1987 Buffalo Bills Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Marv Levy (7-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1987 Buffalo Bills Roster
1987 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

The Bills scored 270 points, while the defense yielded 305. Jim Kelly threw for 2,798 yards. Andre Reed topped all receivers, hauling in 57 balls, while Chris Burkett added 765 receiving yards. Ronnie Harmon provided receiving help, too.

Ronnie Harmon rushed for a team-leading 485 yards for Buffalo.

Mark Kelso picked off 6 opponent throws. Bruce Smith led pass rushers with 12 quarterback 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
Jim Kelly	419	250	59.7	2798	6.7	19	4.5	11	2.6	47	27	239	83.8
Brian McClure	38	20	52.6	181	4.8	0	0.0	3	7.9	30	2	17	32.9
Willie Totten	33	13	39.4	155	4.7	2	6.1	2	6.1	37	5	62	49.4
Dan Manucci	21	7	33.3	68	3.2	0	0.0	2	9.5	15	3	27	3.8
Robb Riddick	1	1	100.0	35	35.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	0	0	118.8
Mark Miller	3	1	33.3	9	3.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	9	0	0	2.8
John Kidd	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	516	292	56.6	3246	6.3	21	4.1	19	3.7	47	37	345

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ronnie Harmon	116	485	4.2	21	2
Jamie Mueller	82	354	4.3	20	2
Carl Byrum	66	280	4.2	30	0
Robb Riddick	59	221	3.7	25	5
Ricky Porter	47	177	3.8	13	0
Jim Kelly	29	133	4.6	24	0
Greg Bell	14	60	4.3	11	0
Johnny Shepherd	12	42	3.5	19	0
Bruce King	9	28	3.1	8	0
Leonard Williams	9	25	2.8	9	0
Rick Partridge	1	13	13.0	13	0
Willie Totten	12	11	0.9	7	0
Dan Manucci	4	6	1.5	9	0
Brian McClure	2	4	2.0	3	0
Andre Reed	1	1	1.0	1	0
Kerry Porter	2	0	0.0	1	0
Totals	465	1840	4.0	30	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Andre Reed	57	752	13.2	40	5
Chris Burkett	56	765	13.7	47	4
Ronnie Harmon	56	477	8.5	42	2
Pete Metzelaars	28	290	10.4	34	0
Trumaine Johnson	15	186	12.4	26	2
Robb Riddick	15	96	6.4	17	3
Marc Brown	9	120	13.3	30	1
Sheldon Gaines	9	115	12.8	37	0
Keith McKeller	9	80	8.9	22	0
Ricky Porter	9	70	7.8	26	0
Walter Broughton	5	90	18.0	39	1
Thad McFadden	4	41	10.2	13	1
Greg Bell	4	37	9.2	12	0
Carl Byrum	3	23	7.7	20	0
Jamie Mueller	3	13	4.3	11	0
Reggie Bynum	2	24	12.0	17	0
Butch Rolle	2	6	3.0	3	2
Jim Kelly	1	35	35.0	35	0
Joe Chetti	1	9	9.0	9	0
Veno Belk	1	7	7.0	7	0
Leonard Williams	1	5	5.0	5	0
Bruce King	1	3	3.0	3	0
Johnny Shepherd	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	292	3246	11.1	47	21

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Scott Norwood	31	31	100.0	15	10	66.7	61
Todd Schlopy	2	1	50.0	5	2	40.0	7
Totals	33	32	97.0	20	12	60.0	68

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John Kidd	64	2495	39.0	67
Rick Partridge	18	678	37.7	52
Totals	82	3173	38.7	67

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ron Pitts	23	149	6.5	19
Thad McFadden	8	83	10.4	23
Totals	31	232	7.5	23

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ricky Porter	8	219	27.4	40
Steve Tasker	11	197	17.9	39
Robb Riddick	7	151	21.6	31
Thad McFadden	7	121	17.3	26
Jamie Mueller	5	74	14.8	20
Marc Brown	2	35	17.5	18
Ronnie Harmon	1	30	30.0	30
John Armstrong	2	25	12.5	18
Scott Radecic	1	14	14.0	14
Butch Rolle	1	6	6.0	6
Totals	45	872	19.4	40

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mark Kelso	6	25	4.2	12
Ron Pitts	3	19	6.3	12
Derrick Burroughs	2	11	5.5	14
Scott Radecic	2	4	2.0	4
Steve Clark	1	23	23.0	23
Scott Schankweiler	1	7	7.0	7
Will Cokeley	1	4	4.0	4
Wayne Davis	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	17	93	5.5	23

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Bruce Smith	12.0
Cornelius Bennett	8.5
Leon Seals	3.5
Sean McNanie	2.5
John Armstrong	2.0
Ray Bentley	1.0
David Martin	1.0
Darryl Talley	1.0
Fred Smerlas	1.0
Dwight Drane	1.0
Shane Conlan	0.5
Totals	34.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Shane Conlan	114	114	0		0	0	0	0	1
Scott Radecic	81	81	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Darryl Talley	79	79	0		0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Smith	78	78	0		0	2	15	1	3
Cornelius Bennett	69	69	0		0	0	0	0	5
Nate Odomes	42	42	0		0	2	0	0	1
Roland Mitchell	2	2	0
Willie Totten					9	3	0	0	0
Scott Watters					0	2	0	0	0
Mark Kelso				0	0	2	56	1	0
Tim Vogler					0	2	0	0	0
Jim Kelly					6	2	0	0	0
Rick Schulte					0	1	0	0	0
Robb Riddick					2	1	0		0
Derrick Burroughs				0	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Pitts				0	3	1	0	0	0
Carl Byrum					4	1	0	0	0
Jamie Mueller					5	1	-22		0
Sean McNanie					0	1	14	1	0
Leonard Williams					0	1	0	0	0
Rick Partridge					0	1	0	0	0
John Kaiser					0	1	0	0	0
Dwight Drane					0	1	0	0	0
Pete Metzelaars					3	1	0	0	0
Adam Lingner					0	1	0	0	0
Sheldon Gaines					1	0	0	0	0
Mark Walczak					1	0	0	0	0
John Armstrong					1	0	0	0	0
Steve Tasker					2	0	0		0
Greg Bell					1	0	0	0	0
Ronnie Harmon					2	0	0		0
Chris Burkett					1	0	0		0
Dan Manucci					1	0	-7	0	0
Totals	465	465	0	0	42	31	57	3	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Scott Norwood									10	31	0			61
Robb Riddick	5	3		0					0	0	0		1	50
Andre Reed	0	5							0	0	0			30
Chris Burkett		4							0	0	0			24
Ronnie Harmon	2	2		0					0	0	0			24
Jamie Mueller	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Trumaine Johnson		2							0	0	0			12
Butch Rolle		2		0					0	0	0			12
Todd Schlopy									2	1	0			7
Marc Brown		1		0					0	0	0			6
Thad McFadden		1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Bruce Smith							1		0	0	0			6
Walter Broughton		1							0	0	0			6
Mark Kelso						0	1		0	0	0			6
Sean McNanie							1		0	0	0			6
Steve Tasker				0					0	0	0		1	2
Totals	9	21	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	32	0	0	2	270