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1985 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 2-14-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 200 points (12.5/g), 28th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 381 points (23.8/g), 20th.
Differential of -181 points (-11.3/g), 28th.
Expected W-L: 2.9-13.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -17 (-1.1/g), 28th.
Coached by Kay Stephenson (0-4-0) and Hank Bullough (2-10-0)
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1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Vince Ferragamo | 31 | 8 | 9 | 149 for 287, 1,677 yards, 5 td, 17 int, & 8 rushes for 15 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 91st pick / 1977 |
| QB | Bruce Mathison | 26 | 2 | 7 | 113 for 228, 1,635 yards, 4 td, 14 int, & 27 rushes for 231 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 272nd pick / 1983 |
| RB | Joe Cribbs | 27 | 5 | 5 | 122 rushes for 399 yards, 1 td, & 18 catches for 142 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1980 |
| RB | Greg Bell | 23 | 1 | 15 | 223 rushes for 883 yards, 8 td, & 58 catches for 576 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1984 |
| FB | Greg Bell | 23 | 1 | 15 | 223 rushes for 883 yards, 8 td, & 58 catches for 576 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1984 |
| FB | Booker Moore | 26 | 3 | 6 | 15 rushes for 23 yards, 1 td, & 7 catches for 44 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 28th pick / 1981 |
| WR | Jerry Butler | 28 | 6 | 13 | 41 catches for 770 yards, 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Andre Reed | 21 | Rook | 15 | 48 catches for 637 yards, 4 td, & 3 rushes for -1 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Eason Ramson | 29 | 7 | 12 | 37 catches for 369 yards, 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 312th pick / 1978 |
| TE | Pete Metzelaars | 25 | 3 | 8 | 12 catches for 80 yards, 1 td | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| LT | Ken Jones | 33 | 9 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1976 |
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| LG | Jim Ritcher | 27 | 5 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
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| C | Will Grant | 31 | 7 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 255th pick / 1978 |
| RG | Tim Vogler | 29 | 6 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RT | Joe Devlin | 31 | 9 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ben Williams | 31 | 9 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 78th pick / 1976 |
| NT | Fred Smerlas | 28 | 6 | 16 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Bruce Smith | 22 | Rook | 13 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| LOLB | Guy Frazier | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1981 |
| LOLB | Darryl Talley | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| LILB | Eugene Marve | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1982 |
| RILB | Jim Haslett | 30 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 51st pick / 1979 |
| ROLB | Lucius Sanford | 29 | 7 | 11 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 89th pick / 1978 |
| ROLB | Guy Frazier | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Derrick Burroughs | 23 | Rook | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1985 |
| LCB | Rod Hill | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1982 |
| RCB | Charles Romes | 31 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 309th pick / 1977 |
| SS | Steve Freeman | 32 | 10 | 16 | New England Patriots / 5th / 117th pick / 1975 |
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| FS | Martin Bayless | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 101st pick / 1984 |
| FS | Don Wilson | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Scott Norwood | 25 | Rook | 0 | 13 of 17 field goals & 23 of 23 extra points | |
| P | John Kidd | 24 | 1 | 0 | 92 punts for a 41.5 average, 0 blocked | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 128th pick / 1984 |
| PR | Don Wilson | 24 | 1 | 5 | 16 punt returns for a 10.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Don Wilson | 24 | 1 | 5 | 22 kick returns for a 21.1 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Martin Bayless | 23 | DB | 12 | 11 | 195 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/11/1962 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 101st pick / 1984 |
| Greg Bell | 23 | RB | 16 | 15 | 210 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 8/1/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1984 |
| Rodney Bellinger | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 186 | 5-8 | Miami (FL) | 6/4/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 77th pick / 1984 |
| Mitchell Brookins | 25 | WR | 5 | 1 | 196 | 5-11 | Illinois | 12/10/1960 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 95th pick / 1984 |
| Chris Burkett | 23 | WR | 16 | 1 | 205 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/21/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1985 |
| Derrick Burroughs | 23 | DB | 14 | 8 | 180 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/18/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1985 |
| Jerry Butler | 28 | WR | 16 | 13 | 178 | 6-0 | Clemson | 10/12/1957 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1979 |
| Greg Christy | 23 | T | 7 | 0 | 285 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 4/29/1962 | Rook | |
| Joe Cribbs | 27 | RB | 10 | 5 | 190 | 5-11 | Auburn | 1/5/1958 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1980 |
| Justin Cross | 26 | T | 3 | 2 | 263 | 6-6 | Western State (CO) | 4/29/1959 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 272nd pick / 1981 |
| Joe DeLamielleure | 34 | G | 10 | 3 | 254 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 3/16/1951 | 12 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1973 |
| Joe Devlin | 31 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 261 | 6-5 | Iowa | 2/23/1954 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | SMU | 6/9/1957 | 5 | |
| Vince Ferragamo | 31 | QB | 10 | 9 | 212 | 6-3 | California,Nebraska | 4/24/1954 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 91st pick / 1977 |
| Guy Frazier | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 7/20/1959 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1981 |
| Steve Freeman | 32 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 5/8/1953 | 10 | New England Patriots / 5th / 117th pick / 1975 |
| Hal Garner | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Utah State | 1/18/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1985 |
| Will Grant | 31 | C | 16 | 15 | 254 | 6-3 | Idaho State,Kentucky | 3/7/1954 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 255th pick / 1978 |
| Jim Haslett | 30 | LB | 16 | 16 | 232 | 6-3 | Indiana (PA) | 12/9/1955 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 51st pick / 1979 |
| Dale Hellestrae | 23 | T-G-C | 4 | 0 | 282 | 6-5 | SMU | 7/11/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 112th pick / 1985 |
| Rod Hill | 26 | DB | 10 | 5 | 185 | 6-0 | Kentucky State | 3/14/1959 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1982 |
| Anthony Hutchison | 24 | RB | 5 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Texas Tech | 2/4/1961 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 10th / 256th pick / 1983 |
| Lawrence Johnson | 28 | DB | 16 | 3 | 204 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 9/11/1957 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 40th pick / 1979 |
| Ken Jones | 33 | T-DE | 16 | 14 | 260 | 6-5 | Arkansas State | 12/1/1952 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1976 |
| John Kidd | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 8/22/1961 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 128th pick / 1984 |
| Larry Kubin | 26 | LB | 2 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Penn State | 2/26/1959 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 148th pick / 1981 |
| Steve Maidlow | 25 | LB | 16 | 2 | 234 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 6/6/1960 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 109th pick / 1983 |
| Eugene Marve | 25 | LB | 14 | 14 | 237 | 6-2 | Saginaw Valley State | 8/14/1960 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1982 |
| Bruce Mathison | 26 | QB | 10 | 7 | 205 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 4/25/1959 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 272nd pick / 1983 |
| Sean McNanie | 24 | DE | 16 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Arizona State,San Diego State | 9/9/1961 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 79th pick / 1984 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 25 | TE | 16 | 8 | 254 | 6-7 | Wabash | 5/24/1960 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| Booker Moore | 26 | RB | 16 | 6 | 224 | 5-11 | Penn State | 6/23/1959 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 28th pick / 1981 |
| Ulysses Norris | 28 | TE | 2 | 1 | 230 | 6-4 | Georgia | 1/15/1957 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 88th pick / 1979 |
| Scott Norwood | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | James Madison | 7/17/1960 | Rook | |
| Jim Perryman | 25 | DB | 11 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Millikin | 12/23/1960 | Rook | |
| Dean Prater | 27 | DE | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 9/28/1958 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 271st pick / 1981 |
| Mike Pruitt | 31 | RB | 4 | 2 | 222 | 6-0 | Purdue | 4/3/1954 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 7th pick / 1976 |
| Eason Ramson | 29 | TE | 16 | 12 | 232 | 6-2 | Washington State | 4/30/1956 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 312th pick / 1978 |
| Andre Reed | 21 | WR | 16 | 15 | 190 | 6-2 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 1/29/1964 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| Frank Reich | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/4/1961 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1985 |
| Eric Richardson | 23 | WR | 16 | 1 | 183 | 6-1 | San Jose State | 4/18/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 41st pick / 1984 |
| Jim Ritcher | 27 | G | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 5/21/1958 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
| Charles Romes | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 191 | 6-1 | North Carolina Central | 12/16/1954 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 309th pick / 1977 |
| Lucius Sanford | 29 | LB | 11 | 11 | 216 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 2/14/1956 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 89th pick / 1978 |
| Fred Smerlas | 28 | NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 277 | 6-3 | Boston College | 4/8/1957 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1979 |
| Bruce Smith | 22 | DE | 16 | 13 | 262 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 6/18/1963 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| Don L. Smith | 28 | NT-DE-DT | 16 | 3 | 256 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 5/9/1957 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 17th pick / 1979 |
| Anthony Steels | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 200 | 5-9 | Nebraska | 1/8/1959 | Rook | |
| Darryl Talley | 25 | LB | 16 | 5 | 235 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 7/10/1960 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| Jimmy Teal | 23 | WR | 3 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Texas A&M | 8/18/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 130th pick / 1985 |
| Mark Traynowicz | 23 | G-C | 16 | 0 | 277 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 11/20/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1985 |
| Tim Vogler | 29 | G-C | 14 | 14 | 259 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 10/2/1956 | 6 | |
| Ben Williams | 31 | DE-NT | 16 | 16 | 251 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 9/1/1954 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 78th pick / 1976 |
| Van Williams | 26 | RB | 2 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | Carson-Newman,East Tennessee State | 3/15/1959 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 93rd pick / 1982 |
| Don Wilson | 24 | DB | 16 | 5 | 190 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 7/28/1961 | 1 | |
| Eric Wilson | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-1 | Maryland | 10/17/1962 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 171st pick / 1985 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 223.6 | 6-2.0 | 3.5 |