1969 Buffalo Bills (AFL)

3rd place Eastern Division 4-10-0 .286

Head Coach: John Rauch

Marvin Bass	Offensive Line
Bugsy Engelberg	Kickers
Claude Gibson	Defensive Backs
Ralph Hawkins	Linebackers
Ray Malavasi	Defensive Line
Bill Miller	Ends

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/2/1969	A	Houston Oilers	7-24	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	37250
Fri	8/8/1969	H	Washington Redskins	21-17	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	37012
Fri	8/15/1969	A	Detroit Lions	12-24	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	34206
Fri	8/22/1969	H	Baltimore Colts	7-20	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45750
Sat	8/30/1969	N	Chicago Bears	16-23	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	85532
Sat	9/6/1969	A	Los Angeles Rams	20-50	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	69904
Sun	9/14/1969	H	New York Jets	19-33	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	46165
Sun	9/21/1969	H	Houston Oilers	3-17	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	40146
Sun	9/28/1969	H	Denver Broncos	41-28	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	40302
Sun	10/5/1969	A	Houston Oilers	14-28	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	46485
Sat	10/11/1969	H	Boston Patriots	23-16	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	46201
Sun	10/19/1969	A	Oakland Raiders	21-50	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54418
Sun	10/26/1969	A	Miami Dolphins	6-24	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	39837
Sun	11/2/1969	H	Kansas City Chiefs	7-29	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45844
Sun	11/9/1969	A	New York Jets	6-16	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62680
Sun	11/16/1969	H	Miami Dolphins	28-3	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	32868
Sun	11/23/1969	A	Boston Patriots	21-35	L	Boston, MA	Boston College Alumni Stadium	25584
Sun	11/30/1969	H	Cincinnati Bengals	16-13	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	35122
Sun	12/7/1969	A	Kansas City Chiefs	19-22	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	47112
Sun	12/14/1969	A	San Diego Chargers	6-45	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	47582

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
8/30/1969	Chicago Bears	Doubleheader

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
46	Bruce Alford	K	6-0	186	24	Texas Christian	14	0
22	Max Anderson	RB	5-7	180	24	Trinity Valley CC; Arizona State	11	0
77	Stew Barber	LOT	6-3	247	30	Penn State	13	9
50	Al Bemiller	C	6-3	243	31	Syracuse	14	14
86	Marlin Briscoe	WR	5-10	178	24	Nebraska-Omaha	13	8
42	Butch Byrd	RCB	6-0	203	28	Boston University	14	14
52	Edgar Chandler	LLB	6-3	227	23	Georgia	14	6
51	Jerry Collins	LB	6-1	225	22	Western Michigan	9	9
79	Paul Costa	ROT	6-4	252	28	Notre Dame	14	14
45	Hilton Crawford	S	6-0	198	24	Grambling State	7	0
83	Bobby Crockett	WR	6-0	198	26	Arkansas	5	0
10	Dan Darragh	QB	6-3	196	23	William & Mary	3	2
74	Chuck DeVliegher	DT	6-4	265	22	Memphis	4	0
78	Jim Dunaway	LDT	6-4	278	28	Mississippi	14	14
24	Booker Edgerson	LCB	5-10	182	30	Western Illinois	14	14
41	Bill Enyart	RB	6-4	236	22	Oregon State	14	4
80	Charley Ferguson	TE	6-5	218	30	Tennessee State	4	0
16	Tom Flores	QB	6-1	194	32	Fresno CC; Pacific	2	0
85	Willie Grate	TE	6-4	225	22	South Carolina State	11	0
59	Paul Guidry	LLB	6-3	229	25	Louisiana State; McNeese State	8	8
12	James Harris	QB	6-3	221	22	Grambling State	4	1
65	Waddey Harvey	DT	6-4	275	22	Virginia Tech	14	0
64	Harry Jacobs	MLB	6-2	228	32	Bradley	14	14
20	Robert James	CB	6-1	184	22	Fisk	14	0
15	Jack Kemp	QB	6-1	201	34	Occidental	14	11
54	Howard Kindig	C	6-6	260	28	Moberly JC; Los Angeles State	12	0
63	Bob Kruse	DT	6-2	250	27	Colorado State; Wayne State (Nebraska)	3	0
43	Monte Ledbetter	WR	6-2	185	26	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	2	0
60	Angelo Loukas	LOG	6-3	250	22	Northwestern	13	1
55	Paul Maguire	P-LB	6-0	224	31	The Citadel	14	0
87	Billy Masters	TE	6-5	236	25	Louisiana State	14	14
76	Mike McBath	RDE	6-4	249	23	Penn State	14	14
72	Ron McDole	LDE	6-3	266	30	Nebraska	14	14
25	Haven Moses	WR	6-2	200	23	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	14	14
61	Julian Nunamaker	DE	6-3	251	23	Tennessee-Martin	10	0
67	Joe O'Donnell	ROG	6-2	249	28	Michigan	14	14
53	Dave Ogas	LB	6-3	240	23	San Diego State	14	0
30	Wayne Patrick	RB	6-2	227	23	Louisville	14	10
48	John Pitts	LS-RS	6-4	219	24	Santa Ana JC; Arizona State	14	14
28	Roy Reeves	WR	5-11	182	23	South Carolina	2	0
47	Pete Richardson	RS	6-1	190	23	Dayton	14	6
75	Mike Richey	LOT	6-4	257	22	North Carolina	14	5
36	Preston Ridlehuber	RB	6-2	215	26	Georgia	9	0
26	George Saimes	RS-LS	5-10	188	28	Michigan State	8	8
66	Billy Shaw	LOG	6-3	250	31	Georgia Tech	13	13
14	Tom Sherman	QB	6-0	190	24	Penn State	1	0
32	O.J. Simpson	RB	6-1	210	22	San Francisco CC; Southern California	13	13
58	Mike Stratton	RLB	6-3	236	28	Tennessee	14	14
71	Bob Tatarek	RDT	6-4	260	23	Miami (Florida)	14	14
34	Bubba Thornton	WR	6-0	175	22	Navarro JC; Texas Christian	14	6

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	O.J. Simpson	RB	Southern California
2	27	Bill Enyart	RB	Oregon State
3	53	Julian Nunamaker	DE	Tennessee-Martin
4	79	Mike Richey	T	North Carolina
5	105	Ben Mayes	DT	Drake
7	157	John Helton	DE	Arizona State
8	183	Waddey Harvey	T	Virginia Tech
8	192	James Harris	QB	Grambling State
10	235	Ron Baines	FL	Montana
11	261	Bobby Hall	RB	North Carolina State
12	287	Lloyd Pate	RB	Cincinnati
13	312	Leon Lovelace	T	Texas Tech
14	339	Bubba Thornton	FL	Texas Christian
15	365	Karl Wilson	RB	Olivet
16	391	Bob Kirk	G	Indiana
17	417	Wayne Lineberry	LB	East Carolina

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	46	47	77	60
Opponents Totals	84	106	52	117

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		224	83	122	19	/ %	/ %	67	632
Opponents Totals		236	106	118	12	/ %	/ %	71	719

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bruce Alford	0	23	24	95.8		17	26	65.4	0	74
Marlin Briscoe	5	0	0			0	0		0	30
Haven Moses	5	0	0			0	0		0	30
O.J. Simpson	5	0	0			0	0		0	30
Bill Enyart	3	0	0			0	0		0	18
Wayne Patrick	3	0	0			0	0		0	18
Max Anderson	1	0	0			0	0		0	6
Butch Byrd	1	0	0			0	0		0	6
Booker Edgerson	1	0	0			0	0		0	6
Willie Grate	1	0	0			0	0		0	6
Billy Masters	1	0	0			0	0		0	6
Team Totals	26	23	24	95.8	2	17	26	65.4	0	230
Opponents Totals	40	39	40	97.5	0	26	41	63.4	1	359

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bruce Alford	17	26	65.4	6/7	6/9	4/5	1/5	0/0
Team Totals	17	26	65.4	5/6	7/10	4/5	1/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	26	41	63.4	5/5	9/11	6/9	5/14	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
O.J. Simpson	181	697	3.9	32t	2
Wayne Patrick	83	361	4.3	72	3
Bill Enyart	47	191	4.1	26	1
Jack Kemp	37	124	3.4	13	0
Max Anderson	13	74	5.7	16	1
Preston Ridlehuber	4	25	6.3	11	0
James Harris	10	25	2.5	9	0
Tom Sherman	2	14	7.0	10	0
Dan Darragh	6	14	2.3	8	0
Billy Masters	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	384	1522	4.0	72	7
Opponents Totals	454	1858	4.1	44t	17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jack Kemp	344	170	49.4	152	1981	5.8	11.7	55t	13	3.8	22	6.4	21	187	1794	53.2
Dan Darragh	52	24	46.2	22	365	7.0	15.2	53	1	1.9	6	11.5	11	103	262	36.6
James Harris	36	15	41.7	20	270	7.5	18.0	55	1	2.8	1	2.8	9	70	200	65.7
Tom Sherman	2	2	100.0	0	20	10.0	10.0	19t	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	20	147.9
Tom Flores	5	2	40.0	3	16	3.2	8.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	11	5	48.8
Preston Ridlehuber	1	1	100.0	0	45	45.0	45.0	45t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	45	158.3
Paul Maguire	1	1	100.0	0	19	19.0	19.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	19	118.8
Marlin Briscoe	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	442	215	48.6	197	2716	6.1	12.6	55t	17	3.8	30	6.8	42	371	2345	52.8
Opponents Totals	368	175	47.6	174	2772	7.5	15.8	62	21	5.7	19	5.2	31	296	2476	70.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Haven Moses	39	752	19.3	55t	5
Wayne Patrick	35	229	6.5	19	0
Billy Masters	33	387	11.7	31	1
Marlin Briscoe	32	532	16.6	50t	5
O.J. Simpson	30	343	11.4	55t	3
Bill Enyart	19	186	9.8	32t	2
Bubba Thornton	14	134	9.6	21	0
Max Anderson	7	65	9.3	22	0
Bobby Crockett	4	50	12.5	19	0
Willie Grate	1	19	19.0	19t	1
Robert James	1	19	19.0	19	0
Team Totals	215	2716	12.6	55t	17
Opponents Totals	175	2772	15.8	62	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Butch Byrd	7	95	13.6	32	1
George Saimes	3	47	15.7	28	0
John Pitts	2	40	20.0	38	0
Paul Guidry	2	39	19.5	39	0
Pete Richardson	2	17	8.5	17	0
Harry Jacobs	2	13	6.5	12	0
Booker Edgerson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	19	251	13.2	39	1
Opponents Totals	30	449	15.0	51	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Paul Maguire	78	3471	44.5	78	1	4	19	466	2925	37.5
Team Totals	78	3471	44.5	78	1	4	19	466	2925	38.0
Opponents Totals	62	2647	42.7	57	0			187

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Max Anderson	19	4	142	7.5	30
Butch Byrd	7	2	37	5.3	32
Roy Reeves	2	2	3	1.5	3
Preston Ridlehuber	1	0	3	3.0	3
Robert James	1	0	2	2.0	2
Pete Richardson	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	31	8	187	6.0	32
Opponents Totals	45		466	10.4

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
O.J. Simpson	21	529	25.2	73
Bubba Thornton	30	749	25.0	58
Max Anderson	4	86	21.5	28
Hilton Crawford	3	74	24.7	31
Jerry Collins	2	14	7.0	14
Bill Enyart	1	12	12.0	12
Waddey Harvey	1	11	11.0	11
Team Totals	62	1475	23.8	73
Opponents Totals	55	1322	24.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Max Anderson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Al Bemiller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Marlin Briscoe	1		1	0	1	0	0
Butch Byrd	1		0	1	1	26	0
Edgar Chandler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Hilton Crawford	1		1	0	1	7	0
Dan Darragh	2		0	0	0	0	0
Booker Edgerson	0	0	0	4	4	39	1
Bill Enyart	2		0	0	0	0	0
James Harris	3		1	0	1	0	0
Harry Jacobs	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Robert James	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jack Kemp	8		5	0	5	0	0
Angelo Loukas	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Billy Masters	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike McBath	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Haven Moses	0	0	1	0	1	11	0
Julian Nunamaker	0	0	0	1	1	33	0
Dave Ogas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wayne Patrick	6		1	0	1	0	0
John Pitts	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
Pete Richardson	1		1	1	2	0	0
Mike Richey	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Billy Shaw	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
O.J. Simpson	6		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Stratton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bubba Thornton	2		0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	35	21	14	18	32	148	1
Opponents Totals	25	19	6	21	27		0