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1981 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 3rd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Knox (10-6-0)

Points For: 311 (19.4/g) 20th of 28

Points Against: 276 (17.3/g) 6th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.1-6.9

SRS: 1.33 (15th of 28), SOS: -0.86

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 31-27 vs. New York Jets
Lost Divisional Round 21-28 vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Offensive Coordinator: Ray Prochaska

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Catlin

Other Notable Asst.: Chick Harris (Offensive Backs), Ralph Hawkins (Defensive Backs), Steve Moore (Special Teams) and Kay Stephenson (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Rich Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager/VP of Administration: Stew Barber

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000

Training Camp: SUNY Fredonia (Fredonia, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	311	5640	1043	5.4	38	18	315	253	503	3515	25	20	6.8	163	524	2125	13	4.1	127	114	1001	25
Opp. Stats	276	4945	1037	4.8	36	17	298	267	474	2870	21	19	5.5	154	516	2075	7	4.0	113	93	690	31
Lg Rank Offense	20	8			9	14	13		13	9	7	9	5		13	13	17	15
Lg Rank Defense	6	7			17	14	11		6	4	12	16	6		15	17	1	14

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New York Jets	31	0	25	418	236	182	1	8	231	129	102	2
2	Sun	September 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Baltimore Colts	35	3	26	430	261	169	3	11	147	74	73	3
3	Thu	September 17	8:30PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Philadelphia Eagles	14	20	17	277	187	90	3	24	396	236	160	3
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	2-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	24	27	25	389	287	102	1	30	429	316	113	2
5	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Baltimore Colts	23	17	22	366	137	229	1	23	378	245	133	2
6	Mon	October 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Miami Dolphins	31	21	22	454	338	116	1	22	324	225	99	4
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	New York Jets	14	33	14	288	242	46	3	21	374	174	200	1
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Denver Broncos	9	7	17	323	204	119	2	10	161	97	64
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Cleveland Browns	22	13	21	469	297	172	5	14	211	140	71	3
10	Mon	November 9	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	14	27	18	365	310	55	5	21	398	202	196	3
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5	@	St. Louis Cardinals	0	24	17	311	226	85	6	22	338	80	258	1
12	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5		New England Patriots	20	17	19	434	249	185	2	11	297	181	116	2
13	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5		Washington Redskins	21	14	18	229	41	188	2	19	293	202	91	5
14	Sun	December 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5	@	San Diego Chargers	28	27	19	318	234	84		28	482	337	145	2
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5	@	New England Patriots	19	10	20	329	137	192		16	204	107	97	2
16	Sat	December 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6	@	Miami Dolphins	6	16	15	240	129	111	3	18	282	125	157	1
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 27	12:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-6	@	New York Jets	31	27	15	321	230	91	4	23	419	348	71	5
Division	Sun	January 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	21	28	21	336	202	134	2	22	305	169	136

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Ferguson	31	QB	16	16	10-6-0	252	498	50.6	3652	24	4.8	20	4.0	67	7.3	6.49	14.5	228.3	74.1	15	137	2.92	6.85	6.03	2	2
2	Joe Cribbs	23	RB	15	15		1	1	100.0	9	1	100.0	0	0.0	9	9.0	29.00	9.0	0.6	143.7	0	0	0.00	9.00	29.00	0	0	PB
3	Roosevelt Leaks	28	FB	16	5		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
4	Nick Mike-Mayer	31	K	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
5	Matt Robinson	26	QB	15	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	1	9	33.33	-3.00	-3.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	253	503	50.3	3515	25	5.0	20	4.0	67	7.3	6.19	14.5	219.7	74.3	16	146	3.08	6.77	6.00	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Ferguson	31	QB	2	2	1-1-0	32	65	49.2	470	3	4.6	6	9.2	54	7.2	4.00	14.7	235.0	50.2	2	38	2.99	6.45	3.31	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	32	65	49.2	432	3	4.6	6	9.2	40	6.5	3.42	13.5	216.0	53.4	2	38	2.99	6.52	4.26

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Joe Cribbs	23	RB	15	15	257	1097	3	35	4.3	73.1	17.1	40	603	15.1	7	65	2.7	40.2	297	5.7	1700	10	12	PB
2	Frank Lewis	34	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	70	1244	17.8	4	33	4.4	77.8	70	17.8	1244	4	1	PB
3	Jerry Butler	24	WR	16	16	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	55	842	15.3	8	67	3.4	52.6	56	15.1	843	8	2
4	Roosevelt Leaks	28	FB	16	5	91	357	6	31	3.9	22.3	5.7	7	51	7.3	0	13	0.4	3.2	98	4.2	408	6	1
5	Roland Hooks	28	RB	16	1	51	250	3	19	4.9	15.6	3.2	10	140	14.0	2	37	0.6	8.8	61	6.4	390	5	1
6	Mark Brammer	23	TE	16	16	2	17	0	11	8.5	1.1	0.1	33	365	11.1	2	24	2.1	22.8	35	10.9	382	2	3
7	Curtis Brown	27	FB	14	8	62	226	0	13	3.6	16.1	4.4	7	46	6.6	1	10	0.5	3.3	69	3.9	272	1	4
8	Ron Jessie	33	WR	15	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	200	13.3	0	44	1.0	13.3	15	13.3	200	0	0
9	Lawrence McCutcheon	31	RB	6	3	34	138	0	12	4.1	23.0	5.7	5	40	8.0	0	17	0.8	6.7	39	4.6	178	0	1
10	Lou Piccone	32	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	65	13.0	0	16	0.4	4.6	5	13.0	65	0	0
11	Buster Barnett	23	TE	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	36	9.0	1	16	0.3	2.3	4	9.0	36	1	0
12	Joe Ferguson	31	QB	16	16	20	29	1	16	1.5	1.8	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	1.5	29	1	2
13	Robb Riddick	24	RB	10	0	3	29	0	12	9.7	2.9	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	9.7	29	0	1
14	Byron Franklin	23	WR	13	0	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.8	0.1	2	29	14.5	0	16	0.2	2.2	3	6.0	18	0	2
15	Matt Robinson	26	QB	15	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	1
16	Rod Kush	25	DB	16	0	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-6.0	-6	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	524	2125	13	35	4.1	132.8	32.8	253	3661	14.5	25	67	15.8	228.8	777	7.4	5786	38	33

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Joe Cribbs	23	RB	2	2	30	173	3	45	5.8	86.5	15.0	4	64	16.0	0	28	2.0	32.0	34	7.0	237	3	0
2	Frank Lewis	34	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	196	19.6	2	50	5.0	98.0	10	19.6	196	2	0
3	Jerry Butler	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	104	20.8	1	54	2.5	52.0	5	20.8	104	1	0
4	Roosevelt Leaks	28	FB	2	2	9	24	0	6	2.7	12.0	4.5	5	39	7.8	0	11	2.5	19.5	14	4.5	63	0	0
5	Roland Hooks	28	RB	1	0	9	30	0	7	3.3	30.0	9.0	2	15	7.5	0	9	2.0	15.0	11	4.1	45	0	0
6	Mark Brammer	23	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	40	8.0	0	14	2.5	20.0	5	8.0	40	0	0
7	Ron Jessie	33	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	1.0	12.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
8	Curtis Brown	27	FB	1	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
9	Joe Ferguson	31	QB	1	1	2	-4	0		-2.0	-4.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.0	-4	0	1
	Team Totals			2	2	50	225	3	18	4.5	112.5	25.0	32	470	14.7	3	54	16.0	235.0	82	8.5	695	6	1

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Mark Brammer	23	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jerry Butler	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Mario Clark	27	LCB	16	16	5	142	0	53	0	2	5	0	1.0	0
4	Joe Ferguson	31	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Will Grant	27	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jim Haslett	26	LILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Frank Lewis	34	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Isiah Robertson	32	ROLB	16	16	2	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
9	Charles Romes	27	RCB	16	16	4	113	0	35	1	2	11	0	0.0	0
10	Lucius Sanford	25	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
11	Bill Simpson	30	FS	16	16	4	42	0	42	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
12	Fred Smerlas	24	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	0	2.0	0	PB
13	Sherman White	33	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0
14	Ben Williams	27	LDE	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.0	1
15	Joe Cribbs	23	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
16	Ken Jones	29	LT	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Conrad Dobler	31	RG	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Shane Nelson	26	RILB	10	10	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
19	Jon Borchardt	24	LG	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Curtis Brown	27	FB	14	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Roosevelt Leaks	28	FB	16	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Phil Villapiano	32	LB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Lawrence McCutcheon	31	RB	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Roland Hooks	28	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Rufus Bess	25	DB	16	0	1	12	0	12	0	2	4	0	0.0	0
26	Byron Franklin	23	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Mike Humiston	22	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Darrell Irvin	24	DE	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
29	Ken Johnson	26	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.0	0
30	Rod Kush	25	DB	16	0	1	19	0	19	1	3	5	0	5.5	0
31	Nick Mike-Mayer	31	K	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Jeff Nixon	25	DB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
33	Ervin Parker	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
34	Lou Piccone	32	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
35	Robb Riddick	24	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
36	Matt Robinson	26	QB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	19	0	0		33	15	42	0	47	2

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Fred Smerlas	24	NT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0
2	Sherman White	33	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
3	Joe Ferguson	31	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Ken Jones	29	LT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Charles Romes	27	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	1	0.0	0	0
6	Bill Simpson	30	FS	1	1	2	12	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Phil Villapiano	32	LB	1	1	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Ben Williams	27	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
9	Rufus Bess	25	DB	1	0	1	49	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
10	Mike Humiston	22	LB	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
11	Ken Johnson	26	DE	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
12	Mike Kadish	31	NT	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2						1	0	0	1	9		0