxton	23	FB	14	13	116	453	5	21	3.9	32.4	8.3	24	232	9.7	1	25	1.7	16.6	140	4.9	685	6	2
4	Bob Chandler	23	WR	14	14	3	27	0	16	9.0	1.9	0.2	33	528	16.0	5	43	2.4	37.7	36	15.4	555	5	1
5	Wayne Patrick	26	RB	13	1	35	130	0	9	3.7	10.0	2.7	8	42	5.3	1	10	0.6	3.2	43	4.0	172	1	3
6	Jan White	24	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	148	12.3	2	18	0.9	10.6	12	12.3	148	2	0
7	Dennis Shaw	25	QB	14	13	35	138	0	16	3.9	9.9	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	35	3.9	138	0	6
8	Randy Jackson	24	RB	5	0	17	57	0	15	3.4	11.4	3.4	2	21	10.5	1	13	0.4	4.2	19	4.1	78	1	0
9	Haven Moses	26	WR	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	60	20.0	1	25	0.6	12.0	3	20.0	60	1	0
10	Leo Hart	23	QB	2	1	5	19	0	16	3.8	9.5	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.8	19	0	2
11	Mike Taliaferro	31	QB	5	0	5	19	0	14	3.8	3.8	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.8	19	0	1
12	Spike Jones	25	P	14	0	2	18	0	10	9.0	1.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	9.0	18	0	1
13	Ted Koy	25	RB	14	0	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.6	0.1	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.6	2	9.0	18	0	0
14	Dwight Harrison	24	WR	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.1	2.3	1	16.0	16	0	0
15	Dave Washington	24	RLB	14	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	1	4.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	512	2132	11	94	4.2	152.3	36.6	164	2012	12.3	16	58	11.7	143.7	676	6.1	4144	27	25

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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	23	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Al Cowlings	25	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	0
3	Tony Greene	23	RCB	14	14	3	45	1	39	2	1	0	0	1.0	0
4	J.D. Hill	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Robert James	25	LCB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Walt Patulski	22	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
7	O.J. Simpson	25	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
8	Jim Braxton	23	FB	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Dennis Shaw	25	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	6	2	-11	0	0.0	0
10	Maurice Tyler	22	SS	14	13	4	61	0	27	0	1	3	0	1.0	0
11	Don Croft	23	LDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
12	Paul Guidry	28	LLB	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
13	Dave Foley	25	LT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Remi Prudhomme	30	C	8	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Mike Stratton	31	RLB	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dave Washington	24	RLB	14	7	1	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	2.5	0
17	Ken Lee	24	MLB	12	6	6	155	1	61	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Alvin Wyatt	25	FS	14	6	4	52	1	49	0	1	10	0	1.0	0
19	John Pitts	27	FS	14	3	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Dale Farley	23	LB	7	1	1	42	0	42	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Leo Hart	23	QB	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Wayne Patrick	26	RB	13	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Linzy Cole	24	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Spike Jones	25	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ted Koy	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0.0	0
26	Mike Taliaferro	31	QB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	23	369	3	61	29	20	5	0	23.0	0

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