Английская Википедия:1978 Buffalo Bills season
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The 1978 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 9th season in the National Football League, and the 19th overall. The Bills were coming off a season in which they only won three games, making 1978 a slight improvement.
Head coach Chuck Knox began his first season with the team, having coached the Los Angeles Rams for the previous five seasons.[note 1] It was also Buffalo's first season after the departure of star running back O. J. Simpson, who was traded to San Francisco for five draft picks in the offseason.
The Bills offense acquired a pair of weapons for quarterback Joe Ferguson: wide receiver Frank Lewis, who had spent the previous 7 seasons in Pittsburgh, and rookie running back Terry Miller, who ended the season with over 1,000 yards.[note 2]
The 1978 Bills' run defense allowed an NFL record 3,228 rushing yards; the 677 rushing attempts the Bills faced in 1978 is also an NFL record.[1] Oddly, the Bills were first in the league in yards allowed on pass defense, giving up only 1,960 yards through the air.[2]
Buffalo's week eight victory over the Cincinnati Bengals produced the second 5-0 final score in modern NFL history (since Шаблон:Nfly); the other was a Шаблон:Nfly NFC divisional playoff between the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions.
Offseason
Draft
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Personnel
Staff/coaches
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Front office
Coaching staff
Offensive coaches
Defensive/special teams coaches
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Roster
Regular season
Schedule
| style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Week | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Date | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Opponent | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Result | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Record | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Venue | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Attendance | |
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| 1 | September 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 17–28 | 0–1 | Rich Stadium | 64,147 | |
| 2 | September 10 | New York Jets | L 20–21 | 0–2 | Rich Stadium | 40,985 | |
| 3 | September 17 | at Miami Dolphins | L 24–31 | 0–3 | Miami Orange Bowl | 48,373 | |
| 4 | September 24 | Baltimore Colts | W 24–17 | 1–3 | Rich Stadium | 55,270 | |
| 5 | October 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 28–13 | 2–3 | Rich Stadium | 47,310 | |
| 6 | October 8 | at New York Jets | L 14–45 | 2–4 | Shea Stadium | 44,545 | |
| 7 | October 15 | at Houston Oilers | L 10–17 | 2–5 | Astrodome | 47,727 | |
| 8 | October 22 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 5–0 | 3–5 | Rich Stadium | 47,754 | |
| 9 | October 29 | at Cleveland Browns | L 20–41 | 3–6 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 51,409 | |
| 10 | November 5 | New England Patriots | L 10–14 | 3–7 | Rich Stadium | 44,897 | |
| 11 | November 12 | Miami Dolphins | L 24–25 | 3—8 | Rich Stadium | 48,623 | |
| 12 | November 19 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 10–31 | 3–9 | Tampa Stadium | 61,383 | |
| 13 | November 26 | New York Giants | W 41–17 | 4–9 | Rich Stadium | 28,496 | |
| 14 | December 3 | at Kansas City Chiefs | L 10–14 | 4–10 | Arrowhead Stadium | 25,781 | |
| 15 | December 10 | at New England Patriots | L 24–26 | 4–11 | Schaefer Stadium | 59,598 | |
| 16 | December 17 | at Baltimore Colts | W 21–14 | 5–11 | Memorial Stadium | 25,415 | |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. | |||||||
Season summary
Week 1
Week 4
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Week 5
Week 10
Week 13 vs. Giants
Week 14 at Chiefs
Standings
Шаблон:1978 AFC East standings
Player stats
Passing
Note: Comp = Completions; ATT = Attempts; TD = Touchdowns; INT = Interceptions
| style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Player | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Games | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Completions | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Attempts | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Yards | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| TD | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| INT | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Rating |
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| Joe Ferguson | 16 | 175 | 330 | 2136 | 16 | 15 | 70.5 |
Special teams
Note: FGA = Field Goals Attempted; FGM = Field Goals Made; FG% = Field goal percentage; XPA = Extra Points Attempted; XPM = Extra Points Made; XP% = Extra Points Percentage
| style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Player | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Games | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| FGA | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| FGM | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| FG % | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| XPA | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| XPM | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| XP % |
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| Tom Dempsey | 16 | 13 | 10 | 76.9% | 38 | 36 | 94.7% |
Video Archives
- 1978 NFL Week 1: Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills at YouTube
- 1978 NFL Week 2: New York Jets at Buffalo Bills at YouTube
- 1978 NFL Week 5: Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills at YouTube
- 1978 NFL Week 6: Buffalo Bills at New York Jets at YouTube
Notes
External links
References
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- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending opp Rushing Att
- ↑ 1978 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-Oct-09.
- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-Sep-07.
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite web
