2012 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 344 points (21.5/g), 21st of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 435 points (27.2/g), 26th.
Differential of -91 points (-5.7/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 5.8-10.2.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.8/g), 27th.

Simple Rating System: Total -6.7, Offense: -0.9, Defense: -5.8, SoS: -1.0, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Chan Gailey

Offensive Coordinator: Curtis Modkins
Defensive Coordinator: Dave Wannstedt

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Sanders (Linebackers)

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

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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	344	5486	983	5.6	34	17	22	301	309	511	3269	24	17	6.0	176	442	2217	12	5.0	103	190	30.0	17.4	Own 27.3	2:32	5.3	28.8	1.7
Team Defense	435	5806	1042	5.6	21	9	31	349	306	536	3473	25	12	6.1	182	470	2333	23	5.0	136	186	37.1	17.7	Own 30.3	2:35	5.8	31.2	2.1
Lg Rank Offense	21	19			28	29		19		23	25	13	22	20		13	6	13	4			23	4	16	20	28	21	20
Lg Rank Defense	26	22			23	20		29		11	10	17	20	14		25	31	32	30			11	24	4	14	18	22	29

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	Sun	September 9	boxscore	L		0-1	@	New York Jets	28	48	20	390	195	195	4	21	384	266	118	1
2	Sun	September 16	boxscore	W		1-1		Kansas City Chiefs	35	17	15	379	178	201		25	422	272	150	3
3	Sun	September 23	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Cleveland Browns	24	14	19	344	206	138	1	17	240	207	33	2
4	Sun	September 30	boxscore	L		2-2		New England Patriots	28	52	19	438	340	98	6	33	580	333	247	2
5	Sun	October 7	boxscore	L		2-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	3	45	10	204	115	89	2	29	621	310	311	1
6	Sun	October 14	boxscore	W	OT	3-3	@	Arizona Cardinals	19	16	19	306	141	165	2	20	332	150	182	2
7	Sun	October 21	boxscore	L		3-4		Tennessee Titans	34	35	22	382	216	166	2	21	390	193	197
8								Bye Week
9	Sun	November 4	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Houston Texans	9	21	17	304	230	74	1	21	374	256	118
10	Sun	November 11	boxscore	L		3-6	@	New England Patriots	31	37	35	481	319	162	3	27	347	230	117
11	Thu	November 15	boxscore	W		4-6		Miami Dolphins	19	14	18	281	161	120		16	184	124	60	3
12	Sun	November 25	boxscore	L		4-7	@	Indianapolis Colts	13	20	16	304	169	135	1	22	312	225	87	2
13	Sun	December 2	boxscore	W		5-7		Jacksonville Jaguars	34	18	20	344	112	232	2	21	236	186	50	2
14	Sun	December 9	boxscore	L		5-8		St. Louis Rams	12	15	17	281	220	61	2	17	285	207	78	1
15	Sun	December 16	boxscore	L		5-9		Seattle Seahawks	17	50	21	333	215	118	3	22	466	196	270
16	Sun	December 23	boxscore	L		5-10	@	Miami Dolphins	10	24	17	381	227	154	4	18	301	119	182
17	Sun	December 30	boxscore	W		6-10		New York Jets	28	9	16	334	225	109	1	19	332	199	133	2

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	30	QB	16	15	6-10-0	306	505	60.6	3400	24	4.8	16	3.2	68	6.7	6.3	11.1	212.5	83.3	45.77	30	161	6.05	5.61	5.6	0	1
4	Tyler Thigpen	28		4	0		3	5	60.0	30	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	6.0	6.0	10.0	7.5	77.1	63.09	0	0	6.00	6.00	0.0
16	Brad Smith	29	wr	15	2		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	83.47	0	0	0.00	-45.00	0.0
	Team Total	26.3		16		6-10-0	309	511	60.5	3430	24	4.7	17	3.3	68	6.7	6.2	11.1	214.4	82.2		30	161	6.04	5.52	5.5	0	1
	Opp Total			16			306	536	57.1	3669	25	4.7	12	2.2		6.8	6.77	12.0	229.3	84.4		36	196	6.1	6.0	6.3

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
28	C.J. Spiller	25	rb	16	7	207	1244	6	62	6.0	77.8	12.9	43	459	10.7	2	66	2.7	28.7	1703	8	3
22	Fred Jackson	31	RB	10	7	115	437	3	15	3.8	43.7	11.5	34	217	6.4	1	34	3.4	21.7	654	4	5
14	Ryan Fitzpatrick	30	QB	16	15	48	197	1	20	4.1	12.3	3.0								197	1	8
20	Tashard Choice	28		11	0	47	193	1	22	4.1	17.5	4.3	4	9	2.3	0	5	0.4	0.8	202	1	0
16	Brad Smith	29	wr	15	2	14	116	1	35	8.3	7.7	0.9	14	152	10.9	2	35	0.9	10.1	268	3	1
29	Johnny White	24		3	0	8	34	0	9	4.3	11.3	2.7								34	0	0
11	T.J. Graham	23	WR	15	11	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.3	0.1	31	322	10.4	1	51	2.1	21.5	327	1	0
42	Dorin Dickerson	24		10	0	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0	-0.8	0.1	9	117	13.0	0	24	0.9	11.7	109	0	1
4	Tyler Thigpen	28		4	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.3	0.3								-1	0	0
13	Steve Johnson	26	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	79	1046	13.2	6	63	4.9	65.4	1046	6	1
84	Scott Chandler	27	TE	15	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	43	571	13.3	6	43	2.9	38.1	571	6	2
19	Donald Jones	25	WR	12	10	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	41	443	10.8	4	68	3.4	36.9	443	4	1
82	Ruvell Martin	30		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	41	10.3	0	16	0.3	2.9	41	0	0
85	Lee Smith	25	te/wr	16	7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	13	3.3	2	5	0.3	0.8	13	2	0
86	David Nelson	26	te	1	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	31	15.5	0	21	2.0	31.0	31	0	0
38	Corey McIntyre	33	fb	13	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.7	9	0	0
	Team Total	26.3		16		442	2217	12	62	5.0	138.6	27.6	309	3430	11.1	24	68	19.3	214.4	5647	36	23
	Opp Total			16		470	2333	23		5.0	145.8	29.4	306	3473	11.3	25		19.1	217.1	5806	48	26

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
21	Leodis McKelvin	27	lcb	13	4	23	431	2	88	18.7	18	510	0	59	28.3	941
16	Brad Smith	29	wr	15	2						18	496	1	89	27.6	764
26	Justin Rogers	24	cb	16	1	3	14	0	14	4.7	2	55	0	28	27.5	69
81	Marcus Easley	26		3	0						2	75	0	55	37.5	75
92	Alex Carrington	25		15	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
85	Lee Smith	25	te/wr	16	7						1	0	0	0	0.0	13
	Team Total	26.3		16		26	445	2	88	17.1	42	1136	1	89	27.0	7228
	Opp Total			16		35		2			51	1144	1		22.4

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
6	Shawn Powell	24	p	13	0																	65	2860	62	0	44.0
9	Rian Lindell	35	k	16	0	1	1	3	3	11	10	7	6	2	1	24	21	87.5%	39	39	100.0%
8	Brian Moorman	36	p	3	0																	15	682	66	0	45.5
	Team Total	26.3		16		1	1	3	3	11	10	7	6	2	1	24	21	87.5%	39	39	100.0%	80	3542	66	0	44.3
	Opp Total			16												28	21	75.0%	51	50	98.0%	72	0		0	0.0

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
50	Nick Barnett	31	WLB	16	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	72	40
37	George Wilson	31	SS	16	16		0	0	0	0	5						73	25
31	Jairus Byrd	26	FS	16	14		5	81	0	45	6	4	0	2	0	0	53	23
55	Kelvin Sheppard	24	MLB	16	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	1						53	24
43	Bryan Scott	31	lb	16	1		4	66	1	32	8	1	0	2	8	0	44	19
27	Stephon Gilmore	23	RCB	16	13		1	23	0	23	16	2	0	0	0	0	51	9
94	Mario Williams	27	LDE	16	16	10.5	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	37	9
53	Nigel Bradham	23	SLB	16	11		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	28	21
95	Kyle Williams	29	dt/RDT	16	5	5.0	0	0	0	0	2						27	19
99	Marcell Dareus	23	dt/LDT	16	16	5.5	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	26	13
26	Justin Rogers	24	cb	16	1		1	-1	0	-1	5	0	1	0	0	0	31	5
23	Aaron Williams	22	LCB	11	10		0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	25	8
25	Da'Norris Searcy	24		15	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	22	13
54	Kyle Moore	26	rde	12	7	3.0											14	10
21	Leodis McKelvin	27	lcb	13	4		1	9	0	9	3						19	1
92	Alex Carrington	25		15	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	12	7
91	Spencer Johnson	31		15	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	9
52	Arthur Moats	24	slb	14	4												13	5
56	Shawne Merriman	28		10	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1						11	6
90	Chris Kelsay	33	rde	9	3	2.0											12	2	1
33	Ron Brooks	24	lcb	9	2		0	0	0	0	4						12	1
93	Mark Anderson	29	rde	6	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1						9	1
24	Terrence McGee	32		7	0		0	0	0	0	2						6	2
14	Ryan Fitzpatrick	30	QB	16	15							0	8	2	0	0
22	Fred Jackson	31	RB	10	7							0	5	0	0	0
51	Chris White	23		14	0												2	0
84	Scott Chandler	27	TE	15	13							0	2	1	0	0
28	C.J. Spiller	25	rb	16	7							0	3	0	0	0
29	Crezdon Butler	25		6	0							1	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Steve Johnson	26	WR	16	16							1	1	1	0	0
30	Mana Silva	24		7	0												1	0
16	Brad Smith	29	wr	15	2							0	1	1	-15	0
42	Dorin Dickerson	24		10	0							0	1	0	0	0
19	Donald Jones	25	WR	12	10							0	1	0	0	0
38	Corey McIntyre	33	fb	13	2							0	0	1	0	0
70	Eric Wood	26	C	14	14							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	26.3		16		36.0	12	178	1	45	78	20	23	15	-7	0	664	272	1
	Opp Total			16		30						0	26	9	0	0

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
9	Rian Lindell	35	k	16	0								39	21		102
28	C.J. Spiller	25	rb	16	7	6	2				8					48
84	Scott Chandler	27	TE	15	13		6				6					36
13	Steve Johnson	26	WR	16	16		6				6					36
22	Fred Jackson	31	RB	10	7	3	1				4					24
19	Donald Jones	25	WR	12	10		4				4					24
16	Brad Smith	29	wr	15	2	1	2		1		4					24
21	Leodis McKelvin	27	lcb	13	4			2			2					12
85	Lee Smith	25	te/wr	16	7		2				2					12
20	Tashard Choice	28		11	0	1					1					6
14	Ryan Fitzpatrick	30	QB	16	15	1					1					6
11	T.J. Graham	23	WR	15	11		1				1					6
43	Bryan Scott	31	lb	16	1					1	1					6
90	Chris Kelsay	33	rde	9	3										1	2
	Team Total	26.3		16		12	24	2	1	1	40		39	21	1	344
	Opp Total			16		23	25	2	1			2	50	21		435

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