1990 Buffalo Bills Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Marv Levy (13-3)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1990 Buffalo Bills Roster
1990 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1990 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.

Offensively, Buffalo paced the circuit with 428 points. On the other side of the ball, the rigid defensive squad surrendered 263 points. Jim Kelly threw for 2,829 yards. Andre Reed hauled in 71 balls for 945 yards. James Lofton provided receiving help, too.

Thurman Thomas rushed for a team-leading 1,297 yards for the Bills.

The opportunistic defense led the way with 35 turnovers. Kirby Jackson intercepted 3 opponent throws. Bruce Smith topped pass rushers with 19 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 43 sacks.

Marv Levy coached the team. The 1990 Buffalo Bills lost in the Super Bowl.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim Kelly	346	219	63.3	2829	8.2	24	6.9	9	2.6	71	20	158	101.2
Frank Reich	63	36	57.1	469	7.4	2	3.2	0	0.0	43	6	41	91.3
Gale Gilbert	15	8	53.3	106	7.1	2	13.3	2	13.3	23	1	9	76.0
Don Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	425	263	61.9	3404	8.0	28	6.6	11	2.6	71	27	208

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Thurman Thomas	271	1297	4.8	80	11
Kenneth Davis	64	302	4.7	47	4
Jamie Mueller	59	207	3.5	20	2
Don Smith	20	82	4.1	13	2
Jim Kelly	22	63	2.9	15	0
Carwell Gardner	15	41	2.7	14	0
Frank Reich	15	24	1.6	9	0
Don Beebe	1	23	23.0	23	0
Andre Reed	3	23	7.7	26	0
Larry Kinnebrew	9	18	2.0	4	1
Totals	479	2080	4.3	80	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Andre Reed	71	945	13.3	56	8
Thurman Thomas	49	532	10.9	63	2
James Lofton	35	712	20.3	71	4
Keith McKeller	34	464	13.6	43	5
Don Smith	21	225	10.7	39	0
Jamie Mueller	16	106	6.6	30	1
Don Beebe	11	221	20.1	49	1
Pete Metzelaars	10	60	6.0	12	1
Kenneth Davis	9	78	8.7	16	1
Butch Rolle	3	6	2.0	3	3
Steve Tasker	2	44	22.0	24	2
Al Edwards	2	11	5.5	6	0
Totals	263	3404	12.9	71	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Scott Norwood	52	50	96.2	29	20	69.0	110
Totals	52	50	96.2	29	20	69.0	110

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rick Tuten	53	2107	39.8	55
John Nies	5	174	34.8	39
Totals	58	2281	39.3	55

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Al Edwards	14	92	6.6	16
Chris Hale	10	76	7.6	25
Nate Odomes	1	9	9.0	9
Totals	25	177	7.1	25

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Don Smith	32	643	20.1	38
Al Edwards	11	256	23.3	54
Don Beebe	6	119	19.8	27
Butch Rolle	2	22	11.0	11
Totals	51	1040	20.4	54

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kirby Jackson	3	16	5.3	14	0
Darryl Talley	2	60	30.0	60	1
Leonard Smith	2	39	19.5	39	1
John Hagy	2	23	11.5	23	0
James Williams	2	0	0.0	0	0
Mark Kelso	2	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Bentley	1	13	13.0	13	0
Leon Seals	1	0	0.0	0	0
Nate Odomes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Cliff Hicks	1	0	0.0	0	0
David Pool	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	18	151	8.4	60	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Bruce Smith	19.0
Jeff Wright	5.0
Leon Seals	4.0
Cornelius Bennett	4.0
Darryl Talley	4.0
Carlton Bailey	2.0
Mike Lodish	2.0
Cliff Hicks	1.0
Shane Conlan	1.0
Marvcus Patton	0.5
Hal Garner	0.5
Totals	43.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Darryl Talley	123	123	0	0	0	1	4		0
Bruce Smith	101	101	0		0	0	0	0	4
Cornelius Bennett	96	96	0		0	2	0		3
Shane Conlan	93	93	0
Jeff Wright	76	76	0
Carlton Bailey	57	57	0		0	1	0	0	0
Nate Odomes	42	42	0	0	0	3	49	1	2
James Williams	38	38	0	0
Cliff Hicks	14	14	0	0
Marvcus Patton	12	12	0
David Pool	10	10	0	0
Mark Pike	9	9	0
Mike Lodish	6	6	0
Chris Hale					0	3	0	0	0
Thurman Thomas					6	2	0		0
Jim Kelly					4	2	-8	0	0
Leon Seals				0	0	2	8	0	0
Steve Tasker					0	2	5		0
Andre Reed					1	1	0		0
James Lofton					0	1	0		0
Jim Ritcher					0	1	0	0	0
Ray Bentley				0	0	1	10	0	0
Leonard Smith				0	0	1	0		0
Kenneth Davis					1	1	0		0
Pete Metzelaars					1	0	0		0
Keith McKeller					1	0	0		0
Frank Reich					1	0	0	0	0
Jamie Mueller					1	0	0		0
Don Smith					1	0	0		0
Totals	677	677	0	0	17	24	68	1	9

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Scott Norwood									20	50	0			110
Thurman Thomas	11	2							0	0	0			78
Andre Reed	0	8							0	0	0			48
Kenneth Davis	4	1							0	0	0			30
Keith McKeller		5							0	0	0			30
James Lofton		4							0	0	0			24
Butch Rolle		3		0					0	0	0			18
Jamie Mueller	2	1							0	0	0			18
Don Smith	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Steve Tasker		2							0	0	0			12
Larry Kinnebrew	1								0	0	0			6
Don Beebe	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Nate Odomes			0			0	1		0	0	0			6
Cornelius Bennett								1	0	0	0			6
Leonard Smith						1			0	0	0			6
Pete Metzelaars		1							0	0	0			6
Darryl Talley						1			0	0	0			6
James Williams						0		1	0	0	0			6
Totals	20	28	0	0	0	2	1	2	20	50	0	0	0	428