1996 Buffalo Bills Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Marv Levy (10-6)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1996 Buffalo Bills Roster
1996 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Bills ran up 319 points, and the solid defense yielded 266. Jim Kelly tossed for 2,810 yards. Andre Reed hauled in 66 balls for 1,036 yards, while Quinn Early contributed to the receiving game, too.

Thurman Thomas rushed for a team-leading 1,033 yards for Buffalo.

Kurt Schulz picked off 4 opponent throws. Bruce Smith topped pass rushers with 13.5 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 48 sacks.

Marv Levy coached the team. The 1996 Buffalo Bills lost in the Wild Card.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim Kelly	379	222	58.6	2810	7.4	14	3.7	19	5.0	67	37	287	73.2
Todd Collins	99	55	55.6	739	7.5	4	4.0	5	5.1	95	11	53	71.9
Alex Van Pelt	5	2	40.0	9	1.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	0	0	47.9
Totals	483	279	57.8	3558	7.4	18	3.7	24	5.0	95	48	340

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Thurman Thomas	281	1033	3.7	36	8
Darick Holmes	189	571	3.0	37	4
Jim Kelly	19	66	3.5	22	2
Tim Tindale	14	49	3.5	15	0
Eric Moulds	12	44	3.7	11	0
Todd Collins	21	43	2.0	10	0
Quinn Early	3	39	13.0	29	0
Steve Tasker	9	31	3.4	11	0
Andre Reed	8	22	2.8	13	0
Jason Bratton	4	8	2.0	5	0
Alex Van Pelt	3	-5	-1.7	-1	0
Totals	563	1901	3.4	37	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Andre Reed	66	1036	15.7	67	6
Quinn Early	50	798	16.0	95	4
Lonnie Johnson	46	457	9.9	33	0
Thurman Thomas	26	254	9.8	69	0
Steve Tasker	21	372	17.7	62	3
Eric Moulds	20	279	14.0	47	2
Tony Cline	19	117	6.2	15	1
Darick Holmes	16	102	6.4	20	1
Russell Copeland	7	85	12.1	31	0
Chris Brantley	5	47	9.4	22	1
Rob Coons	1	12	12.0	12	0
Corey Louchiey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tim Tindale	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	279	3558	12.8	95	18

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Steve Christie	33	33	100.0	29	24	82.8	105
Totals	33	33	100.0	29	24	82.8	105

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chris Mohr	101	4194	41.5	80
Totals	101	4194	41.5	80

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jeff Burris	27	286	10.6	45
Russell Copeland	14	119	8.5	19
Steve Tasker	2	18	9.0	12
Totals	43	423	9.8	45

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eric Moulds	52	1205	23.2	97	1
Russell Copeland	6	136	22.7	47	0
Totals	58	1341	23.1	97	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kurt Schulz	4	24	6.0	19
Emanuel Martin	2	35	17.5	31
Matt Stevens	2	0	0.0	0
Jeff Burris	1	28	28.0	28
Chris Spielman	1	14	14.0	14
Marlon Kerner	1	6	6.0	6
Marlo Perry	1	6	6.0	6
Raymond Jackson	1	0	0.0	0
Thomas Smith	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	14	113	8.1	31

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Bruce Smith	13.5
Phil Hansen	8.0
Bryce Paup	6.0
Gabe Northern	5.0
Jim Jeffcoat	5.0
Sam Rogers	3.5
Ted Washington	3.5
Ken Irvin	2.0
Marlon Kerner	1.0
David White	0.5
Totals	48.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Chris Spielman	134	111	46	0	0	2	0	0	1
Ted Washington	81	70	22
Bruce Smith	79.5	69	21		0	1	0	0	5
Phil Hansen	70	60	20		0	2	0	0	1
Kurt Schulz	60.5	53	15	0
Mark Maddox	58.5	46	25		0	0	0	0	2
Jeff Burris	45.5	41	9	0	1	1	0	0	1
Sam Rogers	48	38	20		0	2	0	0	0
Bryce Paup	43	38	10		0	0	0	0	2
Thomas Smith	40.5	38	5	0
Matt Stevens	29.5	26	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
Emanuel Martin	24.5	20	9	0
Henry Jones	22	19	6
Ken Irvin	19	17	4		0	1	0	0	0
David White	19	16	6		0	2	12	1	0
Gabe Northern	17.5	16	3
Marlon Kerner	16.5	16	1	0
Marlo Perry	18	15	6	0
Damien Covington	18	15	6
Jim Jeffcoat	9	8	2
Shawn Price	6.5	5	3
Sean Moran	4.5	4	1
Raymond Jackson	4	4	0	0
Lonnie Johnson					1	4	0	0	0
Glenn Parker					0	2	0	0	0
John Fina					0	2	-1	0	0
Thurman Thomas					1	1	0		0
Kent Hull					0	1	1	0	0
Russell Copeland					2	1	0	0	0
Darick Holmes					2	1	0		0
Jerry Ostroski					0	1	0	0	0
Jim Kelly					9	0	0		0
Steve Tasker					3	0	0		0
Andre Reed					1	0	0		0
Todd Collins					3	0	0	0	0
Eric Moulds					1	0	0		0
Tim Tindale					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	868.5	745	247	0	25	25	12	1	12

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Steve Christie									24	33	0			105
Thurman Thomas	8	0							0	0	0			48
Andre Reed	0	6							0	0	0			36
Darick Holmes	4	1							0	0	0	1		32
Quinn Early	0	4							0	0	0	1		26
Steve Tasker	0	3	0						0	0	0			18
Eric Moulds	0	2		1					0	0	0			18
Jim Kelly	2								0	0	0			12
David White							1		0	0	0			6
Tony Cline		1							0	0	0			6
Gabe Northern								1	0	0	0			6
Chris Brantley		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	14	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	24	33	0	2	0	319