1975 Buffalo Bills Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Saban (8-6)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1975 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Saban (8-6)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1975 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
On offense, Buffalo led the league with 420 points. At the same time, the defense yielded 355 points. O.J. Simpson spearheaded the running game, rushing for a 1,817 yards for the Bills.
Joe Ferguson threw for 2,426 yards. Bob Chandler topped all receivers, hauling in 55 balls for 746 yards. J.D. Hill was targeted regularly as well.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 45 turnovers, topping in the league. Dwight Harrison intercepted 8 opponent throws.
Lou Saban 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 | 321 | 169 | 52.6 | 2426 | 7.6 | 25 | 7.8 | 17 | 5.3 | 77 | 20 | 153 | 81.3 | Gary Marangi | 33 | 13 | 39.4 | 235 | 7.1 | 3 | 9.1 | 2 | 6.1 | 64 | 2 | 15 | 69.6 |
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| Totals | 354 | 182 | 51.4 | 2661 | 7.5 | 28 | 7.9 | 19 | 5.4 | 77 | 22 | 168 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | O.J. Simpson | 329 | 1817 | 5.5 | 88 | 16 | Jim Braxton | 186 | 823 | 4.4 | 29 | 9 | Joe Ferguson | 23 | 82 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 | Don Calhoun | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 | Gary Marangi | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 30 | 0 | Vic Washington | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 9 | 0 | Gary Hayman | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | Clint Haslerig | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Bob Chandler | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | J.D. Hill | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 588 | 2974 | 5.1 | 88 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Chandler | 55 | 746 | 13.6 | 35 | 6 | J.D. Hill | 36 | 667 | 18.5 | 77 | 7 | O.J. Simpson | 28 | 426 | 15.2 | 64 | 7 | Jim Braxton | 26 | 282 | 10.8 | 32 | 4 | Paul Seymour | 19 | 268 | 14.1 | 32 | 1 | Reuben Gant | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 19 | 2 | John Holland | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 63 | 1 | Vic Washington | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 182 | 2661 | 14.6 | 77 | 28 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Marv Bateman | 61 | 2536 | 41.6 | 74 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 61 | 2536 | 41.6 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gary Hayman | 25 | 216 | 8.6 | 30 | 0 | John Holland | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 13 | 0 | Ed Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 33 | 278 | 8.4 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Vic Washington | 35 | 923 | 26.4 | 59 | 0 | Gary Hayman | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 34 | 0 | Royce McKinney | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 37 | 0 | Steven Schnarr | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | John Holland | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 25 | 0 | Bo Cornell | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 16 | 0 | Reggie McKenzie | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Tom Ruud | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 1457 | 23.5 | 59 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dwight Harrison | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 40 | 0 | Tony Greene | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 37 | 0 | Ed Jones | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | Ike Thomas | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 58 | 0 | Steve Freeman | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 30 | 1 | Pat Toomay | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 1 | Charlie Ford | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Merv Krakau | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | John Skorupan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 376 | 15.0 | 58 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Merv Krakau | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Ferguson | 4 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Tony Greene | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 0 | Gary Hayman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Edwards | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Don Croft | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Freeman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Ford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Doug Allen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Skorupan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | O.J. Simpson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Patulski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Oliver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Winans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Ruud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Seymour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dwight Harrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Toomay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Calhoun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Kadish | 1 | Vic Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 90 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | O.J. Simpson | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | Jim Braxton | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | John Leypoldt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 78 | J.D. Hill | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Bob Chandler | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Reuben Gant | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Paul Seymour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Pat Toomay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Kadish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Holland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Steve Freeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 26 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 420 |
