1977 Buffalo Bills season (original) (raw)

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The 1977 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 18th season, and their eighth in the National Football League. The team posted a losing record for the second-consecutive season, and missed the postseason for the third season. Buffalo started the season with four consecutive losses, and failed to win consecutive games. The team was shut out two times at home. The Bills beat only one team with a winning record — the New England Patriots in an early November game in Foxboro that ultimately proved fatal to the Patriots' playoff hopes. After drawing 76,000 to Rich Stadium on opening day against the Dolphins, Buffalo drew an average of only 35,000 for the remaining six home games. The Bills had one of the most pass-heavy offenses in the NFL in 1977. Quarterback Joe Ferguson led the league in pass attempts (457, 32.6 per game) and passing yards (2,803, 200.2 per game). He also threw 24 interceptions, the most in the NFL. Although the Bills passed the ball more often than any other team, they were not efficient through the air: they ranked 19th out of 28 teams in passing touchdowns, 21st in yards per attempt, and 20th in quarterback rating (a dismal 54.7). Buffalo's 160 points scored was the third-worst in the NFL. Buffalo’s defense also gave up 313 points, the fourth-worst total in the league. Buffalo's anemic scoring and porous defense gave the team a point-differential of −153, dead-last in the league. This was the last season for O.J. Simpson as a member of the Bills, as he was traded to the 49ers the following season. Simpson would ultimately finish his last season with the Bills with 557 rushing yards on 126 attempts. (en)
La stagione 1977 dei Buffalo Bills è stata la ottava della franchigia nella National Football League, la 18ª complessiva. Con Jim Ringo come capo-allenatore la squadra ebbe un record di 3-11, classificandosi quarta nella AFC East Division e mancando l'accesso ai playoff per il terzo anno consecutivo. L'attacco della squadra imposto la stagione sui passaggi del quarterback Joe Ferguson che guidò la lega in passaggi tentati e in yard passate ma anche in intercetti subiti. L'attacco fu il terzo peggiore della lega con 160 punti segnati. Questa fu l'ultima stagione con i Bills di O.J. Simpson, che sarebbe stato scambiato con i San Francisco 49ers l'anno seguente. Il running back chiuse la sua ultima annata con la squadra con 557 yard corse su 126 tentativi. (it)

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The 1977 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 18th season, and their eighth in the National Football League. The team posted a losing record for the second-consecutive season, and missed the postseason for the third season. Buffalo started the season with four consecutive losses, and failed to win consecutive games. The team was shut out two times at home. The Bills beat only one team with a winning record — the New England Patriots in an early November game in Foxboro that ultimately proved fatal to the Patriots' playoff hopes. (en)
La stagione 1977 dei Buffalo Bills è stata la ottava della franchigia nella National Football League, la 18ª complessiva. Con Jim Ringo come capo-allenatore la squadra ebbe un record di 3-11, classificandosi quarta nella AFC East Division e mancando l'accesso ai playoff per il terzo anno consecutivo. L'attacco della squadra imposto la stagione sui passaggi del quarterback Joe Ferguson che guidò la lega in passaggi tentati e in yard passate ma anche in intercetti subiti. L'attacco fu il terzo peggiore della lega con 160 punti segnati. (it)

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1977 Buffalo Bills season (en)
Buffalo Bills 1977 (it)

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