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Box Score: San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bills

Posted: Sun October 4, 1998 at 6:50 p.m. EDT

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 21 21 BUFFALO 10 10 3 3 26 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 24 YD, 2:30. Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards in 2:30. Key plays: R Johnson 50-yard pass to Moulds to San Francisco 30; 18-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' McDonald to San Francisco 12. BUFFALO 3-0 BUF - TD, ANTOWAIN SMITH 6 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 13:33. Drive: 4 plays, 30 yards in 1:58. Key plays: T Smith recovery of Hearst fumble at San Francisco 30; R Johnson 15-yard pass to Williams to San Francisco 15; 5-yard defensive holding penalty on 49ers' Langham on 3rd-and-6 to San Francisco 6. BUFFALO 10-0 2ND QUARTER: BUF - TD, QUINN EARLY 5 YD PASS FROM ROB JOHNSON (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 0:32. Drive: 5 plays, 34 yards in 1:45. Key plays: Laud recovery of McQuarters fumbled kickoff at San Francisco 34 15-yard unneccesary roughness penalty on 49ers' McDonald to San Francisco 18. BUFFALO 17-0 BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 19 YD, 14:57. Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards in 2:22. Key plays: R Johnson 16-yard pass to Williams on 3rd-and-15 to Buffalo 47; R Johnson 7-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on 49ers' Schulters to San Francisco 41; 19-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers Langham to San Francisco 16. BUFFALO 20-0 3RD QUARTER: BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 38 YD, 12:09. Drive: 7 plays, 24 yards in 3:42. Key plays: Wiley 16-yard return of Young fumble to San Francisco 44; R Johnson 8-yard pass to L Johnson on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 29. BUFFALO 23-0 4TH QUARTER: SFO - TD, MARC EDWARDS 47 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (STEVE YOUNG PASS TO JERRY RICE FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 1:44. Drive: 2 plays, 80 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Young 33-yard pass to Rice to Buffalo 47. BUFFALO 23-8 BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 45 YD, 5:56. Drive: 9 plays, 48 yards in 4:12. Key plays: R Johnson 12-yard pass to Thomas on 3rd-and-10 to Buffalo 37; R Johnson 28-yard pass to Moulds to San Francisco 32. BUFFALO 26-8 SFO - TD, IRV SMITH 9 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 9:27. Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards in 3:31. Key plays: S Young 19-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-7 to Buffalo 43; S Young 13-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 23; 14-yard pass interference penalty on Bills' Jackson to Buffalo 9. BUFFALO 26-14 SFO - TD, JJ STOKES 21 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 13:57. Drive: 7 plays, 84 yards in 1:01. Key plays: S Young 15-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-14 to San Francisco 27 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Bills' Price to Buffalo 49; S Young 13-yard pass to Owens to Buffalo 21. BUFFALO 26-21 TEAM STATISTICS SFO BUF
FIRST DOWNS 23 21 Rushing 4 5 Passing 14 9 Penalty 5 7 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-13 4-14 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 377 352 Total plays 61 68 Average gain 6.2 5.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 65 115 Rushes 18 38 Average per rush 3.6 3.0 NET YARDS PASSING 312 237 Completed-attempted 23-38 19-27 Yards per pass 7.3 7.9 Sacked-yards lost 5-17 3-17 Had intercepted 1 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-44.6 5-39.4 RETURN YARDAGE 93 82 Punts-returns 2-11 5-33 Kickoffs-returns 6-82 1-22 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-27 PENALTIES-YARDS 22-178 12-106 FUMBLES-LOST 3-3 1-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:07 32:53 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: San Francisco (Wade Richey 48); Buffalo (Steve Christie 51). San Francisco rushing: Steve Young 5-34, Garrison Hearst 12-28, Chuck Levy 1-3. Buffalo rushing: Antowain Smith 22-47, Thurman Thomas 8-42, Rob Johnson 6-20, Sam Gash 1-3, Kevin Williams 1-3. San Francisco passing: Steve Young 23-38 for 329 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD. Buffalo passing: Rob Johnson 19-27 for 254 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. San Francisco receiving: Garrison Hearst 5-38, Terrell Owens 4-69, Jj Stokes 4-62, Irv Smith 4-49, Jerry Rice 3-54, Marc Edwards 2-50, Chuck Levy 1-7. Buffalo receiving: Quinn Early 8-57, Kevin Williams 4-87, Eric Moulds 3-86, Thurman Thomas 2-13, Lonnie Johnson 1-8, Jay Riemersma 1-3. San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ken Norton 6-2-0, Tim Mcdonald 6-1-0, Winfred Tubbs 6-0-0, Merton Hanks 5-1-0.5, Bryant Young 5-0-1, Antonio Langham 5-0-0, Lee Woodall 4-0-0, Darnell Walker 4-0-0, Junior Bryant 3-1-0, Chris Doleman 2-1-0.5, Roy Barker 1-2-1, R.w. Mcquarters 2-0-0, Lance Schulters 1-0-0, Zack Bronson 1-0-0, Brentson Buckner 0-1-0. Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Henry Jones 7-0-0, John Holecek 4-3-0, Marlo Perry 4-1-0, Ken Irvin 3-2-0, Bruce Smith 3-1-1, Ted Washington 3-1-0, Phil Hansen 3-0-2, Gabe Northern 3-0-1, Emanuel Martin 2-0-0, Thomas Smith 2-0-0, Sam Cowart 1-1-0, Sam Rogers 1-0-0, Kurt Schulz 1-0-0, Raymond Jackson 1-0-0, Shawn Price 1-0-0, Marcellus Wiley 1-0-1. Interceptions: Buffalo (Raymond Jackson 1 for 27 yards). Fumbles lost: San Francisco (Steve Young, Garrison Hearst, R.w. Mcquarters); Buffalo (Kevin Williams). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Buffalo (Kamil Loud, Thomas Smith, Marcellus Wiley). Officials: Referee-Dick Hantak, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head linesman-Dale Williams, Line judge-Byron Boston, Back judge-Richard Reels, Side judge-Gary Lane, Field judge-Lloyd Mcpeters. A: 76,615; T: 3:26.


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