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1998 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 400 points (25.0/g), 7th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 333 points (20.8/g), 15th.
Differential of 67 points (4.2/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 3rd.
Coached by Wade Phillips (10-6-0)
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1998 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 | Doug Flutie* | 36 | 12 | 10 | 202 for 354, 2,711 yards, 20 td, 11 int, & 48 rushes for 248 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 285th pick / 1985 |
| QB | Rob Johnson | 25 | 3 | 6 | 67 for 107, 910 yards, 8 td, 3 int, & 24 rushes for 123 yards and 1 td | Jacksonville Jaguars / 4th / 99th pick / 1995 |
| RB | Antowain Smith | 26 | 1 | 14 | 300 rushes for 1,124 yards, 8 td, & 5 catches for 11 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 23rd pick / 1997 |
| FB | Sam Gash* | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 rushes for 32 yards, 0 td, & 19 catches for 165 yards and 3 td | New England Patriots / 8th / 205th pick / 1992 |
| WR | Eric Moulds* | 25 | 2 | 15 | 67 catches for 1,368 yards, 9 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 24th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Andre Reed | 34 | 13 | 13 | 63 catches for 795 yards, 5 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Lonnie Johnson | 27 | 4 | 16 | 14 catches for 146 yards, 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 61st pick / 1994 |
| LT | John Fina | 29 | 6 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 27th pick / 1992 |
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| LG | Ruben Brown* | 26 | 3 | 13 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1995 |
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| C | Dusty Zeigler | 25 | 2 | 16 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 202nd pick / 1996 |
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| RG | Joe Panos | 27 | 4 | 16 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 77th pick / 1994 |
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| RT | Jerry Ostroski | 28 | 4 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 271st pick / 1992 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Phil Hansen | 30 | 7 | 15 | 7.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 54th pick / 1991 |
| NT | Ted Washington* | 30 | 7 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1991 |
| RDE | Bruce Smith* | 35 | 13 | 15 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| LOLB | Sam Rogers | 28 | 4 | 15 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 64th pick / 1994 |
| LILB | John Holecek | 26 | 3 | 13 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 144th pick / 1995 |
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| RILB | Sam Cowart | 23 | Rook | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1998 |
| ROLB | Gabe Northern | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1996 |
| LCB | Ken Irvin | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 109th pick / 1995 |
| RCB | Thomas Smith | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 28th pick / 1993 |
| SS | Henry Jones | 31 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1991 |
| FS | Kurt Schulz | 30 | 6 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 195th pick / 1992 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Steve Christie | 31 | 8 | 0 | 33 of 41 field goals & 41 of 41 extra points | |
| P | Chris Mohr | 32 | 9 | 0 | 69 punts for a 41.8 average, 0 blocked | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 146th pick / 1989 |
| PR | Kevin Williams | 27 | 5 | 0 | 37 punt returns for a 10.0 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 46th pick / 1993 |
| KR | Kevin Williams | 27 | 5 | 0 | 47 kick returns for a 22.5 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 46th pick / 1993 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ethan Albright | 27 | G-C-T | 16 | 0 | 283 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 5/1/1971 | 3 | |
| Dan Brandenburg | 25 | LB | 16 | 1 | 240 | 6-2 | Indiana State | 2/16/1973 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 237th pick / 1996 |
| Ruben Brown* | 26 | G | 13 | 13 | 300 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 2/13/1972 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1995 |
| Steve Christie | 31 | K | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | William & Mary | 11/13/1967 | 8 | |
| Bill Conaty | 25 | C | 15 | 1 | 306 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 3/8/1973 | 1 | |
| Sam Cowart | 23 | LB | 16 | 11 | 245 | 6-2 | Florida State | 2/26/1975 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 39th pick / 1998 |
| Joe Cummings | 24 | LB | 9 | 2 | 242 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 6/8/1974 | 2 | |
| Quinn Early | 33 | WR | 16 | 2 | 190 | 6-0 | Iowa | 4/13/1965 | 10 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 60th pick / 1988 |
| John Fina | 29 | T | 14 | 14 | 300 | 6-5 | Arizona | 3/11/1969 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 27th pick / 1992 |
| Doug Flutie* | 36 | QB | 13 | 10 | 180 | 5-10 | Boston College | 10/23/1962 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 285th pick / 1985 |
| Cole Ford | 26 | K | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | USC | 12/31/1972 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 247th pick / 1995 |
| Sam Gash* | 29 | FB | 16 | 12 | 242 | 6-0 | Penn State | 3/7/1969 | 6 | New England Patriots / 8th / 205th pick / 1992 |
| Donovan Greer | 24 | DB | 11 | 2 | 178 | 5-9 | Texas A&M | 9/11/1974 | 1 | |
| Phil Hansen | 30 | DE | 15 | 15 | 278 | 6-5 | North Dakota State | 5/20/1968 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 54th pick / 1991 |
| Robert Hicks | 24 | T | 9 | 2 | 338 | 6-7 | Mississippi State | 11/17/1974 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 68th pick / 1998 |
| Ray Hill | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 8/7/1975 | Rook | |
| John Holecek | 26 | LB | 13 | 13 | 240 | 6-2 | Illinois | 5/7/1972 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 144th pick / 1995 |
| Darick Holmes | 27 | RB | 3 | 0 | 226 | 6-0 | Portland State | 7/1/1971 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 244th pick / 1995 |
| Ken Irvin | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 182 | 5-11 | Memphis | 7/11/1972 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 109th pick / 1995 |
| Raymond Jackson | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 189 | 5-10 | Colorado State | 2/17/1973 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 156th pick / 1996 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-3 | Florida State | 2/14/1971 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 61st pick / 1994 |
| Rob Johnson | 25 | QB | 8 | 6 | 204 | 6-4 | USC | 3/18/1973 | 3 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 4th / 99th pick / 1995 |
| Henry Jones | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 197 | 5-11 | Illinois | 12/29/1967 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 26th pick / 1991 |
| Marlon Kerner | 25 | DB | 1 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 3/18/1973 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 76th pick / 1995 |
| Jonathan Linton | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 11/7/1974 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 131st pick / 1998 |
| Kamil Loud | 22 | WR | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 6/25/1976 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 238th pick / 1998 |
| Emanuel Martin | 29 | DB | 14 | 4 | 184 | 5-11 | Alabama State | 7/31/1969 | 5 | |
| Chris Mohr | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Alabama | 5/11/1966 | 9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 146th pick / 1989 |
| Sean Moran | 25 | LB-DE | 9 | 2 | 275 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 6/5/1973 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 120th pick / 1996 |
| Eric Moulds* | 25 | WR | 16 | 15 | 210 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 7/17/1973 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 24th pick / 1996 |
| Jamie Nails | 21 | G | 15 | 3 | 335 | 6-6 | Florida A&M | 6/3/1977 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 120th pick / 1997 |
| Gabe Northern | 24 | LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-2 | LSU | 6/8/1974 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1996 |
| Jerry Ostroski | 28 | G-T-C | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 7/12/1970 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 271st pick / 1992 |
| Joe Panos | 27 | G-C | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-3 | Wisconsin,Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1/24/1971 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 77th pick / 1994 |
| Marlo Perry | 26 | LB | 16 | 1 | 250 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/25/1972 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 81st pick / 1994 |
| Mark Pike | 35 | DE-LB | 13 | 0 | 272 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 12/27/1963 | 11 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 178th pick / 1986 |
| Daryl Porter | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 188 | 5-9 | Boston College | 1/16/1974 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 186th pick / 1997 |
| Shawn Price | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 2 | 290 | 6-4 | Pacific | 3/28/1970 | 5 | |
| Andre Reed | 34 | WR | 15 | 13 | 190 | 6-2 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 1/29/1964 | 13 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1985 |
| Jay Riemersma | 25 | TE | 16 | 4 | 255 | 6-5 | Michigan | 5/17/1973 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 244th pick / 1996 |
| Sam Rogers | 28 | LB | 15 | 15 | 245 | 6-3 | Colorado | 5/30/1970 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 64th pick / 1994 |
| Kurt Schulz | 30 | DB | 12 | 12 | 208 | 6-1 | Eastern Washington | 12/12/1968 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 195th pick / 1992 |
| Wayne Simmons | 29 | LB | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Clemson | 12/15/1969 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 15th pick / 1993 |
| Eric Smedley | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 199 | 5-11 | Indiana | 7/23/1973 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 249th pick / 1996 |
| Antowain Smith | 26 | RB | 16 | 14 | 232 | 6-2 | Houston | 3/14/1972 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 23rd pick / 1997 |
| Bruce Smith* | 35 | DE | 15 | 15 | 262 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 6/18/1963 | 13 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1985 |
| Thomas Smith | 28 | DB | 14 | 14 | 188 | 5-11 | North Carolina | 12/5/1970 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 28th pick / 1993 |
| Marcus Spriggs | 24 | T-G | 1 | 0 | 310 | 6-3 | Houston | 5/30/1974 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 185th pick / 1997 |
| Thurman Thomas | 32 | RB | 14 | 3 | 200 | 5-10 | Oklahoma State | 5/16/1966 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 40th pick / 1988 |
| Alex Van Pelt | 28 | QB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 5/1/1970 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 216th pick / 1993 |
| Ted Washington* | 30 | NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 365 | 6-5 | Louisville | 4/13/1968 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1991 |
| Marcellus Wiley | 24 | DE | 16 | 3 | 275 | 6-4 | Columbia | 11/30/1974 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1997 |
| Kevin Williams | 27 | WR | 16 | 0 | 195 | 5-9 | Miami (FL) | 1/25/1971 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 46th pick / 1993 |
| Pat Williams | 26 | DT | 13 | 0 | 315 | 6-3 | Northeast State (OK),Texas A&M | 10/24/1972 | 1 | |
| Pooh Bear Williams | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 265 | 6-1 | Florida State | 1/20/1975 | Rook | |
| Duane Young | 30 | TE | 4 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 5/29/1968 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 123rd pick / 1991 |
| Dusty Zeigler | 25 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 298 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 9/27/1973 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 202nd pick / 1996 |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 16 | 242.4 | 6-1.8 | 4.0 |