| Buffalo Bills at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1980 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 51982 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 73 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 48 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Kellen Winslow 4 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Jefferson 5 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 29 FG | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Lucius Sanford EZ blocked punt recovery (Nick Mike-Mayer kick failed) | 12 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 29 FG | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Clarence Williams 3 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mark Brammer 9 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 19 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Cribbs 3 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 26 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 81 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 69 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Reuben Gant |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 20 | RB | Joe Cribbs |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 65 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 59 | RILB | Shane Nelson |
| 58 | ROLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 38 | FS | Jeff Nixon |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Gregg McCrary |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 40 | RB | Clarence Williams |
| 25 | FB | John Cappelletti |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 54 | LLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 44 | SS | Pete Shaw |
| 27 | FS | Glen Edwards |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 23 | 87 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Curtis Brown | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Miller | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Greg Cater | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -2 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 3t | 1 |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Partridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 129 | 4.6 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 74.9 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 1 | 220 | 6.3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 83.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Mark Brammer | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Reuben Gant | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| John Jefferson | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 22 | 1 |
| John Cappelletti | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Haslett | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 51 | 1 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 48 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Joe Cribbs | 4 | 0 | 41 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Terry Miller | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Frank Duncan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Booker Russell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ben Williams | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| Wilbur Young | 1.0 |
| Gary Johnson | 1.0 |
| Leroy Jones | 1.0 |
| Louie Kelcher | 1.0 |
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