| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 25, 1983 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 60070 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 65 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Florian Kempf 31 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Joe Cribbs 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Jerry Butler 7 pass from Joe Ferguson (run failed) | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Florian Kempf 26 FG | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 1 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Joe Danelo 48 FG | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Frank Lewis 19 pass from Joe Ferguson (Joe Danelo kick) | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | David Kilson 87 opponents fumble recovery (Joe Danelo kick) | 13 | 30 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 23 | 1 |
| HOU | Larry Moriarty | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| HOU | Herkie Walls | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| HOU | Donnie Craft | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Cribbs | 22 | 166 | 7.5 | 33 | 1 |
| BUF | Booker Moore | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| HOU | Gifford Nielsen | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 0 | 251 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 92.7 |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 1 | 127 | 5.8 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Tim Smith | 11 | 147 | 13.4 | 26 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike McCloskey | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| HOU | Herkie Walls | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| HOU | Stan Edwards | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| BUF | Frank Lewis | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19t | 1 |
| BUF | Jerry Butler | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 23 | 1 |
| BUF | Tony Hunter | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 |
| BUF | Mark Brammer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| BUF | Booker Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Willie Tullis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| HOU | John James | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 48 | 0 |
| BUF | Greg Cater | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Robb Riddick | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Steve Brown | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 43 | 0 |
| HOU | Willie Tullis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| HOU | Larry Moriarty | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| BUF | Robb Riddick | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 25 | 0 |
| BUF | Van Williams | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| HOU | Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| HOU | Mike Stensrud | 1.0 |
| BUF | Fred Smerlas | 3.0 |
| BUF | Ken Johnson | 1.0 |
| BUF | Eugene Marve | 1.0 |
| BUF | Ervin Parker | 1.0 |
| BUF | Sherm White | 1.0 |
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