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Record: 9-7-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marv Levy (9-7-0)

Points For: 409 (25.6/g) 3rd of 28

Points Against: 317 (19.8/g) 14th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7

SRS: 4.31 (9th of 28), SOS: -1.44

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 30-34 vs. Cleveland Browns

Offensive Coordinator: Ted Marchibroda

Defensive Coordinator: Walt Corey

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Bresnahan (Offensive Line), Ted Cottrell (Defensive Line) and Nick Nicolau (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Rich Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager: Bill Polian

Offensive Scheme: Run-and-Shoot

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +700; O/U: 10.5

Training Camp: SUNY Fredonia (Fredonia, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	409	5853	1045	5.6	41	21	334	281	478	3589	32	20	7.0	177	532	2264	15	4.3	136	103	831	21
Opp. Stats	317	5046	1030	4.9	36	13	299	255	508	3206	14	23	5.9	156	484	1840	15	3.8	117	87	616	26
Lg Rank Offense	3	5			21	27	6		21	8	2	15	4		5	3	10	7
Lg Rank Defense	14	11			15	18	14		13	10	2	7	10		18	14	16	12

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Miami Dolphins	27	24	27	367	226	141	2	20	323	255	68	4	-0.50	1.70	5.04
2	Mon	September 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Denver Broncos	14	28	28	413	319	94	4	26	382	181	201	2	-1.82	-3.50	-6.16
3	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	2-1	@	Houston Oilers	47	41	22	449	337	112	1	33	439	311	128	2	17.24	-11.36	5.34
4	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		New England Patriots	31	10	16	371	256	115	1	17	279	155	124	1	9.43	14.87	-2.33
5	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Indianapolis Colts	14	37	25	424	353	71	6	20	330	177	153	1	-16.79	-4.87	1.62
6	Mon	October 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Los Angeles Rams	23	20	17	348	214	134	4	15	266	207	59	2	-10.45	14.15	0.21
7	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		New York Jets	34	3	22	343	139	204		9	154	115	39	3	7.28	24.32	4.40
8	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2		Miami Dolphins	31	17	18	394	114	280	1	19	413	348	65	3	7.73	7.54	-6.03
9	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3	@	Atlanta Falcons	28	30	19	329	211	118	2	20	340	213	127		3.91	-8.72	2.35
10	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		Indianapolis Colts	30	7	26	393	161	232		13	189	103	86	3	11.31	20.78	-2.87
11	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4	@	New England Patriots	24	33	24	424	340	84	6	19	359	167	192	4	-5.45	4.58	-8.67
12	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Cincinnati Bengals	24	7	18	345	117	228	2	16	298	133	165	3	5.94	5.47	4.34
13	Mon	December 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5	@	Seattle Seahawks	16	17	11	232	135	97	2	22	355	277	78	2	-15.18	4.85	6.02
14	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6		New Orleans Saints	19	22	16	279	204	75	4	21	436	286	150	2	-12.41	-5.26	14.28
15	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7	@	San Francisco 49ers	10	21	17	301	255	46	5	18	283	132	151	2	-12.96	4.45	-1.72
16	Sat	December 23	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		9-7	@	New York Jets	37	0	28	441	208	233	1	11	200	146	54	2	19.49	14.14	-0.25
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 6	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		9-8	@	Cleveland Browns	30	34	24	453	404	49	3	18	325	235	90	1	12.67	-6.23	-9.26

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Kelly	29	QB	13	13	6-7-0	228	391	58.3	3130	25	6.4	18	4.6	147	48.7	78	8.0	7.2	13.7	240.8	86.2	30	216	7.13	6.92	6.2	2	2
2	Frank Reich	28	QB	7	3	3-0-0	53	87	60.9	701	7	8.0	2	2.3	30	50.5	63	8.1	8.6	13.2	100.1	103.7	4	24	4.40	7.44	8.0	1	1
3	Flip Johnson	26	WR	16	5		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0		1	2	100.00	-2.00	-2.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	281	478	58.8	3589	32	6.7	20	4.2	177	48.9	78	8.0	7.5	13.6	224.3	89.3	35	242	6.82	7.00	6.49	3	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Kelly	29	QB	1	1	0-1-0	28	54	51.9	405	4	7.4	2	3.7	20	45.5	72	7.5	7.3	14.5	405.0	85.8	1	1	1.82	7.35	7.2	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	28	54	51.9	404	4	7.4	2	3.7	20	45.5	72	7.5	7.3	14.5	404.0	85.8	1	1	1.82	7.35	7.16	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Thurman Thomas	23	RB	16	16	298	1244	6	68	47.7	38	4.2	77.8	18.6	81	60	669	11.2	6	31	63.0	74	3.8	41.8	74.1	8.3	358	5.3	1913	12	7	PB,AP-2
2	Andre Reed	25	WR	16	16	2	31	0	2	100.0	23	15.5	1.9	0.1	155	88	1312	14.9	9	61	52.9	78	5.5	82.0	56.8	8.5	90	14.9	1343	9	4	PB,AP-2
3	Larry Kinnebrew	30	FB	15	10	131	533	6	36	58.8	25	4.1	35.5	8.7	9	5	60	12.0	0	3	44.4	18	0.3	4.0	55.6	6.7	136	4.4	593	6	3
4	Ronnie Harmon	25	RB	15	2	17	99	0	7	58.8	24	5.8	6.6	1.1	48	29	363	12.5	4	17	54.2	42	1.9	24.2	60.4	7.6	46	10.0	462	4	2
5	Keith McKeller	25	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	20	341	17.1	2	15	73.1	39	1.3	21.3	76.9	13.1	20	17.1	341	2	1
6	Don Beebe	25	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	17	317	18.6	2	15	61.5	63	1.2	22.6	65.4	12.2	17	18.6	317	2	1
7	Flip Johnson	26	WR	16	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	56	25	303	12.1	1	13	33.9	36	1.6	18.9	44.6	5.4	25	12.1	303	1	0
8	Kenneth Davis	27	RB	16	0	29	149	1	6	44.8	21	5.1	9.3	1.8	8	6	92	15.3	2	4	62.5	29	0.4	5.8	75.0	11.5	35	6.9	241	3	2
9	Pete Metzelaars	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	18	179	9.9	2	8	70.8	23	1.1	11.2	75.0	7.5	18	9.9	179	2	0
10	James Lofton	33	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	8	166	20.8	3	8	42.1	47	0.7	13.8	42.1	8.7	8	20.8	166	3	0
11	Jim Kelly	29	QB	13	13	29	137	2	11	44.8	19	4.7	10.5	2.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			29	4.7	137	2	6
12	Jamie Mueller	25	RB	14	3	16	44	0	5	43.8	9	2.8	3.1	1.1	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	0.0	8	0.1	0.6	100.0	8.0	17	3.1	52	0	1
13	Frank Reich	28	QB	7	3	9	30	0	1	33.3	9	3.3	4.3	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	3.3	30	0	2
14	Chris Burkett	27	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	20	6.7	0	1	42.9	9	1.5	10.0	42.9	2.9	3	6.7	20	0	0
15	Butch Rolle	25	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	1	1.0	1	1	50.0	1	0.1	0.1	50.0	0.5	1	1.0	1	1	0
16	Stan Gelbaugh	27	QB	1	0	1	-3	0	0	0.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-3.0	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	532	2264	15	136	50.2	38	4.3	141.5	33.3	462	281	3831	13.6	32	177	54.3	78	17.6	239.4	60.8	8.3	813	7.5	6095	47	29

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Thurman Thomas	23	RB	1	1	10	27	0	0	60.0	7	2.7	27.0	10.0	18	13	150	11.5	2	10	72.2	27	13.0	150.0	72.2	8.3	23	7.7	177	2	0
2	Andre Reed	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	6	115	19.2	1	3	33.3	72	6.0	115.0	66.7	12.8	6	19.2	115	1	0
3	James Lofton	33	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	3	66	22.0	1	3	37.5	33	3.0	66.0	37.5	8.3	3	22.0	66	1	0
4	Ronnie Harmon	25	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	4	50	12.5	0	3	50.0	22	4.0	50.0	50.0	6.3	4	12.5	50	0	0
5	Larry Kinnebrew	30	FB	1	1	7	17	0	1	42.9	6	2.4	17.0	7.0	2	1	7	7.0	0	0	50.0	7	1.0	7.0	50.0	3.5	8	3.0	24	0	0
6	Don Beebe	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	1	17	17.0	0	1	20.0	17	1.0	17.0	20.0	3.4	1	17.0	17	0	0
7	Jim Kelly	29	QB	1	1	1	5	0	1	100.0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	5.0	5	0	0
8	Keith McKeller	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	18	49	0	2	55.6	7	2.7	49.0	18.0	52	28	405	14.5	4	20	48.1	72	28.0	405.0	53.8	7.8	46	9.9	454	4	0

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Kent Hull	28	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Mark Kelso	26	FS	16	16	6	101	0	43	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Nate Odomes	24	RCB	16	16	5	20	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	46	46	0	0
4	Andre Reed	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Fred Smerlas	32	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
6	Bruce Smith	26	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	88	88	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-5
7	Art Still	34	LDE	16	16	1	10	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Darryl Talley	29	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	97	97	0	0
9	Thurman Thomas	23	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
10	Leonard Smith	29	SS	15	15	2	46	0	24	0	0	2	14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Kirby Jackson	24	LCB	14	13	2	43	1	40	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Jim Kelly	29	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	-6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Cornelius Bennett	24	LOLB	12	12	2	5	0	6	0	0	2	5	0	5.5	54	54	0	0
14	Scott Radecic	27	LILB	16	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	77	77	0	0
15	Larry Kinnebrew	30	FB	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Shane Conlan	25	LILB	10	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	50	50	0	0	PB
17	Keith McKeller	25	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Derrick Burroughs	27	DB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
19	Jamie Mueller	25	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Frank Reich	28	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Ronnie Harmon	25	RB	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Dwight Drane	27	DB	16	1	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Carlton Bailey	25	LB	16	0	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	27	27	0	0
24	Don Beebe	25	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Tim Cofield	26	LB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
26	Kenneth Davis	27	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Mark Pike	26	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
28	Leon Seals	25	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
29	Mickey Sutton	29	DB	12	0	1	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Jeff Wright	26	NT	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3.0	15	15	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	269	1	43	13	30	20	13	0	38.0	457	457	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Scott Radecic	27	LILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Bruce Smith	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
3	Darryl Talley	29	ROLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0

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