1979 Buffalo Bills Roster

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 Statistics
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.

The Bills netted 268 points, and 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 contributed to the receiving game, too.

Curtis Brown rushed for a team-leading 574 yards for Buffalo, 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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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
73Jon BorchardtG-TAugust 13, 19576'5"260Montana St.Minneapolis, MN USA160
47Curtis BrownFBDecember 7, 19545'10"203MissouriSt. Louis, MO USA1515
80Jerry ButlerWROctober 12, 19576'0"178ClemsonWare Shoals, SC USA1313
81Bob ChandlerWRApril 24, 19496'0"180USCLong Beach, CA USA30
29Mario ClarkLCBMarch 29, 19546'2"194OregonPasadena, CA USA1616
35Mike CollierRBSeptember 21, 19535'11"200Morgan St.Baltimore, MD USA161
68Joe DeLamielleureRGMarch 16, 19516'3"254Michigan St.Detroit, MI USA1616
6Tom DempseyKJanuary 12, 19476'2"255Palomar CollegeMilwaukee, WI USA30
70Joe DevlinRTFebruary 23, 19546'5"261IowaPhoenixville, PA USA1616
12Joe FergusonQBApril 23, 19506'1"195ArkansasAlvin, TX USA1616
22Steve FreemanSSMay 8, 19535'11"185Mississippi St.Lamesa, TX USA1616
80Danny FultonWRSeptember 2, 19566'2"184NebraskaMemphis, TN USA60
65Ed FultonGJanuary 27, 19556'3"250MarylandAbington, PA USA50
88Reuben GantTEApril 12, 19526'4"230Oklahoma St.Tulsa, OK USA1414
53Will GrantCMarch 7, 19546'3"254Idaho St.Milton, MA USA160
43Tony GreeneFSAugust 29, 19495'10"170MarylandClocksburg, MD USA1612
21Doug GreeneDBFebruary 10, 19566'2"205Texas A&M-KingsvilleLos Angeles, CA USA150
74Dee HardisonDEMay 2, 19566'4"274North CarolinaJacksonville, NC USA163
55Jim HaslettLILBDecember 9, 19556'3"232Indiana (PA)Pittsburgh, PA USA1616
54Tom HigginsLBJuly 13, 19546'2"235North Carolina St.Newark, NJ USA160
25Roland HooksRBJanuary 2, 19536'0"197North Carolina St.Brooklyn, NY USA160
85Ron HowardTEMarch 3, 19516'4"229SeattleOakland, CA USA10
90Scott HutchinsonRDEMay 27, 19566'4"246FloridaWinter Park, FL USA165
4Rusty JacksonPNovember 17, 19506'2"193LSUTuscaloosa, AL USA160
51Dan JilekLBDecember 3, 19536'2"220MichiganCedar Rapids, IA USA150
39Dennis JohnsonRB-TEFebruary 26, 19566'3"220Mississippi St.Weir, MS USA30
91Ken JohnsonDEMarch 25, 19556'5"253KnoxvilleNashville, TN USA30
72Ken JonesLTDecember 1, 19526'5"260Arkansas St.St. Louis, MO USA1616
71Mike KadishNTMay 27, 19506'5"270Notre DameGrand Rapids, MI USA1613
52Chris KeatingLBOctober 12, 19576'2"223MaineBoston, MA USA160
82Frank LewisWRJuly 4, 19476'1"196Grambling St.Houma, LA USA1515
11Dan ManucciQBSeptember 3, 19576'2"196Kansas St.Erie, PA USA140
67Reggie McKenzieLGJuly 27, 19506'4"255MichiganDetroit, MI USA1616
5Nick Mike-MayerKMarch 1, 19505'8"186TempleBologna, Italy130
40Terry MillerRBJanuary 7, 19565'10"196Oklahoma St.Columbus, GA USA160
46Keith MoodyKRJune 13, 19535'11"171SyracuseSalisbury, NC USA160
9Bill MunsonQBAugust 11, 19416'2"203Utah St.Sacramento, CA USA30
59Shane NelsonRILBMay 25, 19556'1"226BaylorMathis, TX USA1616
38Jeff NixonDBOctober 13, 19566'3"190RichmondFurstenfeldbruck, Germany164
61Willie ParkerCDecember 28, 19486'3"245North TexasBaytown, TX USA1616
89Lou PicconeWRJuly 17, 19495'9"175West Liberty St.Vineland, NJ USA164
23Steve PowellRBJanuary 2, 19565'11"186Truman St.St. Louis, MO USA150
58Isiah RobertsonLOLBAugust 17, 19496'3"225SouthernNew Orleans, LA USA1616
26Charles RomesRCBDecember 16, 19546'1"191North Carolina CentralVerdun, France1616
57Lucius SanfordROLBFebruary 14, 19566'2"216Georgia TechMilledgeville, GA USA1616
87Joe ShippTEJuly 25, 19556'4"225USCLong Beach, CA USA162
76Fred SmerlasNTApril 8, 19576'3"277Boston Col.Waltham, MA USA133
65Tim VoglerG-COctober 2, 19566'3"259Ohio St.Troy, OH USA100
83Sherman WhiteRDEOctober 6, 19486'5"250CaliforniaManchester, NH USA159
77Ben WilliamsLDESeptember 1, 19546'3"251MississippiYazoo City, MS USA1615
86Lenny WillisWRMarch 4, 19535'11"183Ohio St.Washington, DC USA70



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