| Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1979 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 61911 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Freddie Scott 5 pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Horace King 11 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 23 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 40 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 42 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Curtis Brown 3 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Reuben Gant 7 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 61 | C | Willie Parker |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Reuben Gant |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 40 | RB | Terry Miller |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 71 | NT | Mike Kadish |
| 90 | RDE | Scott Hutchinson |
| 58 | LOLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 59 | RILB | Shane Nelson |
| 57 | ROLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 43 | FS | Tony Greene |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 65 | LOG | Amos Fowler |
| 54 | C | Larry Tearry |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 19 | QB | Jeff Komlo |
| 24 | HB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | FB | Horace King |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 72 | LDT | Cleveland Elam |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LLB | Jon Brooks |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 51 | RLB | James Harrell |
| 28 | LCB | James Hunter |
| 46 | SS | Doug Jones |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Curtis Brown | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Roland Hooks | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Terry Miller | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 26 | 139 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 35 | 17 | 48.6 | 2 | 339 | 9.7 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 68.6 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 0 | 138 | 8.1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 119.2 |
| Larry Swider | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 0 | |
| Jerry Butler | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Curtis Brown | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Reuben Gant | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| David Hill | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Swider | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robert Woods | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| Steve Powell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Callicutt | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Robert Woods | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Isiah Robertson | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Elam | 1.0 |
| Ken Fantetti | 1.0 |
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