1981 Buffalo Bills Statistics
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Chuck Knox (10-6)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1981 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Bills scored 311 points, and the rigid defensive squad yielded 276. Joe Ferguson directed the offense, throwing for 3,652 yards. Frank Lewis topped all receivers, hauling in 70 balls for 1,244 yards, while Jerry Butler contributed to the receiving game, too.
Joe Cribbs rushed for a team-leading 1,097 yards for Buffalo.
Mario Clark picked off 5 opponent throws.
Chuck Knox coached the team. The 1981 Buffalo Bills lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Ferguson | 498 | 252 | 50.6 | 3652 | 7.3 | 24 | 4.8 | 20 | 4.0 | 67 | 15 | 137 | 74.1 |
Joe Cribbs | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 |
Nick Mike-Mayer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Matt Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39.6 |
Totals | 503 | 253 | 50.3 | 3661 | 7.3 | 25 | 5.0 | 20 | 4.0 | 67 | 16 | 146 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Cribbs | 257 | 1097 | 4.3 | 35 | 3 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 91 | 357 | 3.9 | 31 | 6 |
Roland Hooks | 51 | 250 | 4.9 | 19 | 3 |
Curtis Brown | 62 | 226 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 34 | 138 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 |
Robb Riddick | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
Joe Ferguson | 20 | 29 | 1.4 | 16 | 1 |
Mark Brammer | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
Jerry Butler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Robinson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Rod Kush | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Byron Franklin | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
Totals | 524 | 2125 | 4.1 | 35 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Lewis | 70 | 1244 | 17.8 | 33 | 4 |
Jerry Butler | 55 | 842 | 15.3 | 67 | 8 |
Joe Cribbs | 40 | 603 | 15.1 | 65 | 7 |
Mark Brammer | 33 | 365 | 11.1 | 24 | 2 |
Ron Jessie | 15 | 200 | 13.3 | 44 | 0 |
Roland Hooks | 10 | 140 | 14.0 | 37 | 2 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
Curtis Brown | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 10 | 1 |
Lou Piccone | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
Buster Barnett | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16 | 1 |
Byron Franklin | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
Totals | 253 | 3661 | 14.5 | 67 | 25 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Mike-Mayer | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 79 |
Totals | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 79 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Cater | 80 | 3175 | 39.7 | 71 |
Totals | 80 | 3175 | 39.7 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roland Hooks | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 25 | 0 |
Lou Piccone | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
Robb Riddick | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
Byron Franklin | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 292 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Byron Franklin | 21 | 436 | 20.8 | 33 | 0 |
Robb Riddick | 14 | 257 | 18.4 | 25 | 0 |
Roland Hooks | 11 | 215 | 19.5 | 36 | 0 |
Curtis Brown | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
Lou Piccone | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
Rufus Bess | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Steve Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 57 | 1085 | 19.0 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Clark | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 53 | 0 |
Charles Romes | 4 | 113 | 28.2 | 35 | 0 |
Bill Simpson | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 42 | 0 |
Isiah Robertson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
Rod Kush | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Rufus Bess | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Shane Nelson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Ben Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 19 | 352 | 18.5 | 53 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rod Kush | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Rufus Bess | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mario Clark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Charles Romes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nick Mike-Mayer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ben Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Brammer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jon Borchardt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Humiston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Haslett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Will Grant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Smerlas | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Cribbs | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lou Piccone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lucius Sanford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Simpson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ervin Parker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Villapiano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Conrad Dobler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sherman White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roland Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Matt Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robb Riddick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Curtis Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Byron Franklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Nick Mike-Mayer | 14 | 37 | 0 | 79 | ||||||||||
Joe Cribbs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Jerry Butler | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Roosevelt Leaks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Roland Hooks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
Frank Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Mark Brammer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Curtis Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Buster Barnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ben Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 309 |