1974 Buffalo Bills season
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The 1974
Buffalo Bills
season was the 15th season for the club in pro football and fifth in the National Football League
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1974 NFL season
The 1974 NFL season was the 55th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl IX when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings...
Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
season was the 15th season for the club in pro football and fifth in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
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NFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Bills points | Opponents | Bills first downs | Record | Attendance |
| 1 | Sept. 16 | Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Win | 21 | 20 | 22 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Sept. 22 | Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Loss | 16 | 24 | 16 | 1–1 | |
| 3 | Sept. 29 | New York Jets New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Win | 16 | 12 | 17 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Oct. 6 | at Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
Win | 27 | 7 | 22 | 3–1 | |
| 5 | Oct. 13 | at Baltimore Colts | Win | 27 | 14 | 15 | 4–1 | |
| 6 | Oct. 20 | New England Patriots New England Patriots The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National... |
Win | 30 | 28 | 19 | 5–1 | |
| 7 | Oct. 27 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Win | 16 | 6 | 16 | 6–1 | |
| 8 | Nov. 3 | at New England Patriots New England Patriots The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National... |
Win | 29 | 28 | 22 | 7–1 | |
| 9 | Nov. 10 | Houston Oilers Tennessee Titans The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter... |
Loss | 9 | 21 | 16 | 7–2 | |
| 10 | Nov. 17 | at Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Loss | 28 | 35 | 16 | 7–3 | |
| 11 | Nov. 24 | at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Win | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8–3 | |
| 12 | Dec. 1 | Baltimore Colts | Win | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9–3 | |
| 13 | Dec. 8 | at New York Jets New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Loss | 10 | 20 | 12 | 9–4 | |
| 14 | Dec. 15 | at Los Angeles Rams St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,... |
Loss | 14 | 19 | 8 | 9–5 | |
Standings
| AFC East AFC East The American Football Conference – Eastern Division or AFC East is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference. There are four members: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots , and New York Jets... |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| Miami Dolphins 1974 Miami Dolphins season -NFL Draft:-Schedule:- Standings :-AFC: Oakland Raiders 28, Miami Dolphins 26:-Notes and references:**... |
11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 327 | 216 |
| Buffalo Bills | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 264 | 244 |
| New England Patriots 1974 New England Patriots season The New England Patriots finished the National Football League's 1974 season with a record of seven wins and seven losses, and finished tied for third in the AFC East division.-Staff:-Regular season:... |
7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 348 | 289 |
| New York Jets 1974 New York Jets season The 1974 New York Jets season was the 15th season for the team and the fifth in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 4–10 record from 1973 under new head coach Charley Winner. The Jets finished with a record of 7–7.... |
7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 279 | 300 |
| Baltimore Colts 1974 Baltimore Colts season The 1974 Baltimore Colts season was the 22nd season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1974 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses, and finished fifth in the AFC East.- Schedule :... |
2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 190 | 329 |