
1991 Buffalo Bills Statistics
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
1991 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1991 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.
The Bills moved the ball well, scoring 458 points, and the defensive squad conceded 318. Jim Kelly led the charge, throwing for 3,844 yards. Andre Reed hauled in 81 balls for 1,113 yards, while Thurman Thomas and James Lofton contributed to the receiving game, too.
Thurman Thomas rushed for a team-leading 1,407 yards for Buffalo.
Darryl Talley and Nate Odomes each seized 5 opponent throws. Cornelius Bennett sacked quarterbacks 9 times.
Marv Levy coached the team. The 1991 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 | 474 | 304 | 64.1 | 3844 | 8.1 | 33 | 7.0 | 17 | 3.6 | 77 | 31 | 227 | 97.6 |
Frank Reich | 41 | 27 | 65.9 | 305 | 7.4 | 6 | 14.6 | 2 | 4.9 | 29 | 4 | 42 | 107.2 |
Totals | 516 | 332 | 64.3 | 4140 | 8.0 | 39 | 7.6 | 19 | 3.7 | 77 | 35 | 269 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thurman Thomas | 288 | 1407 | 4.9 | 33 | 7 |
Kenneth Davis | 129 | 624 | 4.8 | 78 | 4 |
Carwell Gardner | 42 | 146 | 3.5 | 18 | 4 |
Andre Reed | 12 | 136 | 11.3 | 46 | 0 |
Jim Kelly | 20 | 45 | 2.2 | 12 | 1 |
Al Edwards | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Frank Reich | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 505 | 2381 | 4.7 | 78 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Reed | 81 | 1113 | 13.7 | 55 | 10 |
Thurman Thomas | 62 | 631 | 10.2 | 50 | 5 |
James Lofton | 57 | 1072 | 18.8 | 77 | 8 |
Keith McKeller | 44 | 434 | 9.9 | 29 | 3 |
Don Beebe | 32 | 414 | 12.9 | 34 | 6 |
Al Edwards | 22 | 228 | 10.4 | 33 | 1 |
Kenneth Davis | 20 | 118 | 5.9 | 14 | 1 |
Pete Metzelaars | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 51 | 2 |
Carwell Gardner | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
Butch Rolle | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 2 |
Steve Tasker | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 1 |
Mike Alexander | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 332 | 4140 | 12.5 | 77 | 39 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Norwood | 58 | 56 | 96.6 | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 110 |
Totals | 58 | 56 | 96.6 | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 110 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Mohr | 54 | 2085 | 38.6 | 58 |
Totals | 54 | 2085 | 38.6 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cliff Hicks | 12 | 203 | 16.9 | 59 | 0 |
Al Edwards | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 |
Nate Odomes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 281 | 10.8 | 59 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Edwards | 31 | 623 | 20.1 | 91 | 1 |
Eddie Fuller | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 22 | 0 |
Don Beebe | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
Kenneth Davis | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 23 | 0 |
Brian Taylor | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Carwell Gardner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 970 | 18.7 | 91 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nate Odomes | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 48 | 1 |
Darryl Talley | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
Kirby Jackson | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
Leonard Smith | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
Mark Kelso | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Bentley | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
Chris Hale | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Cliff Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
James Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 276 | 12.0 | 58 | 1 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Cornelius Bennett | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Wright | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Darryl Talley | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Phil Hansen | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Leonard Smith | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Mike Lodish | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Bruce Smith | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Reggie Rogers | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Leon Seals | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Nate Odomes | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Kirby Jackson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shane Conlan | 122 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Darryl Talley | 117 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Cornelius Bennett | 107 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |
Carlton Bailey | 93 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Nate Odomes | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Phil Hansen | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Lodish | 37 | 37 | 0 | ||||||
Jeff Wright | 33 | 33 | 0 | ||||||
Bruce Smith | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
Cliff Hicks | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Williams | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Marvcus Patton | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
Henry Jones | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Pike | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Carwell Gardner | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mark Kelso | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Kelly | 6 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |||||
Kirby Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Leonard Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Lofton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Kent Hull | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Al Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Thurman Thomas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Andre Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Don Beebe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 700 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
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 | 18 | 56 | 0 | 110 | ||||||||||
Thurman Thomas | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
Andre Reed | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
James Lofton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
Don Beebe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Kenneth Davis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Carwell Gardner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Keith McKeller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Pete Metzelaars | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Al Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Butch Rolle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Nate Odomes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Cornelius Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Steve Tasker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jim Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 16 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 458 |