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Box Score: Buffalo Bills at New Orleans Saints
Posted: Sun December 27, 1998 at 5:31 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
BUFFALO 21 7 3 14 45
NEW ORLEANS 0 14 7 12 33 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - TD, ANTOWAIN SMITH 1 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK),
0:35. Drive: 1 play, 1 yard in 0:05. Key plays:
B Smith 18-yard fumble return to New Orleans 1.
BUFFALO 7-0
BUF - TD, ERIC MOULDS 66 YD PASS FROM ROB JOHNSON (STEVE
CHRISTIE KICK), 2:54. Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards
in 0:49. BUFFALO 14-0
BUF - TD, ROB JOHNSON 12 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK),
8:47. Drive: 4 plays, 49 yards in 1:25. Key
plays: Schulz 1-yard interception return to New
Orleans 49; R Johnson 13-yard pass to Riemersma
to New Orleans 36; R Johnson 24-yard pass to
Moulds to New Orleans 12. BUFFALO 21-0
2ND QUARTER: BUF - TD, SAM GASH 1 YD PASS FROM ROB JOHNSON (STEVE
CHRISTIE KICK), 2:45. Drive: 9 plays, 81 yards
in 4:27. Key plays: 15-yard roughing-the-passer
penalty on Saints' Warner to Buffalo 34; R
Johnson 11-yard pass to Riemersma on 3rd-and-7
to Buffalo 48; R Johnson 6-yard run on
3rd-and-3 to New Orleans 39 Johnson 37-yard
pass to Early to New Orleans 2. BUFFALO 28-0
NOR - TD, TROY DAVIS 1 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 8:31.
Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards in 5:46. Key plays:
Tolliver 15-yard pass to Cleeland to New
Orleans 46; Tolliver 16-yard run on 3rd-and-10
to Buffalo 38; Tolliver 9-yard pass to Hastings
on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 21; Perry 19-yard run
to Buffalo 2. BUFFALO 28-7
NOR - TD, CAMERON CLEELAND 5 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE
TOLLIVER (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 13:04. Drive: 5
plays, 56 yards in 2:25. Key plays: Tolliver
8-yard pass to Hastings plus 15-yard
roughing-the- passer penalty on Bills' Wiley to
Buffalo 33; Tolliver 20-yard pass to Guliford
to Buffalo 13; Tolliver 5-yard run to Buffalo
5. BUFFALO 28-14
3RD QUARTER: BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 35 YD, 7:42. Drive: 13 plays, 45
yards in 7:42. Key plays: A Smith 15-yard run
to New Orleans 48; A Smith 12-yard run to New
Orleans 32; Linton 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to
New Orleans 21; R Johnson 10-yard pass to Reed
on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 8. BUFFALO 31-14
NOR - TD, BRETT BECH 10 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER
(DOUG BRIEN KICK), 14:00. Drive: 11 plays, 72
yards in 6:18. Key plays: Tolliver 17-yard pass
to Cleeland to midfield; Tolliver 10-yard pass
to Wilcox to Buffalo 40; Perry 6-yard run plus
15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Bills'
Jones to Buffalo 18; Craver 5-yard run to
Buffalo 13. BUFFALO 31-21
4TH QUARTER: BUF - TD, LONNIE JOHNSON 23 YD PASS FROM ROB JOHNSON
(STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 0:05. Drive: 3 plays, 33
yards in 1:05. Key plays: Cummings 21-yard
kickoff return to New Orleans 33. BUFFALO 38-21
BUF - TD, JONATHAN LINTON 8 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK),
8:21. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 4:35. Key
plays: Martin 23-yard interception return plus
5-yard facemask penalty on Saints' Poole to New
Orleans 35; Linton 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to
New Orleans 24; R. Johnson 12-yard pass to
Williams to New Orleans 11. BUFFALO 45-21
NOR - TD, AARON CRAVER 1 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION
FAILED), 13:03. Drive: 17 plays, 67 yards in
4:42. Key plays: Tolliver 8-yard pass to
Cleeland on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans 45;
Tolliver 13-yard pass to Cleeland on 3rd-and-10
to Buffalo 42; Tolliver 18-yard pass to Bech to
Buffalo 31; Tolliver 11- yard pass Cleeland on
3rd-and-10 to Buffalo 20. BUFFALO 45-27
NOR - TD, BRETT BECH 72 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER
(TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 13:16. Drive: 1
play, 72 yards in 0:10. Key plays: Kelly
recovery of Smedley fumble at New Orleans 28.
BUFFALO 45-33
TEAM STATISTICS
BUF NOR
FIRST DOWNS 21 26
Rushing 10 6
Passing 10 16
Penalty 1 4
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-12 10-18
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-2
TOTAL NET YARDS 308 366
Total plays 56 76
Average gain 5.5 4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 130 75
Rushes 33 19
Average per rush 3.9 3.9
NET YARDS PASSING 178 291
Completed-attempted 12-18 26-53
Yards per pass 7.7 5.1
Sacked-yards lost 5-38 4-28
Had intercepted 0 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 3-39.3 4-50.3
RETURN YARDAGE 107 160
Punts-returns 3-25 2-8
Kickoffs-returns 2-58 6-152
Interceptions-returns 2-24 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 10-77 6-45
FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 2-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:36 30:24
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Buffalo rushing: Jonathan Linton 13-60, Antowain Smith 12-42, Rob
Johnson 4-23, Clarence Williams 2-5, Sam Gash 1-1, Alex Van Pelt
1-minus 1.
New Orleans rushing: Wilmont Perry 9-45, Billy Joe Tolliver 2-21,
Aaron Craver 5-8, Troy Davis 3-1.
Buffalo passing: Rob Johnson 12-18 for 216 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
New Orleans passing: Billy Joe Tolliver 23-41 for 296 yards, 1 INT, 3
TD, Kerry Collins 3-12 for 23 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Buffalo receiving: Jay Riemersma 3-26, Eric Moulds 2-90, Andre Reed
2-20, Kevin Williams 2-19, Quinn Early 1-37, Lonnie Johnson 1-23, Sam
Gash 1-1.
New Orleans receiving: Cameron Cleeland 10-112, Brett Bech 4-113,
Aaron Craver 3-16, Eric Guliford 2-26, Andre Hastings 2-17, Lamar
Smith 2-11, Sean Dawkins 1-12, Wilmont Perry 1-2, Josh Wilcox 1-10.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Marcellus Wiley 4-2-1,
Kurt Schulz 4-1-0, Sam Cowart 4-1-0, Marlo Perry 2-3-0, John Holecek
4-0-0, Eric Smedley 4-0-0, Henry Jones 4-0-0, Donovan Greer 2-2-0,
Shawn Price 3-0-2, Wayne Simmons 2-1-0, Ted Washington 2-1-0, Ken
Irvin 2-1-0, Emanuel Martin 2-0-0, Joe Cummings 2-0-0, Gabe Northern
1-0-0, Pat Williams 1-0-0, Bruce Smith 1-0-1, Raymond Jackson 0-1-0,
Sam Rogers 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chris Bordano 8-1-1,
Mark Fields 6-2-2, Sammy Knight 3-2-0, Tyronne Drakeford 4-0-0, Wayne
Martin 3-1-1, Ron Warner 2-2-0, Joe Johnson 3-0-0, Fred Weary 3-0-0,
La'roi Glover 2-0-0, Alex Molden 2-0-0, Troy Wilson 1-1-0, Keith
Mitchell 1-0-1, Jared Tomich 1-0-0, Rob Kelly 1-0-0, Chad Cota 1-0-0,
Chris Hewitt 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Buffalo (Emanuel Martin 1 for 23 yards, Kurt Schulz 1
for 1 yards).
Fumbles lost: Buffalo (Eric Smedley); New Orleans (Kerry Collins).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Buffalo (Bruce Smith); New Orleans (Rob
Kelly).
Officials: Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head
linesman-Dale Hamer, Line judge-Ron Marinucci, Back judge-Bobby
Skelton, Side judge-Rick Patterson, Field judge-Boris Cheek.
A: 39,707; T: 3:24.
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