1982 Buffalo Bills

1982 Buffalo Bills season
Head Coach	Chuck Knox
Home Field	Rich Stadium
Results
Record	4-5
Place	4th
Playoff Finish	Did Not Qualify
Timeline
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1981	1983

THe 1982 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 23rd season, the 13th since the AFL-NFL Merger. A season which was shortened by a players' strike which condensed the season to nine games, the team went 4-5, missing the playoffs, as their record left them in the 9th spot in the AFC, thereby eliminating the Bills from the playoffs in the 16-team (8 playoff seeds in each conference) tournament format.

The Bills led the league in rushing in 1982, with 1,371 yards (152.3 per game) on the ground.

Offseason

NFL Draft

• Main article: 1982 NFL Draft

Linebacker Eugene Marve 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, as he never played a regular season game for Buffalo.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	19	Perry Tuttle	Wide receiver	Clemson
2	48	Matt Kofler	Quarterback	San Diego State
3	59	Eugene Marve	Linebacker	Saginaw Valley State (MI)
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

Personnel

Staff/Coaches

1982 Buffalo Bills staff

Front Office Majority Owner/Team President – Ralph Wilson General Manager – Stew Barber Vice President/Minority Owner – Pat McGroder Coaching Staff Head Coach – Chuck Knox Assistant Head Coach - - Tom Caitlin Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line - Ray Proschaska Running Backs Coach - Chick Harris Quarterbacks Coach - Kay Stephenson Wide Receivers Coach - Jack Donaldson Defensive/Special Teams Coaches Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach - Tom Caitlin Defensive Line – Jim Carmody Defensive Backs – Raloh Hawkins Special Teams - Steve Moore  Special Assignments Special Assignments Coach - Miller McCalmon

Roster

1982 Buffalo Bills roster
Quarterbacks 12 Joe Ferguson 10 Matt Kofler 17 Matt Robinson Running backs 47 Curtis Brown FB 20 Joe Cribbs 25 Roland Hooks 48 Roosevelt Leaks FB 33 Ted McKnight 34 Booker Moore Wide Receivers 80 Jerry Butler 87 Robert Holt 81 Perry Tuttle 82 Frank Lewis 89 Lou Piccone 88 Mike Mosley WR/KR Tight Ends 84 Buster Barnett 86 Mark Brammer		Offensive Linemen 73 Jon Borchardt T 78 Justin Cross T 70 Joe Devlin T 69 Conrad Dobler G 53 Will Grant C 72 Ken Jones T 61 Tom Lynch G 67 Reggie McKenzie G 51 Jim Ritcher G 65 Tim Vogler G Defensive Linemen 99 Mark Roopenian NT 91 Ken Johnson DE 76 Fred Smerlas DT 83 Sherman White DE 77 Ben Williams DE 97 Darrell Irvin DE		Linebackers 54 Eugene Marve 55 Jim Haslett 52 Chris Keating 53 Shane Nelson 58 Isiah Robertson 57 Lucius Sanford 60 Joey Lumpkin 41 Phil Villapiano Defensive Backs 24 Lemar Parrish CB 29 Mario Clark CB 22 Steve Freeman FS 42 Rod Kush 38 Jeff Nixon SS 26 Charles Romes CB 45 Bill Simpson FS 27 Chris Williams DB Special Teams 7 Greg Cater P 1 Efren Herrera K 5 Nick Mike-Mayer K
Note: Rookies in italics

External links

• 1982 Buffalo Bills season article at Wikipedia