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1974 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-5-0, 2nd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lou Saban (9-5-0)

Points For: 264 (18.9/g) 12th of 26

Points Against: 244 (17.4/g) 12th of 26

Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3

SRS: 1.05 (12th of 26), SOS: -0.38

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 14-32 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Ringo (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Rich Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager/VP: Bob Lustig

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

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	264	3586	829	4.3	29	14	220	128	251	1492	14	15	5.3	85	545	2094	11	3.8	118	79	706	17
Opp. Stats	244	3489	832	4.2	31	11	219	146	311	1611	11	20	4.7	97	489	1878	19	3.8	96	73	597	26
Lg Rank Offense	12	23			7	14	20		26	25	12	7	15		5	9	18	14
Lg Rank Defense	12	5			16	19	7		3	3	4	12	4		16	14	22	13

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 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Oakland Raiders	21	20	22	306	106	200	1	18	252	100	152	2
2	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Miami Dolphins	16	24	16	264	157	107	3	16	248	72	176	3
3	Sun	September 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		New York Jets	16	12	17	223		223	2	7	139	33	106	3
4	Sun	October 6	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Green Bay Packers	27	7	22	305	157	148	2	18	231	131	100	3
5	Sun	October 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Baltimore Colts	27	14	15	306	125	181	2	11	162	1	161	2
6	Sun	October 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		New England Patriots	30	28	19	315	135	180		19	320	131	189	2
7	Sun	October 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1		Chicago Bears	16	6	16	226	100	126		17	258	159	99	1
8	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1	@	New England Patriots	29	28	22	327	224	103	4	20	355	200	155	3
9	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-2		Houston Oilers	9	21	16	224	91	133	6	10	174	59	115	4
10	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3	@	Miami Dolphins	28	35	16	271	139	132	2	21	382	222	160	2
11	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Cleveland Browns	15	10	10	197	9	188		19	277	130	147	3
12	Sun	December 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Baltimore Colts	6	0	9	184	46	138	1	10	144	98	46	1
13	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-4	@	New York Jets	10	20	12	220	94	126	3	12	226	131	95	1
14	Sun	December 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-5	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	19	8	218	109	109	3	21	321	144	177	1
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-6	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	32	15	264	164	100	1	29	438	203	235

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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	24	QB	14	14	9-5-0	119	232	51.3	1588	12	5.2	12	5.2	55	6.8	5.55	13.3	113.4	69.0	32	235	12.12	5.13	3.99	3	3
2	Gary Marangi	22	QB	3	0		9	18	50.0	140	2	11.1	3	16.7	44	7.8	2.50	15.6	46.7	73.6	1	1	5.26	7.32	2.32	0	0
3	O.J. Simpson	27	RB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
	Team Totals			14	14	9-5-0	128	251	51.0	1492	14	5.6	15	6.0	55	6.9	4.37	13.5	106.6	67.0	33	236	11.62	5.25	3.86	3	3

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	24	QB	1	1	0-1-0	11	26	42.3	164	2	7.7	0	0.0	25	6.3	7.85	14.9	164.0	89.3	0	0	0.00	6.31	7.85	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	11	26	42.3	164	2	7.7	0	0.0	28	6.3	7.85	14.9	164.0	89.3	0	0	0.00	6.31	7.85

Rushing & Receiving

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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	27	RB	14	14	270	1125	3	41	4.2	80.4	19.3	15	189	12.6	1	29	1.1	13.5	285	4.6	1314	4	7	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
2	Jim Braxton	25	FB	12	11	146	543	4	21	3.7	45.3	12.2	18	171	9.5	0	15	1.5	14.3	164	4.4	714	4	5
3	J.D. Hill	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	572	17.9	6	55	2.3	40.9	32	17.9	572	6	0
4	Ahmad Rashad	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	36	433	12.0	4	29	2.6	30.9	36	12.0	433	4	0
5	Paul Seymour	24	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	246	16.4	2	40	1.1	17.6	15	16.4	246	2	0
6	Larry Watkins	28	RB	10	2	41	170	2	13	4.1	17.0	4.1	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.7	42	4.2	177	2	0
7	Joe Ferguson	24	QB	14	14	54	111	2	15	2.1	7.9	3.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	54	2.1	111	2	14
8	Don Calhoun	22	RB	14	1	21	88	0	15	4.2	6.3	1.5	2	10	5.0	0	7	0.1	0.7	23	4.3	98	0	0
9	Bob Chandler	25	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	88	12.6	1	21	0.5	6.3	7	12.6	88	1	0
10	Gary Hayman	23	RB	1	0	7	31	0	8	4.4	31.0	7.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	4.4	31	0	0
11	Gary Marangi	22	QB	3	0	4	20	0	16	5.0	6.7	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.0	20	0	2
12	Ed Jenkins	24	RB	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.2	2.4	1	12.0	12	0	0
13	Wayne Mosley	22	RB	3	0	2	6	0	4	3.0	2.0	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	0	0
14	Donnie Green	26	RT	10	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0		0.1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	545	2094	11	41	3.8	149.6	38.9	128	1728	13.5	14	55	9.1	123.4	673	5.7	3822	25	32

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	27	RB	1	1	15	49	0	11	3.3	49.0	15.0	3	37	12.3	1	25	3.0	37.0	18	4.8	86	1	0
2	J.D. Hill	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	59	14.8	0	20	4.0	59.0	4	14.8	59	0	0
3	Jim Braxton	25	FB	1	1	5	48	0	30	9.6	48.0	5.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	6	9.3	56	0	1
4	Paul Seymour	24	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	35	17.5	1	22	2.0	35.0	2	17.5	35	1	0
5	Ahmad Rashad	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	25	25.0	0	25	1.0	25.0	1	25.0	25	0	0
6	Joe Ferguson	24	QB	1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	21	100	0	16	4.8	100.0	21.0	11	164	14.9	2	25	11.0	164.0	32	8.3	264	2	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim Cheyunski	29	RILB	14	14	1	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
2	Neal Craig	26	SS	14	14	1	55	1	55	0	1	19	0	1.5	0
3	Joe DeLamielleure	23	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Earl Edwards	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	0
5	Joe Ferguson	24	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	14	5	-13	0	0.0	0
6	Dave Foley	27	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Robert James	27	LCB	14	14	3	13	0	8	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Mike Kadish	24	NT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	1
9	Walt Patulski	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5.5	0
10	Ahmad Rashad	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0	0
11	O.J. Simpson	27	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
12	Tony Greene	25	FS	12	12	9	157	0	38	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
13	Dwight Harrison	26	RCB	13	12	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jim Braxton	25	FB	12	11	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Dave Costa	33	LB	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2.5	0
16	Doug Allen	23	LILB	14	8	1	16	0	16	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
17	Dave Washington	26	ROLB	14	8	2	72	1	72	0	2	46	1	1.5	0
18	Rich Lewis	24	RLB	6	6	1	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	John Skorupan	23	LILB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
20	Halvor Hagen	27	T	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bo Cornell	25	LOLB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0
22	Donnie Walker	24	DB	14	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Rex Kern	25	DB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Merv Krakau	23	LB	11	0	1	37	0	37	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Gary Marangi	22	QB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Wayne Mosley	22	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	0	2		32	18	56	3	32	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim Braxton	25	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Rex Kern	25	DB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Wallace Francis	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						2	0	0	0	0		0

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