1988 Buffalo Bills Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Marv Levy (12-4)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1988 Buffalo Bills Roster
1988 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

Buffalo ran up 329 points, while the rigid defensive squad conceded 237. Jim Kelly led the charge, throwing for 3,380 yards. Andre Reed hauled in 71 balls for 968 yards.

Thurman Thomas rushed for a team-leading 881 yards for the Bills.

Mark Kelso picked off 7 opponent throws. Bruce Smith topped the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 46 sacks.

Marv Levy coached the team. The 1988 Buffalo Bills lost in the Conference Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim Kelly	452	269	59.5	3380	7.5	15	3.3	17	3.8	66	30	229	78.2
Robb Riddick	2	2	100.0	31	15.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	0	0	118.8
Totals	454	271	59.7	3411	7.5	15	3.3	17	3.7	66	30	229

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Thurman Thomas	207	881	4.3	37	2
Robb Riddick	111	438	3.9	21	12
Jamie Mueller	81	296	3.7	20	0
Ronnie Harmon	57	212	3.7	32	1
Jim Kelly	35	154	4.4	20	0
Carl Byrum	28	91	3.2	11	0
Andre Reed	6	64	10.7	36	0
Frank Reich	3	-3	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	528	2133	4.0	37	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Andre Reed	71	968	13.6	65	6
Trumaine Johnson	37	514	13.9	49	0
Ronnie Harmon	37	427	11.5	36	3
Pete Metzelaars	33	438	13.3	35	1
Robb Riddick	30	282	9.4	26	1
Chris Burkett	23	354	15.4	34	1
Thurman Thomas	18	208	11.6	34	0
Flip Johnson	9	170	18.9	66	1
Jamie Mueller	8	42	5.2	17	0
Butch Rolle	2	3	1.5	2	2
Carl Byrum	2	0	0.0	3	0
Jim Kelly	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	271	3411	12.6	66	15

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Scott Norwood	33	33	100.0	37	32	86.5	129
Totals	33	33	100.0	37	32	86.5	129

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John Kidd	62	2451	39.5	60
Totals	62	2451	39.5	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Erroll Tucker	10	80	8.0	24
Flip Johnson	16	72	4.5	16
Totals	26	152	5.8	24

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Erroll Tucker	15	310	20.7	30
Flip Johnson	14	250	17.9	24
Ronnie Harmon	11	249	22.6	37
Robb Riddick	6	100	16.7	23
Butch Rolle	1	12	12.0	12
Carl Byrum	2	9	4.5	9
Mark Pike	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	50	935	18.7	37

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mark Kelso	7	180	25.7	78	1
Cornelius Bennett	2	30	15.0	30	0
Sherman Cocroft	1	17	17.0	17	0
Leonard Smith	1	14	14.0	14	0
Wayne Davis	1	3	3.0	3	0
Shane Conlan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Bentley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Nate Odomes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	15	244	16.3	78	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Bruce Smith	11.0
Cornelius Bennett	9.5
Art Still	6.0
Jeff Wright	5.0
Fred Smerlas	4.0
Darryl Talley	2.5
Leon Seals	2.0
Shane Conlan	1.5
Scott Radecic	1.5
Hal Garner	1.0
Ray Bentley	1.0
Leonard Smith	1.0
Totals	46.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Cornelius Bennett	103	103	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
Shane Conlan	84	84	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Darryl Talley	73	73	0		0	1	0	0	2
Scott Radecic	57	57	0		0	2	0	0	0
Bruce Smith	56	56	0		0	0	0		3
Nate Odomes	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Wright	22	22	0		0	1	0	0	0
Mark Pike	7	7	0
Carlton Bailey	6	6	0
Robb Riddick					3	4	0		0
Leon Seals					0	3	7	1	0
Thurman Thomas					9	1	0		0
Joe Devlin					0	1	0	0	0
Derrick Burroughs					0	1	0	0	0
Will Wolford					0	1	0	0	0
Jamie Mueller					2	1	0	0	0
Fred Smerlas					0	1	4	0	0
Pete Metzelaars					0	1	0		0
Ray Bentley				0	0	1	0	0	0
Art Still					0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Davis				0	0	1	0	0	0
Sherman Cocroft				0	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Kelly					5	0	0	0	0
Flip Johnson					1	0	0		0
Ronnie Harmon					2	0	0		0
Erroll Tucker					1	0	0	0	0
Trumaine Johnson					1	0	0	0	0
Andre Reed					1	0	0		0
Carl Byrum					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	452	452	0	0	26	26	11	1	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Scott Norwood									32	33	0			129
Robb Riddick	12	1		0				1	0	0	0			84
Andre Reed	0	6							0	0	0			36
Ronnie Harmon	1	3		0					0	0	0			24
Thurman Thomas	2	0							0	0	0			12
Butch Rolle		2		0					0	0	0			12
Mark Kelso						1			0	0	0			6
Leon Seals							1		0	0	0			6
Flip Johnson		1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Chris Burkett		1							0	0	0			6
Pete Metzelaars		1							0	0	0			6
Bruce Smith									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	15	15	0	0	0	1	1	1	32	33	0	0	1	329