1987 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 7-8-0 .467

Head Coach: Marv Levy

Walt Corey	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Ted Cottrell	Defensive Line
Bruce DeHaven	Special Teams
Chuck Dickerson	Special Assistant to the Head Coach
Rusty Jones	Strength and Conditioning
Chuck Lester	Defensive Assistant
Ted Marchibroda	Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator
Elijah Pitts	Running Backs
Jim Ringo	Offensive Coordinator/Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line
Dick Roach	Defensive Backs
Ted Tollner	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/15/1987	A	Atlanta Falcons	14-19	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	31166
Sat	8/22/1987	A	Los Angeles Raiders	7-3	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	47281
Sat	8/29/1987	A	Kansas City Chiefs	14-34	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	43887
Fri	9/4/1987	A	Miami Dolphins	20-34	L		Miami-Dade County, FL	Joe Robbie Stadium	66236
Sun	9/13/1987	H	New York Jets	28-31	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	76718
Sun	9/20/1987	H	Houston Oilers	34-30	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	56534
Sun	9/27/1987	A	Dallas Cowboys		-		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium
Sun	10/4/1987	H	Indianapolis Colts	6-47	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	9860
Sun	10/11/1987	A	New England Patriots	7-14	L		Foxborough, MA	Sullivan Stadium	11878
Sun	10/18/1987	H	New York Giants	6-3	W	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	15737
Sun	10/25/1987	A	Miami Dolphins	34-31	W	OT	Miami-Dade County, FL	Joe Robbie Stadium	61295
Sun	11/1/1987	H	Washington Redskins	7-27	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	71640
Sun	11/8/1987	H	Denver Broncos	21-14	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	63698
Sun	11/15/1987	A	Cleveland Browns	21-27	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78409
Sun	11/22/1987	A	New York Jets	17-14	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	58407
Sun	11/29/1987	H	Miami Dolphins	27-0	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	68055
Sun	12/6/1987	A	Los Angeles Raiders	21-34	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	43143
Sun	12/13/1987	A	Indianapolis Colts	27-3	W		Indianapolis, IN	Hoosier Dome	60253
Sun	12/20/1987	H	New England Patriots	7-13	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	74945
Sun	12/27/1987	A	Philadelphia Eagles	7-17	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	57547

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
9/27/1987	Dallas Cowboys	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
98	Ira Albright	NT	5-11	260	28	Tyler JC; Northeastern State	3	0
20	John Armstrong	RCB-SS	5-9	190	24	Northwest Mississippi CC; Richmond	3	2
84	Veno Belk	TE	6-3	233	24	Michigan State	2	2
28	Greg Bell	RB	5-10	210	25	Notre Dame	2	2
55	Cornelius Bennett	LOLB	6-2	237	22	Alabama	8	7
50	Ray Bentley	LILB	6-2	240	27	Central Michigan	9	4
21	Gerald Bess	LCB	6-0	188	29	Tuskegee	2	1
62	Joe Bock	C	6-4	254	28	Virginia	1	0
91	Jack Bravyak	DE	6-3	255	35	Luzerne County JC	1	0
81	Walter Broughton	WR	5-10	180	25	Jacksonville State	9	0
86	Marc Brown	WR	6-2	195	26	Westchester CC; Towson	3	0
68	Tony Brown	LOT	6-5	285	23	Pittsburgh	2	2
85	Chris Burkett	WR	6-4	203	25	Jackson State	12	12
29	Derrick Burroughs	LCB	6-1	180	25	Memphis	12	12
61	Len Burton	LOT	6-3	272	23	Northwest Mississippi CC; South Carolina	12	3
88	Reggie Bynum	WR	6-1	185	23	Oregon State	1	1
35	Carl Byrum	FB	6-0	232	24	Mississippi Valley State	13	8
25	Bill Callahan	SS	6-0	200	23	Pittsburgh	1	1
90	Arnold Campbell	DE	6-3	260	25	Alcorn State	3	0
46	Joe Chetti	RB	5-9	205	24	Long Island-Post	2	0
36	Steve Clark	FS	6-3	185	25	Liberty	3	1
92	Will Cokeley	LILB-RILB	6-2	220	27	Coffeyville CC; Kansas State	3	3
58	Shane Conlan	LILB-ROLB	6-3	232	23	Penn State	12	12
21	Wayne Davis	CB	5-11	177	24	Indiana State	10	0
70	Joe Devlin	ROT	6-5	280	33	Iowa	12	12
71	Sean Dowling	ROG-LOT	6-4	280	24	Nassau CC; Long Island-Post	3	3
45	Dwight Drane	SS	6-1	203	25	Oklahoma	11	6
77	Mike Estep	OG	6-4	270	24	Bowling Green State	2	0
59	Mitch Frerotte	OG	6-3	286	22	Penn State	12	0
39	Larry Friday	CB	6-4	215	29	Alcorn State; Mississippi State	1	0
53	Tony Furjanic	LB	6-1	228	23	Notre Dame	8	0
82	Sheldon Gaines	WR	5-9	155	23	Moorpark JC; Long Beach State	3	3
69	Scott Garnett	RDE-DT	6-2	271	25	Washington	3	2
53	Will Grant	C	6-3	266	33	Idaho State; Kentucky	1	1
85	Kris Haines	WR	5-11	183	30	Notre Dame	1	0
33	Ronnie Harmon	RB	5-11	198	23	Iowa	12	10
93	Scott Hernandez	NT	6-0	250	28	Kent State	2	2
67	Kent Hull	C	6-4	272	26	Mississippi State	12	12
48	Lawrence Johnson	SS	5-11	203	30	Wisconsin	6	3
86	Trumaine Johnson	WR	6-1	196	27	Grambling State	12	0
57	Mike Jones	LB	6-4	224	23	SUNY Brockport	1	0
52	John Kaiser	LB	6-3	227	25	Sequoias JC; Arizona	12	0
12	Jim Kelly	QB	6-3	218	27	Miami (Florida)	12	12
38	Mark Kelso	FS	5-11	183	24	William & Mary	12	12
4	John Kidd	P	6-3	211	26	Northwestern	12	0
49	Bruce King	FB	6-1	219	24	Purdue	3	2
51	Kevin Lamar	ROG	6-4	260	26	Stanford	1	1
50	Bob LeBlanc	RILB-LILB	6-2	243	25	Coffeyville CC; Elon	3	3
27	John Lewis	CB	5-10	175	25	Pittsburgh	3	0
63	Adam Lingner	C	6-4	264	27	Illinois	12	0
30	Warren Loving	RB	6-1	230	26	William Penn	2	0
59	Steve Maidlow	LB	6-2	237	27	Michigan State	2	0
11	Dan Manucci	QB	6-2	194	30	Mesa CC; Kansas State	3	1
25	David Martin	RCB	5-9	187	28	Villanova	3	2
54	Eugene Marve	RILB-LILB	6-2	240	27	Saginaw Valley State	5	4
13	Brian McClure	QB	6-6	222	24	Bowling Green State	1	1
89	Thad McFadden	WR	6-2	200	25	Wisconsin	3	2
74	Joe McGrail	NT	6-3	280	23	Delaware	2	0
84	Keith McKeller	TE	6-5	244	23	Jacksonville State	1	1
95	Sean McNanie	LDE	6-5	270	26	Arizona State; San Diego State	12	12
74	Bruce Mesner	NT	6-5	280	23	Maryland	11	0
88	Pete Metzelaars	TE	6-7	248	27	Wabash	12	12
10	Mark Miller	QB	6-2	210	25	Colorado State; Colorado Mesa	1	0
25	Roland Mitchell	CB	5-11	187	23	Texas Tech	11	0
39	Jamie Mueller	FB	6-1	225	23	Benedictine (Kansas)	12	6
11	Scott Norwood	K	6-0	207	27	James Madison	12	0
40	Chip Nuzzo	S	5-11	190	22	Princeton	3	0
37	Nate Odomes	RCB	5-10	187	22	Wisconsin	12	12
47	Mike Panepinto	RB	5-7	180	22	Canisius	1	0
23	Kerry Parker	LCB	6-1	200	32	Grambling State	2	2
5	Rick Partridge	P	6-1	175	30	Golden West JC; Utah	3	0
57	Mark Pike	LB	6-4	272	24	Georgia Tech	3	0
27	Ron Pitts	SS	5-10	178	25	UCLA	12	3
30	Kerry Porter	RB	6-1	205	23	Washington State	6	0
26	Ricky Porter	RB	5-10	195	27	Slippery Rock	9	0
79	Dean Prater	DE	6-5	249	29	Oklahoma State	10	0
97	Scott Radecic	RILB	6-3	241	25	Penn State	12	9
85	Andre Reed	WR	6-2	189	23	Kutztown	12	12
40	Robb Riddick	RB	6-0	195	30	Millersville	6	1
51	Jim Ritcher	LOG	6-3	272	29	North Carolina State	12	12
87	Butch Rolle	TE	6-3	243	23	Michigan State	12	0
42	Durwood Roquemore	FS	6-1	180	27	Texas A&M-Kingsville	5	2
75	Erik Rosenmeier	C	6-4	240	22	Colgate	1	0
52	Scott Schankweiler	ROLB	6-0	230	24	Maryland	3	3
3	Todd Schlopy	K	5-10	168	26	Michigan	3	0
63	Rick Schulte	LOG	6-2	270	24	Illinois	3	3
96	Leon Seals	RDE	6-4	268	23	Jackson State	13	1
24	Johnny Shepherd	RB	5-10	185	30	Liberty; West Alabama	2	1
55	Mark Shupe	C	6-5	285	26	Arizona State	2	1
64	Joe Silipo	C	6-3	295	30	Tulane	1	1
76	Fred Smerlas	NT	6-4	285	30	Boston College	12	12
78	Bruce Smith	RDE	6-4	273	24	Virginia Tech	12	12
72	Donnie Sommer	ROT	6-4	290	23	Texas-El Paso	3	3
56	Darryl Talley	LOLB-ROLB	6-4	235	27	West Virginia	12	12
89	Steve Tasker	WR	5-9	184	25	Dodge City CC; Northwestern	12	0
74	Richard Tharpe	LDE-DT	6-3	255	27	Louisville	3	3
17	Willie Totten	QB	6-2	195	25	Mississippi Valley State	2	1
62	Mark Traynowicz	OG	6-5	279	25	Nebraska	11	0
65	Tim Vogler	ROG	6-3	285	31	Ohio State	12	12
87	Mark Walczak	TE	6-6	246	25	Arizona	2	0
96	Craig Walls	LB	6-1	215	29	Indiana	3	0
53	Scott Watters	LOLB	6-2	230	22	Wittenberg	3	3
60	Al Wenglikowski	LB	6-1	215	27	Pittsburgh	1	0
34	Gary Wilkins	TE	6-2	235	24	Georgia Tech	1	0
26	Leonard Williams	RB	6-0	205	27	Western Carolina	2	0
94	Billy Witt	RDE-LDE	6-5	265	23	North Alabama	2	2
73	Will Wolford	LOT	6-5	295	23	Vanderbilt	9	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	8	Shane Conlan	LB	Penn State
2	29	Nate Odomes	DB	Wisconsin
2	33	Roland Mitchell	DB	Texas Tech
3	60	David Brandon	LB	Memphis
3	78	Jamie Mueller	RB	Benedictine (Kansas)
4	109	Leon Seals	DE	Jackson State
7	171	Kerry Porter	RB	Washington State
8	209	Bruce Mesner	DE	Maryland
9	227	Keith McKeller	TE	Jacksonville State
11	283	Howard Ballard	T	Alabama A&M
12	311	Joe McGrail	DT	Delaware

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	17	86	51	110	6
Opponents Totals	54	113	77	61	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:41	294	111	151	32	77/208 37.0%	8/19 42.1%	94	762
Opponents Totals	31:19	297	114	162	21	82/220 37.3%	10/18 55.6%	103	840

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Scott Norwood	0	31	31	100.0	10	15	66.7	0	61
Robb Riddick	8	0	0		0	0		1	50
Andre Reed	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Chris Burkett	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ronnie Harmon	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Trumaine Johnson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jamie Mueller	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Butch Rolle	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Todd Schlopy	0	1	2	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	7
Walter Broughton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Marc Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Kelso	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Thad McFadden	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Sean McNanie	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bruce Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Tasker	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	33	32	33	97.0	12	20	60.0	2	270
Opponents Totals	37	36	37	97.3	15	20	75.0	1	305

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Scott Norwood	10	15	66.7	0/0	3/4	4/6	3/5	0/0
Todd Schlopy	2	5	40.0	0/0	1/1	1/3	0/1	0/0
Team Totals	12	20	60.0	0/0	4/5	5/9	3/6	0/0
Opponents Totals	15	20	75.0	0/0	5/5	7/8	2/5	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ronnie Harmon	116	485	4.2	21	2
Jamie Mueller	82	354	4.3	20	2
Carl Byrum	66	280	4.2	30	0
Robb Riddick	59	221	3.7	25	5
Ricky Porter	47	177	3.8	13	0
Jim Kelly	29	133	4.6	24	0
Greg Bell	14	60	4.3	11	0
Johnny Shepherd	12	42	3.5	19	0
Bruce King	9	28	3.1	8	0
Leonard Williams	9	25	2.8	9	0
Rick Partridge	1	13	13.0	13	0
Willie Totten	12	11	0.9	7	0
Dan Manucci	4	6	1.5	9	0
Brian McClure	2	4	2.0	3	0
Andre Reed	1	1	1.0	1	0
Kerry Porter	2	0	0.0	1	0
Team Totals	465	1840	4.0	30	9
Opponents Totals	541	2052	3.8	42	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Kelly	419	250	59.7	158	2798	6.7	11.2	47	19	4.5	11	2.6	27	239	2559	83.8
Willie Totten	33	13	39.4	18	155	4.7	11.9	37	2	6.1	2	6.1	5	62	93	49.4
Brian McClure	38	20	52.6	15	181	4.8	9.1	30	0	0.0	3	7.9	2	17	164	32.9
Dan Manucci	21	7	33.3	12	68	3.2	9.7	15	0	0.0	2	9.5	3	27	41	3.8
Robb Riddick	1	1	100.0	0	35	35.0	35.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	35	118.8
John Kidd	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Mark Miller	3	1	33.3	1	9	3.0	9.0	9	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0	9	2.8
Team Totals	516	292	56.6	205	3246	6.3	11.1	47	21	4.1	19	3.7	37	345	2901	73.7
Opponents Totals	447	249	55.7	181	3121	7.0	12.5	55t	25	5.6	17	3.8	34	267	2854	80.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Andre Reed	57	752	13.2	40	5
Chris Burkett	56	765	13.7	47	4
Ronnie Harmon	56	477	8.5	42	2
Pete Metzelaars	28	290	10.4	34	0
Trumaine Johnson	15	186	12.4	26t	2
Robb Riddick	15	96	6.4	17t	3
Marc Brown	9	120	13.3	30	1
Sheldon Gaines	9	115	12.8	37	0
Keith McKeller	9	80	8.9	22	0
Ricky Porter	9	70	7.8	26	0
Walter Broughton	5	90	18.0	39	1
Thad McFadden	4	41	10.3	13t	1
Greg Bell	4	37	9.3	12	0
Carl Byrum	3	23	7.7	20	0
Jamie Mueller	3	13	4.3	11	0
Reggie Bynum	2	24	12.0	17	0
Butch Rolle	2	6	3.0	3t	2
Jim Kelly	1	35	35.0	35	0
Joe Chetti	1	9	9.0	9	0
Veno Belk	1	7	7.0	7	0
Leonard Williams	1	5	5.0	5	0
Bruce King	1	3	3.0	3	0
Johnny Shepherd	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	292	3246	11.1	47	21
Opponents Totals	249	3121	12.5	55t	25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Mark Kelso	6	25	4.2	12
Ron Pitts	3	19	6.3	12
Derrick Burroughs	2	11	5.5	14
Scott Radecic	2	4	2.0	4
Steve Clark	1	23	23.0	23
Scott Schankweiler	1	7	7.0	7
Will Cokeley	1	4	4.0	4
Wayne Davis	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	17	93	5.5	23
Opponents Totals	19	177	9.3	28

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John Kidd	64	2495	39.0	67	0	7	20	148	2207	34.5
Rick Partridge	18	678	37.7	52	1	2	3	31	607	31.9
Team Totals	83	3173	38.2	67	1	9	23	179	2814	33.9
Opponents Totals	88	3229	36.7	77	4	10	13	232	2797	31.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Ron Pitts	23	12	149	6.5	19
Thad McFadden	8	3	83	10.4	23
Team Totals	31	15	232	7.5	23
Opponents Totals	35	13	179	5.1	17

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Steve Tasker	11	0	197	17.9	39
Ricky Porter	8	0	219	27.4	40
Robb Riddick	7	0	151	21.6	31
Thad McFadden	7	0	121	17.3	26
Jamie Mueller	5	0	74	14.8	20
Marc Brown	2	0	35	17.5	18
John Armstrong	2	0	25	12.5	18
Ronnie Harmon	1	0	30	30.0	30
Scott Radecic	1	0	14	14.0	14
Butch Rolle	1	0	6	6.0	6
Team Totals	45	0	872	19.4	40
Opponents Totals	43		679	15.8	34

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bruce Smith	12.0
Cornelius Bennett	8.5
Leon Seals	3.5
Sean McNanie	2.5
John Armstrong	2.0
Ray Bentley	1.0
Dwight Drane	1.0
David Martin	1.0
Fred Smerlas	1.0
Darryl Talley	1.0
Shane Conlan	0.5
Team Totals	34.0	267.0
Opponents Totals	37.0	345.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
John Armstrong	1		0	0	0	0	0
Chris Burkett	1		0	0	0	0	0
Derrick Burroughs	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Carl Byrum	4		1	0	1	0	0
Dwight Drane	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sheldon Gaines	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ronnie Harmon	2		0	0	0	0	0
John Kaiser	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Kelly	6		2	0	2	0	0
Mark Kelso	0	0	0	2	2	56	1
Adam Lingner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Manucci	1		0	0	0	-7	0
Sean McNanie	0	0	0	1	1	14	1
Pete Metzelaars	3		1	0	1	0	0
Jamie Mueller	5		1	0	1	-22	0
Nate Odomes	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Rick Partridge	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ron Pitts	3		1	0	1	0	0
Scott Radecic	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Robb Riddick	2		1	0	1	0	0
Rick Schulte	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bruce Smith	0	0	0	2	2	15	1
Darryl Talley	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Steve Tasker	2		0	0	0	0	0
Willie Totten	9		3	0	3	0	0
Tim Vogler	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Mark Walczak	1		0	0	0	0	0
Scott Watters	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Leonard Williams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	41	24	17	14	31	57	3
Opponents Totals	37	14	20	24	44		1