1982 Buffalo Bills roster and stats

1982 Buffalo Bills: 4-5-0
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Home record: 4-1-0 (77 points scored, 40 allowed) Road record: 0-4-0 (73 points scored, 114 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox 150 points scored (19th of 28 teams), 154 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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: 149 273 1,556 (20) 5.46 8 17 319 1,371 ( 1) 4.3 9 2,927 (11) 26 Defense: 114 256 1,300 ( 2) 4.85 8 13 268 1,034 (16) 3.9 6 2,334 ( 2) 21

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Efren Herrera K 7 5'9 190 31 8 UCLA 5 Nick Mike-Mayer K 2 5'8 185 32 10 Temple 7 Greg Cater P 9 6'0 191 25 3 Tennessee-Chattanooga 10 Matt Kofler QB 4 6'3 182 23 R San Diego State 12 Joe Ferguson QB 9 6'1 195 32 10 Arkansas 17 Matt Robinson QB 5 6'2 196 27 6 Georgia 20 Joe Cribbs RB 7 5'11 190 24 3 Auburn 21 Art Whittington RB 2 5'11 185 27 5 Southern Methodist 22 Steve Freeman DB 9 5'11 185 29 8 Mississippi State 24 Lemar Parrish DB 7 5'11 170 34 13 Lincoln (Mo.) 25 Roland Hooks RB 8 6'0 195 29 7 North Carolina State 26 Charles Romes DB 9 6'1 190 27 6 North Carolina Central 27 Chris Williams DB 5 6'0 197 23 2 Louisiana State 29 Mario Clark DB 9 6'2 185 28 7 Oregon 33 Ted McKnight RB 3 6'1 212 28 6 Minnesota-Duluth 34 Booker Moore RB 5 5'11 224 23 1 Penn State 35 Allan Clark RB 1 5'10 186 25 3 Northern Arizona 38 Jeff Nixon DB 7 6'3 190 26 4 Richmond 41 Phil Villapiano LB 9 6'2 225 33 12 Bowling Green 42 Rod Kush DB 9 6'0 188 25 3 Nebraska-Omaha 45 Bill Simpson DB 9 6'1 191 30 8 Michigan State 47 Curtis Brown RB 9 5'10 203 27 6 Missouri 48 Roosevelt Leaks RB 9 5'10 225 29 8 Texas 51 Jim Ritcher OG 9 6'3 251 24 3 North Carolina State 52 Chris Keating LB 9 6'2 223 25 4 Maine 53 Will Grant C 9 6'3 248 28 5 Kentucky 54 Eugene Marve LB 9 6'2 230 22 R Saginaw Valley State 55 Jim Haslett LB 7 6'3 232 26 4 Indiana (Pa.) 57 Lucius Sanford LB 9 6'2 216 26 5 Georgia Tech 58 Isiah Robertson LB 9 6'3 225 33 12 Southern 59 Shane Nelson LB 1 6'1 225 27 6 Baylor 60 Joey Lumpkin LB 6 6'2 230 22 R Arizona State 61 Tom Lynch OG 8 6'5 250 27 6 Boston College 62 Ervin Parker LB 9 6'4 240 24 3 South Carolina State 65 Tim Vogler C 6 6'3 245 26 4 Ohio State 67 Reggie McKenzie OG 9 6'4 242 32 11 Michigan 70 Joe Devlin OT 9 6'5 250 28 7 Iowa 72 Ken Jones OT 9 6'5 250 29 7 Arkansas State 73 Jon Borchardt OG 9 6'5 255 25 4 Montana State 76 Fred Smerlas DT 9 6'3 270 25 4 Boston College 77 Ben Williams DE 9 6'3 245 28 7 Mississippi 78 Justin Cross OT 9 6'6 257 23 1 Western State 80 Jerry Butler WR 7 6'0 178 25 4 Clemson 81 Perry Tuttle WR 7 6'0 178 23 R Clemson 82 Frank Lewis WR 8 6'1 196 35 12 Grambling 83 Sherman White DE 9 6'5 250 34 11 California 84 Buster Barnett TE 9 6'5 225 23 2 Jackson State 86 Mark Brammer TE 9 6'3 225 24 3 Michigan State 87 Robert Holt WR 7 6'1 182 23 1 Baylor 88 Mike Mosley WR 9 6'2 192 24 1 Texas A&M 89 Lou Piccone WR 8 5'9 175 33 9 West Liberty State 91 Ken Johnson DE 7 6'5 253 27 4 Knoxville 97 Darrell Irvin DE 9 6'4 255 25 3 Oklahoma 99 Mark Roopenian DT 9 6'5 254 24 1 Boston College

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Ferguson 264 144 54.5 1,597 6.05 11.1 7 2.7 16 6.1 11 105 56.3 Matt Robinson 8 5 62.5 74 9.25 14.8 1 12.5 0 0.0 1 10 132.3 Joe Cribbs 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Frank Lewis            28    443   15.8    2
Jerry Butler           26    336   12.9    4
Mark Brammer           25    225    9.0    2
Joe Cribbs             13     99    7.6    0
Roosevelt Leaks        13     91    7.0    0
Lou Piccone            12    140   11.7    0
Mike Mosley             9     96   10.7    0
Perry Tuttle            7    107   15.3    0
Curtis Brown            6     38    6.3    0
Robert Holt             4     45   11.2    0
Buster Barnett          4     39    9.8    0
Booker Moore            1      8    8.0    0
Jim Haslett             1      4    4.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Joe Cribbs            134    633    4.7    3
Roosevelt Leaks        97    405    4.2    5
Curtis Brown           41    187    4.6    0
Joe Ferguson           16     46    2.9    1
Booker Moore           16     38    2.4    0
Roland Hooks            5     23    4.6    0
Matt Kofler             2     21   10.5    0
Art Whittington         7     15    2.1    0
Robert Holt             1      3    3.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mike Mosley            18    487   27.1    0
Robert Holt             7    156   22.3    0
Lou Piccone             3     50   16.7    0
Ted McKnight            3     34   11.3    0
Art Whittington         2     39   19.5    0
Curtis Brown            1     17   17.0    0
Chris Keating           1      9    9.0    0
Mark Roopenian          1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Mike Mosley            11     61    5.5    6    0
Robert Holt            10     45    4.5    0    0
Roland Hooks            4     13    3.2    0    0
Bill Simpson            1      0    0.0    0    0
Perry Tuttle            0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Greg Cater 35 1,328 37.9 1 13 0 10 30 36.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Efren Herrera 1/1 1/2 2/4 4/7 0/0 8/14 11/12 35 Nick Mike-Mayer 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/2 0/0 1/ 4 4/ 5 7 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Steve Freeman 1.0 3 27 0 Chris Keating 1 14 0 Eugene Marve 1 0 0 Lemar Parrish 1 8 0 Isiah Robertson 1 0 0 Charles Romes 1 8 0 Bill Simpson 1.0 4 45 0 Fred Smerlas 2.0 Sherman White 4.0 Ben Williams 4.0 1 20 0

1982 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 WR Perry Tuttle 24 Clemson [pick acquired from DEN] 2 48 QB Matt Kofler 41 San Diego State 3 59 LB Eugene Marve 156 Saginaw Valley State [pick acquired from CLE] 4 93 RB Van Williams 37 Carson-Newman [pick acquired from STL] 6 160 TE DeWayne Chivers South Carolina 7 171 K Gary Anderson 353 Syracuse [pick acquired from CLE] 8 218 QB Luc Tousignant Fairmont State 9 245 DT Dennis Edwards 3 USC 10 272 DB Vic James Colorado 11 298 OG Frank Kalil Arizona 12 329 DT Tony Suber Gardner-Webb

Traded draft picks: #1 to DEN (Gerald Willhite), #3 to SEA (Pete Metzelaars), #4 to DEN (Dan Plater), #5 to WAS (Michael Williams), #7 to DET via LA (Victor Simmons)

Transactions:

04-24-1982	traded Tom Cousineau to Browns for Cleveland's #1 pick in the 1983 draft, #3 pick in the 1984 draft and #5 pick in the 1985 draft
04-27-1982	traded Buffalo's #1 and #4 picks in the 1982 draft to Broncos for Denver's #1 pick in the 1982 draft
04-27-1982	traded Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1983 draft to Cardinals for St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1982 draft
04-27-1982	traded Buffalo's #5 pick in the 1982 draft to Redskins for Lemar Parrish
08-07-1982	claimed Art Whittington on waivers from Raiders
09-07-1982	Steelers claimed Gary Anderson on waivers

1982 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/12/82    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 14-9        1-0-0
09/16/82    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 23-22       2-0-0
11/21/82    vs Miami Dolphins          L 7-9         2-1-0
11/28/82    vs Baltimore Colts         W 20-0        3-1-0
12/05/82    at Green Bay Packers       L 21-33       3-2-0
12/12/82    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 13-0        4-2-0
12/19/82    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 23-24       4-3-0
12/27/82    at Miami Dolphins          L 10-27       4-4-0
01/02/83    at New England Patriots    L 19-30       4-5-0

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