List of Buffalo Bills starting quarterbacks

This article is a list of the quarterbacks which have started for the Buffalo Bills. The Bills are a professional American football franchise based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The team competes in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The quarterbacks are listed in order of the date of each player's first start for the team at that position.

Starting quarterbacks

List of all Buffalo Bills starting quarterbacks The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:

Regular season

Season(s)	Quarterback(s)
2015	Tyrod Taylor (14) / EJ Manuel (2) / * Matt Cassel (1)
2014	Kyle Orton (12) / EJ Manuel (4)
2013	EJ Manuel (10) / Thad Lewis (5) / Jeff Tuel (1)
2012	Ryan Fitzpatrick (16)
2011	Ryan Fitzpatrick (16)
2010	Ryan Fitzpatrick (13) / Trent Edwards (2) / Brian Brohm (1)
2009	Ryan Fitzpatrick (8) / Trent Edwards (7) / Brian Brohm (1)
2008	Trent Edwards (14) / J.P. Losman (2)
2007	Trent Edwards (9) / J.P. Losman (7)
2006	J.P. Losman (16)
2005	J.P. Losman (8) / Kelly Holcomb (8)
2004	Drew Bledsoe (16)
2003	Drew Bledsoe (16)
2002	Drew Bledsoe (16)
2001	Alex Van Pelt (8) / Rob Johnson (8)
2000	Rob Johnson (11) / Doug Flutie (5)
1999	Doug Flutie (15) / Rob Johnson (1)
1998	Doug Flutie (10) / Rob Johnson (6)
1997	Todd Collins (13) / Alex Van Pelt (3)
1996	Jim Kelly (13) / Todd Collins (3)
1995	Jim Kelly (15) / Todd Collins (1)
1994	Jim Kelly (14) / Frank Reich (2)
1993	Jim Kelly (16)
1992	Jim Kelly (16)
1991	Jim Kelly (15) / Frank Reich (1)
1990	Jim Kelly (14) / Frank Reich (2)
1989	Jim Kelly (13) / Frank Reich (3)
1988	Jim Kelly (16)
1987	Jim Kelly (12) / Brian McClure (1) / Willie Totten (1) / Dan Manucci (1)
1986	Jim Kelly (16)
1985	Vince Ferragamo (9) / Bruce Mathison (7)
1984	Joe Ferguson (11) / Joe Dufek (5)
1983	Joe Ferguson (16)
1982	Joe Ferguson (9)
1981	Joe Ferguson (16)
1980	Joe Ferguson (16)
1979	Joe Ferguson (16)
1978	Joe Ferguson (16)
1977	Joe Ferguson (14)
1976	Joe Ferguson (7) / Gary Marangi (7)
1975	Joe Ferguson (14)
1974	Joe Ferguson (14)
1973	Joe Ferguson (14)
1972	Dennis Shaw (13) / Leo Hart (1)
1971	Dennis Shaw (12) / James Harris (2)
1970 (NFL)	Dennis Shaw (12) / Dan Darragh (2)
1969 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (11) / Dan Darragh (2) / James Harris (1)
1968 (AFL)	Dan Darragh (7) / Ed Rutkowski (3) / Kay Stephenson (3) / Tom Flores (1)
1967 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (11) / Tom Flores (3)
1966 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (14)
1965 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (13) / Daryle Lamonica (1)
1964 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (13) / Daryle Lamonica (1)
1963 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (13) / / Daryle Lamonica (1)
1962 (AFL)	Warren Rabb (7) / Al Dorow (4) / Jack Kemp (3)
1961 (AFL)	Johnny Green (5) / Warren Rabb (3) / M.C. Reynolds (3) / Richie Lucas (2) / Tommy O'Connell (1)
1960 (AFL)	Johnny Green (6) / Tommy O'Connell (5) / Richie Lucas (2) / Bob Brodhead (1)

Matt Cassel technically started a game due to the Bills' first play on offense having Tyrod Taylor lined up at wide receiver in the wildcat formation

Post-season

Season	Quarterback(s)
1963 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (0–1)
1964 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (1–0)
1965 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (1–0)
1966 (AFL)	Jack Kemp (0–1)
1974	Joe Ferguson (0–1)
1980	Joe Ferguson (0–1)
1981	Joe Ferguson (1–1)
1988	Jim Kelly (1–1)
1989	Jim Kelly (0–1)
1990	Jim Kelly (2–1)
1991	Jim Kelly (2–1)
1992	Frank Reich (2–0)
1992	Jim Kelly (1–1)
1993	Jim Kelly (2–1)
1995	Jim Kelly (1–1)
1996	Jim Kelly (0–1)
1998	Doug Flutie (0–1)
1999	Rob Johnson (0–1)

Most Games as Starting Quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Bills in regular season games.

Name
GP	Games played
GS	Games started
W	Number of wins as starting quarterback
L	Number of losses as starting quarterback
T	Number of ties as starting quarterback
Pct	Winning Percentage as starting quarterback

Name	Period	GP	GS	W	L	T	%
Ferguson, Joe	1973-1984	164	163	77	86	-	.472
Kelly, Jim	1986-1996	160	160	101	59	-	.631
Kemp, Jack	1962-1969	88	77	43	31	3	.578
Fitzpatrick, Ryan	2009-2012	55	53	20	33	-	.377
Bledsoe, Drew	2002-2004	48	48	23	25	-	.479

Team Career Passing Records

Name	Comp	Att	%	Yds	TD	Int
Kelly, Jim	2,874	4,779	60.1%	35,467	237	175
Ferguson, Joe	2,188	4,166	52.5%	27,590	181	190
Fitzpatrick, Ryan	1,041	1,742	59.8%	11,654	80	64
Kemp, Jack	1,039	2,240	46.4%	15,134	77	132
Bledsoe, Drew	905	1,531	59.1%	10,151	55	43
Flutie, Doug	598	1,063	56.3%	7,582	47	30

References

Buffalo Bills Franchise Encyclopedia

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1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Buffalo Bills starting quarterbacks

Johnny Green (1960–1961)
Tommy O'Connell (1960–1961)
Richie Lucas (1960)
Bob Brodhead (1960)
Warren Rabb (1961–1962)
Mack Reynolds (1961)
Al Dorow (1962)
Jack Kemp (1962–1967, 1969)
Daryle Lamonica (1963–1965)
Tom Flores (1967–1968)
Dan Darragh (1968–1970)
Ed Rutkowski (1968)
Kay Stephenson (1968)
James Harris (1969, 1971)
Dennis Shaw (1970–1972)
Leo Hart (1972)
Joe Ferguson (1973–1984)
Gary Marangi (1976)
Joe Dufek (1984)
Vince Ferragamo (1985)
Bruce Mathison (1985)
Jim Kelly (1986–1996)
Brian McClure (1987)
Willie Totten (1987)
Dan Manucci (1987)
Frank Reich (1989–1991, 1994)
Todd Collins (1995–1997)
Alex Van Pelt (1997, 2001)
Doug Flutie (1998–2000)
Rob Johnson (1998–2001)
Drew Bledsoe (2002–2004)
J. P. Losman (2005–2008)
Kelly Holcomb (2005)
Trent Edwards (2007–2010)
Ryan Fitzpatrick (2009–2012)
Brian Brohm (2009–2010)
EJ Manuel (2013–2015)
Thad Lewis (2013)
Jeff Tuel (2013)
Kyle Orton (2014)
Matt Cassel (2015)
Tyrod Taylor (2015–present)

Current starting quarterbacks in the National Football League (as of Week 17 of the 2015 NFL season)

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