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  FINAL
Buffalo 31, Indianapolis 6
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Indianapolis 3 3 0 0 6
Buffalo 7 14 0 10 31

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 27 YD, 5:20. Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards in 5:20. Key plays: Manning 15-yard pass to Dilger to Indianapolis 34; Manning 5-yard pass on 3rd-and-2 to Indianapolis 47; Manning 30-yard pass to Harrison to Buffalo 16. INDIANAPOLIS 3-0
BUF   TD   ANTOWAIN SMITH 21 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 9:38. Drive: 7 plays, 83 yards in 4:18. Key plays: Johnson 7-yard run to Buffalo 36; Johnson 35-yard pass to Williams on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 29; Smith 8-yard run to Indianapolis 21. BUFFALO 7-3
2ND QUARTER
BUF   TD   PEERLESS PRICE 23 YD PASS FROM ROB JOHNSON (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 0:53. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 2:53. Key plays: Johnson 42-yard pass to Moulds to Indianapolis 28. BUFFALO 14-3
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 24 YD, 8:22. Drive: 14 plays, 70 yards in 7:29. Key plays: 14-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Bills' Wiley to Indianapolis 39; James 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield; James 15-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 27; Manning 10-yard pass to Dilger on 3rd-and-8 to Buffalo 15. BUFFALO 14-6
BUF   TD   JONATHAN LINTON 3 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 14:33. Drive: 13 plays, 82 yards in 6:11. Key plays: Johnson 8-yard pass to Price on 3rd-and-6 to Buffalo 42; Johnson 16-yard pass to Jackson to Indianapolis 36; Johnson 13-yard pass to Moulds to Indianapolis 17. BUFFALO 21-6
4TH QUARTER
BUF   TD   BOBBY COLLINS 1 YD PASS FROM ROB JOHNSON (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 0:49. Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards in 4:29. Key plays: Williams 6-yard punt return to Indianapolis 44; Johnson 18-yard pass to Williams on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 17; Johnson 9-yard run to Indianapolis 6. BUFFALO 28-6
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 19 YD, 11:23. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards in 3:41. Key plays: Johnson 13-yard pass to Moulds to midfield; 18-yard pass interference penalty on Colts' Blevins to Indianapolis 32; Johnson 16-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 16; Johnson 12-yard pass to Moulds to Indianapolis 4. BUFFALO 31-6

TEAM STATISTICS
  IND BUF
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
13
9
6-14
0-1
226
56
4.0
44
19
2.3
182
21-37
4.9
0-0
4-40.3
105
1-5
6-100
0-0
2-23
0-0
27:23
23
15
7-12
0-0
419
63
6.7
132
31
4.3
287
24-32
9.0
0-0
3-39.0
77
1-6
3-42
1-29
3-25
0-0
32:37

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Indianapolis rushing
Edgerrin James 18-50, Keith Elias 1-minus 6.
Buffalo rushing
Jonathan Linton 18-60, Rob Johnson 7-36, Antowain Smith 3-31, Lennox Gordon 3-5.
Indianapolis passing
Peyton Manning 18-29 for 163 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Steve Walsh 3-8 for 19 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Buffalo passing
Rob Johnson 24-32 for 287 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Indianapolis receiving
Ken Dilger 5-52, Marvin Harrison 4-51, Edgerrin James 4-33, Terrence Wilkins 3-25, Marcus Pollard 2-9, Keith Elias 2-8, E.g. Green 1-4.
Buffalo receiving
Eric Moulds 8-110, Andre Reed 5-23, Kevin Williams 2-53, Peerless Price 2-31, Jay Riemersma 2-28, Sheldon Jackson 2-22, Bobby Collins 2-8, Jonathan Linton 1-12.
Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Jeff Burris 7-1-0, Mike Peterson 5-2-0, Chad Cota 3-2-0, Bernard Whittington 4-0-0, Ratcliff Thomas 3-1-0, Tyrone Poole 3-0-0, Bert Berry 3-0-0, Jason Belser 2-1-0, Tony Blevins 2-0-0, Billy Austin 2-0-0, Ellis Johnson 2-0-0, Larry Chester 1-1-0, Mark Thomas 1-1-0, Michael Barber 1-1-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Antoine Winfield 11-0-0, Sam Cowart 4-3-0, Henry Jones 3-1-0, Thomas Smith 3-0-0, Marcellus Wiley 3-0-0, Sam Rogers 1-2-0, Shawn Price 2-0-0, John Holecek 2-0-0, Ted Washington 2-0-0, Marlo Perry 1-1-0, Daryl Porter 1-1-0, Donovan Greer 1-1-0, Bruce Smith 1-1-0, Pat Williams 1-1-0, Keith Newman 0-1-0, Kurt Schulz 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Buffalo (Thomas Smith 1 for 29 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head linesman-James Wilson, Line judge-Ron Phares, Field judge-Bill Lovett, Side judge-Ken Baker, Back judge-Jim Howey.
A: 61,959; T: 2:49.

 


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