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  FINAL
Buffalo 24, Pittsburgh 21
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Pittsburgh 7 7 0 7 21
Buffalo 7 10 7 0 24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
PIT   TD   HINES WARD 12 YD PASS FROM KORDELL STEWART (KRIS BROWN KICK), 5:20. Drive: 3 plays, 12 yards in 1:21. Key plays: Kirkland recovery of A Smith fumble at Buffalo 12. PITTSBURGH 7-0
BUF   TD   SAM GASH 2 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 13:13. Drive: 14 plays, 69 yards in 7:53. Key plays: Flutie 10-yard pass to Reed to Buffalo 41; Flutie 8-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-6 to Pittsburgh 11; Flutie 7-yard pass to Reed to Pittsburgh 2. PITTSBURGH 7, BUFFALO 7
2ND QUARTER
BUF   TD   ERIC MOULDS 49 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 0:47. Drive: 2 plays, 60 yards in 0:36. Key plays: Flutie 11-yard pass to Moulds to Pittsburgh 49. BUFFALO 14-7
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 29 YD, 10:29. Drive: 12 plays, 79 yards in 7:10. Key plays: Flutie 28-yard pass to Moulds to midfield; Flutie 21-yard run on 3rd-and-20 to Pittsburgh 39; Flutie 15-yard pass to Reed to Pittsburgh 20. BUFFALO 17-7
PIT   TD   TROY EDWARDS 17 YD PASS FROM KORDELL STEWART (KRIS BROWN KICK), 14:09. Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards in 3:46. Key plays: Stewart 17-yard pass to Huntley on 3rd-and-8 to Pittsburgh 48; Stewart 11-yard pass to Huntley on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 34; Stewart 10-yard pass to Blackwell to Buffalo 17. BUFFALO 17-14
3RD QUARTER
BUF   TD   JAY RIEMERSMA 8 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 14:28. Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards in 3:10. Key plays: Rogers 24-yard interception return to Pittsburgh 38; Linton 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 26; Flutie 18-yard pass to Moulds to Pittsburgh 8. BUFFALO 24-14
4TH QUARTER
PIT   TD   JEROME BETTIS 1 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 12:16. Drive: 10 plays, 78 yards in 4:39. Key plays: Stewart 25-yard pass to Lyons to Buffalo 37; Stewart 11-yard run to Buffalo 26; 11-yard pass interference penalty on Bills' T Smith to Buffalo 1. BUFFALO 24-21

TEAM STATISTICS
  PIT 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
17
11
7-13
0-0
255
54
4.7
48
23
2.1
207
21-29
6.7
2-9
6-39.8
60
1-5
3-55
0-0
2-20
0-0
27:20
24
15
4-12
2-2
365
67
5.4
111
33
3.4
254
21-32
7.5
2-7
4-41.3
111
2-12
4-75
1-24
4-40
1-1
32:40

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Buffalo (Steve Christie 36).
Pittsburgh rushing
Jerome Bettis 13-24, Richard Huntley 5-16, Kordell Stewart 3-11, Jon Witman 1-2, Hines Ward 1-minus 5.
Buffalo rushing
Jonathan Linton 15-45, Doug Flutie 7-39, Antowain Smith 11-27.
Pittsburgh passing
Kordell Stewart 21-29 for 216 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 21-32 for 261 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
Pittsburgh receiving
Hines Ward 6-67, Troy Edwards 4-50, Richard Huntley 3-32, Mitch Lyons 2-31, Courtney Hawkins 2-11, Jerome Bettis 2-10, Will Blackwell 1-10, Mark Bruener 1-5.
Buffalo receiving
Eric Moulds 6-122, Andre Reed 6-68, Jay Riemersma 4-35, Sam Gash 3-14, Jonathan Linton 1-15, Sheldon Jackson 1-7.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Lethon Flowers 7-2-1, Earl Holmes 6-3-0, Chad Scott 7-0-0, Dewayne Washington 6-0-0, Levon Kirkland 4-1-0, Travis Davis 4-0-0, Carlos Emmons 3-0-0, Orpheus Roye 2-1-0, Jason Gildon 2-0-0, Joel Steed 2-0-1, Kevin Henry 1-0-0, Jeremy Staat 1-0-0, Deshea Townsend 1-0-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kurt Schulz 5-4-0, John Holecek 6-0-0, Phil Hansen 5-0-0, Sam Cowart 2-3-0, Henry Jones 3-1-0, Sam Rogers 2-2-0, Ken Irvin 2-2-0, Thomas Smith 3-0-0, Bruce Smith 2-1-0, Antoine Winfield 2-0-0, Ted Washington 1-1-0, Shawn Price 1-1-1, Gabe Northern 1-0-1, Emanuel Martin 1-0-0, Pat Williams 0-1-0, Sean Moran 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Buffalo (Sam Rogers 1 for 24 yards).
Fumbles lost
Buffalo (Antowain Smith).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Pittsburgh (Levon Kirkland).
Officials
Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Michael Spanier, Back judge-Don Carey, Side judge-Laird Hayes, Field judge-Jim Saracino.
A: 71,038; T: 2:54.

 


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