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1989 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 409 points (25.6/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 317 points (19.8/g), 14th.
Differential of 92 points (5.8/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 20th.
Coached by Marv Levy (9-7-0)
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1989 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 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 228 for 391, 3,130 yards, 25 td, 18 int, & 29 rushes for 137 yards and 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1983 |
| RB | Thurman Thomas* | 23 | 1 | 16 | 298 rushes for 1,244 yards, 6 td, & 60 catches for 669 yards and 6 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 40th pick / 1988 |
| FB | Larry Kinnebrew | 30 | 6 | 10 | 131 rushes for 533 yards, 6 td, & 5 catches for 60 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 165th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Keith McKeller | 25 | 2 | 7 | 20 catches for 341 yards, 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 227th pick / 1987 |
| WR | Andre Reed* | 25 | 4 | 16 | 88 catches for 1,312 yards, 9 td, & 2 rushes for 31 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| WR | Flip Johnson | 26 | 1 | 5 | 25 catches for 303 yards, 1 td | |
| TE | Pete Metzelaars | 29 | 7 | 16 | 18 catches for 179 yards, 2 td | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| LT | Will Wolford | 25 | 3 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 20th pick / 1986 |
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| LG | Jim Ritcher | 31 | 9 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
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| C | Kent Hull* | 28 | 3 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RG | Joe Devlin | 35 | 13 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
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| RT | Howard Ballard | 26 | 1 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 283rd pick / 1987 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Art Still | 34 | 11 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1978 |
| NT | Fred Smerlas | 32 | 10 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Bruce Smith* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 13.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| LOLB | Cornelius Bennett | 24 | 2 | 12 | 5.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1987 |
| LILB | Scott Radecic | 27 | 5 | 12 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1984 |
| LILB | Shane Conlan* | 25 | 2 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 8th pick / 1987 |
| RILB | Ray Bentley | 29 | 3 | 15 | ||
| ROLB | Darryl Talley | 29 | 6 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| LCB | Kirby Jackson | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 5th / 129th pick / 1987 |
| RCB | Nate Odomes | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1987 |
| SS | Leonard Smith | 29 | 6 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| FS | Mark Kelso | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 261st pick / 1985 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Scott Norwood | 29 | 4 | 0 | 23 of 30 field goals & 46 of 47 extra points | |
| P | John Kidd | 28 | 5 | 0 | 65 punts for a 39.4 average, 2 blocked | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 128th pick / 1984 |
| PR | Mickey Sutton | 29 | 3 | 0 | 26 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Ronnie Harmon | 25 | 3 | 2 | 18 kick returns for a 22.7 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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| Carlton Bailey | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 12/15/1964 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 235th pick / 1988 |
| Howard Ballard | 26 | T | 16 | 16 | 325 | 6-6 | Alabama A&M | 11/3/1963 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 283rd pick / 1987 |
| Don Beebe | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Aurora,Chadron State,Western Illinois | 12/18/1964 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1989 |
| Cornelius Bennett | 24 | LB | 12 | 12 | 237 | 6-2 | Alabama | 8/25/1965 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1987 |
| Ray Bentley | 29 | LB | 15 | 15 | 240 | 6-2 | Central Michigan | 11/25/1960 | 3 | |
| Kerry Brady | 26 | K | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Hawaii | 8/27/1963 | 2 | |
| Chris Burkett | 27 | WR | 2 | 2 | 205 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/21/1962 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1985 |
| Derrick Burroughs | 27 | DB | 3 | 3 | 180 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/18/1962 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1985 |
| Leonard Burton | 25 | C | 16 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 6/18/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 77th pick / 1986 |
| Tim Cofield | 26 | LB | 5 | 0 | 243 | 6-2 | Elizabeth City State | 5/18/1963 | 3 | |
| Shane Conlan* | 25 | LB | 10 | 9 | 235 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/4/1964 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 8th pick / 1987 |
| John H. Davis | 24 | G-T-C | 16 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 8/22/1965 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 287th pick / 1987 |
| Kenneth Davis | 27 | RB | 16 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | TCU | 4/16/1962 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1986 |
| Wayne Davis | 26 | DB | 6 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Indiana State | 6/17/1963 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1985 |
| Joe Devlin | 35 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 261 | 6-5 | Iowa | 2/23/1954 | 13 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1976 |
| Dwight Drane | 27 | DB | 16 | 1 | 200 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 5/6/1962 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Stan Gelbaugh | 27 | QB | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-3 | Maryland | 12/4/1962 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 150th pick / 1986 |
| John Hagy | 24 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Texas | 12/9/1965 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 204th pick / 1988 |
| Chris Hale | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 164 | 5-7 | Nebraska,USC | 1/4/1966 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 193rd pick / 1989 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 25 | RB-WR | 15 | 2 | 200 | 5-11 | Iowa | 5/7/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1986 |
| Kent Hull* | 28 | C | 16 | 16 | 284 | 6-5 | Mississippi State | 1/13/1961 | 3 | |
| Kirby Jackson | 24 | DB | 14 | 13 | 179 | 5-10 | Mississippi State | 2/2/1965 | 2 | New York Jets / 5th / 129th pick / 1987 |
| Flip Johnson | 26 | WR | 16 | 5 | 185 | 5-10 | McNeese State | 7/13/1963 | 1 | |
| Jim Kelly | 29 | QB | 13 | 13 | 217 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 2/14/1960 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1983 |
| Mark Kelso | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 181 | 5-11 | William & Mary | 7/23/1963 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 261st pick / 1985 |
| John Kidd | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 8/22/1961 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 128th pick / 1984 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 30 | RB | 15 | 10 | 255 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 6/11/1959 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 165th pick / 1983 |
| Adam Lingner | 29 | C | 16 | 0 | 268 | 6-4 | Illinois | 11/2/1960 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 231st pick / 1983 |
| James Lofton | 33 | WR | 12 | 2 | 192 | 6-3 | Stanford | 7/5/1956 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 6th pick / 1978 |
| Keith McKeller | 25 | TE-WR | 16 | 7 | 240 | 6-6 | Jacksonville State | 7/9/1964 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 227th pick / 1987 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 254 | 6-7 | Wabash | 5/24/1960 | 7 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| Matt Monger | 28 | LB | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 11/15/1961 | 4 | New York Jets / 8th / 208th pick / 1985 |
| Jamie Mueller | 25 | RB | 14 | 3 | 225 | 6-1 | Benedictine | 10/4/1964 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 78th pick / 1987 |
| Scott Norwood | 29 | K | 16 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | James Madison | 7/17/1960 | 4 | |
| Nate Odomes | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-9 | Wisconsin | 8/25/1965 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1987 |
| Mark Pike | 26 | DE-LB | 16 | 0 | 272 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 12/27/1963 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 178th pick / 1986 |
| Scott Radecic | 27 | LB | 16 | 12 | 243 | 6-3 | Penn State | 6/14/1962 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1984 |
| Andre Reed* | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-2 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 1/29/1964 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| Frank Reich | 28 | QB | 7 | 3 | 210 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/4/1961 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1985 |
| Elston Ridgle | 26 | DE | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Nevada-Reno,Northern Arizona | 8/24/1963 | 2 | |
| Jim Ritcher | 31 | G | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 5/21/1958 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
| Butch Rolle | 25 | TE | 16 | 1 | 242 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 8/19/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 180th pick / 1986 |
| Leon Seals | 25 | DE | 16 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Jackson State | 1/30/1964 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 109th pick / 1987 |
| Fred Smerlas | 32 | NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 277 | 6-3 | Boston College | 4/8/1957 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1979 |
| Bruce Smith* | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 6/18/1963 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| Leonard Smith | 29 | DB | 15 | 15 | 200 | 5-11 | McNeese State | 9/2/1960 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| Art Still | 34 | DE | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-7 | Kentucky | 12/5/1955 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1978 |
| Mickey Sutton | 29 | DB | 12 | 0 | 165 | 5-8 | Montana | 8/28/1960 | 3 | |
| Darryl Talley | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 7/10/1960 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| Steve Tasker | 27 | WR | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Northwestern | 4/10/1962 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1985 |
| Thurman Thomas* | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 5-10 | Oklahoma State | 5/16/1966 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 40th pick / 1988 |
| Erroll Tucker | 25 | DB | 4 | 0 | 169 | 5-8 | Utah | 7/6/1964 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1986 |
| Will Wolford | 25 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 294 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 5/18/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 20th pick / 1986 |
| Jeff Wright | 26 | NT | 15 | 0 | 274 | 6-2 | Central Missouri State,Tulsa | 6/13/1963 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 213th pick / 1988 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 227.4 | 6-1.8 | 3.6 |