1981 Buffalo Bills 10-6 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Buffalo 92 102 47 74 0 315 Opponent 69 78 47 78 3 275 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 315 275 0-1 12 New York(A) 27 First Downs 351 301 1-1 21 @Baltimore 14 Rush 123 113 2-1 21 Philadelphia 16 Pass 210 167 2-2 17 @Cincinnati 24 Pen 18 21 3-2 38 Baltimore 7 Penalties 104 97 3-3 20 Miami 23 Yards 837 747 4-3 17 @New York(A) 16 4-4 7 Denver 20 Rushing Att 612 508 5-4 27 Cleveland 17 Yards 2481 2221 5-5 3 @Dallas 17 Ave 4.1 4.4 6-5 24 @St. Louis 23 TD 14 7 7-5 30 New England 10 8-5 17 Washington 10 Passing Att 495 495 9-5 23 @San Diego 14 Comp 274 283 9-6 24 @New England 28 % 55.4 57.2 10-6 14 @Miami 9 Int 5 14 % 1.0 2.8 TD 19 21 % 3.8 4.2 Yards 3608 3305 Sacked 12 28 Punt Return 51 31 Yards 389 144 Ave 7.6 4.6 Kick Return 55 70 Yards 1005 1208 Ave 18.3 17.3 Punts 83 88 Yards 3207 3674 Ave 38.6 41.8 FG Att 30 30 Made 21 21 % 70.0 70.0 Third Downs 234 219 Made 90 75 % 38.5 34.2 Fourth Downs 26 20 Made 14 8 % 53.8 40.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 31 30 Lost 17 13 Turnovers 22 27 Net Offense 6011 5348 Per Play 5.4 5.2 1981 Buffalo Bills Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Cribbs 290 1294 4.5 31 56 35 4 Lewis 74 5 1227 16.6 12 67 48 5 Leaks 104 440 4.2 8 31 35 8 Butler,J 62 5 853 13.8 4 47 76 5 Hooks 60 321 5.4 9 12 19 0 Cribbs 48 6 575 12.0 3 32 50 2 Brown,C 71 273 3.8 5 16 17 2 Brammer 34 3 362 10.6 2 22 33 2 McCutcheon 41 141 3.4 2 5 19 0 Jessie 16 2 184 11.5 0 11 19 2 Riddick 3 23 7.7 1 2 11 0 Hooks 10 0 133 13.3 1 9 45 2 Ferguson 34 -4 -0.1 0 1 5 0 Leaks 9 0 74 8.2 0 5 12 1 Robinson 9 -7 -0.8 0 0 0 0 Brown,C 9 0 77 8.6 0 8 15 0 612 2481 4.1 56 123 35 14 McCutcheon 8 0 81 10.1 1 3 28 0 Piccone 3 0 39 13.0 0 3 14 0 Barnett 1 0 3 3.0 0 1 3 0 274 21 3608 13.2 23210 76 19 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Ferguson 495 274 55.4 3608 13.2 76 48 23 5 1.0 12 19 3.8 87.2 495 274 55.4 3608 13.2 76 48 23 5 1.0 12 19 3.8 87.2 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Mike-Mayer 36 36 100.0 30 21 70.0 60.0 0.0 48 99 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Cater 83 3207 61 7 0 26 31 144 35.2 38.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Brown,C 2 46 23.0 30 0 Piccone 9 4 54 6.0 11 0 Franklin 27 527 19.5 32 0 Riddick 5 0 25 5.0 14 0 Riddick 15 263 17.5 28 0 Franklin 7 4 73 10.4 19 0 Hooks 11 169 15.4 23 0 Hooks 30 4 237 7.9 16 0 Dobler 1 0 0.0 0 0 51 12 389 7.6 19 0 Leaks 1 0 0.0 0 0 Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0 Devlin 1 0 0.0 0 0 55 1005 18.3 32 0 Fumbles Cribbs 13 Brown,C 4 Franklin 2 Lewis 1 Dobler 5 Ferguson 3 Riddick 2 Brammer 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Williams 11 Johnson, 16 Smerlas 21 Romes 15 Smerlas 6 Brammer 3 Johnson, 8 Williams 16 Williams 21 Simpson 12 Haslett 4 Freeman 3 Smerlas 3 Smerlas 9 Johnson, 11 Freeman 8 Williams 4 Lewis 3 Robertso 3 Haslett 1 Haslett 6 Williams 8 Freeman 3 Dobler 2 Sanford 1 White,S 1 Parker 6 Clark,M 7 Kush 3 Robertso 2 Nelson,S 1 Kadish 1 Robertso 4 Johnson, 5 Romes 2 Borchard 1 Haslett 1 Kadish 3 Nelson,S 2 Johnson, 2 Butler,J 1 Nelson,S 3 Haslett 2 Clark,M 2 Grant 1 Freeman 2 Robertso 1 Robertso 1 Haslett 1 Sanford 2 Bess 1 Keating 1 Johnson, 1 Simpson 1 Humiston 1 Bess 1 Clark,M 1 Romes 1 Nixon 1 Nixon 1 McKenzie 1 Villapia 1 Parker 1 White,S 1 Riddick 1 Humiston 1 Cribbs 1 Romes 1 Sanford 1 Simpson 1 Williams 1 Tackles Freeman 111 Nelson,S 60 Kush 37 Humiston 17 Jessie 12 Haslett 106 Clark,M 56 Sanford 34 Nixon 14 White,S 9 Williams 95 Simpson 47 Irvin 28 Parker 14 Villapia 9 Romes 70 Johnson, 43 Franklin 27 Kadish 14 Piccone 3 Smerlas 67 Robertso 38 Bess 18 Keating 14 Ritcher 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Clark,M 4 148 37.0 64 2 Romes 3 35 11.7 31 0 Simpson 3 43 14.3 18 0 Robertson 1 1 1.0 1 0 Haslett 1 0 0.0 0 0 Kush 1 20 20.0 20 0 Williams 1 3 3.0 3 0 14 250 17.9 64 2 1981 Buffalo Bills Coach:Chuck Knox Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Ferguson,Joe 5 O 2 1 QB Robinson,Matt 4 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Brown,Curtis 1 0 4 B 4 2 KR RB Cribbs,Joe 1 0 4 B 3 3 RB Hooks,Roland 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Leaks,Roosevelt 2 0 5 B 3 3 RB McCutcheon,Lawrence 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Riddick,Robb 1 0 3 B 3 3 RET WR Butler,Jerry 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Franklin,Byron 0 0 4 O 1 1 RET WR Jessie,Ron 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Lewis,Frank 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Piccone,Lou 0 0 4 O 1 1 RET TE Barnett,Buster 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Brammer,Mark 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Dobler,Conrad 5 6 4 G Lynch,Tom 5 5 2 G McKenzie,Reggie 5 6 2 T Devlin,Joe 8 8 5 T Jones,Ken 8 8 4 C Alvers,Steve 3 3 5 C Grant,Will 5 6 5 G-T Borchardt,Jon 5 5 5 C-G Ritcher,Jim 4 4 4 C-G Vogler,Tim 4 4 4 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Kadish,Mike 5 4 0 1 5 DT Smerlas,Fred 8 7 0 1 5 DE Irvin,Darrell 3 2 0 1 4 DE Johnson,Ken 5 3 0 2 5 DE White,Sherman 5 3 0 2 5 DE Williams,Ben 9 6 0 3 5 ILB Haslett,Jim 7 4 2 1 5 ILB Humiston,Mike 3 2 1 0 5 ILB Nelson,Shane 6 3 2 1 3 LB Keating,Chris 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Parker,Ervin 4 3 1 0 5 OLB Robertson,Isiah 5 2 2 1 5 OLB Sanford,Lucuis 4 2 1 1 5 OLB Villapiano,Phil 4 3 1 0 5 CB Bess,Rufus 4 0 4 0 5 CB Clark,Mario 8 0 8 0 5 CB Romes,Charles 7 0 7 0 5 S Freeman,Steve 6 1 5 0 5 S Kush,Rod 5 1 3 1 5 S Nixon,Jeff 5 1 4 0 4 S Simpson,Bill 6 1 5 0 5 Special Teams P Cater,Greg K Mike-Mayer,Nick