1987 Buffalo Bills Roster
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 StatisticsTeam 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 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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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Ira Albright | NT-RB | January 2, 1959 | 6'0" | 285 | NE State (OK) | Dallas, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | John Armstrong | DB | July 7, 1963 | 5'9" | 190 | Richmond | Calhoun City, MS USA | 3 | 2 |
| 84 | Veno Belk | TE | March 7, 1963 | 6'3" | 233 | Michigan St. | Tifton, GA USA | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Greg Bell | RB | August 1, 1962 | 5'10" | 210 | Notre Dame | Columbus, OH USA | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | Cornelius Bennett | LOLB | August 25, 1965 | 6'2" | 237 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL USA | 8 | 7 |
| 50 | Ray Bentley | LB | November 25, 1960 | 6'2" | 240 | Central Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 9 | 4 |
| 21 | Gerald Bess | DB | May 24, 1958 | 6'0" | 188 | Tuskegee | Pensacola, FL USA | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | Joe Bock | C | July 21, 1959 | 6'4" | 256 | Virginia | Rochester, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | Jack Bravyak | DE | September 10, 1959 | 6'3" | 255 | Temple | Sayre, PA | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Walter Broughton | WR,RB/WR | October 20, 1962 | 5'10" | 180 | Jacksonville St. | Brewton, AL USA | 9 | 0 |
| 68 | Tony Brown | T | July 11, 1964 | 6'5" | 285 | Pittsburgh | Stamford, CT USA | 2 | 2 |
| 86 | Marc Brown | WR | May 7, 1961 | 6'2" | 195 | Towson St. | Nyack, NY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Chris Burkett | WR | August 21, 1962 | 6'4" | 205 | Jackson St. | Laurel, MS USA | 12 | 12 |
| 29 | Derrick Burroughs | LCB | May 18, 1962 | 6'1" | 180 | Memphis | Mobile, AL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Leonard Burton | C | June 18, 1964 | 6'3" | 275 | South Carolina | Memphis, TN USA | 12 | 3 |
| 88 | Reggie Bynum | WR | February 10, 1964 | 6'1" | 185 | Oregon St. | Greenville, MS USA | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Carl Byrum | FB | June 29, 1963 | 6'0" | 232 | Miss. Valley St. | Olive Branch, MS USA | 13 | 8 |
| 25 | Bill Callahan | DB | April 11, 1964 | 6'0" | 200 | Pittsburgh | Natrona Heights, PA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | Arnold Campbell | DE | November 13, 1962 | 6'3" | 260 | Alcorn St. | Charleston, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Joe Chetti | RB | November 19, 1963 | 5'9" | 205 | C.W. Post | Bay Shore, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Steve Clark | DB | December 14, 1962 | 6'2" | 190 | Liberty | Arlington, VA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 92 | Will Cokeley | LB | December 6, 1960 | 6'2" | 220 | Kansas St. | Topeka, KS USA | 3 | 3 |
| 58 | Shane Conlan | LILB | March 4, 1964 | 6'3" | 235 | Penn St. | Frewsburg, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | Wayne Davis | DB | June 17, 1963 | 5'11" | 175 | Indiana St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 10 | 0 |
| 70 | Joe Devlin | RT | February 23, 1954 | 6'5" | 261 | Iowa | Phoenixville, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Sean Dowling | G | February 19, 1963 | 6'4" | 280 | C.W. Post | New York, NY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | Dwight Drane | SS | May 6, 1962 | 6'1" | 200 | Oklahoma | Miami, FL USA | 11 | 6 |
| 77 | Mike Estep | G-T | December 29, 1963 | 6'4" | 270 | Bowling Green | Northampton, England | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | Mitch Frerotte | G | March 30, 1965 | 6'3" | 281 | Penn St. | Kittanning, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 39 | Larry Friday | DB | January 23, 1958 | 6'4" | 215 | Alcorn St. | Jackson, MS USA | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Tony Furjanic | LB | February 26, 1964 | 6'1" | 228 | Notre Dame | Chicago, IL USA | 8 | 0 |
| 82 | Sheldon Gaines | WR | April 22, 1964 | 5'9" | 155 | Long Beach St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 69 | Scott Garnett | NT | December 3, 1962 | 6'2" | 271 | Washington | Harrisburg, PA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 53 | Will Grant | C | March 7, 1954 | 6'3" | 254 | Idaho St. | Milton, MA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | Kris Haines | WR | July 23, 1957 | 5'11" | 183 | Notre Dame | Akron, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Ronnie Harmon | RB | May 7, 1964 | 5'11" | 200 | Iowa | Queens, NY USA | 12 | 10 |
| 93 | Scott Hernandez | NT | October 17, 1959 | 6'0" | 250 | Kent St. | Kenmore, NY USA | 2 | 2 |
| 67 | Kent Hull | C | January 13, 1961 | 6'5" | 284 | Mississippi St. | Pontotoc, MS USA | 12 | 12 |
| 48 | Lawrence Johnson | DB | September 11, 1957 | 5'11" | 204 | Wisconsin | Gary, IN USA | 6 | 3 |
| 86 | Trumaine Johnson | WR | November 16, 1960 | 6'1" | 196 | Grambling St. | Bogalusa, LA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 57 | Mike Jones | LB | August 19, 1964 | 6'4" | 224 | Brockport St. | New York, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | John Kaiser | LB | June 6, 1962 | 6'3" | 227 | Arizona | Oconomowoc, WI USA | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | Jim Kelly | QB | February 14, 1960 | 6'3" | 217 | Miami (FL) | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 38 | Mark Kelso | FS | July 23, 1963 | 5'11" | 181 | William & Mary | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 4 | John Kidd | P | August 22, 1961 | 6'3" | 210 | Northwestern | Springfield, IL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 49 | Bruce King | RB | January 7, 1963 | 6'1" | 219 | Purdue | Clarksville, IN USA | 3 | 2 |
| 51 | Kevin Lamar | G | November 29, 1961 | 6'4" | 260 | Stanford | Louisville, KY USA | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | Bob LeBlanc | LB | November 5, 1962 | 6'2" | 243 | Elon | Panama City, FL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | John Lewis | DB | March 8, 1962 | 5'10" | 175 | Pittsburgh | Levittown, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 63 | Adam Lingner | C | November 2, 1960 | 6'4" | 268 | Illinois | Indianapolis, IN USA | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | Warren Loving | RB | November 12, 1960 | 6'1" | 230 | William Penn | Jersey City, NJ USA | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | Steve Maidlow | LB | June 6, 1960 | 6'2" | 234 | Michigan St. | Lansing, MI USA | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Dan Manucci | QB | September 3, 1957 | 6'2" | 196 | Kansas St. | Erie, PA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | David Martin | DB | March 15, 1959 | 5'9" | 191 | Villanova | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 54 | Eugene Marve | LB | August 14, 1960 | 6'2" | 237 | Saginaw Valley St. | Flint, MI USA | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | Brian McClure | QB | December 28, 1963 | 6'6" | 222 | Bowling Green | Ravenna, OH USA | 1 | 1 |
| 89 | Thad McFadden | WR | August 14, 1962 | 6'2" | 200 | Wisconsin | Flint, MI USA | 3 | 2 |
| 74 | Joe McGrail | NT | June 6, 1964 | 6'3" | 280 | Delaware | Philadelphia, PA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Keith McKeller | TE | July 9, 1964 | 6'6" | 240 | Jacksonville St. | Birmingham, AL USA | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Sean McNanie | LDE | September 9, 1961 | 6'5" | 265 | Arizona St. | Rockford, IL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Bruce Mesner | NT | March 21, 1964 | 6'5" | 280 | Maryland | New York, NY USA | 11 | 0 |
| 88 | Pete Metzelaars | TE | May 24, 1960 | 6'7" | 254 | Wabash | Three Rivers, MI USA | 12 | 12 |
| 10 | Mark Miller | QB | November 6, 1962 | 6'2" | 210 | Colorado St. | Grand Junction, CO USA | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Roland Mitchell | DB | March 15, 1964 | 5'11" | 195 | Texas Tech | Columbus, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
| 41 | Jamie Mueller | FB | October 4, 1964 | 6'1" | 225 | Benedictine | Cleveland, OH USA | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | Scott Norwood | K | July 17, 1960 | 6'0" | 207 | James Madison | Alexandria, VA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 40 | Chip Nuzzo | DB | July 26, 1965 | 5'11" | 190 | Princeton | Olean, NY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Nate Odomes | RCB | August 25, 1965 | 5'9" | 188 | Wisconsin | Columbus, GA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 47 | Mike Panepinto | RB | November 17, 1965 | 5'7" | 180 | Canisius | Buffalo, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Kerry Parker | DB | October 3, 1955 | 6'1" | 192 | Grambling St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Rick Partridge | P | August 26, 1957 | 6'1" | 175 | Utah | Orange, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Mark Pike | DE-LB | December 27, 1963 | 6'4" | 272 | Georgia Tech | Elizabethtown, KY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Ron Pitts | PR | October 14, 1962 | 5'10" | 175 | UCLA | Detroit, MI USA | 12 | 3 |
| 30 | Kerry Porter | RB | September 23, 1964 | 6'1" | 215 | Washington St. | Vicenza, Italy | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Ricky Porter | RB | January 14, 1960 | 5'10" | 198 | Slippery Rock | Sylacauga, AL USA | 9 | 0 |
| 79 | Dean Prater | DE | September 28, 1958 | 6'5" | 225 | Oklahoma St. | Altus, OK USA | 10 | 0 |
| 95 | Scott Radecic | RILB | June 14, 1962 | 6'3" | 243 | Penn St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 9 |
| 83 | Andre Reed | WR | January 29, 1964 | 6'2" | 190 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | Allentown, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 40 | Robb Riddick | RB | April 26, 1957 | 6'0" | 195 | Millersville | Quakertown, PA USA | 6 | 1 |
| 51 | Jim Ritcher | LG | May 21, 1958 | 6'3" | 273 | North Carolina St. | Hinckley, OH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 87 | Butch Rolle | TE | August 19, 1964 | 6'3" | 242 | Michigan St. | Miami, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 42 | Durwood Roquemore | DB | January 19, 1960 | 6'1" | 183 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Dallas, TX USA | 5 | 2 |
| 75 | Erik Rosenmeier | C | May 26, 1965 | 6'4" | 240 | Colgate | Plainfield, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Scott Schankweiler | LB | October 15, 1963 | 6'0" | 235 | Maryland | Sunbury, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Todd Schlopy | K | June 17, 1961 | 5'10" | 165 | Michigan | Bradford, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 63 | Rick Schulte | G | November 24, 1963 | 6'2" | 270 | Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 96 | Leon Seals | DE | January 30, 1964 | 6'5" | 265 | Jackson St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 13 | 1 |
| 24 | Johnny Shepherd | RB | April 24, 1957 | 5'10" | 185 | Liberty | La Grange, NC USA | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | Mark Shupe | C | April 24, 1961 | 6'5" | 285 | Arizona St. | Lafayette, IN USA | 2 | 1 |
| 64 | Joe Silipo | TE | December 31, 1957 | 6'3" | 295 | Tulane | Glen Cove, NY USA | 1 | 1 |
| 76 | Fred Smerlas | NT | April 8, 1957 | 6'3" | 277 | Boston Col. | Waltham, MA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Bruce Smith | RDE | June 18, 1963 | 6'4" | 262 | Virginia Tech | Norfolk, VA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Don Sommer | T | February 1, 1964 | 6'4" | 290 | Texas-El Paso | Corsicana, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 56 | Darryl Talley | ROLB | July 10, 1960 | 6'4" | 235 | West Virginia | Cleveland, OH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Steve Tasker | KR | April 10, 1962 | 5'9" | 185 | Northwestern | Smith Center, KS USA | 12 | 0 |
| 74 | Richard Tharpe | DE | October 31, 1960 | 6'3" | 255 | Louisville | New York, NY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Willie Totten | QB | July 4, 1962 | 6'2" | 195 | Miss. Valley St. | Leflore, MS USA | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | Mark Traynowicz | G-C | November 20, 1962 | 6'5" | 277 | Nebraska | Omaha, NE USA | 11 | 0 |
| 65 | Tim Vogler | RG | October 2, 1956 | 6'3" | 259 | Ohio St. | Troy, OH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 87 | Mark Walczak | TE | April 26, 1962 | 6'6" | 246 | Arizona | Rochester, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Craig Walls | LB | December 24, 1958 | 6'1" | 215 | Indiana | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | Scott Watters | LB | January 1, 1965 | 6'2" | 230 | Wittenberg | Columbus, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 60 | Al Wenglikowski | LB | August 3, 1960 | 6'1" | 215 | Pittsburgh | Burlington, IA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Gary Wilkins | TE-RB | November 23, 1963 | 6'1" | 235 | Georgia Tech | West Palm Beach, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Leonard Williams | RB | June 27, 1960 | 6'0" | 205 | West. Carolina | Man, WV USA | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | Billy Witt | DE | April 25, 1964 | 6'5" | 258 | North Alabama | 2 | 2 | |
| 73 | Will Wolford | LT | May 18, 1964 | 6'5" | 294 | Vanderbilt | Louisville, KY USA | 9 | 9 |
