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1973 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-5-0, 2nd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lou Saban (9-5-0)

Points For: 259 (18.5/g) 15th of 26

Points Against: 230 (16.4/g) 10th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0

SRS: .35 (13th of 26), SOS: -1.72

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Ringo (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Rich Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager/VP: Bob Lustig

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Niagara University (Niagara Falls, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	259	4085	849	4.8	27	13	219	96	213	997	4	14	4.1	60	605	3088	20	5.1	152	75	744	7
Opp. Stats	230	3915	855	4.6	33	19	231	166	368	2118	12	14	5.3	112	455	1797	11	3.9	101	53	485	18
Lg Rank Offense	15	10			4	6	16		26	26	26	8	24		2	1	1	1
Lg Rank Defense	10	14			12	3	14		19	17	9	21	16		5	7	10	10

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	New England Patriots	31	13	23	459	99	360	2	17	297	190	107	4
2	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	San Diego Chargers	7	34	16	287	139	148	4	17	354	249	105	1
3	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		New York Jets	9	7	15	272	64	208	3	17	250	148	102	1
4	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Philadelphia Eagles	27	26	16	276	47	229	1	28	451	176	275	1
5	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Baltimore Colts	31	13	18	311	52	259	3	13	203	60	143	4
6	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Miami Dolphins	6	27	8	76	1	75	2	18	310	127	183	5
7	Mon	October 29	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Kansas City Chiefs	23	14	21	309	63	246	3	8	105	67	38	4
8	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	New Orleans Saints	0	13	10	190	66	124	1	19	281	166	115
9	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4		Cincinnati Bengals	13	16	10	180	30	150	2	18	281	120	161	4
10	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5		Miami Dolphins	0	17	15	309	71	238	2	17	277	123	154
11	Sun	November 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5	@	Baltimore Colts	24	17	16	384	169	215	2	15	221	69	152	2
12	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5	@	Atlanta Falcons	17	6	17	334	95	239	1	12	272	147	125	3
13	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5		New England Patriots	37	13	13	324	31	293		20	390	292	98	4
14	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5	@	New York Jets	34	14	21	374	70	304	1	12	223	184	39

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Ferguson	23	QB	14	14	9-5-0	73	164	44.5	939	4	2.4	10	6.1	42	5.7	3.47	12.9	67.1	45.8	20	164	10.87	4.21	2.20	2	1
2	Dennis Shaw	26	QB	4	0		22	46	47.8	300	0	0.0	4	8.7	40	6.5	2.61	13.6	75.0	32.9	11	75	19.30	3.95	0.79	0	0
3	Bob Chandler	24	WR	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
4	O.J. Simpson	26	RB	14	14		1	2	50.0	-3	0	0.0	0	0.0	-3	-1.5	-1.50	-3.0	-0.2	56.2	0	0	0.00	-1.50	-1.50	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
	Team Totals			14	14	9-5-0	96	213	45.1	997	4	1.9	14	6.6	42	5.8	2.10	12.9	71.2	42.7	31	239	12.70	4.09	1.83	2	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	O.J. Simpson	26	RB	14	14	332	2003	12	80	6.0	143.1	23.7	6	70	11.7	0	24	0.4	5.0	338	6.1	2073	12	7	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
2	Jim Braxton	24	RB	6	4	108	494	4	36	4.6	82.3	18.0	6	101	16.8	0	37	1.0	16.8	114	5.2	595	4	2
3	Larry Watkins	27	FB	14	10	98	414	2	17	4.2	29.6	7.0	12	86	7.2	1	28	0.9	6.1	110	4.5	500	3	3
4	J.D. Hill	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	422	14.6	0	42	2.1	30.1	29	14.6	422	0	2
5	Bob Chandler	24	WR	14	14	5	-14	0	18	-2.8	-1.0	0.4	30	427	14.2	3	37	2.1	30.5	35	11.8	413	3	2
6	Joe Ferguson	23	QB	14	14	48	147	2	24	3.1	10.5	3.4	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3	0.1	-0.2	49	2.9	144	2	7
7	Paul Seymour	23	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	114	11.4	0	22	0.7	8.1	10	11.4	114	0	0
8	Pete Van Valkenberg	23	RB	13	0	2	20	0	12	10.0	1.5	0.2	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.5	3	9.0	27	0	0
9	Bo Cornell	24	RB	14	0	4	13	0	7	3.3	0.9	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	3.3	13	0	0
10	Ray Jarvis	24	WR	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	1.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
11	Steve Jones	22	RB	11	0	3	9	0	7	3.0	0.8	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.0	9	0	0
12	Dennis Shaw	26	QB	4	0	4	2	0	1	0.5	0.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	0.5	2	0	2
13	Spike Jones	26	P	14	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	605	3088	20	80	5.1	220.6	43.2	96	1236	12.9	4	42	6.9	88.3	701	6.2	4324	24	27

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Chandler	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Joe DeLamielleure	22	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Earl Edwards	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0
4	Joe Ferguson	23	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	4	-3	0	0.0	0
5	J.D. Hill	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jerry Patton	27	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.0	0
7	O.J. Simpson	26	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
8	John Skorupan	22	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	22	0	1.0	0
9	Jim Cheyunski	28	MLB	13	12	3	31	0	31	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Tony Greene	24	FS	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	13	0	0.0	0
11	Dwight Harrison	25	RCB	14	12	5	117	1	38	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Robert James	26	LCB	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
13	Ernie Kellermann	30	SS	10	10	2	23	0	19	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Walt Patulski	23	LDE	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	0
15	Larry Watkins	27	FB	14	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Mike Kadish	23	RDT	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
17	Rich Lewis	23	RLB	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
18	Halvor Hagen	26	LDE	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Jim Braxton	24	RB	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Steve Okoniewski	24	DT	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Dave Washington	25	LB	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0.0	0
22	Fred Forsberg	29	LB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Leon Garror	25	DB	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	0
24	Donnie Walker	23	DB	11	1	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bo Cornell	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Wallace Francis	22	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Spike Jones	26	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-16	0	0.0	0
28	Steve Jones	22	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Bob Kampa	22	DT	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	John Leypoldt	27	K	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Dennis Shaw	26	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-11	0	0.0	0
32	Jeff Winans	22	DT	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	14	0	1		27	14	17	0	32	0

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