FINAL
Indianapolis 44, Buffalo 20
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Buffalo 3 3 6 8 20
Indianapolis 3 6 14 21 44

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 29 YD, 8:05. Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards in 5:38. Key plays: Bryson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 32; Johnson 38-yard pass to Price to Indianapolis 30; Johnson 12-yard run on 3rd-and-9 to Indianapolis 17. BUFFALO 3-0
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 37 YD, 12:32. Drive: 9 plays, 46 yards in 4:27. Key plays: Manning 14-yard pass to Pathon to Indianapolis 48; Manning 14-yard pass to Pathon on 3rd-and-8 to Buffalo 36; Manning 13-yard pass to Harrison to Buffalo 23. BUFFALO 3, INDIANAPOLIS 3
2ND QUARTER
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 23 YD, 2:43. Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards in 2:55. Key plays: 36-yard pass interference penalty on Bills' Irvin to Buffalo 25; James 9-yard run to Buffalo 16; James 9-yard run to Buffalo 7. INDIANAPOLIS 6-3
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 46 YD, 8:28. Drive: 10 plays, 42 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Johnson 21-yard pass to Price on 3rd-and-21 to Buffalo 40; Bryson 14-yard run to Indianapolis 46; 22-yard pass interference penalty on Colts' Macklin on 3rd-and-9 to Indianapolis 23. BUFFALO 6, INDIANAPOLIS 6
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 39 YD, 15:00. Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards in 1:44. Key plays: Manning 9-yard pass to Wilkins on 3rd-and-6 to Buffalo 43; Manning 13-yard pass to James to Buffalo 21. INDIANAPOLIS 9-6
3RD QUARTER
IND   TD   EDGERRIN JAMES 1 YD RUN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 4:08. Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards in 2:03. Key plays: Hill 5-yard blocked punt return to Buffalo 25; James 12-yard run to Buffalo 13; James 9-yard run to Buffalo 4. INDIANAPOLIS 16-6
IND   TD   BERNARD HOLSEY 48 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 11:02. Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards in 0:00. INDIANAPOLIS 23-6
BUF   TD   SAMMY MORRIS 1 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 14:25. Drive: 6 plays, 74 yards in 3:23. Key plays: Johnson 20-yard pass to McDaniel on 3rd-and-10 to Buffalo 46; Johnson 34-yard pass to Moulds to Indianapolis 20; Johnson 19-yard pass to Bryson to Indianapolis 1. INDIANAPOLIS 23-12
4TH QUARTER
IND   TD   EDGERRIN JAMES 1 YD RUN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 4:45. Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards in 5:20. Key plays: Manning 9-yard pass to Pollard to Buffalo 43; Manning 28-yard pass to Wilkins on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 1. INDIANAPOLIS 30-12
IND   TD   MUSTAFAH MUHAMMAD 40 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 5:09. INDIANAPOLIS 37-12
BUF   TD   PEERLESS PRICE 29 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (SHAWN BRYSON RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 8:36. Drive: 10 plays, 67 yards in 3:27. Key plays: Flutie 24-yard pass to Bryson to Indianapolis 43; Flutie 13-yard pass to Moulds on 4th-and-7 to Indianapolis 27; Flutie 10-yard pass to Bryson to Indianapolis 32. INDIANAPOLIS 37-20
IND   TD   EDGERRIN JAMES 13 YD RUN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 10:49. Drive: 1 play, 13 yards in 0:07. Key plays: Wilkins 30-yard punt return plus 13-yard facemask penalty on Bills' Hill to Buffalo 13. INDIANAPOLIS 44-20

TEAM STATISTICS
  BUF IND
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
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
16
6
5-17
2-2
294
65
4.5
66
22
3.0
228
18-34
5.3
9-42
6-33.5
152
1-12
6-140
0-0
10-106
1-1
31:52
20
10
5-12
0-0
237
58
4.1
121
32
3.8
116
13-24
4.5
2-16
5-44.4
159
4-39
4-80
2-40
7-67
2-0
28:08

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Buffalo rushing
Shawn Bryson 15-45, Rob Johnson 2-14, Sammy Morris 5-7.
Indianapolis rushing
Edgerrin James 27-111, Lennox Gordon 2-12, Terrence Wilkins 1-0, Peyton Manning 2-minus 2.
Buffalo passing
Rob Johnson 12-22 for 188 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD, Doug Flutie 6-12 for 82 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Indianapolis passing
Peyton Manning 13-24 for 132 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Buffalo receiving
Shawn Bryson 6-75, Peerless Price 4-93, Sammy Morris 4-27, Eric Moulds 2-47, Jeremy Mcdaniel 2-28.
Indianapolis receiving
Jerome Pathon 3-31, Edgerrin James 3-21, Terrence Wilkins 2-37, Marvin Harrison 2-27, Marcus Pollard 1-9, Ken Dilger 1-7, Jim Finn 1-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Pat Williams 5-2-0, Chris Watson 6-0-0, Jay Foreman 4-2-0, Keith Newman 3-2-1, Ken Irvin 4-0-0, Kenyatta Wright 3-1-0, Henry Jones 2-2-0, Daryl Porter 3-0-0, Travares Tillman 3-0-0, Corey Moore 3-0-0, Marcellus Wiley 2-1-0, John Holecek 1-2-0, Shawn Price 1-0-1, Phil Hansen 1-0-0, Ted Washington 0-1-0.
Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Jason Belser 7-0-1, Bernard Holsey 5-2-0, Brad Scioli 5-1-2, Mike Peterson 2-4-0, Mustafah Muhammad 5-0-0, Jeff Burris 4-1-1, Cornelius Bennett 4-0-2, Tony Blevins 3-0-0, Chad Cota 3-0-0, David Macklin 2-0-0, Larry Chester 2-0-1, Chad Bratzke 2-0-1, Mark Thomas 1-1-1, Bernard Whittington 1-1-0, Ellis Johnson 1-0-0, Marcus Washington 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Indianapolis (Mustafah Muhammad 1 for 40 yards, Jeff Burris 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Buffalo (Rob Johnson).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Indianapolis (Bernard Holsey).
Officials
Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Bruce Maurer, Field judge-Steve Zimmer, Side judge-Larry Rose, Back judge-Richard Reels.
A: 56,671; T: 3:22.

 


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