1986 Buffalo Bills season
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1986 Buffalo Bills season
| 1986 Buffalo Bills season | |
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| Head coach | Hank Bullough Marv Levy |
| Owner | Ralph Wilson |
| Home field | Rich Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 4–12 |
| Division Place | 4th AFC East |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
| Timeline | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| 1985 | 1987 |
The 1986 Buffalo Bills season was the 27th season for the club and its 17th in the National Football League.
Although the Bills were only 2-6 at the midway point of the season, their games were much more competitive than in years past. (Only two of their losses in the first eight games were by more than a touchdown.) Still, after a 6-point Week Nine loss to Tampa Bay, the Bills fired coach Hank Bullough, and hired former Kansas City coach Marv Levy from outside the organization, an unusual mid-season tactic. (Levy had been out of coaching since being the head man with the USFL's Chicago Blitz in 1984.) Levy would win his first game with the Bills against Pittsburgh in Week Ten, and one more game against Kansas City in Week Thirteen, finishing with a 2-5 record in his first half-season as head coach. [1]
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Offseason
Buffalo's quarterback position underwent a drastic improvement before the season, as first-round draft pick Jim Kelly -- fresh from the recently-folded United States Football League -- signed with the team admid much fanfare. The signing increased home attendance at Rich Stadium by 30,000 per game.[2]
NFL Draft
Main article: 1986 NFL Draft
University of Iowa running back Ronnie Harmon played for the Bills for four seasons.[3] Vanderbilt's Will Wolford played offensive tackle for the Bills for seven years, and was voted to the Pro Bowl in 1990 and 1992.[4] Linebacker Mark Pike played his entire 13-year career with the Bills, mostly as a special teams star; he is the NFL's all-time leader in tackles on special teams, with 283. Tight end Butch Rolle played for the Bills for 6 years, and at one point had a streak of ten consecutive receptions for touchdowns.
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| Round | Pick # | Player | Position | College |
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| 1 | 16 | Ronnie Harmon | Running back | Iowa |
| 1 | 20 | Will Wolford | Offensive Tackle | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | 77 | Leonard Burton | Center | South Carolina |
| 5 | 111 | Carl Byrum | Running back | Mississippi Valley State |
| 7 | 168 | Bob Williams | Tight end | Penn State |
| 7 | 178 | Mark Pike | Linebacker | Georgia Tech |
| 7 | 180 | Butch Rolle | Tight end | Michigan State |
| 8 | 202 | Tony Furjanic | Linebacker | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 222 | Reggie Bynum | Wide receiver | Oregon State |
| 10 | 251 | Guy Teafatiller | Defensive tackle | Illinois |
| 11 | 278 | Tony Garbarczyk | Defensive tackle | Wake Forest |
| 11 | 282 | Billy Witt | Defensive end | North Alabama |
| 12 | 313 | Brian McClure | Quarterback | Bowling Green |
| 12 | 331 | Derek Christian | Linebacker | West Virginia Tech |
Personnel
Staff
| 1986 Buffalo Bills staff | ||||||
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Front Office
Head Coaches
Offensive Coaches
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Defensive Coaches
Strength and Conditioning
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Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 7, 1986 | New York Jets | L 28–24 |
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| 2 | September 14, 1986 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 36–33 |
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| 3 | September 21, 1986 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 17–10 |
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| 4 | September 28, 1986 | Kansas City Chiefs | L 20–17 |
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| 5 | October 5, 1986 | at New York Jets | L 14–13 |
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| 6 | October 12, 1986 | at Miami Dolphins | L 27–14 |
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| 7 | October 19, 1986 | Indianapolis Colts | W 24–13 |
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| 8 | October 26, 1986 | New England Patriots | L 23–3 |
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| 9 | November 2, 1986 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 34–28 |
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| 10 | November 9, 1986 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 16–12 |
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| 11 | November 16, 1986 | Miami Dolphins | L 34–24 |
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| 12 | November 23, 1986 | at New England Patriots | L 22–19 |
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| 13 | November 30, 1986 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 17–14 |
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| 14 | December 7, 1986 | Cleveland Browns | L 21–17 |
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| 15 | December 14, 1986 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 24–14 |
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| 16 | December 21, 1986 | at Houston Oilers | L 16–7 |
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Game summaries
Week 1: vs. New York Jets
See also: 1986 New York Jets season
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Standings
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| New England Patriots | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 412 | 307 | W-1 |
| New York Jets | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 364 | 386 | L-5 |
| Miami Dolphins | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 430 | 405 | L-1 |
| Buffalo Bills | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 287 | 348 | L-3 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 229 | 400 | W-3 |
Roster
Awards and honors
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References
- ^ Levy would go on to coach the Bills for the subsequent eleven full seasons, before retiring after the 1997 season.
- ^ [Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; and Korch, Rich The Sports Encyclopedia: Pro Football, 12th Edition, p. 526, Martin's Press, August 1994, ISBN 0-312-11073-1
- ^ Harmon made the Pro Bowl with the San Diego Chargers in 1992.
- ^ Wolford made a third Pro Bowl with Indianapolis.
- ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
- ^ 1986 Buffalo Bills Media Guide. pp. 5–25. http://www.buffalobills.com/team/history/mediaguidearchive.html. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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