1988 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 12-4-0 .750

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
Dick Roach	Defensive Backs
Ted Tollner	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	8/4/1988	A	Houston Oilers	9-13	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	35482
Sat	8/13/1988	H	Cincinnati Bengals	13-24	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	43546
Fri	8/19/1988	A	Seattle Seahawks	13-30	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	57000
Thu	8/25/1988	N	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14-7	W		Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	20600
Sun	9/4/1988	H	Minnesota Vikings	13-10	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	76783
Sun	9/11/1988	H	Miami Dolphins	9-6	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79520
Sun	9/18/1988	A	New England Patriots	16-14	W		Foxborough, MA	Sullivan Stadium	55945
Sun	9/25/1988	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	36-28	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78735
Sun	10/2/1988	A	Chicago Bears	3-24	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	62793
Sun	10/9/1988	H	Indianapolis Colts	34-23	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	76018
Mon	10/17/1988	A	New York Jets	37-14	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	70218
Sun	10/23/1988	H	New England Patriots	23-20	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	76824
Sun	10/30/1988	H	Green Bay Packers	28-0	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79176
Sun	11/6/1988	A	Seattle Seahawks	13-3	W		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	61074
Mon	11/14/1988	A	Miami Dolphins	31-6	W		Miami-Dade County, FL	Joe Robbie Stadium	67091
Sun	11/20/1988	H	New York Jets	9-6	W	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78389
Sun	11/27/1988	A	Cincinnati Bengals	21-35	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	58672
Sun	12/4/1988	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5-10	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	49498
Sun	12/11/1988	H	Los Angeles Raiders	37-21	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77348
Sun	12/18/1988	A	Indianapolis Colts	14-17	L		Indianapolis, IN	Hoosier Dome	59908
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/1/1989	H	Houston Oilers	17-10	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79532
AFC Championship
Sun	1/8/1989	A	Cincinnati Bengals	10-21	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59747

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
54	Carlton Bailey	LB	6-3	239	24	North Carolina	6	0
75	Howard Ballard	OT	6-6	320	25	Alabama A&M	16	0
55	Cornelius Bennett	LOLB	6-2	237	23	Alabama	16	16
50	Ray Bentley	RILB-LILB	6-2	240	28	Central Michigan	16	16
81	Walter Broughton	WR	5-10	180	26	Jacksonville State	1	0
85	Chris Burkett	WR	6-4	203	26	Jackson State	11	8
29	Derrick Burroughs	LCB	6-1	180	26	Memphis	14	13
61	Len Burton	OT	6-3	272	24	Northwest Mississippi CC; South Carolina	16	4
35	Carl Byrum	FB	6-0	232	25	Mississippi Valley State	15	1
20	Sherman Cocroft	CB-S	6-1	197	27	Cabrillo JC; San Jose State	13	0
58	Shane Conlan	LILB-RILB	6-3	232	24	Penn State	13	13
21	Wayne Davis	CB	5-11	177	25	Indiana State	16	3
70	Joe Devlin	ROT	6-5	280	34	Iowa	16	16
49	Dwight Drane	SS	6-1	203	26	Oklahoma	16	4
53	Tom Erlandson	LB	6-1	232	22	Washington	4	0
99	Hal Garner	ROLB	6-4	225	26	Utah State	12	1
59	Don Graham	LB	6-2	244	24	Penn State	10	0
49	John Hagy	S	5-11	190	23	Texas	3	0
33	Ronnie Harmon	RB	5-11	198	24	Iowa	16	1
71	Dale Hellestrae	ROG	6-5	288	26	Southern Methodist	16	2
67	Kent Hull	C	6-4	272	27	Mississippi State	16	16
47	Kirby Jackson	CB	5-9	180	23	Mississippi State	8	0
80	Flip Johnson	WR	5-10	185	25	McNeese State	11	0
86	Trumaine Johnson	WR	6-1	196	28	Grambling State	16	10
12	Jim Kelly	QB	6-3	218	28	Miami (Florida)	16	16
38	Mark Kelso	FS	5-11	183	25	William & Mary	16	16
4	John Kidd	P	6-3	211	27	Northwestern	16	0
84	Keith McKeller	TE	6-5	244	24	Jacksonville State	12	0
88	Pete Metzelaars	TE	6-7	248	28	Wabash	16	16
25	Roland Mitchell	CB	5-11	187	24	Texas Tech	3	0
39	Jamie Mueller	FB	6-1	225	24	Benedictine (Kansas)	15	15
11	Scott Norwood	K	6-0	207	28	James Madison	16	0
37	Nate Odomes	RCB	5-10	187	23	Wisconsin	16	16
94	Mark Pike	LB	6-4	272	25	Georgia Tech	16	0
79	Dean Prater	DE	6-5	249	30	Oklahoma State	4	0
97	Scott Radecic	RILB-LILB	6-3	241	26	Penn State	16	3
83	Andre Reed	WR	6-2	189	24	Kutztown	15	14
14	Frank Reich	QB	6-4	209	27	Maryland	3	0
40	Robb Riddick	RB	6-0	195	31	Millersville	15	0
51	Jim Ritcher	LOG	6-3	272	30	North Carolina State	16	16
87	Butch Rolle	TE	6-3	243	24	Michigan State	16	0
96	Leon Seals	RDE-LDE	6-4	268	24	Jackson State	16	5
76	Fred Smerlas	NT	6-4	285	31	Boston College	16	16
78	Bruce Smith	RDE	6-4	273	25	Virginia Tech	12	12
46	Leonard Smith	SS	5-11	202	28	McNeese State	13	12
72	Art Still	LDE	6-7	255	33	Kentucky	15	15
56	Darryl Talley	ROLB	6-4	235	28	West Virginia	16	15
89	Steve Tasker	WR	5-9	184	26	Dodge City CC; Northwestern	14	0
34	Thurman Thomas	RB	5-10	198	22	Oklahoma State	15	15
62	Mark Traynowicz	OG	6-5	279	26	Nebraska	4	0
22	Erroll Tucker	CB-S	5-9	170	24	Long Beach CC; Utah	9	0
65	Tim Vogler	ROG	6-3	285	32	Ohio State	10	10
73	Will Wolford	LOT-OG	6-5	295	24	Vanderbilt	16	16
91	Jeff Wright	NT	6-2	272	25	Tulsa; Coffeyville CC; Central Missouri	15	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	40	Thurman Thomas	RB	Oklahoma State
3	65	Bernard Ford	WR	Central Florida
5	123	Zeke Gadson	DB	Pittsburgh
5	135	Kirk Roach	K	Western Carolina
6	150	Dan Murray	LB	East Stroudsburg
7	177	Tim Borcky	T	Memphis
7	184	Bo Wright	RB	Alabama
8	204	John Hagy	DB	Texas
8	213	Jeff Wright	NT	Central Missouri
9	235	Carlton Bailey	NT	North Carolina
10	262	Martin Mayhew	DB	Florida State
11	289	Pete Curkendall	NT	Penn State
12	309	John Driscoll	T	New Hampshire
12	316	Tom Erlandson	LB	Washington

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	71	83	81	91	3
Opponents Totals	44	104	27	62	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	29:54	313	137	161	15	88/207 42.5%	9/13 69.2%	109	824
Opponents Totals	30:06	299	114	146	39	69/192 35.9%	6/17 35.3%	90	713

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Scott Norwood	0	33	33	100.0	32	37	86.5	0	129
Robb Riddick	14	0	0		0	0		0	84
Andre Reed	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Ronnie Harmon	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Butch Rolle	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Thurman Thomas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Chris Burkett	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Flip Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Kelso	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pete Metzelaars	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Leon Seals	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bruce Smith	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	33	33	33	100.0	32	37	86.5	1	329
Opponents Totals	29	27	29	93.1	12	24	50.0	0	237

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Scott Norwood	32	37	86.5	1/1	10/10	15/16	6/9	0/1
Team Totals	32	37	86.5	1/1	10/10	15/16	6/9	0/1
Opponents Totals	12	24	50.0	0/0	5/7	3/4	3/8	1/5

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thurman Thomas	207	881	4.3	37t	2
Robb Riddick	111	438	3.9	21	12
Jamie Mueller	81	296	3.7	20	0
Ronnie Harmon	57	212	3.7	32	1
Jim Kelly	35	154	4.4	20	0
Carl Byrum	28	91	3.3	11	0
Andre Reed	6	64	10.7	36	0
Frank Reich	3	-3	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	528	2133	4.0	37t	15
Opponents Totals	477	1854	3.9	58t	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Kelly	452	269	59.5	166	3380	7.5	12.6	66t	15	3.3	17	3.8	30	229	3151	78.2
Robb Riddick	2	2	100.0	0	31	15.5	15.5	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	31	118.8
Team Totals	454	271	59.7	166	3411	7.5	12.6	66t	15	3.3	17	3.7	30	229	3182	78.5
Opponents Totals	448	250	55.8	183	3046	6.8	12.2	63t	14	3.1	15	3.3	46	322	2724	73.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Andre Reed	71	968	13.6	65t	6
Trumaine Johnson	37	514	13.9	49	0
Ronnie Harmon	37	427	11.5	36	3
Pete Metzelaars	33	438	13.3	35	1
Robb Riddick	30	282	9.4	26	1
Chris Burkett	23	354	15.4	34	1
Thurman Thomas	18	208	11.6	34	0
Flip Johnson	9	170	18.9	66t	1
Jamie Mueller	8	42	5.3	17	0
Butch Rolle	2	3	1.5	2t	2
Carl Byrum	2	0	0.0	3	0
Jim Kelly	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	271	3411	12.6	66t	15
Opponents Totals	250	3046	12.2	63t	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mark Kelso	7	180	25.7	78t	1
Cornelius Bennett	2	30	15.0	30	0
Sherman Cocroft	1	17	17.0	17	0
Leonard Smith	1	14	14.0	14	0
Wayne Davis	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ray Bentley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Shane Conlan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Nate Odomes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	244	16.3	78t	1
Opponents Totals	17	202	11.9	40t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John Kidd	62	2451	39.5	60	0	2	13	222	2189	35.3
Team Totals	62	2451	39.5	60	0	2	13	222	2189	35.3
Opponents Totals	75	2977	39.7	64	2	12	21	152	2585	34.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Flip Johnson	16	3	72	4.5	16
Erroll Tucker	10	5	80	8.0	24
Team Totals	26	8	152	5.8	24
Opponents Totals	36	10	222	6.2	18

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Erroll Tucker	15	0	310	20.7	30
Flip Johnson	14	0	250	17.9	24
Ronnie Harmon	11	0	249	22.6	37
Robb Riddick	6	0	100	16.7	23
Carl Byrum	2	0	9	4.5	9
Butch Rolle	1	0	12	12.0	12
Mark Pike	1	0	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	50	0	935	18.7	37
Opponents Totals	69		1117	16.2	30

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bruce Smith	11.0
Cornelius Bennett	9.5
Art Still	6.0
Jeff Wright	5.0
Fred Smerlas	4.0
Darryl Talley	2.5
Leon Seals	2.0
Shane Conlan	1.5
Scott Radecic	1.5
Ray Bentley	1.0
Hal Garner	1.0
Leonard Smith	1.0
Team Totals	46.0	322.0
Opponents Totals	30.0	229.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Cornelius Bennett	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Ray Bentley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Derrick Burroughs	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Carl Byrum	1		0	0	0	0	0
Sherman Cocroft	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Shane Conlan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Devlin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ronnie Harmon	2		0	0	0	0	0
Flip Johnson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Trumaine Johnson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Kelly	5		0	0	0	0	0
Pete Metzelaars	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jamie Mueller	2		1	0	1	0	0
Scott Radecic	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Andre Reed	1		0	0	0	0	0
Robb Riddick	3		3	1	4	0	0
Leon Seals	0	0	0	3	3	7	1
Fred Smerlas	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Art Still	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Darryl Talley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Thurman Thomas	9		1	0	1	0	0
Erroll Tucker	1		0	0	0	0	0
Will Wolford	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Wright	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	26	18	8	17	25	11	1
Opponents Totals	28	17	11	16	27		0