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(Top) 1 Offseason 1.1 Draft 2 Personnel 2.1 Coaches/Staff 2.2 Final roster 3 Preseason 4 Regular season 4.1 Schedule 4.2 Week 1 4.3 Week 2 4.4 Week 3 4.5 Week 4 4.6 Week 5 4.7 Week 6 4.8 Week 7 4.9 Week 8 4.10 Week 9 4.11 Week 10 4.12 Week 11 4.13 Week 12 4.14 Week 13 4.15 Week 14 5 Standings 6 Awards and records 7 References

1969 Buffalo Bills season

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1969 Buffalo Bills season
Owner	Ralph Wilson
Head coach	John Rauch
Home field	War Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	4th AFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 1968 Bills seasons 1970 →

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[edit]

August 9, 1969: O. J. Simpson signs a four-year contract worth $215,000.^[2]^[3]^[4]
August 20, 1969: The Bills acquired wide receiver Marlin Briscoe.^[5]
August 25, 1969: Guard George Flint and defensive tackle Tom Sestak both announced their retirements.^[6]
August 25, 1969: Running back/returner Ed Rutkowski was released by the Bills.^[6]

Draft[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1969 Buffalo Bills draft
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[edit]

Coaches/Staff[edit]

1969 Buffalo Bills staff

Front office

Majority Owner/President – Ralph Wilson
Vice President and General Manager – Bob Lustig
Vice President/Minority Owner – Pat McGroder

Coaching staff

Head coach - John Rauch

Offensive coaches

Wide Receivers - Bill Miller
Offensive Line – Marvin Bass

Defensive coaches

Defensive Line – Ray Malavasi
Linebackers – Ralph Hawkins
Defensive Backfield – Claude Gibson
Kickers - Bugsy Engelberg

Source: https://pro-football-history.com/franchise/7/buffalo-bills-coaches

Final roster[edit]

**1969 Buffalo Bills roster**

	Quarterbacks 10 Dan Darragh 12 James Harris 15 Jack Kemp 14 Tom Sherman Running backs 22 Max Anderson 41 Bill Enyart 30 Wayne PatrickFB 31 Preston Ridlehuber 32 O. J. Simpson Wide receivers 86 Marlin Briscoe 83 Bobby Crockett 80 Charley Ferguson 25 Haven Moses 28 Roy Reeves 34 Bubba Thornton Tight ends 85 Willie Grate 87 Billy Masters		Offensive linemen 77 Stew BarberT 50 Al BemillerC 79 Paul CostaT 54 Howard KindigG 60 Angelo LoukasG 67 Joe O'DonnellG 75 Mike RicheyT 66 Billy ShawG Defensive linemen 74 Chuck DeVleigherDT 78 Jim DunawayDT 65 Waddey HarveyDT 76 Mike McBathDE 72 Ron McDoleDE 69 Julian NunamakerDE 70 Tom SestakDT 71 Bob TatarekDT		Linebackers 52 Edgar Chandler 51 Jerald Collins 59 Paul Guidry 64 Harry Jacobs 53 Dave Ogas Defensive backs 42 Butch ByrdCB 24 Booker EdgersonCB 45 Hilton CrawfordCB 20 Robert JamesCB 48 John PittsSS 47 Pete RichardsonFS 26 George SaimesFS Special teams 46 Bruce AlfordK 55 Paul Maguire P/LB		Reserve lists 62 Dick CunninghamT(IRTooltip Injured reserve) 33 Ben GregoryFB(IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad Rookies in italics

Preseason[edit]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	August 2	atHouston 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	atDetroit 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	atLos Angeles Rams	L 20–50	1–5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap

Regular season[edit]

Schedule[edit]

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	atHouston 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	atOakland Raiders	L 21–50	2–4	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	Recap
7	October 26	atMiami 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	atNew 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	atBoston 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	atKansas City Chiefs	L 19–22	4–9	Municipal Stadium	Recap
14	December 14	atSan Diego Chargers	L 6–45	4–10	San Diego Stadium	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Week 1[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	6	10	3	14	33
Bills	3	0	6	10	19

Date: September 14
Location: War Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 46,165
Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); wind 11 mph

^[8]

Week 2[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oilers	0	7	3	7	17
Bills	3	0	0	0	3

Date: September 21
Location: War Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 40,146
Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C); wind 6 mph

^[9]

Week 3[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	14	0	7	7	28
• Bills	3	17	21	0	41

Date: September 28
Location: War Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 40,302
Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C); wind 9 mph

^[10]

Week 4[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	0	0	7	7	14
• Oilers	7	7	7	7	28

Date: October 5
Location: Houston Astrodome
Game attendance: 46,485
Game weather: Indoors (dome)

^[11]

Week 5[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	6	0	7	3	16
• Bills	7	3	3	10	23

Date: October 11
Location: War Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 46,201
Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C); wind 14 mph

^[12]

Week 6[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	0	7	0	14	21
• Raiders	14	28	6	2	50

Date: October 19
Location: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Game attendance: 54,418
Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); wind 8 mph

^[13]

Week 7[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	3	0	3	0	6
• Dolphins	0	14	3	7	24

Date: October 26
Location: Orange Bowl
Game attendance: 39,837
Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); wind 14 mph

^[14]

Week 8[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Chiefs	0	3	3	23	29
Bills	7	0	0	0	7

Date: November 2
Location: War Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 45,844
Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); wind 13 mph

^[15]

Week 9[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	0	3	3	0	6
• Jets	0	7	3	6	16

Date: November 9
Location: Shea Stadium
Game attendance: 62,680
Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C); wind 19 mph

^[16]

Week 10[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	3	0	0	0	3
• Bills	7	7	7	7	28

Date: November 16
Location: War Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 32,686
Game weather: 28 °F (−2 °C); wind 16 mph

Scoring summary

Q1	BUF	Simpson 8 yard pass from Kemp (Alford kick)	BUF 7–0

Q1	MIA	Kremser 21 yard field goal	BUF 7–3

Q2	BUF	Briscoe 12 yard pass from Kemp (Alford kick)	BUF 14–3

Q3	BUF	Enyart 1 yard run (Alford kick)	BUF 21–3

Q4	BUF	Simpson 55 yard pass from Kemp (Alford kick)	BUF 28–3

O. J. Simpson 72 Rush Yds, 81 Rec Yds

^[17]

Week 11[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	7	7	7	0	21
• Patriots	14	7	0	14	35

Date: November 23
Location: Alumni Stadium
Game attendance: 25,584
Game weather: 42 °F (6 °C); wind 14 mph

^[18]

Week 12[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	3	3	0	7	13
• Bills	3	3	10	0	16

Date: November 30
Location: War Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 35,122
Game weather: 28 °F (−2 °C); wind 17 mph

^[19]

Week 13[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	3	0	10	6	19
• Chiefs	7	6	3	6	22

Date: December 7
Location: Kansas City Municipal Stadium
Game attendance: 47,112
Game weather: 34 °F (1 °C); wind 14 mph

^[20]

Week 14[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	0	0	0	6	6
• Chargers	10	14	7	14	45

Date: December 14
Location: San Diego Stadium
Game attendance: 47,582
Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C); wind 6 mph

^[21]

Standings[edit]

AFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	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[edit]

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References[edit]

^ 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

^ ^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.

^ ^a ^b "Buffalo signs Simpson". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. August 10, 1969. p. 1, sec. 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

^ 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

^ ^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

^ The Football Database - 1969 Buffalo Bills Draft. Retrieved 2016-Dec-11.

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Dec-11.