1977 Buffalo Bills: 3-11-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (58 points scored, 125 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (102 points scored, 188 allowed) Head Coach: Jim Ringo
160 points scored (26th of 28 teams), 313 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 221 458 2,530 ( 1) 5.12 12 24 450 1,861 (19) 4.1 3 4,391 ( 8) 44
Defense: 155 316 2,048 (16) 6.15 17 21 589 2,405 (25) 4.1 21 4,453 (23) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Carson Long K 9 5'10 210 22 R Pittsburgh 7 Marv Bateman P 14 6'4 215 27 6 Utah 8 Neil O'Donoghue K 5 6'6 204 24 R Auburn 12 Joe Ferguson QB 14 6'1 184 27 5 Arkansas 22 Steve Freeman DB 14 5'11 185 24 3 Mississippi State 24 Doug Jones DB 14 6'2 205 27 4 Cal State-Northridge 25 Roland Hooks RB 14 6'0 197 24 2 North Carolina State 26 Charles Romes DB 14 6'1 191 22 R North Carolina Central 28 Dwight Harrison DB 12 6'1 186 29 7 Texas A&I 29 Mario Clark DB 14 6'2 190 23 2 Oregon 30 Bo Cornell LB 12 6'1 222 28 7 Washington 32 O.J. Simpson RB 7 6'2 212 30 9 Southern California 34 Jim Braxton RB 14 6'2 240 28 7 West Virginia 35 Mike Collier RB 6 5'11 200 24 2 Morgan State 36 Mike Franckowiak RB 13 6'3 218 24 3 Central Michigan 43 Tony Greene DB 14 5'10 170 28 7 Maryland 46 Keith Moody DB 14 5'10 171 24 2 Syracuse 47 Curtis Brown RB 7 5'10 203 22 R Missouri 50 Greg Collins LB 11 6'3 227 24 3 Notre Dame 51 Dan Jilek LB 14 6'2 219 23 2 Michigan 52 Merv Krakau LB 13 6'2 248 26 5 Iowa State 53 Connie Zelencik C 14 6'4 245 22 R Purdue 54 Tom Ruud LB 8 6'2 223 24 3 Nebraska 55 John Skorupan LB 2 6'2 221 26 5 Penn State 56 Bob Nelson LB 11 6'4 232 24 2 Nebraska 59 Shane Nelson LB 14 6'1 222 22 R Baylor 60 Bill Adams OG 9 6'2 246 27 5 Holy Cross 61 Willie Parker C 14 6'3 245 28 5 North Texas State 67 Reggie McKenzie OG 14 6'4 242 27 6 Michigan 68 Joe DeLamielleure OG 14 6'3 248 26 5 Michigan State 69 Ken Jones OT 14 6'5 252 24 2 Arkansas State 70 Joe Devlin OT 14 6'5 258 23 2 Iowa 71 Mike Kadish DT 14 6'5 270 27 5 Notre Dame 72 John Little DT 12 6'3 250 30 8 Oklahoma State 76 Bill Dunstan DT 14 6'4 250 28 5 Utah State 77 Ben Williams DE 14 6'3 258 23 2 Mississippi 78 Dave Foley OT 13 6'5 247 30 9 Ohio State 79 Greg Morton DE 9 6'1 230 24 R Michigan 80 John Holland WR 3 6'0 190 25 4 Tennessee State 81 Bob Chandler WR 14 6'0 180 28 7 Southern California 82 John Kimbrough WR 14 5'10 165 23 R St. Cloud State 83 Sherman White DE 14 6'5 250 29 6 California 85 Phil Dokes DE 12 6'5 258 22 R Oklahoma State 86 Reggie Craig WR 4 6'0 190 24 3 Arkansas 86 Leonard Willis WR 4 5'10 180 24 2 Ohio State 87 Paul Seymour TE 14 6'5 245 27 5 Michigan 88 Reuben Gant TE 14 6'4 225 25 4 Oklahoma State 89 Lou Piccone WR 14 5'9 184 28 4 West Liberty State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Joe Ferguson 457 221 48.4 2,803 6.13 12.7 12 2.6 24 5.3 36 273 54.8
O.J. Simpson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bob Chandler 60 745 12.4 4 Jim Braxton 43 461 10.7 1 Reuben Gant 41 646 15.8 2 Lou Piccone 17 240 14.1 2 Roland Hooks 16 195 12.2 0 O.J. Simpson 16 138 8.6 0 John Kimbrough 10 207 20.7 2 John Holland 8 107 13.4 0 Curtis Brown 5 20 4.0 1 Mike Collier 3 23 7.7 0 Paul Seymour 2 21 10.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD O.J. Simpson 126 557 4.4 0 Roland Hooks 128 497 3.9 0 Jim Braxton 113 372 3.3 1 Joe Ferguson 41 279 6.8 2 Mike Collier 31 116 3.7 0 Curtis Brown 8 34 4.2 0 Lou Piccone 1 6 6.0 0 Marv Bateman 1 0 0.0 0 Mike Franckowiak 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Keith Moody 30 636 21.2 0 John Kimbrough 15 346 23.1 0 Lou Piccone 4 89 22.2 0 Mike Collier 4 55 13.8 0 Curtis Brown 3 66 22.0 0 Charles Romes 1 18 18.0 0 Bob Nelson 1 10 10.0 0 Bill Dunstan 1 9 9.0 0 Mike Franckowiak 1 9 9.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD John Kimbrough 16 184 11.5 1 1 Keith Moody 15 196 13.1 6 1 Leonard Willis 1 0 0.0 1 0 Lou Piccone 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1977 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 12 DT Phil Dokes 22 Oklahoma State [pick acquired from DET] 3 59 RB Curtis Brown 78 Missouri 3 73 WR John Kimbrough 14 St. Cloud State [pick acquired from CLE] 4 86 DT Jimmy Dean 3 Texas A&M 5 115 QB Fred Besana California 5 127 K Neil O'Donoghue 110 Auburn [pick acquired from SF] 6 157 DE Ron Pruitt Nebraska [pick acquired from CLE] 7 170 DB Mike Nelms 68 Baylor 8 197 DT Greg Morton 9 Michigan 11 282 RB Nate Jackson Tennessee State 12 309 DB Charles Romes 156 North Carolina Central
Traded draft picks: #1 to CIN (Eddie Edwards), #2 to SEA via DAL (Tom Lynch), #6 to SF (Mike Burns), #9 to KC (Derrick Glanton), #10 to PIT (Alvin Cowans)
Transactions:
| 04-15-1977 | traded Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1978 draft to Eagles for Bill Dunstan |
| 06-25-1977 | Sam Wyche retired |
| 07-21-1977 | Lions claimed Emmett Edwards on waivers |
| 07-22-1977 | traded Mike Montler to Broncos for Denver's #2 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-11-1977 | traded Jimmy Dean to Oilers for Houston's #8 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 08-24-1977 | traded Donnie Green to Eagles for Philadelphia's #6 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 08-31-1977 | traded Buffalo's #6 pick in the 1978 draft to Jets for Lou Piccone |
| 08-31-1977 | traded Gary Marangi to Packers for an undisclosed draft pick (trade voided when Marangi failed physical) |
| 11-24-1977 | placed Reggie Craig on injured reserve |
1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 vs Miami Dolphins L 0-13 0-1-0 09/25/77 at Denver Broncos L 6-26 0-2-0 10/02/77 at Baltimore Colts L 14-17 0-3-0 10/09/77 vs New York Jets L 19-24 0-4-0 10/16/77 vs Atlanta Falcons W 3-0 1-4-0 10/23/77 vs Cleveland Browns L 16-27 1-5-0 10/30/77 at Seattle Seahawks L 17-56 1-6-0 11/06/77 at New England Patriots W 24-14 2-6-0 11/13/77 vs Baltimore Colts L 13-31 2-7-0 11/20/77 vs New England Patriots L 7-20 2-8-0 11/28/77 at Oakland Raiders L 13-34 2-9-0 12/04/77 vs Washington Redskins L 0-10 2-10-0 12/11/77 at New York Jets W 14-10 3-10-0 12/17/77 at Miami Dolphins L 14-31 3-11-0
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