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Buffalo

Bills

HC Lou Saban

1972 season
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4–9–1 Regular season · -120 point diff

Franchise 57 seasons 437–443–2 all-time 21 playoff trips 0 Super Bowls

18.4 Points / game #19 of 25
27.1 Allowed / game #23 of 26
296 Yards / game #18 of 25
305 Yds allowed / game #9 of 26
21 Sacks #20 of 26
24 Giveaways #21 of 25

Results

  1. W1 L 24–41
  2. W2 W 27–20
  3. W3 L 0–17
  4. W4 W 38–14
  5. @ W5 L 16–28
  6. @ W6 L 23–24
  7. W7 L 21–38
  8. W8 L 16–30
  9. @ W9 L 3–41
  10. @ W10 W 27–24
  11. @ W11 L 10–27
  12. @ W12 L 7–35
  13. W13 T 21–21
  14. @ W14 W 24–17

Team leaders

Passing Dennis Shaw 1,666 yds · 14 TD · 17 INT
Rushing O.J. Simpson 1,251 yds · 6 TD · 4.3 Y/C
Receiving J.D. Hill 52 rec · 754 yds · 5 TD
Sacks Paul Guidry 4 sacks
Interceptions Tony Greene 3 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. −17 1
  2. +7 2
  3. −17 3
  4. +24 4
  5. −12 5
  6. −1 6
  7. −17 7
  8. −14 8
  9. −38 9
  10. +3 10
  11. −17 11
  12. −28 12
  13. T 13
  14. +7 14