1982 Buffalo Bills season
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1982 Buffalo Bills season
| 1982 Buffalo Bills season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Chuck Knox | ||||||
| Owner | Ralph Wilson | ||||||
| Home field | Rich Stadium | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 4–5 | ||||||
| Division Place | 4th AFC East | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
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The 1982 Buffalo Bills season was the 23rd season for the club and its 13th in the National Football League. Due to the 1982 NFL strike, the season was shortened to only nine games; the Bills' 4-5 record left them in the 9th spot in the AFC, thereby eliminating the Bills from the playoffs in the 16-team tournament format.
The Bills led the league in rushing in 1982, with 1,371 yards (152.3 per game) on the ground.[1]
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Offseason
NFL Draft
Main article: 1982 NFL Draft
Linebacker Eugene Marve was played linebacker for Buffalo for six seasons. Placekicker Gary Anderson went on to become the second-leading scorer in NFL history, although he did so with five other NFL teams,[2] as he never played a regular season game for Buffalo.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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| 1 | 19 | Perry Tuttle | Wide receiver | Clemson |
| 2 | 48 | Matt Kofler | Quarterback | San Diego State |
| 3 | 59 | Eugene Marve | Linebacker | Saginaw Valley State |
| 4 | 93 | Van Williams | Running back | Carson-Newman |
| 6 | 160 | DeWayne Chivers | Tight end | South Carolina |
| 7 | 171 | Gary Anderson | Kicker | Syracuse |
| 8 | 218 | Luc Tousignant | Quarterback | Fairmont State |
| 9 | 245 | Dennis Edwards | Defensive end | USC |
| 10 | 272 | Vic James | Defensive back | Colorado |
| 11 | 298 | Frank Kalil | Guard | Arizona |
| 12 | 329 | Tony Suber | Defensive tackle | Gardner-Webb |
Regular season
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Bills points | Opponents | Record | Attendance |
| 1 | Sept. 12 | Kansas City Chiefs | Win | 14 | 9 | 1–0 |
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| 2 | Sept. 16 | Minnesota Vikings | Win | 23 | 22 | 2–0 |
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| 3 | Nov. 21 | Miami Dolphins | Loss | 7 | 9 | 2–1 |
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| 4 | Nov. 28 | Baltimore Colts | Win | 20 | 0 | 3–1 |
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| 5 | Dec. 5 | at Green Bay Packers (at Milwaukee) | Loss | 21 | 33 | 3–2 |
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| 6 | Dec. 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Win | 13 | 0 | 4–2 |
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| 7 | Dec. 19 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Loss | 23 | 24 | 4–3 |
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| 8 | Dec. 27 | at Miami Dolphins | Loss | 10 | 27 | 4–4 |
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| 9 | Jan. 2 | at New England Patriots | Loss | 19 | 30 | 4–5 |
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Standings
| AFC | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| Los Angeles Raiders | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 260 | 200 |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 198 | 131 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 232 | 177 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 204 | 146 |
| San Diego Chargers | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 288 | 221 |
| New York Jets | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 245 | 166 |
| New England Patriots | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 143 | 157 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 140 | 182 |
| Buffalo Bills | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 150 | 154 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 127 | 147 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 176 | 184 |
| Denver Broncos | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 148 | 226 |
| Houston Oilers | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 136 | 245 |
| Baltimore Colts | 0 | 8 | 1 | .056 | 113 | 236 |
| Qualified for playoffs |
Roster
Awards and honors
All-Pros
First Team
- Fred Smerlas, Nose tackle
Second Team
- Ben Williams, Defensive end
References
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1982 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics
- ^ Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Minnesota, Tennessee
- ^ http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1982-buf
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 294
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