1976 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

5th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 2-12-0 .143

Head Coach: Lou Saban (2-3-0); a href="/coach/ring00400coach.html">Jim Ringo (0-9-0)

Jim LaRue	Receivers
Richie McCabe	Defensive Backs
Errol Prisby	Special Teams
John Ray	Linebackers
Jim Ringo	Offensive Line
Jerry Wampfler	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1976	A	Detroit Lions	17-20	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	49432
Sat	8/7/1976	A	Cincinnati Bengals	10-31	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	47117
Fri	8/13/1976	H	New Orleans Saints	14-21	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	36110
Fri	8/20/1976	H	Green Bay Packers	37-0	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	33706
Sat	8/28/1976	A	Los Angeles Rams	17-31	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	50012
Fri	9/3/1976	H	Cleveland Browns	28-10	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	37951
Mon	9/13/1976	H	Miami Dolphins	21-30	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77683
Sun	9/19/1976	H	Houston Oilers	3-13	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	61364
Sun	9/26/1976	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14-9	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	42805
Sun	10/3/1976	H	Kansas City Chiefs	50-17	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	51909
Sun	10/10/1976	A	New York Jets	14-17	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	52416
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Baltimore Colts	13-31	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	71009
Sun	10/24/1976	H	New England Patriots	22-26	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	45144
Sun	10/31/1976	H	New York Jets	14-19	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	41285
Sun	11/7/1976	A	New England Patriots	10-20	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61157
Mon	11/15/1976	A	Dallas Cowboys	10-17	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	51779
Sun	11/21/1976	H	San Diego Chargers	13-34	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	36539
Thu	11/25/1976	A	Detroit Lions	14-27	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	66569
Sun	12/5/1976	A	Miami Dolphins	27-45	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	43475
Sun	12/12/1976	A	Baltimore Colts	20-58	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	50451

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	ROT	6-2	250	26	Holy Cross	11	1
26	Tim Anderson	S	6-0	195	27	Ohio State	2	0
7	Marv Bateman	P	6-4	213	26	Utah	14	0
34	Jim Braxton	RB	6-1	243	27	West Virginia	1	1
23	Cliff Brooks	S	6-1	190	27	Tennessee State	1	0
81	Bob Chandler	WR	6-0	179	27	Southern California	14	14
29	Mario Clark	LCB	6-2	193	22	Oregon	14	14
85	Fred Coleman	TE	6-4	240	23	Louisiana-Monroe	7	0
30	Bo Cornell	LB	6-1	215	27	Washington	14	1
68	Joe DeLamielleure	ROG	6-3	253	25	Michigan State	14	14
70	Joe Devlin	ROT	6-5	280	22	Iowa	14	2
86	Emmett Edwards	WR	6-1	189	24	Kansas	6	1
12	Joe Ferguson	QB	6-1	190	26	Arkansas	7	7
78	Dave Foley	LOT	6-5	252	29	Ohio State	14	14
27	Steve Freeman	S	5-11	185	23	Mississippi State	14	0
89	Bob Gaddis	WR	5-11	178	24	Mississippi Valley State	2	0
88	Reuben Gant	WR-TE	6-4	226	24	Oklahoma State	14	7
74	Donnie Green	ROT	6-7	266	28	Purdue	13	11
21	Van Green	S	6-1	192	25	Shaw	5	0
43	Tony Greene	RS	5-10	170	27	Maryland	14	14
28	Dwight Harrison	RCB	6-1	183	28	Texas A&M-Kingsville	12	12
37	Clayton Heath	RB	5-11	195	25	Nassau CC; Wake Forest	2	0
80	John Holland	WR	6-1	190	24	Tennessee State	13	8
86	Mike Holmes	WR	6-2	195	26	Texas Southern	1	0
25	Roland Hooks	RB	6-0	196	23	North Carolina State	14	1
5	George Jakowenko	K	5-9	175	28	Syracuse	11	0
51	Dan Jilek	RLB	6-2	225	23	Michigan	14	14
50	Mark Johnson	LB	6-2	238	23	Missouri	13	1
24	Doug Jones	LS	6-2	205	26	Arizona State; San Diego CC; Northridge State	14	14
69	Ken Jones	LDE	6-5	270	24	Arkansas State	12	7
71	Mike Kadish	LDT	6-5	265	26	Notre Dame	14	14
36	Jeff Kinney	RB	6-2	215	27	Nebraska	12	8
52	Merv Krakau	MLB	6-1	242	25	Iowa State	14	14
3	John Leypoldt	K	6-2	230	30	none	1	0
75	Jeff Lloyd	DT	6-6	255	22	West Texas A&M	9	0
17	Gary Marangi	QB	6-2	203	24	Boston College	11	7
67	Reggie McKenzie	LOG	6-5	255	26	Michigan	14	14
53	Mike Montler	C	6-4	260	32	Colorado	14	14
46	Keith Moody	RCB	5-11	179	23	Syracuse	14	2
56	Bob Nelson	LB	6-4	230	23	Nebraska	14	0
61	Willie Parker	OG	6-3	245	28	Wharton County JC; North Texas	2	0
65	Bob Patton	C	6-1	245	22	Delaware	12	0
35	Darnell Powell	RB	6-0	184	22	Tennessee-Chattanooga	11	0
42	Eddie Ray	RB	6-1	237	29	Louisiana State	7	3
33	Andy Reid	RB	6-0	194	22	Georgia	1	0
1	Benny Ricardo	K	5-10	170	22	Orange Coast JC; San Diego State	2	0
54	Tom Ruud	LB	6-2	230	23	Nebraska	14	0
87	Paul Seymour	TE	6-5	250	26	Michigan	13	13
32	O.J. Simpson	RB	6-1	210	29	San Francisco CC; Southern California	14	13
55	John Skorupan	LLB	6-3	225	25	Penn State	14	14
79	Marty Smith	RDT	6-3	250	23	Louisville	14	12
85	Tody Smith	DE	6-5	248	28	Michigan State; Southern California	2	0
33	Vic Washington	RB	5-10	194	30	Wyoming	2	1
83	Sherm White	RDE	6-5	250	28	Laney JC; California	13	13
77	Ben Williams	LDE	6-3	260	22	Mississippi	13	7
47	Roscoe Word	CB	5-11	170	24	Jackson State	1	0
62	Jeff Yeates	DT	6-3	252	25	Boston College	3	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	18	Mario Clark	DB	Oregon
2	45	Ken Jones	G	Arkansas State
2	52	Joe Devlin	T	Iowa
3	78	Ben Williams	DT	Mississippi
4	109	Dan Jilek	LB	Michigan
5	142	Fred Coleman	TE	Louisiana-Monroe
6	164	Leslie Benson	DE	Baylor
6	171	Scott Piper	WR	Arizona
6	175	Darnell Powell	RB	Tennessee-Chattanooga
7	195	Jackie Williams	DB	Texas A&M
8	215	Scott Gardner	QB	Virginia
8	226	Bobby Joe Easter	RB	Middle Tennessee State
8	227	Art Meadowcroft	G	Minnesota
9	241	Jeff Turner	LB	Kansas
9	255	Bobby Kotzur	DT	Texas State
10	280	Keith Moody	DB	Syracuse
11	309	Forry Smith	WR	Iowa State
12	336	Joe Lowery	RB	Jackson State
13	365	Will Wilcox	G	Texas
14	392	Tony Williams	WR	Middle Tennessee State
15	421	Arnold Robinson	LB	Bethune-Cookman
16	448	Gary Gorrell	LB	Boise State
17	477	Bob Berg	K	New Mexico

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	35	67	58	85
Opponents Totals	50	140	96	77

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		250	135	102	13	81/216 37.5%	/ %	91	797
Opponents Totals		262	128	110	24	69/187 36.9%	/ %	92	704

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bob Chandler	10	0	0		0	0		60
George Jakowenko	0	21	24	87.5	12	17	70.6	57
O.J. Simpson	9	0	0		0	0		54
Reuben Gant	3	0	0		0	0		18
John Holland	3	0	0		0	0		18
Gary Marangi	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tony Greene	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jeff Kinney	1	0	0		0	0		6
Keith Moody	1	0	0		0	0		6
Benny Ricardo	0	2	2	100.0	1	4	25.0	5
John Leypoldt	0	3	3	100.0	0	3	0.0	3
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	30	26	30	86.7	13	24	54.2	245
Opponents Totals	41	39	41	95.1	26	30	86.7	363

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
George Jakowenko	12	17	70.6	0/0	4/4	4/6	4/7	0/0
John Leypoldt	0	3	0.0	0/0	0/0	0/3	0/0	0/0
Benny Ricardo	1	4	25.0	0/0	1/3	0/0	0/0	0/1
Team Totals	13	24	54.2	0/0	5/7	4/9	4/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	26	30	86.7	1/1	9/9	10/12	4/6	2/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
O.J. Simpson	290	1503	5.2	75t	8
Jeff Kinney	116	475	4.1	22	1
Gary Marangi	39	230	5.9	21	2
Roland Hooks	25	116	4.6	24	0
Joe Ferguson	18	81	4.5	19	0
Vic Washington	22	65	3.0	10	0
Eddie Ray	24	56	2.3	7	0
Darnell Powell	11	40	3.6	20	0
Jim Braxton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Chandler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Emmett Edwards	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	548	2566	4.7	75t	11
Opponents Totals	533	2465	4.6	59t	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Ferguson	151	74	49.0	76	1086	7.2	14.7	58t	9	6.0	1	0.7	11	80	1006	90.0
Gary Marangi	232	82	35.3	134	998	4.3	12.2	39	7	3.0	16	6.9	22	166	832	30.8
Team Totals	383	156	40.7	210	2084	5.4	13.4	58t	16	4.2	17	4.4	33	246	1838	54.1
Opponents Totals	337	163	48.4	155	2475	7.3	15.2	53t	18	5.3	19	5.6	28	210	2265	67.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Chandler	61	824	13.5	58t	10
O.J. Simpson	22	259	11.8	43	1
Paul Seymour	16	169	10.6	22	0
John Holland	15	299	19.9	58t	2
Jeff Kinney	14	78	5.6	15	0
Reuben Gant	12	263	21.9	39	3
Roland Hooks	6	72	12.0	28	0
Vic Washington	3	29	9.7	11	0
Eddie Ray	3	26	8.7	15	0
Emmett Edwards	2	53	26.5	46	0
Mike Montler	1	6	6.0	6	0
Darnell Powell	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	156	2084	13.4	58t	16
Opponents Totals	163	2475	15.2	53t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Greene	5	135	27.0	101t	1
Keith Moody	3	63	21.0	44	0
Doug Jones	3	5	1.7	5	0
Dan Jilek	2	33	16.5	28	0
Mario Clark	2	21	10.5	21	0
Dwight Harrison	1	18	18.0	18	0
John Skorupan	1	13	13.0	13	0
Sherm White	1	5	5.0	5	0
Merv Krakau	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	19	293	15.4	101t	1
Opponents Totals	17	246	14.5	40	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Marv Bateman	86	3678	42.8	78	1	14	16	878	2520	29.0
Team Totals	87	3678	42.3	78	1	14	16	878	2520	29.0
Opponents Totals	72	2771	38.5	56	0	10	18	220	2351	32.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Keith Moody	16	8	166	10.4	67t	1
Roland Hooks	11	3	45	4.1	12	0
John Holland	4	2	11	2.8	8	0
Bob Gaddis	1	0	6	6.0	6	0
Roscoe Word	1	0	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Team Totals	33	13	220	6.7	67t	1
Opponents Totals	52	2	878	16.9	89t	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Keith Moody	26	605	23.3	41
Roland Hooks	23	521	22.7	79
Tom Ruud	6	68	11.3	17
Darnell Powell	4	101	25.3	26
Mike Holmes	4	90	22.5	26
John Holland	4	62	15.5	19
Vic Washington	3	63	21.0	27
Roscoe Word	2	36	18.0	19
Bo Cornell	2	32	16.0	18
Bob Gaddis	1	16	16.0	16
Team Totals	75	1594	21.3	79
Opponents Totals	48	1204	25.1	74

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Kadish	6.5
Ben Williams	5.0
Marty Smith	4.5
Sherm White	4.5
Merv Krakau	3.0
Dan Jilek	1.0
Doug Jones	1.0
Bob Nelson	1.0
John Skorupan	1.0
Team Totals	28.0	210.0
Opponents Totals	33.0	246.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bob Chandler	3		0	0	0	0	0
Mario Clark	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bo Cornell	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Joe DeLamielleure	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Joe Ferguson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Foley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Freeman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Gaddis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Reuben Gant	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tony Greene	0	0	0	2	2	7	0
John Holland	1		1	1	2	0	1
Roland Hooks	4		3	0	3	0	0
Dan Jilek	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Doug Jones	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Ken Jones	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Kadish	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Jeff Kinney	3		1	0	1	0	0
Merv Krakau	0	0	1	5	6	65	0
Gary Marangi	12		3	0	3	-10	0
Reggie McKenzie	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Montler	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Keith Moody	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Nelson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Eddie Ray	5		1	0	1	0	0
Tom Ruud	1		0	1	1	0	0
Paul Seymour	1		0	0	0	0	0
O.J. Simpson	6		2	0	2	0	0
John Skorupan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Marty Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ben Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roscoe Word	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	45	29	16	23	39	72	1
Opponents Totals	37	23	12	26	38		1