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1986 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 287 points (17.9/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 348 points (21.8/g), 20th.
Differential of -61 points (-3.8/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -21 (-1.3/g), 28th.
Coached by Hank Bullough (2-7-0) and Marv Levy (2-5-0)
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1986 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 | Jim Kelly | 26 | Rook | 16 | 285 for 480, 3,593 yards, 22 td, 17 int, & 41 rushes for 199 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1983 |
| RB | Robb Riddick | 29 | 5 | 8 | 150 rushes for 632 yards, 4 td, & 49 catches for 468 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 241st pick / 1981 |
| RB | Greg Bell | 24 | 2 | 6 | 90 rushes for 377 yards, 4 td, & 12 catches for 142 yards and 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1984 |
| FB | Ricky Moore | 23 | Rook | 8 | 33 rushes for 104 yards, 1 td, & 23 catches for 184 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1985 |
| WR | Chris Burkett | 24 | 1 | 10 | 34 catches for 778 yards, 4 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1985 |
| WR | Andre Reed | 22 | 1 | 15 | 53 catches for 739 yards, 7 td, & 3 rushes for -8 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| WR | Jerry Butler | 29 | 7 | 6 | 15 catches for 302 yards, 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1979 |
| TE | Pete Metzelaars | 26 | 4 | 16 | 49 catches for 485 yards, 3 td | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| LT | Ken Jones | 34 | 10 | 12 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1976 |
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| LG | Jim Ritcher | 28 | 6 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
| C | Kent Hull | 25 | Rook | 16 | ||
| RG | Will Wolford | 22 | Rook | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 20th pick / 1986 |
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| RT | Joe Devlin | 32 | 10 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Sean McNanie | 25 | 2 | 16 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 79th pick / 1984 |
| NT | Fred Smerlas | 29 | 7 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Bruce Smith | 23 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| LOLB | Darryl Talley | 26 | 3 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| LOLB | Guy Frazier | 27 | 5 | 7 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1981 |
| LILB | Eugene Marve | 26 | 4 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1982 |
| RILB | George Cumby | 30 | 6 | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 26th pick / 1980 |
| RILB | Ray Bentley | 26 | Rook | 7 | ||
| ROLB | Lucius Sanford | 30 | 8 | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 89th pick / 1978 |
| ROLB | Darryl Talley | 26 | 3 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| LCB | Rodney Bellinger | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 77th pick / 1984 |
| LCB | Derrick Burroughs | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1985 |
| RCB | Charles Romes | 32 | 9 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 309th pick / 1977 |
| SS | Martin Bayless | 24 | 2 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 101st pick / 1984 |
| FS | Steve Freeman | 33 | 11 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 5th / 117th pick / 1975 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Scott Norwood | 26 | 1 | 0 | 17 of 27 field goals & 32 of 34 extra points | |
| P | John Kidd | 25 | 2 | 0 | 75 punts for a 40.4 average, 0 blocked | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 128th pick / 1984 |
| PR | Ron Pitts | 24 | Rook | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 10.8 average and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 169th pick / 1985 |
| KR | Ronnie Harmon | 22 | Rook | 2 | 18 kick returns for a 17.8 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1986 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Martin Bayless | 24 | DB | 16 | 15 | 195 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/11/1962 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 101st pick / 1984 |
| Greg Bell | 24 | RB | 6 | 6 | 210 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 8/1/1962 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1984 |
| Rodney Bellinger | 24 | DB | 16 | 9 | 186 | 5-8 | Miami (FL) | 6/4/1962 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 77th pick / 1984 |
| Ray Bentley | 26 | LB | 13 | 7 | 240 | 6-2 | Central Michigan | 11/25/1960 | Rook | |
| Jerry Boyarsky | 27 | NT | 10 | 0 | 290 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 5/15/1959 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 128th pick / 1981 |
| Walter Broughton | 24 | WR | 8 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Jacksonville State | 10/20/1962 | Rook | |
| Chris Burkett | 24 | WR | 14 | 10 | 205 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/21/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1985 |
| Derrick Burroughs | 24 | DB | 15 | 5 | 180 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/18/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1985 |
| Leonard Burton | 22 | C | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 6/18/1964 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 77th pick / 1986 |
| Jerry Butler | 29 | WR | 11 | 6 | 178 | 6-0 | Clemson | 10/12/1957 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1979 |
| Carl Byrum | 23 | RB | 13 | 3 | 232 | 6-0 | Miss. Valley State | 6/29/1963 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 111th pick / 1986 |
| Mark Catano | 24 | NT | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | Valdosta State | 1/26/1962 | 2 | |
| Justin Cross | 27 | T | 10 | 1 | 263 | 6-6 | Western State (CO) | 4/29/1959 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 272nd pick / 1981 |
| George Cumby | 30 | LB | 11 | 8 | 220 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 7/5/1956 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 26th pick / 1980 |
| Joe Devlin | 32 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 261 | 6-5 | Iowa | 2/23/1954 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
| Dwight Drane | 24 | DB | 13 | 1 | 200 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 5/6/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Guy Frazier | 27 | LB | 7 | 7 | 215 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 7/20/1959 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1981 |
| Steve Freeman | 33 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 5/8/1953 | 11 | New England Patriots / 5th / 117th pick / 1975 |
| Tony Furjanic | 22 | LB | 14 | 1 | 228 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 2/26/1964 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 202nd pick / 1986 |
| Hal Garner | 24 | LB | 16 | 1 | 228 | 6-4 | Utah State | 1/18/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1985 |
| Mike Hamby | 24 | DE | 16 | 1 | 270 | 6-4 | Utah State | 11/12/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 141st pick / 1985 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 22 | RB-WR | 14 | 2 | 200 | 5-11 | Iowa | 5/7/1964 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1986 |
| Dale Hellestrae | 24 | T-G-C | 8 | 0 | 282 | 6-5 | SMU | 7/11/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 112th pick / 1985 |
| Rod Hill | 27 | DB | 6 | 2 | 185 | 6-0 | Kentucky State | 3/14/1959 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1982 |
| Kent Hull | 25 | C | 16 | 16 | 284 | 6-5 | Mississippi State | 1/13/1961 | Rook | |
| Ken Jones | 34 | T-DE | 12 | 12 | 260 | 6-5 | Arkansas State | 12/1/1952 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1976 |
| Jim Kelly | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 217 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 2/14/1960 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1983 |
| Mark Kelso | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | William & Mary | 7/23/1963 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 261st pick / 1985 |
| Don Kern | 24 | TE | 1 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 8/25/1962 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 150th pick / 1984 |
| John Kidd | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 8/22/1961 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 128th pick / 1984 |
| Bruce King | 23 | RB | 5 | 1 | 219 | 6-1 | Purdue | 1/7/1963 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 126th pick / 1985 |
| Eugene Marve | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-2 | Saginaw Valley State | 8/14/1960 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1982 |
| Sean McNanie | 25 | DE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-5 | Arizona State,San Diego State | 9/9/1961 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 79th pick / 1984 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 26 | TE | 16 | 16 | 254 | 6-7 | Wabash | 5/24/1960 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| Ricky Moore | 23 | RB | 11 | 8 | 234 | 5-11 | Alabama | 4/7/1963 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1985 |
| Scott Norwood | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | James Madison | 7/17/1960 | 1 | |
| Ron Pitts | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | UCLA | 10/14/1962 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 169th pick / 1985 |
| Dean Prater | 28 | DE | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 9/28/1958 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 271st pick / 1981 |
| Andre Reed | 22 | WR | 15 | 15 | 190 | 6-2 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 1/29/1964 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| Frank Reich | 25 | QB | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/4/1961 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1985 |
| Eric Richardson | 24 | WR | 14 | 1 | 183 | 6-1 | San Jose State | 4/18/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 41st pick / 1984 |
| Robb Riddick | 29 | RB | 15 | 8 | 195 | 6-0 | Millersville | 4/26/1957 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 241st pick / 1981 |
| Jim Ritcher | 28 | G | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 5/21/1958 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
| Butch Rolle | 22 | TE | 16 | 1 | 242 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 8/19/1964 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 180th pick / 1986 |
| Charles Romes | 32 | DB | 16 | 16 | 191 | 6-1 | North Carolina Central | 12/16/1954 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 309th pick / 1977 |
| Lucius Sanford | 30 | LB | 10 | 8 | 216 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 2/14/1956 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 89th pick / 1978 |
| Fred Smerlas | 29 | NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 277 | 6-3 | Boston College | 4/8/1957 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1979 |
| Bruce Smith | 23 | DE | 16 | 15 | 262 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 6/18/1963 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| Don L. Smith | 29 | NT-DE-DT | 5 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 5/9/1957 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 17th pick / 1979 |
| Darryl Talley | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 7/10/1960 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| Steve Tasker | 24 | WR | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Northwestern | 4/10/1962 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1985 |
| Jimmy Teal | 24 | WR | 5 | 1 | 170 | 5-10 | Texas A&M | 8/18/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 130th pick / 1985 |
| Mark Traynowicz | 24 | G-C | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 11/20/1962 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1985 |
| Tim Vogler | 30 | G-C | 9 | 3 | 259 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 10/2/1956 | 7 | |
| Gary Wilkins | 23 | TE-RB | 16 | 2 | 235 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 11/23/1963 | Rook | |
| Kevin J. Williams | 25 | DB | 1 | 0 | 169 | 5-9 | Iowa State | 11/28/1961 | 1 | |
| Will Wolford | 22 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 294 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 5/18/1964 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 20th pick / 1986 |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 226.1 | 6-1.9 | 2.7 |