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 1998
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Week 12
November 22, 1998 Indianapolis 11
Bills 34
Attendance: 49,032
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills feared resurgent Indianapolis was primed
for another upset Sunday. That fear was erased in the Bills' 24-point second quarter
against the Colts.
| Scoring
Summary |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
F |
| Indianapolis |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
11 |
| Bills |
0 |
24 |
3 |
7 |
34 |
First Quarter
IND FG Vanderjagt 27, 6:46. Drive: 9 plays, 42 yards, 4:10. Key plays: Bailey 25
punt return to Indianapolis 48; Faulk 17 run; Manning 25 pass to Faulk. Indianapolis 3,
Buffalo 0.
Second Quarter
BUF Gash 1 pass from Flutie (Christie kick), 14:30. Drive: 3 plays, 1 yard, :38.
Key play: Irvin 43 interception return to Indianapolis 1. Buffalo 7, Indianapolis 3.BUF
A.Smith 4 run (Christie kick), 4:05. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards, 5:23. Key plays: Flutie 9
pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-5; A.Smith 12 and 15 runs. Buffalo 14, Indianapolis 3.
BUF Reed 67 pass from Flutie (Christie kick), 1:11. Drive: 2 plays, 71 yards,
:39. Buffalo 21, Indianapolis 3.
BUF FG Christie 35, 0:01. Drive: 4 plays, 19 yards, :22. Key play: Schulz 24
interception return to Indianapolis 36. Buffalo 24, Indianapolis 3.
Third Quarter
BUF FG Christie 24, 6:50. Drive: 14 plays, 54 yards, 7:32. Key plays: Flutie 11
pass to Moulds; Flutie 7 pass to Reed on 3rd-and-2; Flutie 9 pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-8;
Flutie 13 pass to Williams. Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 3.
Fourth Quarter
BUF A.Smith 5 run (Christie kick), 8:18. Drive: 3 plays, 24 yards, 1:20. Key plays:
Albright recoverd muffed punt at Colts 24; Linton 15 run. Buffalo 34, Indianapolis 3.
IND Harrison 30 pass from Manning (Harrison pass from Manning), 4:13. Drive: 5
plays, 64 yards, 1:08. Key plays: Faulk 13 run; Manning 16 pass to Faulk. Buffalo 34,
Indianapolis 11. |
Antowain Smith rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries and
Doug Flutie completed 20 of 28 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns in the Bills' 34-11
victory.
When the teams met in Buffalo last year, the Bills came back from a 26-0 deficit
to win 37-35, marking the second-greatest comeback in the regular season in NFL history.
There was no such suspense this time as the Bills took a 24-3 halftime lead after
trailing 3-0 going into the second quarter.
Andre Reed caught six passes for 108 yards and a 67-yard touchdown for Buffalo
(7-4), which remained in second place in the AFC East. A New England win over Miami on
Monday would give the Bills a share of first.
The Colts (2-9), fresh off an upset of the New York Jets last week, grabbed the
3-0 lead on a 27-yard field goal by Mike Vanderjagt. The Colts drove 42 yards on nine
plays, including a 17-yard run by Marshall Faulk and a 25-yard flip pass from Peyton
Manning to Faulk.
Penalties and Kevin Williams' fumble killed the Bills' next drive, but Ken Irvin
picked off a pass from Manning and ran it to the Colts 1.
Smith, who rushed for a career-high 130 yards and scored two touchdowns last time
against the Colts, went nowhere on two running plays before Flutie tossed a pass to
blocking fullback Sam Gash for the score early in the second quarter.
The Bills drove 69 yards on 11 plays for their second touchdown and a 14-3 lead, Smith
diving in after a 4-yard run. Buffalo used three different backs on the drive, with Smith
rushing for 43 yards on four carries, including the TD.
The 67-yard pass from Flutie to Reed made it 21-3. Reed caught the ball at the Buffalo
42, crossed over the middle and reached the end zone with a straight-arm on cornerback
Tyrone Poole.
Bills safety Kurt Schulz then intercepted Manning's pass meant for Torrance Small.
Flutie rolled right and lofted a 19-yard pass to Quinn Early, setting up Steve Christie's
35-yard field goal with one second left in the half.
Buffalo drove 54 yards on 14 plays for Christie's second field goal and a 27-3 lead.
The Bills' defense held the Colts on four plays from the Buffalo 2, and the Bills added a
5-yard TD run by Smith following a fumbled punt.
Faulk, on a pace to rush and catch passes for 1,000 yards, picked up 85 yards on 18
carries and caught eight passes for 102 yards.
Manning completed 14 of 29 passes for 164 yards and two interceptions. He had a 30-yard
touchdown pass to Marvin Harrison with 4:13 to play, but the bulk of Manning's passing
yardage came long after the game was decided.
Bills quarterback Rob Johnson made his first appearance since he was injured and
replaced by Flutie early in the Bills' 31-24 win over the Colts on Oct. 11 at the RCA
Dome. Johnson came in with about 7 minutes left and threw two incompletions.
Buffalo has won seven of its last eight games against the Colts and 17 of its last 18
at home against them.
| Game
Breakdown |
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IND |
BUF |
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 |
14
5
7
2
4-12
0-1
250
51
4.9
86
22
3.9
164
0-0
164
14-29
2
5.7
3-0-0
5-48.0
0
0-0
172
4-28
7-144
0-0
6-41
3-1
23:00 |
25
10
14
1
7-13
0-0
402
70
5.7
187
38
4.9
215
2-15
230
20-30
0
6.7
7-2-0
4-42.5
0
0-0
169
3-29
3-73
2-67
10-64
1-1
37:00 |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING INDIANAPOLIS, Faulk 18-85, Warren 2-1, Manning 2-0.
BUFFALO, A.Smith 23-107, Linton 6-46, Thomas 5-26, Flutie 2-10, R.Johnson 1-(minus 1),
Williams 1-(minus 1).PASSING INDIANAPOLIS, Manning
14-29-2-164. BUFFALO, Flutie 20-28-0-230, R.Johnson 0-2-0-0.
RECEIVING INDIANAPOLIS, Faulk 8-102, Harrison 4-49, Pathon 1-8,
Small 1-5. BUFFALO, Reed 6-108, Moulds 5-47, Williams 3-31, L.Johnson 3-24, Early 1-19,
Gash 1-1, Riemersma 1-0.
PUNT RETURNS INDIANAPOLIS, Bailey 4-28. BUFFALO, Williams 3-29.
KICKOFF RETURNS INDIANAPOLIS, Baileu 4-113, Heatherington 2-27,
Pollard 1-4. BUFFALO, Williams 3-73.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS IDIANAPOLIS, Hauck 12-1-0, Morrison
8-3-0, Montgomery 6-1-0, Poole 6-0-0, Whittington 4-1-1, Belser 4-0-0, Alexander 3-1-0,
Chorak 3-0-1, Burris 2-0-0, Chester 2-0-0, Royal 1-1-0, Clark 1-0-0, Fontenot 1-0-0,
E.Johnson 1-0-0, Jordan 1-0-0, Shellow 1-0-0, Tuinei 1-0-0, Harrison 1-0-0, Heatherington
1-0-0, Warren 1-0-0. BUFFALO, Jones 5-0-0, Cowart 4-1-0, Perry 4-1-0, T.Smith 4-0-0,
Cummings 3-0-0, Northern 3-0-0, Hansen 2-1-0, Greer 2-0-0, Irvin 2-0-0, Brandenburg 2-0-0,
Linton 2-0-0, Martin 2-0-0, Schulz 0-2-0, Rogers 1-0-0, Simmons 1-0-0, B.Smith 1-0-0,
Wiley 1-0-0, Christie 1-0-0, Jackson 1-0-0, Pike 1-0-0.
INTERCEPTIONS BUFFALO, Irvin 1-43, Schulz 1-24.
MISSED FIELD GOALS None. |
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