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1982 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 4-5-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 150 points (16.7/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 154 points (17.1/g), 6th.
Differential of -4 points (-0.4/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 4.4-4.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.6/g), 23rd.
Coached by Chuck Knox (4-5-0)
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1982 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Joe Ferguson | 32 | 9 | 9 | 144 for 264, 1,597 yards, 7 td, 16 int, & 16 rushes for 46 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1973 |
| RB | Joe Cribbs | 24 | 2 | 6 | 134 rushes for 633 yards, 3 td, & 13 catches for 99 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1980 |
| FB | Roosevelt Leaks | 29 | 7 | 9 | 97 rushes for 405 yards, 5 td, & 13 catches for 91 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 105th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Jerry Butler | 25 | 3 | 7 | 26 catches for 336 yards, 4 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Frank Lewis | 35 | 11 | 8 | 28 catches for 443 yards, 2 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 8th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Mark Brammer | 24 | 2 | 9 | 25 catches for 225 yards, 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 67th pick / 1980 |
| LT | Ken Jones | 30 | 6 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1976 |
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| LG | Reggie McKenzie | 32 | 10 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1972 |
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| C | Will Grant | 28 | 4 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 255th pick / 1978 |
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| RG | Jon Borchardt | 25 | 3 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1979 |
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| RT | Joe Devlin | 28 | 6 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ben Williams* | 28 | 6 | 9 | 4.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 78th pick / 1976 |
| NT | Fred Smerlas*+ | 25 | 3 | 9 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Sherman White | 34 | 10 | 9 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1972 |
| LOLB | Ervin Parker | 24 | 2 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 93rd pick / 1980 |
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| LILB | Eugene Marve | 22 | Rook | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1982 |
| RILB | Jim Haslett | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 51st pick / 1979 |
| ROLB | Isiah Robertson | 33 | 11 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| LCB | Mario Clark | 28 | 6 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 18th pick / 1976 |
| RCB | Charles Romes | 28 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 309th pick / 1977 |
| SS | Steve Freeman | 29 | 7 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 5th / 117th pick / 1975 |
| FS | Bill Simpson | 31 | 8 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1974 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Efren Herrera | 31 | 8 | 0 | 8 of 14 field goals & 11 of 12 extra points | Detroit Lions / 7th / 169th pick / 1974 |
| P | Greg Cater | 25 | 2 | 0 | 35 punts for a 37.9 average, 0 blocked | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 259th pick / 1980 |
| PR | Mike Mosley | 24 | Rook | 0 | 11 punt returns for a 5.5 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 76th pick / 1981 |
| KR | Mike Mosley | 24 | Rook | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 27.1 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 76th pick / 1981 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Buster Barnett | 24 | TE | 9 | 0 | 228 | 6-5 | Jackson State | 11/24/1958 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 299th pick / 1981 |
| 73 | Jon Borchardt | 25 | G-T | 9 | 9 | 260 | 6-5 | Montana State | 8/13/1957 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1979 |
| 86 | Mark Brammer | 24 | TE | 9 | 9 | 238 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 5/3/1958 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 67th pick / 1980 |
| 47 | Curtis Brown | 28 | RB | 9 | 3 | 203 | 5-10 | Missouri | 12/7/1954 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1977 |
| 80 | Jerry Butler | 25 | WR | 7 | 7 | 178 | 6-0 | Clemson | 10/12/1957 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1979 |
| 7 | Greg Cater | 25 | P | 9 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/17/1957 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 259th pick / 1980 |
| 35 | Allan Clark | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Northern Arizona | 6/8/1957 | 3 | New England Patriots / 10th / 271st pick / 1979 |
| 29 | Mario Clark | 28 | DB | 9 | 9 | 194 | 6-2 | Oregon | 3/29/1954 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 18th pick / 1976 |
| 20 | Joe Cribbs | 24 | RB | 7 | 6 | 190 | 5-11 | Auburn | 1/5/1958 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1980 |
| 78 | Justin Cross | 23 | T | 9 | 0 | 263 | 6-6 | Western State (CO) | 4/29/1959 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 272nd pick / 1981 |
| 70 | Joe Devlin | 28 | T-G | 9 | 9 | 261 | 6-5 | Iowa | 2/23/1954 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
| 12 | Joe Ferguson | 32 | QB | 9 | 9 | 195 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 4/23/1950 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1973 |
| 22 | Steve Freeman | 29 | DB | 9 | 9 | 185 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 5/8/1953 | 7 | New England Patriots / 5th / 117th pick / 1975 |
| 53 | Will Grant | 28 | C | 9 | 9 | 254 | 6-3 | Idaho State,Kentucky | 3/7/1954 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 255th pick / 1978 |
| 55 | Jim Haslett | 27 | LB | 7 | 5 | 232 | 6-3 | Indiana (PA) | 12/9/1955 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 51st pick / 1979 |
| 1 | Efren Herrera | 31 | K | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | UCLA | 7/30/1951 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 169th pick / 1974 |
| 87 | Robert Holt | 23 | WR | 7 | 0 | 182 | 6-1 | Baylor | 10/4/1959 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 161st pick / 1981 |
| 25 | Roland Hooks | 29 | RB | 6 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | North Carolina State | 1/2/1953 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 253rd pick / 1975 |
| 97 | Darrell Irvin | 25 | DE | 9 | 0 | 259 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 1/21/1957 | 2 | |
| 91 | Ken E. Johnson | 27 | DE | 7 | 0 | 253 | 6-5 | Knoxville | 3/25/1955 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 83rd pick / 1979 |
| 72 | Ken Jones | 30 | T-DE | 9 | 9 | 260 | 6-5 | Arkansas State | 12/1/1952 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1976 |
| 52 | Chris Keating | 25 | LB | 9 | 4 | 223 | 6-2 | Maine | 10/12/1957 | 3 | |
| 10 | Matt Kofler | 23 | QB | 4 | 0 | 192 | 6-3 | San Diego State | 8/30/1959 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 48th pick / 1982 |
| 42 | Rod Kush | 26 | DB | 9 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Nebraska-Omaha | 12/29/1956 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 114th pick / 1979 |
| 48 | Roosevelt Leaks | 29 | RB | 9 | 9 | 225 | 5-10 | Texas | 1/31/1953 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 105th pick / 1975 |
| 82 | Frank Lewis | 35 | WR | 8 | 8 | 196 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 7/4/1947 | 11 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 8th pick / 1971 |
| 60 | Joey Lumpkin | 22 | LB | 6 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 2/19/1960 | Rook | |
| 61 | Tom Lynch | 27 | G | 8 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | Boston College | 5/24/1955 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 30th pick / 1977 |
| 54 | Eugene Marve | 22 | LB | 9 | 8 | 237 | 6-2 | Saginaw Valley State | 8/14/1960 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1982 |
| 67 | Reggie McKenzie | 32 | G | 9 | 9 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 7/27/1950 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1972 |
| 33 | Ted McKnight | 28 | RB | 3 | 0 | 209 | 6-1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2/26/1954 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1977 |
| 5 | Nick Mike-Mayer | 32 | K | 2 | 0 | 186 | 5-8 | Temple | 3/1/1950 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 248th pick / 1973 |
| 34 | Booker Moore | 23 | RB | 5 | 0 | 224 | 5-11 | Penn State | 6/23/1959 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 28th pick / 1981 |
| 88 | Mike Mosley | 24 | WR | 9 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 6/6/1958 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 76th pick / 1981 |
| 59 | Shane Nelson | 27 | LB | 1 | 1 | 226 | 6-1 | Baylor | 5/25/1955 | 5 | |
| 38 | Jeff Nixon | 26 | DB | 7 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Richmond | 10/13/1956 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 87th pick / 1979 |
| 62 | Ervin Parker | 24 | LB | 9 | 9 | 236 | 6-4 | South Carolina State | 8/19/1958 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 93rd pick / 1980 |
| 24 | Lemar Parrish | 35 | DB | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/13/1947 | 12 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 163rd pick / 1970 |
| 89 | Lou Piccone | 33 | WR | 8 | 2 | 175 | 5-9 | West Liberty State | 7/17/1949 | 8 | |
| 51 | Jim Ritcher | 24 | G | 9 | 0 | 273 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 5/21/1958 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
| 58 | Isiah Robertson | 33 | LB | 9 | 9 | 225 | 6-3 | Southern | 8/17/1949 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| 17 | Matt Robinson | 27 | QB | 5 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Georgia | 6/28/1955 | 5 | New York Jets / 9th / 227th pick / 1977 |
| 26 | Charles Romes | 28 | DB | 9 | 9 | 191 | 6-1 | North Carolina Central | 12/16/1954 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 309th pick / 1977 |
| 99 | Mark Roopenian | 24 | NT | 9 | 0 | 254 | 6-5 | Boston College | 7/10/1958 | Rook | |
| 57 | Lucius Sanford | 26 | LB | 9 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 2/14/1956 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 89th pick / 1978 |
| 45 | Bill Simpson | 31 | DB | 9 | 9 | 184 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 12/5/1951 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1974 |
| 76 | Fred Smerlas*+ | 25 | NT-DT | 9 | 9 | 277 | 6-3 | Boston College | 4/8/1957 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1979 |
| 81 | Perry Tuttle | 23 | WR | 7 | 1 | 178 | 6-0 | Clemson | 8/2/1959 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 19th pick / 1982 |
| 41 | Phil Villapiano | 33 | LB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 2/26/1949 | 11 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1971 |
| 65 | Tim Vogler | 26 | G-C | 6 | 0 | 259 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 10/2/1956 | 3 | |
| 83 | Sherman White | 34 | DE | 9 | 9 | 250 | 6-5 | California | 10/6/1948 | 10 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1972 |
| 21 | Arthur Whittington | 27 | RB | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | SMU | 9/4/1955 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 176th pick / 1978 |
| 77 | Ben Williams* | 28 | DE-NT | 9 | 9 | 251 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 9/1/1954 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 78th pick / 1976 |
| 27 | Chris Williams | 23 | DB | 5 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | LSU | 1/2/1959 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 49th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 9 | 218.1 | 6-1.7 | 4.4 |