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2009 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 258 points (16.1/g), 28th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 326 points (20.4/g), 16th.
 Differential of -68 points (-4.2/g), 23rd.
 Expected W-L: 5.8-10.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 11th.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.8, Offense: -4.5, Defense: 2.7, SoS: 2.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Perry Fewell and Dick Jauron

 Offensive Coordinator: Alex Van Pelt
 Defensive Coordinator: Perry Fewell

 Other Notable Asst.: Nathaniel Hackett (Offensive Quality Control), Bob Sanders (Defensive Line) and Eric Studesville (Running Backs)

Training Camp: St. John Fisher College (Pittsford, New York)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing Average Drive
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD #Dr Sc% TO% Start Time Plays Yds Pts
Team Offense 258 4382 911 4.8 30 11 26 233 256 441 2515 17 19 5.2 126 424 1867 6 4.4 81 188 27.1 13.8 Own 31.1 2:24 5.0 23.3 1.3
Team Defense 326 5449 1086 5.0 33 5 19 310 295 519 2948 14 28 5.4 157 535 2501 19 4.7 134 192 28.6 13.5 Own 30.0 2:43 5.8 28.3 1.5
Lg Rank Offense 28 30 20 17 32 31 30 23 23 27 21 16 29 9 25 15 25 24 30 30 26
Lg Rank Defense 16 19 5 32 22 13 2 2 2 2 31 30 28 30 23 5 15 25 26 14 12

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 14 boxscore L 0-1 @ New England Patriots 24 25 17 276 186 90 1 28 441 368 73 1
2 Sun September 20 boxscore W 1-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33 20 25 438 220 218 2 19 353 296 57 2
3 Sun September 27 boxscore L 1-2 New Orleans Saints 7 27 13 243 154 89 2 21 378 156 222 1
4 Sun October 4 boxscore L 1-3 @ Miami Dolphins 10 38 10 206 160 46 3 25 336 86 250
5 Sun October 11 boxscore L 1-4 Cleveland Browns 3 6 13 288 143 145 3 9 193 22 171 1
6 Sun October 18 boxscore W OT 2-4 @ New York Jets 16 13 20 296 154 142 2 15 414 96 318 6
7 Sun October 25 boxscore W 3-4 @ Carolina Panthers 20 9 9 167 114 53 20 425 309 116 4
8 Sun November 1 boxscore L 3-5 Houston Texans 10 31 9 204 107 97 2 24 439 257 182 3
9 Bye Week
10 Sun November 15 boxscore L 3-6 @ Tennessee Titans 17 41 14 296 207 89 2 20 378 210 168 1
11 Sun November 22 boxscore L 3-7 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 15 18 14 343 290 53 3 19 310 208 102 2
12 Sun November 29 boxscore W 4-7 Miami Dolphins 31 14 20 336 207 129 1 23 325 168 157 4
13 Thu December 3 boxscore L 4-8 New York Jets 13 19 10 194 71 123 2 17 331 82 249
14 Sun December 13 boxscore W 5-8 @ Kansas City Chiefs 16 10 13 273 73 200 3 16 354 202 152 4
15 Sun December 20 boxscore L 5-9 New England Patriots 10 17 16 241 136 105 1 19 224 115 109 1
16 Sun December 27 boxscore L 5-10 @ Atlanta Falcons 3 31 11 178 138 40 3 24 391 234 157
17 Sun January 3 boxscore W 6-10 Indianapolis Colts 30 7 19 403 155 248 11 157 132 25 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
14 Ryan Fitzpatrick 27 QB 10 8 4-4-0 127 227 55.9 1422 9 4.0 10 4.4 98 6.3 5.1 11.2 142.2 69.7 28.97 21 127 5.22 4.13 8.5 1 2
5 Trent Edwards 26 qb 8 7 2-5-0 110 183 60.1 1169 6 3.3 7 3.8 46 6.4 5.3 10.6 146.1 73.8 28.26 23 139 5.00 4.05 11.2
4 Brian Brohm 24 qb 2 1 0-1-0 17 29 58.6 146 0 0.0 2 6.9 15 5.0 1.9 8.6 73.0 43.2 10.19 2 8 4.45 1.55 6.5
22 Fred Jackson 28 KR/RB 16 11 1 1 100.0 27 1 100.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 47.0 27.0 1.7 158.3 75.22 0 0 27.00 47.00 0.0
8 Brian Moorman 33 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 25 1 100.0 0 0.0 25 25.0 45.0 25.0 1.6 158.3 100 0 0 25.00 45.00 0.0
Team Total 26.5 16 6-10-0 256 441 58.0 2789 17 3.9 19 4.3 98 6.3 5.2 10.9 174.3 71.7 46 274 5.16 4.11 9.4 1 2
Opp Total 16 295 519 56.8 3137 14 2.7 28 5.4 6.0 4.16 10.6 196.1 61.1 32 189 5.4 3.6 5.8

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
22 Fred Jackson 28 KR/RB 16 11 237 1062 2 43 4.5 66.4 14.8 46 371 8.1 2 21 2.9 23.2 1433 4 4
23 Marshawn Lynch 23 rb 13 6 120 450 2 47 3.8 34.6 9.2 28 179 6.4 0 35 2.2 13.8 629 2 3
14 Ryan Fitzpatrick 27 QB 10 8 31 141 1 31 4.5 14.1 3.1 141 1 3
5 Trent Edwards 26 qb 8 7 14 106 0 20 7.6 13.3 1.8 106 0 1
81 Terrell Owens 36 WR 16 16 6 54 1 29 9.0 3.4 0.4 55 829 15.1 5 98 3.4 51.8 883 6 1
38 Corey McIntyre 30 fb 15 4 5 34 0 25 6.8 2.3 0.3 7 55 7.9 0 18 0.5 3.7 89 0 0
44 Xavier Omon 24 5 0 5 22 0 7 4.4 4.4 1.0 22 0 0
4 Brian Brohm 24 qb 2 1 3 -3 0 -1 -1.0 -1.5 1.5 -3 0 0
11 Roscoe Parrish 27 PR 12 0 2 4 0 9 2.0 0.3 0.2 3 34 11.3 0 16 0.3 2.8 38 0 5
17 Justin Jenkins 29 12 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 -3 0 0
83 Lee Evans 28 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 612 13.9 7 50 2.8 38.3 612 7 0
82 Josh Reed 29 wr 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 291 10.8 1 29 1.9 20.8 291 1 3
89 Shawn Nelson 24 TE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 156 9.2 1 25 1.4 13.0 156 1 2
86 Derek Fine 26 te 8 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 64 7.1 0 11 1.1 8.0 64 0 0
80 Derek Schouman 24 te 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 103 11.4 0 27 4.5 51.5 103 0 0
88 Jonathan Stupar 25 te 14 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 40 6.7 0 17 0.4 2.9 40 0 0
13 Steve Johnson 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 10 5.0 0 5 0.4 2.0 10 0 0
92 Ryan Denney 32 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 25 25.0 1 25 0.1 1.6 25 1 0
84 James Hardy 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.5 4.5 9 0 0
87 Joe Klopfenstein 26 te 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 1.0 11.0 11 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 424 1867 6 47 4.4 116.7 26.5 256 2789 10.9 17 98 16.0 174.3 4656 23 24
Opp Total 16 535 2501 19 4.7 156.3 33.4 295 2948 10.0 14 18.4 184.3 5449 33 21

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Fred Jackson 28 KR/RB 16 11 6 69 0 27 11.5 41 1014 0 71 24.7 2516
11 Roscoe Parrish 27 PR 12 0 24 133 0 31 5.5 11 258 0 31 23.5 429
28 Leodis McKelvin 24 db 3 3 5 121 0 33 24.2 121
17 Justin Jenkins 29 12 0 3 45 0 19 15.0 42
82 Josh Reed 29 wr 14 4 3 0 0 0 0.0 291
13 Steve Johnson 23 5 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 22
24 Terrence McGee 29 LCB 11 10 1 30 0 30 30.0 30
44 Xavier Omon 24 5 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 48
88 Jonathan Stupar 25 te 14 2 1 11 0 11 11.0 51
Team Total 26.5 16 33 218 0 31 6.6 64 1517 0 71 23.7 6391
Opp Total 16 49 0 59 1271 0 21.5

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 33 P 16 0 90 4192 73 0 46.6
9 Rian Lindell 32 K 16 0 12 12 9 9 9 6 3 1 33 28 84.8% 24 24 100.0%
Team Total 26.5 16 12 12 9 9 9 6 3 1 33 28 84.8% 24 24 100.0% 90 4192 73 0 46.6
Opp Total 16 28 22 78.6% 32 32 100.0% 78 3214 41.2

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
51 Paul Posluszny 25 MLB 12 12 1.0 3 20 0 17 4 3 0 0 0 0 87 23
37 George Wilson 28 SS 16 12 2.0 4 23 0 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 62 33
43 Bryan Scott 28 llb/rcb 9 9 2.0 1 27 0 27 3 1 0 0 0 0 53 23
27 Reggie Corner 26 lcb 16 8 1 0 0 0 9 50 15
95 Kyle Williams 26 RDT 14 14 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 41 25
29 Drayton Florence 29 RCB 14 13 1 7 0 7 11 49 11
90 Chris Kelsay 30 LDE 16 16 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 41 21
94 Aaron Schobel 32 RDE 16 16 10.0 1 26 1 26 4 3 0 1 0 0 34 22
20 Donte Whitner 24 fs/ss 10 8 2 104 1 76 5 42 15
56 Keith Ellison 25 LLB 8 8 0 0 0 0 2 36 28
99 Marcus Stroud 31 LDT 15 15 2.0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 38 18
24 Terrence McGee 29 LCB 11 10 1 3 0 3 7 40 8
31 Jairus Byrd* 23 FS 14 11 9 118 0 37 11 30 12
91 Spencer Johnson 28 dt 16 3 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 33 10
52 Chris Draft 33 lb 11 3 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 28 14
92 Ryan Denney 32 16 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 11
55 Kawika Mitchell 30 RLB 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 17 10
53 Marcus Buggs 24 lb 5 2 13 7
58 Aaron Maybin 21 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 7
28 Leodis McKelvin 24 db 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 3
59 Ashlee Palmer 23 lb 14 2 8 5
57 Jon Corto 25 db 16 1 6 7
97 John McCargo 26 dt 11 1 7 4
26 Ashton Youboty 25 db 11 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 2
11 Roscoe Parrish 27 PR 12 0 0 5 3 -4 0 1 0
21 John Wendling 26 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7
89 Shawn Nelson 24 TE 12 12 0 2 2 0 0 2 0
82 Josh Reed 29 wr 14 4 0 3 1 0 0 2 0
23 Marshawn Lynch 23 rb 13 6 0 3 2 0 0 1 0
83 Lee Evans 28 WR 16 16 3 0
22 Fred Jackson 28 KR/RB 16 11 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
25 Ellis Lankster 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
47 Cary Harris 22 db 4 1 2 7 0 7 2 1 1
35 Todd Johnson 30 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
67 Andy Levitre 23 LG 16 16 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
81 Terrell Owens 36 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
77 Demetress Bell 25 LT 8 8 2 0
73 Kirk Chambers 30 RT 14 9 2 0
86 Derek Fine 26 te 8 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
93 Chris Ellis 24 3 0 0 3
14 Ryan Fitzpatrick 27 QB 10 8 0 3 0 -1 0
63 Geoff Hangartner 27 C 16 16 1 0
75 Corey Mace 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
50 Josh Stamer 32 2 0 0 2
5 Trent Edwards 26 qb 8 7 0 1 0 0 0
Nate Harris 26 lb 15 2 0 0 1 16 0
17 Justin Jenkins 29 12 0 0 1
Team Total 26.5 16 31.0 28 335 2 76 82 13 24 16 11 0 781 354
Opp Total 16 46 21 16 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
9 Rian Lindell 32 K 16 0 24 28 108
83 Lee Evans 28 WR 16 16 7 7 42
81 Terrell Owens 36 WR 16 16 1 5 6 36
22 Fred Jackson 28 KR/RB 16 11 2 2 4 24
23 Marshawn Lynch 23 rb 13 6 2 2 12
92 Ryan Denney 32 16 0 1 1 6
14 Ryan Fitzpatrick 27 QB 10 8 1 1 6
89 Shawn Nelson 24 TE 12 12 1 1 6
82 Josh Reed 29 wr 14 4 1 1 6
94 Aaron Schobel 32 RDE 16 16 1 1 6
20 Donte Whitner 24 fs/ss 10 8 1 1 6
Team Total 26.5 16 6 17 2 25 24 28 258
Opp Total 16 19 14 2 32 22 1 326