1986 Buffalo Bills (NFL) |
4th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 4-12-0 .250 |
Head Coach: Hank Bullough (2-7-0); Marv Levy (2-5-0) |
Ted Cottrell | Defensive Line |
Joe Daniels | Receivers |
Joe Faragalli | Tight Ends/Offensive Assistant |
Rusty Jones | Strength and Conditioning |
Bob Leahy | Quarterbacks/Passing Game |
Dick Moseley | Defensive Backs |
Herb Paterra | Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers |
Elijah Pitts | Running Backs/Special Teams Coordinator |
Jim Ringo | Offensive Coordinator/Running Game |
Ardell Wiegandt | Outside Linebackers |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/9/1986 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-19 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 58982 | |
Sat | 8/16/1986 | A | Houston Oilers | 20-23 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 32502 | |
Sat | 8/23/1986 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-6 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 39911 | |
Sat | 8/30/1986 | N | Chicago Bears | 17-31 | L | South Bend, IN | Notre Dame Stadium | 50196 | |
Sun | 9/7/1986 | H | New York Jets | 24-28 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 79951 | |
Sun | 9/14/1986 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 33-36 | L | OT | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 52714 |
Sun | 9/21/1986 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-10 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 65762 | |
Sun | 9/28/1986 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-20 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 67555 | |
Sun | 10/5/1986 | A | New York Jets | 13-14 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 69504 | |
Sun | 10/12/1986 | A | Miami Dolphins | 14-27 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 49467 | |
Sun | 10/19/1986 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 24-13 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 50050 | |
Sun | 10/26/1986 | H | New England Patriots | 3-23 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 77808 | |
Sun | 11/2/1986 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 28-34 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 32806 | |
Sun | 11/9/1986 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-12 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 72000 | |
Sun | 11/16/1986 | H | Miami Dolphins | 24-34 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 76474 | |
Sun | 11/23/1986 | A | New England Patriots | 19-22 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 60455 | |
Sun | 11/30/1986 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-14 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 31492 | |
Sun | 12/7/1986 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-21 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 42213 | |
Sun | 12/14/1986 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 14-24 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 52783 | |
Sun | 12/21/1986 | A | Houston Oilers | 7-16 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 31049 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
43 | Martin Bayless | SS | 6-2 | 206 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 16 | 15 |
28 | Greg Bell | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Notre Dame | 6 | 6 |
36 | Rodney Bellinger | LCB | 5-8 | 188 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 9 |
50 | Ray Bentley | RILB-LILB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Central Michigan | 13 | 7 |
68 | Jerry Boyarsky | NT | 6-3 | 290 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 |
89 | Walter Broughton | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 0 |
85 | Chris Burkett | WR | 6-4 | 203 | 24 | Jackson State | 14 | 10 |
29 | Derrick Burroughs | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Memphis | 15 | 5 |
61 | Len Burton | C | 6-3 | 272 | 22 | Northwest Mississippi CC; South Carolina | 14 | 0 |
80 | Jerry Butler | WR | 6-0 | 178 | 29 | Clemson | 11 | 6 |
35 | Carl Byrum | FB | 6-0 | 232 | 23 | Mississippi Valley State | 13 | 3 |
68 | Mark Catano | NT | 6-3 | 267 | 24 | Hudson Valley JC; Valdosta State | 1 | 0 |
63 | Justin Cross | LOT | 6-6 | 265 | 27 | Western Colorado | 10 | 1 |
58 | George Cumby | RILB-LILB | 6-0 | 224 | 30 | Oklahoma | 11 | 8 |
70 | Joe Devlin | ROT | 6-5 | 280 | 32 | Iowa | 16 | 16 |
45 | Dwight Drane | FS | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Oklahoma | 13 | 1 |
52 | Guy Frazier | ROLB-LOLB | 6-2 | 221 | 27 | Wyoming | 7 | 7 |
22 | Steve Freeman | FS-SS | 5-11 | 185 | 33 | Mississippi State | 16 | 16 |
53 | Tony Furjanic | RILB | 6-1 | 228 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
99 | Hal Garner | ROLB | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Utah State | 16 | 1 |
75 | Mike Hamby | RDE | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Utah State | 16 | 1 |
33 | Ronnie Harmon | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 22 | Iowa | 14 | 2 |
71 | Dale Hellestrae | OT | 6-5 | 288 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 0 |
25 | Rod Hill | LCB | 6-0 | 184 | 27 | Kentucky State | 6 | 2 |
67 | Kent Hull | C | 6-4 | 272 | 25 | Mississippi State | 16 | 16 |
72 | Ken Jones | LOT | 6-5 | 270 | 34 | Arkansas State | 12 | 12 |
12 | Jim Kelly | QB | 6-3 | 218 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
38 | Mark Kelso | S | 5-11 | 183 | 23 | William & Mary | 3 | 0 |
84 | Don Kern | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | West Valley JC; Arizona State | 1 | 0 |
4 | John Kidd | P | 6-3 | 211 | 25 | Northwestern | 16 | 0 |
49 | Bruce King | FB | 6-1 | 219 | 23 | Purdue | 5 | 1 |
54 | Eugene Marve | LILB-RILB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Saginaw Valley State | 16 | 16 |
95 | Sean McNanie | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | Arizona State; San Diego State | 16 | 16 |
88 | Pete Metzelaars | TE | 6-7 | 248 | 26 | Wabash | 16 | 16 |
42 | Ricky Moore | FB | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Alabama | 11 | 8 |
11 | Scott Norwood | K | 6-0 | 207 | 26 | James Madison | 16 | 0 |
27 | Ron Pitts | S | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | UCLA | 10 | 0 |
79 | Dean Prater | DE | 6-5 | 249 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 0 |
83 | Andre Reed | WR | 6-2 | 189 | 22 | Kutztown | 15 | 15 |
14 | Frank Reich | QB | 6-4 | 209 | 25 | Maryland | 3 | 0 |
82 | Eric Richardson | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Monterey Peninsula JC; San Jose State | 14 | 1 |
40 | Robb Riddick | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Millersville | 15 | 8 |
51 | Jim Ritcher | LOG | 6-3 | 272 | 28 | North Carolina State | 16 | 16 |
87 | Butch Rolle | TE | 6-3 | 243 | 22 | Michigan State | 16 | 1 |
26 | Charles Romes | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | Lake City JC; North Carolina Central | 16 | 16 |
57 | Lucius Sanford | LOLB-ROLB | 6-2 | 216 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 8 |
76 | Fred Smerlas | NT | 6-4 | 285 | 29 | Boston College | 16 | 16 |
78 | Bruce Smith | RDE | 6-4 | 273 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 15 |
74 | Don Smith | NT | 6-5 | 262 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 0 |
56 | Darryl Talley | LOLB-ROLB | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | West Virginia | 16 | 16 |
89 | Steve Tasker | WR | 5-9 | 184 | 24 | Dodge City CC; Northwestern | 7 | 0 |
86 | Jimmy Teal | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Texas A&M | 5 | 1 |
62 | Mark Traynowicz | OG | 6-5 | 279 | 24 | Nebraska | 16 | 0 |
65 | Tim Vogler | LOT | 6-3 | 285 | 30 | Ohio State | 9 | 3 |
34 | Gary Wilkins | FB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 2 |
23 | Kevin Williams | CB | 5-9 | 169 | 25 | San Diego CC; Iowa State | 1 | 0 |
73 | Will Wolford | ROG | 6-5 | 295 | 22 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 16 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 16 | Ronnie Harmon | RB | Iowa |
1 | 20 | Will Wolford | T | Vanderbilt |
3 | 77 | Len Burton | C | South Carolina |
5 | 111 | Carl Byrum | RB | Mississippi Valley State |
7 | 168 | Bob Williams | TE | Penn State |
7 | 178 | Mark Pike | DT | Georgia Tech |
7 | 180 | Butch Rolle | TE | Michigan State |
8 | 202 | Tony Furjanic | LB | Notre Dame |
9 | 222 | Reggie Bynum | WR | Oregon State |
10 | 251 | Guy Teafatiller | NT | Illinois |
11 | 278 | Tony Garbarczyk | NT | Wake Forest |
11 | 282 | Billy Witt | DE | North Alabama |
12 | 313 | Brian McClure | QB | Bowling Green State |
12 | 331 | Derek Christian | LB | West Virginia |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 51 | 87 | 71 | 78 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 70 | 91 | 69 | 115 | 3 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 28:02 | 291 | 101 | 152 | 38 | 60/185 32.4% | 8/14 57.1% | 121 | 878 |
Opponents Totals | 31:58 | 334 | 100 | 204 | 30 | 79/218 36.2% | 12/18 66.7% | 128 | 1098 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Norwood | 0 | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 83 |
Andre Reed | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Greg Bell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Robb Riddick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Chris Burkett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Pete Metzelaars | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Jerry Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Rodney Bellinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Carl Byrum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ricky Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ron Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jimmy Teal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 34 | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 287 |
Opponents Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 2 | 348 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Norwood | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 7/7 | 3/8 | 0/5 |
Team Totals | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 7/7 | 3/8 | 0/5 |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 4/8 | 5/12 | 4/4 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robb Riddick | 150 | 632 | 4.2 | 41t | 4 |
Greg Bell | 90 | 377 | 4.2 | 42 | 4 |
Jim Kelly | 41 | 199 | 4.9 | 20 | 0 |
Ronnie Harmon | 54 | 172 | 3.2 | 38 | 0 |
Carl Byrum | 38 | 156 | 4.1 | 18 | 0 |
Ricky Moore | 33 | 104 | 3.2 | 14 | 1 |
Gary Wilkins | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
Bruce King | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
John Kidd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Reich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Walter Broughton | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Andre Reed | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 419 | 1654 | 3.9 | 42 | 9 |
Opponents Totals | 465 | 1721 | 3.7 | 45t | 18 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Kelly | 480 | 285 | 59.4 | 178 | 3593 | 7.5 | 12.6 | 84t | 22 | 4.6 | 17 | 3.5 | 43 | 330 | 3263 | 83.3 |
Frank Reich | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 8 | 104 | 5.5 | 11.6 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.5 | 2 | 4 | 100 | 24.8 |
Team Totals | 499 | 294 | 58.9 | 186 | 3697 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 84t | 22 | 4.4 | 19 | 3.8 | 45 | 334 | 3363 | 80.9 |
Opponents Totals | 570 | 343 | 60.2 | 217 | 4069 | 7.1 | 11.9 | 71t | 21 | 3.7 | 10 | 1.8 | 36 | 267 | 3802 | 86.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Reed | 53 | 739 | 13.9 | 65t | 7 |
Pete Metzelaars | 49 | 485 | 9.9 | 44t | 3 |
Robb Riddick | 49 | 468 | 9.6 | 31t | 1 |
Chris Burkett | 34 | 778 | 22.9 | 84t | 4 |
Ricky Moore | 23 | 184 | 8.0 | 27 | 0 |
Ronnie Harmon | 22 | 185 | 8.4 | 27 | 1 |
Jerry Butler | 15 | 302 | 20.1 | 53 | 2 |
Carl Byrum | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 17 | 1 |
Greg Bell | 12 | 142 | 11.8 | 40t | 2 |
Gary Wilkins | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 26 | 0 |
Jimmy Teal | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 20 | 1 |
Butch Rolle | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
Walter Broughton | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 57 | 0 |
Eric Richardson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 32 | 0 |
Team Totals | 294 | 3697 | 12.6 | 84t | 22 |
Opponents Totals | 343 | 4069 | 11.9 | 71t | 21 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Romes | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 23 | 0 |
Derrick Burroughs | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 41 | 0 |
Rodney Bellinger | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Fred Smerlas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Martin Bayless | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 41 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 284 | 14.9 | 69 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Kidd | 75 | 3031 | 40.4 | 57 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 360 | 2491 | 33.2 |
Team Totals | 75 | 3031 | 40.4 | 57 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 260 | 2591 | 34.6 |
Opponents Totals | 83 | 3162 | 38.1 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 247 | 2775 | 33.4 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Pitts | 18 | 11 | 194 | 10.8 | 49t | 1 |
Walter Broughton | 12 | 2 | 53 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
Rod Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 32 | 13 | 247 | 7.7 | 49t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 12 | 260 | 8.1 | 17 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ronnie Harmon | 18 | 0 | 321 | 17.8 | 32 | 0 |
Walter Broughton | 11 | 0 | 243 | 22.1 | 39 | 0 |
Steve Tasker | 9 | 0 | 148 | 16.4 | 24 | 0 |
Robb Riddick | 8 | 0 | 200 | 25.0 | 49 | 0 |
Eric Richardson | 6 | 0 | 123 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 |
Rodney Bellinger | 2 | 0 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Ron Pitts | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 55 | 0 | 1074 | 19.5 | 49 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 56 | 0 | 1157 | 20.7 | 44 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Bruce Smith | 15.0 | |
Sean McNanie | 6.5 | |
Darryl Talley | 3.0 | |
Eugene Marve | 2.5 | |
Fred Smerlas | 2.0 | |
Martin Bayless | 1.0 | |
George Cumby | 1.0 | |
Dwight Drane | 1.0 | |
Guy Frazier | 1.0 | |
Mike Hamby | 1.0 | |
Dean Prater | 1.0 | |
Lucius Sanford | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 36.0 | 267.0 |
Opponents Totals | 45.0 | 334.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Bell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Rodney Bellinger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 1 |
Walter Broughton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Chris Burkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Cumby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
Guy Frazier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hamby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ronnie Harmon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dale Hellestrae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -14 | 0 | |
Rod Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Kelly | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
John Kidd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sean McNanie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Metzelaars | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ricky Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Pitts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Reed | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Frank Reich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Richardson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Robb Riddick | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Ritcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Romes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Darryl Talley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 0 |
Mark Traynowicz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 40 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 94 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 1 |
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