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  FINAL
Buffalo 31, Arizona 21
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Buffalo 14 0 3 14 31
Arizona 0 14 0 7 21

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
BUF   TD   ERIC MOULDS 15 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 3:24. Drive: 6 plays, 67 yards in 3:24. Key plays: Flutie 24-yard pass to Riemersma on 3rd-and-4 to Arizona 37; Flutie 19-yard pass to Reed to Arizona 18; Flutie 3-for-3 for 58 yards. BUFFALO 7-0
BUF   TD   JONATHAN LINTON 6 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 13:57. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards in 5:34. Key plays: Flutie 10-run on 3rd-and-10 to Buffalo 30; Flutie 6-yard pass to Williams on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 43; Flutie 21-yard pass to Price to Arizona 36; Flutie 12-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-8 to Arizona 6; Flutie 6-for-9 for 64 yards. BUFFALO 14-0
2ND QUARTER
ARI   TD   MARIO BATES 1 YD RUN (CHRIS JACKE KICK), 5:29. Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 6:32. Key plays: Plummer 6-yard pass to Sanders on 3rd-and-5 to Arizona 31; Plummer 12-yard pass to Moore on 3rd-and-6 to Buffalo 42; 22-yard pass interference on Bills' Irvin on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 1; Murrell 4 carries 21 yards. BUFFALO 14-7
ARI   TD   MARIO BATES 2 YD RUN (CHRIS JACKE KICK), 13:45. Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards in 2:27. Key plays: Cody 26-yard punt return to Buffalo 46; Plummer 12-yard pass to Sanders to Buffalo 19; 16-yard pass interference on Bills' Buffield to Buffalo 3. BUFFALO 14, ARIZONA 14
3RD QUARTER
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 33 YD, 10:53. Drive: 15 plays, 60 yards in 9:16. Key plays: Linton 6-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 39; Linton 14-yard run to Arizona 36; Thomas 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 13; Linton 8 carries 43 yards. BUFFALO 17-14
4TH QUARTER
BUF   TD   JAY RIEMERSMA 4 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 11:59. Drive: 13 plays, 78 yards in 7:33. Key plays: Flutie 15-yard pass to Riemersma to Arizona 48; Flutie 9-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-6 to Arizona 35; Flutie 26-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-5 to Arizona 4; Flutie 5-for-5 for 59 yards. BUFFALO 24-14
ARI   TD   ROB MOORE 26 YD PASS FROM JAKE PLUMMER (CHRIS JACKE KICK), 13:11. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards in 1:12. Key plays: Plummer 13-yard pass to Boston on 3rd-and-10 to Arizona 48; Plummer 26-yard pass to Sanders to Arizona 26; Plummer 3-for-6 for 65 yards. BUFFALO 24-21
BUF   TD   HENRY JONES 37 YD KICKOFF RETURN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 13:16. BUFFALO 31-21

TEAM STATISTICS
  BUF ARI
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
25
12-17
0-1
376
75
5.0
159
41
3.9
217
21-32
6.4
2-22
3-37.3
107
2-18
4-89
1-0
4-58
0-0
39:30
14
4-10
0-1
178
52
3.4
70
21
3.3
108
11-29
3.5
2-11
6-42.3
203
2-45
6-129
2-29
5-20
0-0
20:30

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Buffalo rushing
Jonathan Linton 21-81, Thurman Thomas 13-53, Doug Flutie 7-25.
Arizona rushing
Adrian Murrell 12-47, Mario Bates 8-24, Jake Plummer 1-minus 1.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 21-32 for 239 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
Arizona passing
Jake Plummer 11-29 for 119 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Buffalo receiving
Eric Moulds 6-73, Jay Riemersma 5-62, Andre Reed 3-42, Peerless Price 3-34, Kevin Williams 2-19, Sam Gash 1-7, Thurman Thomas 1-2.
Arizona receiving
Frank Sanders 5-57, Rob Moore 2-38, Terry Hardy 2-6, David Boston 1-13, Adrian Murrell 1-5.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Cowart 4-4-0, Phil Hansen 3-2-1, John Holecek 2-3-0, Thomas Smith 4-0-0, Ted Washington 3-0-0, Sam Rogers 2-1-0, Kurt Schulz 2-1-0, Marcellus Wiley 2-1-1, Antoine Winfield 2-0-0, Daryl Porter 1-0-0, Bruce Smith 1-0-0, Ken Irvin 1-0-0, Donovan Greer 1-0-0, Gabe Northern 1-0-0, Pat Williams 1-0-0, Henry Jones 0-1-0.
Arizona tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ronald Mckinnon 8-7-0, Rob Fredrickson 8-2-0, Tom Knight 7-2-0, Kwamie Lassiter 5-2-0, Thomas Burke 5-2-0, Jerry Drake 4-3-0, Rashod Swinger 2-5-0, Tommy Bennett 3-3-0, Mark Maddox 5-0-0, Aeneas Williams 4-0-0, Simeon Rice 2-1-1, Coby Rhinehart 2-0-0, Corey Chavous 1-0-0, Patrick Sapp 1-0-1.
Interceptions
Buffalo (Donovan Greer 1 for 0 yards); Arizona (Tom Knight 1 for 16 yards, Tommy Bennett 1 for 13 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: 64,337; T: 2:58.

 


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