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1990 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
1990 AFC Champions
Scored 428 points (26.8/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 263 points (16.4/g), 6th.
Differential of 165 points (10.3/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.2-3.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (0.9/g), 4th.
Coached by Marv Levy (13-3-0)
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1990 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* | 30 | 4 | 14 | 219 for 346, 2,829 yards, 24 td, 9 int, & 22 rushes for 63 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1983 |
| RB | Thurman Thomas*+ | 24 | 2 | 16 | 271 rushes for 1,297 yards, 11 td, & 49 catches for 532 yards and 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 40th pick / 1988 |
| FB | Jamie Mueller | 26 | 3 | 8 | 59 rushes for 207 yards, 2 td, & 16 catches for 106 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 78th pick / 1987 |
| WR | James Lofton | 34 | 12 | 14 | 35 catches for 712 yards, 4 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 6th pick / 1978 |
| WR | Andre Reed* | 26 | 5 | 16 | 71 catches for 945 yards, 8 td, & 3 rushes for 23 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Keith McKeller | 26 | 3 | 14 | 34 catches for 464 yards, 5 td | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 227th pick / 1987 |
| LT | Will Wolford* | 26 | 4 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 20th pick / 1986 |
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| LG | Jim Ritcher | 32 | 10 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
| C | Kent Hull*+ | 29 | 4 | 16 | ||
| RG | John H. Davis | 25 | 3 | 15 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 287th pick / 1987 |
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| RT | Howard Ballard | 27 | 2 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 283rd pick / 1987 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Leon Seals | 26 | 3 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 109th pick / 1987 |
| NT | Jeff Wright | 27 | 2 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 213th pick / 1988 |
| RDE | Bruce Smith*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | 19.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| LOLB | Cornelius Bennett* | 25 | 3 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1987 |
| LILB | Shane Conlan* | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 8th pick / 1987 |
| RILB | Ray Bentley | 30 | 4 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RILB | Carlton Bailey | 26 | 2 | 6 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 235th pick / 1988 |
| ROLB | Darryl Talley* | 30 | 7 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| LCB | Kirby Jackson | 25 | 3 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 5th / 129th pick / 1987 |
| LCB | James E. Williams | 23 | Rook | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1990 |
| RCB | Nate Odomes | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1987 |
| SS | Leonard Smith | 30 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| FS | John Hagy | 25 | 2 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 204th pick / 1988 |
| FS | Mark Kelso | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 261st pick / 1985 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Scott Norwood | 30 | 5 | 0 | 20 of 29 field goals & 50 of 52 extra points | |
| P | Rick Tuten | 25 | 1 | 0 | 53 punts for a 39.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Al Edwards | 23 | Rook | 2 | 14 punt returns for a 6.6 average and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 292nd pick / 1990 |
| KR | Don Smith | 27 | 2 | 2 | 32 kick returns for a 20.1 average and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1987 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Carlton Bailey | 26 | LB | 16 | 6 | 242 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 12/15/1964 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 235th pick / 1988 |
| Gary Baldinger | 27 | DE-NT | 9 | 0 | 264 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 10/4/1963 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 229th pick / 1986 |
| Howard Ballard | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 325 | 6-6 | Alabama A&M | 11/3/1963 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 283rd pick / 1987 |
| Don Beebe | 26 | WR | 12 | 4 | 185 | 5-11 | Aurora,Chadron State,Western Illinois | 12/18/1964 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1989 |
| Cornelius Bennett* | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-2 | Alabama | 8/25/1965 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1987 |
| Ray Bentley | 30 | LB | 16 | 9 | 240 | 6-2 | Central Michigan | 11/25/1960 | 4 | |
| Richard Carey | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Idaho | 5/6/1968 | 1 | |
| Shane Conlan* | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/4/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 8th pick / 1987 |
| John H. Davis | 25 | G-T-C | 16 | 15 | 310 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 8/22/1965 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 287th pick / 1987 |
| Kenneth Davis | 28 | RB | 16 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | TCU | 4/16/1962 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1986 |
| Dwight Drane | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 5/6/1962 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Al Edwards | 23 | WR | 14 | 2 | 171 | 5-8 | Northwest State (LA) | 5/18/1967 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 292nd pick / 1990 |
| Mitch Frerotte | 25 | G | 16 | 0 | 281 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/30/1965 | 3 | |
| Carwell Gardner | 24 | FB | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Kentucky,Louisville | 11/27/1966 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1990 |
| Hal Garner | 28 | LB | 10 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Utah State | 1/18/1962 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1985 |
| Gale Gilbert | 29 | QB | 1 | 0 | 209 | 6-3 | California | 12/20/1961 | 5 | |
| John Hagy | 25 | DB | 16 | 11 | 190 | 5-11 | Texas | 12/9/1965 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 204th pick / 1988 |
| Chris Hale | 24 | DB | 8 | 0 | 164 | 5-7 | Nebraska,USC | 1/4/1966 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 193rd pick / 1989 |
| Cliff Hicks | 26 | DB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Oregon | 8/18/1964 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 74th pick / 1987 |
| Kent Hull*+ | 29 | C | 16 | 16 | 284 | 6-5 | Mississippi State | 1/13/1961 | 4 | |
| Jeff Hunter | 24 | DE | 3 | 0 | 286 | 6-5 | Albany State (GA) | 4/12/1966 | Rook | Phoenix Cardinals / 11th / 291st pick / 1989 |
| Kirby Jackson | 25 | DB | 12 | 11 | 179 | 5-10 | Mississippi State | 2/2/1965 | 3 | New York Jets / 5th / 129th pick / 1987 |
| Jim Kelly* | 30 | QB | 14 | 14 | 217 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 2/14/1960 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1983 |
| Mark Kelso | 27 | DB | 6 | 5 | 181 | 5-11 | William & Mary | 7/23/1963 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 261st pick / 1985 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 31 | RB | 2 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 6/11/1959 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 165th pick / 1983 |
| Adam Lingner | 30 | C | 16 | 0 | 268 | 6-4 | Illinois | 11/2/1960 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 231st pick / 1983 |
| Mike Lodish | 23 | NT-DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | UCLA | 8/11/1967 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 265th pick / 1990 |
| James Lofton | 34 | WR | 16 | 14 | 192 | 6-3 | Stanford | 7/5/1956 | 12 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 6th pick / 1978 |
| Keith McKeller | 26 | TE-WR | 16 | 14 | 240 | 6-6 | Jacksonville State | 7/9/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 227th pick / 1987 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 30 | TE | 16 | 4 | 254 | 6-7 | Wabash | 5/24/1960 | 8 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| Matt Monger | 29 | LB | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 11/15/1961 | 5 | New York Jets / 8th / 208th pick / 1985 |
| Jamie Mueller | 26 | RB | 16 | 8 | 225 | 6-1 | Benedictine | 10/4/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 78th pick / 1987 |
| John Nies | 23 | P | 4 | 0 | 199 | 6-2 | Arizona | 2/13/1967 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 154th pick / 1990 |
| Scott Norwood | 30 | K | 16 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | James Madison | 7/17/1960 | 5 | |
| Nate Odomes | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-9 | Wisconsin | 8/25/1965 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1987 |
| Glenn Parker | 24 | G-T | 16 | 3 | 305 | 6-5 | Arizona | 4/22/1966 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 69th pick / 1990 |
| Marvcus Patton | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | UCLA | 5/1/1967 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 208th pick / 1990 |
| Kim Phillips | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 188 | 5-9 | North Texas | 10/28/1966 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1989 |
| Mark Pike | 27 | DE-LB | 16 | 0 | 272 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 12/27/1963 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 178th pick / 1986 |
| David Pool | 24 | DB | 9 | 1 | 188 | 5-9 | Carson-Newman,Tennessee State | 12/20/1966 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 145th pick / 1990 |
| Andre Reed* | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-2 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 1/29/1964 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| Frank Reich | 29 | QB | 16 | 2 | 210 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/4/1961 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1985 |
| Jim Ritcher | 32 | G | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 5/21/1958 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1980 |
| Butch Rolle | 26 | TE | 16 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 8/19/1964 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 180th pick / 1986 |
| Leon Seals | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-5 | Jackson State | 1/30/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 109th pick / 1987 |
| Bruce Smith*+ | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 6/18/1963 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| Don Smith | 27 | RB-WR | 16 | 2 | 200 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 10/30/1963 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1987 |
| Leonard Smith | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 5-11 | McNeese State | 9/2/1960 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| Darryl Talley* | 30 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 7/10/1960 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1983 |
| Steve Tasker* | 28 | WR | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Northwestern | 4/10/1962 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1985 |
| Thurman Thomas*+ | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 5-10 | Oklahoma State | 5/16/1966 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 40th pick / 1988 |
| Vernon Turner | 23 | WR-RB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-8 | Carson-Newman | 1/6/1967 | Rook | |
| Rick Tuten | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Florida State,Miami (FL) | 1/5/1965 | 1 | |
| James E. Williams | 23 | DB | 16 | 5 | 190 | 5-10 | Fresno State | 3/30/1967 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1990 |
| Will Wolford* | 26 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 294 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 5/18/1964 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 20th pick / 1986 |
| Jeff Wright | 27 | NT | 16 | 16 | 274 | 6-2 | Central Missouri State,Tulsa | 6/13/1963 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 213th pick / 1988 |
| Team Total | 26.6 | 16 | 228.6 | 6-1.4 | 3.3 |