1970 Buffalo Bills Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Rauch (3-10-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1970 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Rauch (3-10-1)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1970 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 3 wins and 10 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
Buffalo labored to change the scoreboard with just 204 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 337. Dennis Shaw threw for 2,507 yards. Marlin Briscoe topped the receiving corps, hauling in 57 balls for 1,036 yards.
O.J. Simpson rushed for a team-leading 488 yards for the Bills.
Pete Richardson intercepted 5 opponent throws.
John Rauch coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Shaw | 321 | 178 | 55.5 | 2507 | 7.8 | 10 | 3.1 | 20 | 6.2 | 48 | 41 | 387 | 65.3 |
| James Harris | 50 | 24 | 48.0 | 338 | 6.8 | 3 | 6.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 32 | 7 | 63 | 56.9 |
| Dan Darragh | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 71 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.9 | 19 | 5 | 36 | 17.5 |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 402 | 213 | 53.0 | 2916 | 7.3 | 13 | 3.2 | 26 | 6.5 | 48 | 53 | 486 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. Simpson | 120 | 488 | 4.1 | 56 | 5 |
| Wayne Patrick | 66 | 259 | 3.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Dennis Shaw | 39 | 210 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Enyart | 58 | 196 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Lloyd Pate | 46 | 162 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Greg Jones | 31 | 113 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Dan Darragh | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| James Harris | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 367 | 1465 | 4.0 | 56 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlin Briscoe | 57 | 1036 | 18.2 | 48 | 8 |
| Haven Moses | 39 | 726 | 18.6 | 45 | 2 |
| Bill Enyart | 35 | 235 | 6.7 | 37 | 1 |
| Lloyd Pate | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 16 | 142 | 8.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 14 | 201 | 14.4 | 31 | 0 |
| O.J. Simpson | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Willie Grate | 7 | 147 | 21.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Glenn Alexander | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Roland Moss | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Clyde Glosson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 213 | 2916 | 13.7 | 48 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 83 | 3228 | 38.9 | 58 |
| Totals | 83 | 3228 | 38.9 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Pharr | 23 | 184 | 8.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 19 | 102 | 5.4 | 54 | 0 |
| Jackie Allen | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Glenn Alexander | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 298 | 6.6 | 54 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. Simpson | 7 | 333 | 47.6 | 95 | 1 |
| Glenn Alexander | 12 | 204 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 52 | 1 |
| Roland Moss | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Clyde Glosson | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Enyart | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Lloyd Pate | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerald Collins | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Andrews | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike McCaffrey | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Art Laster | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike McBath | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Pharr | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Costa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1244 | 20.1 | 95 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Richardson | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 33 | 1 |
| Edgar Chandler | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 1 |
| John Pitts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 179 | 16.3 | 59 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dunaway | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Patrick | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Cheek | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julian Nunamaker | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Cunningham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Richardson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant Guthrie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Pitts | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Harris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Guidry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Pate | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Waddey Harvey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Pharr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McBath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Shaw | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe O'Donnell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Enyart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| O.J. Simpson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Marchlewski | 1 | 0 | -21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Grate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Grant Guthrie | 10 | 24 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Willie Grate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Haven Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Greg Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Enyart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Lloyd Pate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Edgar Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
