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  FINAL
Buffalo 23, Miami 18
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Buffalo 3 10 0 10 23
Miami 6 3 0 9 18

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 26 YD, 4:14. Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Flutie 24-yard pass to Riemersma to Miami 35; A Smith 15-yard run to Miami 15. BUFFALO 3-0
MIA   FG   OLINDO MARE 30 YD, 8:14. Drive: 5 plays, 29 yards in 1:25. Key plays: Wooden fumble recovery at Buffalo 42; Marino 25-yard pass to Konrad to Buffalo 16. BUFFALO 3, MIAMI 3
MIA   FG   OLINDO MARE 44 YD, 13:03. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 3:34. Key plays: Marino 21-yard pass to McDuffie to Buffalo 29. MIAMI 6-3
2ND QUARTER
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 52 YD, 2:02. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards in 3:59. Key plays: Flutie 17-yard run on 3rd-and-8 to Buffalo 38; Flutie 38-yard pass to Riemersma to Miami 24. BUFFALO 6, MIAMI 6
BUF   TD   GABE NORTHERN 59 YD FUMBLE RETURN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 10:29. BUFFALO 13-6
MIA   FG   OLINDO MARE 26 YD, 15:00. Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards in 1:41. Key plays: Marino 18-yard pass to Pritchett to Miami 36; Marino 36-yard pass to Gadsden to Buffalo 28; Marino 6-for-7 for 79 yards. BUFFALO 13-9
4TH QUARTER
MIA   FG   OLINDO MARE 26 YD, 1:37. Drive: 13 plays, 65 yards in 6:14. Key plays: Marino 17-yard pass to Martin to Miami 44; Collins 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Buffalo 45; Gogan recovery of Marino fumble on Miami 44; 24-yard pass interference penalty on Bills' T Smith on 3rd-and-8 at Buffalo 19. BUFFALO 13-12
BUF   TD   ERIC MOULDS 6 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 4:58. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 3:21. Key plays: Flutie 40-yard pass to Moulds to Miami 40; Flutie 16-yard pass to Riemersma to Miami 34; Flutie 5-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-4 to Miami 23; Flutie 23-yard pass to K Williams to Miami 6; Flutie 5-for-6 for 80 yards. BUFFALO 20-12
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 31 YD, 8:04. Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Holecek 35-yard interception return to the Miami 19. BUFFALO 23-12
MIA   TD   O.J. MCDUFFIE 9 YD PASS FROM DAN MARINO (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 9:47. Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards in 1:43. Key plays: Marion 93-yard kickoff return to Buffalo 4. BUFFALO 23-18

TEAM STATISTICS
  BUF MIA
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
11
6
3-13
0-0
250
53
4.7
73
27
2.7
177
12-25
6.8
1-9
7-37.9
135
1-14
5-86
2-35
8-74
1-1
28:00
18
11
1-14
1-2
293
70
4.2
59
24
2.5
234
22-44
5.1
2-17
5-39.2
208
2-8
6-200
0-0
7-50
3-1
32:00

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Buffalo rushing
Antowain Smith 12-36, Doug Flutie 9-29, Jonathan Linton 6-8.
Miami rushing
Cecil Collins 16-47, J.j. Johnson 4-11, Karim Abdul-jabbar 3-2, Stanley Pritchett 1-minus 1.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 12-25 for 186 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Miami passing
Dan Marino 22-44 for 251 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
Buffalo receiving
Jay Riemersma 4-85, Eric Moulds 4-60, Kevin Williams 2-26, Jonathan Linton 2-15.
Miami receiving
O.j. Mcduffie 7-64, Rob Konrad 3-48, Oronde Gadsden 3-46, Troy Drayton 3-29, Tony Martin 2-38, Cecil Collins 2-5, Stanley Pritchett 1-18, J.j. Johnson 1-3.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Rogers 7-1-0, Thomas Smith 5-2-0, Henry Jones 5-1-0, John Holecek 4-1-1, Bruce Smith 3-2-0, Sam Cowart 1-4-0, Ted Washington 4-0-0, Phil Hansen 2-0-1, Kurt Schulz 2-0-0, Ken Irvin 2-0-0, Emanuel Martin 2-0-0, Gabe Northern 1-1-0, Shawn Price 1-0-0, Pat Williams 1-0-0, Antoine Winfield 1-0-0.
Miami tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Zach Thomas 5-3-0, Rich Owens 5-1-0, Calvin Jackson 2-2-1, Brock Marion 1-3-0, Jerry Wilson 3-0-0, Robert Jones 1-2-0, Jason Taylor 1-2-0, Sam Madison 2-0-0, Terrell Buckley 2-0-0, Shawn Wooden 2-0-0, Daryl Gardener 0-2-0, Patrick Surtain 1-0-0, Kenny Mixon 1-0-0, Tim Bowens 0-1-0, Lorenzo Bromell 0-1-0, Derrick Rodgers 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Buffalo (Kurt Schulz 1 for 0 yards, John Holecek 1 for 35 yards).
Fumbles lost
Buffalo (Jerry Ostroski); Miami (Dan Marino).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Buffalo (Gabe Northern); Miami (Shawn Wooden).
Officials
Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head linesman-Tony Veteri, Line judge-Ben Montgomery, Back judge-Perry Paganelli, Side judge-Larry Rose, Field judge-Tim Mills.
A: 74,073; T: 3:14.

 


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