1997 Buffalo Bills Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Marv Levy (6-10)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1997 Buffalo Bills Roster
1997 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

The Bills floundered, tallying only 255 points, and the defensive unit conceded 367. Todd Collins threw for 2,367 yards. Quinn Early hauled in 60 balls, while Andre Reed added 880 receiving yards.

Antowain Smith rushed for a team-leading 840 yards for Buffalo, while Thurman Thomas also buoyed the ground attack.

Marlon Kerner, Jeff Burris, Kurt Schulz, Sean Moran and Ken Irvin each intercepted 2 opponent throws. Bruce Smith topped the defensive unit with 14 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 46 sacks.

Marv Levy coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Todd Collins	391	215	55.0	2367	6.1	12	3.1	13	3.3	77	39	278	69.5
Alex Van Pelt	124	60	48.4	684	5.5	2	1.6	10	8.1	39	4	33	37.2
Billy Hobert	30	17	56.7	133	4.4	0	0.0	2	6.7	20	2	7	40.0
Chris Mohr	1	1	100.0	29	29.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	0	0	118.8
Andre Reed	0	0		0		0		0		0	1	20	0.0
Totals	546	293	53.7	3213	5.9	14	2.6	25	4.6	77	46	338

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Antowain Smith	194	840	4.3	56	8
Thurman Thomas	154	643	4.2	24	1
Darick Holmes	22	106	4.8	19	2
Todd Collins	30	77	2.6	11	0
Eric Moulds	4	59	14.8	29	0
Alex Van Pelt	11	33	3.0	9	1
Andre Reed	3	11	3.7	9	0
Billy Hobert	2	7	3.5	7	0
Lonnie Johnson	1	6	6.0	6	0
Chris Mohr	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	422	1782	4.2	56	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Andre Reed	60	880	14.7	77	5
Quinn Early	60	853	14.2	45	5
Lonnie Johnson	41	340	8.3	62	2
Thurman Thomas	30	208	6.9	30	0
Eric Moulds	29	294	10.1	32	0
Antowain Smith	28	177	6.3	19	0
Jay Riemersma	26	208	8.0	22	2
Darick Holmes	13	106	8.2	22	0
Tim Tindale	4	105	26.2	45	0
Tony Cline	1	29	29.0	29	0
Jerry Reese	1	13	13.0	13	0
Totals	293	3213	11.0	77	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Steve Christie	21	21	100.0	30	24	80.0	93
Totals	21	21	100.0	30	24	80.0	93

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chris Mohr	90	3764	41.8	59
Totals	90	3764	41.8	59

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jeff Burris	21	198	9.4	32
Steve Tasker	12	113	9.4	47
Eric Moulds	2	20	10.0	10
Mitchell Galloway	2	15	7.5	15
Raymond Jackson	1	0	0.0	0
Henry Jones	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	39	346	8.9	47

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eric Moulds	43	921	21.4	53
Darick Holmes	23	430	18.7	36
Mitchell Galloway	6	130	21.7	30
Rob Coons	1	12	12.0	12
Marcellus Wiley	1	12	12.0	12
Steve Tasker	1	12	12.0	12
Mark Pike	1	11	11.0	11
Jeff Burris	1	10	10.0	10
Tony Cline	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	78	1538	19.7	53

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ken Irvin	2	28	14.0	28
Kurt Schulz	2	23	11.5	21
Marlon Kerner	2	20	10.0	20
Jeff Burris	2	19	9.5	10
Sean Moran	2	12	6.0	12
Mark Maddox	1	25	25.0	25
Emanuel Martin	1	12	12.0	12
Chris Spielman	1	8	8.0	8
Damien Covington	1	6	6.0	6
Marlo Perry	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	15	157	10.5	28

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Bruce Smith	14.0
Bryce Paup	9.5
Phil Hansen	6.0
Sean Moran	4.5
Ted Washington	4.0
Sam Rogers	3.5
Henry Jones	2.0
John Holecek	1.5
Damien Covington	0.5
Jim Jeffcoat	0.5
Totals	46.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Henry Jones	72.5	64	17		1	1	0	0	0
Ted Washington	71.5	63	17		0	1	0	0	1
Phil Hansen	68.5	58	21		0	0	0		2
Bryce Paup	68	58	20		0	1	0	0	2
Chris Spielman	59	50	18	0
Bruce Smith	57	49	16
Kurt Schulz	53	44	18	0	0	0	0	0	2
Sam Rogers	46	39	14		0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Burris	42	39	6	0	3	1	0	0	0
John Holecek	48	38	20		0	0	0	0	1
Damien Covington	52	37	30	0
Thomas Smith	37	35	4		1	1	1	0	0
Sean Moran	30.5	24	13	0	0	1	0	0	0
Marlon Kerner	19	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Emanuel Martin	17.5	17	1	0
Gabe Northern	19.5	15	9
Shawn Price	16.5	12	9
Marcellus Wiley	14	12	4		1	2	40	0	1
Mark Maddox	14	10	8	0
Dan Brandenburg	10.5	10	1		0	1	0	0	0
Marlo Perry	10.5	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Smedley	9.5	9	1
Ken Irvin	5	5	0	0
Jim Jeffcoat	3	2	2
Alex Van Pelt					3	3	-7		0
Jerry Ostroski					0	3	0	0	0
Steve Tasker					1	2	0	0	0
John Fina					0	1	0	0	0
Ruben Brown					0	1	0	0	0
Eric Moulds					3	1	0		0
Darick Holmes					1	1	0		0
Lonnie Johnson					2	1	0		0
Chris Mohr					1	1	-10	0	0
Corbin Lacina					0	1	0	0	0
Billy Hobert					1	1	-5	0	0
Dusty Zeigler					1	1	-12	0	0
Mitchell Galloway					1	0	0	0	0
Antowain Smith					4	0	0		0
Andre Reed					1	0	0		0
Jay Riemersma					1	0	0		0
Todd Collins					10	0	-30	0	0
Thurman Thomas					2	0	0		0
Raymond Jackson					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	844	717	254	0	39	28	-23	0	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Steve Christie									24	21	0			93
Antowain Smith	8	0							0	0	0			48
Andre Reed	0	5							0	0	0			30
Quinn Early		5							0	0	0			30
Jay Riemersma		2							0	0	0	1		14
Lonnie Johnson	0	2							0	0	0			12
Darick Holmes	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Alex Van Pelt	1								0	0	0			6
Thurman Thomas	1	0							0	0	0			6
Eric Moulds	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1		2
Phil Hansen									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	12	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	21	0	2	1	255