1979 Buffalo Bills Roster
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Knox (7-9)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1979 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Bills netted 268 points, and the defense gave up 279. Joe Ferguson directed the offense, throwing for 3,572 yards. Frank Lewis hauled in 54 balls for 1,082 yards, while Jerry Butler contributed to the receiving game, too.
Curtis Brown rushed for a team-leading 574 yards for Buffalo, while Terry Miller also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jeff Nixon picked off 6 opponent throws.
Chuck Knox coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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73 | Jon Borchardt | G-T | August 13, 1957 | 6'5" | 260 | Montana St. | Minneapolis, MN USA | 16 | 0 |
47 | Curtis Brown | FB | December 7, 1954 | 5'10" | 203 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 15 | 15 |
80 | Jerry Butler | WR | October 12, 1957 | 6'0" | 178 | Clemson | Ware Shoals, SC USA | 13 | 13 |
81 | Bob Chandler | WR | April 24, 1949 | 6'0" | 180 | USC | Long Beach, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
29 | Mario Clark | LCB | March 29, 1954 | 6'2" | 194 | Oregon | Pasadena, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
35 | Mike Collier | RB | September 21, 1953 | 5'11" | 200 | Morgan St. | Baltimore, MD USA | 16 | 1 |
68 | Joe DeLamielleure | RG | March 16, 1951 | 6'3" | 254 | Michigan St. | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 16 |
6 | Tom Dempsey | K | January 12, 1947 | 6'2" | 255 | Palomar College | Milwaukee, WI USA | 3 | 0 |
70 | Joe Devlin | RT | February 23, 1954 | 6'5" | 261 | Iowa | Phoenixville, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
12 | Joe Ferguson | QB | April 23, 1950 | 6'1" | 195 | Arkansas | Alvin, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
22 | Steve Freeman | SS | May 8, 1953 | 5'11" | 185 | Mississippi St. | Lamesa, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
80 | Danny Fulton | WR | September 2, 1956 | 6'2" | 184 | Nebraska | Memphis, TN USA | 6 | 0 |
65 | Ed Fulton | G | January 27, 1955 | 6'3" | 250 | Maryland | Abington, PA USA | 5 | 0 |
88 | Reuben Gant | TE | April 12, 1952 | 6'4" | 230 | Oklahoma St. | Tulsa, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
53 | Will Grant | C | March 7, 1954 | 6'3" | 254 | Idaho St. | Milton, MA USA | 16 | 0 |
43 | Tony Greene | FS | August 29, 1949 | 5'10" | 170 | Maryland | Clocksburg, MD USA | 16 | 12 |
21 | Doug Greene | DB | February 10, 1956 | 6'2" | 205 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Los Angeles, CA USA | 15 | 0 |
74 | Dee Hardison | DE | May 2, 1956 | 6'4" | 274 | North Carolina | Jacksonville, NC USA | 16 | 3 |
55 | Jim Haslett | LILB | December 9, 1955 | 6'3" | 232 | Indiana (PA) | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
54 | Tom Higgins | LB | July 13, 1954 | 6'2" | 235 | North Carolina St. | Newark, NJ USA | 16 | 0 |
25 | Roland Hooks | RB | January 2, 1953 | 6'0" | 197 | North Carolina St. | Brooklyn, NY USA | 16 | 0 |
85 | Ron Howard | TE | March 3, 1951 | 6'4" | 229 | Seattle | Oakland, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
90 | Scott Hutchinson | RDE | May 27, 1956 | 6'4" | 246 | Florida | Winter Park, FL USA | 16 | 5 |
4 | Rusty Jackson | P | November 17, 1950 | 6'2" | 193 | LSU | Tuscaloosa, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
51 | Dan Jilek | LB | December 3, 1953 | 6'2" | 220 | Michigan | Cedar Rapids, IA USA | 15 | 0 |
39 | Dennis Johnson | RB-TE | February 26, 1956 | 6'3" | 220 | Mississippi St. | Weir, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
91 | Ken Johnson | DE | March 25, 1955 | 6'5" | 253 | Knoxville | Nashville, TN USA | 3 | 0 |
72 | Ken Jones | LT | December 1, 1952 | 6'5" | 260 | Arkansas St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 16 | 16 |
71 | Mike Kadish | NT | May 27, 1950 | 6'5" | 270 | Notre Dame | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 16 | 13 |
52 | Chris Keating | LB | October 12, 1957 | 6'2" | 223 | Maine | Boston, MA USA | 16 | 0 |
82 | Frank Lewis | WR | July 4, 1947 | 6'1" | 196 | Grambling St. | Houma, LA USA | 15 | 15 |
11 | Dan Manucci | QB | September 3, 1957 | 6'2" | 196 | Kansas St. | Erie, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
67 | Reggie McKenzie | LG | July 27, 1950 | 6'4" | 255 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 16 |
5 | Nick Mike-Mayer | K | March 1, 1950 | 5'8" | 186 | Temple | Bologna, Italy | 13 | 0 |
40 | Terry Miller | RB | January 7, 1956 | 5'10" | 196 | Oklahoma St. | Columbus, GA USA | 16 | 0 |
46 | Keith Moody | KR | June 13, 1953 | 5'11" | 171 | Syracuse | Salisbury, NC USA | 16 | 0 |
9 | Bill Munson | QB | August 11, 1941 | 6'2" | 203 | Utah St. | Sacramento, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
59 | Shane Nelson | RILB | May 25, 1955 | 6'1" | 226 | Baylor | Mathis, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
38 | Jeff Nixon | DB | October 13, 1956 | 6'3" | 190 | Richmond | Furstenfeldbruck, Germany | 16 | 4 |
61 | Willie Parker | C | December 28, 1948 | 6'3" | 245 | North Texas | Baytown, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
89 | Lou Piccone | WR | July 17, 1949 | 5'9" | 175 | West Liberty St. | Vineland, NJ USA | 16 | 4 |
23 | Steve Powell | RB | January 2, 1956 | 5'11" | 186 | Truman St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 15 | 0 |
58 | Isiah Robertson | LOLB | August 17, 1949 | 6'3" | 225 | Southern | New Orleans, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
26 | Charles Romes | RCB | December 16, 1954 | 6'1" | 191 | North Carolina Central | Verdun, France | 16 | 16 |
57 | Lucius Sanford | ROLB | February 14, 1956 | 6'2" | 216 | Georgia Tech | Milledgeville, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
87 | Joe Shipp | TE | July 25, 1955 | 6'4" | 225 | USC | Long Beach, CA USA | 16 | 2 |
76 | Fred Smerlas | NT | April 8, 1957 | 6'3" | 277 | Boston Col. | Waltham, MA USA | 13 | 3 |
65 | Tim Vogler | G-C | October 2, 1956 | 6'3" | 259 | Ohio St. | Troy, OH USA | 10 | 0 |
83 | Sherman White | RDE | October 6, 1948 | 6'5" | 250 | California | Manchester, NH USA | 15 | 9 |
77 | Ben Williams | LDE | September 1, 1954 | 6'3" | 251 | Mississippi | Yazoo City, MS USA | 16 | 15 |
86 | Lenny Willis | WR | March 4, 1953 | 5'11" | 183 | Ohio St. | Washington, DC USA | 7 | 0 |