| Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1988 Location: Indianapolis, IN |
| Venue: Hoosier Dome Attendance: 59908 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Indianapolis ColtsIND | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | IND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Dean Biasucci 52 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Andre Reed 23 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Andre Reed 6 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 4 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Matt Bouza 3 pass from Gary Hogeboom (Dean Biasucci kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Albert Bentley 7 pass from Gary Hogeboom (Dean Biasucci kick) | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chris Burkett |
| 86 | WR | Trumaine Johnson |
| 73 | LOT | Will Wolford |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 71 | ROG | Dale Hellestrae |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| 39 | FB | Jamie Mueller |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Leon Seals |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Cornelius Bennett |
| 50 | LILB | Ray Bentley |
| 97 | RILB | Scott Radecic |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 29 | LCB | Derrick Burroughs |
| 46 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Bill Brooks |
| 83 | WR | Clarence Verdin |
| 75 | LOT | Chris Hinton |
| 69 | LOG | Randy Dixon |
| 53 | C | Ray Donaldson |
| 64 | ROG | Ben Utt |
| 71 | ROT | Kevin Call |
| 81 | TE | Pat Beach |
| 17 | QB | Chris Chandler |
| 29 | RB | Eric Dickerson |
| 84 | HBK | Mark Boyer |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Donnell Thompson |
| 79 | NT | Harvey Armstrong |
| 78 | RDE | Jon Hand |
| 97 | LOLB | O'Brien Alston |
| 93 | LILB | Cliff Odom |
| 55 | RILB | Barry Krauss |
| 50 | ROLB | Duane Bickett |
| 28 | LCB | Chuckie Miller |
| 42 | SS | Willie Tullis |
| 39 | FS | Mike Prior |
| 38 | RCB | Eugene Daniel |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jamie Mueller | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Eric Dickerson | 36 | 166 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Albert Bentley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Chandler | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Clarence Verdin | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 0 | 204 | 7.0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 103.2 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||||||||
| Gary Hogeboom | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 89 | 5.9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121.9 |
| Chris Chandler | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 52 | 4.7 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 52.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 24 | 2 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Trumaine Johnson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jamie Mueller | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Bill Brooks | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Eric Dickerson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Pat Beach | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Matt Bouza | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Albert Bentley | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Rohn Stark | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Erroll Tucker | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||||
| Clarence Verdin | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Bruce Smith | 1.0 |
| Darryl Talley | 1.0 |
| Jeff Wright | 1.0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |
| Jeff Herrod | 1.0 |
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