The 1970 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's first season in the National Football League, and eleventh overall. The team looked to improve on its 4–10 record from 1969 and make the playoffs for the first time since 1966. However, the Bills started out on the wrong foot, losing four of their first five games. After winning two consecutive road games against the Patriots and Jets and suffering a blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the Bills and Colts played to a 17–17 draw in week 9, Buffalo's first tie since 1968. The Bills would then lose five straight to end the season and finished 3–10–1, for fourth place in the AFC East. Their Week 5 game against the Miami Dolphins would start an era of futility during which the Bills would lose twenty consecutive games against the Dolphins. The Bills would not defeat the Dolphins at any point during the 1970s and next beat Miami in 1980. This would become known as "The Streak".
This would also mark the final season for Bills punter and linebacker Paul Maguire, as he retired after the season to go into broadcasting.
Offseason
NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1970 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeAl AndrewsLinebackerNew Mexico StateFrank Blackwell, JrWide receiverMemphis StateBill CroneTackleLoyola of Los AngelesDon DeSalleGuardIndianaFran ForemanTackleCincinnatiJim GillGuardMcNeese StateJack MorrisonWide receiverPacificDoug WatkinsRunning backFisk
Personnel Coaches/Staff 1970 Buffalo Bills staff Front office President – Ralph Wilson Vice President and General Manager – Bob Lustig Vice President/Minority Owner – Pat McGroder
Coaching staff Head Coach - John Rauch
Offensive coaches Offensive Line – Marvin Bass & Chuck Gottfried
Defensive coaches' Defensive Line – Ray Malavsi Linebackers – Ralph Hawkins Defensive Backfield – Bobby Hunt Kickers - Bugsy Engelberg Source: https://pro-football-history.com/franchise/7/buffalo-bills-coaches
Final roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 20 Denver Broncos L 10–25 0–1 War Memorial Stadium 34,882 2 September 27 Los Angeles Rams L 0–19 0–2 War Memorial Stadium 46,206 3 October 4 New York Jets W 34–31 1–2 War Memorial Stadium 46,206 4 October 11 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–23 1–3 Three Rivers Stadium 42,140 5 October 18 Miami Dolphins L 14–33 1–4 War Memorial Stadium 41,312 6 October 25 at New York Jets W 10–6 2–4 Shea Stadium 62,712 7 November 1 at Boston Patriots W 45–10 3–4 Harvard Stadium 31,148 8 November 8 Cincinnati Bengals L 14–43 3–5 War Memorial Stadium 43,587 9 November 15 at Baltimore Colts T 17–17 3–5–1 Memorial Stadium 60,240 10 November 22 at Chicago Bears L 13–31 3–6–1 Wrigley Field 41,015 11 November 29 Boston Patriots L 10–14 3–7–1 War Memorial Stadium 31,427 12 December 6 at New York Giants L 6–20 3–8–1 Yankee Stadium 62,870 13 December 13 Baltimore Colts L 14–20 3–9–1 War Memorial Stadium 34,346 14 December 20 at Miami Dolphins L 7–45 3–10–1 Miami Orange Bowl 70,990 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Season summary
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Standings
References
External links Bills on Pro Football Reference Bills on jt-sw.com Bills Stats on jt-sw.com