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2002 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 379 points (23.7/g), 11th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 397 points (24.8/g), 27th.
 Differential of -18 points (-1.1/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.8/g), 28th.

Coached by Gregg Williams (8-8-0)

2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box L 0-1 New York Jets 31 37 26 384 242 142 3 18 266 193 73 1
2 Sun September 15 box W 1-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 45 39 26 468 437 31 31 449 236 213 3
3 Sun September 22 box L 1-2 @ Denver Broncos 23 28 17 291 252 39 1 22 342 179 163
4 Sun September 29 box W 2-2 Chicago Bears 33 27 26 410 307 103 1 15 240 188 52
5 Sun October 6 box L 2-3 Oakland Raiders 31 49 29 479 399 80 3 24 495 353 142
6 Sun October 13 box W 3-3 @ Houston Texans 31 24 25 403 230 173 1 18 338 197 141
7 Sun October 20 box W 4-3 @ Miami Dolphins 23 10 15 294 162 132 17 287 155 132 6
8 Sun October 27 box W 5-3 Detroit Lions 24 17 23 343 269 74 2 16 282 199 83 1
9 Sun November 3 box L 5-4 New England Patriots 7 38 28 331 266 65 1 23 422 263 159
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 17 box L 5-5 @ Kansas City Chiefs 16 17 21 344 211 133 1 22 320 192 128
12 Sun November 24 box L 5-6 @ New York Jets 13 31 17 258 170 88 3 22 325 170 155
13 Sun December 1 box W 6-6 Miami Dolphins 38 21 21 431 270 161 14 300 30 270 3
14 Sun December 8 box L 6-7 @ New England Patriots 17 27 24 390 312 78 5 14 275 183 92
15 Sun December 15 box W 7-7 San Diego Chargers 20 13 17 256 101 155 1 14 308 192 116
16 Sun December 22 box L 7-8 @ Green Bay Packers 0 10 17 185 142 43 6 14 223 104 119 2
17 Sun December 29 box W 8-8 Cincinnati Bengals 27 9 23 324 225 99 3 19 317 233 84 3

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 379 5591 1054 5.3 355 377 612 3995 24 15 6.0 218 388 1596 17 4.1 90 31 16 47
Team Defense 397 5189 999 5.2 303 281 495 3067 24 10 5.8 160 473 2122 20 4.5 107 19 9 36
Lg Rank Offense 11 11 3 3 5 11 12 14 29 24 9 19 19 25
Lg Rank Defense 27 15 17 4 6 22 26 15 23 29 31 24 32 25

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%
11 Drew Bledsoe* 30 QB 16 16 8-8-0 375 610 61.5 4359 24 3.9 15 2.5 73 7.1 6.8 11.6 272.4 86.0 54 369 6.0 5.7 8.1
10 Alex Van Pelt 32 2 0 2 2 100.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 79.2 0 0 2.5 2.5 0.0
Team Total 26.3 16 8-8-0 377 612 61.6 4364 24 3.9 15 2.5 73 7.1 6.8 11.6 272.8 86.0 54 369 6.0 5.7 8.1
Opp Total 16 281 495 56.8 3279 24 4.8 10 2.0 6.6 6.7 11.7 204.9 84.7 31 212 5.8 5.9

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* 24 RB 16 16 325 1438 13 34 4.4 89.9 20.3 43 309 7.2 1 26 2.7 19.3 1747 14 11
11 Drew Bledsoe* 30 QB 16 16 27 67 2 11 2.5 4.2 1.7 67 2 11
38 Shawn Bryson 26 6 0 13 35 0 10 2.7 5.8 2.2 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.5 44 0 1
37 Larry Centers 34 FB 16 7 11 56 2 13 5.1 3.5 0.7 43 388 9.0 0 25 2.7 24.3 444 2 0
35 Joe Burns 23 10 0 5 7 0 6 1.4 0.7 0.5 7 0 0
81 Peerless Price 26 WR 16 16 3 -13 0 1 -4.3 -0.8 0.2 94 1252 13.3 9 73 5.9 78.3 1239 9 2
33 Sammy Morris 25 16 0 2 5 0 5 2.5 0.3 0.1 3 48 16.0 0 18 0.2 3.0 53 0 0
80 Eric Moulds* 29 WR 16 15 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.4 0.1 100 1292 12.9 10 70 6.3 80.8 1299 10 1
8 Brian Moorman 26 P 16 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.4 0.1 -6 0 0
82 Josh Reed 22 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 509 13.8 2 42 2.3 31.8 509 2 1
85 Jay Riemersma 29 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 350 10.9 0 29 2.0 21.9 350 0 0
83 Dave Moore 33 te 14 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 141 8.8 2 19 1.1 10.1 141 2 0
41 Phillip Crosby 26 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 33 8.3 0 11 0.3 2.1 33 0 0
89 Charles Johnson 30 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 39 13.0 0 22 0.2 2.4 39 0 0
79 Ruben Brown* 30 LG 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.1 -0.4 -6 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 388 1596 17 34 4.1 99.8 24.3 377 4364 11.6 24 73 23.6 272.8 5960 41 29
Opp Total 16 473 2122 20 4.5 132.6 29.6 281 3067 10.9 24 17.6 191.7 5189 44 20

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
31 Charlie Rogers 26 RET 16 0 26 137 0 16 5.3 64 1280 1 90 20.0 1417
22 Nate Clements 23 RCB 16 16 4 20 0 11 5.0 20
41 Phillip Crosby 26 16 4 3 45 0 18 15.0 78
38 Shawn Bryson 26 6 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 62
35 Joe Burns 23 10 0 1 35 0 35 35.0 42
25 Tony Driver 25 6 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 27
33 Sammy Morris 25 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 53
Team Total 26.3 16 30 157 0 16 5.2 71 1405 1 90 19.8 7522
Opp Total 16 29 0 76 1634 2 21.5

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
1 Mike Hollis 30 K 16 0 8 7 10 8 10 7 5 3 33 25 75.8% 40 40 100.0%
8 Brian Moorman 26 P 16 0 66 2844 84 1 43.1
Team Total 26.3 16 8 7 10 8 10 7 5 3 33 25 75.8% 40 40 100.0% 66 2844 84 1 43.1
Opp Total 16 26 19 73.1% 46 44 95.7% 71 2833 39.9

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
59 London Fletcher 27 MLB 16 16 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 20 0 98 51
27 Coy Wire 24 SS 16 15 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 71 25
23 Pierson Prioleau 25 FS 16 16 1.0 0 0 0 0 4 67 22
93 Pat Williams 30 RDT 16 16 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 53 30
55 Eddie Robinson 32 RLB 16 15 1 21 0 21 0 49 33
22 Nate Clements 23 RCB 16 16 6 82 1 42 19 0 1 0 0 0 52 13
26 Antoine Winfield 25 LCB 13 13 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 51 5
94 Aaron Schobel 25 RDE 16 16 8.5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 35 16
21 Chris Watson 25 lcb 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 37 7
72 Chidi Ahanotu 32 LDE 16 14 5.0 0 0 1 17 0 30 14
98 Ron Edwards 23 LDT 16 16 2.5 2 0 1 0 1 25 14
53 Keith Newman 25 LLB 16 10 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 21 13
51 DaShon Polk 25 16 0 19 12
97 Justin Bannan 23 15 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 16 6
29 Jason Bostic 26 14 0 8 2
77 Kendrick Office 24 10 1 0 0 1 10 0 4 9
47 Ahmad Brooks 22 6 2 1 13 0 13 0 7 2
28 Kevin Thomas 24 6 1 1 31 0 31 0 8 0
96 Grant Irons 23 15 0 2.5 5 3
90 Ryan Denney 25 8 0 6 3
11 Drew Bledsoe* 30 QB 16 16 11 2 -8 0
20 Travis Henry* 24 RB 16 16 11 1 0 0
24 Billy Jenkins 28 15 1 2 3
68 Mike D. Williams 22 RT 14 14 0 4 0 0
81 Peerless Price 26 WR 16 16 2 1 0 0
80 Eric Moulds* 29 WR 16 15 1 1 0 0
79 Ruben Brown* 30 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
38 Shawn Bryson 26 6 0 1 0 0 0
82 Josh Reed 22 16 2 0 1 0 0 0
85 Jay Riemersma 29 TE 16 15 0 1 0 0
31 Charlie Rogers 26 RET 16 0 1 0 0 0
74 Marques Sullivan 24 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
70 Trey Teague 28 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 30.0 10 147 1 42 42 9 29 22 39 1 664 283
Opp Total 16 54 20 11

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
1 Mike Hollis 30 K 16 0 40 25 115
20 Travis Henry* 24 RB 16 16 13 1 14 84
80 Eric Moulds* 29 WR 16 15 10 10 60
81 Peerless Price 26 WR 16 16 9 9 54
11 Drew Bledsoe* 30 QB 16 16 2 2 12
37 Larry Centers 34 FB 16 7 2 2 12
83 Dave Moore 33 te 14 5 2 2 12
82 Josh Reed 22 16 2 2 2 12
22 Nate Clements 23 RCB 16 16 1 1 6
98 Ron Edwards 23 LDT 16 16 1 1 6
31 Charlie Rogers 26 RET 16 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.3 16 17 24 1 1 1 44 40 25 379
Opp Total 16 20 24 2 1 44 19 397