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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE GAME SUMMARY NFL (C) Copyright 1997 by The National Football League. All rights reserved. This summary and play-by-play is for the express purpose of assisting media in their coverage of the game; any other use of this material is prohibited without the written permission of the National Football League. DATE: 09/07/97 Day of Week: Sunday Starting Time: 1:01 PM EST VISITOR: Buffalo Bills VS HOME: New York Jets AT Meadowlands, East Rutherford, NJ Played outdoors on turf: ARTIFICIAL Game Weather: Sunny/Clear Temp: 79 Humidity: 76 Wind: W 7 mph OFFICIALS Referee: Johnny Grier (23) Umpire: Jim Quirk (5) Line Judge: Mark Steinkerchner(84 Side Judge: Dean Look (49) Head Linesman: John Schleyer (21) Back Judge: Duke Carroll (11) Replay Official: Tony Veteri (25) Field Judge: Bob Waggoner (25) LINEUPS Buffalo Bills New York Jets OFFENSE DEFENSE OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 88 .Early LE 90 P.Hansen WR 19 K.Johnson LE 95 R.Lyle TE 85 .Riemersma NT 92 T.Washington LT 76 J.Elliott NT 98 R.Dixon LT 70 . Fina RE 78 B.Smith LG 66 L.Palelei RE 99 H.Douglas LG 79 . Brown LOLB 95 B.Paup C 62 R.Duffy LOLB 57 M.Lewis C 60 .Ostroski LILB 54 C.Spielman RG 70 M.O'Dwyer LILB 52 P.Johnson RG 68 , Lacina RILB 57 D.Covington RT 73 D.Williams RILB 55 M.Jones RT 72 , Louchiey ROLB 59 S.Rogers TE 84 F Baxter ROLB 58 J.Farrior TE 84 .Johnson LCB 22 J.Burris WR 81 J Graham LCB 31 A.Glenn WR 83 .Reed RCB 28 T.Smith QB 14 N O'Donnell RCB 45 O.Smith QB 15 .Collins SS 20 H.Jones RB 32 L Johnson SS 21 V.Green RB 34 , Thomas FS 24 K.Schulz FB 20 R.Anderson FS 42 M.Coleman - SUBSTITUTIONS SUBSTITUTIONS K 2 S.Christie,P 9 C.Mohr,CB 21 E.Martin,RB 23 K 9 J.Hall,P 11 B.Hansen,FB 22 L.Neal,CB 24 A.Smith,CB 27 K.Irvin,DB 31 R.Jackson,RB 33 R.Mickens,CB 26 J.Henderson,RB 29 A.Murrell,S T.Tindale,RB 44 D.Holmes,CB 46 M.Kerner,LB 52 30 C.Hayes,CB 36 R.Austin,S 44 C.Brown,LB 53 J.Holecek,LB 58 M.Perry,C 63 B.Conaty,DE 75 C.Cascadden,LB 54 D.Gordon,C 60 C.Wiegmann,C M.Wiley,OL 76 E.Albright,DE 77 J.Jeffcoat,WR 65 J.Hudson,G 69 W.Roberts,WR 80 W.Chrebet,TE 80 E.Moulds,TE 87 R.Coons,WR 89 S.Tasker,DE 94 85 J.Burke,TE 88 K.Brady,WR 89 D.Ward,DE 92 M.Pike,DE 98 S.Moran,DE 99 G.Northern B.Hamilton,DT 93 E.Logan,DT 94 R.Terry DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY QB 8 B.J.Hobert,OT 74 J.Nails QB 4 G.Foley,T 77 J.Hagood NOT ACTIVE NOT ACTIVE QB 10 A.Van Pelt,DB 40 E.Smedley,C 61 QB 7 C.Clements,FB 27 J.Sowell,LB 51 M.Finkes, D.Zeigler,OT 69 M.Spriggs,TE 86 T.Cline,DE 91 G 63 L.Burns,DT 72 J.Ferguson,T 75 S.Malamala, S.Price,DT 93 P.Williams,LB 96 D.Brandenburg DE 78 T.Day,WR 86 A.VanDyke FIELD GOALS (made( ) & missed) J.Hall 39WR (2^6) (1£) (5£) 1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL VISITOR Buffalo Bills 0 14 7 7 28 HOME New York Jets 3 10 6 3 22 Team Qtr Clock SCORING PLAY — SCORE — Time Visitor Home JETS 3:59 J.Hall 26 yd. Field Goal (4—1,1:18) 0 3 JETS 14:15 D.Ward 19 yd. pass from N.O'Donnell (J.Hall,kick)(6-50,2 43) 0 10 BILLS 8:58 T.Thomas 2 yd. run (S.Christie,kick)(10-80,5:17) 7 10 BILLS 5:57 A.Reed 10 yd. pass from T.Collins (S.Christie,kick)(4-21,2:10) 14 10 JETS 00 J.Hall 19 yd. Field Goal (10-36,1:51) 14 13 BILLS 49 Q.Early 37 yd. pass from T.Collins (S.Christie,kick)(2-40,0:34) 21 13 JETS 32 A.Glenn 96 yd. kickoff return (Two-Pt Attempt Failed) 21 19 JETS 52 J.Hall 52 yd. Field Goal (4—8,2:10) 21 22 BILLS 6:58 J.Riemersma 10 yd. pass from T.Collins (S.Christie,kick)(7-80,2:54) 28 22 Attendance: 72,988 (Tickets Distributed: 77,716; Unused: 4,728) Time: 3:05 SijjerStat (tin). Version 1.28, SuperStat, Inc, 612-943-8400 Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets 09/07/97 at Meadowlands FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Buffalo Bills New York Jets RUSHING ATT YDS AV6 LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD A.Smith 14 47 3.4 14 0 A.Murrell 14 27 1.9 6 0 T.Thomas 12 18 1.5 7 1 L.Johnson 4 11 2.8 5 0 T.Collins 6 11 1.8 6 0 N.O'Donnell 2 1 0.5 1 0 C.Mohr 1 -9 -9.0 -9 0 R.Anderson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 33 67 2.0 14 Total 21 39 1.9 PASSING ATT CMP YDS TKD/YD TD LG IN PASSING ATT CMP YDS TKD/YD TD LG IN T.Collins 22 15 210 2/17 3 45 2 N.O'Donnell 37 16 218 8/55 1 39 2 Total 22 15 210 2/17 3 45 2 Total 37 16 218 8/55 1 39 PASS RECEIVING NO YARDS LONGESST TD PASS RECEIVING NO YARDS LONGEST TD A.Reed 5 39 15 1 K.Johnson 3 86 39 T.Tindale 4 105 45 0 D.Ward 3 51 27 J.Riemersma 2 19 10 1 W.Chrebet 3 39 21 1 37 37 1 R.Anderson 3 18 7 Q.Early 1 8 8 0 L.Johnson 2 14 L.Johnson 9 1 8 8 0 K.Brady 1 9 9 E.Moulds 1 -6 -6 0 F.Baxter 1 1 1 A.Smith Total 15 210 45 Total 16 218 39 INTERCEPTIONS NO YARDS LONGEST TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YARDS LONGEST TD J.Burris 9 M.Coleman 1 24 24 0 C.Spielman 8 R.Mickens 10 0 0 Total 17 Total 24 24 PUNTING NO YDS AVG TB IN2 0 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG TB IN20 LG C.Mohr 5 251 50.2 1 1 55 B.Hansen 5 241 48.2 1 0 58 Total 5 251 50.2 1 55 Total 5 241 48.2 0 58 PUNT RETURNS NO FC YARDS LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO FC YARDS LG TD S.Tasker 4 0 69 47 0 D.Ward 3 1 25 10 0 [TOUCHBACK] 10 0 0 0 [TOUCHBACK] 10 0 0 0 Returns 4 69 47 0 Returns 3 25 10 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO FC YARDS LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO FC YARDS LG TD E.Moulds 10 34 34 0 A.Glenn 3 0 140 96 1 [TOUCHBACK] 4 0 0 0 0 D.Ward 1 0 11 11 0 [TOUCHBACK] 1 0 0 0 0 Returns 34 34 0 Returns 151 96 Buffalo Bills FUMBLES FUM OWN-REC YDS TD FORCED OPP-REC YDS TD OUT-BDS T.Collins C.Mohr Total New York Jets FUMBLES FUM OWN-REC YDS TD FORCED OPP-REC YDS TD OUT-BDS H.Douglas 0 0 0 0 0 M.Lewis 0 1 26 -7 0 0 0 R.Duffy 0 0 0 N.O'Donnell 0 Total -7 26 0 Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets 09/07/97 at Meadowlands FINAL TEAM STATISTICS VISITOR HOME BILLS JETS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 15 12 By Rushing 4 3 By Passing 9 7 By Penalty 2 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-11-18% 8-18-44% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-2-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 260 202 Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) 57 66 Average gain per offensive play 4.6 3.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 67 39 Total Rushing Plays 33 21 Average gain per rushing play 2.0 1.9 NET YARDS PASSING 193 163 Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass 2-17 8-55 Gross yards passing 210 218 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 22-15-2 37-16-2 Average gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) 8.0 3.6 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-2-1 5-4-4 PUNTS Number and Average 5-50.2 5-48.2 Had Blocked 0 0 FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 86 49 No. and Yards Punt Returns 4-69 3-25 No. and Yards Kickoff Returns 1-34 4-151 No. and Yards Interception Returns 2-17 2-24 PENALTIES Number and Yards 8-82 4-41 FUMBLES Number and Lost 2-1 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 4 2 Rushing 1 0 Passing 3 1 Kickoff Returns 0 1 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 4-4 1-2 Kicking Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Rushing Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1 FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 0-0 3-4 SAFETIES 0 0 FINAL SCORE 28 22 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:34 29:26 INhW 1U1\K .J^lo v »> . tiul'l AIAI 1J I 1.L.O Sunday, September 7, 1997 Giarts Stadium, Last Rutherford, N.J.