| Buffalo Bills at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1983 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 31015 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 48 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Mick Luckhurst 40 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Arthur Cox 7 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | William Andrews 10 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Perry Tuttle 13 pass from Joe Ferguson (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | William Andrews 1 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | William Andrews 6 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Julius Dawkins 28 pass from Matt Kofler (Joe Danelo kick) | 14 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 63 | ROT | Justin Cross |
| 84 | TE | Buster Barnett |
| 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 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Stacey Bailey |
| 83 | WR | Floyd Hodge |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 68 | LOG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 61 | ROG | John Scully |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 31 | FB | William Andrews |
| 33 | HBK | Bo Robinson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jeff Yeates |
| 73 | LDT | Andrew Provence |
| 69 | RDT | Dan Benish |
| 74 | RDE | Mike Pitts |
| 59 | LLB | John Rade |
| 54 | MLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 50 | RLB | Buddy Curry |
| 23 | LCB | Bobby Butler |
| 26 | LS | James Britt |
| 27 | RS | Tom Pridemore |
| 37 | RCB | Kenny Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 28 | 158 | 5.6 | 20 | 2 |
| Gerald Riggs | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lynn Cain | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 2 | 179 | 5.4 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 44.9 |
| Matt Kofler | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 125 | 12.5 | 28t | 1 | 3 | 31 | 152.1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 0 | 157 | 4.9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 95.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Perry Tuttle | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 38 | 1 |
| Julius Dawkins | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 28t | 1 |
| Byron Franklin | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Booker Moore | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Buster Barnett | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Arthur Cox | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Bo Robinson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Stacey Bailey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Junior Miller | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Floyd Hodge | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bobby Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Pridemore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ralph Giacomarro | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Robb Riddick | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Robb Riddick | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Van Williams | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Gerald Riggs | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ben Williams | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Mike Pitts | 1.5 |
| Buddy Curry | 1.0 |
| Dave Frye | 1.0 |
| Jeff Merrow | 1.0 |
| Jeff Yeates | 1.0 |
| John Rade | 0.5 |
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