1979 Buffalo Bills 6-10 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Buffalo 63 73 30 72 0 238 Opponent 71 68 93 122 0 354 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 238 354 0-1 14 Miami 17 60ø 15-25 First Downs 245 293 1-1 24 Cincinnati 21 66ø 5-15 Rush 82 113 1-2 10 @San Diego 28 83ø Pass 148 169 2-2 33 New York (A) 24 65ø 15-25 Pen 15 11 2-3 0 @Baltimore 31 70ø 0-10 Penalties 89 75 2-4 10 Chicago 23 54ø 15-25 Yards 572 441 3-4 27 @Miami 16 80ø 3-5 10 Baltimore 20 45ø 5-15 Rushing Att 527 551 3-6 17 @Detroit 40 70ø Yards 1680 2283 4-6 24 New England 21 29ø 0-5 Ave 3.2 4.1 5-6 17 @New York (A) 16 38ø 15-25 TD 8 20 5-7 9 Green Bay 14 43ø 10-20 5-8 3 @New England 30 28ø 15-25 Passing Att 421 448 6-8 27 Denver 16 33ø 5-15 Comp 228 233 6-9 0 @Minnesota 20 21ø 10-20 % 54.2 52.0 6-10 13 @Pittsburgh 17 21ø Light Snow Int 20 25 % 4.8 5.6 TD 13 21 % 3.1 4.7 Yards 2988 3173 Sacked 43 36 Punt Return 30 44 Yards 197 429 Ave 6.6 9.8 Kick Return 75 61 Yards 1312 1163 Ave 17.5 19.1 Punts 86 60 Yards 3332 2407 Ave 38.7 40.1 FG Att 25 28 Made 21 17 % 84.0 60.7 Third Downs 233 232 Made 85 108 % 36.5 46.6 Fourth Downs 35 31 Made 18 15 % 51.4 48.4 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 37 24 Lost 14 14 Turnovers 34 39 Net Offense 4422 5216 Per Play 4.5 5.0 1979 Buffalo Bills Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Brown, C. 264 836 3.2 23 44 25 1 Lewis 54 8 923 17.1 8 48 53 4 Hooks 148 533 3.6 13 20 27 6 Butler 39 4 544 13.9 3 25 44 1 Miller, T. 44 126 2.9 3 5 12 0 Brown 38 1 341 9.0 2 11 35 3 Ferguson 32 107 3.3 1 8 14 1 Hooks 31 7 341 11.0 1 19 26 1 Collier 28 98 3.5 2 5 16 0 Gant 23 4 266 11.6 0 16 19 2 Powell 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Piccone 21 2 363 17.3 3 17 44 1 Piccone 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 0 0 Miller 10 0 91 9.1 0 5 19 0 Jackson 4 -4 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Collier 5 1 42 8.4 0 3 13 0 Gant 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 0 0 Shipp 4 0 55 13.8 0 4 23 1 Butler, J. 3 -11 -3.7 0 0 0 0 Fulton 3 0 22 7.3 0 0 15 0 527 1680 3.2 42 82 27 8 228 27 2988 13.1 17 148 53 13 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Ferguson 385 204 53.0 2767 13.6 53 43 17 16 4.2 42 13 3.4 70.1 Munson 36 24 66.7 221 9.2 19 1 0 4 11.1 1 0 0.0 43.6 421 228 54.2 2988 13.1 53 44 17 20 4.8 43 13 3.1 67.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Mike-May,N 24 24 100.0 21 18 85.7 66.7 0.0 42 78 Dempsey 1 1 100.0 4 3 75.0 0.0 0.0 26 10 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Jackson 86 3332 54 2 0 20 44 429 33.3 38.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Collier 6 116 19.3 27 0 Moody 30 9 197 6.6 28 0 Moody 42 796 19.0 32 0 30 9 197 6.6 28 0 Brown, C. 3 48 16.0 22 0 Miller, T. 16 239 14.9 27 0 Piccone 6 84 14.0 20 0 Powell 3 29 9.7 10 0 75 1312 17.5 32 0 Fumbles Brown, C 9 Hooks 7 Piccone 2 Collier 2 Jackson 1 Moody 8 Ferguson 5 Miller, 2 Gant 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec White, S 7 White, S 15 White, S 7 Clark, M 9 White, S 4 Ferguson 4 Robertso 6 Kadish 12 Sanford 7 Sanford 7 Sanford 3 McKenzie 4 Kadish 4 Hardison 12 Williams 7 Freeman 6 Williams 2 DeLamiel 4 Nelson,S 3 Hutchins 4 Haslett 6 Robertso 5 Clark, M 2 Williams 3 Freeman 3 Williams 2 Kadish 6 Haslett 5 Hutchins 2 Kadish 3 Hutchins 3 Robertso 2 Hutchins 5 White, S 3 Greene,D 2 Butler, 3 Sanford 3 Nelson,S 2 Nelson,S 5 Nelson,S 3 Nelson,S 1 Parker 3 Williams 2 Robertso 4 Nixon 3 Kadish 1 White, S 2 Clark, M 1 Johnson, 1 Williams 2 Freeman 1 Sanford 2 Nixon 1 Nixon 1 Kadish 2 Moody 1 Clark, M 2 Romes 1 Smerlas 1 Romes 2 Romes 1 Jones, K 1 Greene,T 1 Hardison 1 Greene,T 2 Greene,T 1 Devlin 1 Hardison 1 Jilek 1 Keating 1 Hardison 1 Freeman 1 Higgins 1 Brown, C 1 Jilek 1 Lewis 1 Romes 1 Hooks 1 Tackles Robertso 100 Freeman 62 Williams 38 Keating 20 Vogler 11 Haslett 83 Clark, M 61 Hutchins 31 Higgins 19 Johnson, 3 Romes 79 Kadish 55 Greene,T 31 Moody 14 Parker 2 Sanford 77 Nixon 50 Hardison 31 Greene,D 12 Jackson 1 Nelson,S 65 White, S 48 Jilek 21 Smerlas 11 Chandler 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Clark, M. 5 184 36.8 90 2 Nixon 5 147 29.4 79 0 Freeman 4 87 21.8 49 1 Nelson,Sh 2 20 10.0 20 0 Sanford 2 47 23.5 25 0 Robertson 2 23 11.5 23 0 Haslett 2 15 7.5 15 0 White, S. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Romes 1 0 0.0 0 0 Greene,T 1 16 16.0 16 0 25 539 21.6 90 3 1979 Buffalo Bills Coach: Chuck Knox Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Ferguson, Joe 5 B 1 3 QB Manucci, Dan 4 B 1 3 QB Munson, Bill 2 O 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Brown, Curtis 2 1 4 172 574 25 3.3 6 39 401 84 10.3 KR RB Miller, Terry 2 1 5 139 484 75 3.5 1 10 111 52 11.1 KR RB Hooks, Roland 2 1 5 89 320 32 3.6 4 26 254 42 9.8 RB Collier, Mike 2 1 5 34 130 22 3.8 1 7 43 19 6.1 KR RB Powell, Steve 2 1 4 10 29 9 2.9 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Johnson, Dennis 2 1 1 3 5 2 1.7 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Lewis, Frank 0 0 4 2 -6 -1 -3.0 7 54 1082 55 20.0 WR Butler, Jerry 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 8 48 834 75 17.4 WR Piccone, Lou 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 33 556 49 16.8 KR WR Fulton, Danny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 34 18 17.0 WR Chandler, Bob 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Willis, Leonard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR TE Gant, Reuben 4 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 3 19 245 22 12.9 TE Shipp, Joseph 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 43 27 14.3 TE Howard, Ron 4 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Parker, Willie 4 4 5 C Grant, Will 3 3 5 G DeLamielleure, Joe 9 9 5 G McKenzie, Reggie 6 6 5 G Fulton, Ed 3 3 2 T Devlin, Joe 4 4 5 T Jones, Ken 4 4 5 T Borchardt, Jon 3 3 5 C-G Vogler, Tim 3 3 3 LS Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Kadish, Mike 5 5 0 2 5 3 0 DT Smerlas, Fred 5 5 0 1 4 2 0 DE White, Sherman 5 4 0 4 4 6 0 DE Hutchinson, Scott 4 4 0 1 5 2 0 DE Johnson, Ken 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 DL Hardison, Dee 5 4 0 3 5 4 0 DL Williams, Ben 5 5 0 1 5 1 0 ILB Haslett, Jim 7 6 2 0 5 1 2 ILB Nelson, Shane 6 6 1 2 5 3 1 ILB Keating, Chris 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 KR OLB Robertson, Isiah 7 6 2 1 5 1 2 OLB Sanford, Lucuis 5 3 2 0 5 0 2 LB Higgins, Tom 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 LB Jilek, Dan 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 CB Clark, Mario 6 0 6 0 5 1 5 CB Romes, Charles 6 0 6 0 5 0 1 CB Moody, Keith 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 RET S Freeman, Steve 6 1 5 0 5 0 3 S Nixon, Jeff 5 1 4 0 5 0 6 S Greene, Tony 5 2 3 0 5 0 1 S Greene, Doug 3 1 2 0 4 0 1 Special Teams K Mike-Mayer, Nick K Dempsey,Tom P Jackson, Rusty