
Richardson is currently retired from coaching and he and his wife Lillian, reside in Baton Rouge, La. He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. The 1997 Buffalo Bills, coached by Marv Levy, missed the playoffs after finishing the NFL regular season in 4th place in the AFC East with a 6-10 record. The team failed to improve upon their previous seasons output of 106, instead falling to 610. He had eight interceptions and five fumble recoveries in 39 career games. The 1997 Buffalo Bills season was their 38th in the league. Richardson was a seventh-round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 1968, and he played defensive back from 1969-71. His winning percentage of 68.4 percent in 17 seasons (134-62) at the school is second in Southern history. Richardson was 12-5 in the Bayou Classic and is the only SWAC coach never to have lost to the legendary Eddie Robinson. He went on to coach 17 years at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., where he won five Southwestern Athletic Conference titles, including a three-peat from 1997-99 (the school's first consecutive SWAC titles since 1959-60), four black college national titles (1993, 1995, 19) and four Heritage Bowl titles. RosterEdit 79 Ruben Brown G 63 Bill Conaty C 70 John Fina T 68 Corbin Lacina G 72 Corey Louchiey T 74 Jamie Nails G 60 Jerry Ostroski T - Mike Rockwood. During that time his Rams team amassed a record of 41 wins, 14 losses and one tie. Pete Richardson was the head coach of the WSSU Rams from 1988 through 1992.
