
1983 Buffalo Bills Statistics
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Kay Stephenson (8-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1983 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
Buffalo scored 283 points, while the defense allowed 351. Joe Ferguson passed for 2,995 yards. Joe Cribbs topped pass catchers, hauling in 57 balls for 524 yards. Tony Hunter, Byron Franklin and Frank Lewis each were targeted regularly, too.
Joe Cribbs rushed for a team-leading 1,131 yards for the Bills.
Steve Freeman and Chris Williams each picked off 3 opponent throws. Ben Williams led the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.
Kay Stephenson coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Ferguson | 508 | 281 | 55.3 | 2995 | 5.9 | 26 | 5.1 | 25 | 4.9 | 43 | 27 | 266 | 69.3 |
Matt Kofler | 61 | 35 | 57.4 | 440 | 7.2 | 4 | 6.6 | 3 | 4.9 | 28 | 10 | 85 | 81.3 |
Joe Cribbs | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 |
Totals | 571 | 317 | 55.5 | 3438 | 6.0 | 30 | 5.3 | 28 | 4.9 | 43 | 37 | 351 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Cribbs | 263 | 1131 | 4.3 | 45 | 3 |
Booker Moore | 60 | 275 | 4.6 | 21 | 0 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 58 | 157 | 2.7 | 12 | 1 |
Joe Ferguson | 20 | 88 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 |
Tony Hunter | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
Matt Kofler | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 |
Robb Riddick | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
Van Van Williams | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
Byron Franklin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 415 | 1736 | 4.2 | 45 | 4 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Cribbs | 57 | 524 | 9.2 | 33 | 7 |
Frank Lewis | 36 | 486 | 13.5 | 27 | 3 |
Tony Hunter | 36 | 402 | 11.2 | 40 | 3 |
Jerry Butler | 36 | 385 | 10.7 | 25 | 3 |
Booker Moore | 34 | 199 | 5.9 | 21 | 1 |
Byron Franklin | 30 | 452 | 15.1 | 43 | 4 |
Mark Brammer | 25 | 215 | 8.6 | 21 | 2 |
Perry Tuttle | 17 | 261 | 15.4 | 38 | 3 |
Mike Mosley | 14 | 180 | 12.9 | 35 | 3 |
Julius Dawkins | 11 | 123 | 11.2 | 28 | 1 |
Buster Barnett | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 14 | 0 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 8 | 74 | 9.2 | 12 | 0 |
Robb Riddick | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 |
Totals | 317 | 3438 | 10.8 | 43 | 30 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Danelo | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 63 |
Fred Steinfort | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 4 |
Totals | 36 | 34 | 94.4 | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 67 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Cater | 89 | 3533 | 39.7 | 60 |
Totals | 89 | 3533 | 39.7 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robb Riddick | 42 | 241 | 5.7 | 24 | 0 |
Bill Hurley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Van Van Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 241 | 5.5 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robb Riddick | 28 | 568 | 20.3 | 49 | 0 |
Van Van Williams | 25 | 550 | 22.0 | 60 | 0 |
Mike Mosley | 9 | 236 | 26.2 | 33 | 0 |
Darryl Talley | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 64 | 1363 | 21.3 | 60 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Freeman | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 29 | 0 |
Chris Williams | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Lucius Sanford | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 |
Charles Romes | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
Chris Keating | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Kennedy | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 1 |
Totals | 13 | 154 | 11.8 | 29 | 1 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Ben Williams | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
Fred Smerlas | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Darryl Talley | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Ervin Parker | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Sherman White | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Eugene Marve | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Ken Johnson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darryl Talley | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
David Kilson | 0 | 3 | 88 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Joe Ferguson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ben Williams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Freeman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||
Chris Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Justin Cross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Booker Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Joe Cribbs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ken Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Van Van Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ken Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lucius Sanford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tony Hunter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Joey Lumpkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Trey Junkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Chris Keating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Darryl Caldwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Hurley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Robb Riddick | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Perry Tuttle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mike Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jerry Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 28 | 125 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Joe Danelo | 10 | 33 | 0 | 63 | ||||||||||
Joe Cribbs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Byron Franklin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Perry Tuttle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Tony Hunter | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Mike Mosley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Jerry Butler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Frank Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Mark Brammer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Mike Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Julius Dawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
David Kilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Booker Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Fred Steinfort | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
Totals | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 283 |