2000 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 8-8-0 .500

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

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	8/4/2000	H	Cincinnati Bengals	21-20	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	37282
Sat	8/12/2000	A	Detroit Lions	13-15	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	48505
Sat	8/19/2000	A	St. Louis Rams	31-27	W		St. Louis, MO	Trans World Dome	64900
Thu	8/24/2000	A	Philadelphia Eagles	16-12	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium
Sun	9/3/2000	H	Tennessee Titans	16-13	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72492
Sun	9/10/2000	H	Green Bay Packers	27-18	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72722
Sun	9/17/2000	A	New York Jets	14-27	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	77884
Sun	10/1/2000	H	Indianapolis Colts	16-18	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72617
Sun	10/8/2000	A	Miami Dolphins	13-22	L		Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Stadium	73901
Sun	10/15/2000	H	San Diego Chargers	27-24	W	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72351
Sun	10/22/2000	A	Minnesota Vikings	27-31	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	64116
Sun	10/29/2000	H	New York Jets	23-20	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72861
Sun	11/5/2000	A	New England Patriots	16-13	W	OT	Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	60292
Sun	11/12/2000	H	Chicago Bears	20-3	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72420
Sun	11/19/2000	A	Kansas City Chiefs	21-17	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	78457
Sun	11/26/2000	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-31	L		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	65546
Sun	12/3/2000	H	Miami Dolphins	6-33	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	73002
Mon	12/11/2000	A	Indianapolis Colts	20-44	L		Indianapolis, IN	RCA Dome	56671
Sun	12/17/2000	H	New England Patriots	10-13	L	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	47230
Sat	12/23/2000	A	Seattle Seahawks	42-23	W		Seattle, WA	Husky Stadium	61025

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
76	Ethan Albright	C	6-5	268	29	North Carolina	16	0
89	Avion Black	WR	5-11	181	23	Tennessee State	2	0
79	Ruben Brown	LOG	6-3	302	28	Pittsburgh	16	16
38	Shawn Bryson	RB	6-0	231	24	Tennessee	16	7
65	Jon Carman	OT	6-7	335	24	Nassau CC; Georgia Tech	3	0
29	Keion Carpenter	FS	5-11	205	23	Virginia Tech	12	12
82	Kwame Cavil	WR	6-2	203	21	Texas	16	0
2	Steve Christie	K	6-0	191	33	William & Mary	16	0
84	Bobby Collins	TE	6-4	248	24	East Mississippi CC; North Alabama	12	2
63	Billy Conaty	C	6-2	302	27	Virginia Tech	16	0
56	Sam Cowart	RILB	6-2	245	25	Florida State	12	12
80	John Fina	LOT	6-5	298	31	Arizona	14	14
96	Erik Flowers	DE	6-4	270	22	Trinity Valley CC; Arizona State	16	0
7	Doug Flutie	QB	5-10	178	38	Boston College	11	5
55	Jay Foreman	LB	6-1	240	24	Nebraska	15	3
25	Donovan Greer	DB	5-9	178	26	Texas A&M	13	1
90	Phil Hansen	LDE	6-5	276	32	North Dakota State	10	8
77	Robert Hicks	OT	6-8	335	26	Mississippi State	14	7
39	Raion Hill	S	6-0	200	24	Louisiana State	16	0
24	Ray Hill	DB	6-0	190	25	Michigan State	5	0
52	John Holecek	LILB	6-2	240	28	Illinois	16	16
27	Ken Irvin	RCB	5-11	184	28	Memphis	16	16
88	Sheldon Jackson	TE-HBK	6-3	241	24	Nebraska	16	8
11	Rob Johnson	QB	6-4	210	27	Southern California	12	11
99	Fred Jones	LB	6-2	246	23	Colorado	15	0
20	Henry Jones	SS	6-0	199	33	Illinois	16	16
97	Leif Larsen	DT	6-4	295	25	Texas-El Paso	7	0
35	Jonathan Linton	FB	6-0	240	26	North Carolina	14	2
86	Jeremy McDaniel	WR	6-0	197	24	Fort Scott CC; Arizona	16	6
9	Chris Mohr	P	6-5	215	34	Alabama	16	0
54	Corey Moore	LB	5-11	225	23	Holmes CC; Virginia Tech	9	4
45	Sammy Morris	RB	6-0	221	23	Texas Tech	12	8
80	Eric Moulds	WR	6-2	209	27	Mississippi State	16	16
74	Jamie Nails	ROG	6-6	345	25	Florida A&M	16	16
53	Keith Newman	LOLB	6-2	247	23	North Carolina	16	16
60	Jerry Ostroski	C	6-3	319	30	Tulsa	16	16
72	Joe Panos	OG	6-2	296	29	Wisconsin-Whitewater; Wisconsin	13	0
51	DaShon Polk	LB	6-2	240	23	Arizona	5	0
22	Daryl Porter	CB	5-9	188	26	Boston College	16	0
81	Peerless Price	WR	5-11	189	24	Tennessee	16	16
91	Shawn Price	DE	6-5	279	30	Sierra JC; Pacific	13	6
85	Jay Riemersma	TE	6-5	254	27	Michigan	12	12
59	Sam Rogers	ROLB	6-3	245	30	West Hills CC; West Los Angeles JC; Colorado	11	11
23	Antowain Smith	RB	6-2	229	28	East Mississippi CC; Houston	11	3
69	Marcus Spriggs	ROT	6-3	308	26	Hinds CC; Houston	16	11
28	Travares Tillman	S	6-1	196	23	Georgia Tech	15	4
10	Alex Van Pelt	QB	6-1	219	30	Pittsburgh	1	0
92	Ted Washington	NT	6-5	345	32	Louisville	16	16
21	Chris Watson	CB	6-1	190	23	Eastern Illinois	16	5
75	Marcellus Wiley	RDE	6-4	274	26	Columbia	16	15
93	Pat Williams	NT-DE	6-3	308	28	Navarro JC; Northeastern State; Texas A&M	16	4
26	Antoine Winfield	LCB	5-9	180	23	Ohio State	11	11
98	Kenyatta Wright	LB	6-0	240	22	Oklahoma State	16	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	26	Erik Flowers	DE	Arizona State
2	58	Travares Tillman	DB	Georgia Tech
3	89	Corey Moore	LB	Virginia Tech
4	121	Avion Black	WR	Tennessee State
5	156	Sammy Morris	RB	Texas Tech
6	194	Leif Larsen	DT	Texas-El Paso
7	233	Drew Haddad	WR	Buffalo
7	251	DaShon Polk	LB	Arizona

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	54	97	40	118	6
Opponents Totals	46	93	76	132	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	31:25	309	111	174	24	92/247 37.2%	9/12 75.0%	101	913
Opponents Totals	28:35	252	76	153	23	81/219 37.0%	7/11 63.6%	103	905

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Steve Christie	0	31	31	100.0	0	0	26	35	74.3	0	109
Sammy Morris	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
Eric Moulds	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Jay Riemersma	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Antowain Smith	4	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	24
Peerless Price	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Shawn Bryson	2	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	14
Jeremy McDaniel	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Doug Flutie	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Sheldon Jackson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Rob Johnson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Henry Jones	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jonathan Linton	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jerry Ostroski	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Daryl Porter	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Chris Mohr	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	34	31	31	100.0	1	3	26	35	74.3	0	315
Opponents Totals	37	33	33	100.0	3	4	29	33	87.9	1	350

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Steve Christie	26	35	74.3	2/2	11/13	4/6	9/13	0/1
Team Totals	26	35	74.3	2/2	11/13	4/6	9/13	0/1
Opponents Totals	29	33	87.9	1/1	11/12	11/13	5/5	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Shawn Bryson	161	591	3.7	24	0	30	2	0	0
Antowain Smith	101	354	3.5	59	4	19	1	1	1
Sammy Morris	93	341	3.7	32t	5	29	2	0	1
Rob Johnson	42	307	7.3	23	1	15	2	0	1
Doug Flutie	36	161	4.5	32	1	10	1	0	3
Jonathan Linton	38	112	2.9	12	0	6	0	0	3
Peerless Price	2	32	16.0	27	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Moulds	2	24	12.0	20	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	475	1922	4.0	59	11	111	10	1	9
Opponents Totals	444	1559	3.5	39t	13	76	7	0	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Doug Flutie	231	132	57.1	96	1700	7.4	12.9	52	8	3.5	3	1.3	10	68	1632	70	49	4	86.5
Rob Johnson	306	175	57.2	124	2125	6.9	12.1	74t	12	3.9	7	2.3	49	292	1833	101	27	4	82.2
Chris Mohr	1	1	100.0	0	44	44.0	44.0	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	44	1	1	1	118.8
Alex Van Pelt	8	4	50.0	4	67	8.4	16.8	36	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	67	2	2	0	78.6
Team Totals	546	312	57.1	224	3936	7.2	12.6	74t	20	3.7	10	1.8	59	360	3576	174	59	9	84.3
Opponents Totals	480	283	59.0	181	3175	6.6	11.2	63	18	3.8	16	3.3	42	308	2867	153	38	7	77.4

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Eric Moulds	164	94	57.3	1326	14.1	52	5	62	23	4	1
Peerless Price	106	52	49.1	762	14.7	42	3	34	11	2	3
Jeremy McDaniel	69	43	62.3	697	16.2	74t	2	31	12	2	0
Sammy Morris	48	37	77.1	268	7.2	24	1	7	3	0	1
Shawn Bryson	46	32	69.6	271	8.5	32	2	10	3	0	1
Jay Riemersma	60	31	51.7	372	12.0	35	5	18	4	0	1
Bobby Collins	10	6	60.0	72	12.0	23	0	3	1	0	0
Sheldon Jackson	8	5	62.5	36	7.2	12	1	3	0	0	0
Kwame Cavil	8	4	50.0	66	16.5	39	0	3	1	0	0
Antowain Smith	5	3	60.0	20	6.7	9	0	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Linton	4	3	75.0	8	2.7	4t	1	1	0	0	0
Daryl Porter	1	1	100.0	44	44.0	44	0	1	1	1	0
Rob Johnson	1	1	100.0	-6	-6.0	-6	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	530	312	58.9	3936	12.6	74t	20	174	59	9	7
Opponents Totals		283		3175	11.2	63	18	153	38	7	3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Keion Carpenter	5	63	12.6	22	0
Henry Jones	2	45	22.5	45t	1
Sam Cowart	2	4	2.0	2	0
Ken Irvin	2	1	0.5	1	0
Sam Rogers	1	10	10.0	10	0
Antoine Winfield	1	8	8.0	8	0
Erik Flowers	1	0	0.0	0	0
John Holecek	1	0	0.0	0	0
Daryl Porter	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	131	8.2	45t	1
Opponents Totals	10	112	11.2	40t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Chris Mohr	95	3661	38.5	57	1	5	19	12	6	544	3017	31.4
Team Totals	96	3661	38.1	57	1	5	19	12	6	544	3017	31.4
Opponents Totals	92	3865	42.0	70	0	7	37			190	3535	38.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Chris Watson	33	18	163	4.9	20	0	1	0	3
Peerless Price	5	5	27	5.4	12	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	38	23	190	5.0	20	0	1	0	4
Opponents Totals	51	21	544	10.7	73t	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Steve Christie	72	3860	53.6	2	1	67	1475	2	2	0
Chris Mohr	3	176	58.7	0	0	3	49	0	0	0
Team Totals	75	4036	53.8	2	1	70	1524	2	2	0
Opponents Totals						69	1262	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Chris Watson	44	894	20.3	37	0	23	0	1
Avion Black	9	165	18.3	26	0	4	0	0
Shawn Bryson	8	122	15.3	26	0	2	0	0
Jonathan Linton	3	40	13.3	17	0	0	0	0
Jay Foreman	1	19	19.0	19	0	0	0	0
Sammy Morris	1	17	17.0	17	0	0	0	0
Henry Jones	1	4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0
Kwame Cavil	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Antowain Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	69	1262	18.3	37	0	29	0	1
Opponents Totals	70	1558	22.3	97t	2

SACKS	NO	YDS
Marcellus Wiley	10.5	92.0
Keith Newman	8.0	52.0
Sam Cowart	5.5	38.5
Sam Rogers	5.0	52.0
Ted Washington	2.5	18.5
Pat Williams	2.5	18.0
Erik Flowers	2.0	9.0
Phil Hansen	2.0	15.0
Fred Jones	1.0	1.0
Leif Larsen	1.0	2.0
Corey Moore	1.0	0.0
Shawn Price	1.0	10.0
Team Totals	42.0	308.0
Opponents Totals	59.0	360.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ethan Albright	0	0	0	1	1	19	0
Shawn Bryson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Cowart	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
John Fina	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Doug Flutie	5	2	2	0	2	-9	0
Donovan Greer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Phil Hansen	0	0	0	1	1	29	0
Sheldon Jackson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rob Johnson	4	2	2	0	2	0	0
Henry Jones	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
Jonathan Linton	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
Corey Moore	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sammy Morris	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Eric Moulds	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jamie Nails	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
Keith Newman	1	0	0	1	1	25	0
Jerry Ostroski	1	0	1	0	1	-12	1
Daryl Porter	0	0	1	1	2	54	1
Peerless Price	4	3	1	0	1	0	0
Jay Riemersma	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Rogers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Antowain Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Watson	4	2	2	0	2	0	0
Marcellus Wiley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Pat Williams	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	28	13	15	13	28	128	2
Opponents Totals	29	13	16	12	28		2

DEFENSE	TKL	TT	TA	DT	DA	STT	STA	MT	PD	QH	TFL	FF	BL
Sam Cowart	130	88	42	88	41	0	1	0	6	4	7	1	0
John Holecek	110	69	41	69	41	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	0
Henry Jones	70	45	25	45	25	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0
Marcellus Wiley	65	40	25	40	25	0	0	0	1	5	12	3	0
Keith Newman	64	45	19	44	18	1	1	0	2	5	11	2	0
Jay Foreman	64	44	20	32	18	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ted Washington	58	37	21	37	21	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0
Pat Williams	55	37	18	37	18	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1
Antoine Winfield	49	41	8	34	8	7	0	0	7	0	1	0	0
Sam Rogers	40	28	12	28	12	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	0
Keion Carpenter	33	30	3	30	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Ken Irvin	32	30	2	29	2	1	0	0	11	0	2	0	0
Chris Watson	31	25	6	24	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Daryl Porter	31	25	6	16	4	9	2	0	4	0	0	2	0
Kenyatta Wright	31	28	3	13	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Hansen	27	16	11	16	11	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0
Shawn Price	26	14	12	14	12	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Travares Tillman	26	22	4	19	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Erik Flowers	20	11	9	11	9	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0
Raion Hill	20	17	3	2	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donovan Greer	17	11	6	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Jones	16	13	3	5	2	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Corey Moore	15	11	4	8	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Sammy Morris	12	10	2	0	0	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kwame Cavil	10	9	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leif Larsen	6	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ethan Albright	6	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Christie	4	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Jackson	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jonathan Linton	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DaShon Polk	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Flutie	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Hill	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Moulds	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ruben Brown	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Carman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Collins	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Panos	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Avion Black	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn Bryson	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
John Fina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Hicks	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
Jeremy McDaniel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Mohr	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
Jerry Ostroski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peerless Price	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
Alex Van Pelt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	1093	782	311	658	295	112	16	12	63	21	69	17	1
Opponents Totals	1105	878	227	752	216	105	11	21	64	33	91	16	5