1969 Buffalo Bills season

1969 Buffalo Bills season
OwnerRalph Wilson
Head coachJohn Rauch
Home fieldWar Memorial Stadium
Results
Record4–10
Division place4th AFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1969 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s tenth season, and was the final season of the American Football League before the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger. The Bills played an AFL-record seven games against opponents that went on to reach the postseason;[1] Buffalo lost all seven of these games.

This was the rookie season for running back O. J. Simpson, the Heisman Trophy winner from Southern California and first overall selection in the draft,[2][3] who went on to a Hall of Fame career. It was the final season for quarterback Jack Kemp, who decided to run for New York's 39th congressional district in 1970 that he ultimately won; elected at the age of 35, Kemp would serve in Congress until 1989.

Although Buffalo only won four games, their penultimate win—a Week Ten victory against the Miami Dolphins—would be their last victory against the Dolphins until the 1980 season. After the win, the Bills suffered against Miami an NFL-record twenty consecutive games lost by one team to another.

The last remaining active member of the 1969 Buffalo Bills was wide receiver Haven Moses, who retired after the 1981 NFL season.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1969 NFL/AFL Draft
1969 Buffalo Bills draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 1 O. J. Simpson * †  RB USC
2 27 Bill Enyart  RB Oregon St
3 53 Julian Nunamaker  DE Tennessee-Martin
4 79 Mike Richey  OT North Carolina
5 105 Ben Mayes  DE Drake
7 157 John Helton  DE Arizona St
8 183 Waddey Harvey  DT Virginia Tech
8 192 James Harris *  QB Grambling State
10 235 James Baines  WR Montana
11 261 Bobby Hall  RB NC State
12 287 Lloyd Pate  RB Cincinnati
12 312 Leon Lovelace  OT Texas Tech
14 339 Bubba Thornton  WR TCU
15 365 Karl Wilson  RB Olivet
16 391 Robert Kirk  OG Indiana
17 417 Wayne Lineberry  LB East Carolina
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[7]

Personnel

Coaches/Staff

1969 Buffalo Bills staff
Front office

Coaching staff

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Final roster

1969 Buffalo Bills roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Reserve


Rookies in italics

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site NFL.com
recap
1 August 2 at Houston Oilers L 7–24 0–1 Astrodome Recap
2 August 8 Washington Redskins W 21–17 1–1 War Memorial Stadium Recap
3 August 15 at Detroit Lions L 12–24 1–2 Tiger Stadium Recap
4 August 22 Baltimore Colts L 7–20 1–3 War Memorial Stadium Recap
5 August 30 Chicago Bears L 16–23 1–4 Cleveland Stadium Recap
6 September 6 at Los Angeles Rams L 20–50 1–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap
1 September 14 New York Jets L 19–33 0–1 War Memorial Stadium Recap
2 September 21 Houston Oilers L 3–17 0–2 War Memorial Stadium Recap
3 September 28 Denver Broncos W 41–28 1–2 War Memorial Stadium Recap
4 October 5 at Houston Oilers L 14–28 1–3 Astrodome Recap
5 October 11 Boston Patriots W 23–16 2–3 War Memorial Stadium Recap
6 October 19 at Oakland Raiders L 21–50 2–4 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Recap
7 October 26 at Miami Dolphins L 6–24 2–5 Miami Orange Bowl Recap
8 November 2 Kansas City Chiefs L 7–29 2–6 War Memorial Stadium Recap
9 November 9 at New York Jets L 6–16 2–7 Shea Stadium Recap
10 November 16 Miami Dolphins W 28–3 3–7 War Memorial Stadium Recap
11 November 23 at Boston Patriots L 21–35 3–8 Alumni Stadium Recap
12 November 30 Cincinnati Bengals W 16–13 4–8 War Memorial Stadium Recap
13 December 7 at Kansas City Chiefs L 19–22 4–9 Municipal Stadium Recap
14 December 14 at San Diego Chargers L 6–45 4–10 San Diego Stadium Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Week 1

1 234Total
• Jets 6 10314 33
Bills 3 0610 19
  • Date: September 14
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 46,165
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); wind 11 mph

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Week 2

1 234Total
• Oilers 0 737 17
Bills 3 000 3
  • Date: September 21
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 40,146
  • Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C); wind 6 mph

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Week 3

1 234Total
Broncos 14 077 28
• Bills 3 17210 41
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 40,302
  • Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C); wind 9 mph

[10]

Week 4

1 234Total
Bills 0 077 14
• Oilers 7 777 28
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Houston Astrodome
  • Game attendance: 46,485
  • Game weather: Indoors (dome)

[11]

Week 5

1 234Total
Patriots 6 073 16
• Bills 7 3310 23
  • Date: October 11
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 46,201
  • Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C); wind 14 mph

[12]

Week 6

1 234Total
Bills 0 7014 21
• Raiders 14 2862 50

[13]

Week 7

1 234Total
Bills 3 030 6
• Dolphins 0 1437 24
  • Date: October 26
  • Location: Orange Bowl
  • Game attendance: 39,837
  • Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); wind 14 mph

[14]

Week 8

1 234Total
• Chiefs 0 3323 29
Bills 7 000 7
  • Date: November 2
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 45,844
  • Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); wind 13 mph

[15]

Week 9

1 234Total
Bills 0 330 6
• Jets 0 736 16
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Shea Stadium
  • Game attendance: 62,680
  • Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C); wind 19 mph

[16]

Week 10

1 234Total
Dolphins 3 000 3
• Bills 7 777 28
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 32,686
  • Game weather: 28 °F (−2 °C); wind 16 mph
Scoring summary
Q1BUFSimpson 8 yard pass from Kemp (Alford kick)BUF 7–0
Q1MIAKremser 21 yard field goalBUF 7–3
Q2BUFBriscoe 12 yard pass from Kemp (Alford kick)BUF 14–3
Q3BUFEnyart 1 yard run (Alford kick)BUF 21–3
Q4BUFSimpson 55 yard pass from Kemp (Alford kick)BUF 28–3

[17]

Week 11

1 234Total
Bills 7 770 21
• Patriots 14 7014 35
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Alumni Stadium
  • Game attendance: 25,584
  • Game weather: 42 °F (6 °C); wind 14 mph

[18]

Week 12

1 234Total
Bengals 3 307 13
• Bills 3 3100 16
  • Date: November 30
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 35,122
  • Game weather: 28 °F (−2 °C); wind 17 mph

[19]

Week 13

1 234Total
Bills 3 0106 19
• Chiefs 7 636 22

[20]

Week 14

1 234Total
Bills 0 006 6
• Chargers 10 14714 45
  • Date: December 14
  • Location: San Diego Stadium
  • Game attendance: 47,582
  • Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C); wind 6 mph

[21]

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
New York Jets 10 4 0 .714 8–0 353 269 W2
Houston Oilers 6 6 2 .500 5–3 278 279 W1
Boston Patriots 4 10 0 .286 3–5 266 316 L2
Buffalo Bills 4 10 0 .286 2–6 230 359 L2
Miami Dolphins 3 10 1 .231 2–6 233 332 L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings of the AFL. This was the final year of the AFL The Baltimore Colts would join the AFL eastern teams and become the AFC East in 1970.

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the AFL, in the regular season, in games against playoff teams only, sorted by most games in season matching criteria., tied with the
  2. ^ a b Rathet, Mike (August 10, 1969). "Holdout ends! O.J. to get plenty of bills with Buffalo". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  3. ^ a b "Buffalo signs Simpson". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. August 10, 1969. p. 1, sec. 4.
  4. ^ Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p. 435, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
  5. ^ Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p.437, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
  6. ^ a b Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p. 439, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
  7. ^ The Football Database - 1969 Buffalo Bills Draft. Retrieved 2016-Dec-11.
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