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1988 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 329 points (20.6/g), 14th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 237 points (14.8/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 92 points (5.8/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 11.0-5.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.

Coached by Marv Levy (12-4-0)

1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 4 box W 1-0 Minnesota Vikings 13 10 18 310 196 114 1 21 300 170 130 2
2 Sun September 11 box W 2-0 Miami Dolphins 9 6 15 319 215 104 4 16 334 219 115 2
3 Sun September 18 box W 3-0 @ New England Patriots 16 14 18 254 149 105 2 14 264 159 105 3
4 Sun September 25 box W 4-0 Pittsburgh Steelers 36 28 22 398 282 116 3 25 408 314 94 5
5 Sun October 2 box L 4-1 @ Chicago Bears 3 24 13 217 217 1 22 423 260 163 2
6 Sun October 9 box W 5-1 Indianapolis Colts 34 23 25 456 315 141 3 25 308 241 67 3
7 Mon October 17 box W 6-1 @ New York Jets 37 14 24 427 292 135 1 10 199 154 45 2
8 Sun October 23 box W 7-1 New England Patriots 23 20 18 339 149 190 4 20 223 47 176
9 Sun October 30 box W 8-1 Green Bay Packers 28 0 18 261 66 195 3 10 131 54 77 4
10 Sun November 6 box W 9-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 13 3 18 336 194 142 2 10 145 73 72 2
11 Mon November 14 box W 10-1 @ Miami Dolphins 31 6 29 416 211 205 15 257 224 33 3
12 Sun November 20 box W 11-1 New York Jets 9 6 20 341 112 229 2 16 259 119 140 1
13 Sun November 27 box L 11-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 21 35 21 353 243 110 4 34 455 223 232
14 Sun December 4 box L 11-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 10 16 273 234 39 2 19 253 143 110
15 Sun December 11 box W 12-3 Los Angeles Raiders 37 21 24 367 112 255 17 318 207 111 3
16 Sun December 18 box L 12-4 @ Indianapolis Colts 14 17 14 248 195 53 1 25 301 117 184
Playoffs
Division Sun January 1 box W 13-4 Houston Oilers 17 10
ConfChamp Sun January 8 box L 13-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 10 21

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 329 5315 1012 5.3 313 271 454 3182 15 17 6.6 161 528 2133 15 4.0 137 33 16 15
Team Defense 237 4578 971 4.7 484 250 448 2724 14 15 5.5 146 477 1854 14 3.9 299 32 17 39
Lg Rank Offense 14 12 11 23 15 20 7 6 6 7 12 12 10 16
Lg Rank Defense 3 4 11 3 4 6 23 6 13 12 10 11 19 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jim Kelly 28 QB 16 16 269 452 59.5 3380 15 3.3 17 3.8 66 7.5 6.1 12.6 211.3 78.2 30 229 6.5 5.3 6.2
Robb Riddick 31 15 0 2 2 100.0 31 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 15.5 15.5 15.5 2.1 118.7 0 0 15.5 15.5 0.0
Team Total 26.1 16 271 454 59.7 3411 15 3.3 17 3.7 66 7.5 6.2 12.6 213.2 78.5 30 229 6.6 5.3 6.2
Opp Total 16 250 448 55.8 2724 14 3.1 15 3.3 6.1 4.9 10.9 170.3 70.4 46 322 5.5 3.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Thurman Thomas 22 RB 15 15 207 881 2 37 4.3 58.7 13.8 18 208 11.6 0 34 1.2 13.9 1089 2 9
Robb Riddick 31 15 0 111 438 12 21 3.9 29.2 7.4 30 282 9.4 1 26 2.0 18.8 720 13 3
Jamie Mueller 24 FB 15 15 81 296 0 20 3.7 19.7 5.4 8 42 5.3 0 17 0.5 2.8 338 0 2
Ronnie Harmon 24 16 1 57 212 1 32 3.7 13.3 3.6 37 427 11.5 3 36 2.3 26.7 639 4 2
Jim Kelly 28 QB 16 16 35 154 0 20 4.4 9.6 2.2 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.3 159 0 5
Carl Byrum 25 15 1 28 91 0 11 3.3 6.1 1.9 2 0 0.0 0 3 0.1 0.0 91 0 1
Andre Reed* 24 WR 15 14 6 64 0 36 10.7 4.3 0.4 71 968 13.6 6 65 4.7 64.5 1032 6 1
Frank Reich 27 3 0 3 -3 0 -1 -1.0 -1.0 1.0 -3 0 0
Trumaine Johnson 28 WR 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 514 13.9 0 49 2.3 32.1 514 0 1
Pete Metzelaars 28 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 438 13.3 1 35 2.1 27.4 438 1 0
Chris Burkett 26 wr 11 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 354 15.4 1 34 2.1 32.2 354 1 0
Flip Johnson 25 RET 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 170 18.9 1 66 0.8 15.5 170 1 1
Butch Rolle 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 3 1.5 2 2 0.1 0.2 3 2 0
Team Total 26.1 16 528 2133 15 37 4.0 133.3 33.0 271 3411 12.6 15 66 16.9 213.2 5544 30 26
Opp Total 16 477 1854 14 3.9 115.9 29.8 250 2724 10.9 14 15.6 170.3 4578 28 28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Flip Johnson 25 RET 11 0 16 72 0 16 4.5 14 250 0 24 17.9 492
Erroll Tucker 24 RET 9 0 10 80 0 24 8.0 15 310 0 30 20.7 390
Ronnie Harmon 24 16 1 11 249 0 37 22.6 888
Robb Riddick 31 15 0 6 100 0 23 16.7 820
Carl Byrum 25 15 1 2 9 0 9 4.5 100
Mark Pike 25 16 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Butch Rolle 24 16 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 15
Team Total 26.1 16 26 152 0 24 5.8 50 935 0 37 18.7 6631
Opp Total 16 36 0 69 1117 0 16.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Scott Norwood*+ 28 K 16 0 1 1 10 10 16 15 9 6 1 37 32 86.5% 33 33 100.0%
John Kidd 27 P 16 0 62 2451 60 0 39.5
Team Total 26.1 16 1 1 10 10 16 15 9 6 1 37 32 86.5% 33 33 100.0% 62 2451 60 0 39.5
Opp Total 16 24 12 50.0% 29 27 93.1% 75 2978 39.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Cornelius Bennett*+ 23 LOLB 16 16 9.5 2 30 0 30 3 0 3 0 0 103
Bruce Smith*+ 25 RDE 12 12 11.0 3 0 0 0 0 56 1
Thurman Thomas 22 RB 15 15 9 1 0 0
Mark Kelso 25 FS 16 16 7 180 1 78
Robb Riddick 31 15 0 3 4 0 0
Art Still 33 LDE 15 15 6.0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Wright 25 15 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 0 22
Jim Kelly 28 QB 16 16 5 0 0 0
Leon Seals 24 rde 16 5 2.0 0 3 7 1
Fred Smerlas* 31 NT 16 16 4.0 0 1 4 0
Shane Conlan* 24 LILB 13 13 1.5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 84
Scott Radecic 26 16 3 1.5 0 0 2 0 0 57
Darryl Talley 28 ROLB 16 15 2.5 2 0 1 0 0 73
Ray Bentley 28 RILB 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jamie Mueller 24 FB 15 15 2 1 0 0
Sherman Cocroft 27 13 0 1 17 0 17 0 1 0 0
Wayne Davis 25 16 3 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Harmon 24 16 1 2 0 0 0
Leonard Smith 28 SS 13 12 1.0 1 14 0 14
Derrick Burroughs 26 LCB 14 13 0 1 0 0
Carl Byrum 25 15 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Devlin 34 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Hal Garner 26 12 1 1.0
Flip Johnson 25 RET 11 0 1 0 0 0
Trumaine Johnson 28 WR 16 10 1 0 0 0
Pete Metzelaars 28 TE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Nate Odomes 23 RCB 16 16 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 44
Andre Reed* 24 WR 15 14 1 0 0 0
Erroll Tucker 24 RET 9 0 1 0 0 0
Will Wolford 24 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 46.0 15 244 1 78 10 26 26 11 1 452 1
Opp Total 16 30 28 11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Scott Norwood*+ 28 K 16 0 33 32 129
Robb Riddick 31 15 0 12 1 1 84
Andre Reed* 24 WR 15 14 6 36
Ronnie Harmon 24 16 1 1 3 24
Butch Rolle 24 16 0 2 12
Thurman Thomas 22 RB 15 15 2 12
Chris Burkett 26 wr 11 8 1 6
Flip Johnson 25 RET 11 0 1 6
Mark Kelso 25 FS 16 16 1 6
Pete Metzelaars 28 TE 16 16 1 6
Leon Seals 24 rde 16 5 1 6
Bruce Smith*+ 25 RDE 12 12 1 2
Team Total 26.1 16 15 15 1 1 1 33 32 1 329
Opp Total 16 14 14 27 12 237