1983 Buffalo Bills Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Kay Stephenson (8-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York

1983 Buffalo Bills Roster
1983 Buffalo Bills Results

The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

The Bills scored 283 points, but the defense allowed 351. Joe Ferguson passed for 2,995 yards. Joe Cribbs topped pass catchers, hauling in 57 balls for 524 yards. Byron Franklin, Tony Hunter and Frank Lewis each provided receiving help, too.

Joe Cribbs rushed for a team-leading 1,131 yards for Buffalo.

Chris Williams and Steve Freeman each picked off 3 opponent throws. Ben Williams led the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.

Kay Stephenson coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Joe Ferguson	508	281	55.3	2995	5.9	26	5.1	25	4.9	43	27	266	69.3
Matt Kofler	61	35	57.4	440	7.2	4	6.6	3	4.9	28	10	85	81.3
Joe Cribbs	2	1	50.0	3	1.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0	0	56.3
Totals	571	317	55.5	3438	6.0	30	5.3	28	4.9	43	37	351

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Cribbs	263	1131	4.3	45	3
Booker Moore	60	275	4.6	21	0
Roosevelt Leaks	58	157	2.7	12	1
Joe Ferguson	20	88	4.4	19	0
Tony Hunter	2	28	14.0	24	0
Matt Kofler	4	25	6.2	11	0
Robb Riddick	4	18	4.5	12	0
Van Van Williams	3	11	3.7	5	0
Byron Franklin	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	415	1736	4.2	45	4

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Cribbs	57	524	9.2	33	7
Frank Lewis	36	486	13.5	27	3
Tony Hunter	36	402	11.2	40	3
Jerry Butler	36	385	10.7	25	3
Booker Moore	34	199	5.9	21	1
Byron Franklin	30	452	15.1	43	4
Mark Brammer	25	215	8.6	21	2
Perry Tuttle	17	261	15.4	38	3
Mike Mosley	14	180	12.9	35	3
Julius Dawkins	11	123	11.2	28	1
Buster Barnett	10	94	9.4	14	0
Roosevelt Leaks	8	74	9.2	12	0
Robb Riddick	3	43	14.3	24	0
Totals	317	3438	10.8	43	30

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Joe Danelo	35	33	94.3	20	10	50.0	63
Fred Steinfort	1	1	100.0	6	1	16.7	4
Totals	36	34	94.4	26	11	42.3	67

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Greg Cater	89	3533	39.7	60
Totals	89	3533	39.7	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Robb Riddick	42	241	5.7	24
Bill Hurley	1	0	0.0	0
Van Van Williams	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	44	241	5.5	24

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Robb Riddick	28	568	20.3	49
Van Van Williams	25	550	22.0	60
Mike Mosley	9	236	26.2	33
Darryl Talley	2	9	4.5	5
Totals	64	1363	21.3	60

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Steve Freeman	3	40	13.3	29	0
Chris Williams	3	6	2.0	4	0
Lucius Sanford	2	39	19.5	20	0
Charles Romes	2	27	13.5	27	0
Chris Keating	2	20	10.0	17	0
Mike Kennedy	1	22	22.0	22	1
Totals	13	154	11.8	29	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Ben Williams	10.0
Fred Smerlas	6.0
Darryl Talley	5.0
Ervin Parker	4.0
Sherman White	3.0
Eugene Marve	2.0
Ken Johnson	2.0
Totals	32.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Darryl Talley	39	39	0		0	2	6	0
David Kilson					0	3	88	1
Joe Ferguson					3	3	0	0
Ben Williams					0	2	0	0
Steve Freeman				0	0	2	31	0
Chris Williams				0	0	1	0	0
Justin Cross					0	1	0	0
Booker Moore					1	1	0	0
Joe Cribbs					6	1	0	0
Ken Jones					0	1	0	0
Van Van Williams					2	1	0	0
Ken Johnson					0	1	0	0
Lucius Sanford				0	0	1	0	0
Tony Hunter					1	1	0	0
Joey Lumpkin					0	1	0	0
Trey Junkin					0	1	0	0
Chris Keating				0	0	1	0	0
Darryl Caldwell					0	1	0	0
Mike Kennedy				0	0	1	0	0
Bill Hurley					1	1	0	0
Robb Riddick					7	1	0	0
Perry Tuttle					1	0	0	0
Mike Mosley					1	0	0	0
Jerry Butler					1	0	0	0
Totals	39	39	0	0	24	28	125	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Joe Danelo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	33	0			63
Joe Cribbs	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Byron Franklin	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Perry Tuttle	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Tony Hunter	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Mike Mosley	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Jerry Butler	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Frank Lewis	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Mark Brammer	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Mike Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Roosevelt Leaks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Julius Dawkins	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
David Kilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Booker Moore	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Fred Steinfort	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0			4
Totals	4	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	34	0	0	0	283