1979 Buffalo Bills Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Knox (7-9)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1979 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Knox (7-9)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1979 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
Buffalo netted 268 points, while the defense gave up 279. Joe Ferguson directed the offense, throwing for 3,572 yards. Frank Lewis hauled in 54 balls for 1,082 yards, while Jerry Butler was targeted regularly, too.
Curtis Brown rushed for a team-leading 574 yards for the Bills, while Terry Miller also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jeff Nixon picked off 6 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 | 458 | 238 | 52.0 | 3572 | 7.8 | 14 | 3.1 | 15 | 3.3 | 84 | 43 | 387 | 74.4 |
| Bill Munson | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Totals | 465 | 241 | 51.8 | 3603 | 7.7 | 14 | 3.0 | 15 | 3.2 | 84 | 43 | 387 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Brown | 172 | 574 | 3.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Terry Miller | 139 | 484 | 3.5 | 75 | 1 |
| Roland Hooks | 89 | 320 | 3.6 | 32 | 6 |
| Mike Collier | 34 | 130 | 3.8 | 22 | 2 |
| Joe Ferguson | 22 | 68 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Steve Powell | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 474 | 1621 | 3.4 | 75 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Lewis | 54 | 1082 | 20.0 | 55 | 2 |
| Jerry Butler | 48 | 834 | 17.4 | 75 | 4 |
| Curtis Brown | 39 | 401 | 10.3 | 84 | 3 |
| Lou Piccone | 33 | 556 | 16.8 | 49 | 2 |
| Roland Hooks | 26 | 254 | 9.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Reuben Gant | 19 | 245 | 12.9 | 22 | 2 |
| Terry Miller | 10 | 111 | 11.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Mike Collier | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Shipp | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Danny Fulton | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 241 | 3603 | 15.0 | 84 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 18 | 17 | 94.4 | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 77 |
| Tom Dempsey | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 11 |
| Totals | 29 | 25 | 86.2 | 33 | 21 | 63.6 | 88 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Jackson | 96 | 3671 | 38.2 | 60 |
| Totals | 96 | 3671 | 38.2 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Moody | 27 | 556 | 20.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Terry Miller | 8 | 160 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Collier | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Steve Powell | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Lenny Willis | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Chris Keating | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1131 | 19.2 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Nixon | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Mario Clark | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Steve Freeman | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 50 | 1 |
| Lucius Sanford | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Isiah Robertson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Jim Haslett | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Greene | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Shane Nelson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Greene | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charles Romes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 370 | 15.4 | 50 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ferguson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Smerlas | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Devlin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Isiah Robertson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kadish | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Freeman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Collier | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Greene | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Moody | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Haslett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curtis Brown | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Romes | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | ||
| Mario Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Parker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Miller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reuben Gant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 49 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 0 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 77 | |||||||||
| Roland Hooks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Curtis Brown | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jerry Butler | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Mike Collier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Reuben Gant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Frank Lewis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Tom Dempsey | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Charles Romes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Lucius Sanford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Fred Smerlas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Shipp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Isiah Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Terry Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Steve Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268 |
