1980 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 11-5-0 .688

Head Coach: Chuck Knox

Tom Catlin	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Jack Donaldson	Receivers
Miller McCalmon	Special Assignments
Steve Moore	Special Assignments
Elijah Pitts	Running Backs
Ray Prochaska	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Kay Stephenson	Quarterbacks
Jim Wagstaff	Defensive Backfield
Willie Zapalac	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1980	H	Philadelphia Eagles	9-24	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	28651
Sat	8/16/1980	A	Detroit Lions	17-24	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	48881
Sat	8/23/1980	H	Green Bay Packers	14-0	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	24086
Thu	8/28/1980	A	Houston Oilers	7-24	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	45973
Sun	9/7/1980	H	Miami Dolphins	17-7	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79598
Sun	9/14/1980	H	New York Jets	20-10	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	65315
Sun	9/21/1980	A	New Orleans Saints	35-26	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	65551
Sun	9/28/1980	H	Oakland Raiders	24-7	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77259
Sun	10/5/1980	A	San Diego Chargers	26-24	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	51982
Sun	10/12/1980	H	Baltimore Colts	12-17	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	73634
Sun	10/19/1980	A	Miami Dolphins	14-17	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	41636
Sun	10/26/1980	H	New England Patriots	31-13	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	75092
Sun	11/2/1980	H	Atlanta Falcons	14-30	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	57959
Sun	11/9/1980	A	New York Jets	31-24	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	45677
Sun	11/16/1980	A	Cincinnati Bengals	14-0	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	40836
Sun	11/23/1980	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	28-13	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79659
Sun	11/30/1980	A	Baltimore Colts	24-28	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	36184
Sun	12/7/1980	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-7	W	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77133
Sun	12/14/1980	A	New England Patriots	2-24	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	63292
Sun	12/21/1980	A	San Francisco 49ers	18-13	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	37476
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	1/3/1981	A	San Diego Chargers	14-20	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	52028

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
28	Rufus Bess	LCB	5-9	183	24	South Carolina State	16	1
73	Jon Borchardt	OT	6-5	265	23	Montana State	16	0
86	Mark Brammer	TE	6-3	235	22	Michigan State	16	5
47	Curtis Brown	FB	5-10	203	26	Fort Scott CC; Missouri	16	16
80	Jerry Butler	WR	6-0	178	23	Clemson	16	16
7	Greg Cater	P	6-1	191	23	Tennessee-Chattanooga	16	0
29	Mario Clark	LCB	6-2	193	26	Oregon	16	15
20	Joe Cribbs	RB	5-11	193	22	Auburn	16	16
70	Joe Devlin	ROT	6-5	280	26	Iowa	16	16
69	Conrad Dobler	ROG	6-3	254	30	Wyoming	16	16
84	Duke Fergerson	WR	6-1	186	26	Merced JC; Washington State; San Diego State	9	0
12	Joe Ferguson	QB	6-1	190	30	Arkansas	16	16
22	Steve Freeman	SS	5-11	185	27	Mississippi State	16	16
88	Reuben Gant	TE	6-4	226	28	Oklahoma State	16	11
53	Will Grant	C	6-3	266	26	Idaho State; Kentucky	16	16
21	Doug Greene	FS	6-2	205	24	Lakewood JC; Texas A&M-KIngsville	8	0
74	Dee Hardison	NT	6-4	280	24	North Carolina	16	0
55	Jim Haslett	LILB	6-3	236	25	Indiana (Pennsylvania)	16	16
25	Roland Hooks	RB	6-0	196	27	North Carolina State	16	0
10	David Humm	QB	6-2	190	28	Nebraska	16	0
90	Scott Hutchinson	RDE	6-4	243	24	Florida	16	3
97	Darrell Irvin	DE	6-4	255	23	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	7	0
81	Ron Jessie	WR	6-0	183	32	Imperial Valley JC; Kansas	16	2
91	Ken Johnson	DE	6-5	253	25	Knoxville	16	0
72	Ken Jones	LOT	6-5	270	28	Arkansas State	16	16
71	Mike Kadish	NT	6-5	265	30	Notre Dame	16	0
52	Chris Keating	LB	6-2	233	23	Maine	15	0
42	Rod Kush	S	6-0	192	24	Nebraska-Omaha	5	0
48	Roosevelt Leaks	FB	5-10	219	27	Texas	16	0
82	Frank Lewis	WR	6-1	196	33	Grambling State	15	14
11	Dan Manucci	QB	6-2	194	23	Mesa CC; Kansas State	2	0
67	Reggie McKenzie	LOG	6-5	255	30	Michigan	16	16
5	Nick Mike-Mayer	K	5-8	187	30	Temple	16	0
40	Terry Miller	RB	5-10	196	24	Oklahoma State	15	0
59	Shane Nelson	RILB	6-1	232	25	Blinn JC; Baylor	16	16
38	Jeff Nixon	FS	6-3	190	24	Richmond	7	5
85	Artie Owens	WR	5-11	182	27	West Virginia	4	0
62	Ervin Parker	LB	6-5	245	22	South Carolina State	16	0
89	Lou Piccone	WR	5-8	184	31	West Liberty	9	0
51	Jim Ritcher	C	6-3	272	22	North Carolina State	14	0
58	Isiah Robertson	ROLB	6-3	225	31	Southern University	16	16
26	Charles Romes	RCB	6-1	190	26	Lake City JC; North Carolina Central	16	16
57	Lucius Sanford	LOLB	6-2	216	24	Georgia Tech	16	16
45	Bill Simpson	FS	6-1	184	29	Michigan State	11	11
65	Fred Smerlas	NT	6-4	285	23	Boston College	16	16
16	Roland Solomon	CB	5-11	180	24	Utah	1	0
41	Phil Villapiano	LB	6-2	225	31	Bowling Green State	16	0
65	Tim Vogler	C	6-3	285	24	Ohio State	10	0
83	Sherm White	RDE	6-5	250	32	Laney JC; California	15	13
77	Ben Williams	LDE	6-3	260	26	Mississippi	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	16	Jim Ritcher	C	North Carolina State
2	29	Joe Cribbs	RB	Auburn
2	37	Gene Bradley	QB	Arkansas State
3	67	Mark Brammer	TE	Michigan State
3	71	John Schmeding	G	Boston College
4	93	Ervin Parker	LB	South Carolina State
5	119	Jeff Pyburn	DB	Georgia
5	129	Keith Lee	DB	Colorado State
8	202	Todd Krueger	QB	Northern Michigan
9	231	Kent Davis	DB	Southeast Missouri State
10	259	Greg Cater	P	Tennessee-Chattanooga
11	286	Joe Gordon	DT	Grambling State
12	316	Roger Lapham	TE	Maine

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	54	104	55	104	3
Opponents Totals	50	87	72	51	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		317	134	157	26	127/240 52.9%	/ %	90	731
Opponents Totals		251	109	120	22	91/217 41.9%	/ %	97	805

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Nick Mike-Mayer	0	37	39	94.9	13	23	56.5	0	76
Joe Cribbs	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Jerry Butler	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Frank Lewis	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Mark Brammer	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Curtis Brown	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Roosevelt Leaks	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Steve Freeman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Reuben Gant	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Roland Hooks	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ron Jessie	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jeff Nixon	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lucius Sanford	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ken Johnson	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Bill Simpson	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	40	37	40	92.5	13	23	56.5	2	320
Opponents Totals	31	29	31	93.5	15	20	75.0	0	260

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Nick Mike-Mayer	13	23	56.5	0/0	4/4	4/9	5/9	0/1
Team Totals	13	23	56.5	0/0	4/4	4/9	5/9	0/1
Opponents Totals	15	20	75.0	0/0	5/5	3/6	6/8	1/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Cribbs	306	1185	3.9	48	11
Curtis Brown	153	559	3.7	34t	3
Roosevelt Leaks	67	219	3.3	15	2
Roland Hooks	25	118	4.7	25	1
Joe Ferguson	31	65	2.1	15	0
Terry Miller	12	35	2.9	6	0
Dan Manucci	3	29	9.7	17	0
Jerry Butler	1	18	18.0	18	0
Mark Brammer	1	8	8.0	8	0
David Humm	1	5	5.0	5	0
Ron Jessie	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Greg Cater	2	-10	-5.0	-1	0
Team Totals	603	2222	3.7	48	17
Opponents Totals	486	1819	3.7	47	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Ferguson	439	251	57.2	170	2805	6.4	11.2	69	20	4.6	18	4.1	13	129	2676	74.5
David Humm	14	4	28.6	9	39	2.8	9.8	19	0	0.0	1	7.1	2	9	30	9.8
Greg Cater	1	1	100.0	0	15	15.0	15.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	15	118.8
Joe Cribbs	1	1	100.0	0	13	13.0	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	13	118.8
Dan Manucci	6	5	83.3	1	64	10.7	12.8	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	48	16	111.1
Team Totals	461	262	56.8	180	2936	6.4	11.2	69	20	4.3	19	4.1	20	186	2750	73.3
Opponents Totals	433	240	55.4	169	2561	5.9	10.7	56	15	3.5	24	5.5	33	279	2282	61.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerry Butler	57	832	14.6	69	6
Joe Cribbs	52	415	8.0	21t	1
Frank Lewis	40	648	16.2	31t	6
Curtis Brown	27	137	5.1	20	0
Mark Brammer	26	283	10.9	36	4
Roland Hooks	23	179	7.8	26	0
Reuben Gant	12	181	15.1	48	1
Roosevelt Leaks	8	57	7.1	18	1
Lou Piccone	7	82	11.7	16	0
Ron Jessie	4	56	14.0	20	1
Duke Fergerson	3	41	13.7	19	0
Terry Miller	3	25	8.3	15	0
Team Totals	262	2936	11.2	69	20
Opponents Totals	240	2561	10.7	56	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Freeman	7	107	15.3	47t	1
Jeff Nixon	5	81	16.2	50t	1
Bill Simpson	4	36	9.0	14	0
Charles Romes	2	41	20.5	30	0
Isiah Robertson	2	39	19.5	39	0
Jim Haslett	2	30	15.0	17	0
Mario Clark	1	0	0.0	0	0
Sherm White	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	24	334	13.9	50t	2
Opponents Totals	19	193	10.2	48t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Greg Cater	73	2828	38.7	61	1	16	12	204	2304	31.1
Team Totals	74	2828	38.2	61	1	16	12	204	2304	31.1
Opponents Totals	82	3266	39.8	61	1	8	21	259	2847	34.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Joe Cribbs	29	7	154	5.3	16
Roland Hooks	8	2	90	11.3	17
Lou Piccone	2	3	15	7.5	8
Team Totals	39	12	259	6.6	17
Opponents Totals	34	6	204	6.0	21

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Terry Miller	16	303	18.9	43
Curtis Brown	10	181	18.1	25
Artie Owens	8	157	19.6	29
Roland Hooks	7	109	15.6	35
Chris Keating	3	38	12.7	16
Joe Cribbs	2	39	19.5	20
Tim Vogler	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	47	827	17.6	43
Opponents Totals	52	1051	20.2	44

SACKS	NO	YDS
Ben Williams	13.5
Fred Smerlas	5.0
Sherm White	4.0
Lucius Sanford	4.0
Jim Haslett	2.0
Greg Cater	1.5
Mike Kadish	1.0
Shane Nelson	1.0
Mario Clark	1.0
Team Totals	33.0	279.0
Opponents Totals	20.0	186.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Curtis Brown	4		0	0	0	0	0
Mario Clark	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Joe Cribbs	16		1	0	1	-7	0
Joe Ferguson	9		1	0	1	-12	0
Will Grant	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Haslett	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roland Hooks	3		2	0	2	0	0
David Humm	1		0	0	0	0	0
Scott Hutchinson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ken Jones	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chris Keating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rod Kush	0	0	2	3	5	0	0
Roosevelt Leaks	1		2	0	2	0	0
Reggie McKenzie	1		1	0	1	30	0
Shane Nelson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jeff Nixon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ervin Parker	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lou Piccone	1		0	1	1	0	0
Isiah Robertson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lucius Sanford	0	0	0	2	2	-1	0
Bill Simpson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sherm White	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ben Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	36	24	12	20	32	10	0
Opponents Totals	37	20	14	22	36		1