1975 Buffalo Bills (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1975	A	Green Bay Packers	6-23	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	52267
Fri	8/15/1975	H	Cincinnati Bengals	28-38	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	48247
Sat	8/23/1975	H	Los Angeles Rams	31-24	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	54023
Mon	9/1/1975	A	Cleveland Browns	34-20	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	31155
Sat	9/6/1975	N	Atlanta Falcons	16-14	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	41212
Fri	9/12/1975	H	Kansas City Chiefs	7-9	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	48691
Sun	9/21/1975	H	New York Jets	42-14	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77837
Sun	9/28/1975	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	30-21	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49438
Sun	10/5/1975	H	Denver Broncos	38-14	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79798
Sun	10/12/1975	A	Baltimore Colts	38-31	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	43907
Mon	10/20/1975	H	New York Giants	14-17	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79428
Sun	10/26/1975	H	Miami Dolphins	30-35	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79080
Sun	11/2/1975	A	New York Jets	24-23	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	58343
Sun	11/9/1975	H	Baltimore Colts	35-42	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77320
Mon	11/17/1975	A	Cincinnati Bengals	24-33	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	56666
Sun	11/23/1975	H	New England Patriots	45-31	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	65655
Thu	11/27/1975	A	St. Louis Cardinals	32-14	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	41899
Sun	12/7/1975	A	Miami Dolphins	21-31	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	74573
Sun	12/14/1975	A	New England Patriots	34-14	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	58393
Sat	12/20/1975	H	Minnesota Vikings	13-35	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	54993

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Bill Adams	LOG-ROG	6-2	250	25	Holy Cross	6	0
59	Doug Allen	LLB-LILB	6-2	228	24	Penn State	14	5
7	Marv Bateman	P	6-4	213	25	Utah	14	0
34	Jim Braxton	RB	6-1	243	26	West Virginia	14	14
29	Don Calhoun	RB	6-0	215	23	Kansas State	6	0
81	Bob Chandler	WR	6-0	179	26	Southern California	14	14
30	Bo Cornell	RLB	6-1	215	26	Washington	14	11
72	Don Croft	LDT-NG	6-3	254	26	Texas-El Paso	13	5
68	Joe DeLamielleure	ROG	6-3	253	24	Michigan State	14	14
73	Earl Edwards	RDT	6-6	264	29	Wichita State	14	14
12	Joe Ferguson	QB	6-1	190	25	Arkansas	14	14
78	Dave Foley	LOT	6-5	252	28	Ohio State	14	14
45	Charlie Ford	LCB	6-3	185	27	Houston	5	4
22	Steve Freeman	RS-LCB	5-11	185	22	Mississippi State	14	6
88	Reuben Gant	TE	6-4	226	23	Oklahoma State	14	1
74	Donnie Green	ROT	6-7	266	27	Purdue	14	14
43	Tony Greene	LCB-RS-LS	5-10	170	26	Maryland	14	11
76	Halvor Hagen	LOT	6-5	249	28	Shoreline CC; Weber State	13	0
28	Dwight Harrison	RCB	6-1	183	27	Texas A&M-Kingsville	13	13
47	Clint Haslerig	RB	6-0	191	23	Michigan	3	0
21	Gary Hayman	RB	6-1	200	24	Penn State	14	0
40	J.D. Hill	WR	6-1	202	27	Arizona State	14	13
80	John Holland	WR	6-1	190	23	Tennessee State	12	0
50	Mark Johnson	RLB-ROLB	6-2	238	22	Missouri	11	2
26	Ed Jones	LS	6-0	185	23	Rutgers	12	12
71	Mike Kadish	LDT	6-5	265	25	Notre Dame	14	9
52	Merv Krakau	MLB	6-1	242	24	Iowa State	14	9
3	John Leypoldt	K	6-2	230	29	none	14	0
17	Gary Marangi	QB	6-2	203	23	Boston College	5	0
57	John McCrumbly	MLB	6-1	245	22	Tyler JC; Texas A&M	13	2
67	Reggie McKenzie	LOG	6-5	255	25	Michigan	14	14
41	Royce McKinney	LS	6-1	190	22	Kentucky State	9	1
53	Mike Montler	C	6-4	260	31	Colorado	14	14
42	Frank Oliver	LCB-RCB	6-0	194	23	Kentucky State	14	2
61	Willie Parker	C	6-3	245	27	Wharton County JC; North Texas	14	0
85	Walt Patulski	LDE	6-6	267	25	Notre Dame	14	11
54	Tom Ruud	RLB-RILB-MLB	6-2	230	22	Nebraska	14	4
23	Steve Schnarr	RB	6-2	216	23	Otterbein	12	0
87	Paul Seymour	TE	6-5	250	25	Michigan	14	14
32	O.J. Simpson	RB	6-1	210	28	San Francisco CC; Southern California	14	14
55	John Skorupan	LLB-RDE-LOLB	6-3	225	24	Penn State	14	14
37	Ike Thomas	RS	6-2	193	28	Bishop	5	3
65	Pat Toomay	RDE	6-6	244	27	Vanderbilt	14	9
33	Vic Washington	RS-RB	5-10	194	29	Wyoming	13	3
75	Jeff Winans	LDE	6-5	265	24	Modesto JC; Southern California	11	3
62	Jeff Yeates	RDT	6-3	252	24	Boston College	13	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	19	Tom Ruud	LB	Nebraska
2	42	Bob Nelson	LB	Nebraska
2	50	Glenn Lott	DB	Drake
4	102	Tom Donchez	RB	Penn State
5	115	John McCrumbly	LB	Texas A&M
7	166	Gil Chapman	RB	Michigan
7	174	Reggie Cherry	RB	Houston
7	175	Harry Banks	DB	Michigan
8	201	John Hill	DT	Duke
10	253	Roland Hooks	RB	North Carolina State
11	279	Tom Drake	DB	Michigan
12	305	Mark Johnson	DE	Missouri
13	331	Mark Dienhart	T	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
14	357	Robert Evans	WR	Morris Brown
15	383	Chris Kupec	QB	North Carolina
16	408	Tom Fine	TE	Notre Dame
17	435	Jeff Turcotte	DE	Colorado

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	97	121	112	90
Opponents Totals	65	132	62	96

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		318	162	132	24	98/197 49.7%	/ %	90	748
Opponents Totals		300	124	151	25	87/187 46.5%	/ %	82	651

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
O.J. Simpson	23	0	0		0	0		138
Jim Braxton	13	0	0		0	0		78
John Leypoldt	0	51	57	89.5	9	16	56.3	78
J.D. Hill	7	0	0		0	0		42
Bob Chandler	6	0	0		0	0		36
Reuben Gant	2	0	0		0	0		12
Joe Ferguson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Steve Freeman	1	0	0		0	0		6
John Holland	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike Kadish	1	0	0		0	0		6
Paul Seymour	1	0	0		0	0		6
Pat Toomay	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	57	51	57	89.5	9	16	56.3	420
Opponents Totals	47	46	47	97.9	9	16	56.3	355

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Leypoldt	9	16	56.3	2	45	0/1	2/2	4/5	3/7	0/1
Team Totals	9	16	56.3	2	45	0/1	2/2	4/5	3/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	9	16	56.3			2/2	3/3	2/4	2/7	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
O.J. Simpson	329	1817	5.5	88t	16
Jim Braxton	186	823	4.4	29	9
Joe Ferguson	23	82	3.6	17	1
Don Calhoun	19	80	4.2	11	0
Gary Marangi	7	78	11.1	30	0
Vic Washington	9	49	5.4	9	0
Gary Hayman	10	30	3.0	7	0
Clint Haslerig	2	9	4.5	6	0
Bob Chandler	2	5	2.5	5	0
J.D. Hill	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	588	2974	5.1	88t	26
Opponents Totals	480	1993	4.2	56	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Ferguson	321	169	169	135	2426	7.6	14.4	77t	25	7.8	17	5.3	20	153	2273	81.3
Gary Marangi	33	13	13	18	235	7.1	18.1	64t	3	9.1	2	6.1	2	15	220	69.6
Team Totals	354	182	182	153	2661	7.5	14.6	77t	28	7.9	19	5.4	22	168	2493	80.2
Opponents Totals	431	237	237	169	3355	7.8	14.2	89	25	5.8	25	5.8	30	275	3080	75.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Chandler	55	746	13.6	35	6
J.D. Hill	36	667	18.5	77t	7
O.J. Simpson	28	426	15.2	64t	7
Jim Braxton	26	282	10.8	32	4
Paul Seymour	19	268	14.1	32	1
Reuben Gant	9	107	11.9	19t	2
John Holland	7	144	20.6	63	1
Vic Washington	2	21	10.5	15	0
Team Totals	182	2661	14.6	77t	28
Opponents Totals	237	3355	14.2	89	25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dwight Harrison	8	99	12.4	40	0
Tony Greene	6	81	13.5	37	0
Ed Jones	3	13	4.3	13	0
Ike Thomas	2	74	37.0	58	0
Steve Freeman	2	44	22.0	30t	1
Pat Toomay	1	44	44.0	44t	1
Charlie Ford	1	19	19.0	19	0
Merv Krakau	1	2	2.0	2	0
John Skorupan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	25	376	15.0	58	2
Opponents Totals	19	262	13.8	54	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Marv Bateman	61	2536	41.6	74	2	11	15	179	2137	35.0
Team Totals	61	2536	41.6	74	2	11	15	179	2137	36.2
Opponents Totals	59	2389	40.5	71	0			278

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Gary Hayman	25	8	216	8.6	30
John Holland	7	5	53	7.6	13
Ed Jones	1	1	9	9.0	9
Team Totals	33	14	278	8.4	30
Opponents Totals	29	7	179	6.2	24

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Vic Washington	35	923	26.4	59
Gary Hayman	8	179	22.4	34
Royce McKinney	6	151	25.2	37
Steve Schnarr	4	80	20.0	27
John Holland	4	67	16.8	25
Bo Cornell	3	38	12.7	16
Reggie McKenzie	1	15	15.0	15
Tom Ruud	1	4	4.0	4
Team Totals	62	1457	23.5	59
Opponents Totals	64	1496	23.4	74

SACKS	NO	YDS
Pat Toomay	6.0
Earl Edwards	5.0
Mike Kadish	4.0
Walt Patulski	4.0
Don Croft	3.0
John Skorupan	3.0
Jeff Winans	2.0
Bo Cornell	1.5
Tom Ruud	1.0
Jeff Yeates	0.5
Team Totals	30.0	275.0
Opponents Totals	22.0	168.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Doug Allen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Braxton	7		1	0	1	0	0
Don Calhoun	1		0	0	0	0	0
Don Croft	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Earl Edwards	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Joe Ferguson	4		3	0	3	-1	0
Charlie Ford	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
Steve Freeman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Greene	0	0	0	3	3	64	0
Dwight Harrison	1		1	0	1	0	0
Gary Hayman	3		2	0	2	0	0
Ed Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Kadish	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
Merv Krakau	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Frank Oliver	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Walt Patulski	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Ruud	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Seymour	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
O.J. Simpson	7		1	0	1	0	0
John Skorupan	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
Pat Toomay	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Vic Washington	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Winans	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	24	15	9	20	29	116	1
Opponents Totals	42	20	19	15	34		1

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