| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1988 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 70218 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 61 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 37 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 30 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Andre Reed 65 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Flip Johnson 66 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Robb Riddick 1 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Andre Reed 16 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 34 FG | 34 | 7 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Erik McMillan 40 interception return (Pat Leahy kick) | 34 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 28 FG | 37 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Trumaine Johnson |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 73 | LOT | Will Wolford |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 65 | ROG | Tim Vogler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| 39 | FB | Jamie Mueller |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Art Still |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Cornelius Bennett |
| 58 | LILB | Shane Conlan |
| 50 | RILB | Ray Bentley |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 29 | LCB | Derrick Burroughs |
| 46 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Toon |
| 61 | LOT | Jeff Criswell |
| 63 | LOG | Ted Banker |
| 53 | C | Jim Sweeney |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 68 | ROT | Reggie McElroy |
| 80 | TE | K.D. Dunn |
| 81 | TE | Billy Griggs |
| 7 | QB | Ken O'Brien |
| 24 | RB | Freeman McNeil |
| 31 | Fb | Marion Barber |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 94 | NT | Scott Mersereau |
| 93 | RDE | Marty Lyons |
| 90 | LOLB | Robin Cole |
| 54 | LILB | Troy Benson |
| 59 | RILB | Kyle Clifton |
| 57 | ROLB | Kevin McArthur |
| 48 | LCB | Bobby Humphery |
| 36 | SS | Rich Miano |
| 22 | FS | Erik McMillan |
| 40 | RCB | James Hasty |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Carl Byrum | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jamie Mueller | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Reich | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Freeman McNeil | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Roger Vick | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 1 | 302 | 11.2 | 66t | 3 | 1 | 10 | 119.7 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 1 | 191 | 6.4 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 64.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 65t | 2 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Flip Johnson | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 66t | 1 |
| Trumaine Johnson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| K.D. Dunn | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Griggs | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Al Toon | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mark Kelso | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Erik McMillan | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 49 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Joe Prokop | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Erroll Tucker | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| JoJo Townsell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Erroll Tucker | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Flip Johnson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| JoJo Townsell | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Kurt Sohn | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Michael Harper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Bruce Smith | 2.5 |
| Leon Seals | 1.0 |
| Leonard Smith | 1.0 |
| Cornelius Bennett | 0.5 |
| New York Jets | |
| Carl Howard | 1.0 |
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