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2002 Buffalo Bills (NFL)

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

2002 NFL • Previous Season • Next Season • Roster Key • Stat Key

Miles Aldridge	Linebackers
Steve Fairchild	Running Backs
Kevin Gilbride	Offensive Coordinator
Fred Graves	Wide Receivers
Jerry Gray	Defensive Coordinator
Steve Jackson	Safeties/Third Down Specialist
Rusty Jones	Strength and Conditioning
Tommy Kaiser	Offensive Assistant/Special Teams Assistant
Steve Kragthorpe	Quarterbacks
Chuck Lester	Defensive Assistant/Administrative Assistant
John Levra	Defensive Line
Dan Neal	Tight Ends
Danny Smith	Special Teams Coordinator
Pat Thomas	Cornerbacks
Ronnie Vinklarek	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/9/2002	H	Cincinnati Bengals	17-24	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	40086
Fri	8/16/2002	H	Minnesota Vikings	21-24	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	47027
Sat	8/24/2002	A	Indianapolis Colts	7-19	L		Indianapolis, IN	RCA Dome	41406
Thu	8/29/2002	A	Detroit Lions	13-20	L		Detroit, MI	Ford Field	56969
Sun	9/8/2002	H	New York Jets	31-37	L	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72751
Sun	9/15/2002	A	Minnesota Vikings	45-39	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	64047
Sun	9/22/2002	A	Denver Broncos	23-28	L		Denver, CO	INVESCO Field	74336
Sun	9/29/2002	H	Chicago Bears	33-27	W	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72780
Sun	10/6/2002	H	Oakland Raiders	31-49	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	73038
Sun	10/13/2002	A	Houston Texans	31-24	W		Houston, TX	Reliant Stadium	70120
Sun	10/20/2002	A	Miami Dolphins	23-10	W		Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Stadium	73180
Sun	10/27/2002	H	Detroit Lions	24-17	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72710
Sun	11/3/2002	H	New England Patriots	7-38	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	73448
Sun	11/17/2002	A	Kansas City Chiefs	16-17	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	77591
Sun	11/24/2002	A	New York Jets	13-31	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	78745
Sun	12/1/2002	H	Miami Dolphins	38-21	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	73287
Sun	12/8/2002	A	New England Patriots	17-27	L		Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	68436
Sun	12/15/2002	H	San Diego Chargers	20-13	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	61838
Sun	12/22/2002	A	Green Bay Packers	0-10	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	64106
Sun	12/29/2002	H	Cincinnati Bengals	27-9	W		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	47850

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
72	Chidi Ahanotu	LDE	6-2	285	32	California	16	14
97	Justin Bannan	DT	6-3	307	23	Colorado	15	0
11	Drew Bledsoe	QB	6-5	238	30	Washington State	16	16
29	Jason Bostic	CB	5-9	185	26	Georgia Tech	14	0
47	Ahmad Brooks	CB	5-8	180	22	Texas	6	2
79	Ruben Brown	LOG	6-3	302	30	Pittsburgh	16	16
38	Shawn Bryson	RB	6-0	231	26	Tennessee	6	0
35	Joe Burns	RB	5-9	215	23	Georgia Tech	10	0
37	Larry Centers	FB	6-0	225	34	Stephen F. Austin State	16	7
22	Nate Clements	RCB	6-0	206	23	Ohio State	16	16
63	Billy Conaty	C	6-2	302	29	Virginia Tech	11	0
41	Phil Crosby	FB	6-0	242	26	Coffeyville CC; Tennessee	16	4
56	Anthony Denman	LB	6-1	234	23	Notre Dame	16	0
90	Ryan Denney	DE	6-7	272	25	Brigham Young	8	0
25	Tony Driver	S	6-1	209	25	Notre Dame	6	0
98	Ron Edwards	LDT	6-2	314	23	Texas A&M	16	16
54	Greg Favors	LB	6-1	243	28	Mississippi State	6	0
59	London Fletcher	MLB-SLB	5-10	244	27	St. Francis (Pennsylvania); John Carroll	16	16
30	Marcus Floyd	CB	5-9	180	24	Indiana	2	0
88	Cory Geason	TE	6-3	263	27	Tulane	10	0
20	Travis Henry	HB	5-9	219	24	Tennessee	16	16
1	Mike Hollis	K	5-7	179	30	Wenatchee Valley JC; Idaho	16	0
69	Mike Houghton	OT	6-5	315	23	San Diego State	1	0
96	Grant Irons	DE	6-5	280	23	Notre Dame	15	0
24	Billy Jenkins	SS	5-10	206	28	Howard	15	1
75	Jonas Jennings	LOT	6-3	325	25	Georgia	15	15
89	Charles Johnson	WR	6-0	202	30	Colorado	16	0
48	Brady McDonnell	TE	6-3	264	25	Colorado	6	0
83	Dave Moore	TE	6-2	250	33	Pittsburgh	14	5
8	Brian Moorman	P	6-0	175	26	Pittsburg State	16	0
33	Sammy Morris	RB	6-0	221	25	Texas Tech	16	0
80	Eric Moulds	WR	6-2	209	29	Mississippi State	16	15
53	Keith Newman	SLB	6-2	247	25	North Carolina	16	10
77	Kendrick Office	LDE	6-4	248	24	West Alabama	10	1
51	DaShon Polk	LB	6-2	240	25	Arizona	16	0
73	Marcus Price	ROT-LOT	6-6	317	30	Louisiana State	16	3
81	Peerless Price	WR	5-11	189	26	Tennessee	16	16
23	Pierson Prioleau	FS	5-11	190	25	Virginia Tech	16	16
82	Josh Reed	WR	5-10	207	22	Louisiana State	16	2
85	Jay Riemersma	TE	6-5	254	29	Michigan	16	15
55	Eddie Robinson	WLB	6-1	242	32	Alabama State	16	15
31	Charlie Rogers	RB	5-9	178	26	Georgia Tech	16	0
94	Aaron Schobel	RDE	6-4	256	25	Texas Christian	16	16
50	Dominique Stevenson	LB	6-0	234	25	Tennessee	4	0
74	Marques Sullivan	ROG	6-5	323	24	Illinois	16	16
70	Trey Teague	C	6-5	295	28	Tennessee	16	16
28	Kevin Thomas	CB	6-0	181	24	Nevada-Las Vegas	6	1
99	Ula Tuitele	LB	6-2	253	24	Colorado State	9	0
10	Alex Van Pelt	QB	6-1	219	32	Pittsburgh	2	0
21	Chris Watson	LCB	6-1	190	25	Eastern Illinois	14	8
68	Mike Williams	ROT	6-6	363	22	Texas	14	14
93	Pat Williams	RDT	6-3	308	30	Navarro JC; Northeastern State; Texas A&M	16	16
26	Antoine Winfield	LCB	5-9	180	25	Ohio State	13	13
27	Coy Wire	SS	6-0	216	24	Stanford	16	15

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Mike Williams	T	Texas
2	36	Josh Reed	WR	Louisiana State
2	61	Ryan Denney	DE	Brigham Young
3	97	Coy Wire	DB	Stanford
5	139	Justin Bannan	DT	Colorado
6	176	Kevin Thomas	DB	Nevada-Las Vegas
7	215	Mike Pucillo	G	Auburn
7	249	Rodney Wright	WR	Fresno State
7	251	Jarrett Ferguson	RB	Virginia Tech
7	260	Dominique Stevenson	LB	Tennessee

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	48	141	97	81	12
Opponents Totals	85	129	61	116	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:56	355	90	218	47	90/212 42.5%	7/12 58.3%	112	1031
Opponents Totals	29:04	303	107	160	36	76/207 36.7%	10/23 43.5%	117	1053

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Mike Hollis	0	40	40	100.0	0	0	25	33	75.8	115
Travis Henry	14	0	0		0	0	0	0		84
Eric Moulds	10	0	0		0	0	0	0		60
Peerless Price	9	0	0		0	0	0	0		54
Drew Bledsoe	2	0	0		0	2	0	0		12
Larry Centers	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Dave Moore	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Josh Reed	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Nate Clements	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Ron Edwards	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Charlie Rogers	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Team Totals	44	40	40	100.0	0	2	25	33	75.8	379
Opponents Totals	49	44	46	95.7	1	2	19	26	73.1	397

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Mike Hollis	25	33	75.8	0/0	7/8	8/10	7/10	3/5
Team Totals	25	33	75.8	0/0	7/8	8/10	7/10	3/5
Opponents Totals	19	26	73.1	1/1	5/5	7/7	6/12	1/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Travis Henry	325	1438	4.4	34	13	72	10	0	11
Drew Bledsoe	27	67	2.5	11	2	10	0	0	2
Larry Centers	11	56	5.1	13	2	6	0	0	0
Shawn Bryson	13	35	2.7	10	0	2	0	0	1
Eric Moulds	1	7	7.0	7	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Burns	5	7	1.4	6	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy Morris	2	5	2.5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Moorman	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0	0	0	0	0
Peerless Price	3	-13	-4.3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	388	1596	4.1	34	17	90	10	0	14
Opponents Totals	473	2122	4.5	55t	20	107	16	3	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Drew Bledsoe	610	375	61.5	220	4359	7.1	11.6	73t	24	3.9	15	2.5	54	369	3990	218	45	13	86.0
Alex Van Pelt	2	2	100.0	0	5	2.5	2.5	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	5	0	0	0	79.2
Team Totals	612	377	61.6	220	4364	7.1	11.6	73t	24	3.9	15	2.5	54	369	3995	218	45	13	86.0
Opponents Totals	495	281	56.8	204	3279	6.6	11.7	81	24	4.8	10	2.0	31	212	3067	160	47	7	84.7

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Eric Moulds	180	100	55.6	1292	12.9	70t	10	64	14	6	1
Peerless Price	148	94	63.5	1252	13.3	73t	9	57	16	6	2
Larry Centers	63	43	68.3	388	9.0	25	0	19	2	0	0
Travis Henry	59	43	72.9	309	7.2	26t	1	13	2	0	0
Josh Reed	59	37	62.7	509	13.8	42	2	23	7	1	1
Jay Riemersma	48	32	66.7	350	10.9	29	0	26	3	0	0
Dave Moore	24	16	66.7	141	8.8	19	2	8	0	0	0
Phil Crosby	8	4	50.0	33	8.3	11	0	2	0	0	0
Sammy Morris	4	3	75.0	48	16.0	18	0	3	0	0	0
Charles Johnson	5	3	60.0	39	13.0	22	0	2	1	0	0
Shawn Bryson	3	1	33.3	9	9.0	9	0	1	0	0	0
Ruben Brown	1	1	100.0	-6	-6.0	-6	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	602	377	62.6	4364	11.6	73t	24	218	45	13	4
Opponents Totals		281	56.8	3279	11.7	81	24	160	47	7	1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Nate Clements	6	82	13.7	42	1
Kevin Thomas	1	31	31.0	31	0
Eddie Robinson	1	21	21.0	21	0
Ahmad Brooks	1	13	13.0	13	0
Chris Watson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	10	147	14.7	42	1
Opponents Totals	15	274	18.3	81t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Brian Moorman	66	2844	43.1	84	1	7	18	8	9	294	2410	36.0
Team Totals	67	2844	42.4	84	1	7	18	8	9	294	2410	36.0
Opponents Totals	71	2834	39.9	70	0	9	15			157	2497	35.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Charlie Rogers	26	11	137	5.3	16	0	0	0
Nate Clements	4	0	20	5.0	11	0	0	1
Team Totals	30	11	157	5.2	16	0	0	1
Opponents Totals	29	13	294	10.1	60

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Mike Hollis	84	4932	58.7	4	2	76	1634	2	2	1
Team Totals	84	4932	58.7	4	2	76	1634	2	2	1
Opponents Totals						71	1405	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Charlie Rogers	64	1280	20.0	90t	1	28	1	1
Phil Crosby	3	45	15.0	18	0	0	0	0
Joe Burns	1	35	35.0	35	0	1	0	0
Tony Driver	1	27	27.0	27	0	1	0	0
Shawn Bryson	1	18	18.0	18	0	0	0	0
Sammy Morris	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	71	1405	19.8	90t	1	30	1	1
Opponents Totals	76	1634	21.5	98t	2

SACKS	NO	YDS
Aaron Schobel	8.5	63.0
Chidi Ahanotu	5.0	23.0
Coy Wire	3.0	23.0
Keith Newman	3.0	20.0
London Fletcher	3.0	19.0
Grant Irons	2.5	15.0
Ron Edwards	2.5	15.0
Pierson Prioleau	1.0	10.0
Justin Bannan	1.0	7.0
Pat Williams	0.5	10.0
Team Totals	31.0	212.0
Opponents Totals	54.0	369.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Chidi Ahanotu	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
Justin Bannan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Drew Bledsoe	11	4	2	0	2	-8	0
Ruben Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Shawn Bryson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Clements	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Edwards	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
London Fletcher	0	0	0	2	2	20	0
Travis Henry	11	8	1	0	1	0	0
Eric Moulds	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Keith Newman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Kendrick Office	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Peerless Price	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Josh Reed	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Rogers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marques Sullivan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Trey Teague	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Williams	0	0	4	0	4	0	0
Pat Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Antoine Winfield	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	29	16	13	9	22	39	1
Opponents Totals	20	9	11	16	27		2

DEFENSE	TKL	TT	TA	DT	DA	STT	STA	MT	MA	PD	QH	TFL	FF	BL
London Fletcher	149	98	51	98	51	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	0
Coy Wire	96	71	25	67	25	4	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	0
Pierson Prioleau	89	67	22	64	22	3	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0
Pat Williams	84	53	31	53	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0
Eddie Robinson	82	49	33	49	33	0	0	0	0	8	0	5	0	0
Nate Clements	65	52	13	51	13	1	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0
Antoine Winfield	56	51	5	51	5	0	0	0	0	7	0	4	0	0
Aaron Schobel	52	34	18	34	18	0	0	0	0	4	8	12	2	0
Chris Watson	49	42	7	37	7	5	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0
Chidi Ahanotu	44	30	14	30	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0
Ron Edwards	40	25	15	25	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Keith Newman	34	21	13	21	13	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	0
DaShon Polk	31	19	12	8	10	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Bannan	21	15	6	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jason Bostic	20	18	2	8	2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sammy Morris	16	11	5	0	0	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kendrick Office	13	4	9	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Thomas	12	11	1	8	0	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Ahmad Brooks	11	9	2	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Charles Johnson	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Denney	9	6	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Denman	9	9	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Irons	8	5	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Phil Crosby	7	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jenkins	5	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Rogers	5	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Favors	5	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Centers	5	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Moulds	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Floyd	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Burns	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Henry	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn Bryson	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Moorman	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Reed	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominique Stevenson	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Moore	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonas Jennings	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Williams	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Driver	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ula Tuitele	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Price	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peerless Price	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marques Sullivan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Teague	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Bledsoe	0	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	0
Cory Geason	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hollis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Houghton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brady McDonnell	0	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	0
Team Totals	1064	761	303	646	286	97	16	18	1	64	22	55	10	0
Opponents Totals	1116	803	313	698	297	93	16	12	0	84	46	83	23	2

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
Marques Sullivan	10	0	10	90	26	0	5
Chris Watson	8	1	7	94	0	7	0
Jonas Jennings	8	1	7	55	17	0	3
Ruben Brown	7	1	6	35	9	0	1
London Fletcher	7	3	4	60	0	4	0
Nate Clements	6	0	6	105	0	5	0
Trey Teague	5	0	5	50	44	0	3
Pat Williams	5	0	5	35	28	2	0
Peerless Price	4	0	4	40	27	0	1
Josh Reed	4	0	4	35	14	0	1
Eddie Robinson	4	1	3	41	0	3	0
Coy Wire	4	1	3	14	0	3	0
Jason Bostic	3	0	3	26	0	0	0
Aaron Schobel	3	0	3	26	0	3	0
Kendrick Office	3	0	3	19	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	3	0	3	15	0	0	2
Antoine Winfield	3	0	3	15	0	3	0
Phil Crosby	3	2	1	10	0	0	0
Dominique Stevenson	3	2	1	10	0	0	0
Pierson Prioleau	2	0	2	13	23	1	0
Cory Geason	2	0	2	20	13	0	0
Chidi Ahanotu	2	0	2	30	0	2	0
Ron Edwards	2	0	2	30	0	2	0
Mike Williams	2	0	2	15	14	0	1
Travis Henry	2	0	2	20	8	0	0
Eric Moulds	2	0	2	15	0	0	0
Marcus Price	2	0	2	10	0	0	2
Anthony Denman	1	0	1	10	13	0	0
Brady McDonnell	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Ula Tuitele	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Drew Bledsoe	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Shawn Bryson	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Dave Moore	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Sammy Morris	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Larry Centers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
DaShon Polk	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Thomas	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last Updated: January 30, 2023