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1999 Buffalo Bills (NFL) 2nd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 11-5-0 .688

Max Bowman	Assistant to the Head Coach/Tight Ends
Bill Bradley	Defensive Backs
Ted Cottrell	Defensive Coordinator
Bruce DeHaven	Special Teams
Chris Dickson	Offensive Quality Control
Bishop Harris	Running Backs
Charlie Joiner	Receivers
Rusty Jones	Strength and Conditioning
Chuck Lester	Linebackers
John Levra	Defensive Line
Carl Mauck	Offensive Line
Joe Pendry	Offensive Coordinator
Turk Schonert	Quarterbacks

Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/14/1999	A	Seattle Seahawks	24-10	W		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	66285
Fri	8/20/1999	A	Washington Redskins	19-20	L		Landover, MD	Redskins Stadium	60004
Sat	8/28/1999	A	Cincinnati Bengals	30-3	W		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	40378
Sat	9/4/1999	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	16-14	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	44164
Sun	9/12/1999	A	Indianapolis Colts	14-31	L		Indianapolis, IN	RCA Dome	56238
Sun	9/19/1999	H	New York Jets	17-3	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	68839
Sun	9/26/1999	H	Philadelphia Eagles	26-0	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	70872
Mon	10/4/1999	A	Miami Dolphins	23-18	W		Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Stadium	74724
Sun	10/10/1999	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-21	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	71038
Sun	10/17/1999	H	Oakland Raiders	14-20	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	71113
Sun	10/24/1999	A	Seattle Seahawks	16-26	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	66301
Sun	10/31/1999	A	Baltimore Ravens	13-10	W		Baltimore, MD	PSINet Stadium	68673
Sun	11/7/1999	A	Washington Redskins	34-17	W		Landover, MD	Redskins Stadium	78721
Sun	11/14/1999	H	Miami Dolphins	23-3	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72810
Sun	11/21/1999	A	New York Jets	7-17	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	79285
Sun	11/28/1999	H	New England Patriots	17-7	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72111
Sun	12/12/1999	H	New York Giants	17-19	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72527
Sun	12/19/1999	A	Arizona Cardinals	31-21	W		Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	64337
Sun	12/26/1999	A	New England Patriots	13-10	W	OT	Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	55014
Sun	1/2/2000	H	Indianapolis Colts	31-6	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	61959
Sat	1/8/2000	A	Tennessee Titans	16-22	L		Nashville, TN	Adelphia Coliseum	66672	AFC Wild Card Playoff

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
76	Ethan Albright	C	6-5	268	28	North Carolina	16	0
96	Dan Brandenburg	LB	6-2	255	26	Indiana State	14	0
79	Ruben Brown	LOG	6-3	302	27	Pittsburgh	14	14
29	Keion Carpenter	S	5-11	205	22	Virginia Tech	10	0
2	Steve Christie	K	6-0	191	32	William & Mary	16	0
84	Bobby Collins	TE	6-4	248	23	East Mississippi CC; North Alabama	14	4
63	Billy Conaty	C	6-2	302	26	Virginia Tech	7	1
56	Sam Cowart	RILB	6-2	245	24	Florida State	16	16
51	Joe Cummings	LB	6-2	242	25	Wyoming	16	2
80	John Fina	LOT	6-5	298	30	Arizona	16	16
7	Doug Flutie	QB	5-10	178	37	Boston College	15	15
55	Jay Foreman	LB	6-1	240	23	Nebraska	7	0
33	Sam Gash	FB	6-0	237	30	Penn State	15	11
31	Lennox Gordon	RB	5-11	201	21	New Mexico	8	0
25	Donovan Greer	CB	5-9	178	25	Texas A&M	16	0
90	Phil Hansen	LDE	6-5	276	31	North Dakota State	14	14
77	Robert Hicks	ROT	6-8	335	25	Mississippi State	14	14
52	John Holecek	LILB	6-2	240	27	Illinois	14	14
27	Ken Irvin	LCB	5-11	184	27	Memphis	14	14
88	Sheldon Jackson	TE	6-3	241	23	Nebraska	13	4
11	Rob Johnson	QB	6-4	210	26	Southern California	2	1
20	Henry Jones	SS	6-0	199	32	Illinois	16	16
35	Jonathan Linton	HB	6-0	240	25	North Carolina	16	2
89	Kamil Loud	WR	6-0	190	23	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	7	0
21	Manny Martin	S	5-11	184	30	Alabama State	7	0
86	Jeremy McDaniel	WR	6-0	197	23	Fort Scott CC; Arizona	1	0
9	Chris Mohr	P	6-5	215	33	Alabama	16	0
98	Sean Moran	DE	6-3	272	26	Colorado State	16	0
80	Eric Moulds	WR	6-2	209	26	Mississippi State	14	14
74	Jamie Nails	OG	6-6	345	24	Florida A&M	16	3
53	Keith Newman	LB	6-2	247	22	North Carolina	3	0
99	Gabe Northern	ROLB	6-3	240	25	Louisiana State	16	16
60	Jerry Ostroski	C	6-3	319	29	Tulsa	15	15
58	Marlo Perry	LB	6-4	250	27	Jackson State	16	0
22	Daryl Porter	CB	5-9	188	25	Boston College	16	0
91	Peerless Price	WR	5-11	189	23	Tennessee	16	4
81	Shawn Price	DE	6-5	279	29	Sierra JC; Pacific	15	1
83	Andre Reed	WR	6-2	189	35	Kutztown	16	16
85	Jay Riemersma	TE	6-5	254	26	Michigan	14	11
52	Sam Rogers	LOLB	6-3	245	29	West Hills CC; West Los Angeles JC; Colorado	16	16
24	Kurt Schulz	FS	6-1	208	31	Eastern Washington	16	16
23	Antowain Smith	RB	6-2	229	27	East Mississippi CC; Houston	14	11
78	Bruce Smith	RDE	6-4	273	36	Virginia Tech	16	16
28	Thomas Smith	RCB	5-11	189	29	North Carolina	16	16
69	Marcus Spriggs	OT	6-3	308	25	Hinds CC; Houston	11	2
34	Thurman Thomas	RB	5-10	198	33	Oklahoma State	5	3
10	Alex Van Pelt	QB	6-1	219	29	Pittsburgh	1	0
92	Ted Washington	NT	6-5	345	31	Louisville	16	16
75	Marcellus Wiley	DE	6-4	274	25	Columbia	16	1
82	Kevin Williams	WR	5-9	195	28	Miami (Florida)	16	0
93	Pat Williams	DT	6-3	308	27	Navarro JC; Northeastern State; Texas A&M	16	0
26	Antoine Winfield	CB	5-9	180	22	Ohio State	16	2
61	Dusty Zeigler	ROG	6-5	301	26	Notre Dame	15	15

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College	Notes
Antoine Winfield	1	23	DB	Ohio State
Peerless Price	2	53	WR	Tennessee
Shawn Bryson	3	86	RB	Tennessee
Keith Newman	4	119	LB	North Carolina
Bobby Collins	4	122	TE	North Alabama	from GB
Jay Foreman	5	156	LB	Nebraska
Armon Hatcher	6	194	DB	Oregon State
Sheldon Jackson	7	230	TE	Nebraska
Bryce Fisher	7	248	DE	Air Force

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	68	98	73	78	3
Opponents Totals	66	80	23	60	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	32:12	312	117	173	22	93/228 40.8%	11/21 52.4%	98	799
Opponents Totals	27:48	244	73	144	27	69/220 31.4%	6/18 33.3%	97	790

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Steve Christie	0	33	33	100.0	0	0	25	34	73.5	108
Eric Moulds	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		42
Jonathan Linton	6	0	0		1	1	0	0		38
Antowain Smith	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		36
Jay Riemersma	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Peerless Price	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		18
Bobby Collins	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Sam Gash	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Doug Flutie	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Henry Jones	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Gabe Northern	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Andre Reed	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Thurman Thomas	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Chris Mohr	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0
Team Totals	35	33	33	100.0	1	2	25	34	73.5	320
Opponents Totals	23	22	22	100.0	0	1	23	31	74.2	229

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Steve Christie	25	34	73.5	2/2	10/10	7/10	3/9	3/3
Team Totals	25	34	73.5	2/2	10/10	7/10	3/9	3/3
Opponents Totals	23	31	74.2	0/0	8/8	9/11	6/9	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Jonathan Linton	205	695	3.4	18	5	44	0	0	4
Antowain Smith	165	614	3.7	52t	6	27	5	1	4
Doug Flutie	88	476	5.4	24t	1	31	4	0	2
Thurman Thomas	36	152	4.2	31	0	10	1	0	0
Rob Johnson	8	61	7.6	25	0	3	1	0	0
Lennox Gordon	11	38	3.5	13	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Williams	1	13	13.0	13	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Moulds	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Mohr	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Van Pelt	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Hicks	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Peerless Price	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	519	2040	3.9	52t	12	117	11	1	10
Opponents Totals	407	1370	3.4	40	9	73	3	1	5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Doug Flutie	478	264	55.2	198	3171	6.6	12.0	54t	19	4.0	16	3.3	26	176	2995	156	40	7	75.1
Rob Johnson	34	25	73.5	9	298	8.8	11.9	42	2	5.9	0	0.0	1	9	289	16	4	1	119.5
Alex Van Pelt	1	1	100.0	0	9	9.0	9.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	9	1	0	0	104.2
Team Totals	513	290	56.5	207	3478	6.8	12.0	54t	21	4.1	16	3.1	27	185	3293	173	44	8	78.1
Opponents Totals	506	269	53.2	225	2889	5.7	10.7	50	12	2.4	12	2.4	37	214	2675	144	34	4	68.2

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Eric Moulds	115	65	56.5	994	15.3	54t	7	44	13	6	1
Andre Reed	93	52	55.9	536	10.3	30	1	31	2	0	0
Jay Riemersma	65	37	56.9	496	13.4	38	4	25	9	0	0
Peerless Price	69	31	44.9	393	12.7	45	3	19	8	1	0
Kevin Williams	51	31	60.8	381	12.3	35	0	20	4	0	0
Jonathan Linton	39	29	74.4	228	7.9	28	1	8	2	0	0
Sam Gash	29	20	69.0	163	8.2	31t	2	9	1	0	0
Bobby Collins	20	9	45.0	124	13.8	45	2	8	2	1	0
Kamil Loud	9	6	66.7	66	11.0	20	0	4	1	0	0
Sheldon Jackson	8	4	50.0	34	8.5	16	0	1	0	0	0
Thurman Thomas	5	3	60.0	37	12.3	23t	1	2	1	0	0
Antowain Smith	2	2	100.0	32	16.0	23	0	2	1	0	0
Robert Hicks	1	1	100.0	-6	-6.0	-6	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	506	290	57.3	3478	12.0	54t	21	173	44	8	1
Opponents Totals		269	53.2	2889	10.7	50	12	144	34	4	1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kurt Schulz	3	26	8.7	26	0
Antoine Winfield	2	13	6.5	10	0
Marcellus Wiley	1	52	52.0	52	0
John Holecek	1	35	35.0	35	0
Thomas Smith	1	29	29.0	29	0
Sam Rogers	1	24	24.0	24	0
Ken Irvin	1	1	1.0	1	0
Donovan Greer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Manny Martin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	12	180	15.0	52	0
Opponents Totals	16	288	18.0	74t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Chris Mohr	73	2840	38.9	60	7	20	4	14	226	2474	33.9
Team Totals	73	2840	38.9	60	7	20	4	14	226	2474	33.9
Opponents Totals	93	3875	41.7	60	16	22			347	3208	34.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	FUM
Kevin Williams	33	17	331	10.0	27	3	0
Peerless Price	1	0	16	16.0	16	0	0
Team Totals	34	17	347	10.2	27	3	0
Opponents Totals	23	25	226	9.8	26

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Steve Christie	74	4537	61.3	0	5	68	1504	0	1	1
Team Totals	74	4537	61.3	0	5	68	1504	0	1	1
Opponents Totals						51	1001	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Kevin Williams	42	840	20.0	62	0	18	1	0
Henry Jones	1	37	37.0	37t	1	1	0	0
Peerless Price	1	27	27.0	27	0	1	0	0
Daryl Porter	2	41	20.5	24	0	1	0	0
Kamil Loud	2	26	13.0	15	0	0	0	0
Sam Gash	1	13	13.0	13	0	0	0	0
Lennox Gordon	1	11	11.0	11	0	0	0	0
Bobby Collins	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	51	1001	19.6	62	1	21	1	0
Opponents Totals	68	1504	22.1	93	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bruce Smith	7.0	59.0
Phil Hansen	6.0	37.5
Marcellus Wiley	5.0	26.0
Gabe Northern	3.5	15.5
Sam Rogers	3.0	13.5
Shawn Price	2.5	18.0
Pat Williams	2.5	15.5
Ted Washington	2.5	4.0
Marlo Perry	1.5	6.5
John Holecek	1.0	7.0
Joe Cummings	1.0	4.0
Sam Cowart	1.0	4.0
Sean Moran	0.5	3.5
Team Totals	37.0	214.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	185.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ethan Albright	1		0	0	0	-8	0
Steve Christie	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Sam Cowart	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Flutie	6		1	0	1	-5	0
Sam Gash	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Phil Hansen	0	0	0	2	2	24	0
Jonathan Linton	4		1	0	1	0	0
Eric Moulds	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Northern	0	0	0	1	1	59	1
Jerry Ostroski	1		0	0	0	-2	0
Andre Reed	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Sam Rogers	0	0	0	2	2	7	0
Kurt Schulz	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Antowain Smith	4		0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Thomas Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	17	11	5	9	14	75	1
Opponents Totals	14	9	4	11	15		1

DEFENSE	TKL	TT	TA	DT	DA	STT	STA	MT	PD	QH	TFL	FF	BL
Sam Cowart	124	79	45	79	45	0	0	0	2	1	6	1	0
Henry Jones	74	60	14	60	14	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	0
Sam Rogers	69	52	17	52	17	0	0	0	2	4	8	0	0
John Holecek	63	44	19	44	19	0	0	0	6	0	3	2	0
Antoine Winfield	62	60	2	37	1	23	1	0	6	0	0	0	0
Phil Hansen	56	39	17	39	17	0	0	0	1	7	9	1	1
Thomas Smith	48	43	5	43	5	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0
Kurt Schulz	47	32	15	32	15	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0
Bruce Smith	45	31	14	31	14	0	0	0	2	5	5	2	0
Ted Washington	45	34	11	34	11	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0
Ken Irvin	43	38	5	38	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Marlo Perry	42	32	10	21	6	11	4	0	2	2	2	0	0
Gabe Northern	38	31	7	27	7	4	0	0	2	3	3	2	0
Pat Williams	33	25	8	25	8	0	0	0	0	2	8	1	1
Marcellus Wiley	25	19	6	19	6	0	0	0	2	6	6	0	0
Sean Moran	21	16	5	7	3	9	2	0	0	1	1	1	0
Daryl Porter	19	16	3	5	3	11	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Cummings	17	15	2	9	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Shawn Price	16	12	4	12	4	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0
Donovan Greer	12	9	3	3	3	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Manny Martin	8	7	1	5	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dan Brandenburg	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keion Carpenter	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lennox Gordon	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Flutie	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Newman	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Foreman	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Mohr	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Linton	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Fina	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Peerless Price	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Williams	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Ostroski	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Christie	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy McDaniel	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Hicks	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Moulds	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Reed	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Albright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Collins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Conaty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Gash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kamil Loud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Nails	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antowain Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Spriggs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurman Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Van Pelt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dusty Zeigler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	943	727	216	623	207	90	9	14	73	38	60	10	2
Opponents Totals	1027	807	220	716	205	79	15	12	93	23	64	12	0

PENALTIES	Total	Declined	Accepted	YDS	YdsNullified	FD
Ruben Brown	10	0	10	71	13	0
Bruce Smith	10	1	9	65	0	3
Eric Moulds	7	1	6	50	20	0
Robert Hicks	7	2	5	30	0	0
John Fina	6	0	6	45	8	0
Thomas Smith	5	0	5	63	0	5
Ken Irvin	5	1	4	55	0	4
Jay Riemersma	5	1	4	30	21	0
Henry Jones	5	1	4	33	0	2
Marcellus Wiley	5	1	4	29	0	3
Gabe Northern	4	1	3	15	0	1
Phil Hansen	3	0	3	25	0	1
Kurt Schulz	2	0	2	12	42	1
Sheldon Jackson	2	0	2	15	28	0
Daryl Porter	2	0	2	30	7	1
Sam Gash	2	0	2	10	1	0
Doug Flutie	2	0	2	10	0	0
Dusty Zeigler	2	0	2	10	0	0
Shawn Price	2	0	2	9	0	0
Jerry Ostroski	2	1	1	10	6	0
Antoine Winfield	1	0	1	16	0	1
John Holecek	1	0	1	15	0	1
Thurman Thomas	1	0	1	15	0	0
Peerless Price	1	0	1	10	3	0
Andre Reed	1	0	1	10	1	0
Bobby Collins	1	0	1	10	0	0
Sam Cowart	1	0	1	6	0	1
Donovan Greer	1	0	1	6	0	0
Dan Brandenburg	1	0	1	5	0	0
Jonathan Linton	1	0	1	5	0	0
Ted Washington	1	0	1	5	0	0
Kevin Williams	1	0	1	5	0	0
Pat Williams	1	0	1	5	0	0
Chris Mohr	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sean Moran	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Rogers	1	1	0	0	0	0
Marcus Spriggs	1	1	0	0	0	0