1990 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 13-3-0 .813

Head Coach: Marv Levy

Tom Bresnahan	Offensive Line
Walt Corey	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Bruce DeHaven	Special Teams
Chuck Dickerson	Defensive Line
Rusty Jones	Strength and Conditioning
Don Lawrence	Tight Ends
Chuck Lester	Defensive Assistant
Ted Marchibroda	Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator
Nick Nicolau	Receivers
Elijah Pitts	Running Backs
Dick Roach	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/13/1990	H	New York Giants	6-20	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	47241
Fri	8/17/1990	A	Detroit Lions	13-24	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	49604
Sat	8/25/1990	A	New Orleans Saints	23-28	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51959
Thu	8/30/1990	N	Chicago Bears	7-35	L	Columbia, SC	Williams-Brice Stadium	51235
Sun	9/9/1990	H	Indianapolis Colts	26-10	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78899
Sun	9/16/1990	A	Miami Dolphins	7-30	L	Miami-Dade County, FL	Joe Robbie Stadium	68490
Mon	9/24/1990	A	New York Jets	30-7	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	69927
Sun	9/30/1990	H	Denver Broncos	29-28	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	74393
Sun	10/7/1990	H	Los Angeles Raiders	38-24	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	80076
Sun	10/21/1990	H	New York Jets	30-27	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79002
Sun	10/28/1990	A	New England Patriots	27-10	W	Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	51959
Sun	11/4/1990	A	Cleveland Browns	42-0	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78331
Sun	11/11/1990	H	Phoenix Cardinals	45-14	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	74904
Sun	11/18/1990	H	New England Patriots	14-0	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	74720
Mon	11/26/1990	A	Houston Oilers	24-27	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	60130
Sun	12/2/1990	H	Philadelphia Eagles	30-23	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79320
Sun	12/9/1990	A	Indianapolis Colts	31-7	W	Indianapolis, IN	Hoosier Dome	53268
Sat	12/15/1990	A	New York Giants	17-13	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	66893
Sun	12/23/1990	H	Miami Dolphins	24-14	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	80235
Sun	12/30/1990	A	Washington Redskins	14-29	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52397
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	1/12/1991	H	Miami Dolphins	44-34	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77087
AFC Championship
Sun	1/20/1991	H	Los Angeles Raiders	51-3	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	80324
Super Bowl XXV
Sun	1/27/1991	A	New York Giants	19-20	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	73813

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	RILB	6-3	239	26	North Carolina	16	6
92	Gary Baldinger	NT	6-3	268	27	Wake Forest	9	0
75	Howard Ballard	ROT	6-6	320	27	Alabama A&M	16	16
82	Don Beebe	WR	5-11	184	26	Western Illinois; Aurora; Western Illinois; Chadron State	12	4
97	Cornelius Bennett	LOLB	6-2	237	25	Alabama	16	16
50	Ray Bentley	RILB	6-2	240	30	Central Michigan	16	9
20	Richard Carey	CB-S	5-9	185	22	Idaho	3	0
58	Shane Conlan	LILB	6-3	232	26	Penn State	16	16
65	John Davis	ROG	6-4	307	25	Georgia Tech	16	15
23	Kenneth Davis	RB	5-10	209	28	Texas Christian	16	0
45	Dwight Drane	S	6-1	203	28	Oklahoma	12	0
85	Al Edwards	WR	5-8	173	23	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	14	2
59	Mitch Frerotte	OG	6-3	286	25	Penn State	16	0
35	Carwell Gardner	RB	6-2	235	24	Kentucky; Louisville	7	0
99	Hal Garner	LB	6-4	225	28	Utah State	10	0
7	Gale Gilbert	QB	6-3	209	29	California	1	0
22	John Hagy	FS	5-11	190	25	Texas	16	11
26	Chris Hale	CB	5-7	164	24	Nebraska; Glendale CC; Southern California	8	0
27	Cliff Hicks	CB	5-10	187	26	San Diego Mesa JC; Oregon	4	0
67	Kent Hull	C	6-4	272	29	Mississippi State	16	16
98	Jeff Hunter	DE	6-5	285	24	Albany State	3	0
47	Kirby Jackson	LCB	5-9	180	25	Mississippi State	12	11
12	Jim Kelly	QB	6-3	218	30	Miami (Florida)	14	14
38	Mark Kelso	FS	5-11	183	27	William & Mary	6	5
28	Larry Kinnebrew	FB	6-1	258	30	Tennessee State	2	0
63	Adam Lingner	C	6-4	264	30	Illinois	16	0
73	Mike Lodish	NT	6-3	274	23	UCLA	12	0
80	James Lofton	WR	6-3	192	34	Stanford	16	14
84	Keith McKeller	TE	6-5	244	26	Jacksonville State	16	14
88	Pete Metzelaars	TE	6-7	248	30	Wabash	16	4
57	Matt Monger	LB	6-1	239	29	Oklahoma State	4	0
41	Jamie Mueller	FB	6-1	225	26	Benedictine (Kansas)	16	8
6	John Nies	P	6-2	199	23	Nassau CC; Arizona	4	0
11	Scott Norwood	K	6-0	207	30	James Madison	16	0
37	Nate Odomes	RCB	5-10	187	25	Wisconsin	16	16
74	Glenn Parker	LOT	6-5	311	24	Golden West JC; Arizona	16	3
53	Marvcus Patton	LB	6-2	239	23	UCLA	16	0
43	Kim Phillips	CB	5-9	188	24	North Texas	1	0
94	Mark Pike	DE	6-4	272	27	Georgia Tech	16	0
29	David Pool	CB	5-9	182	24	Tennessee; Carson-Newman	9	1
83	Andre Reed	WR	6-2	189	26	Kutztown	16	16
14	Frank Reich	QB	6-4	209	29	Maryland	16	2
51	Jim Ritcher	LOG	6-3	272	32	North Carolina State	16	16
87	Butch Rolle	TE	6-3	243	26	Michigan State	16	0
96	Leon Seals	LDE	6-4	268	26	Jackson State	16	16
98	Bruce Smith	RDE	6-4	273	27	Virginia Tech	16	16
30	Don Smith	FB	5-11	195	27	Mississippi State	16	2
46	Leonard Smith	SS	5-11	202	30	McNeese State	16	16
56	Darryl Talley	ROLB	6-4	235	30	West Virginia	16	16
89	Steve Tasker	WR	5-9	184	28	Dodge City CC; Northwestern	16	0
34	Thurman Thomas	RB	5-10	198	24	Oklahoma State	16	16
86	Vernon Turner	WR	5-8	185	23	Carson-Newman	1	0
10	Rick Tuten	P	6-2	219	25	Miami (Florida); Florida State	14	0
31	James Williams	LCB	5-10	185	23	Fresno State	16	5
69	Will Wolford	LOT	6-5	295	26	Vanderbilt	14	14
91	Jeff Wright	NT	6-2	272	27	Tulsa; Coffeyville CC; Central Missouri	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	16	James Williams	DB	Fresno State
2	42	Carwell Gardner	RB	Louisville
3	69	Glenn Parker	T	Arizona
4	100	Eddie Fuller	RB	Louisiana State
6	154	John Nies	P	Arizona
7	166	Brent Griffith	G	Minnesota-Duluth
7	170	Brent Collins	LB	Carson-Newman
7	181	Fred DeRiggi	NT	Syracuse
8	208	Marvcus Patton	LB	UCLA
9	238	Clarkston Hines	WR	Duke
10	265	Mike Lodish	DT	UCLA
11	292	Al Edwards	WR	Northwestern State (Louisiana)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	83	116	69	160
Opponents Totals	55	74	72	62

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:39	302	123	161	18	81/184 44.0%	5/11 45.5%	92	683
Opponents Totals	31:21	288	105	159	24	89/208 42.8%	10/19 52.6%	107	839

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Scott Norwood	0	50	52	96.2	20	29	69.0	110
Thurman Thomas	13	0	0		0	0		78
Andre Reed	8	0	0		0	0		48
Kenneth Davis	5	0	0		0	0		30
Keith McKeller	5	0	0		0	0		30
James Lofton	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jamie Mueller	3	0	0		0	0		18
Butch Rolle	3	0	0		0	0		18
Don Smith	2	0	0		0	0		12
Steve Tasker	2	0	0		0	0		12
Don Beebe	1	0	0		0	0		6
Cornelius Bennett	1	0	0		0	0		6
Larry Kinnebrew	1	0	0		0	0		6
Pete Metzelaars	1	0	0		0	0		6
Nate Odomes	1	0	0		0	0		6
Leonard Smith	1	0	0		0	0		6
Darryl Talley	1	0	0		0	0		6
James Williams	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	53	50	53	94.3	20	29	69.0	428
Opponents Totals	30	29	30	96.7	18	24	75.0	263

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Scott Norwood	20	29	69.0	0/0	9/11	5/8	6/10	0/0
Team Totals	20	29	69.0	0/0	9/11	5/8	6/10	0/0
Opponents Totals	18	24	75.0	2/2	9/12	5/6	2/3	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thurman Thomas	271	1297	4.8	80t	11
Kenneth Davis	64	302	4.7	47	4
Jamie Mueller	59	207	3.5	20	2
Don Smith	20	82	4.1	13	2
Jim Kelly	22	63	2.9	15	0
Carwell Gardner	15	41	2.7	14	0
Frank Reich	15	24	1.6	9	0
Don Beebe	1	23	23.0	23	0
Andre Reed	3	23	7.7	26	0
Larry Kinnebrew	9	18	2.0	4	1
Team Totals	479	2080	4.3	80	20
Opponents Totals	483	1808	3.7	51	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Kelly	346	219	63.3	118	2829	8.2	12.9	71	24	6.9	9	2.6	20	158	2671	101.2
Frank Reich	63	36	57.1	27	469	7.4	13.0	43	2	3.2	0	0.0	6	41	428	91.3
Gale Gilbert	15	8	53.3	5	106	7.1	13.3	23	2	13.3	2	13.3	1	9	97	76.0
Don Smith	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	425	263	61.9	151	3404	8.0	12.9	71t	28	6.6	11	2.6	27	208	3196	98.2
Opponents Totals	455	254	55.8	183	3125	6.9	12.3	95t	17	3.7	18	4.0	43	326	2799	73.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Andre Reed	71	945	13.3	56t	8
Thurman Thomas	49	532	10.9	63	2
James Lofton	35	712	20.3	71	4
Keith McKeller	34	464	13.6	43	5
Don Smith	21	225	10.7	39	0
Jamie Mueller	16	106	6.6	30	1
Don Beebe	11	221	20.1	49	1
Pete Metzelaars	10	60	6.0	12	1
Kenneth Davis	9	78	8.7	16	1
Butch Rolle	3	6	2.0	3t	3
Steve Tasker	2	44	22.0	24t	2
Al Edwards	2	11	5.5	6	0
Team Totals	263	3404	12.9	71	28
Opponents Totals	254	3125	12.3	95t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kirby Jackson	3	16	5.3	14	0
Darryl Talley	2	60	30.0	60t	1
Leonard Smith	2	39	19.5	39t	1
John Hagy	2	23	11.5	23	0
Mark Kelso	2	0	0.0	0	0
James Williams	2	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Bentley	1	13	13.0	13	0
Cliff Hicks	1	0	0.0	0	0
Nate Odomes	1	0	0.0	0	0
David Pool	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leon Seals	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	151	8.4	60t	2
Opponents Totals	11	156	14.2	61	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Rick Tuten	53	2107	39.8	55	0	4	12	214	1813	34.2
John Nies	5	174	34.8	39	0	0	0	37	137	27.4
Team Totals	58	2281	39.3	55	0	4	12	251	1950	33.6
Opponents Totals	66	2523	38.2	61	3	5	18	177	2246	34.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Al Edwards	14	5	92	6.6	16
Chris Hale	10	4	76	7.6	25
Nate Odomes	1	0	9	9.0	9
Team Totals	25	9	177	7.1	25
Opponents Totals	31	12	251	8.1	21

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Don Smith	32	0	643	20.1	38
Al Edwards	11	0	256	23.3	54
Don Beebe	6	0	119	19.8	27
Butch Rolle	2	0	22	11.0	11
Team Totals	51	0	1040	20.4	54
Opponents Totals	73		1129	15.5	35

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bruce Smith	19.0
Jeff Wright	5.0
Cornelius Bennett	4.0
Leon Seals	4.0
Darryl Talley	4.0
Carlton Bailey	2.0
Mike Lodish	2.0
Shane Conlan	1.0
Cliff Hicks	1.0
Hal Garner	0.5
Marvcus Patton	0.5
Team Totals	43.0	326.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	208.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Carlton Bailey	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Cornelius Bennett	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ray Bentley	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Kenneth Davis	1		1	0	1	0	0
Chris Hale	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Jim Kelly	4		2	0	2	-8	0
James Lofton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Keith McKeller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Pete Metzelaars	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Mueller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Nate Odomes	0	0	0	3	3	49	1
Andre Reed	1		1	0	1	0	0
Frank Reich	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Ritcher	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Leon Seals	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Don Smith	1		0	0	0	0	0
Leonard Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Darryl Talley	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Steve Tasker	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Thurman Thomas	6		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	17	10	7	17	24	68	1
Opponents Totals	33	17	16	10	26		0