1977 Buffalo Bills (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1977	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-28	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49600
Sat	8/13/1977	H	Detroit Lions	17-10	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	27565
Sat	8/20/1977	A	New Orleans Saints	17-20	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	66282
Mon	8/29/1977	A	New York Giants	21-24	L	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	48981
Sat	9/3/1977	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-6	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	28126
Sat	9/10/1977	H	Minnesota Vikings	6-30	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	35017
Sun	9/18/1977	H	Miami Dolphins	0-13	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	76097
Sun	9/25/1977	A	Denver Broncos	6-26	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74737
Sun	10/2/1977	A	Baltimore Colts	14-17	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	47717
Sun	10/9/1977	H	New York Jets	19-24	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	32046
Sun	10/16/1977	H	Atlanta Falcons	3-0	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	27348
Sun	10/23/1977	H	Cleveland Browns	16-27	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	60905
Sun	10/30/1977	A	Seattle Seahawks	17-56	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	61180
Sun	11/6/1977	A	New England Patriots	24-14	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60263
Sun	11/13/1977	H	Baltimore Colts	13-31	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	39444
Sun	11/20/1977	H	New England Patriots	7-20	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	27598
Mon	11/28/1977	A	Oakland Raiders	13-34	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51558
Sun	12/4/1977	H	Washington Redskins	0-10	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	22975
Sun	12/11/1977	A	New York Jets	14-10	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	31929
Sat	12/17/1977	A	Miami Dolphins	14-31	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	39626

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Bill Adams	60	OG	6-2	250	27	Holy Cross	9	0
Marv Bateman	7	P	6-4	213	27	Utah	14	0
Jim Braxton	34	FB	6-1	243	28	West Virginia	14	14
Curtis Brown	47	RB	5-10	203	23	Fort Scott CC; Missouri	7	0
Bob Chandler	81	WR	6-0	179	28	Southern California	14	14
Mario Clark	29	LCB	6-2	193	23	Oregon	14	13
Mike Collier	35	RB	5-11	200	24	Morgan State	6	0
Greg Collins	50	LB	6-3	227	25	Notre Dame	11	0
Bo Cornell	30	LB	6-1	215	28	Washington	12	0
Reggie Craig	86	WR	6-1	190	24	Arkansas	4	0
Joe DeLamielleure	68	ROG	6-3	253	26	Michigan State	14	14
Joe Devlin	70	ROT	6-5	280	23	Iowa	14	14
Phil Dokes	85	DE-DT	6-5	257	22	Oklahoma State	12	0
Bill Dunstan	76	RDT	6-4	250	28	Utah State	14	13
Joe Ferguson	12	QB	6-1	190	27	Arkansas	14	14
Dave Foley	78	LOT	6-5	252	30	Ohio State	13	12
Mike Franckowiak	36	RB	6-3	220	24	Central Michigan	13	0
Steve Freeman	22	S	5-11	185	24	Mississippi State	14	0
Reuben Gant	88	TE	6-4	226	25	Oklahoma State	14	1
Tony Greene	43	FS	5-10	170	28	Maryland	14	14
Dwight Harrison	28	RCB	6-1	183	29	Texas A&M-Kingsville	12	12
John Holland	80	WR	6-1	190	25	Tennessee State	3	3
Roland Hooks	25	RB	6-0	196	24	North Carolina State	14	7
Dan Jilek	51	RLB	6-2	225	24	Michigan	14	14
Doug Jones	24	SS	6-2	205	27	Arizona State; San Diego CC; Northridge State	14	14
Ken Jones	73	LOT	6-5	270	25	Arkansas State	14	2
Mike Kadish	71	LDT	6-5	265	27	Notre Dame	14	14
Johnny Kimbrough	82	WR	5-10	165	23	St. Cloud State	14	1
Merv Krakau	52	MLB	6-1	242	26	Iowa State	13	12
John Little	72	RDT	6-3	250	30	Oklahoma State	12	1
Carson Long	5	K	5-10	210	23	Pittsburgh	9	0
Reggie McKenzie	67	LOG	6-5	255	27	Michigan	14	14
Keith Moody	46	RCB-LCB	5-11	179	24	Syracuse	14	3
Greg Morton	79	LB	6-1	230	24	Michigan	9	0
Bob Nelson	56	LB	6-4	230	24	Nebraska	11	0
Shane Nelson	59	LLB	6-1	232	22	Blinn JC; Baylor	14	14
Neil O'Donoghue	8	K	6-6	210	24	St. Bernard; Auburn	5	0
Willie Parker	61	C	6-3	245	29	Wharton County JC; North Texas	14	14
Lou Piccone	89	WR	5-8	184	28	West Liberty	14	10
Charles Romes	26	DB	6-1	190	23	Lake City JC; North Carolina Central	14	0
Tom Ruud	54	LB	6-2	230	24	Nebraska	8	0
Paul Seymour	87	TE	6-5	250	27	Michigan	14	13
O.J. Simpson	32	RB	6-1	210	30	San Francisco CC; Southern California	7	7
John Skorupan	55	MLB	6-3	225	26	Penn State	2	2
Sherm White	83	RDE	6-5	250	29	Laney JC; California	14	14
Ben Williams	77	LDE	6-3	260	23	Mississippi	14	14
Lenny Willis	86	WR	5-11	180	24	Nebraska Southern JC; Ohio State	4	0
Connie Zelencik	53	C	6-4	245	22	Purdue	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Phil Dokes	DT	Oklahoma State
3	59	Curtis Brown	RB	Missouri
3	73	Johnny Kimbrough	WR	St. Cloud State
4	86	Jimmy Dean	DT	Texas A&M
5	115	Fred Besana	QB	California
5	127	Neil O'Donoghue	K	Auburn
6	157	Ron Pruitt	DE	Nebraska
7	170	Mike Nelms	DB	Baylor
8	197	Greg Morton	DT	Michigan
11	282	Nate Jackson	RB	Tennessee State
12	309	Charles Romes	DB	North Carolina Central

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	41	39	33	47	160
Opponents Totals	57	113	81	62	313

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		246	93	141	12	75/197 38.1%	/ %	87	866
Opponents Totals		260	134	98	28	87/197 44.2%	/ %	71	638

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Carson Long	0	13	14	92.9	7	11	63.6	0	34
Bob Chandler	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Johnny Kimbrough	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Braxton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Joe Ferguson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Reuben Gant	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Lou Piccone	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Neil O'Donoghue	0	4	5	80.0	2	6	33.3	0	10
Curtis Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bo Cornell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Doug Jones	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Keith Moody	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tony Greene	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	19	17	19	89.5	9	17	52.9	1	160
Opponents Totals	39	37	39	94.9	14	21	66.7	0	313

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Carson Long	7	11	63.6	1	45	0/0	2/2	2/3	3/6	0/0
Neil O'Donoghue	2	6	33.3	0	30	0/0	1/2	1/2	0/1	0/1
Team Totals	9	17	52.9	1	45	1/1	3/4	3/5	3/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	14	21	66.7			1/1	5/5	3/5	5/10	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
O.J. Simpson	126	557	4.4	39	0
Roland Hooks	128	497	3.9	66	0
Jim Braxton	113	372	3.3	12	1
Joe Ferguson	41	279	6.8	41	2
Mike Collier	31	116	3.7	15	0
Curtis Brown	8	34	4.3	9	0
Lou Piccone	1	6	6.0	6	0
Marv Bateman	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Franckowiak	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	450	1861	4.1	66	3
Opponents Totals	589	2405	4.1	60t	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Ferguson	457	221	48.4	212	2803	6.1	12.7	42	12	2.6	24	5.3	36	273	2530	54.8
O.J. Simpson	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	458	221	48.3	213	2803	6.1	12.7	42	12	2.6	24	5.2	36	273	2530	54.7
Opponents Totals	316	155	49.1	140	2213	7.0	14.3	67	17	5.4	21	6.6	17	165	2048	62.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Chandler	60	745	12.4	31	4		0	0
Jim Braxton	43	461	10.7	27	1		0
Reuben Gant	41	646	15.8	39	2		0	0
Lou Piccone	17	240	14.1	25	2		0	0
Roland Hooks	16	195	12.2	33	0		0
O.J. Simpson	16	138	8.6	18	0	0	0
Johnny Kimbrough	10	207	20.7	42	2			0
John Holland	8	107	13.4	27	0		0
Curtis Brown	5	20	4.0	12t	1	0	0	0
Mike Collier	3	23	7.7	11	0	0	0
Paul Seymour	2	21	10.5	11	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	221	2803	12.7	42	12
Opponents Totals	155	2213	14.3	67	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Greene	9	144	16.0	47	0
Mario Clark	7	151	21.6	43	0
Doug Jones	2	30	15.0	24t	1
Dwight Harrison	2	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Freeman	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	21	329	15.7	47	1
Opponents Totals	24	326	13.6	49	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Marv Bateman	81	3229	39.9	75	2	10	14	604	2425	29.2
Team Totals	83	3229	38.9	75	2	10	14	604	2425	29.2
Opponents Totals	73	2646	36.2	61		10	16	380	2066	28.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Keith Moody	15	6	196	13.1	91t	1
John Kimbrough	16	1	184	11.5	73t	1
Lenny Willis	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Lou Piccone	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	32	9	380	11.9	91t	2
Opponents Totals	42	3	604	14.4	53	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Kimbrough	15	346	23.1	27	0
Keith Moody	30	636	21.2	45	0
Lou Piccone	4	89	22.3	26	0
Mike Collier	4	55	13.8	19	0
Curtis Brown	3	66	22.0	34	0
Charles Romes	1	18	18.0	18	0
Bob Nelson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Bill Dunstan	1	9	9.0	9	0
Mike Franckowiak	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	60	1238	20.6	45	0
Opponents Totals	40	814	20.4	93t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Sherm White	4.0
Mike Kadish	3.5
Ben Williams	3.5
Phil Dokes	1.0
Dan Jilek	1.0
Ken Jones	1.0
Merv Krakau	1.0
Shane Nelson	1.0
Team Totals	17.0	165.0
Opponents Totals	36.0	273.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jim Braxton	7		0	0	0	0	0
Mario Clark	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Mike Collier	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bo Cornell	0	0	1	2	3	22	1
Joe DeLamielleure	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Ferguson	12		7	0	7	-7	0
Mike Franckowiak	1		0	0	0	0	0
Reuben Gant	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Holland	1		0	0	0	0	0
Roland Hooks	8		1	0	1	0	0
Dan Jilek	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Jones	0	0	0	1	1	20	0
Mike Kadish	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Reggie McKenzie	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Keith Moody	2		1	1	2	3	0
Shane Nelson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Willie Parker	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Lou Piccone	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charles Romes	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tom Ruud	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
O.J. Simpson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ben Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Connie Zelencik	1		0	0	0	-14	0
Team Totals	36	20	16	12	28	30	1
Opponents Totals	21	12	9	20	29		0

Bruce Beatty	Special Teams
Jimmy Carr	Linebackers
Kay Dalton	Receivers
Jim LaRue	Offensive Backs
Richie McCabe	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backfield
Jerry Wampfler	Defensive Line
Ray Wietecha	Offensive Line