| San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1983 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 38039 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 28 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 37 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Roosevelt Leaks 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 29 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Danelo 33 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Roger Craig 4 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Wendell Tyler 4 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 30 FG | 23 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 77 | LOT | Bubba Paris |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 26 | RB | Wendell Tyler |
| 33 | FB | Roger Craig |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 67 | NT | Pete Kugler |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 59 | LOLB | Willie Harper |
| 69 | LILB | Riki Ellison |
| 64 | RILB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 5 | WR | Byron Franklin |
| 81 | WR | Perry Tuttle |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 73 | ROG | Jon Borchardt |
| 61 | ROT | Tom Lynch |
| 87 | TE | Tony Hunter |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 20 | RB | Joe Cribbs |
| 34 | FB | Booker Moore |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 91 | RDE | Ken Johnson |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 52 | LILB | Chris Keating |
| 54 | RILB | Eugene Marve |
| 62 | ROLB | Ervin Parker |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 21 | SS | Mike Kennedy |
| 22 | FS | Steve Freeman |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Roger Craig | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 |
| Booker Moore | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 0 | 218 | 7.8 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 100.0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 35 | 23 | 65.7 | 3 | 194 | 5.5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 44.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Clark | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Jeff Moore | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Booker Moore | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Buster Barnett | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Byron Franklin | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Perry Tuttle | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ronnie Lott | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Leopold | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Orosz | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dana McLemore | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Robb Riddick | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jeff Moore | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dana McLemore | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Van Williams | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Robb Riddick | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ervin Parker | 1.0 |
| Fred Smerlas | 1.0 |
| Darryl Talley | 1.0 |
| Ben Williams | 1.0 |
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