1997 Buffalo Bills (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/26/1997	A	Denver Broncos	10-31	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	69739
Sat	8/2/1997	H	Chicago Bears	17-20	L	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	33525
Fri	8/8/1997	H	Minnesota Vikings	19-3	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	32559
Sat	8/16/1997	N	Green Bay Packers	3-35	L		Toronto, ON	SkyDome	53896
Fri	8/22/1997	A	Baltimore Ravens	31-28	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	54473
Sun	8/31/1997	H	Minnesota Vikings	13-34	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79139
Sun	9/7/1997	A	New York Jets	28-22	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72988
Sun	9/14/1997	A	Kansas City Chiefs	16-22	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	78169
Sun	9/21/1997	H	Indianapolis Colts	37-35	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	55340
Sun	10/5/1997	H	Detroit Lions	22-13	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78025
Sun	10/12/1997	A	New England Patriots	6-33	L		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	59802
Mon	10/20/1997	A	Indianapolis Colts	9-6	W		Indianapolis, IN	RCA Dome	61139
Sun	10/26/1997	H	Denver Broncos	20-23	L	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78458
Sun	11/2/1997	H	Miami Dolphins	9-6	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78011
Sun	11/9/1997	H	New England Patriots	10-31	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	65783
Mon	11/17/1997	A	Miami Dolphins	13-30	L		Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Stadium	74155
Sun	11/23/1997	A	Tennessee Oilers	14-31	L		Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	23751
Sun	11/30/1997	H	New York Jets	20-10	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	47776
Sun	12/7/1997	A	Chicago Bears	3-20	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	39784
Sun	12/14/1997	H	Jacksonville Jaguars	14-20	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	41231
Sat	12/20/1997	A	Green Bay Packers	21-31	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	60108

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Ethan Albright	76	C	6-5	268	26	North Carolina	16	0
Dan Brandenburg	96	LB	6-2	255	24	Indiana State	12	0
Ruben Brown	79	LOG	6-3	302	25	Pittsburgh	16	16
Jeff Burris	22	LCB	6-0	192	25	Notre Dame	14	14
Steve Christie	2	K	6-0	191	30	William & Mary	16	0
Tony Cline	86	TE	6-4	249	26	Stanford	10	1
Todd Collins	15	QB	6-4	224	26	Michigan	14	13
Billy Conaty	63	C	6-2	302	24	Virginia Tech	1	0
Rob Coons	87	TE	6-5	249	28	Fullerton JC; Pittsburgh	12	0
Damien Covington	57	RILB	5-11	236	25	North Carolina State	8	8
Quinn Early	88	WR	6-0	190	32	Iowa	16	16
John Fina	70	LOT	6-5	298	28	Arizona	16	16
Mitchell Galloway	82	WR	5-8	178	23	East Carolina	3	0
Phil Hansen	90	LDE	6-5	276	29	North Dakota State	16	16
Billy Joe Hobert	8	QB	6-3	230	26	Washington	2	0
John Holecek	52	MLB-LILB	6-2	240	25	Illinois	14	8
Darick Holmes	44	RB	6-0	232	26	Sacramento CC; Portland State	13	0
Ken Irvin	27	CB	5-11	184	25	Memphis	16	0
Ray Jackson	31	CB	5-10	189	24	Colorado State	9	0
Jim Jeffcoat	77	DE	6-5	277	36	Arizona State	7	0
Lonnie Johnson	84	TE	6-3	242	26	Florida State	16	16
Henry Jones	30	SS	6-0	199	30	Illinois	15	15
Marlon Kerner	46	;CB	5-10	190	24	Ohio State	13	2
Corbin Lacina	68	ROG	6-4	301	27	Augustana (South Dakota)	16	13
Corey Louchiey	72	ROT	6-8	305	26	Tennessee; South Carolina	16	6
Mark Maddox	55	RILB	6-1	236	29	Northern Michigan	8	1
Manny Martin	21	FS	5-11	184	28	Alabama State	16	1
Chris Mohr	9	P	6-5	215	31	Alabama	16	0
Sean Moran	98	LDT-RDT	6-3	272	24	Colorado State	16	7
Eric Moulds	80	WR	6-2	209	24	Mississippi State	16	8
Jamie Nails	74	OT	6-6	345	22	Florida A&M	2	0
Gabe Northern	99	ROLB	6-3	240	23	Louisiana State	16	1
Jerry Ostroski	60	ROT-ROG-C	6-3	319	27	Tulsa	16	16
Bryce Paup	95	LOLB	6-5	248	29	Northern Iowa	16	16
Marlo Perry	48	LB	6-4	250	25	Jackson State	13	0
Mark Pike	94	DE	6-4	272	34	Georgia Tech	15	0
Shawn Price	91	DE	6-5	279	27	Sierra JC; Pacific	10	0
Andre Reed	83	WR	6-2	189	33	Kutztown	15	15
Jerry Reese	81	WR	5-11	190	24	San Jose State	5	0
Jay Riemersma	85	TE	6-5	254	24	Michigan	16	8
Sam Rogers	59	ROLB	6-3	245	27	West Hills CC; West Los Angeles JC; Colorado	15	15
Kurt Schulz	24	FS	6-1	208	29	Eastern Washington	15	15
Eric Smedley	40	SS	5-11	199	24	Indiana	13	1
Antowain Smith	23	RB	6-2	229	25	East Mississippi CC; Houston	16	0
Bruce Smith	78	RDE	6-4	273	34	Virginia Tech	16	16
Thomas Smith	28	RCB	5-11	189	27	North Carolina	16	16
Chris Spielman	54	LILB	6-0	247	32	Ohio State	8	8
Marcus Spriggs	69	OT	6-3	308	23	Hinds CC; Houston	2	0
Steve Tasker	89	WR	5-9	184	35	Dodge City CC; Northwestern	14	0
Thurman Thomas	34	RB	5-10	198	31	Oklahoma State	16	16
Tim Tindale	33	RB	5-10	220	26	Western Ontario	7	0
Alex Van Pelt	10	QB	6-1	219	27	Pittsburgh	6	3
Ted Washington	92	NT-RDT-LDT	6-5	345	29	Louisville	16	16
Marcellus Wiley	75	DE	6-4	274	23	Columbia	16	0
Pat Williams	93	DT	6-3	308	25	Navarro JC; Northeastern State; Texas A&M	1	0
Dusty Zeigler	61	C	6-5	301	24	Notre Dame	13	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	23	Antowain Smith	RB	Houston
2	52	Marcellus Wiley	DE	Columbia
4	120	Jamie Nails	T	Florida A&M
5	153	Sean Woodson	DB	Jackson State
6	185	Marcus Spriggs	T	Houston
7	226	Pat Fitzgerald	TE	Texas

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	19	66	45	125	0	255
Opponents Totals	78	118	68	100	3	367

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	27:59	268	98	144	26	53/212 25.0%	11/29 37.9%	92	742
Opponents Totals	32:01	265	85	160	20	85/240 35.4%	7/16 43.8%	98	992

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Steve Christie	0	21	21	100.0	0	0	24	30	80.0	0	93
Antowain Smith	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	48
Quinn Early	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Andre Reed	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Jay Riemersma	2	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	14
Darick Holmes	2	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	12
Lonnie Johnson	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Thurman Thomas	1	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	6
Alex Van Pelt	1	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	6
Phil Hansen	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Eric Moulds	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	2
Team Totals	26	21	21	100.0	2	5	24	30	80.0	1	255
Opponents Totals	37	34	35	97.1	0	2	37	46	80.4	0	367

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Steve Christie	24	30	80.0	1	55	0/0	6/6	9/12	8/10	1/2
Team Totals	24	30	80.0	1	55	0/0	6/6	9/12	8/10	1/2
Opponents Totals	37	46	80.4			2/2	11/11	12/15	9/13	3/5

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
Antowain Smith	194	840	4.3	56t	8	47	7	2	4
Thurman Thomas	154	643	4.2	24	1	33	1	0	2
Darick Holmes	22	106	4.8	19	2	11	0	0	0
Todd Collins	30	77	2.6	11	0	3	0	0	2
Eric Moulds	4	59	14.8	29	0	2	2	0	0
Alex Van Pelt	11	33	3.0	9	1	2	0	0	2
Andre Reed	3	11	3.7	9	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Joe Hobert	2	7	3.5	7	0	0	0	0	0
Lonnie Johnson	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Mohr	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	422	1782	4.2	56t	12	98	10	2	12
Opponents Totals	493	1792	3.6	78t	11	85	13	2	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	20+	40+	RTG
Todd Collins	391	215	55.0	163	2367	6.1	11.0	77t	12	3.1	13	3.3	39	278	2089	107	27	9	69.5
Billy Joe Hobert	30	17	56.7	11	133	4.4	7.8	20	0	0.0	2	6.7	2	7	126	5	1	0	40.0
Alex Van Pelt	124	60	48.4	54	684	5.5	11.4	39	2	1.6	10	8.1	4	33	651	31	8	0	37.2
Chris Mohr	1	1	100.0	0	29	29.0	29.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	29	1	1	0	118.8
Andre Reed	0	0		0	0				0		0		1	20	-20	0	0	0
Team Totals	546	293	53.7	228	3213	5.9	11.0	77t	14	2.6	25	4.6	46	338	2875	144	37	9	60.8
Opponents Totals	502	287	57.2	200	3405	6.8	11.9	60	17	3.4	15	3.0	46	344	3061	160	49	5	76.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
Andre Reed	60	880	14.7	77t	5	39	13	4	0
Quinn Early	60	853	14.2	45	5	42	14	2	0
Lonnie Johnson	41	340	8.3	62t	2	15	2	1	2
Thurman Thomas	30	208	6.9	30	0	8	2	0	0
Eric Moulds	29	294	10.1	32	0	18	1	0	1
Antowain Smith	28	177	6.3	19	0	9	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	26	208	8.0	22	2	7	1	0	1
Darick Holmes	13	106	8.2	22	0	2	1	0	0
Tim Tindale	4	105	26.3	45	0	2	2	2	0
Tony Cline	1	29	29.0	29	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Reese	1	13	13.0	13	0	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	293	3213	11.0	77t	14	144	37	9	4
Opponents Totals	287	3405	11.9	60	17	160	49	5	4

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Irvin	2	28	14.0	28	0
Kurt Schulz	2	23	11.5	21	0
Marlon Kerner	2	20	10.0	20	0
Jeff Burris	2	19	9.5	10	0
Sean Moran	2	12	6.0	12	0
Mark Maddox	1	25	25.0	25	0
Manny Martin	1	12	12.0	12	0
Chris Spielman	1	8	8.0	8	0
Damien Covington	1	6	6.0	6	0
Marlo Perry	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	15	157	10.5	28	0
Opponents Totals	25	359	14.4	62t	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Chris Mohr	90	3764	41.8	59	1	6	24	3	13	366	3278	36.0
Team Totals	91	3764	41.4	59	1	6	24	3	13	366	3278	36.0
Opponents Totals	86	3608	42.0	65	1	8	33			346	3102	36.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	20+	40+	FUM
Jeff Burris	21	8	198	9.4	32	2	0	3
Steve Tasker	12	9	113	9.4	47	1	1	1
Eric Moulds	2	0	20	10.0	10	0	0	0
Mitchell Galloway	2	2	15	7.5	15	0	0	1
Ray Jackson	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1
Henry Jones	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	39	19	346	8.9	47	3	1	7
Opponents Totals	44	24	366	8.3	29		0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Steve Christie	63	3803	60.4	1	5	55	1385	3	3	0
Team Totals	63	3803	60.4	1	5	55	1385	3	3	0
Opponents Totals						78	1538	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
Eric Moulds	43	921	21.4	53	0	22	3	2
Darick Holmes	23	430	18.7	36	0	10	0	1
Mitchell Galloway	6	130	21.7	30	0	4	0	0
Rob Coons	1	12	12.0	12	0	0	0	0
Steve Tasker	1	12	12.0	12	0	0	0	0
Marcellus Wiley	1	12	12.0	12	0	0	0	0
Mark Pike	1	11	11.0	11	0	0	0	0
Jeff Burris	1	10	10.0	10	0	0	0	0
Tony Cline	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	78	1538	19.7	53	0	36	3	3
Opponents Totals	55	1385	25.2	96t	3

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bruce Smith	14.0
Bryce Paup	9.5
Phil Hansen	6.0
Sean Moran	4.5
Ted Washington	4.0
Sam Rogers	3.5
Henry Jones	2.0
John Holecek	1.5
Damien Covington	0.5
Jim Jeffcoat	0.5
Team Totals	46.0	344.0
Opponents Totals	46.0	338.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dan Brandenburg	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ruben Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Burris	3		1	0	1	0	0
Todd Collins	10		0	0	0	-30	0
John Fina	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mitchell Galloway	1		0	0	0	0	0
Billy Joe Hobert	1		1	0	1	-5	0
Darick Holmes	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ray Jackson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Lonnie Johnson	2		1	0	1	0	0
Henry Jones	1		0	1	1	0	0
Marlon Kerner	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Corbin Lacina	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chris Mohr	1		1	0	1	-10	0
Sean Moran	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Moulds	3		1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Ostroski	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Bryce Paup	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Marlo Perry	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Andre Reed	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	1		0	0	0	0	0
Antowain Smith	4		0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Smith	1		0	1	1	1	0
Steve Tasker	1		1	1	2	0	0
Thurman Thomas	2		0	0	0	0	0
Alex Van Pelt	3		3	0	3	-7	0
Ted Washington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Marcellus Wiley	1		1	1	2	40	0
Dusty Zeigler	1		1	0	1	-12	0
Team Totals	39	18	21	7	28	-23	0
Opponents Totals	23	7	13	17	30		3

Tom Bresnahan	Offensive Line
Ted Cottrell	Linebackers
Bruce DeHaven	Special Teams
Dan Henning	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Charlie Joiner	Receivers
Rusty Jones	Strength and Conditioning
Don Lawrence	Tight Ends/Offensive Quality Control
Chuck Lester	Assistant Linebackers/Administrative Assistant
Wade Phillips	Defensive Coordinator
Elijah Pitts	Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs
Dick Roach	Defensive Backs
Dan Sekanovich	Defensive Line