1979 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 7-9-0 .438

Head Coach: Chuck Knox

Tom Catlin	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Jack Donaldson	Receivers
Steve Moore	Special Assignments
Elijah Pitts	Offensive Backfield/Special Teams
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	8/4/1979	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-15	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	34370
Sat	8/11/1979	H	Detroit Lions	13-34	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	26283
Sat	8/18/1979	A	Green Bay Packers	6-7	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	54857
Sat	8/25/1979	A	Oakland Raiders	21-48	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52440
Sun	9/2/1979	H	Miami Dolphins	7-9	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	69441
Sun	9/9/1979	H	Cincinnati Bengals	51-24	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	43504
Sun	9/16/1979	A	San Diego Chargers	19-27	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50709
Sun	9/23/1979	H	New York Jets	46-31	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	68731
Sun	9/30/1979	A	Baltimore Colts	31-13	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	31904
Sun	10/7/1979	H	Chicago Bears	0-7	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	73383
Sun	10/14/1979	A	Miami Dolphins	7-17	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	45597
Sun	10/21/1979	H	Baltimore Colts	13-14	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	50581
Sun	10/28/1979	A	Detroit Lions	20-17	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	61911
Sun	11/4/1979	H	New England Patriots	6-26	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	67935
Sun	11/11/1979	A	New York Jets	14-12	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	50647
Sun	11/18/1979	H	Green Bay Packers	19-12	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	39679
Sun	11/25/1979	A	New England Patriots	16-13	W	OT	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60991
Sun	12/2/1979	H	Denver Broncos	16-19	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	37886
Sun	12/9/1979	A	Minnesota Vikings	3-10	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	42239
Sun	12/16/1979	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-28	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48002

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
73	Jon Borchardt	OT	6-5	265	22	Montana State	16	0
47	Curtis Brown	FB	5-10	203	25	Fort Scott CC; Missouri	15	15
80	Jerry Butler	WR	6-0	178	22	Clemson	13	13
81	Bob Chandler	WR	6-0	179	30	Southern California	3	0
29	Mario Clark	LCB	6-2	193	25	Oregon	16	16
35	Mike Collier	FB	5-11	200	26	Morgan State	16	1
68	Joe DeLamielleure	ROG	6-3	253	28	Michigan State	16	16
6	Tom Dempsey	K	6-1	275	32	Palomar JC	3	0
70	Joe Devlin	ROT	6-5	280	25	Iowa	16	16
12	Joe Ferguson	QB	6-1	190	29	Arkansas	16	16
22	Steve Freeman	SS	5-11	185	26	Mississippi State	16	16
84	Danny Fulton	WR	6-2	183	23	Nebraska; Nebraska-Omaha	6	0
62	Ed Fulton	OG	6-3	250	24	Maryland	5	0
88	Reuben Gant	TE	6-4	226	27	Oklahoma State	14	14
53	Will Grant	C	6-3	266	25	Idaho State; Kentucky	16	0
21	Doug Greene	S	6-2	205	23	Lakewood JC; Texas A&M-KIngsville	15	0
43	Tony Greene	FS	5-10	170	30	Maryland	16	12
74	Dee Hardison	LDE	6-4	280	23	North Carolina	16	3
55	Jim Haslett	LILB	6-3	236	24	Indiana (Pennsylvania)	16	16
54	Tom Higgins	LB	6-1	235	25	North Carolina State	16	0
25	Roland Hooks	RB	6-0	196	26	North Carolina State	16	0
85	Ron Howard	TE	6-4	230	28	Seattle	1	0
90	Scott Hutchinson	RDE	6-4	243	23	Florida	16	5
4	Rusty Jackson	P	6-2	190	29	Louisiana State	16	0
51	Dan Jilek	LB	6-2	225	26	Michigan	15	0
39	Dennis Johnson	RB	6-3	220	23	Mississippi State	3	0
91	Ken Johnson	DT	6-5	253	24	Knoxville	3	0
72	Ken Jones	LOT	6-5	270	27	Arkansas State	16	16
71	Mike Kadish	NT	6-5	265	29	Notre Dame	16	13
52	Chris Keating	LB	6-2	233	22	Maine	16	0
82	Frank Lewis	WR	6-1	196	32	Grambling State	15	15
11	Dan Manucci	QB	6-2	194	22	Mesa CC; Kansas State	14	0
67	Reggie McKenzie	LOG	6-5	255	29	Michigan	16	16
5	Nick Mike-Mayer	K	5-8	187	29	Temple	16	0
40	Terry Miller	RB	5-10	196	23	Oklahoma State	16	16
46	Keith Moody	CB	5-11	179	26	Syracuse	16	0
9	Bill Munson	QB	6-2	203	38	Foothill JC; Utah State	3	0
59	Shane Nelson	RILB	6-1	232	24	Blinn JC; Baylor	16	16
38	Jeff Nixon	FS	6-3	190	23	Richmond	16	4
61	Willie Parker	C	6-3	245	31	Wharton County JC; North Texas	16	16
89	Lou Piccone	WR	5-8	184	30	West Liberty	16	4
23	Steve Powell	RB	5-11	186	23	Truman State	15	0
58	Isiah Robertson	LOLB	6-3	225	30	Southern University	16	16
26	Charles Romes	RCB	6-1	190	25	Lake City JC; North Carolina Central	16	16
57	Lucius Sanford	ROLB	6-2	216	23	Georgia Tech	16	16
87	Joe Shipp	TE	6-4	225	24	Southern California	16	2
76	Fred Smerlas	NT	6-4	285	22	Boston College	13	3
65	Tim Vogler	C	6-3	285	23	Ohio State	10	0
83	Sherm White	RDE	6-5	250	31	Laney JC; California	15	9
77	Ben Williams	LDE-RDE	6-3	260	25	Mississippi	16	15
86	Lenny Willis	WR	5-11	180	26	Nebraska Southern JC; Ohio State	7	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Tom Cousineau	LB	Ohio State
1	5	Jerry Butler	WR	Clemson
2	32	Fred Smerlas	DT	Boston College
2	51	Jim Haslett	LB	Indiana (Pennsylvania)
3	62	Jon Borchardt	T	Montana State
4	83	Ken Johnson	DE	Knoxville
4	87	Jeff Nixon	DB	Richmond
5	114	Rod Kush	DB	Nebraska-Omaha
5	116	Dan Manucci	QB	Kansas State
6	141	Mike Burrow	G	Auburn
7	170	Tom Mullady	TE	Southwestern (Tennessee)
9	226	Kevin Baker	DE	William Penn
10	253	Dave Marler	QB	Mississippi State
11	279	Paul Lawler	DB	Colgate
12	308	Mike Harris	RB	Arizona State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	21	73	95	76	3
Opponents Totals	54	91	50	84	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		252	83	147	22	86/228 37.7%	/ %	104	887
Opponents Totals		273	137	117	19	98/233 42.1%	/ %	106	788

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Nick Mike-Mayer	0	17	18	94.4	20	29	69.0	77
Roland Hooks	6	0	0		0	0		36
Curtis Brown	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jerry Butler	4	0	0		0	0		24
Mike Collier	2	0	0		0	0		12
Reuben Gant	2	0	0		0	0		12
Frank Lewis	2	0	0		0	0		12
Lou Piccone	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tom Dempsey	0	8	11	72.7	1	4	25.0	11
Joe Ferguson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Steve Freeman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Terry Miller	1	0	0		0	0		6
Isiah Robertson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Charles Romes	1	0	0		0	0		6
Lucius Sanford	1	0	0		0	0		6
Joe Shipp	1	0	0		0	0		6
Fred Smerlas	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	30	25	30	83.3	21	33	63.6	268
Opponents Totals	34	27	34	79.4	16	31	51.6	279

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tom Dempsey	1	4	25.0	1/1	0/0	0/2	0/1	0/0
Nick Mike-Mayer	20	29	69.0	0/0	8/8	8/10	4/11	0/0
Team Totals	21	33	63.6	1/1	8/8	8/12	4/12	0/0
Opponents Totals	16	31	51.6	0/0	5/8	9/14	2/8	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Curtis Brown	172	574	3.3	25	1
Terry Miller	139	484	3.5	75	1
Roland Hooks	89	320	3.6	32t	6
Mike Collier	34	130	3.8	22	2
Joe Ferguson	22	68	3.1	15	1
Steve Powell	10	29	2.9	9	0
Jerry Butler	2	13	6.5	12	0
Dennis Johnson	3	5	1.7	2	0
Nick Mike-Mayer	1	4	4.0	4	0
Frank Lewis	2	-6	-3.0	-1	0
Team Totals	474	1621	3.4	75	11
Opponents Totals	617	2481	4.0	55t	18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Ferguson	458	238	52.0	205	3572	7.8	15.0	84t	14	3.1	15	3.3	43	387	3185	74.4
Bill Munson	7	3	42.9	4	31	4.4	10.3	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	31	56.3
Team Totals	465	241	51.8	209	3603	7.7	15.0	84t	14	3.0	15	3.2	43	387	3216	74.2
Opponents Totals	382	193	50.5	165	2713	7.1	14.1	73t	14	3.7	24	6.3	23	183	2530	59.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Lewis	54	1082	20.0	55	2
Jerry Butler	48	834	17.4	75t	4
Curtis Brown	39	401	10.3	84t	3
Lou Piccone	33	556	16.8	49	2
Roland Hooks	26	254	9.8	42	0
Reuben Gant	19	245	12.9	22	2
Terry Miller	10	111	11.1	52	0
Mike Collier	7	43	6.1	19	0
Joe Shipp	3	43	14.3	27	1
Danny Fulton	2	34	17.0	18	0
Team Totals	241	3603	15.0	84t	14
Opponents Totals	193	2713	14.1	73t	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jeff Nixon	6	81	13.5	43	0
Mario Clark	5	95	19.0	36	0
Steve Freeman	3	62	20.7	50t	1
Lucius Sanford	2	44	22.0	25	0
Isiah Robertson	2	29	14.5	23t	1
Jim Haslett	2	15	7.5	11	0
Doug Greene	1	21	21.0	21	0
Shane Nelson	1	13	13.0	13	0
Tony Greene	1	10	10.0	10	0
Charles Romes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	24	370	15.4	50t	2
Opponents Totals	15	161	10.7	30	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Rusty Jackson	96	3671	38.2	60	0	11	14	555	2896	30.2
Team Totals	96	3671	38.2	60	0	11	14	555	2896	30.2
Opponents Totals	92	3512	38.2	62	1	16	20	318	2874	31.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Keith Moody	38	10	318	8.4	32	0
Lou Piccone	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	38	11	318	8.4	32	0
Opponents Totals	61	9	555	9.1	86t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Keith Moody	27	556	20.6	35
Terry Miller	8	160	20.0	24
Mike Collier	7	129	18.4	27
Steve Powell	6	97	16.2	36
Lenny Willis	4	92	23.0	33
Curtis Brown	3	42	14.0	22
Lou Piccone	3	41	13.7	17
Chris Keating	1	14	14.0	14
Team Totals	59	1131	19.2	36
Opponents Totals	54	1142	21.1	51

SACKS	NO	YDS
Sherm White	5.5
Dee Hardison	4.5
Mike Kadish	3.0
Shane Nelson	3.0
Scott Hutchinson	2.0
Fred Smerlas	2.0
Jim Haslett	1.0
Isiah Robertson	1.0
Ben Williams	1.0
Team Totals	23.0	183.0
Opponents Totals	43.0	387.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Curtis Brown	10		1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Butler	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mario Clark	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
Mike Collier	3		2	0	2	0	0
Joe Devlin	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Joe Ferguson	5		3	0	3	0	0
Steve Freeman	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Reuben Gant	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tony Greene	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
Jim Haslett	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Roland Hooks	4		1	0	1	0	0
Ken Jones	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Kadish	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Frank Lewis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Terry Miller	2		1	0	1	0	0
Keith Moody	4		2	0	2	5	0
Shane Nelson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Parker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Piccone	1		0	0	0	0	0
Isiah Robertson	0	0	0	2	2	12	0
Charles Romes	0	0	0	1	1	-10	0
Fred Smerlas	0	0	0	3	3	23	1
Team Totals	32	19	13	17	30	49	1
Opponents Totals	31	17	14	19	33		1