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| Kragthorpe hired as LSU offensive coordinator |
Division I College Football |
01/20/2011 |
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| d as Boston College's quarterbacks coach. There, he worked with Matt Hasselbeck, who has since flourished in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks. Kragthorpe went on to serve as offensive coordinator at Texas A&M and as quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills before taking over at Tulsa in 2003.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of T |
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| Wannstedt visits Bills in seeking defensive job |
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01/13/2011 |
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Bills say former University of Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt has met with the team looking to return to the NFL. Wannstedt was forced to resign at Pitt last month. He has an extensive background as a defensive coach, and the Bills had trouble stopping the run in a 4-12 season. The Bills would not discuss details of the meeting. Buffalo currently has a defensive opening at inside linebacker after DeMontie Cross was fired last week. Wannstedt is familiar with Bills |
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| Former Buffalo great Gilchrist passes away |
NFL Football |
01/10/2011 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Former Buffalo Bills running back Cookie Gilchrist passed away Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 75. Gilchrist played with Buffalo from 1962-64 and helped the team win the AFL Championship in 1964. He was named the AFL Player of the Year in 1962 when he totaled 1,096 yards and 13 touchdowns. It was the first time an AFL player had surpassed the 1,000-yard mark. "The Bills were very lucky to have procured the services of Cookie Gilchrist," said Buffalo owner Ralph Wilso |
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| Former AFL star Cookie Gilchrist dies at 75 |
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01/10/2011 |
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| omas Gilchrist says his uncle died Monday at an assisted living facility near Pittsburgh. Gilchrist was a 251-pound bruising runner in the 1960s in the American Football League. He spent six years in the Canadian Football League before joining the Buffalo Bills of the AFL in 1962. He spent three seasons in Buffalo, two in Denver and one in Miami. He was the league's player of the year in 1962 with 1,096 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns. Carlton Chester ``Cookie'' Gilchrist was born in Brackenridge, Pa.C |
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| EWU's J.C. Sherritt collects Buck Buchanan Award |
Division I-AA College Football |
01/06/2011 |
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| player of the year award in the Football Championship Subdivision. The MySportsbook presents and Fathead.com sponsors the 16th annual Buchanan Award. Sherritt, second last year to James Madison defensive end Arthur Moats (now a linebacker with the Buffalo Bills), captured 24 of the 130 first-place votes and 253 points. Wofford junior defensive end Ameet Pall and Western Illinois senior linebacker Kyle Glazier tied for second place with 234 points. New Hampshire sophomore linebacker Matt Evans (203) and Mas |
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| Bills DT Williams added to AFC Pro Bowl roster |
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01/06/2011 |
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster as an injury replacement for Oakland's Richard Seymour. Williams finished with 5 1/2 sacks, second-most among NFL players at his position. He was also credited with 77 tackles. Both were career highs. This will mark Williams first Pro Bowl appearance since being drafted by Buffalo in the fifth round of the 2006 draft out of LSU. A hamstring injury forced Seymour to miss the Raiders' seaso |
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| AFC West: Playoff path familiar to Chiefs' Haley |
NFL Football |
01/04/2011 |
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| ards, 30 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 2010. "I'm looking forward to it," Rivers said. "Being around the guys, the best players in the league." BRONCOS: The Denver Broncos' search for a new head coach will officially begin Thursday, when former Buffalo Bills head man and current Atlanta assistant Mike Mularkey is interviewed in Atlanta while his Falcons enjoy a bye week in the NFC Playoffs. The Broncos completed a 4-12 season with a 33-28 home loss to San Diego on Sunday. Mularkey was head coach with th |
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| AFC East: Jets' Sanchez "100 percent" for playoff opener |
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01/04/2011 |
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| ng to win, that all that other stuff takes care of itself. "It seems like now it's time to move on." BILLS: A 4-12 record at the end of his first season as an NFL starting quarterback won't disqualify Ryan Fitzpatrick from another chance, so long as Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey has anything to say about it. Gailey, who completed his first season with the Bills with a 38-7 loss at the New York Jets on Sunday, said a day later that he's "very committed" to bringing Fitzpatrick back as the starter in 20 |
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| Panthers have first pick in draft, Denver second |
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01/03/2011 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Carolina Panthers own the first pick in the 2011 NFL Draft by virtue of their 2-14 record, while the Denver Broncos edged the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals after having the weakest strength of schedule between the 4-12 clubs. Denver had a .516 strength of schedule, while the Bills will pick third thanks to a .578 opponent winning percentage. The Bengals (.582) will make the fourth overall selection. The Arizona Cardinals and Cleveland Browns both logged 5-11 campai |
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| Broncos to pick 2nd in draft, then Bills, Bengals |
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01/03/2011 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -The Denver Broncos will pick second in April's NFL draft because they had the weakest strength of schedule among the teams with 4-12 records. The Buffalo Bills will select third and the Cincinnati Bengals fourth after the league applied its tiebreaker rules to announce the order for the non-playoff teams Monday. The Carolina Panthers (2-14) had already secured the NFL's worst record and the top pick in the draft. Of the seven teams that finished 6-10, the San Francisco 49ers will pick |
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