1969 Buffalo Bills Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: John Rauch (4-10)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1969 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: John Rauch (4-10)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1969 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the AFL's East Division.
The Bills managed just 230 points, worst in the league, and the shaky defensive squad gave up 359. Jack Kemp tossed for 1,981 yards. Haven Moses topped the receiving corps, hauling in 39 balls for 752 yards, while Marlin Briscoe, Billy Masters, Wayne Patrick and O.J. Simpson each contributed to the receiving game, too.
O.J. Simpson rushed for a team-leading 697 yards for Buffalo.
Butch Byrd picked off 7 opponent throws.
John Rauch coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 344 | 170 | 49.4 | 1981 | 5.8 | 13 | 3.8 | 22 | 6.4 | 55 | 21 | 187 | 53.2 |
| Dan Darragh | 52 | 24 | 46.2 | 365 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 6 | 11.5 | 53 | 11 | 103 | 36.6 |
| James Harris | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 270 | 7.5 | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.8 | 55 | 9 | 70 | 65.7 |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Tom Sherman | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 20 | 10.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 147.9 |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Tom Flores | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 48.8 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 442 | 215 | 48.6 | 2716 | 6.1 | 17 | 3.8 | 30 | 6.8 | 55 | 42 | 371 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. Simpson | 181 | 697 | 3.9 | 32 | 2 |
| Wayne Patrick | 83 | 361 | 4.3 | 72 | 3 |
| Bill Enyart | 47 | 191 | 4.1 | 26 | 1 |
| Jack Kemp | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Max Anderson | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 |
| James Harris | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Sherman | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dan Darragh | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 384 | 1522 | 4.0 | 72 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haven Moses | 39 | 752 | 19.3 | 55 | 5 |
| Wayne Patrick | 35 | 229 | 6.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 33 | 387 | 11.7 | 31 | 1 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 32 | 532 | 16.6 | 50 | 5 |
| O.J. Simpson | 30 | 343 | 11.4 | 55 | 3 |
| Bill Enyart | 19 | 186 | 9.8 | 32 | 2 |
| Bubba Thornton | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Max Anderson | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Bobby Crockett | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Grate | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Robert James | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 215 | 2716 | 12.6 | 55 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 78 | 3471 | 44.5 | 78 |
| Totals | 78 | 3471 | 44.5 | 78 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Anderson | 19 | 142 | 7.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Reeves | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Robert James | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 187 | 6.0 | 32 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubba Thornton | 30 | 749 | 25.0 | 58 | 0 |
| O.J. Simpson | 21 | 529 | 25.2 | 73 | 0 |
| Max Anderson | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Hilton Crawford | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerald Collins | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Enyart | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Waddey Harvey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1475 | 23.8 | 73 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Byrd | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 32 | 1 |
| George Saimes | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 28 | 0 |
| John Pitts | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Paul Guidry | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Pete Richardson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 251 | 13.2 | 39 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Booker Edgerson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert James | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Richardson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Richey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Pitts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Patrick | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Harris | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike McBath | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bubba Thornton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angelo Loukas | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Byrd | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Julian Nunamaker | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Haven Moses | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Edgar Chandler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Ogas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Shaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Bemiller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hilton Crawford | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| O.J. Simpson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Darragh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Enyart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Masters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Max Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 32 | 148 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bruce Alford | 17 | 23 | 0 | 74 | ||||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Haven Moses | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bill Enyart | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Billy Masters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Butch Byrd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Booker Edgerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Max Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Willie Grate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 |
