1978 Buffalo Bills Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Knox (5-11)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1978 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Knox (5-11)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1978 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Bills scored 302 points, but the defensive squad surrendered 354. Terry Miller rushed for a team-leading 1,060 yards for Buffalo.
Joe Ferguson threw for 2,136 yards. Bob Chandler topped all receivers, hauling in 44 balls, while Frank Lewis added 735 receiving yards. Reuben Gant contributed to the receiving game, too.
Mario Clark picked off 5 opponent throws.
Chuck Knox coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ferguson | 330 | 175 | 53.0 | 2136 | 6.5 | 16 | 4.8 | 15 | 4.5 | 92 | 29 | 243 | 70.5 |
| Bill Munson | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 328 | 7.6 | 4 | 9.3 | 2 | 4.7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 |
| Dave Mays | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 39 | 2.6 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 61.8 |
| Totals | 388 | 203 | 52.3 | 2503 | 6.5 | 21 | 5.4 | 17 | 4.4 | 92 | 30 | 254 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Miller | 238 | 1060 | 4.5 | 60 | 7 |
| Curtis Brown | 128 | 591 | 4.6 | 58 | 4 |
| Roland Hooks | 76 | 358 | 4.7 | 66 | 2 |
| Dennis Johnson | 55 | 222 | 4.0 | 30 | 2 |
| Joe Ferguson | 27 | 76 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Reuben Gant | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rusty Jackson | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Totals | 556 | 2381 | 4.3 | 66 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Chandler | 44 | 581 | 13.2 | 44 | 5 |
| Frank Lewis | 41 | 735 | 17.9 | 92 | 7 |
| Reuben Gant | 34 | 408 | 12.0 | 25 | 5 |
| Terry Miller | 22 | 246 | 11.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Dennis Johnson | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 15 | 2 |
| Jim Braxton | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Lenny Willis | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 203 | 2503 | 12.3 | 92 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Jackson | 87 | 3373 | 38.8 | 70 |
| Totals | 87 | 3373 | 38.8 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Moody | 19 | 240 | 12.6 | 82 | 1 |
| Lou Piccone | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Levenseller | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 375 | 9.4 | 82 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Brown | 17 | 428 | 25.2 | 102 | 1 |
| Keith Moody | 18 | 371 | 20.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 10 | 204 | 20.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Franckowiak | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Powell | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Terry Miller | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Scott Hutchinson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lenny Willis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 66 | 1316 | 19.9 | 102 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Clark | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Shane Nelson | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Tony Greene | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Charles Romes | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 85 | 1 |
| Lucius Sanford | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 290 | 20.7 | 85 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy McClanahan | 0 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Ferguson | 5 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Romes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie McKenzie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Powell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Brown | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lucius Sanford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Jilek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe DeLamielleure | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Miller | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Devlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Hutchinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Graham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Dempsey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Mays | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Greene | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rusty Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Switzer | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shane Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 1 | -26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Moody | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reuben Gant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tom Dempsey | 10 | 36 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Terry Miller | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Frank Lewis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Reuben Gant | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Curtis Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Bob Chandler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Dennis Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Larry Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Charles Romes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Keith Moody | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 302 |
