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1978 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-11-0, 4th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Knox (5-11-0)

Points For: 302 (18.9/g) 11th of 28

Points Against: 354 (22.1/g) 24th of 28

Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5

SRS: -3.27 (23rd of 28), SOS: -0.02

Offensive Coordinator: Ray Prochaska

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Catlin

Other Notable Asst.: Steve Moore (Assistant) and Kay Stephenson (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Rich Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager/VP: Bob Lustig

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +50000

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	302	4630	974	4.8	34	17	274	203	388	2249	21	17	5.4	113	556	2381	15	4.3	132	120	1103	29
Opp. Stats	354	5188	1016	5.1	30	16	305	167	317	1960	20	14	5.8	104	677	3228	23	4.8	171	98	941	30
Lg Rank Offense	11	20			4	10	16		18	20	7	4	16		17	10	17	6
Lg Rank Defense	24	24			28	18	24		1	1	20	27	18		28	28	27	28

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 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	28	16	264	164	100	1	21	359	217	142	1
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		New York Jets	20	21	17	314	213	101	1	18	288	171	117	2
3	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Miami Dolphins	24	31	17	349	221	128	1	18	373	88	285	1
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-3		Baltimore Colts	24	17	12	247	118	129	1	16	307	125	182	3
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		Kansas City Chiefs	28	13	17	293	176	117	3	15	308	70	238	2
6	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	New York Jets	14	45	16	322	185	137	4	18	278	47	231	1
7	Sun	October 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5	@	Houston Oilers	10	17	15	229	80	149	1	17	330	152	178
8	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-5		Cincinnati Bengals	5	0	12	226	56	170		16	244	103	141	5
9	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6	@	Cleveland Browns	20	41	28	283	201	82	3	28	532	223	309	1
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7		New England Patriots	10	14	15	247	107	140	3	20	332	53	279	3
11	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8		Miami Dolphins	24	25	16	284	114	170	2	20	289	96	193	2
12	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-9	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	31	18	211	132	79	5	20	312	107	205	2
13	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-9		New York Giants	41	17	27	465	99	366	1	15	321	222	99	1
14	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-10	@	Kansas City Chiefs	10	14	16	343	207	136	5	21	340	99	241	1
15	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-11	@	New England Patriots	24	26	16	307	123	184	2	24	403	154	249	3
16	Sun	December 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-11	@	Baltimore Colts	21	14	16	246	53	193	1	18	172	33	139	2

Passing

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	28	QB	16	16	5-11-0	175	330	53.0	2136	16	4.8	15	4.5	92	6.5	5.40	12.2	133.5	70.5	29	243	8.08	5.27	4.28	1	1
2	Bill Munson	37	QB	4	0		24	43	55.8	328	4	9.3	2	4.7	43	7.6	7.40	13.7	82.0	92.0	0	0	0.00	7.63	7.40	0	0
3	Dave Mays	29	QB	1	0		4	15	26.7	39	1	6.7	0	0.0	19	2.6	3.93	9.8	39.0	61.8	1	11	6.25	1.75	3.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	5-11-0	203	388	52.3	2249	21	5.4	17	4.4	92	6.5	5.56	12.3	140.6	72.3	30	254	7.18	5.38	4.56	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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	Terry Miller	22	RB	16	16	238	1060	7	60	4.5	66.3	14.9	22	246	11.2	0	52	1.4	15.4	260	5.0	1306	7	8
2	Frank Lewis	31	WR	15	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	41	735	17.9	7	92	2.7	49.0	41	17.9	735	7	0
3	Curtis Brown	24	FB	15	10	128	591	4	58	4.6	39.4	8.5	18	130	7.2	0	31	1.2	8.7	146	4.9	721	4	7
4	Bob Chandler	29	WR	16	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	581	13.2	5	44	2.8	36.3	44	13.2	581	5	1
5	Roland Hooks	25	RB	16	0	76	358	2	66	4.7	22.4	4.8	15	110	7.3	1	21	0.9	6.9	91	5.1	468	3	2
6	Reuben Gant	26	TE	16	16	1	14	0	14	14.0	0.9	0.1	34	408	12.0	5	25	2.1	25.5	35	12.1	422	5	1
7	Dennis Johnson	22	FB	16	1	55	222	2	30	4.0	13.9	3.4	10	83	8.3	0	28	0.6	5.2	65	4.7	305	2	2
8	Jim Braxton	29	RB	6	5	30	73	0	5	2.4	12.2	5.0	5	38	7.6	0	12	0.8	6.3	35	3.2	111	0	1
9	Lou Piccone	29	WR	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	71	10.1	2	15	0.4	4.4	7	10.1	71	2	1
10	Joe Ferguson	28	QB	16	16	27	76	0	12	2.8	4.8	1.7	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	0.1	-0.4	28	2.5	70	0	5
11	Larry Walton	31	WR	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	66	16.5	1	32	0.3	5.5	4	16.5	66	1	0
12	Leonard Willis	25	WR	4	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	41	20.5	0	23	0.5	10.3	2	20.5	41	0	0
13	Rusty Jackson	28	P	16	0	1	-13	0	-13	-13.0	-0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-13.0	-13	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	556	2381	15	66	4.3	148.8	34.8	203	2503	12.3	21	92	12.7	156.4	759	6.4	4884	36	28

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Mario Clark	24	LCB	16	16	5	29	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Joe DeLamielleure	27	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
3	Joe Ferguson	28	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	5	3	-3	0	0.0	0
4	Reuben Gant	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Reggie McKenzie	28	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Terry Miller	22	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Shane Nelson	23	LLB	16	16	3	69	0	40	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Willie Parker	30	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	-26	0	0.0	0
9	Charles Romes	24	RCB	16	16	2	95	1	85	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Sherman White	30	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
11	Ben Williams	24	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
12	Dee Hardison	22	LDT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
13	Frank Lewis	31	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Lucius Sanford	22	RLB	16	15	1	41	0	41	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
15	Joe Devlin	24	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Tony Greene	29	FS	16	14	3	56	0	29	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ken Jones	26	LT	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bob Chandler	29	WR	16	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Curtis Brown	24	FB	15	10	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Phil Dokes	23	RDT	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
21	Randy McClanahan	24	MLB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	58	0	0.0	0
22	Mike Kadish	28	RDT	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
23	Jim Braxton	29	RB	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Tom Graham	28	MLB	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
25	Dan Jilek	25	LB	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Dennis Johnson	22	FB	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Lou Piccone	29	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1
28	Marvin Switzer	24	DB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	0
29	Tom Dempsey	31	K	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Roland Hooks	25	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Scott Hutchinson	22	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Rusty Jackson	28	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Dennis Johnson	27	FB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
34	Dave Mays	29	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
35	Keith Moody	25	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
36	Steve Powell	22	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	14	290	1	85	34	32	33	0	22.5	1

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