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Colts quarterback Bert Jones threw for 306 yards, including a game-changing 89-yard touchdown.

Bills running back O.J. Simpson scored three touchdowns in the losing effort.

After a 4-0 start to the season, this loss contributed to the Bills finishing 8-6 and missing the playoffs.

Coming off their playoff loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Steelers in 1974, the 1975 season began with so much promise for the Buffalo Bills .

They won their first four games and scored 148 points in the process as O.J. Simpson rushed for 173, 227, 138 and 159 yards on his way to what was actually the best season of his career, even better than the 2,003-yard performance.

That season he didn’t reach 2,000 rushing, but with 1,817 on the ground and another 426 receiving, Simpson’s

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