2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers)

2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers) – Bills

by Chase Stuart on July 7, 2019

In this series, I will be looking at the history of coaches, quarterbacks, rushers, and receivers for all 32 franchises. For coaches and quarterbacks, I will be looking at how much their franchise’s career records (regular season only) would change if we removed the games with that person. For rushers and receivers, I will note how many times that player was the team’s leading rusher/receiver over the course of their time with that franchise (regular plus postseason).

Previous Teams:

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The Buffalo Bills have had a lot of disappointing coaches in their history — I’m looking at you, Harvey Johnson — and only a few good ones. Just four have winning records, although that’s not the worst by AFC East standards. In many divisions, Marv Levy would be considered a strong candidate for the best coach in division history. In the AFC East, he’s relegated to third. But when it comes to Bills coaches, nobody can match his record:

Ovr Rk	Coach	G	W	L	T	HC Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o HC	Diff
9	Marv Levy	182	112	70	0	0.615	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.428	3.8%
36	Lou Saban	117	68	45	4	0.598	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.446	2%
78	Wade Phillips	48	29	19	0	0.604	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.458	0.8%
113	Chuck Knox	73	37	36	0	0.507	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.462	0.4%
164	Rex Ryan	31	15	16	0	0.484	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0.1%
182	Sean McDermott	32	15	17	0	0.469	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0%
183	Doug Marrone	32	15	17	0	0.469	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0%
201	Perry Fewell	7	3	4	0	0.429	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	0%
209	Anthony Lynn	1	0	1	0	0	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	-0.1%
210	Joe Collier	30	13	16	1	0.45	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	-0.1%
237	Mike Mularkey	32	14	18	0	0.438	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.1%
272	Buster Ramsey	28	11	16	1	0.411	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.2%
323	Dick Jauron	57	24	33	0	0.421	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.469	-0.3%
406	Gregg Williams	48	17	31	0	0.354	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.472	-0.6%
408	John Rauch	28	7	20	1	0.268	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.472	-0.6%
416	Hank Bullough	21	4	17	0	0.19	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.472	-0.7%
434	Chan Gailey	48	16	32	0	0.333	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.473	-0.7%
442	Kay Stephenson	36	10	26	0	0.278	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.473	-0.8%
456	Jim Ringo	23	3	20	0	0.13	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.474	-0.9%
481	Harvey Johnson	26	2	23	1	0.096	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.477	-1.1%

You won’t be surprised to see the results at quarterback, either. Jim Kelly stands out as the most successful quarterback in franchise history by this methodology, although I’ll note that Doug Flutie actually has him beat on winning percentage. Meanwhile, Dennis Shaw is the man whose done the most harm to the franchise’s career winning percentage. As always, I also recommend sorting the table by games started.

Ovr Rk	QB	G	W	L	T	QB Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o QB	Diff
8	Jim Kelly	160	101	59	0	0.631	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.430	3.6%
58	Jack Kemp	77	43	31	3	0.578	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.455	1.1%
77	Doug Flutie	30	21	9	0	0.700	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.457	0.8%
153	Tyrod Taylor	42	22	20	0	0.524	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.463	0.3%
174	Daryle Lamonica	4	4	0	0	1.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.463	0.2%
184	Warren Rabb	10	6	3	1	0.650	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.463	0.2%
217	Kyle Orton	12	7	5	0	0.583	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.464	0.2%
224	Joe Ferguson	163	77	86	0	0.472	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.464	0.2%
288	Drew Bledsoe	48	23	25	0	0.479	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0.1%
296	M.C. Reynolds	3	2	1	0	0.667	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0.1%
307	Bob Brodhead	1	1	0	0	1.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0.1%
308	Brian McClure	1	1	0	0	1.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0.1%
309	Matt Cassel	1	1	0	0	1.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0.1%
310	Matt Barkley	1	1	0	0	1.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0.1%
381	Frank Reich	8	4	4	0	0.500	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0%
382	Kelly Holcomb	8	4	4	0	0.500	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.465	0%
464	Johnny Green	11	5	6	0	0.455	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	0%
465	Josh Allen	11	5	6	0	0.455	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	0%
498	Thaddeus Lewis	5	2	3	0	0.400	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	0%
506	Tom Flores	4	1	2	1	0.375	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	0%
518	Richie Lucas	3	1	2	0	0.333	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	0%
577	Leo Hart	1	0	1	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	-0.1%
578	Dan Manucci	1	0	1	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	-0.1%
579	Willie Totten	1	0	1	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	-0.1%
580	Jeff Tuel	1	0	1	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	-0.1%
581	LeSean McCoy	1	0	1	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	-0.1%
582	Derek Anderson	1	0	1	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.466	-0.1%
717	Nathan Peterman	4	1	3	0	0.250	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.1%
743	Trent Edwards	32	14	18	0	0.438	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.1%
745	Todd Collins	17	7	10	0	0.412	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.1%
746	Brian Brohm	2	0	2	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.1%
833	Joe Dufek	5	1	4	0	0.200	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.1%
864	Ed Rutkowski	3	0	3	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.2%
865	Kay Stephenson	3	0	3	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.2%
866	James Harris	3	0	3	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.467	-0.2%
927	Tommy O'Connell	7	1	5	1	0.214	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.468	-0.2%
943	Al Dorow	4	0	4	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.468	-0.2%
953	EJ Manuel	17	6	11	0	0.353	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.468	-0.2%
974	Alex Van Pelt	11	3	8	0	0.273	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.468	-0.2%
995	Bruce Mathison	7	1	6	0	0.143	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.468	-0.3%
1066	Rob Johnson	26	9	17	0	0.346	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.469	-0.4%
1073	Vince Ferragamo	9	1	8	0	0.111	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.469	-0.4%
1075	Gary Marangi	7	0	7	0	0.000	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.469	-0.4%
1115	Dan Darragh	11	1	10	0	0.091	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.470	-0.5%
1138	Ryan Fitzpatrick	53	20	33	0	0.377	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.471	-0.6%
1150	J.P. Losman	33	10	23	0	0.303	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.472	-0.6%
1194	Dennis Shaw	37	8	27	2	0.243	900	415	477	8	0.466	0.475	-1%

The Bills have two Hall of Fame running backs, and both easily chart the tops here. It’s a testament to the great undrafted free agent running back Fred Jackson that he ranks third, and led the Bills in rushing yards in over half of his games (despite being a starter in under half of them).

Rusher	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Rusher	Total Games	%
Thurman Thomas	1988	1999	134	194	69%
O.J. Simpson	1969	1977	93	113	82%
Fred Jackson	2007	2014	58	106	55%
Joe Cribbs	1980	1985	52	67	78%
Travis Henry	2001	2004	43	54	80%
LeSean McCoy	2015	2018	38	58	66%
Willis McGahee	2004	2006	38	46	83%
Wray Carlton	1960	1967	36	90	40%
Cookie Gilchrist	1962	1964	32	44	73%
Marshawn Lynch	2007	2010	32	45	71%
Greg Bell	1984	1987	31	40	78%
Antowain Smith	1997	2000	28	59	47%
C.J. Spiller	2010	2014	27	72	38%
Terry Miller	1978	1980	15	47	32%
Kenneth Davis	1989	1994	15	110	14%
Curtis Brown	1977	1982	15	79	19%
Roland Hooks	1976	1982	11	101	11%
Shawn Bryson	2000	2002	10	37	27%
Darick Holmes	1995	1998	10	51	20%
Robb Riddick	1981	1988	10	82	12%

Buffalo had a great run at the wide receiver position that scanned over two decades. Andre Reed was a star for 15 years, was replaced by the always underrated Eric Moulds, and even Lee Evans stood out as a strong wide receiver despite playing on awful passing offenses.

Receiver	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Receiver	Total Games	%
Andre Reed	1985	1999	96	242	40%
Eric Moulds	1996	2005	67	157	43%
Lee Evans	2004	2010	46	109	42%
Bob Chandler	1971	1979	40	117	34%
Elbert Dubenion	1960	1968	39	106	37%
Frank Lewis	1978	1983	37	83	45%
Steve Johnson	2008	2013	28	76	37%
Jerry Butler	1979	1986	28	91	31%
J.D. Hill	1971	1975	26	62	42%
Peerless Price	1999	2007	18	85	21%
Marlin Briscoe	1969	1971	17	41	41%
Josh Reed	2002	2009	17	115	15%
Sammy Watkins	2014	2016	16	37	43%
Haven Moses	1968	1972	16	59	27%
James Lofton	1989	1992	16	70	23%
Glenn Bass	1961	1966	15	72	21%
Bill Brooks	1993	1995	13	52	25%
Chris Burkett	1985	1989	13	57	23%
Charles Clay	2015	2018	12	55	22%
Thurman Thomas	1988	1999	12	194	6%
Robert Woods	2013	2016	11	57	19%
Don Beebe	1989	1994	11	87	13%
Paul Costa	1965	1972	11	102	11%
Fred Jackson	2007	2014	11	106	10%
Byron Franklin	1981	1984	10	45	22%
O.J. Simpson	1969	1977	10	113	9%

That’s it for the Buffalo version of this series. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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