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1984 Buffalo Bills

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Record: 2-14-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 250 points (15.6/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 454 points (28.4/g), 27th.
 Differential of -204 points (-12.8/g), 27th.
 Expected W-L: 3.1-12.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 20th.

Coached by Kay Stephenson (2-14-0)

1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box L 0-1 New England Patriots 17 21 24 326 232 94 1 16 315 213 102 2
2 Sun September 9 box L 0-2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 7 37 9 171 117 54 3 28 486 265 221
3 Mon September 17 box L 0-3 Miami Dolphins 17 21 16 296 228 68 2 23 368 296 72 3
4 Sun September 23 box L 0-4 New York Jets 26 28 24 391 304 87 1 23 391 248 143 3
5 Sun September 30 box L 0-5 @ Indianapolis Colts 17 31 23 348 173 175 3 21 330 142 188 1
6 Sun October 7 box L 0-6 Philadelphia Eagles 17 27 20 278 150 128 2 23 339 228 111
7 Sun October 14 box L 0-7 @ Seattle Seahawks 28 31 19 356 214 142 4 15 238 197 41 3
8 Sun October 21 box L 0-8 Denver Broncos 7 37 10 226 155 71 5 24 339 232 107
9 Sun October 28 box L 0-9 @ Miami Dolphins 7 38 15 273 170 103 4 28 493 302 191 3
10 Sun November 4 box L 0-10 Cleveland Browns 10 13 13 183 77 106 2 16 284 73 211 3
11 Sun November 11 box L 0-11 @ New England Patriots 10 38 12 189 112 77 4 21 278 210 68 3
12 Sun November 18 box W 1-11 Dallas Cowboys 14 3 14 307 104 203 2 19 297 219 78 3
13 Sun November 25 box L 1-12 @ Washington Redskins 14 41 13 171 86 85 3 27 421 305 116 3
14 Sun December 2 box W 2-12 Indianapolis Colts 21 15 15 259 155 104 2 13 241 125 116 4
15 Sat December 8 box L 2-13 @ New York Jets 17 21 11 222 140 82 3 21 343 203 140 4
16 Sun December 16 box L 2-14 @ Cincinnati Bengals 21 52 25 345 281 64 3 27 419 218 201 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 250 4341 1046 4.2 263 298 588 2698 18 30 4.2 149 398 1643 9 4.1 98 44 14 16
Team Defense 454 5582 1052 5.3 556 300 495 3476 32 16 6.7 186 531 2106 19 4.0 345 37 21 25
Lg Rank Offense 25 27 26 5 25 20 27 28 27 26 26 11 27 8
Lg Rank Defense 27 23 26 11 19 27 22 25 21 19 23 16 11 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Joe Ferguson 34 QB 12 11 1-10-0 191 344 55.5 1991 12 3.5 17 4.9 68 5.8 3.9 10.4 165.9 63.5 35 357 4.3 2.6 9.2
Joe Dufek 23 qb 5 5 1-4-0 74 150 49.3 829 4 2.7 8 5.3 64 5.5 3.4 11.2 165.8 52.9 10 86 4.6 2.6 6.3
Matt Kofler 25 16 0 33 93 35.5 432 2 2.2 5 5.4 70 4.6 2.4 13.1 27.0 35.8 15 111 3.0 1.1 13.9
Mike Mosley 26 4 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.1 16 2-14-0 298 588 50.7 3252 18 3.1 30 5.1 70 5.5 3.5 10.9 203.3 56.3 60 554 4.2 2.4 9.3
Opp Total 16 300 495 60.6 3476 32 6.5 16 3.2 7.0 6.2 11.6 217.3 89.9 26 191 6.7 5.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Greg Bell* 22 RB 16 15 262 1100 7 85 4.2 68.8 16.4 34 277 8.1 1 37 2.1 17.3 1377 8 5
Speedy Neal 22 12 1 49 175 1 10 3.6 14.6 4.1 9 76 8.4 0 18 0.8 6.3 251 1 0
Booker Moore 25 FB 15 15 24 84 0 21 3.5 5.6 1.6 33 172 5.2 0 14 2.2 11.5 256 0 4
Joe Ferguson 34 QB 12 11 19 102 0 20 5.4 8.5 1.6 102 0 8
Van Williams 25 RET 16 0 18 51 0 7 2.8 3.2 1.1 5 46 9.2 1 32 0.3 2.9 97 1 1
Matt Kofler 25 16 0 10 80 0 19 8.0 5.0 0.6 80 0 1
Joe Dufek 23 qb 5 5 9 22 1 13 2.4 4.4 1.8 22 1 1
Robb Riddick 27 16 0 3 3 0 6 1.0 0.2 0.2 23 276 12.0 0 38 1.4 17.3 279 0 1
Mitchell Brookins 24 16 0 2 27 0 16 13.5 1.7 0.1 18 318 17.7 1 70 1.1 19.9 345 1 0
Byron Franklin 26 WR 16 16 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.4 0.1 69 862 12.5 4 64 4.3 53.9 855 4 4
Tony Hunter 24 TE 11 9 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5 0.1 33 331 10.0 2 30 3.0 30.1 337 2 1
Preston Dennard 29 WR 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 417 13.9 7 68 1.9 26.1 417 7 1
Julius Dawkins 23 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 295 14.0 2 37 1.3 18.4 295 2 0
Buster Barnett 26 te 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 67 8.4 0 18 0.5 4.2 67 0 0
Mark Brammer 26 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 49 7.0 0 12 0.6 4.1 49 0 0
Mike Mosley 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 38 9.5 0 17 1.0 9.5 38 0 0
Craig White 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 28 7.0 0 11 0.3 2.0 28 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 398 1643 9 85 4.1 102.7 24.9 298 3252 10.9 18 70 18.6 203.3 4895 27 31
Opp Total 16 531 2106 19 4.0 131.6 33.2 300 3476 11.6 32 18.8 217.3 5582 51 36

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Don Wilson 23 FS 16 11 33 297 1 65 9.0 34 576 0 36 16.9 873
Van Williams 25 RET 16 0 39 820 0 65 21.0 917
Greg Bell* 22 RB 16 15 1 15 0 15 15.0 1392
Stan David 22 16 3 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Craig White 23 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 33
Team Total 26.1 16 33 297 1 65 9.0 76 1422 0 65 18.7 6614
Opp Total 16 52 0 44 958 0 21.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
John Kidd 23 P 16 0 88 3696 63 2 42.0
Joe Danelo 31 K 9 0 5 5 4 2 4 3 1 16 8 50.0% 17 17 100.0%
Chuck Nelson 24 7 0 2 1 3 2 5 3 60.0% 14 14 100.0%
Team Total 26.1 16 5 5 6 3 7 2 3 1 21 11 52.4% 31 31 100.0% 88 3696 63 2 42.0
Opp Total 16 28 20 71.4% 56 56 100.0% 72 2815 39.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Joe Ferguson 34 QB 12 11 8 2 -26 0
Greg Bell* 22 RB 16 15 5 3 0 0
Darryl Talley 24 LOLB 16 16 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 84
Jim Haslett 29 LILB 15 15 3.5 0 3 10 0
Steve Freeman 31 SS 15 15 2.0 3 45 0 45 0 1 0 0
Charles Romes 30 RCB 16 16 5 130 0 55 0 1 0 0
Rod Kush 28 fs 16 5 2.0 1 15 0 15 1 1 0 0
Booker Moore 25 FB 15 15 4 1 0 0
Fred Smerlas 27 NT 16 16 2.0 1 25 0 25 0 2 0 0
Ken E. Johnson 29 RDE 16 16 3.5 0 1 0 0
Brian Carpenter 24 LCB 13 10 3 11 0 11 0 1 0 0
Byron Franklin 26 WR 16 16 4 0 0 0
Don Wilson 23 FS 16 11 3 1 40 0
Chris Keating 27 rolb 16 6 2.0 0 1 34 1
Eugene Marve 24 RILB 16 16 0 3 0 0
Sean McNanie 23 15 1 3.0
Tony Hunter 24 TE 11 9 1 1 0 0
Matt Kofler 25 16 0 1 1 0 0
Lucius Sanford 28 ROLB 8 8 0 2 46 1
Ben Williams 30 LDE 15 15 2.0
Van Williams 25 RET 16 0 1 1 0 0
Joe Azelby 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Buster Barnett 26 te 16 7 0 1 0 0
Rodney Bellinger 22 10 2 1 0 0 0
Stan David 22 16 3 1.0
Julius Dawkins 23 16 3 0 1 0 0
Preston Dennard 29 WR 16 13 1 0 0 0
Joe Dufek 23 qb 5 5 1 0 0 0
Trey Junkin 23 2 0 0 1 0 0
Robb Riddick 27 16 0 1 0 0 0
Lucious Smith 27 4 3 1 7 0 7
Marco Tongue 24 1 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 26.0 16 233 0 55 0 31 32 104 2 89
Opp Total 16 60 36 15 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Greg Bell* 22 RB 16 15 7 1 48
Preston Dennard 29 WR 16 13 7 42
Joe Danelo 31 K 9 0 17 8 41
Byron Franklin 26 WR 16 16 4 24
Chuck Nelson 24 7 0 14 3 23
Julius Dawkins 23 16 3 2 12
Tony Hunter 24 TE 11 9 2 12
Mitchell Brookins 24 16 0 1 6
Stan David 22 16 3 1 6
Joe Dufek 23 qb 5 5 1 6
Chris Keating 27 rolb 16 6 1 6
Speedy Neal 22 12 1 1 6
Lucius Sanford 28 ROLB 8 8 1 6
Van Williams 25 RET 16 0 1 6
Don Wilson 23 FS 16 11 1 6
Team Total 26.1 16 9 18 1 2 1 31 11 250
Opp Total 16 19 32 56 20 1 454