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Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson, who rushed for 2,003 yards in 1973, the first NFL player to exceed 2,000 yards in a season and the only player to do so in a 14-game season Eric Dickerson, a Los Angeles Rams running back and the all-time NFL season rushing leader with 2,105 yards in 1984 Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (pictured in 2018 with the New York Giants), the ...
Josh Allen's rushing touchdown put him in 2nd place for most rushing touchdowns in Bills history, with 58. [73] He also tied Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly for the most total touchdowns, at 244. [74] With their fourth consecutive win against Kansas City, and first home win against the Chiefs since 2012, the Bills entered their bye week at 9 ...
RBs Singletary and Gore each hit notable milestones, as Singletary recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game and Gore surpassed Barry Sanders on the NFL's all-time rushing list, taking over third place for career rushing yards. Defensively, the Bills had another strong performance and shut down the Denver offense, limiting the Broncos to ...
The 1983 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Football League, and the 24th overall. It was the first of three seasons for head coach Kay Stephenson . Bills running back Joe Cribbs was both the Bills' leading rusher (1131 yards), and the team's leader in receptions and receiving yards (57 catches for 524 yards).
Also of note in 1964, the Bills' defense surrendered a mere 65.5 yards rushing per game [10] and started a streak of 16 consecutive regular season games without giving up a rushing touchdown that continued well into the 1965 season (17 if the 1964 championship game is counted); this is still a professional football record as of January 2023. [10]
Running back O. J. Simpson broke the 2,000-yard barrier for rushing yards in a season, and was voted NFL Most Valuable Player. Simpson began and ended the fourteen-game season with bookend five-game streaks where he ran for at least 100 yards. [13] 1973 was the fifth of nine consecutive seasons that Simpson led the team in rushing yards.
Bills' running back Joe Cribbs (middle) rushes the ball against the Jets in the 1981 AFC wild card game. The 1981 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 12th season in the National Football League, and the 22nd overall. The season's most memorable moment was probably a Hail Mary catch against the New England Patriots in Week Twelve. [1]
Although the Bills had a potent, yard-gaining rushing attack, they could not put enough points on the scoreboard, scoring only 257 points (18.3 per game) all season, ninteeenth in the league out of 26 teams. [4] Furthermore, Buffalo's defense gave up 377 points (23.5 per game), the third-most in the NFL in 1972. [5]