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  FINAL
Indianapolis 31, Buffalo 14
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Buffalo 0 6 8 0 14
Indianapolis 7 7 7 10 31

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
IND   TD   EDGERRIN JAMES 1 YD RUN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 11:25. Drive: 4 plays, 51 yards in 2:13. Key plays: Manning 50-yard pass to Green to Buffalo 1. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0
2ND QUARTER
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 36 YD, 1:25. Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards in 5:00. Key plays: Flutie 12-yard pass to Moulds to the 50; Flutie 12-yard pass to Gash to Indianapolis 38; Flutie 7-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-2 to Indianapolis 23. INDIANAPOLIS 7-3
IND   TD   MARVIN HARRISON 5 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 11:45. Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Burris 28-yard interception return to Indianapolis 35; Manning 19-yard pass to Green to Buffalo 35; Manning 27-yard pass to Green to Buffalo 9. INDIANAPOLIS 14-3
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 29 YD, 14:42. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards in 1:32. Key plays: Flutie 11-yard pass to Reed to Buffalo 31; Flutie 24-yard pass to Moulds to Indianapolis 45; Flutie 21-yard pass to Price to Indianapolis 29. INDIANAPOLIS 14-6
3RD QUARTER
IND   TD   MARVIN HARRISON 24 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 7:37. Drive: 3 plays, 90 yards in 1:26. Key plays: James 40-yard run plus 5-yard facemask penalty on Jones to Buffalo 40; James 16-yard run to Buffalo 24. INDIANAPOLIS 21-6
BUF   TD   ANDRE REED 6 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (JONATHAN LINTON RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 12:39. Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards in 5:02. Key plays: Flutie 15-yard pass to Reed to Indianapolis 46; Flutie 27-yard pass to Price to Indianapolis 19; Flutie 9-yard pass to Moulds to Indianapolis 5; Flutie 4-for-4 for 57 yards. INDIANAPOLIS 21-14
4TH QUARTER
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 35 YD, 2:22. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards in 4:43. Key plays: Manning 11-yard pass to Harrison on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 37; Manning 42-yard pass to Harrison to Buffalo 21. INDIANAPOLIS 24-14
IND   TD   TONY BLEVINS 74 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 11:40. INDIANAPOLIS 31-14

TEAM STATISTICS
  BUF IND
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
19
15
4-12
0-0
321
62
5.2
47
15
3.1
274
22-42
5.8
5-26
6-34.3
186
1-27
6-156
2-3
12-90
1-1
26:23
20
13
8-15
0-0
393
62
6.3
109
29
3.8
284
21-33
8.6
0-0
3-44.0
153
0-0
3-51
2-102
8-75
1-1
33:37

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Indianapolis (Mike Vanderjagt 45).
Buffalo rushing
Doug Flutie 4-24, Jonathan Linton 5-16, Antowain Smith 6-7.
Indianapolis rushing
Edgerrin James 26-112, Peyton Manning 3-minus 3.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 22-42 for 300 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
Indianapolis passing
Peyton Manning 21-33 for 284 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
Buffalo receiving
Eric Moulds 10-147, Andre Reed 4-39, Peerless Price 3-51, Jonathan Linton 3-42, Sam Gash 1-12, Antowain Smith 1-9.
Indianapolis receiving
Marvin Harrison 8-121, E.g. Green 5-124, Edgerrin James 4-14, Ken Dilger 2-19, Jerome Pathon 2-6.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Cowart 8-2-0, John Holecek 7-2-0, Ken Irvin 5-0-0, Thomas Smith 5-0-0, Gabe Northern 3-2-0, Sam Rogers 2-2-0, Ted Washington 2-2-0, Antoine Winfield 3-0-0, Bruce Smith 2-1-0, Phil Hansen 2-1-0, Kurt Schulz 2-1-0, Henry Jones 1-1-0, Marcellus Wiley 1-0-0, Pat Williams 1-0-0.
Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Tony Blevins 7-0-0, Chad Cota 5-0-0, Jason Belser 3-2-0, Chad Bratzke 4-0-3, Tyrone Poole 4-0-0, Michael Barber 3-0-0, Ellis Johnson 2-1-0, Cornelius Bennett 2-1-0, Jeff Burris 2-1-0, Shawn King 1-0-0, Bert Berry 1-0-1, Bernard Whittington 1-0-0, Andre Royal 3-1-1.
Interceptions
Buffalo (Emanuel Martin 1 for 0 yards, Antoine Winfield 1 for 3 yards); Indianapolis (Tony Blevins 1 for 74 yards, Jeff Burris 1 for 28 yards).
Fumbles lost
Buffalo (Doug Flutie); Indianapolis (Edgerrin James).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Buffalo (Thomas Smith); Indianapolis (Larry Chester).
Officials
Referee-Ron Blum, Umpire-Steve Wilson, Head linesman-Mark Hittner, Line judge-Aaron Pointer, Back judge-Kirk Dornan, Side judge-Bill Spyksma, Field judge-Al Jury.
A: 56,238; T: 3:11.

 


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