1974 Buffalo Bills (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban |
| Billy Atkins | Defensive Backs |
| Ed Cavanaugh | Special Assignments |
| Stan Jones | Defensive Line |
| John Ray | Linebackers |
| Jim Ringo | Offensive Line |
| Bob Shaw | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/27/1974 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-21 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 17286 | |
| Fri | 8/2/1974 | H | Green Bay Packers | 13-16 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 30119 | |
| Mon | 8/12/1974 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 35-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 39248 | |
| Sun | 8/18/1974 | A | Washington Redskins | 16-15 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 28409 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1974 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-32 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46553 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1974 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-7 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 59411 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1974 | H | New York Giants | 23-17 | W | OT | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 61712 |
| Mon | 9/16/1974 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-20 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 79791 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | H | Miami Dolphins | 16-24 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 78990 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | H | New York Jets | 16-12 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 76866 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | A | Green Bay Packers | 27-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 51919 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 36314 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1974 | H | New England Patriots | 30-28 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 78926 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-6 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 78084 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1974 | A | New England Patriots | 29-28 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 58932 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | H | Houston Oilers | 9-21 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 79144 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | A | Miami Dolphins | 28-35 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 68313 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1974 | A | Cleveland Browns | 15-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 66504 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1974 | H | Baltimore Colts | 6-0 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 75325 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1974 | A | New York Jets | 10-20 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 31982 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1974 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-19 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 78967 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1974 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-32 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48321 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Adams | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Holy Cross | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Allen | 59 | RLB-RILB | 6-2 | 228 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 8 |
| Marv Bateman | 7 | P | 6-4 | 213 | 24 | Utah | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 34 | RB | 6-1 | 243 | 25 | West Virginia | 12 | 11 |
| Bill Cahill | 22 | RS | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Washington | 14 | 1 |
| Don Calhoun | 29 | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Kansas State | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Chandler | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 179 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 50 | MLB-LILB | 6-1 | 223 | 29 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Bo Cornell | 30 | ROLB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Washington | 14 | 3 |
| Dave Costa | 64 | RDE | 6-2 | 257 | 33 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah | 14 | 9 |
| Neal Craig | 42 | LS | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Fisk | 14 | 11 |
| Don Croft | 72 | DE | 6-3 | 254 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 6 | 0 |
| Joe DeLamielleure | 68 | ROG | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Earl Edwards | 73 | RDT-RDE | 6-6 | 264 | 28 | Wichita State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Ferguson | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Foley | 78 | LOT | 6-5 | 252 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Wallace Francis | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 0 |
| Reuben Gant | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 226 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 0 |
| Donnie Green | 74 | ROT | 6-7 | 266 | 26 | Purdue | 10 | 10 |
| Tony Greene | 43 | RS-RCB-LS | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Halvor Hagen | 76 | RROT | 6-5 | 249 | 27 | Shoreline CC; Weber State | 8 | 4 |
| Dwight Harrison | 28 | RCB | 6-1 | 183 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 13 | 12 |
| Clint Haslerig | 47 | RB | 6-0 | 191 | 22 | Michigan | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Hayman | 21 | WR | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| J.D. Hill | 40 | WR | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Scott Hunter | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 27 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| Robert James | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 184 | 27 | Fisk | 14 | 14 |
| Bruce Jarvis | 51 | C | 6-7 | 250 | 26 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Jenkins | 24 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Holy Cross | 5 | 0 |
| Spike Jones | 11 | P | 6-2 | 193 | 27 | Middle Georgia JC; Georgia | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Jones | 46 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Kadish | 71 | LDT-MG | 6-5 | 265 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Kampa | 70 | RDE | 6-4 | 252 | 23 | Gavilan JC; California | 3 | 2 |
| Rex Kern | 45 | CB-S | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Ohio State | 8 | 0 |
| Ted Koy | 37 | TE | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Texas | 12 | 0 |
| Merv Krakau | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 242 | 23 | Iowa State | 11 | 0 |
| Rich Lewis | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 223 | 24 | Portland State | 6 | 6 |
| John Leypoldt | 3 | K | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | none | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Marangi | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 22 | Boston College | 3 | 0 |
| Reggie McKenzie | 67 | LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Means | 77 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | Southeast Missouri State | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Montler | 53 | C | 6-4 | 260 | 30 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Wayne Moseley | 39 | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Alabama A&M | 3 | 0 |
| Nick Nighswander | 65 | C | 6-0 | 232 | 22 | Morehead State | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 61 | C-OG | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Wharton County JC; North Texas | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Patulski | 85 | LDE | 6-6 | 267 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Al Randolph | 24 | S | 6-2 | 199 | 30 | Iowa | 3 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 27 | WR | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Seymour | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| O.J. Simpson | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| John Skorupan | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Penn State | 6 | 6 |
| Donnie Walker | 26 | RS | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Central State (Ohio) | 14 | 3 |
| Dave Washington | 86 | LLB-LOLB | 6-5 | 224 | 26 | Alcorn State | 14 | 8 |
| Larry Watkins | 38 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Alcorn State | 10 | 2 |
| Jeff Yeates | 62 | DT | 6-3 | 252 | 23 | Boston College | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 18 | Reuben Gant | TE | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | 27 | Doug Allen | LB | Penn State |
| 3 | 70 | Gary Marangi | QB | Boston College |
| 4 | 95 | Carlester Crumpler | RB | East Carolina |
| 5 | 106 | Gary Hayman | WR | Penn State |
| 5 | 122 | Tim Guy | T | Oregon |
| 8 | 203 | Greg Hare | QB | Ohio State |
| 9 | 226 | Brian Doherty | P | Notre Dame |
| 10 | 241 | Art Cameron | TE | Albany State |
| 10 | 249 | Don Calhoun | RB | Kansas State |
| 11 | 278 | Rod Kirby | LB | Pittsburgh |
| 12 | 303 | Dave Means | DE | Southeast Missouri State |
| 13 | 331 | Eddie Gatewood | LB | Tennessee State |
| 14 | 339 | Phil Lamm | DB | North Carolina |
| 14 | 355 | Phil Gurbada | DB | Maryville |
| 15 | 382 | Ken Williams | LB | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 16 | 406 | Sanford Qvale | T | North Dakota State |
| 17 | 434 | Sal Casola | K | Cincinnati |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 53 | 84 | 37 | 90 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 64 | 77 | 75 | 244 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 220 | 118 | 85 | 17 | 68/184 37.0% | / % | 79 | 706 | |
| Opponents Totals | 219 | 96 | 97 | 26 | 77/199 38.7% | / % | 73 | 597 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leypoldt | 0 | 25 | 29 | 86.2 | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 0 | 82 |
| J.D. Hill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jim Braxton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| O.J. Simpson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Paul Seymour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dave Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Larry Watkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Neal Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Kadish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 1 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 28 | 32 | 87.5 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 0 | 244 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leypoldt | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 4 | 47 | 0/0 | 8/10 | 6/9 | 5/12 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 4 | 47 | 0/0 | 8/10 | 6/9 | 5/12 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 3/7 | 0/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. Simpson | 270 | 1125 | 4.2 | 41t | 3 |
| Jim Braxton | 146 | 543 | 3.7 | 21t | 4 |
| Larry Watkins | 41 | 170 | 4.1 | 13 | 2 |
| Joe Ferguson | 54 | 111 | 2.1 | 15 | 2 |
| Don Calhoun | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Hayman | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Marangi | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Wayne Moseley | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 545 | 2094 | 3.8 | 41t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 489 | 1878 | 3.8 | 75 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ferguson | 232 | 119 | 51.3 | 101 | 1588 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 55t | 12 | 5.2 | 12 | 5.2 | 32 | 235 | 1353 | 69.0 |
| Gary Marangi | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 6 | 140 | 7.8 | 15.6 | 44t | 2 | 11.1 | 3 | 16.7 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 73.6 |
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 251 | 128 | 51.0 | 108 | 1728 | 6.9 | 13.5 | 55t | 14 | 5.6 | 15 | 6.0 | 33 | 236 | 1492 | 67.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 311 | 146 | 46.9 | 145 | 1898 | 6.1 | 13.0 | 54 | 11 | 3.5 | 20 | 6.4 | 32 | 287 | 1611 | 51.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Rashad | 36 | 433 | 12.0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.D. Hill | 32 | 572 | 17.9 | 55t | 6 | 0 | |||
| Jim Braxton | 18 | 171 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Seymour | 15 | 246 | 16.4 | 40t | 2 | 0 | |||
| O.J. Simpson | 15 | 189 | 12.6 | 29t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Chandler | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Calhoun | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Jenkins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donnie Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 128 | 1728 | 13.5 | 55t | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 146 | 1898 | 13.0 | 54 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Greene | 9 | 157 | 17.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Robert James | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Washington | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 72t | 1 |
| Neal Craig | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Merv Krakau | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Rich Lewis | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dwight Harrison | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Doug Allen | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 413 | 20.7 | 72t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 183 | 12.2 | 67 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Jones | 35 | 1305 | 37.3 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 34 | 1494 | 43.9 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 69 | 2799 | 40.6 | 66 | 0 | 416 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 2856 | 37.1 | 60 | 0 | 460 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Walker | 43 | 2 | 384 | 8.9 | 52 | 0 |
| Bill Cahill | 10 | 1 | 62 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Hayman | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Rex Kern | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Greene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 56 | 4 | 460 | 8.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 0 | 416 | 9.2 | 48 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Francis | 37 | 947 | 25.6 | 74 | 0 | |
| Don Calhoun | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bo Cornell | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Cahill | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Donnie Walker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Neal Craig | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1128 | 22.6 | 74 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1345 | 23.2 | 53 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Kadish | 7.5 | |
| Earl Edwards | 6.5 | |
| Walt Patulski | 5.5 | |
| Dave Costa | 2.5 | |
| Doug Allen | 2.0 | |
| Bo Cornell | 2.0 | |
| Neal Craig | 1.5 | |
| Dave Washington | 1.5 | |
| Jim Cheyunski | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32.0 | 287.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33.0 | 236.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Cheyunski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Cornell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Neal Craig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe DeLamielleure | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -13 | 0 | |
| Dave Foley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Halvor Hagen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Kern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Marangi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Moseley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Walt Patulski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| O.J. Simpson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Skorupan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Walker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 56 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 1 |
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