1974 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 9-5-0 .643

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	Score			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

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
60	Bill Adams	OG	6-2	250	24	Holy Cross	8	0
59	Doug Allen	RLB-RILB	6-2	228	23	Penn State	14	8
7	Marv Bateman	P	6-4	213	24	Utah	5	0
34	Jim Braxton	RB	6-1	243	25	West Virginia	12	11
22	Bill Cahill	RS	5-11	180	23	Washington	14	1
29	Don Calhoun	RB	6-0	215	22	Kansas State	14	1
81	Bob Chandler	WR	6-0	179	25	Southern California	14	0
50	Jim Cheyunski	MLB-LILB	6-1	223	29	Syracuse	14	14
30	Bo Cornell	ROLB	6-1	215	25	Washington	14	3
64	Dave Costa	RDE	6-2	257	33	Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah	14	3
42	Neal Craig	LS	6-1	189	26	Fisk	14	11
72	Don Croft	DE	6-3	254	25	Texas-El Paso	6	0
68	Joe DeLamielleure	ROG	6-3	253	23	Michigan State	14	14
73	Earl Edwards	RDT-RDE	6-6	264	28	Wichita State	14	14
12	Joe Ferguson	QB	6-1	190	24	Arkansas	14	14
78	Dave Foley	LOT	6-5	252	27	Ohio State	14	14
89	Wallace Francis	WR	5-11	190	23	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	0
88	Reuben Gant	TE	6-4	226	22	Oklahoma State	13	0
74	Donnie Green	ROT	6-7	266	26	Purdue	10	10
43	Tony Greene	RS-RCB-LS	5-10	170	25	Maryland	12	12
76	Halvor Hagen	RROT	6-5	249	27	Shoreline CC; Weber State	8	4
28	Dwight Harrison	RCB	6-1	183	26	Texas A&M-Kingsville	13	12
47	Clint Haslerig	RB	6-0	191	22	Michigan	9	0
21	Gary Hayman	WR	6-1	200	23	Penn State	1	0
40	J.D. Hill	WR	6-1	202	26	Arizona State	14	14
16	Scott Hunter	QB	6-2	207	27	Alabama	1	0
20	Robert James	LCB	6-1	184	27	Fisk	14	14
51	Bruce Jarvis	C	6-7	250	26	Washington	1	0
24	Ed Jenkins	RB	6-2	210	24	Holy Cross	5	0
11	Spike Jones	P	6-2	193	27	Middle Georgia JC; Georgia	8	0
46	Steve Jones	RB	6-0	200	23	Duke	3	0
71	Mike Kadish	LDT-MG	6-5	265	24	Notre Dame	14	14
70	Bob Kampa	RDE	6-4	252	23	Gavilan JC; California	3	2
45	Rex Kern	CB-S	5-11	190	25	Ohio State	8	0
37	Ted Koy	TE	6-1	211	27	Texas	12	0
52	Merv Krakau	LB	6-1	242	23	Iowa State	11	0
56	Rich Lewis	RLB	6-2	223	24	Portland State	6	6
3	John Leypoldt	K	6-2	230	28	none	14	0
17	Gary Marangi	QB	6-2	203	22	Boston College	3	0
67	Reggie McKenzie	LOG	6-5	255	24	Michigan	14	14
77	Dave Means	LB	6-4	235	22	Southeast Missouri State	9	0
53	Mike Montler	C	6-4	260	30	Colorado	14	14
39	Wayne Moseley	RB	6-0	190	22	Alabama A&M	3	0
65	Nick Nighswander	C	6-0	232	22	Morehead State	7	0
61	Willie Parker	C-OG	6-3	245	26	Wharton County JC; North Texas	14	0
85	Walt Patulski	LDE	6-6	267	24	Notre Dame	14	14
24	Al Randolph	S	6-2	199	30	Iowa	3	0
27	Ahmad Rashad	WR	6-2	202	25	Oregon	14	14
87	Paul Seymour	TE	6-5	250	24	Michigan	14	14
32	O.J. Simpson	RB	6-1	210	27	San Francisco CC; Southern California	14	14
55	John Skorupan	LLB	6-3	225	23	Penn State	6	6
26	Donnie Walker	RS	6-2	195	24	Central State (Ohio)	14	3
86	Dave Washington	LLB-LOLB	6-5	224	26	Alcorn State	14	8
38	Larry Watkins	RB	6-2	220	28	Alcorn State	10	2
62	Jeff Yeates	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	OT
Team Totals	53	84	37	90
Opponents Totals	28	64	77	75

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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Leypoldt	19	33	57.6	0/0	8/10	6/9	5/12	0/2
Team Totals	19	33	57.6	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
J.D. Hill	32	572	17.9	55t	6
Jim Braxton	18	171	9.5	15	0
Paul Seymour	15	246	16.4	40t	2
O.J. Simpson	15	189	12.6	29t	1
Bob Chandler	7	88	12.6	21	1
Don Calhoun	2	10	5.0	7	0
Ed Jenkins	1	12	12.0	12	0
Larry Watkins	1	7	7.0	7	0
Donnie Green	1	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	RYDS
Spike Jones	35	1305	37.3	56
Marv Bateman	34	1494	43.9	66
Team Totals	69	2799	40.6	66	416
Opponents Totals	77	2856	37.1	60	460

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Donnie Walker	43	2	384	8.9	52
Bill Cahill	10	1	62	6.2	15
Gary Hayman	2	0	13	6.5	11
Rex Kern	1	0	1	1.0	1
Tony Greene	0	1	0
Team Totals	56	4	460	8.2	52
Opponents Totals	45	0	416	9.2	48

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Wallace Francis	37	947	25.6	74
Don Calhoun	6	90	15.0	25
Bo Cornell	3	45	15.0	20
Bill Cahill	1	26	26.0	26
Donnie Walker	1	20	20.0	20
Neal Craig	1	0	0.0	0
Ahmad Rashad	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	50	1128	22.6	74
Opponents Totals	58	1345	23.2	53

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