James Edward Kelly
Position: QB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 217 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: February 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: Miami (FL) (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 102 (126th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2002
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1988 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1988-09-04 | 28-203 | BUF | MIN | W 13-10 | * | 17 | 31 | 54.84% | 204 | 0 | 1 | 61.8 | 6.58 | 5.13 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1988-09-11 | 28-210 | BUF | MIA | W 9-6 | * | 15 | 24 | 62.50% | 231 | 0 | 1 | 76.9 | 9.63 | 7.75 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1988-09-18 | 28-217 | BUF | @ | NWE | W 16-14 | * | 21 | 33 | 63.64% | 170 | 1 | 2 | 61.4 | 5.15 | 3.03 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1988-09-25 | 28-224 | BUF | PIT | W 36-28 | * | 20 | 32 | 62.50% | 288 | 1 | 1 | 89.1 | 9.00 | 8.22 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1988-10-02 | 28-231 | BUF | @ | CHI | L 3-24 | * | 20 | 37 | 54.05% | 273 | 0 | 1 | 66.6 | 7.38 | 6.16 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1988-10-09 | 28-238 | BUF | IND | W 34-23 | * | 21 | 39 | 53.85% | 315 | 3 | 1 | 95.6 | 8.08 | 8.46 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1988-10-17 | 28-246 | BUF | @ | NYJ | W 37-14 | * | 16 | 27 | 59.26% | 302 | 3 | 1 | 119.7 | 11.19 | 11.74 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | 1988-10-23 | 28-252 | BUF | NWE | W 23-20 | * | 12 | 18 | 66.67% | 165 | 1 | 1 | 91.2 | 9.17 | 7.78 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 1988-10-30 | 28-259 | BUF | GNB | W 28-0 | * | 10 | 14 | 71.43% | 80 | 1 | 2 | 69.6 | 5.71 | 0.71 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 10 | 1988-11-06 | 28-266 | BUF | @ | SEA | W 13-3 | * | 16 | 25 | 64.00% | 180 | 0 | 1 | 68.7 | 7.20 | 5.40 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 11 | 1988-11-14 | 28-274 | BUF | @ | MIA | W 31-6 | * | 18 | 26 | 69.23% | 211 | 1 | 0 | 106.4 | 8.12 | 8.88 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 12 | 1988-11-20 | 28-280 | BUF | NYJ | W 9-6 | * | 8 | 18 | 44.44% | 115 | 0 | 1 | 42.6 | 6.39 | 3.89 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | |
| 13 | 13 | 1988-11-27 | 28-287 | BUF | @ | CIN | L 21-35 | * | 24 | 35 | 68.57% | 265 | 1 | 2 | 76.5 | 7.57 | 5.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 14 | 1988-12-04 | 28-294 | BUF | @ | TAM | L 5-10 | * | 23 | 40 | 57.50% | 249 | 0 | 2 | 55.1 | 6.23 | 3.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1988-12-11 | 28-301 | BUF | RAI | W 37-21 | * | 11 | 24 | 45.83% | 128 | 1 | 0 | 76.4 | 5.33 | 6.17 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 1988-12-18 | 28-308 | BUF | @ | IND | L 14-17 | * | 17 | 29 | 58.62% | 204 | 2 | 0 | 103.2 | 7.03 | 8.41 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 Games | 269 | 452 | 59.51% | 3380 | 15 | 17 | 78.2 | 7.48 | 6.45 | 35 | 154 | 4.40 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 1 | 17 | 1989-01-01 | 28-322 | BUF | HOU | W 17-10 | * | 19 | 33 | 57.58% | 244 | 0 | 1 | 68.2 | 7.39 | 6.03 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | |
| 2 | 18 | 1989-01-08 | 28-329 | BUF | @ | CIN | L 10-21 | * | 14 | 30 | 46.67% | 163 | 1 | 3 | 35.1 | 5.43 | 1.60 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 |
| 2 Games | 33 | 63 | 52.38% | 407 | 1 | 4 | 51.5 | 6.46 | 3.92 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | ||||||||