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 Roster
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, the Bills led the league with 420 points. Meanwhile, the defense yielded 355 points. O.J. Simpson spearheaded the running game, rushing for a 1,817 yards.

Joe Ferguson threw for 2,426 yards. Bob Chandler topped all receivers, hauling in 55 balls for 746 yards. J.D. Hill contributed to the receiving game 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
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
Totals	182	2661	14.6	77	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
John Leypoldt	57	51	89.5	16	9	56.2	78
Totals	57	51	89.5	16	9	56.2	78

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
Gary Hayman	25	216	8.6	30
John Holland	7	53	7.6	13
Ed Jones	1	9	9.0	9
Totals	33	278	8.4	30

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Vic Washington	35	923	26.4	59
Gary Hayman	8	179	22.4	34
Royce McKinney	6	151	25.2	37
Steven Schnarr	4	80	20.0	27
John Holland	4	67	16.8	25
Bo Cornell	3	38	12.7	16
Reggie McKenzie	1	15	15.0	15
Tom Ruud	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	62	1457	23.5	59

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
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
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
Walt Patulski			0	1	0	0	0
Frank Oliver			0	1	0	0	0
Jim Braxton			7	1	0		0
Jeff Winans			0	1	0	0	0
Tom Ruud			0	1	0	0	0
Paul Seymour			0	1	0		0
Dwight Harrison		0	1	1	0	0	0
Pat Toomay		0	0	1	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
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
O.J. Simpson	16	7							0	0	0			138
Jim Braxton	9	4							0	0	0			78
John Leypoldt									9	51	0			78
J.D. Hill	0	7							0	0	0			42
Bob Chandler	0	6							0	0	0			36
Reuben Gant		2							0	0	0			12
Paul Seymour		1							0	0	0			6
Joe Ferguson	1								0	0	0			6
Pat Toomay						1			0	0	0			6
Mike Kadish							1		0	0	0			6
John Holland		1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Steve Freeman						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	26	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	9	51	0	0	0	420