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Box Score: Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts

Posted: Sun October 11, 1998 at 6:39 p.m. EDT

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

BUFFALO 0 7 7 17 31 INDIANAPOLIS 6 6 0 12 24 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: IND - FG, MIKE VANDERJAGT 22 YD, 4:20. Drive: 5 plays, 47 yards in 2:30. Key plays: Faulk 40-yard run to Buffalo 12. INDIANAPOLIS 3-0 IND - FG, MIKE VANDERJAGT 33 YD, 13:04. Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 3:23. Key plays: Manning 21-yard pass to Dilger to Buffalo 36; 14-yard pass interference penalty on Bills' Irvin on 3rd-and-6 to Buffalo 18; Manning 7-yard pass to Harrison to Buffalo 15. INDIANAPOLIS 6-0 2ND QUARTER: IND - FG, MIKE VANDERJAGT 43 YD, 6:43. Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards in 4:29. Key plays: 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Bills' B. Smith to Buffalo 49; Manning 17-yard pass to Harrison on 3rd-and-9 to Buffalo 31. INDIANAPOLIS 9-0 BUF - TD, JAY RIEMERSMA 7 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 12:02. Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards in 5:19. Key plays: Flutie 7-yard pass to Reed to Indianapolis 46; Flutie 16-yard pass to Thomas to Indianapolis 30; Flutie 24-yard pass to Reed to Indianapolis 6. INDIANAPOLIS 9-7 IND - FG, MIKE VANDERJAGT 41 YD, 14:05. Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards in 2:03. Key plays: Manning 26-yard pass to Faulk to Indianapolis 47; Manning 11-yard pass to Faulk to Buffalo 40; Faulk 13-yard run to Buffalo 27. INDIANAPOLIS 12-7 3RD QUARTER: BUF - TD, KEVIN WILLIAMS 6 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 10:54. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards in 5:45. Key plays: Flutie 20-yard pass to Gash on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis 32; Flutie 4-yard pass to K Williams on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis 11. BUFFALO 14-12 4TH QUARTER: BUF - TD, ANTOWAIN SMITH 4 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 0:47. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards in 3:41. Key plays: Flutie 20-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis 30; Flutie 15-yard pass to Reed to Indianapolis 16; Flutie 12-yard run to Indianapolis 4. BUFFALO 21-12 BUF - TD, ANTOWAIN SMITH 1 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 3:56. Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards in 2:13. Key plays: Washington interception at Indianapolis 25; A Smith 13-yard run to Indianapolis 8. BUFFALO 28-12 BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 39 YD, 9:40. Drive: 6 plays, 42 yards in 3:43. Key plays: A Smith 30-yard run to Indianapolis 30; A Smith 5 carries 42 yards. BUFFALO 31-12 IND - TD, TORRANCE SMALL 3 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 12:41. Drive: 14 plays, 83 yards in 3:01. Key plays: Manning 20-yard pass to Small to Indianapolis 37; Manning 6-yard pass to Small on 4th-and-2 to Buffalo 32; Manning 19-yard pass to Small to Buffalo 6. BUFFALO 31-18 IND - TD, MARVIN HARRISON 25 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 14:54. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in 0:49. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-10 to Buffalo 47; Manning 12-yard pass to Harrison to Buffalo 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Pathon to Buffalo 25. BUFFALO 31-24 TEAM STATISTICS BUF IND
FIRST DOWNS 24 21 Rushing 7 4 Passing 16 13 Penalty 1 4 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-13 3-12 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 381 341 Total plays 69 63 Average gain 5.5 5.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 176 106 Rushes 40 22 Average per rush 4.4 4.8 NET YARDS PASSING 205 235 Completed-attempted 23-28 20-41 Yards per pass 7.1 5.7 Sacked-yards lost 1-8 0-0 Had intercepted 0 2 PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-33.3 3-38.3 RETURN YARDAGE 98 111 Punts-returns 2-2 1-7 Kickoffs-returns 6-96 5-104 Interceptions-returns 2-0 0-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 9-77 4-18 FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 0-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:41 23:19 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Buffalo (Steve Christie 53). Buffalo rushing: Antowain Smith 31-130, Doug Flutie 3-23, Thurman Thomas 6-23. Indianapolis rushing: Marshall Faulk 18-93, Craig Heyward 3-11, Lamont Warren 1-2. Buffalo passing: Doug Flutie 23-28 for 213 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD. Indianapolis passing: Peyton Manning 20-41 for 235 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD. Buffalo receiving: Andre Reed 5-76, Sam Gash 5-45, Thurman Thomas 5-32, Kevin Williams 3-21, Lonnie Johnson 2-6, Eric Moulds 1-16, Quinn Early 1-10, Jay Riemersma 1-7. Indianapolis receiving: Marshall Faulk 6-80, Marvin Harrison 4-61, Torrance Small 4-48, Ken Dilger 2-23, Jerome Pathon 2-19, Lamont Warren 2-4. Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Henry Jones 7-2-0, Phil Hansen 5-2-0, Sam Rogers 5-0-0, John Holecek 4-0-0, Emanuel Martin 3-1-0, Marlo Perry 3-0-0, Ken Irvin 3-0-0, Kurt Schulz 2-1-0, Thomas Smith 2-1-0, Bruce Smith 2-0-0, Sam Cowart 1-1-0, Gabe Northern 1-0-0, Pat Williams 1-0-0, Ted Washington 0-1-0. Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Robert Blackmon 8-3-0, Elijah Alexander 6-4-0, Jeff Herrod 8-1-0, Jason Belser 6-2-0, Tyrone Poole 6-1-0, Bernard Whittington 6-1-0, Jeff Burris 4-1-0, Bert Berry 4-1-0, Ellis Johnson 3-0-0, Tony Mccoy 1-2-0, Monty Montgomery 2-0-0, Steve Morrison 0-2-0, Larry Chester 1-0-1, Tim Hauck 1-0-0, Steve Martin 1-0-0, Van Tuinei 0-1-0. Interceptions: Buffalo (Kurt Schulz 1 for 0 yards, Ted Washington 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: None. Opponent's fumbles recovered: None. Officials: Referee-Jerry Markbreit, Umpire-Ed Fifflick, Head linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Back judge-Don Hakes, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Field judge-Bob Mcgrath. A: 52,938; T: 3:24.


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