Tuesday Morning Bills Trivia

by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in Events Comment 38 comments

I just looked at the calendar and realized that training camp and preseason isn't that far away, which means there are only a handful of TMBTs left before the real football stuff starts. I have something special in mind that I would like to do but it will have to wait a week or two. Until then you will have to make due with my normal drivel.

Mystery Player 1
I attended Boston College.
I played for three NFL franchises.
I made five Pro Bowls.
I co-own a restaurant with former NFL player Steve DeOssie.

Mystery Player 2
I attended McNeese State University.
I am a member of the Bills Wall Of Fame.
I was drafted in Round 17 by the Bills.
I played my entire career for the Bills.

Mystery Player 3
I lost the starting QB position in college to Steve Spurrier.
I lead the Sacramento Surge to the World Bowl as their head coach.
I played two seasons in the NFL - one year for two different teams.
I am responsible for changing the Bills helmets from white to red.

Mystery Player 4
I attended Arkansas State University.
I started as an offensive lineman, then switched to a defensive lineman before switching back again.
I was the head football coach at LaSalle Senior high school.
I played 10 seasons for the Bills before one last year with the Jets.

***Extra Credit***
Name the top three touchdown scorers the last year the Bills made the playoffs.
In 1973, O.J. Simpson rushed for 2,003 yards. Who led the Bills in receiving yards?

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Top Three Touchdown scorers

Eric Moulds?
Travis Henry?
Peerless Prics?

maybe…

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by gregeng on Jul 7, 2009 7:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I have just looked up the actual answers. One of the them i would not have got in a million years.

Football. Bloody Hell!!

by gregeng on Jul 7, 2009 7:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was why I used this one.

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by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

henry wasn’t drafted for a few more years.

by the_prophet on Jul 7, 2009 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

as soon as i clicked post, i thought its Smith not Henry, but that is the way it often happens

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by gregeng on Jul 7, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

#1, Fred Smerlas, #3, Kay Stephenson

and I think one of the TD scorers was Jonathan Linton, from UNC.

by uncbill on Jul 7, 2009 7:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think you’re right about linton. That was my guess too.

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by Brian Galliford on Jul 7, 2009 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you football Gods.

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by thatguy34 on Jul 7, 2009 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

extra credit

well, it depends on how you’re counting touchdown scorers. the last time the bills were in the playoffs was 1999 – the first year i started watching them a lot. flutie threw for, what, 20 tds that year? something like that. our lead reciever was moulds, and he had five or six receiving that year, and antowain smith was our RB and he got five or six tds as well. so if you’re counting flutie, it’s flutie, moulds, and smith. other than that, i’d have to say that it’d be either riemersma or that other backup rb from that year – linton. so if flutie doesn’t count, it’s moulds, smith, and riemersma/linton. i think they tied with four or something.

by the_prophet on Jul 7, 2009 8:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not counting Flutie.

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by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

then my guess (haven’t read the thread to see if people have figured it out) is moulds, smith, and linton. we had a good ground game that year. didn’t flutie, smith, and linton all have over 500 yards rushing?

by the_prophet on Jul 7, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Linton – 695
Smith – 614
Flutie – 476
Thomas – 152

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by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well, close. to think that those four put up the most of the best rushing yard totals of our team since then…

by the_prophet on Jul 7, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

tom sestak

is #2

by freddyjj on Jul 7, 2009 9:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I actually guessed two correctly, Kay and the second EC – don’t want to give it away for those who haven’t got it yet.

But his first name is Bob

by BuffaloRepresent on Jul 7, 2009 9:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I figured out #4 with a little research – good one.

by BuffaloRepresent on Jul 7, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let me know, (a little later) what you looked up to find the answer. If you would be so kind.

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by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

1 – Smerlas
2 – Sestak
3 – Kay Stephenson
4 – ?
EC – 1 Moulds (7) / Antowain Smith (6) / Jonathan Linton (6)
EC – 2 – Bob ?

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by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 9:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The “Bob” makes that easy – it’s Bob Chandler. I’m glad I didn’t guess, because I was going with J.D. Hill if I did.

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by Brian Galliford on Jul 7, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chandler had 427 yards, Hill had 422.

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by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and OJ had 2003 yds

Rushing!

As a 13 year old at the time, can’t tell you how exciting it was to watch a guy run the ball when teams had the line stacked to stop him. They knew what was coming and couldn’t stop it. fergie was a rookie and we threw on an as needed basis only.

btw, Chandler and Hill were 2 of the best blocking WR’s ever to play the game. If Oj got by the 8 in the box he was often times one on one with the FS as CB’s were occupied by Hill/Chandler.

lots of long “take it to the house” TD’s that year!

by freddyjj on Jul 7, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Braxton added another 494 and Watkins added another 414. Add in Fergy’s 147 and they rushed for well over 3,000 yards that year.

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by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

pretty insane, if you ask me.

by the_prophet on Jul 7, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well when you have absolutly no air game…

by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 9, 2009 3:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bob Chandler is, I think, my all-time favorite Bills player. Was going to guess him, but people had already gotten it.

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by thefourwinds on Jul 7, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ken Jones

is # 4. Not a bad OT but had a penchant for holding calls on critical plays!

by freddyjj on Jul 7, 2009 9:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He wore #73 as a rookie. He got flagged a lot so Chuck Knox suggested that he switch his number to #72, and he got flagged a lot less. His theory was that the refs were looking out for the guy wearing #73 who had a penchant for holding, when he changed his number, the refs figured he was on the bench or cut, and the guy wearing #72 was someone else.

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by sireric on Jul 7, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs