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1978 Buffalo Bills season

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Head coach
  
Chuck Knox

Home field
  
Rich Stadium

Division place
  
4th AFC East

Owner
  
Ralph Wilson

Record
  
5–11

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

The 1978 Buffalo Bills season was the 19th season for the club and its ninth in the National Football League. The Bills were coming off a season in which they only won three games, making 1978 a slight improvement.

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Head coach Chuck Knox began his first season with the team, having coached the Los Angeles Rams for the previous five seasons. It was also Buffalo's first season after the departure of star running back O.J. Simpson, who had left for San Francisco 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.

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. Oddly, the Bills were first in the league in yards allowed on pass defense, giving up only 1,960 yards through the air.

Passing

Note: Comp = Completions; ATT = Attempts; TD = Touchdowns; INT = Interceptions

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

All-Pros

  • Joe DeLamielleure, Guard
  • 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
  • References

    1978 Buffalo Bills season Wikipedia