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1996 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 2nd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marv Levy (10-6-0)

Points For: 319 (19.9/g) 15th of 30

Points Against: 266 (16.6/g) 6th of 30

Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3

SRS: 2.88 (7th of 30), SOS: -0.43

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 27-30 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Offensive Coordinator: Tom Bresnahan

Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips

Other Notable Asst.: Ted Cottrell (Linebackers), Don Lawrence (Tight Ends) and Jim Shofner (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Rich Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager: John Butler

Offensive Scheme: Run-and-Shoot

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1500; O/U: 8.5

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	319	5119	1094	4.7	37	13	294	279	483	3218	18	24	6.1	149	563	1901	14	3.4	128	106	831	17
Opp. Stats	266	4737	1105	4.3	28	14	283	292	562	3068	11	14	5.0	168	495	1669	12	3.4	94	86	607	21
Lg Rank Offense	15	16			26	14	17		25	17	20	28	11		1	8	10	27
Lg Rank Defense	6	9			18	7	8		26	8	2	21	3		23	14	14	1

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 1	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	1-0	@	New York Giants	23	20	25	410	257	153	2	12	231	138	93	1	-1.84	15.86	-10.17
2	Sun	September 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		New England Patriots	17	10	15	231	154	77	3	23	293	179	114	2	-12.13	5.24	10.18
3	Mon	September 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	6	24	11	185	99	86	4	22	382	160	222	1	-25.42	-6.70	13.33
4	Sun	September 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Dallas Cowboys	10	7	14	224	89	135	2	12	192	160	32	4	-13.57	9.60	4.14
5									Bye Week
6	Sun	October 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	4-1		Indianapolis Colts	16	13	20	412	299	113	1	16	249	163	86		-9.45	17.31	-1.26
7	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2		Miami Dolphins	7	21	17	296	191	105	4	15	239	176	63		-22.42	6.37	3.51
8	Sun	October 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	New York Jets	25	22	23	333	195	138	1	19	317	253	64	4	-5.55	2.08	6.80
9	Sun	October 27	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	New England Patriots	25	28	18	337	196	141	1	23	417	358	59	1	-4.27	0.88	0.82
10	Sun	November 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Washington Redskins	38	13	31	476	210	266		16	234	159	75	2	24.82	5.81	-7.28
11	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	24	17	18	252	112	140	2	25	385	274	111	1	1.35	-3.85	3.17
12	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Cincinnati Bengals	31	17	23	308	174	134	2	13	224	105	119	4	-10.46	24.81	-2.57
13	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		New York Jets	35	10	17	348	267	81	2	22	341	229	112	5	0.76	20.50	4.86
14	Sun	December 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	9-4	@	Indianapolis Colts	10	13	11	307	183	124	3	18	288	203	85		-14.00	6.66	3.40
15	Sun	December 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-5	@	Seattle Seahawks	18	26	21	391	312	79	5	10	302	132	170		-21.91	9.75	-0.48
16	Mon	December 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-6	@	Miami Dolphins	14	16	15	274	223	51	2	22	394	249	145		-0.35	-3.07	-0.44
17	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-6		Kansas City Chiefs	20	9	15	335	257	78	3	15	249	130	119	3	-2.28	20.61	-8.50
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sat	December 28	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		10-7		Jacksonville Jaguars	27	30	19	308	216	92	3	18	409	225	184	2	-13.28	2.87	1.45

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	36	QB	13	13	8-5-0	222	379	58.6	2810	14	3.7	19	5.0	122	42.5	67	7.4	5.9	12.7	216.2	73.2	37	287	8.89	6.06	4.7	3	4
2	Todd Collins	25	QB	7	3	2-1-0	55	99	55.6	739	4	4.0	5	5.1	27	34.5	95	7.5	6.0	13.4	105.6	71.9	11	53	10.00	6.24	4.9	1	1
3	Alex Van Pelt	26	QB	1	0		2	5	40.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		5	1.8	1.8	4.5	9.0	47.9	0	0	0.00	1.80	1.8	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	279	483	57.8	3218	18	3.7	24	5.0	149	40.5	95	7.4	5.9	12.8	201.1	72.6	48	340	9.04	6.06	4.70	4	5

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	36	QB	1	1	0-1-0	21	32	65.6	239	1	3.1	1	3.1	14	57.6	25	7.5	6.7	11.4	239.0	85.3	1	10	3.03	6.94	6.2	0	0
2	Todd Collins	25	QB	1	0		1	4	25.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	16.7	7	1.8	1.8	7.0	7.0	39.6	2	20	33.33	-2.17	-2.2	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	22	36	61.1	216	1	2.8	1	2.8	14	51.3	25	6.8	6.1	11.2	216.0	79.2	3	30	7.69	5.54	4.90	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	30	RB	15	15	281	1033	8	66	46.6	36	3.7	68.9	18.7	42	26	254	9.8	0	9	38.1	69	1.7	16.9	61.9	6.0	307	4.2	1287	8	1
2	Andre Reed	32	WR	16	16	8	22	0	4	50.0	13	2.8	1.4	0.5	101	66	1036	15.7	6	42	56.4	67	4.1	64.8	65.3	10.3	74	14.3	1058	6	1
3	Quinn Early	31	WR	16	13	3	39	0	1	66.7	29	13.0	2.4	0.2	91	50	798	16.0	4	35	46.2	95	3.1	49.9	54.9	8.8	53	15.8	837	4	0
4	Darick Holmes	25	RB	16	1	189	571	4	36	42.9	37	3.0	35.7	11.8	21	16	102	6.4	1	4	38.1	20	1.0	6.4	76.2	4.9	205	3.3	673	5	2
5	Lonnie Johnson	25	TE	16	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	80	46	457	9.9	0	17	43.8	33	2.9	28.6	57.5	5.7	46	9.9	457	0	1
6	Steve Tasker	34	WR	8	5	9	31	0	3	55.6	11	3.4	3.9	1.1	33	21	372	17.7	3	13	60.6	62	2.6	46.5	63.6	11.3	30	13.4	403	3	3
7	Eric Moulds	23	WR	16	5	12	44	0	2	58.3	11	3.7	2.8	0.8	37	20	279	14.0	2	11	48.6	47	1.3	17.4	54.1	7.5	32	10.1	323	2	1
8	Tony Cline	25	TE	16	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	29	19	117	6.2	1	11	37.9	15	1.2	7.3	65.5	4.0	19	6.2	117	1	0
9	Russell Copeland	25	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	7	85	12.1	0	4	26.3	31	0.6	7.7	36.8	4.5	7	12.1	85	0	2
10	Jim Kelly	36	QB	13	13	19	66	2	8	57.9	22	3.5	5.1	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			19	3.5	66	2	9
11	Tim Tindale	25	FB	14	3	14	49	0	3	50.0	15	3.5	3.5	1.0	3	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0.0	-1	0.1	-0.1	33.3	-0.3	15	3.2	48	0	1
12	Chris Brantley	26	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	5	47	9.4	1	3	50.0	22	0.5	4.7	62.5	5.9	5	9.4	47	1	0
13	Todd Collins	25	QB	7	3	21	43	0	4	28.6	10	2.0	6.1	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			21	2.0	43	0	3
14	Rob Coons	27	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	12	12.0	0	0	0.0	12	0.1	0.8	100.0	12.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
15	Jason Bratton	24	RB	2	0	4	8	0	1	50.0	5	2.0	4.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	2.0	8	0	0
16	Corey Louchiey	25	T	16	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0		0.1	0.0	50.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
17	Alex Van Pelt	26	QB	1	0	3	-5	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.7	-5.0	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-1.7	-5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	563	1901	14	128	45.5	37	3.4	118.8	35.2	467	279	3558	12.8	18	149	46.3	95	17.4	222.4	59.7	7.6	842	6.5	5459	32	24

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	Quinn Early	31	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	9	122	13.6	0	7	75.0	25	9.0	122.0	75.0	10.2	9	13.6	122	0	0
2	Thurman Thomas	30	RB	1	1	14	50	1	3	42.9	14	3.6	50.0	14.0	7	3	24	8.0	1	2	42.9	10	3.0	24.0	42.9	3.4	17	4.4	74	2	0
3	Steve Tasker	34	WR	1	1	1	9	0	0	100.0	9	9.0	9.0	1.0	4	3	30	10.0	0	1	50.0	19	3.0	30.0	75.0	7.5	4	9.8	39	0	1
4	Andre Reed	32	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	3	32	10.7	0	2	66.7	16	3.0	32.0	100.0	10.7	3	10.7	32	0	0
5	Lonnie Johnson	25	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	27	9.0	0	1	50.0	14	3.0	27.0	50.0	4.5	3	9.0	27	0	0
6	Darick Holmes	25	RB	1	0	9	10	0	1	11.1	7	1.1	10.0	9.0	2	1	11	11.0	0	1	50.0	11	1.0	11.0	50.0	5.5	10	2.1	21	0	0
7	Jim Kelly	36	QB	1	1	4	18	0	1	25.0	15	4.5	18.0	4.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	4.5	18	0	1
8	Tim Tindale	25	FB	1	0	1	5	0	0	0.0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	5.0	5	0	0
9	Tony Cline	25	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	29	92	1	5	31.0	15	3.2	92.0	29.0	35	22	246	11.2	1	14	57.1	25	22.0	246.0	62.9	7.0	51	6.6	338	2	2

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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	Phil Hansen	28	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	8.0	80	60	20	0
2	Kent Hull	35	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Jerry Ostroski	26	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Andre Reed	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Bruce Smith	33	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	13.5	90	69	21	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-1
6	Thomas Smith	26	RCB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	43	38	5	0
7	Chris Spielman	31	LILB	16	16	1	14	0	14	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	157	111	46	0
8	Ted Washington	28	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	92	70	22	0
9	Jeff Burris	24	LCB	15	15	1	28	0	28	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	50	41	9	0
10	John Fina	27	LT	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Lonnie Johnson	25	TE	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Kurt Schulz	28	FS	15	15	4	24	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	68	53	15	0
13	Thurman Thomas	30	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Mark Maddox	28	RILB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	71	46	25	0
15	Sam Rogers	26	ROLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.5	58	38	20	0
16	Jim Kelly	36	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Glenn Parker	30	RT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Bryce Paup	28	LOLB	12	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	48	38	10	0	PB
19	Matt Stevens	23	SS	13	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	33	26	7	0
20	Henry Jones	29	SS	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	25	19	6	0
21	Eric Moulds	23	WR	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Steve Tasker	34	WR	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	David White	26	LOLB	16	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	1	0.5	22	16	6	0
24	Todd Collins	25	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Tim Tindale	25	FB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Damien Covington	24	LB	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	21	15	6	0
27	Gabe Northern	22	LB/DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	19	16	3	0
28	Darick Holmes	25	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Ken Irvin	24	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	21	17	4	0
30	Emanuel Martin	27	DB	16	1	2	35	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	29	20	9	0
31	Russell Copeland	25	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Raymond Jackson	23	DB	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
33	Jim Jeffcoat	35	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	8	2	0
34	Marlon Kerner	23	DB	15	0	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	17	16	1	0
35	Sean Moran	23	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
36	Marlo Perry	24	LB	13	0	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	21	15	6	0
37	Shawn Price	26	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	5	3	0
	Team Totals			16	16	14	113	0	31	13	25	25	12	1	48.0	992	745	247	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Jeff Burris	24	LCB	1	1	1	38	1	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
2	Damien Covington	24	LB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	9	7	2	0
3	Phil Hansen	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
4	Kent Hull	35	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-10	0	0.0	0			0
5	Jim Kelly	36	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
6	Bryce Paup	28	LOLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
7	Sam Rogers	26	ROLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
8	Kurt Schulz	28	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
9	Bruce Smith	33	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
10	Thomas Smith	26	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
11	Chris Spielman	31	LILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	2	0
12	Matt Stevens	23	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
13	Steve Tasker	34	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
14	Ted Washington	28	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
15	Todd Collins	25	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
16	Ken Irvin	24	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
17	Jim Jeffcoat	35	DE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
18	Emanuel Martin	27	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1
19	Sean Moran	23	DE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
20	Gabe Northern	22	LB/DE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
21	Marlo Perry	24	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
22	David White	26	LOLB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	2	38	1	38	0	0	4	0	-10	0	2.0	55	48	7	0

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