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2001 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 3-13-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 265 points (16.6/g), 27th of 31 in the NFL.
 Allowed 420 points (26.2/g), 29th.
 Differential of -155 points (-9.7/g), 30th.
 Expected W-L: 4.0-12.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-0.9/g), 29th.

Coached by Gregg Williams (3-13-0)

2001 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 9 box L 0-1 New Orleans Saints 6 24 12 251 126 125 3 17 301 192 109
2 Sun September 23 box L 0-2 @ Indianapolis Colts 26 42 21 374 229 145 1 28 555 418 137 3
3 Sun September 30 box L 0-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 20 14 172 120 52 2 16 270 100 170
4 Sun October 7 box L 0-4 New York Jets 36 42 26 473 311 162 5 21 335 173 162
5 Bye Week
6 Thu October 18 box W 1-4 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 13 10 19 317 219 98 14 247 132 115 2
7 Sun October 28 box L 1-5 @ San Diego Chargers 24 27 22 396 291 105 2 17 338 243 95
8 Sun November 4 box L 1-6 Indianapolis Colts 14 30 14 232 148 84 2 17 305 161 144 1
9 Sun November 11 box L 1-7 @ New England Patriots 11 21 15 242 173 69 2 15 205 71 134 3
10 Sun November 18 box L 1-8 Seattle Seahawks 20 23 25 372 303 69 2 16 246 134 112
11 Sun November 25 box L 1-9 Miami Dolphins 27 34 21 422 295 127 3 19 362 261 101 1
12 Sun December 2 box L 1-10 @ San Francisco 49ers 0 35 11 191 162 29 5 26 409 179 230
13 Sun December 9 box W 2-10 Carolina Panthers 25 24 18 369 267 102 1 17 231 153 78 2
14 Sun December 16 box L 2-11 New England Patriots 9 12 19 310 212 98 1 17 335 206 129 2
15 Sun December 23 box L 2-12 @ Atlanta Falcons 30 33 15 398 208 190 22 489 422 67 2
16 Sun December 30 box W 3-12 @ New York Jets 14 9 19 368 176 192 1 19 375 227 148 3
17 Sun January 6 box L 3-13 @ Miami Dolphins 7 34 16 250 211 39 3 21 289 87 202

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 265 5137 1009 5.1 287 327 557 3451 18 20 5.7 180 406 1686 9 4.2 75 33 13 32
Team Defense 420 5292 969 5.5 302 284 453 3159 23 11 6.5 154 482 2133 20 4.4 122 19 8 26
Lg Rank Offense 27 13 19 7 12 17 20 17 26 22 23 12 19 16
Lg Rank Defense 29 21 25 2 13 20 29 25 27 26 29 24 30 28

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
10 Alex Van Pelt 31 qb 12 8 2-6-0 178 307 58.0 2056 12 3.9 11 3.6 80 6.7 5.9 11.6 171.3 76.4 14 73 6.2 5.4 4.4
11 Rob Johnson 28 QB 8 8 1-7-0 134 216 62.0 1465 5 2.3 7 3.2 61 6.8 5.8 10.9 183.1 76.3 31 196 5.1 4.3 12.6
5 Travis Brown 24 1 0 15 33 45.5 201 1 3.0 2 6.1 34 6.1 4.0 13.4 201.0 50.2 1 2 5.9 3.8 2.9
8 Brian Moorman 25 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.5 16 3-13-0 327 557 58.7 3722 18 3.2 20 3.6 80 6.7 5.7 11.4 232.6 74.7 46 271 5.7 4.8 7.6
Opp Total 16 284 453 62.7 3378 23 5.1 11 2.4 7.5 7.4 11.9 211.1 92.2 34 219 6.5 6.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
20 Travis Henry 23 RB 13 12 213 729 4 25 3.4 56.1 16.4 22 179 8.1 0 40 1.7 13.8 908 4 5
38 Shawn Bryson 25 15 3 80 341 2 68 4.3 22.7 5.3 9 59 6.6 0 23 0.6 3.9 400 2 0
11 Rob Johnson 28 QB 8 8 36 241 1 23 6.7 30.1 4.5 241 1 6
37 Larry Centers* 33 FB 16 13 34 160 2 50 4.7 10.0 2.1 80 620 7.8 2 26 5.0 38.8 780 4 2
33 Sammy Morris 24 16 1 20 72 0 10 3.6 4.5 1.3 7 36 5.1 0 11 0.4 2.3 108 0 1
10 Alex Van Pelt 31 qb 12 8 12 33 0 15 2.8 2.8 1.0 33 0 5
81 Peerless Price 25 WR 16 16 6 97 0 31 16.2 6.1 0.4 55 895 16.3 7 70 3.4 55.9 992 7 2
80 Eric Moulds 28 WR 16 16 3 3 0 6 1.0 0.2 0.2 67 904 13.5 5 80 4.2 56.5 907 5 1
5 Travis Brown 24 1 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10.0 1.0 10 0 1
8 Brian Moorman 25 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
85 Jay Riemersma 28 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 590 11.1 3 36 3.3 36.9 590 3 0
84 Reggie Germany 23 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 203 16.9 0 39 0.8 12.7 203 0 0
86 Jeremy McDaniel 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 129 11.7 0 22 1.6 18.4 129 0 0
89 Avion Black 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 90 11.3 0 25 0.6 6.4 90 0 0
41 Phillip Crosby 25 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 16 8.0 0 9 0.1 1.0 16 0 0
88 Sheldon Jackson 25 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.1 0.1 1 1 0
Team Total 25.5 16 406 1686 9 68 4.2 105.4 25.4 327 3722 11.4 18 80 20.4 232.6 5408 27 26
Opp Total 16 482 2133 20 4.4 133.3 30.1 284 3159 11.1 23 17.8 197.4 5292 43 26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Nate Clements 22 RCB 16 11 4 81 1 66 20.3 30 628 0 37 20.9 709
89 Avion Black 24 14 0 1 34 0 34 34.0 25 498 0 29 19.9 622
81 Peerless Price 25 WR 16 16 19 110 0 24 5.8 1102
38 Shawn Bryson 25 15 3 16 299 0 32 18.7 699
25 Tony Driver 24 5 0 7 130 0 23 18.6 130
21 Chris Watson 24 14 0 5 96 0 30 19.2 96
Team Total 25.5 16 24 225 1 66 9.4 83 1651 0 37 19.9 7284
Opp Total 16 40 0 52 987 0 19.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
8 Brian Moorman 25 P 16 0 80 3262 66 0 40.8
9 Jake Arians 23 K 10 0 6 6 4 2 11 4 21 12 57.1% 17 16 94.1%
17 Shayne Graham 24 6 0 4 4 4 2 8 6 75.0% 7 7 100.0%
Team Total 25.5 16 10 10 4 2 15 6 29 18 62.1% 24 23 95.8% 80 3262 66 0 40.8
Opp Total 16 37 28 75.7% 48 48 100.0% 66 2845 43.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
55 Jay Foreman 25 RLB 16 16 2.5 1 0 2 0 0 69 28
26 Antoine Winfield 24 LCB 16 16 2 0 0 0 11 1 0 1 5 0 69 12
53 Keith Newman 24 LLB 16 16 3.5 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 62 21
22 Nate Clements 22 RCB 16 11 1.0 3 48 1 48 14 3 1 0 0 0 55 10
58 Brandon Spoon 23 MLB 14 14 2 51 2 44 2 45 19
93 Pat Williams 29 RDT 13 13 1.5 41 18
39 Raion Hill 25 SS 15 13 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 29 21
94 Aaron Schobel 24 RDE 16 11 6.5 0 0 0 0 2 30 12
27 Ken Irvin 29 14 4 1 0 0 0 3 33 3
57 Kenyatta Wright 23 11 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 26 8
95 Bryce Fisher 24 13 2 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 23 12
29 Keion Carpenter 24 FS 15 10 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 24 10
28 Travares Tillman 24 fs 13 6 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 17 0 22 11
90 Phil Hansen 33 LDE 12 12 3.0 1 17 0 17 3 22 8
23 Pierson Prioleau 24 6 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 8
91 Shawn Price 31 LDT 11 11 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 18 16
92 Tyrone Robertson 22 12 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 19 7
96 Erik Flowers 23 rde 15 6 2.0 15 6
51 DaShon Polk 24 16 1 13 6
77 Kendrick Office 23 8 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 11 5
97 Leif Larsen 26 ldt 9 5 1.0 11 6
21 Chris Watson 24 14 0 1 23 0 23 6 0 1 1 0 0 10 3
31 Lance Brown 29 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 6
98 Ron Edwards 22 7 3 7 3
20 Travis Henry 23 RB 13 12 5 2 0 0
11 Rob Johnson 28 QB 8 8 6 1 -4 0
10 Alex Van Pelt 31 qb 12 8 5 1 0 0
81 Peerless Price 25 WR 16 16 2 1 0 0
37 Larry Centers* 33 FB 16 13 2 0 0 0
56 Sam Cowart 26 1 1 0 2
33 Sammy Morris 24 16 1 1 1 0 0
80 Eric Moulds 28 WR 16 16 1 1 0 0
99 Fred Jones 24 16 0 0.5 0 1
89 Avion Black 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
5 Travis Brown 24 1 0 1 0 0 0
63 Bill Conaty 28 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
41 Phillip Crosby 25 16 2 0 1 0 0
84 Reggie Germany 23 16 1 0 1 0 0
71 Corey Hulsey 24 RG 16 12 0 1 0 0
60 Jerry Ostroski 31 rg 7 7 0 1 0 0
68 Morris Unutoa 30 8 0 1 0 -13 0
Team Total 25.5 16 34.0 11 139 3 48 62 15 26 20 5 0 684 262
Opp Total 16 46 26 18

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
9 Jake Arians 23 K 10 0 16 12 52
81 Peerless Price 25 WR 16 16 7 7 42
80 Eric Moulds 28 WR 16 16 5 5 1 32
17 Shayne Graham 24 6 0 7 6 25
37 Larry Centers* 33 FB 16 13 2 2 4 24
20 Travis Henry 23 RB 13 12 4 4 24
85 Jay Riemersma 28 TE 16 15 3 3 18
38 Shawn Bryson 25 15 3 2 2 12
22 Nate Clements 22 RCB 16 11 1 1 2 12
58 Brandon Spoon 23 MLB 14 14 2 2 12
88 Sheldon Jackson 25 16 1 1 1 6
11 Rob Johnson 28 QB 8 8 1 1 6
Team Total 25.5 16 9 18 1 3 31 1 23 18 265
Opp Total 16 20 23 48 28 420