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 1998
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Week 6
October 11, 1998 Bills 31
Indianapolis 24
Attendance: 52,938
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Doug Flutie showed rookie Peyton Manning a thing or two about
playing quarterback.
| Scoring
Summary |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
F |
| Bills |
0 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
31 |
| Indianapolis |
6 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
24 |
First Quarter
IND FG Vanderjagt 22, 10:40. Drive: 5 plays, 47 yards, 2:30. Key play: Faulk 40
run. Indianapolis 3, Buffalo 0.IND FG Vanderjagt 33, 1:56. Drive: 7
plays, 42 yards, 3:23. Key plays: Manning 21 pass to Dilger; 14-yard pass interference
penalty on Irvin. Indianapolis 6, Buffalo 0.
Second Quarter
IND FG Vanderjagt 43, 8:17. Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, 4:29. Key plays: Faulk 8 run;
15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on B.Smith; Manning 17 pass to Harrison. Indianapolis
9, Buffalo 0.
BUF Riemersma 7 pass from Flutie (Christie kick), 2:58. Drive: 9 plays, 71
yards, 5:19. Key plays: Flutie 10 pass to Reed; Flutie 7 pass to Reed on 3rd-and-2; Flutie
16 pass to Thomas; Flutie 24 pass to Reed. Indianapolis 9, Buffalo 7.
IND FG Vanderjagt 41, :55. Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 2:03. Key plays: Manning 26
and 11 passes to Faulk; Faulk 13 run. Indianapolis 12, Buffalo 7.
Third Quarter
BUF K.Williams 6 pass from Flutie (Christie kick), 4:06. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards,
5:45. Key plays: Flutie 20 pass to Gash; Flutie 4 pass to K.Williams an 3rd-and-3. Buffalo
14, Indianapolis 12.
Fourth Quarter
BUF A.Smith 4 rush (Christie kick), 14:13. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards, 3;41. Key
plays: Flutie 20 pass to Reed on 3rd-and-3; Flutie 12 run. Buffalo 21, Indianapolis 12.
BUF A.Smith 1 run (Christie kick), 11:04. Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, 2:15. Key
plays: Washington interception of Manning pass; A.Smith 13 run. Buffalo 28, Indianapolis
12.
BUF FG Christie 39, 5:20. Drive: 6 plays, 42 yards, 3:43. Key play: A.Smith 30
run. Buffalo 31, Indianapolis 12.
IND Small 3 pass from Manning (pass failed), 2:19. Drive: 14 plays, 83 yards,
3:01. Key plays: Manning 20 pass to Small; Manning 6 pass to Small on 4th-and-2; Manning
19 pass to Small. Buffalo 31, Indianapolis 18.
IND Harrison 25 pass from Manning (pass failed), :06. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards,
:49. Key plays: Manning 25 pass to Faulk; Manning 12 pass to Harrison; Manning 10 pass to
Pathon. Buffalo 31, Indianapolis 24. |
Flutie passed for two touchdowns and set up two short scoring runs by
Antowain Smith in the Buffalo Bills' 31-24 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
The 35-year-old Flutie, back in the NFL after eight years in the Canadian
Football League, entered the game in the first quarter after Rob Johnson was sacked and
left with sore ribs.
Flutie, who had passed for only 158 yards as a backup this season, his first in
the NFL since 1989, was 23-for-28 for 213 yards with no sacks or interceptions. Manning,
the top pick in this year's draft, was 20-for-41 for 235 yards but was intercepted twice.
He has thrown an NFL-high 14 interceptions this season.
The Bills (2-3) erased a 9-0 Indianapolis lead, went in front on Flutie's 6-yard
TD pass to Kevin Williams in the third quarter and put the game away with the two scoring
runs by Smith in the first four minutes of the final period.
The Colts (1-5) scored on all four of their possessions in the first half, but
had to settle each time for a field goal by Mike Vanderjagt. Their first three series of
the second half produced a net 10 yards.
Buffalo, meanwhile, drove 59 yards, including a 20-yard pass from Flutie to Sam
Gash, the first of five straight completions that produced the go-ahead touchdown with
4:06 to go.
After the next Indianapolis punt, Flutie hit three more in a row, including 20
and 15 yards to Andre Reed. Flutie then ran 12 yards to the 4 before Smith scored his
first touchdown. Buffalo got the ball back seconds later when Ted Washington batted
Manning's pass at the line of scrimmage and intercepted at the Indianapolis 25. Flutie
passed 4 yards to Thurman Thomas, then Smith ran three straight plays and scored from the
1.
Steve Christie added a 39-yard field goal with 5:20 to go before the Colts scored two
touchdowns on passes from Manning. The first was to Torrance Small for 3 yards with barely
two minutes to go and the second to Marvin Harrison for 25 yards with six seconds
remaining.
The Colts were unable to move the ball effectively most of the second half, a big
difference from their first-half performance despite having to settle for four field
goals.
A 40-yard run by Marshall Faulk on the first play his longest rush of the season helped
the Colts reach the Buffalo 5 before Vanderjagt's first field goal, a 22-yarder.
Indianapolis reached the 15 on the next drive before a 33-yard field goal by Vanderjagt
made it 6-0 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second period, Vanderjagt had field goals of 43 and 41 yards sandwiched around
the Bills' first score, a 7-yard pass from Flutie to Jay Riemersma. Flutie, who entered
the game after Johnson was sacked by Larry Chester on the third play of the game, set up
the TD pass with completions of 16 yards to Thomas and 24 yards to Reed.
Manning came back with three straight completions to Faulk, setting up the fourth field
goal by Vanderjagt with 55 seconds to go for a 12-7 Indianapolis lead at the half.
| Game
Breakdown |
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BUF |
IND |
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
THIRD DOWN EFF
FOURTH DOWN EFF
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total Plays
Avg Gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Avg per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Sacked-Yds lost
Gross-Yds passing
Completed-Att.
Had Intercepted
Yards-Pass Play
KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB
PUNTS-Avg.
Punts blocked
FGs-PATs blocked
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE
Punts Returns
Kickoffs Returns
Interceptions
PENALTIES-Yds
FUMBLES-Lost
TIME OF POSSESSION |
24
7
16
1
7-13
0-0
381
69
5.5
176
40
4.4
205
1-8
213
23-28
0
7.1
6-5-1
4-33.3
0
0-0
98
2-2
5-96
2-0
9-77
0-0
36:41 |
21
4
13
4
3-12
1-1
341
63
5.4
106
22
4.8
235
0-0
235
20-41
2
5.7
7-4-1
3-38.3
0
0-0
111
1-7
5-104
0-0
4-18
0-0
23:19 |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING Buffalo, A. Smith 31-130, T. Thomas 6-23, Flutie 3-23.
INDIANAPOLIS, Faulk 18-93, Heyward 3-11, Warren 1-2.PASSING
BUFFALO, Flutie 23-28-0-213, R. Johnson 0-0-0-0. INDIANAPOLIS, Manning 20-41-2-235.
RECEIVING BUFFALO, Reed 5-76, Gash 5-45, T.Thomas 5-32,
K.Williams 3-21, L.Johnson 2-6, Moulds 1-16, Early 1-10. Riemersma 1-7. INDIANAPOLIS,
Faulk 6-80, Harrison 4-61, Small 4-48, Dilger 2-23, Pathon 2-19, Warren 2-4.
PUNT RETURNS BUFFALO, K. Williams 2-2. INDIANAPOLIS, Poole 1-7.
KICKOFF RETURNS BUFFALO, K. Williams 4-87, Riemersma 1-9.
INDIANAPOLIS, Warren 5-104.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS BUFFALO, H. Jones 7-2-0, Hansen 5-2-0,
Rogers 5-0-0, Holecek 4-0-0, M. Perry 4-0-0, M. Martin 3-1-0, Irvin 3-0-0, Pike 3-0-0,
Schultz 2-1-0, T. Smith 2-1-0, B. Smith 2-0-0, Cowart 2-1-0, Northern 1-0-0, P. Williams
1-0-0, Smedley 1-1-0, T. Washingtom 0-1-0, Moran 0-1-0. INDIANAPOLIS, Blackmon 8-3-0,
Alexander 6-4-0, Herrod 8-1-0, Belser 6-2-0, Poole 6-1-0, Whittington 6-1-0, Berry 4-1-0,
Burris 4-1-0, E. Johnson 3-0-0, Montgomery 2-1-0, Jordan 2-0-0, McCoy 1-2-0, Chester
1-0-1, Hauck 1-0-0, Martin 1-0-0, R. Thomas 1-0-0, Clark 1-0-0, Elias 1-0-0, Leeuwenburg
1-0-0, McElroy 1-0-0, Royal 1-0-0, Morrison 0-2-0, Tuinei 0-1-0, Pollard 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS BUFFALO, Schultz 1-0, T. Washington 1-0.
MISSED FIELD GOALS BUFFALO, Christie 53
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