1970 Buffalo Bills (NFL) |
| 4th place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 3-10-1 .231 |
| Head Coach: John Rauch |
| Marvin Bass | Offensive Backs |
| Bugsy Engelberg | Kickers |
| Chuck Gottfried | Offensive Line |
| Ralph Hawkins | Linebackers |
| Bobby Hunt | Defensive Backs |
| Ray Malavasi | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | N | New York Jets | 10-33 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 48012 | |
| Fri | 8/14/1970 | H | Detroit Lions | 6-22 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 31610 | |
| Fri | 8/21/1970 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-20 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30007 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1970 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-27 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 43004 | |
| Fri | 9/4/1970 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 7-10 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30869 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-34 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56161 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1970 | H | Denver Broncos | 10-25 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 34882 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 0-19 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 46206 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | H | New York Jets | 34-31 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 46206 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 42140 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | H | Miami Dolphins | 14-33 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 41312 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | New York Jets | 10-6 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62712 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | A | Boston Patriots | 45-10 | W | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Stadium | 31148 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 14-43 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 43587 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-17 | T | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60240 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41015 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | H | Boston Patriots | 10-14 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 31427 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1970 | A | New York Giants | 6-20 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62870 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1970 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-20 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 34346 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | A | Miami Dolphins | 7-45 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 70990 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Glenn Alexander | 45 | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Grambling State | 13 | 0 |
| Jackie Allen | 21 | RS-LCB | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | Baylor | 14 | 3 |
| Al Andrews | 56 | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 216 | 25 | New Mexico State | 8 | 1 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 86 | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 25 | Nebraska-Omaha | 14 | 14 |
| Butch Byrd | 42 | RCB | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| Levert Carr | 74 | OT | 6-5 | 258 | 26 | Independence CC; North Central | 7 | 0 |
| Edgar Chandler | 52 | MLB | 6-3 | 227 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Richard Cheek | 73 | LOG | 6-3 | 266 | 22 | Auburn | 14 | 13 |
| Jerry Collins | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Western Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Costa | 79 | ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Al Cowlings | 82 | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 23 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 13 | 12 |
| Dick Cunningham | 63 | MLB | 6-2 | 239 | 26 | Arkansas | 14 | 0 |
| Dan Darragh | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 196 | 24 | William & Mary | 3 | 2 |
| Austin Denney | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Dunaway | 78 | LDT | 6-4 | 278 | 29 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Enyart | 41 | RB | 6-4 | 236 | 23 | Oregon State | 14 | 5 |
| Wayne Fowler | 53 | OT | 6-3 | 260 | 22 | Richmond | 10 | 0 |
| Jerome Gantt | 69 | ROT | 6-4 | 266 | 22 | North Carolina Central | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| Clyde Glosson | 26 | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Grate | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | South Carolina State | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Guidry | 59 | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 26 | Louisiana State; McNeese State | 14 | 14 |
| Grant Guthrie | 7 | K | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Florida State | 14 | 0 |
| James Harris | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 221 | 23 | Grambling State | 7 | 1 |
| Waddey Harvey | 65 | RDT | 6-4 | 275 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 9 |
| Ike Hill | 28 | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Catawba | 6 | 0 |
| Robert James | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 184 | 23 | Fisk | 14 | 13 |
| Greg Jones | 36 | RB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | UCLA | 10 | 2 |
| Howard Kindig | 54 | LOT-C | 6-6 | 260 | 29 | Moberly JC; Los Angeles State | 10 | 10 |
| Art Laster | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 280 | 22 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 5 |
| Paul Maguire | 55 | P | 6-0 | 224 | 32 | The Citadel | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Marchlewski | 57 | C | 6-2 | 237 | 27 | Minnesota | 13 | 13 |
| Mike McBath | 76 | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 249 | 24 | Penn State | 12 | 3 |
| Mike McCaffrey | 64 | RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | California | 12 | 4 |
| Ron McDole | 72 | LDE | 6-3 | 266 | 31 | Nebraska | 14 | 13 |
| Jim McFarland | 80 | TE | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 25 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Roland Moss | 40 | RB | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Toledo | 4 | 0 |
| Julian Nunamaker | 88 | RDT | 6-3 | 251 | 24 | Tennessee-Martin | 8 | 1 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 249 | 29 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Lloyd Pate | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Cincinnati | 9 | 4 |
| Wayne Patrick | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | Louisville | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Pharr | 27 | RS | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | Gordon Military JC; Mississippi State | 10 | 0 |
| John Pitts | 48 | LS | 6-4 | 219 | 25 | Santa Ana JC; Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Reilly | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | Notre Dame | 13 | 1 |
| Pete Richardson | 47 | RS | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Dayton | 12 | 12 |
| Dennis Shaw | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 213 | 23 | Southern California; Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 14 | 11 |
| O.J. Simpson | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 8 | 8 |
| Mike Stratton | 58 | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 29 | Tennessee | 9 | 9 |
| Bob Tatarek | 71 | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Al Cowlings | DE | Southern California |
| 2 | 30 | Dennis Shaw | QB | San Diego State |
| 3 | 57 | Jim Reilly | G | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 67 | Glenn Alexander | DB | Grambling State |
| 4 | 82 | Jerome Gantt | DE | North Carolina Central |
| 5 | 109 | Steve Starnes | LB | Tampa |
| 6 | 134 | Ken Edwards | RB | Virginia Tech |
| 6 | 135 | Grant Guthrie | K | Florida State |
| 7 | 161 | Wayne Fowler | T | Richmond |
| 8 | 186 | Richard Cheek | T | Auburn |
| 9 | 213 | Billy Bridges | G | Houston |
| 10 | 238 | Willie Dixon | DB | Albany State |
| 11 | 265 | Terry Williams | RB | Grambling State |
| 12 | 290 | Dave Simpson | T | Drake |
| 13 | 317 | Steve Schroder | K | Pacific |
| 14 | 342 | Willie Costen | T | Morris Brown |
| 15 | 369 | Dave Farris | TE | Central Michigan |
| 16 | 394 | Larry Davis | WR | Rice |
| 17 | 421 | George Bevan | DB | Louisiana State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 70 | 21 | 59 | 204 |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 96 | 84 | 90 | 337 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 203 | 71 | 120 | 12 | / % | / % | 99 | 1108 | |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 87 | 103 | 23 | / % | / % | 73 | 814 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Guthrie | 0 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 54 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| O.J. Simpson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Willie Grate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Greg Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Haven Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Edgar Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Enyart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lloyd Pate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 204 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 30 | 46 | 65.2 | 1 | 337 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Guthrie | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 1 | 52 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 1/5 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 1 | 52 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 1/5 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 46 | 65.2 | 4/4 | 8/9 | 8/13 | 9/16 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. Simpson | 120 | 488 | 4.1 | 56t | 5 |
| Wayne Patrick | 66 | 259 | 3.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Dennis Shaw | 39 | 210 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Enyart | 58 | 196 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Lloyd Pate | 46 | 162 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Greg Jones | 31 | 113 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Dan Darragh | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| James Harris | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 367 | 1465 | 4.0 | 56t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 484 | 1718 | 3.5 | 53 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Shaw | 321 | 178 | 55.5 | 123 | 2507 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 48 | 10 | 3.1 | 20 | 6.2 | 41 | 387 | 2120 | 65.3 |
| James Harris | 50 | 24 | 48.0 | 22 | 338 | 6.8 | 14.1 | 32 | 3 | 6.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 7 | 63 | 275 | 56.9 |
| Dan Darragh | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 16 | 71 | 2.4 | 6.5 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.9 | 5 | 36 | 35 | 17.5 |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 402 | 213 | 53.0 | 163 | 2916 | 7.3 | 13.7 | 48 | 13 | 3.2 | 26 | 6.5 | 53 | 486 | 2430 | 60.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 338 | 157 | 46.4 | 170 | 2334 | 6.9 | 14.9 | 72t | 15 | 4.4 | 11 | 3.3 | 31 | 246 | 2088 | 70.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlin Briscoe | 57 | 1036 | 18.2 | 48 | 8 |
| Haven Moses | 39 | 726 | 18.6 | 45 | 2 |
| Bill Enyart | 35 | 235 | 6.7 | 37t | 1 |
| Lloyd Pate | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 16 | 142 | 8.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 14 | 201 | 14.4 | 31 | 0 |
| O.J. Simpson | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Willie Grate | 7 | 147 | 21.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Glenn Alexander | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Roland Moss | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Clyde Glosson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 213 | 2916 | 13.7 | 48 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 157 | 2334 | 14.9 | 72t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Richardson | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 33 | 1 |
| Edgar Chandler | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| John Pitts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 179 | 16.3 | 59t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 334 | 12.8 | 86 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 83 | 3228 | 38.9 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 291 | 2897 | 34.9 |
| Team Totals | 83 | 3228 | 38.9 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 291 | 2897 | 35.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 3343 | 44.0 | 57 | 0 | 298 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Pharr | 23 | 4 | 184 | 8.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 19 | 2 | 102 | 5.4 | 54 | 0 |
| Jackie Allen | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Glenn Alexander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 9 | 298 | 6.6 | 54 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 23 | 291 | 6.9 | 45 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Alexander | 12 | 204 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ike Hill | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 7 | 333 | 47.6 | 95t | 1 | |
| Greg Jones | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 52t | 1 | |
| Roland Moss | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 56 | 0 | |
| Clyde Glosson | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bill Enyart | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jerry Collins | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mike McCaffrey | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Art Laster | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Pate | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Al Andrews | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mike McBath | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Tommy Pharr | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Paul Costa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1244 | 20.1 | 95t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 1112 | 24.2 | 95t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Al Cowlings | 8.0 | |
| Paul Guidry | 6.0 | |
| Jim Dunaway | 4.0 | |
| Mike McBath | 3.0 | |
| Ron McDole | 3.0 | |
| Mike McCaffrey | 1.5 | |
| Mike Stratton | 1.5 | |
| Edgar Chandler | 1.0 | |
| Pete Richardson | 1.0 | |
| Bob Tatarek | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 31.0 | 246.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 53.0 | 486.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Cheek | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Dunaway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Enyart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Grate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Guidry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waddey Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Marchlewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -21 | 0 | |
| Mike McBath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Nunamaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Loyd Pate | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Pharr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Pitts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 1 |
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