Team Summary [+]
1979 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 268 points (16.8/g), 23rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 279 points (17.4/g), 8th.
Differential of -11 points (-0.7/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 7th.
Simple Rating System: Total -0.2, Offense: -3.3, Defense: 3.1, SoS: 0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Chuck Knox(7-9-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Ray Prochaska
Training Camp: Niagara University (Niagara Falls, New York)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Jon Borchardt
g · #73 · Montana State
- Curtis Brown
FB · #47 · Fort Scott CC; Missouri
- Jerry Butler
WR · #80 · Clemson
- Bob Chandler
wr · #81 · USC
- Mario Clark
LCB · #29 · Oregon
- Mike Collier
rb · #35 · Morgan St.
- Joe DeLamielleure
RG · #68 · Michigan St.
- Tom Dempsey
k · #6 · Palomar College
- Joe Devlin
RT · #70 · Iowa
- Joe Ferguson
QB · #12 · Arkansas
- Steve Freeman
SS · #22 · Mississippi State
- Danny Fulton
wr · #80 · Nebraska; Nebraska-Omaha
- Ed Fulton
g · #65 · Maryland
- Reuben Gant
TE · #88 · Oklahoma State
- Will Grant
c · #53 · Idaho State; Kentucky
- Doug Greene
db · #21 · Lakewood CC; Texas A&M-Kingsville
- Tony Greene
FS · #43 · Maryland
- Dee Hardison
de · #74 · North Carolina
- Jim Haslett
LILB · #55 · Indiana (PA)
- Tom Higgins
lb · #54 · North Carolina State
- Roland Hooks
rb · #25 · North Carolina State
- Ron Howard
te · #85 · Seattle
- Scott Hutchinson
rde · #90 · Florida
- Rusty Jackson
P · #4 · LSU
- Dan Jilek
rlb · #51 · Michigan
- Dennis D. Johnson
rb · #39 · Mississippi State
- Ken E. Johnson
de · #91 · Knoxville
- Ken Jones
LT · #72 · Arkansas State
- Mike Kadish
NT · #71 · Notre Dame
- Chris Keating
lb · #52 · Maine
- Frank Lewis
WR · #82 · Grambling State
- Dan Manucci
qb · #11 · Mesa CC (AZ); Kansas State
- Reggie McKenzie
LG · #67 · Michigan
- Nick Mike-Mayer
K · #5 · Temple
- Terry Miller
RB · #40 · Oklahoma State
- Keith Moody
PR/KR · #46 · Syracuse
- Bill Munson
qb · #9 · Foothill J.C.; Utah State
- Shane Nelson
RILB · #59 · Blinn J.C.; Baylor
- Jeff Nixon
db · #38 · Richmond
- Willie Parker
C · #61 · Wharton J.C.; North Texas
- Lou Piccone
wr · #89 · West Liberty State
- Steve Powell
rb · #23 · Truman State
- Isiah Robertson
LOLB · #58 · Southern (LA)
- Charles Romes
RCB · #26 · Lake City CC; North Carolina Central
- Lucius Sanford
ROLB · #57 · Georgia Tech
- Joe Shipp
te · #87 · USC
- Fred Smerlas
nt · #76 · Boston College
- Tim Vogler
g · #65 · Ohio State
- Sherman White
RDE · #83 · Laney J.C.; California
- Ben Williams
LDE · #77 · Mississippi
- Leonard Willis
wr · #86 · Nebraska Southern J.C.; Ohio State
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