1988 Buffalo Bills Statistics
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Marv Levy (12-4)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1988 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Bills ran up 329 points, and the rigid defensive squad conceded 237. Jim Kelly led the charge, throwing for 3,380 yards. Andre Reed hauled in 71 balls for 968 yards.
Thurman Thomas rushed for a team-leading 881 yards for Buffalo.
Mark Kelso picked off 7 opponent throws. Bruce Smith topped the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 46 sacks.
Marv Levy coached the team. The 1988 Buffalo Bills lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Kelly | 452 | 269 | 59.5 | 3380 | 7.5 | 15 | 3.3 | 17 | 3.8 | 66 | 30 | 229 | 78.2 |
Robb Riddick | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
Totals | 454 | 271 | 59.7 | 3411 | 7.5 | 15 | 3.3 | 17 | 3.7 | 66 | 30 | 229 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thurman Thomas | 207 | 881 | 4.3 | 37 | 2 |
Robb Riddick | 111 | 438 | 3.9 | 21 | 12 |
Jamie Mueller | 81 | 296 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 |
Ronnie Harmon | 57 | 212 | 3.7 | 32 | 1 |
Jim Kelly | 35 | 154 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 |
Carl Byrum | 28 | 91 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
Andre Reed | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 36 | 0 |
Frank Reich | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 528 | 2133 | 4.0 | 37 | 15 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Reed | 71 | 968 | 13.6 | 65 | 6 |
Trumaine Johnson | 37 | 514 | 13.9 | 49 | 0 |
Ronnie Harmon | 37 | 427 | 11.5 | 36 | 3 |
Pete Metzelaars | 33 | 438 | 13.3 | 35 | 1 |
Robb Riddick | 30 | 282 | 9.4 | 26 | 1 |
Chris Burkett | 23 | 354 | 15.4 | 34 | 1 |
Thurman Thomas | 18 | 208 | 11.6 | 34 | 0 |
Flip Johnson | 9 | 170 | 18.9 | 66 | 1 |
Jamie Mueller | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
Butch Rolle | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 |
Carl Byrum | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
Jim Kelly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 271 | 3411 | 12.6 | 66 | 15 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Norwood | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 37 | 32 | 86.5 | 129 |
Totals | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 37 | 32 | 86.5 | 129 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Erroll Tucker | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
Flip Johnson | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 152 | 5.8 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Erroll Tucker | 15 | 310 | 20.7 | 30 | 0 |
Flip Johnson | 14 | 250 | 17.9 | 24 | 0 |
Ronnie Harmon | 11 | 249 | 22.6 | 37 | 0 |
Robb Riddick | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 |
Butch Rolle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Carl Byrum | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Mark Pike | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 50 | 935 | 18.7 | 37 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Kelso | 7 | 180 | 25.7 | 78 | 1 |
Cornelius Bennett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
Sherman Cocroft | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Leonard Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Wayne Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Shane Conlan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Nate Odomes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 15 | 244 | 16.3 | 78 | 1 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Bruce Smith | 11.0 | 0.0 | |
Cornelius Bennett | 9.5 | 0.0 | |
Art Still | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Wright | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Fred Smerlas | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Darryl Talley | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Leon Seals | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Shane Conlan | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Scott Radecic | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Hal Garner | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Ray Bentley | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Leonard Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 46.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cornelius Bennett | 103 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Shane Conlan | 84 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Darryl Talley | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Scott Radecic | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Smith | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Nate Odomes | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jeff Wright | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Pike | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Carlton Bailey | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Robb Riddick | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Leon Seals | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Thurman Thomas | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Joe Devlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Derrick Burroughs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Will Wolford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jamie Mueller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fred Smerlas | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pete Metzelaars | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ray Bentley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Art Still | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Wayne Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sherman Cocroft | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Kelly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Flip Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ronnie Harmon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Erroll Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Trumaine Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Andre Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Carl Byrum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 452 | 452 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Scott Norwood | 32 | 33 | 0 | 129 | ||||||||||
Robb Riddick | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||
Andre Reed | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Thurman Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Butch Rolle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Mark Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Leon Seals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Flip Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Chris Burkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Pete Metzelaars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bruce Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 329 |