1976 Buffalo Bills Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Saban (2-3)
Coach: Jim Ringo (0-9)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1976 Buffalo Bills Roster
1976 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

The Bills chalked up 245 points, but the defensive squad surrendered 363. O.J. Simpson spearheaded the running game, rushing for a 1,503 yards for Buffalo.

Joe Ferguson threw for 1,086 yards. Bob Chandler hauled in 61 balls for 824 yards.

Tony Greene picked off 5 opponent throws.

Lou Saban and Jim Ringo 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	151	74	49.0	1086	7.2	9	6.0	1	0.7	58	11	80	90.0
Gary Marangi	232	82	35.3	998	4.3	7	3.0	16	6.9	39	22	166	30.8
Totals	383	156	40.7	2084	5.4	16	4.2	17	4.4	58	33	246

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
O.J. Simpson	290	1503	5.2	75	8
Jeff Kinney	116	475	4.1	22	1
Gary Marangi	39	230	5.9	21	2
Roland Hooks	25	116	4.6	24	0
Joe Ferguson	18	81	4.5	19	0
Vic Washington	22	65	3.0	10	0
Eddie Ray	24	56	2.3	7	0
Darnell Powell	11	40	3.6	20	0
Jim Braxton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Chandler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Emmett Edwards	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	548	2566	4.7	75	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bob Chandler	61	824	13.5	58	10
O.J. Simpson	22	259	11.8	43	1
Paul Seymour	16	169	10.6	22	0
John Holland	15	299	19.9	58	2
Jeff Kinney	14	78	5.6	15	0
Reuben Gant	12	263	21.9	39	3
Roland Hooks	6	72	12.0	28	0
Vic Washington	3	29	9.7	11	0
Eddie Ray	3	26	8.7	15	0
Emmett Edwards	2	53	26.5	46	0
Darnell Powell	1	6	6.0	6	0
Mike Montler	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	156	2084	13.4	58	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
George Jakowenko	24	21	87.5	17	12	70.6	57
Benny Ricardo	2	2	100.0	4	1	25.0	5
John Leypoldt	3	3	100.0	3		0.0	3
Totals	29	26	89.7	24	13	54.2	65

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Marv Bateman	86	3678	42.8	78
Totals	86	3678	42.8	78

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Keith Moody	16	166	10.4	67	1
Roland Hooks	11	45	4.1	12	0
John Holland	4	11	2.8	8	0
Bob Gaddis	1	6	6.0	6	0
Roscoe Word	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Totals	33	220	6.7	67	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Keith Moody	26	605	23.3	41
Roland Hooks	23	521	22.7	79
Darnell Powell	4	101	25.2	26
Mike Holmes	4	90	22.5	26
Tom Ruud	6	68	11.3	17
Vic Washington	3	63	21.0	27
John Holland	4	62	15.5	19
Roscoe Word	2	36	18.0	19
Bo Cornell	2	32	16.0	18
Bob Gaddis	1	16	16.0	16
Totals	75	1594	21.3	79

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tony Greene	5	135	27.0	101	1
Keith Moody	3	63	21.0	44	0
Doug Jones	3	5	1.7	5	0
Dan Jilek	2	33	16.5	28	0
Mario Clark	2	21	10.5	21	0
Dwight Harrison	1	18	18.0	18	0
John Skorupan	1	13	13.0	13	0
Sherman White	1	5	5.0	5	0
Merv Krakau	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	19	293	15.4	101	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Merv Krakau		0	0	6	65	0
Gary Marangi			12	3	-10	0
Roland Hooks			4	3	0	0
Dan Jilek		0	0	3	0	0
Ken Jones			0	2	0	0
Joe DeLamielleure			0	2	0	0
John Holland			1	2	0	1
O.J. Simpson			6	2	0	0
Tony Greene		0	0	2	7	0
Eddie Ray			5	1	0	0
Bo Cornell			0	1	4	0
Ben Williams			0	1	0	0
Tom Ruud			1	1	0	0
Mario Clark		0	0	1	0	0
Reggie McKenzie			0	1	0	0
Bob Nelson			0	1	0	0
Jeff Kinney			3	1	0	0
Doug Jones		0	0	1	1	0
Mike Kadish			0	1	5	0
Mike Montler			0	1	0	0
Marty Smith			0	1	0	0
Steve Freeman			0	1	0	0
Dave Foley			0	1	0	0
Paul Seymour			1	0	0	0
Reuben Gant			1	0	0	0
Keith Moody		0	3	0	0	0
Bob Gaddis			1	0	0	0
Joe Ferguson			2	0	0	0
Roscoe Word			1	0	0	0
John Skorupan		0	1	0	0	0
Bob Chandler			3	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	45	39	72	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bob Chandler	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
George Jakowenko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	21	0			57
O.J. Simpson	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Reuben Gant	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
John Holland	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			18
Gary Marangi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Jeff Kinney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Tony Greene	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Keith Moody	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Benny Ricardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0			5
John Leypoldt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0			3
Totals	11	16	1	0	0	1	1	0	13	26	0	0	0	245