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Box Score: Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

Posted: Sun November 8, 1998 at 11:33 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

BUFFALO 3 6 3 0 12 NY JETS 7 6 7 14 34 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 40 YD, 10:32. Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards in 5:42. Key plays: A Smith 9-yard run to Buffalo 44; Flutie 8-yard pass to Gash to New York 43; Flutie 9-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-6 to New York 26. BUFFALO 3-0 NYJ - TD, KEYSHAWN JOHNSON 25 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 14:15. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Testaverde 16-yard pass to K Johnson on 3rd-and-10 to New York 44; Testaverde 22-yard pass to Chrebet to Buffalo 34; Testaverde 8-yard pass to Brady to Buffalo 25; Testaverde 4-for-5 for 71 yards. NY JETS 7-3 2ND QUARTER: BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 37 YD, 1:55. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 2:40. Key plays: K Williams 29-yard kickoff return to Buffalo 36; Flutie 25-yard pass to Moulds to New York 39; Flutie 17-yard pass to Reed to New York 22. NY JETS 7-6 BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 44 YD, 10:09. Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Martin recovery of Sowell fumble at New York 49; A Smith 9-yard run to New York 40; A Smith 8-yard run to New York 32. BUFFALO 9-7 NYJ - FG, JOHN HALL 49 YD, 14:33. Drive: 11 plays, 45 yards in 4:24. Key plays: Testaverde 16-yard pass to K Johnson to New York 40; Testaverde 16-yard pass to K Johnson on 3rd-and-9 to Buffalo 43; Martin 8-yard run to Buffalo 35; Martin 3-yard run on 3rd- and-2 to Buffalo 32. NY JETS 10-9 NYJ - FG, JOHN HALL 43 YD, 15:00. Drive: 2 plays, 30 yards in 0:12. Key plays: Smith 2-yard interception return to New York 45; Testaverde 25-yard pass to Ward to Buffalo 30; 5-yard offsides penalty on Bills' Wiley to Buffalo 25. NY JETS 13-9 3RD QUARTER: NYJ - TD, DEDRIC WARD 36 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 4:08. Drive: 2 plays, 38 yards in 0:40. Key plays: Ward 13-yard punt return to Buffalo 38. NY JETS 20-9 BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 21 YD, 9:30. Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards in 5:22. Key plays: Flutie 16-yard pass to K Williams to Buffalo 49; Flutie 36-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-18 to New York 23; 12-yard pass interference penalty on Jets' Glenn to New York 9; Flutie 4-for-7 for 70 yards on drive. NY JETS 20-12 4TH QUARTER: NYJ - TD, WAYNE CHREBET 12 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 1:20. Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards in 6:50. Key plays: Testaverde 12-yard pass to Martin to Buffalo 39; Testaverde 7-yard pass to K Johnson on 4th-and-6 to Buffalo 28; Testaverde 16-yard pass to Chrebet on 3rd-and-10 to Buffalo 12; Testaverde 6-for-7 for 63 yards on drive. NY JETS 27-12 NYJ - TD, CURTIS MARTIN 6 YD RUN (JOHN HALL KICK), 8:22. Drive: 10 plays, 46 yards in 5:58. Key plays: Mickens interception at Buffalo 46; Testaverde 18-yard run on 3rd-and-6 to Buffalo 24; 15-yard roughing the kicker penalty on T Smith on 4th-and-17 for first down to Buffalo 16; Martin 3-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 6. NY JETS 34-12 TEAM STATISTICS BUF NYJ
FIRST DOWNS 11 23 Rushing 2 8 Passing 7 14 Penalty 2 1 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-12 10-16 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-2 TOTAL NET YARDS 182 398 Total plays 50 70 Average gain 3.6 5.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 48 121 Rushes 18 37 Average per rush 2.7 3.3 NET YARDS PASSING 134 277 Completed-attempted 12-30 23-32 Yards per pass 4.2 8.4 Sacked-yards lost 2-20 1-8 Had intercepted 2 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-37.0 2-33.5 RETURN YARDAGE 133 136 Punts-returns 0-0 2-33 Kickoffs-returns 5-133 5-101 Interceptions-returns 1-0 2-2 PENALTIES-YARDS 5-45 4-32 FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 2-2 TIME OF POSSESSION 23:08 36:52 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: None. Buffalo rushing: Antowain Smith 9-37, Thurman Thomas 6-9, Doug Flutie 3-2. NY Jets rushing: Curtis Martin 21-54, Jerald Sowell 14-48, Vinny Testaverde 2-19. Buffalo passing: Doug Flutie 12-30 for 154 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD. NY Jets passing: Vinny Testaverde 22-31 for 258 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD, Ray Lucas 1-1 for 27 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. Buffalo receiving: Eric Moulds 3-70, Andre Reed 2-28, Kevin Williams 2-17, Thurman Thomas 2-5, Quinn Early 1-20, Sam Gash 1-8, Jay Riemersma 1-6. NY Jets receiving: Keyshawn Johnson 7-95, Curtis Martin 5-17, Wayne Chrebet 4-58, Dedric Ward 2-61, Kyle Brady 2-35, Jerald Sowell 2-14, Keith Byars 1-5. Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): John Holecek 7-6-0, Sam Cowart 8-2-0, Sam Rogers 7-2-0, Phil Hansen 5-4-0, Marlo Perry 6-1-0, Henry Jones 2-4-0, Emanuel Martin 2-4-0, Ken Irvin 4-1-0, Ted Washington 4-0-0, Bruce Smith 3-1-1, Eric Smedley 1-3-0, Shawn Price 3-0-0, Marcellus Wiley 2-1-0, Gabe Northern 0-2-0, Donovan Greer 1-0-0, Thomas Smith 0-1-0. NY Jets tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ernie Logan 6-0-0, Bryan Cox 3-3-1, Mo Lewis 2-2-1, Pepper Johnson 0-4-0, Aaron Glenn 3-0-0, Otis Smith 3-0-0, Victor Green 3-0-0, Jason Ferguson 2-1-0, Rick Lyle 2-0-0, James Farrior 2-0-0, Ray Mickens 1-0-0, Marcus Coleman 1-0-0, Bobby Hamilton 1-0-0, Jerome Henderson 1-0-0, Anthony Pleasant 0-1-0. Interceptions: Buffalo (Sam Cowart 1 for 0 yards); NY Jets (Otis Smith 1 for 2 yards, Ray Mickens 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: NY Jets (Jerald Sowell 2). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Buffalo (Emanuel Martin, Donovan Greer). Officials: Referee-Bernie Kukar, Umpire-Brian Balliet, Head linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Darryll Lewis, Back judge-Bill Leavy, Side judge-Howard Slavin, Field judge-Tom Sifferman. A: 75,403; T: 2:49.


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