1981 Buffalo Bills roster and stats

1981 Buffalo Bills: 10-6-0
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Home record: 7-1-0 (171 points scored, 109 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (140 points scored, 167 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox 311 points scored (20th of 28 teams), 276 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 253 503 3,515 ( 9) 6.77 25 20 524 2,125 (13) 4.1 13 5,640 ( 8) 38 Defense: 267 474 2,870 ( 4) 5.51 21 19 516 2,075 (17) 4.0 7 4,945 ( 7) 36

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Nick Mike-Mayer K 16 5'8 185 31 9 Temple 7 Greg Cater P 16 6'0 191 24 2 Tennessee-Chattanooga 12 Joe Ferguson QB 16 6'1 195 31 9 Arkansas 17 Matt Robinson QB 15 6'2 196 26 5 Georgia 20 Joe Cribbs RB 15 5'11 190 23 2 Auburn 21 Rufus Bess DB 16 5'9 180 25 3 South Carolina State 22 Steve Freeman DB 16 5'11 185 28 7 Mississippi State 25 Roland Hooks RB 16 6'0 195 28 6 North Carolina State 26 Charles Romes DB 16 6'1 190 26 5 North Carolina Central 27 Chris Williams DB 0 6'0 197 22 R Louisiana State 29 Mario Clark DB 16 6'2 195 27 6 Oregon 30 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 6 6'1 205 31 10 Colorado State 38 Jeff Nixon DB 13 6'3 190 25 3 Richmond 40 Robb Riddick RB 10 6'0 195 24 R Millersville 41 Phil Villapiano LB 16 6'2 225 32 11 Bowling Green 42 Rod Kush DB 16 6'0 188 24 2 Nebraska-Omaha 45 Bill Simpson DB 16 6'1 191 29 7 Michigan State 47 Curtis Brown RB 14 5'10 203 26 5 Missouri 48 Roosevelt Leaks RB 16 5'10 225 28 7 Texas 50 Mike Humiston LB 16 6'3 238 22 R Weber State 51 Jim Ritcher OG 14 6'3 251 23 2 North Carolina State 52 Chris Keating LB 2 6'2 223 24 3 Maine 53 Will Grant C 16 6'3 248 27 4 Kentucky 55 Jim Haslett LB 16 6'3 237 25 3 Indiana (Pa.) 57 Lucius Sanford LB 16 6'2 216 25 4 Georgia Tech 58 Isiah Robertson LB 16 6'3 225 32 11 Southern 59 Shane Nelson LB 10 6'1 232 26 5 Baylor 61 Tom Lynch OG 5 6'5 260 26 5 Boston College 62 Ervin Parker LB 16 6'4 240 23 2 South Carolina State 65 Tim Vogler C 14 6'3 245 25 3 Ohio State 67 Reggie McKenzie OG 6 6'4 242 31 10 Michigan 69 Conrad Dobler OG 14 6'3 255 31 10 Wyoming 70 Joe Devlin OT 16 6'5 250 27 6 Iowa 71 Mike Kadish DT 16 6'5 270 31 9 Notre Dame 72 Ken Jones OT 15 6'5 250 28 6 Arkansas State 73 Jon Borchardt OG 16 6'5 255 24 3 Montana State 76 Fred Smerlas DT 16 6'3 270 24 3 Boston College 77 Ben Williams DE 16 6'3 245 27 6 Mississippi 80 Jerry Butler WR 16 6'0 178 24 3 Clemson 81 Ron Jessie WR 15 6'0 181 33 11 Kansas 82 Frank Lewis WR 16 6'1 196 34 11 Grambling 83 Sherman White DE 16 6'5 250 33 10 California 84 Buster Barnett TE 16 6'5 225 22 R Jackson State 85 Byron Franklin WR 13 6'1 179 23 R Auburn 86 Mark Brammer TE 16 6'3 235 23 2 Michigan State 87 Steve Alvers TE 16 6'4 240 24 1 Miami 89 Lou Piccone WR 14 5'9 175 32 8 West Liberty State 91 Ken Johnson DE 16 6'5 253 26 3 Knoxville 97 Darrell Irvin DE 13 6'4 255 24 2 Oklahoma

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Ferguson 498 252 50.6 3,652 7.33 14.5 24 4.8 20 4.0 15 137 74.1 Matt Robinson 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 39.6 Joe Cribbs 1 1 100.0 9 9.00 9.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 143.8 Roosevelt Leaks 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Nick Mike-Mayer 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Frank Lewis            70  1,244   17.8    4
Jerry Butler           55    842   15.3    8
Joe Cribbs             40    603   15.1    7
Mark Brammer           33    365   11.1    2
Ron Jessie             15    200   13.3    0
Roland Hooks           10    140   14.0    2
Roosevelt Leaks         7     51    7.3    0
Curtis Brown            7     46    6.6    1
Lou Piccone             5     65   13.0    0
Lawrence McCutcheon     5     40    8.0    0
Buster Barnett          4     36    9.0    1
Byron Franklin          2     29   14.5    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Joe Cribbs            257  1,097    4.3    3
Roosevelt Leaks        91    357    3.9    6
Roland Hooks           51    250    4.9    3
Curtis Brown           62    226    3.6    0
Lawrence McCutcheon    34    138    4.1    0
Robb Riddick            3     29    9.7    0
Joe Ferguson           20     29    1.4    1
Mark Brammer            2     17    8.5    0
Jerry Butler            1      1    1.0    0
Matt Robinson           1     -2   -2.0    0
Rod Kush                1     -6   -6.0    0
Byron Franklin          1    -11  -11.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Byron Franklin         21    436   20.8    0
Robb Riddick           14    257   18.4    0
Roland Hooks           11    215   19.5    0
Curtis Brown            7    140   20.0    0
Lou Piccone             2     31   15.5    0
Rufus Bess              1      6    6.0    0
Steve Freeman           1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Roland Hooks           17    142    8.4    2    0
Lou Piccone             9     57    6.3    2    0
Byron Franklin          5     45    9.0    3    0
Robb Riddick            4     48   12.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Greg Cater 80 3,175 39.7 12 16 0 34 220 33.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Nick Mike-Mayer 0/0 4/6 5/7 5/10 0/1 14/24 37/37 79 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Rufus Bess 1 12 0 Mario Clark 1.0 5 142 0 Darrell Irvin 2.0 Ken Johnson 8.0 Rod Kush 5.5 1 19 0 Shane Nelson 3.0 1 9 0 Jeff Nixon 2.0 Isiah Robertson 2.5 2 15 0 Charles Romes 4 113 0 Lucius Sanford 2.0 Bill Simpson 4 42 0 Fred Smerlas 2.0 Sherman White 8.0 Ben Williams 10.0 1 0 0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 28 RB Booker Moore 51 Penn State [pick acquired from OAK] 2 49 DB Chris Williams 21 LSU [pick acquired from CLE] 2 50 WR Byron Franklin 77 Auburn 3 76 WR Mike Mosley 20 Texas A&M 3 83 DT Robert Geathers South Carolina State [pick acquired from OAK] 5 135 DE Calvin Clark Purdue 6 161 WR Robert Holt 7 Baylor 7 188 LB Steve Doolittle Colorado State 9 241 RB Rob Riddick 78 Millersville (Pa.) 10 272 OT Justin Cross 44 Western Colorado 11 299 TE Buster Barnett 56 Jackson State 12 326 LB Keith Clark Memphis

Traded draft picks: #1 to OAK (Curt Marsh), #4 to LA (George Lilja), #8 to NO (Gene Gladys)

Transactions:

03-17-1981	Jets claimed Mickey Barilla on waivers
04-28-1981	traded Buffalo's #1 pick in the 1981 draft to Raiders for Oakland's #1 pick in the 1981 draft and #3 pick in the 1982 draft
05-05-1981	traded Terry Miller to Browns for an unspecified #4 pick and Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1982 draft
08-18-1981	traded Denver's #8 pick in the 1982 draft to Cowboys for Wade Manning
08-28-1981	Buccaneers claimed Scott Hutchinson on waivers
10-13-1981	traded Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Seahawks for Tom Lynch

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/27/81    at New York Jets           W 31-27
01/03/82    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 21-28

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    vs New York Jets           W 31-0        1-0-0
09/13/81    at Baltimore Colts         W 35-3        2-0-0
09/17/81    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 14-20       2-1-0
09/27/81    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 24-27 (OT)  2-2-0
10/04/81    vs Baltimore Colts         W 23-17       3-2-0
10/12/81    vs Miami Dolphins          W 31-21       4-2-0
10/18/81    at New York Jets           L 14-33       4-3-0
10/25/81    vs Denver Broncos          W 9-7         5-3-0
11/01/81    vs Cleveland Browns        W 22-13       6-3-0
11/09/81    at Dallas Cowboys          L 14-27       6-4-0
11/15/81    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 0-24        6-5-0
11/22/81    vs New England Patriots    W 20-17       7-5-0
11/29/81    vs Washington Redskins     W 21-14       8-5-0
12/06/81    at San Diego Chargers      W 28-27       9-5-0
12/13/81    at New England Patriots    W 19-10       10-5-0
12/19/81    at Miami Dolphins          L 6-16        10-6-0

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