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  FINAL
Oakland 20, Buffalo 14
 
  BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Oakland 10 3 7 0 20
Buffalo 7 0 0 7 14

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
OAK   TD   TYRONE WHEATLEY 3 YD RUN (MICHAEL HUSTED KICK), 3:25. Drive: 6 plays, 31 yards in 3:08. Key plays: Gordon 7-yard interception return to Buffalo 31; Kaufman 11-yard run to Buffalo 14; Crockett 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 3. OAKLAND 7-0
BUF   TD   ANTOWAIN SMITH 52 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 5:44. Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 2:19. Key plays: Flutie 17-yard pass to Williams on 3rd-and-9 to Buffalo 48. OAKLAND 7, BUFFALO 7
OAK   FG   MICHAEL HUSTED 25 YD, 11:31. Drive: 12 plays, 64 yards in 5:47. Key plays: Gannon 25-yard pass to Brown to Buffalo 20; Kaufman 8-yard run to Buffalo 12; Gannon 9-yard pass to Ritchie on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 4. OAKLAND 10-7
2ND QUARTER
OAK   FG   MICHAEL HUSTED 32 YD, 4:46. Drive: 13 plays, 68 yards in 7:07. Key plays: Gannon 17-yard pass to Wheatley to Oakland 39; Crockett 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield; Gannon 11-yard pass to Ritchie to Buffalo 36; Wheatley 11-yard run to Buffalo 19. OAKLAND 13-7
3RD QUARTER
OAK   TD   TYRONE WHEATLEY 11 YD RUN (MICHAEL HUSTED KICK), 4:43. Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards in 4:43. Key plays: Gannon 14-yard pass to Brown to Buffalo 41; Gannon 11-yard pass to Jett to Buffalo 23; Gannon 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 11. OAKLAND 20-7
4TH QUARTER
BUF   TD   ERIC MOULDS 12 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 1:31. Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards in 2:19. Key plays: Flutie 29-yard pass to Williams on 4th-and-2 to Oakland 12. OAKLAND 20-14

TEAM STATISTICS
  OAK BUF
FIRST DOWNS
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
23
6-15
0-0
343
72
4.8
195
48
4.1
148
15-22
6.2
2-7
6-41.7
126
2-19
3-50
3-57
9-60
0-0
39:35
14
2-11
2-3
310
55
5.6
109
13
8.4
201
19-41
4.8
1-9
5-45.8
97
3-31
4-66
0-0
6-46
0-0
20:25

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Oakland (Michael Husted 32).
Oakland rushing
Tyrone Wheatley 25-97, Napoleon Kaufman 12-72, Rich Gannon 4-22, Zack Crockett 7-4.
Buffalo rushing
Antowain Smith 5-57, Jonathan Linton 5-29, Doug Flutie 3-23.
Oakland passing
Rich Gannon 15-22 for 155 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 19-41 for 210 yards, 3 INT, 1 TD.
Oakland receiving
James Jett 4-37, Tim Brown 3-47, Tyrone Wheatley 2-21, Jon Ritchie 2-20, Derrick Walker 2-17, Terry Mickens 1-12, Napoleon Kaufman 1-1.
Buffalo receiving
Jonathan Linton 5-20, Kevin Williams 4-63, Eric Moulds 3-54, Peerless Price 2-30, Jay Riemersma 2-26, Andre Reed 2-23, Robert Hicks 1-minus 6.
Oakland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Darrien Gordon 5-0-0, Greg Biekert 4-1-0, Lance Johnstone 3-0-0, Anthony Newman 3-0-0, Darrell Russell 3-0-1, Eric Turner 3-0-0, K.d. Williams 2-0-0, Marquis Walker 2-0-0, Richard Harvey 1-1-0, Charles Woodson 1-1-0, Eric Allen 1-0-0, James Harris 1-0-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Cowart 6-5-0, Phil Hansen 5-4-1, Ken Irvin 8-0-0, Bruce Smith 5-2-0, Ted Washington 6-0-0, Kurt Schulz 5-1-0, Gabe Northern 4-0-0, Pat Williams 3-0-0, Thomas Smith 3-0-0, Joe Cummings 3-0-0, Sam Rogers 2-1-0, Henry Jones 2-1-0, Marcellus Wiley 2-1-1, John Holecek 1-1-0, Emanuel Martin 1-0-0, Shawn Price 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Oakland (Darrien Gordon 1 for 7 yards, Eric Allen 1 for 31 yards, Eric Turner 1 for 19 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Johnny Grier, Umpire-Brian Balliet, Head linesman-Tom Stabile, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Field judge-Duke Carroll, Side judge-Dean Look, Back judge-Scott Green.
A: 71,113; T: 3:00.

 


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