1971 Buffalo Bills season
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1971 Buffalo Bills season
| 1971 Buffalo Bills season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Harvey Johnson | ||||||
| Home field | War Memorial Stadium | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 1-13 | ||||||
| Division Place | 5th AFC East | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
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The 1971 Buffalo Bills season was the 12th season for the club and its second in the National Football League.
For the second time in four seasons, the Bills finished with only one victory. The Bills 1-13 record (a 0.071 winning percentage) remains the worst in franchise history.
The season began in turmoil when coach John Rauch resigned, forcing pro personnel director Harvey Johnson to assume the position for the second time on an interim basis.[1]
Buffalo lost their first ten games of the season. They were held scoreless in four games; their minus-210 point differential is the worst in the team's history, and one of the forty worst point-differentials in NFL history.[2]
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Offseason
NFL Draft
Main article: 1971 NFL Draft
The Bills had a strong draft in 1971, selecting several players who would have long-term impact with the team.
- Wide receiver J.D. Hill played five seasons for the Bills, making the Pro Bowl in his second season.
- Fullback Jim Braxton was an effective blocker for star tailback O.J. Simpson for the next seven seasons.
- Right tackle Donnie Green became a key component in the Bills' "Electric Company" offensive line for the next seven seasons.
- Receiver Bob Chandler played with the Bills for nine seasons, making second team All-Pro in 1975 and 1977, and leading the league in receptions from '75-'77, with 176 catches.
| = Pro Bowler [3] |
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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| 1 | 4 | J.D. Hill | Wide Receiver | Arizona State |
| 2 | 29 | Jan White | Tight End | Ohio State |
| 3 | 53 | Bruce Jarvis | Center | Washington State |
| 3 | 57 | Jim Braxton | Fullback | West Virginia |
| 5 | 107 | Donnie Green | Offensive Tackle | Purdue |
| 5 | 113 | Tim Beamer | Defensive Back | Illinois |
| 6 | 145 | Bill McKinley | Defensive End | Arizona |
| 7 | 160 | Bob Chandler | Wide Receiver | Southern California |
| 8 | 183 | Louis Ross | Defensive End | South Carolina State |
Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Streak | Attendance |
| 1 | Sept. 19 | vs. Dallas Cowboys | Loss 49-37 | 0-1 | L1 | 46,206 |
| 2 | Sept. 26 | vs. Miami Dolphins | Loss 29-14 | 0-2 | L2 | 45,139 |
| 3 | Oct. 3 | at Minnesota Vikings | Loss 19-0 | 0-3 | L3 | 47,900 |
| 4 | Oct. 10 | vs. Baltimore Colts | Loss 43-0 | 0-4 | L4 | 46,206 |
| 5 | Oct. 17 | at New York Jets | Loss 28-17 | 0-5 | L5 | 61,948 |
| 6 | Oct. 23 | at San Diego Chargers | Loss 20-3 | 0-6 | L6 | 49,261 |
| 7 | Oct. 31 | vs. St. Louis Cardinals | Loss 28-23 | 0-7 | L7 | 40,040 |
| 8 | Nov. 7 | at Miami Dolphins | Loss 34-0 | 0-8 | L8 | 61,016 |
| 9 | Nov. 14 | at New England Patriots | Loss 38-33 | 0-9 | L9 | 57,446 |
| 10 | Nov. 21 | vs. New York Jets | Loss 20-7 | 0-10 | L10 | 41,577 |
| 11 | Nov. 28 | vs. New England Patriots | Win 27-20 | 1-10 | W1 | 27,166 |
| 12 | Dec. 5 | at Baltimore Colts | Loss 24-0 | 1-11 | L1 | 58,476 |
| 13 | Dec. 12 | vs. Houston Oilers | Loss 20-14 | 1-12 | L2 | 28,107 |
| 14 | Dec. 19 | at Kansas City Chiefs | Loss 22-9 | 1-13 | L3 | 48,121 |
Standings
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| Miami Dolphins | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 315 | 174 |
| Baltimore Colts | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 313 | 140 |
| New England Patriots | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 238 | 325 |
| New York Jets | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 212 | 299 |
| Buffalo Bills | 1 | 13 | 0 | .071 | 184 | 394 |
Game summaries
Week 1: Dallas Cowboys
See also: 1971 Dallas Cowboys season
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Roster
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Awards and honors
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References
- ^ Lou Saban, who resigned as coach of the Denver Broncos after eight games in 1971, would return to Buffalo in 1972; Saban had previously guided the Bills to consecutive American Football League championships in 1964 and 1965.
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: Team Game Finder Query Results
- ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
- ^ Buffalo Bills 1971 NFL Entry Draft
- ^ [1], 1971 Buffalo Bills Schedule
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 297
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