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1988 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marv Levy (12-4-0)

Points For: 329 (20.6/g) 14th of 28

Points Against: 237 (14.8/g) 3rd of 28

Expected W-L: 11.0-5.0

SRS: 6.36 (4th of 28), SOS: .61

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 17-10 vs. Houston Oilers
Lost Conference Championship 10-21 vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Offensive Coordinator: Jim Ringo

Defensive Coordinator: Walt Corey

Other Notable Asst.: Ted Cottrell (Defensive Line) and Ted Tollner (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Rich Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager: Bill Polian

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000

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	329	5315	1012	5.3	33	16	313	271	454	3182	15	17	6.6	161	528	2133	15	4.0	137	109	824	15
Opp. Stats	237	4578	971	4.7	32	17	299	250	448	2724	14	15	5.5	146	477	1854	14	3.9	114	90	713	39
Lg Rank Offense	14	12			10	16	11		23	15	20	7	6		6	7	12	12
Lg Rank Defense	3	4			19	7	12		3	4	6	23	7		13	12	10	11

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 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Minnesota Vikings	13	10	18	310	196	114	1	21	300	170	130	2
2	Sun	September 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Miami Dolphins	9	6	15	319	215	104	4	16	334	219	115	2
3	Sun	September 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	New England Patriots	16	14	18	254	149	105	2	14	264	159	105	3
4	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	36	28	22	398	282	116	3	25	408	314	94	5
5	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-1	@	Chicago Bears	3	24	13	217	217		1	22	423	260	163	2
6	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Indianapolis Colts	34	23	25	456	315	141	3	25	308	241	67	3
7	Mon	October 17	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1	@	New York Jets	37	14	24	427	292	135	1	10	199	154	45	2
8	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1		New England Patriots	23	20	18	339	149	190	4	20	223	47	176
9	Sun	October 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1		Green Bay Packers	28	0	18	261	66	195	3	10	131	54	77	4
10	Sun	November 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1	@	Seattle Seahawks	13	3	18	336	194	142	2	10	145	73	72	2
11	Mon	November 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-1	@	Miami Dolphins	31	6	29	416	211	205		15	257	224	33	3
12	Sun	November 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	11-1		New York Jets	9	6	20	341	112	229	2	16	259	119	140	1
13	Sun	November 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	21	35	21	353	243	110	4	34	455	223	232
14	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-3	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5	10	16	273	234	39	2	19	253	143	110
15	Sun	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3		Los Angeles Raiders	37	21	24	367	112	255		17	318	207	111	3
16	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-4	@	Indianapolis Colts	14	17	14	248	195	53	1	25	301	117	184
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 1	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		13-4		Houston Oilers	17	10	18	372	237	135	1	20	351	226	125	3
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 8	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		13-5	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	21	10	181	136	45	3	23	249	74	175	2

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	Jim Kelly	28	QB	16	16	12-4-0	269	452	59.5	3380	15	3.3	17	3.8	66	7.5	6.45	12.6	211.3	78.2	30	229	6.22	6.54	5.57	3	5	PB
2	Robb Riddick	31	RB	15	0		2	2	100.0	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	15.5	15.50	15.5	2.1	118.7	0	0	0.00	15.50	15.50	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	271	454	59.7	3182	15	3.3	17	3.7	66	7.5	5.98	12.6	198.9	78.5	30	229	6.20	6.57	5.61	3	5

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	Jim Kelly	28	QB	2	2	1-1-0	33	63	52.4	407	1	1.6	4	6.3	53	6.5	3.92	12.3	203.5	51.5	4	34	5.97	5.57	3.18	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	33	63	52.4	373	1	1.6	4	6.3	28	5.4	3.38	11.6	186.5	35.1	4	34	5.97	4.12	0.64

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	Thurman Thomas	22	RB	15	15	207	881	2	37	4.3	58.7	13.8	18	208	11.6	0	34	1.2	13.9	225	4.8	1089	2	9
2	Andre Reed	24	WR	15	14	6	64	0	36	10.7	4.3	0.4	71	968	13.6	6	65	4.7	64.5	77	13.4	1032	6	1	PB
3	Robb Riddick	31	RB	15	0	111	438	12	21	3.9	29.2	7.4	30	282	9.4	1	26	2.0	18.8	141	5.1	720	13	3
4	Ronnie Harmon	24	RB	16	1	57	212	1	32	3.7	13.3	3.6	37	427	11.5	3	36	2.3	26.7	94	6.8	639	4	2
5	Trumaine Johnson	28	WR	16	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	514	13.9	0	49	2.3	32.1	37	13.9	514	0	1
6	Pete Metzelaars	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	33	438	13.3	1	35	2.1	27.4	33	13.3	438	1	0
7	Chris Burkett	26	WR	11	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	354	15.4	1	34	2.1	32.2	23	15.4	354	1	0
8	Jamie Mueller	24	FB	15	15	81	296	0	20	3.7	19.7	5.4	8	42	5.3	0	17	0.5	2.8	89	3.8	338	0	2
9	Flip Johnson	25	WR	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	170	18.9	1	66	0.8	15.5	9	18.9	170	1	1
10	Jim Kelly	28	QB	16	16	35	154	0	20	4.4	9.6	2.2	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.3	36	4.4	159	0	5	PB
11	Carl Byrum	25	RB	15	1	28	91	0	11	3.3	6.1	1.9	2	0	0.0	0		0.1	0.0	30	3.0	91	0	1
12	Butch Rolle	24	TE	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	3	1.5	2	2	0.1	0.2	2	1.5	3	2	0
13	Frank Reich	27	QB	3	0	3	-3	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-1.0	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	528	2133	15	37	4.0	133.3	33.0	271	3411	12.6	15	66	16.9	213.2	799	6.9	5544	30	26

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	Andre Reed	24	WR	2	2	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5	11	146	13.3	1	53	5.5	73.0	12	12.1	145	1	0
2	Ronnie Harmon	24	RB	2	0	2	8	0	7	4.0	4.0	1.0	8	76	9.5	0	17	4.0	38.0	10	8.4	84	0	0
3	Thurman Thomas	22	RB	2	2	11	81	1	40	7.4	40.5	5.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	7.4	81	1	0
4	Trumaine Johnson	28	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	79	15.8	0	26	2.5	39.5	5	15.8	79	0	0
5	Chris Burkett	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	55	18.3	0	26	3.0	55.0	3	18.3	55	0	0
6	Jamie Mueller	24	FB	2	2	15	45	0	14	3.0	22.5	7.5	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.5	1.0	16	2.9	47	0	0
7	Robb Riddick	31	RB	2	0	10	16	1	5	1.6	8.0	5.0	3	28	9.3	0	14	1.5	14.0	13	3.4	44	1	0
8	Jim Kelly	28	QB	2	2	5	28	0	10	5.6	14.0	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	5.6	28	0	0
9	Pete Metzelaars	28	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	21	10.5	0	14	1.0	10.5	2	10.5	21	0	0
10	Carl Byrum	25	RB	2	0	2	3	0	3	1.5	1.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.5	3	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	46	180	2	16	3.9	90.0	23.0	33	407	12.3	1	53	16.5	203.5	79	7.4	587	3	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	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Cornelius Bennett	23	LOLB	16	16	2	30	0	30	3	0	3	0	0	9.5	103	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-4
2	Ray Bentley	28	RILB	16	16	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	1.0		0
3	Joe Devlin	34	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
4	Jim Kelly	28	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0		5	0	0	0	0.0		0	PB
5	Mark Kelso	25	FS	16	16	7	180	1	78		0	0	0	0	0.0		0
6	Pete Metzelaars	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
7	Nate Odomes	23	RCB	16	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	44	0
8	Fred Smerlas	31	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	1	4	0	4.0		0	PB
9	Will Wolford	24	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
10	Jamie Mueller	24	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0.0		0
11	Art Still	33	LDE	15	15	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	6.0		0
12	Darryl Talley	28	ROLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2.5	73	0
13	Thurman Thomas	22	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0		9	1	0	0	0.0		0
14	Andre Reed	24	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0	PB
15	Derrick Burroughs	26	LCB	14	13	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
16	Shane Conlan	24	LILB	13	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.5	84	0	PB,AP-2
17	Bruce Smith	25	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	56	1	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-4
18	Leonard Smith	28	SS	13	12	1	14	0	14		0	0	0	0	1.0		0
19	Trumaine Johnson	28	WR	16	10	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
20	Leon Seals	24	RDE	16	5	0	0	0	0		0	3	7	1	2.0		0
21	Wayne Davis	25	DB	16	3	1	3	0	3		0	0	0	0	0.0		0
22	Scott Radecic	26	LB	16	3	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	1.5	57	0
23	Carl Byrum	25	RB	15	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
24	Hal Garner	26	LB	12	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.0		0
25	Ronnie Harmon	24	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0.0		0
26	Sherman Cocroft	27	DB	13	0	1	17	0	17		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
27	Flip Johnson	25	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
28	Robb Riddick	31	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0		3	4	0	0	0.0		0
29	Erroll Tucker	24	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
30	Jeff Wright	25	NT	15	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	5.0	22	0
	Team Totals			16	16	15	0	1			26	10	11	1	46		1

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	Mark Kelso	25	FS	2	2	2	53	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Bruce Smith	25	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0
3	Ray Bentley	28	RILB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Derrick Burroughs	26	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Kent Hull	27	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Jim Kelly	28	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Art Still	33	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
8	Darryl Talley	28	ROLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
9	Steve Tasker	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2						1	0	0	0	5		0

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