1983 Buffalo Bills (NFL) |
| 2nd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 8-8-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Kay Stephenson |
| Jerry Glanville | Defensive Backs |
| Milt Jackson | Receivers |
| Don Lawrence | Defensive Line |
| Andy MacDonald | Running Backs |
| Miller McCalmon | Defensive Assistant/Special Teams |
| Perry Moss | Offensive Assistant |
| Jim Niblack | Offensive Line |
| Al Sandahl | Offensive Assistant |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1983 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 54735 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1983 | H | Cleveland Browns | 10-27 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 25886 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1983 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-16 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 41815 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1983 | H | Washington Redskins | 19-27 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 25851 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1983 | H | Miami Dolphins | 0-12 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 78715 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1983 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-6 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 46839 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1983 | H | Baltimore Colts | 28-23 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 40937 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1983 | H | Houston Oilers | 30-13 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 60070 | |
| Mon | 10/3/1983 | H | New York Jets | 10-34 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 79933 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1983 | A | Miami Dolphins | 38-35 | W | OT | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 59948 |
| Sun | 10/16/1983 | A | Baltimore Colts | 30-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 38565 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1983 | H | New England Patriots | 0-31 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 60424 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1983 | H | New Orleans Saints | 27-21 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 49413 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1983 | A | New England Patriots | 7-21 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 42604 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1983 | A | New York Jets | 24-17 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 48513 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1983 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | 24-27 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 72393 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1983 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-41 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 48246 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1983 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 14-9 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 27104 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1983 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-23 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 38039 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1983 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 14-31 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 31015 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 75 | Bill Acker | NT | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Texas | 11 | 0 |
| 84 | Buster Barnett | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 25 | Jackson State | 15 | 1 |
| 73 | Jon Borchardt | ROG | 6-5 | 265 | 26 | Montana State | 16 | 16 |
| 86 | Mark Brammer | TE | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Jerry Butler | WR | 6-0 | 178 | 26 | Clemson | 9 | 9 |
| 67 | Darryl Caldwell | OG-TE | 6-5 | 245 | 23 | Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | Greg Cater | P | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 16 | 0 |
| 29 | Mario Clark | LCB | 6-2 | 193 | 29 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Joe Cribbs | RB | 5-11 | 193 | 25 | Auburn | 16 | 16 |
| 63 | Justin Cross | ROT | 6-6 | 265 | 24 | Western Colorado | 15 | 13 |
| 18 | Joe Danelo | K | 5-9 | 166 | 30 | Washington State | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Julius Dawkins | WR | 6-1 | 196 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 2 |
| 11 | Joe Dufek | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 22 | Yale | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Joe Ferguson | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 33 | Arkansas | 16 | 16 |
| 28 | Judson Flint | S | 6-0 | 201 | 26 | California (Pennsylvania); Memphis | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Byron Franklin | WR | 6-1 | 184 | 25 | Auburn | 15 | 5 |
| 22 | Steve Freeman | SS-FS | 5-11 | 185 | 30 | Mississippi State | 16 | 16 |
| 53 | Will Grant | C | 6-3 | 266 | 29 | Idaho State; Kentucky | 16 | 16 |
| 55 | Jim Haslett | LB | 6-3 | 236 | 28 | Indiana (Pennsylvania) | 5 | 0 |
| 87 | Tony Hunter | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 23 | Notre Dame | 13 | 3 |
| 47 | Bill Hurley | S | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Syracuse | 10 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Hutchinson | DE | 6-4 | 243 | 27 | Florida | 5 | 0 |
| 91 | Ken Johnson | RDE | 6-5 | 253 | 28 | Knoxville | 16 | 8 |
| 72 | Ken Jones | LOT | 6-5 | 270 | 31 | Arkansas State | 16 | 16 |
| 50 | Trey Junkin | LB | 6-2 | 249 | 22 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 0 |
| 52 | Chris Keating | LILB | 6-2 | 233 | 26 | Maine | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | Mike Kennedy | SS | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Toledo | 12 | 7 |
| 43 | David Kilson | LCB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Sacramento CC; Nevada-Reno | 16 | 2 |
| 10 | Matt Kofler | QB | 6-3 | 192 | 24 | San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State | 16 | 0 |
| 42 | Rod Kush | FS | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Nebraska-Omaha | 4 | 4 |
| 48 | Roosevelt Leaks | FB | 5-10 | 219 | 30 | Texas | 12 | 4 |
| 82 | Frank Lewis | WR | 6-1 | 196 | 36 | Grambling State | 11 | 11 |
| 59 | Joey Lumpkin | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| 61 | Tom Lynch | ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 28 | Boston College | 15 | 3 |
| 54 | Eugene Marve | RILB | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Saginaw Valley State | 16 | 16 |
| 58 | Mark Merrill | LB | 6-4 | 238 | 28 | Minnesota | 12 | 0 |
| 34 | Booker Moore | FB | 5-11 | 229 | 24 | Penn State | 15 | 11 |
| 88 | Mike Mosley | WR | 6-1 | 186 | 25 | Texas A&M | 7 | 2 |
| 62 | Ervin Parker | ROLB | 6-5 | 245 | 25 | South Carolina State | 16 | 16 |
| 40 | Robb Riddick | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Millersville | 16 | 0 |
| 51 | Jim Ritcher | LOG | 6-3 | 272 | 25 | North Carolina State | 16 | 16 |
| 26 | Charles Romes | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Lake City JC; North Carolina Central | 16 | 16 |
| 99 | Mark Roopenian | NT | 6-5 | 254 | 25 | Boston College | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Lucius Sanford | LOLB | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 16 |
| 76 | Fred Smerlas | NT | 6-4 | 285 | 26 | Boston College | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | Fred Steinfort | K | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Boston College | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | Darryl Talley | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | West Virginia | 16 | 0 |
| 24 | Gary Thompson | CB | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Redwoods JC; San Jose State | 16 | 0 |
| 81 | Perry Tuttle | WR | 6-0 | 178 | 24 | Clemson | 9 | 3 |
| 41 | Phil Villapiano | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 34 | Bowling Green State | 4 | 0 |
| 93 | Scott Virkus | TE | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Purdue; San Francisco CC | 15 | 0 |
| 65 | Tim Vogler | C | 6-3 | 285 | 27 | Ohio State | 16 | 0 |
| 45 | Lenny Walterscheid | S | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | Southern Utah | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Sherm White | RDE | 6-5 | 250 | 35 | Laney JC; California | 8 | 8 |
| 77 | Ben Williams | LDE | 6-3 | 260 | 29 | Mississippi | 16 | 16 |
| 27 | Chris Williams | FS | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | Louisiana State | 16 | 5 |
| 23 | Van Williams | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | East Tennessee State; Carson-Newman | 16 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | Tony Hunter | TE | Notre Dame |
| 1 | 14 | Jim Kelly | QB | Miami (Florida) |
| 2 | 39 | Darryl Talley | LB | West Virginia |
| 4 | 93 | Trey Junkin | LB | Louisiana Tech |
| 4 | 112 | Jimmy Payne | DE | Georgia |
| 5 | 126 | Matt VandenBoom | DB | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 180 | Gurnest Brown | DT | Maryland |
| 8 | 207 | James Durham | DB | Houston |
| 9 | 234 | George Parker | RB | Norfolk State |
| 10 | 260 | Richard Tharpe | DT | Louisville |
| 11 | 293 | Larry White | DE | Jackson State |
| 12 | 320 | Julius Dawkins | WR | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28 | 87 | 55 | 110 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 108 | 92 | 122 | 0 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28:24 | 309 | 100 | 171 | 38 | 71/212 33.5% | / % | 144 | 1094 |
| Opponents Totals | 31:36 | 322 | 148 | 148 | 36 | 81/221 36.7% | / % | 128 | 1298 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Danelo | 0 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 0 | 63 |
| Joe Cribbs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Byron Franklin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jerry Butler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tony Hunter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mike Mosley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Perry Tuttle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mark Brammer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Julius Dawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| David Kilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Booker Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Steinfort | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 4 |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 283 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 39 | 39 | 100.0 | 26 | 39 | 66.7 | 0 | 351 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Danelo | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 1 | 48 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 5/6 | 3/6 | 0/4 |
| Fred Steinfort | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 1 | 28 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 2 | 48 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 5/8 | 3/9 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 39 | 66.7 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 8/10 | 11/19 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cribbs | 263 | 1131 | 4.3 | 45 | 3 |
| Booker Moore | 60 | 275 | 4.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 58 | 157 | 2.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Ferguson | 20 | 88 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Hunter | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Matt Kofler | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Van Williams | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Byron Franklin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 415 | 1736 | 4.2 | 45 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 566 | 2503 | 4.4 | 50t | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ferguson | 508 | 281 | 281 | 202 | 2995 | 5.9 | 10.7 | 43t | 26 | 5.1 | 25 | 4.9 | 27 | 266 | 2729 | 69.3 |
| Matt Kofler | 61 | 35 | 35 | 23 | 440 | 7.2 | 12.6 | 28t | 4 | 6.6 | 3 | 4.9 | 10 | 85 | 355 | 81.3 |
| Joe Cribbs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56.3 |
| Team Totals | 571 | 317 | 317 | 226 | 3438 | 6.0 | 10.8 | 43t | 30 | 5.3 | 28 | 4.9 | 37 | 351 | 3087 | 70.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 480 | 286 | 286 | 181 | 3553 | 7.4 | 12.4 | 72t | 22 | 4.6 | 13 | 2.7 | 32 | 247 | 3306 | 86.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cribbs | 57 | 524 | 9.2 | 33t | 7 |
| Frank Lewis | 36 | 486 | 13.5 | 27t | 3 |
| Tony Hunter | 36 | 402 | 11.2 | 40t | 3 |
| Jerry Butler | 36 | 385 | 10.7 | 25 | 3 |
| Booker Moore | 34 | 199 | 5.9 | 21 | 1 |
| Byron Franklin | 30 | 452 | 15.1 | 43t | 4 |
| Mark Brammer | 25 | 215 | 8.6 | 21 | 2 |
| Perry Tuttle | 17 | 261 | 15.4 | 38 | 3 |
| Mike Mosley | 14 | 180 | 12.9 | 35 | 3 |
| Julius Dawkins | 11 | 123 | 11.2 | 28t | 1 |
| Buster Barnett | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 317 | 3438 | 10.8 | 43t | 30 |
| Opponents Totals | 286 | 3553 | 12.4 | 72t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Freeman | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Chris Williams | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lucius Sanford | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Charles Romes | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Chris Keating | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Kennedy | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 154 | 11.8 | 29 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 330 | 11.8 | 60t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Cater | 89 | 3533 | 39.7 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 403 | 2990 | 33.6 |
| Team Totals | 89 | 3533 | 39.7 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 403 | 2990 | 33.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 3344 | 42.9 | 67 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 241 | 2823 | 36.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robb Riddick | 42 | 5 | 241 | 5.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Van Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 5 | 241 | 5.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 22 | 403 | 9.6 | 62 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Williams | 22 | 0 | 494 | 22.5 | 60 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 28 | 0 | 568 | 20.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Mike Mosley | 9 | 0 | 236 | 26.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Ben Williams | 3 | 0 | 56 | 18.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Darryl Talley | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 0 | 1363 | 21.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 949 | 17.9 | 43 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Williams | 10.0 | |
| Fred Smerlas | 6.0 | |
| Darryl Talley | 5.0 | |
| Ervin Parker | 4.0 | |
| Sherm White | 3.0 | |
| Eugene Marve | 2.0 | |
| Ken Johnson | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32.0 | 247.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37.0 | 351.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Caldwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Freeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
| Tony Hunter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Junkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Keating | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Kilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 88 | 1 |
| Joey Lumpkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Booker Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robb Riddick | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lucius Sanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Talley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Perry Tuttle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Van Williams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 125 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 1 |
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