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.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
45	Glenn Alexander	WR	6-3	205	23	Grambling State	13	0
21	Jackie Allen	RS-LCB	6-1	188	23	Baylor	14	3
56	Al Andrews	RLB-LLB	6-3	216	25	New Mexico State	8	1
86	Marlin Briscoe	WR	5-10	178	25	Nebraska-Omaha	14	14
42	Butch Byrd	RCB	6-0	203	29	Boston University	14	14
74	Levert Carr	OT	6-5	258	26	Independence CC; North Central	7	0
52	Edgar Chandler	MLB	6-3	227	24	Georgia	14	14
73	Richard Cheek	LOG	6-3	266	22	Auburn	14	13
51	Jerry Collins	LB	6-1	225	23	Western Michigan	3	0
79	Paul Costa	ROT	6-4	252	29	Notre Dame	14	14
82	Al Cowlings	RDE	6-5	247	23	San Francisco CC; Southern California	13	12
63	Dick Cunningham	MLB	6-2	239	26	Arkansas	14	0
10	Dan Darragh	QB	6-3	196	24	William & Mary	3	2
84	Austin Denney	TE	6-2	230	26	Tennessee	14	14
78	Jim Dunaway	LDT	6-4	278	29	Mississippi	14	14
41	Bill Enyart	RB	6-4	236	23	Oregon State	14	5
53	Wayne Fowler	OT	6-3	260	22	Richmond	10	0
69	Jerome Gantt	ROT	6-4	266	22	North Carolina Central	6	0
24	Bob Gladieux	RB	5-11	190	23	Notre Dame	2	0
26	Clyde Glosson	WR	5-11	175	23	Texas-El Paso	11	0
85	Willie Grate	TE	6-4	225	23	South Carolina State	14	0
59	Paul Guidry	LLB	6-3	229	26	Louisiana State; McNeese State	14	14
7	Grant Guthrie	K	6-0	210	22	Florida State	14	0
12	James Harris	QB	6-3	221	23	Grambling State	7	1
65	Waddey Harvey	RDT	6-4	275	23	Virginia Tech	14	9
28	Ike Hill	CB	5-10	185	23	Catawba	6	0
20	Robert James	LCB	6-1	184	23	Fisk	14	13
36	Greg Jones	RB	6-1	195	22	UCLA	10	2
54	Howard Kindig	LOT-C	6-6	260	29	Moberly JC; Los Angeles State	10	10
75	Art Laster	LOT	6-4	280	22	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	5
55	Paul Maguire	P	6-0	224	32	The Citadel	14	0
57	Frank Marchlewski	C	6-2	237	27	Minnesota	13	13
76	Mike McBath	RDE-LDE	6-4	249	24	Penn State	12	3
64	Mike McCaffrey	RLB	6-3	235	24	California	12	4
72	Ron McDole	LDE	6-3	266	31	Nebraska	14	13
80	Jim McFarland	TE	6-5	225	23	Nebraska	1	0
25	Haven Moses	WR	6-2	200	24	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	14	14
40	Roland Moss	RB	6-3	215	24	Toledo	4	0
88	Julian Nunamaker	RDT	6-3	251	24	Tennessee-Martin	8	1
67	Joe O'Donnell	ROG	6-2	249	29	Michigan	14	14
33	Lloyd Pate	RB	6-1	205	24	Cincinnati	9	4
30	Wayne Patrick	RB	6-2	227	24	Louisville	9	0
27	Tommy Pharr	RS	5-10	187	23	Gordon Military JC; Mississippi State	10	0
48	John Pitts	LS	6-4	219	25	Santa Ana JC; Arizona State	14	14
61	Jim Reilly	LOG	6-2	250	22	Notre Dame	13	1
47	Pete Richardson	RS	6-1	190	24	Dayton	12	12
16	Dennis Shaw	QB	6-2	213	23	Southern California; Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State	14	11
32	O.J. Simpson	RB	6-1	210	23	San Francisco CC; Southern California	8	8
58	Mike Stratton	RLB	6-3	236	29	Tennessee	9	9
71	Bob Tatarek	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
Team Totals	54	70	21	59
Opponents Totals	67	96	84	90

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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Grant Guthrie	10	19	52.6	3/3	3/4	2/3	1/4	1/5
Team Totals	10	19	52.6	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
Tommy Pharr	23	4	184	8.0	54
Ike Hill	19	2	102	5.4	54
Jackie Allen	2	2	10	5.0	8
Glenn Alexander	1	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	45	9	298	6.6	54
Opponents Totals	42	23	291	6.9	45

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	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
Lloyd 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