| AFC Wild Card Playoff - Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: December 28, 1996 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 70213 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 52 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville JaguarsJAC | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | JAC | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Thurman Thomas 7 pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Jacksonville JaguarsJAC | Clyde Simmons 20 interception return (Mike Hollis kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Thurman Thomas 2 run (Steve Christie kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | Jacksonville JaguarsJAC | Mike Hollis 27 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Jacksonville JaguarsJAC | Natrone Means 30 run (Mike Hollis kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Steve Christie 33 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Steve Christie 47 FG | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | Jacksonville JaguarsJAC | Mike Hollis 24 FG | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jeff Burris 38 interception return (Steve Christie kick) | 20 | 27 |
| 4 | Jacksonville JaguarsJAC | Jimmy Smith 2 pass from Mark Brunell (Mike Hollis kick) | 27 | 27 |
| 4 | Jacksonville JaguarsJAC | Mike Hollis 45 FG | 30 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Keenan McCardell |
| 82 | WR | Jimmy Smith |
| 71 | LOT | Tony Boselli |
| 62 | LOG | Ben Coleman |
| 79 | C | Dave Widell |
| 76 | ROG | Rich Tylski |
| 72 | ROT | Leon Searcy |
| 86 | TE | Derek Brown |
| 83 | TE | Pete Mitchell |
| 8 | QB | Mark Brunell |
| 20 | RB | Natrone Means |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Jeff Lageman |
| 92 | LDT | Don Davey |
| 64 | RDT | John Jurkovic |
| 96 | RDE | Clyde Simmons |
| 51 | LLB | Kevin Hardy |
| 55 | MLB | Tom McManus |
| 50 | RLB | Eddie Robinson |
| 21 | LCB | Aaron Beasley |
| 28 | SS | Dana Hall |
| 37 | FS | Chris Hudson |
| 25 | RCB | Mickey Washington |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Quinn Early |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 89 | WR | Steve Tasker |
| 70 | LOT | John Fina |
| 79 | LOG | Ruben Brown |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 60 | ROG | Jerry Ostroski |
| 74 | ROT | Glenn Parker |
| 84 | TE | Lonnie Johnson |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Phil Hansen |
| 92 | NT | Ted Washington |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 95 | LOLB | Bryce Paup |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 57 | RILB | Damien Covington |
| 59 | ROLB | Sam Rogers |
| 22 | LCB | Jeff Burris |
| 23 | SS | Matt Stevens |
| 24 | FS | Kurt Schulz |
| 28 | RCB | Thomas Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||
| Natrone Means | 31 | 175 | 5.6 | 62 | 1 |
| Mark Brunell | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| James Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Jim Kelly | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Darick Holmes | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Tasker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Tindale | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||||||||
| Mark Brunell | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 2 | 239 | 7.2 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 62.6 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 1 | 239 | 7.5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 85.3 |
| Todd Collins | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||
| Jimmy Smith | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Keenan McCardell | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pete Mitchell | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Le'Shai Maston | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Jackson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Derek Brown | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| James Stewart | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Natrone Means | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Quinn Early | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Tasker | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Darick Holmes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||
| Clyde Simmons | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jeff Burris | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Thomas Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||
| Bryan Barker | 5 | 253 | 50.6 | 59 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chris Mohr | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | ||||||
| Chris Hudson | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Jeff Burris | 5 | 0 | 32 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | ||||
| Mike Hollis | 7 | 421 | 60.1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||
| Steve Christie | 6 | 383 | 63.8 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | ||||||
| Bucky Brooks | 4 | 0 | 74 | 18.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Eric Moulds | 5 | 0 | 142 | 28.4 | 57 | 0 |
| Russell Copeland | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Rob Coons | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | ||
| Clyde Simmons | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| Tony Brackens | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Damien Covington | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| David White | 1.0 | 6.0 |
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