1987 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 7-8-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 270 points (18.0/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 305 points (20.3/g), 12th.
Differential of -35 points (-2.3/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 6.4-8.6.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.8/g), 24th.

Coached by Marv Levy (7-8-0)

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1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 13	box	L	0-1		New York Jets	28	31	23	359	292	67	1	26	394	261	133	1
2	Sun	September 20	box	W	1-1		Houston Oilers	34	30	30	383	248	135	2	19	327	130	197	1
3	Sun	October 4	box	L	1-2		Indianapolis Colts	6	47	14	163	82	81	7	28	463	297	166	2
4	Sun	October 11	box	L	1-3	@	New England Patriots	7	14	14	168	61	107	5	15	256	43	213	1
5	Sun	October 18	box	W	2-3		New York Giants	6	3	22	331	164	167	7	19	308	180	128	2
6	Sun	October 25	box	W	3-3	@	Miami Dolphins	34	31	29	474	330	144		21	366	296	70	2
7	Sun	November 1	box	L	3-4		Washington Redskins	7	27	14	280	259	21	4	24	406	107	299	1
8	Sun	November 8	box	W	4-4		Denver Broncos	21	14	25	428	170	258	3	12	215	139	76	2
9	Sun	November 15	box	L	4-5	@	Cleveland Browns	21	27	17	267	206	61	2	24	421	337	84	3
10	Sun	November 22	box	W	5-5	@	New York Jets	17	14	15	331	204	127	1	21	318	192	126	1
11	Sun	November 29	box	W	6-5		Miami Dolphins	27	0	21	446	217	229		13	229	206	23	3
12	Sun	December 6	box	L	6-6	@	Los Angeles Raiders	21	34	19	387	303	84	1	29	494	350	144
13	Sun	December 13	box	W	7-6	@	Indianapolis Colts	27	3	25	385	167	218	4	9	130	97	33	6
14	Sun	December 20	box	L	7-7		New England Patriots	7	13	12	148	64	84	2	15	235	85	150	3
15	Sun	December 27	box	L	7-8	@	Philadelphia Eagles	7	17	14	191	134	57	4	22	344	134	210	3

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	270	4741	1018	4.7	294	292	516	2901	21	19	5.2	151	465	1840	9	4.0	111	43	24	32
Team Defense	305	4906	1022	4.8	480	249	447	2854	25	17	5.9	162	541	2052	11	3.8	297	31	14	21
Lg Rank Offense	24	16			12		7	18	15	15	24		17	17	23	16		25	27
Lg Rank Defense	12	12			17		4	9	20	17	15		27	22	11	11		20	16

Passing

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

	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%
Jim Kelly*	27	QB	12	12	6-6-0	250	419	59.7	2798	19	4.5	11	2.6	47	6.7	5.9	11.2	233.2	83.8	27	239	5.7	5.1	6.1
Brian McClure	24		1	1	1-0-0	20	38	52.6	181	0	0.0	3	7.9	30	4.8	1.2	9.1	181.0	32.9	2	17	4.1	0.7	5.0
Willie Totten	25		2	1	0-1-0	13	33	39.4	155	2	6.1	2	6.1	37	4.7	2.6	11.9	77.5	49.4	5	62	2.4	0.6	13.2
Dan Manucci	30		3	1	0-1-0	7	21	33.3	68	0	0.0	2	9.5	15	3.2	-1.0	9.7	22.7	3.8	3	27	1.7	-2.0	12.5
Mark Miller	25		1	0		1	3	33.3	9	0	0.0	1	33.3	9	3.0	-12.0	9.0	9.0	2.8	0	0	3.0	-12.0	0.0
John Kidd	26	P	12	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
Robb Riddick	30		6	1		1	1	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	35.0	35.0	35.0	5.8	118.7	0	0	35.0	35.0	0.0
Team Total	25.6		15		7-8-0	292	516	56.6	3246	21	4.1	19	3.7	47	6.3	5.0	11.1	249.7	73.7	37	345	5.2	4.1	6.7
Opp Total			15			249	447	55.7	2854	25	5.6	17	3.8		6.4	5.2	11.5	190.3	77.9	34	267	5.9	4.3

Rushing & Receiving

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

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
Ronnie Harmon	23	RB	12	10	116	485	2	21	4.2	40.4	9.7	56	477	8.5	2	42	4.7	39.8	962	4	2
Jamie Mueller	23	fb	12	6	82	354	2	20	4.3	29.5	6.8	3	13	4.3	0	11	0.3	1.1	367	2	5
Carl Byrum	24	FB	13	8	66	280	0	30	4.2	21.5	5.1	3	23	7.7	0	20	0.2	1.8	303	0	4
Robb Riddick	30		6	1	59	221	5	25	3.7	36.8	9.8	15	96	6.4	3	17	2.5	16.0	317	8	2
Ricky Porter	27		9	0	47	177	0	13	3.8	19.7	5.2	9	70	7.8	0	26	1.0	7.8	247	0	0
Jim Kelly*	27	QB	12	12	29	133	0	24	4.6	11.1	2.4	1	35	35.0	0	35	0.1	2.9	168	0	6
Greg Bell	25		2	2	14	60	0	11	4.3	30.0	7.0	4	37	9.3	0	12	2.0	18.5	97	0	1
Johnny Shepherd	30		2	1	12	42	0	19	3.5	21.0	6.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.5	1.0	44	0	0
Willie Totten	25		2	1	12	11	0	7	0.9	5.5	6.0								11	0	9
Bruce King	24		3	2	9	28	0	8	3.1	9.3	3.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.3	1.0	31	0	0
Leonard Williams	27		2	0	9	25	0	9	2.8	12.5	4.5	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.5	2.5	30	0	0
Dan Manucci	30		3	1	4	6	0	9	1.5	2.0	1.3								6	0	1
Brian McClure	24		1	1	2	4	0	3	2.0	4.0	2.0								4	0	0
Kerry Porter	23		6	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.3								0	0	0
Andre Reed	23	WR	12	12	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	57	752	13.2	5	40	4.8	62.7	753	5	0
Rick Partridge	30		3	0	1	13	0	13	13.0	4.3	0.3								13	0	0
Chris Burkett	25	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	56	765	13.7	4	47	4.7	63.8	765	4	1
Pete Metzelaars	27	TE	12	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	28	290	10.4	0	34	2.3	24.2	290	0	3
Trumaine Johnson	27		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	15	186	12.4	2	26	1.3	15.5	186	2	0
Marc Brown	26		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	120	13.3	1	30	3.0	40.0	120	1	0
Sheldon Gaines	23		3	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	115	12.8	0	37	3.0	38.3	115	0	1
Keith McKeller	23		1	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	80	8.9	0	22	9.0	80.0	80	0	0
Walter Broughton	25		9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	90	18.0	1	39	0.6	10.0	90	1	0
Thad McFadden	25		3	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	41	10.3	1	13	1.3	13.7	41	1	0
Reggie Bynum	23		1	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	24	12.0	0	17	2.0	24.0	24	0	0
Butch Rolle	23		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	6	3.0	2	3	0.2	0.5	6	2	0
Veno Belk	24		2	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.5	3.5	7	0	0
Joe Chetti	24		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.5	4.5	9	0	0
Team Total	25.6		15		465	1840	9	30	4.0	141.5	35.8	292	3246	11.1	21	47	22.5	249.7	5086	30	42
Opp Total			15		541	2052	11		3.8	136.8	36.1	249	2854	11.5	25		16.6	190.3	4906	36	37

Kick & Punt Returns

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

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Ron Pitts	25	RET	12	3	23	149	0	19	6.5						149
Thad McFadden	25		3	2	8	83	0	23	10.4	7	121	0	26	17.3	245
Steve Tasker*	25	RET	12	0						11	197	0	39	17.9	197
Ricky Porter	27		9	0						8	219	0	40	27.4	466
Robb Riddick	30		6	1						7	151	0	31	21.6	468
Jamie Mueller	23	fb	12	6						5	74	0	20	14.8	441
John Armstrong	24		3	2						2	25	0	18	12.5	25
Marc Brown	26		3	0						2	35	0	18	17.5	155
Ronnie Harmon	23	RB	12	10						1	30	0	30	30.0	992
Scott Radecic	25	RILB	12	9						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
Butch Rolle	23		12	0						1	6	0	6	6.0	12
Team Total	25.6		15		31	232	0	23	7.5	45	872	0	40	19.4	6190
Opp Total			15		35		0			43	679	0		15.8

Kicking & Punting

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

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	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
John Kidd	26	P	12	0																	64	2495	67	0	39.0
Scott Norwood	27	K	12	0			4	3	6	4	5	3			15	10	66.7%	31	31	100.0%
Rick Partridge	30		3	0																	18	678	52	1	37.7
Todd Schlopy	26		3	0			1	1	3	1	1				5	2	40.0%	2	1	50.0%
Team Total	25.6		15				5	4	9	5	6	3			20	12	60.0%	33	32	97.0%	82	3173	67	1	38.7
Opp Total			15												20	15	75.0%	37	36	97.3%	88	3230			36.7

Defense & Fumbles

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

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Bruce Smith*+	24	RDE	12	12	12.0						3	0	2	15	1	78
Willie Totten	25		2	1								9	3	0	0
Cornelius Bennett	22	LOLB	8	7	8.5						5	0	0	0	0	69
Jim Kelly*	27	QB	12	12								6	2	0	0
Mark Kelso	24	FS	12	12		6	25	0	12			0	2	56	1
Ron Pitts	25	RET	12	3		3	19	0	12			3	1	0	0
Jamie Mueller	23	fb	12	6								5	1	-22	0
Carl Byrum	24	FB	13	8								4	1	0	0
Pete Metzelaars	27	TE	12	12								3	1	0	0
Scott Radecic	25	RILB	12	9		2	4	0	4		0	0	2	0	0	81
Sean McNanie	26	LDE	12	12	2.5							0	1	14	1
Leon Seals	23		13	1	3.5
John Armstrong	24		3	2	2.0							1	0	0	0
Derrick Burroughs	25	LCB	12	12		2	11	0	14			0	1	0	0
Robb Riddick	30		6	1								2	1	0	0			1
Dwight Drane	25	SS	11	6	1.0							0	1	0	0
Ronnie Harmon	23	RB	12	10								2	0	0	0
Nate Odomes	22	RCB	12	12							1	0	2	0	0	42
Darryl Talley	27	ROLB	12	12	1.0						0	0	1	1	0	79
Steve Tasker*	25	RET	12	0								2	0	0	0			1
Tim Vogler	31	RG	12	12								0	2	0	0
Scott Watters	22		3	3								0	2	0	0
Greg Bell	25		2	2								1	0	0	0
Ray Bentley	27		9	4	1.0
Chris Burkett	25	WR	12	12								1	0	0	0
Steve Clark	25		3	1		1	23	0	23
Will Cokeley	27		3	3		1	4	0	4
Wayne Davis	24		10	0		1	0	0	0
Sheldon Gaines	23		3	3								1	0	0	0
John Kaiser	25		12	0								0	1	0	0
Adam Lingner	27		12	0								0	1	0	0
Dan Manucci	30		3	1								1	0	-7	0
David Martin	28		3	2	1.0
Rick Partridge	30		3	0								0	1	0	0
Scott Schankweiler	24		3	3		1	7	0	7
Rick Schulte	24		3	3								0	1	0	0
Fred Smerlas	30	NT	12	12	1.0
Mark Walczak	25		2	0								1	0	0	0
Leonard Williams	27		2	0								0	1	0	0
Shane Conlan	23	LILB/lolb	12	12	0.5						1	0	0	0	0	114
Team Total	25.6		15		34.0	17	93	0	23		10	42	31	57	3	465		2
Opp Total			15		37							37	23					1

Scoring Summary

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

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Scott Norwood	27	K	12	0				31	10		61
Robb Riddick	30		6	1	5	3				1	50
Andre Reed	23	WR	12	12		5					30
Chris Burkett	25	WR	12	12		4					24
Ronnie Harmon	23	RB	12	10	2	2					24
Trumaine Johnson	27		12	0		2					12
Jamie Mueller	23	fb	12	6	2						12
Butch Rolle	23		12	0		2					12
Todd Schlopy	26		3	0				1	2		7
Walter Broughton	25		9	0		1					6
Marc Brown	26		3	0		1					6
Mark Kelso	24	FS	12	12			1				6
Thad McFadden	25		3	2		1					6
Sean McNanie	26	LDE	12	12			1				6
Bruce Smith*+	24	RDE	12	12			1				6
Steve Tasker*	25	RET	12	0						1	2
Team Total	25.6		15		9	21	3	32	12	2	270
Opp Total			15		11	25		36	15	1	305

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