| Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1997 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 39784 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 32 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jeff Jaeger 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ryan Wetnight 30 pass from Erik Kramer (Jeff Jaeger kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ricky Proehl 3 pass from Erik Kramer (Jeff Jaeger kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Steve Christie 43 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jeff Jaeger 38 FG | 3 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Quinn Early |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 70 | LOT | John Fina |
| 79 | LOG | Ruben Brown |
| 61 | C | Dusty Zeigler |
| 68 | ROG | Corbin Lacina |
| 60 | ROT | Jerry Ostroski |
| 84 | TE | Lonnie Johnson |
| 85 | TE | Jay Riemersma |
| 15 | QB | Todd Collins |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Phil Hansen |
| 92 | LDT | Ted Washington |
| 98 | RDT | Sean Moran |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 95 | LOLB | Bryce Paup |
| 52 | MLB | John Holecek |
| 59 | ROLB | Sam Rogers |
| 22 | LCB | Jeff Burris |
| 30 | SS | Henry Jones |
| 24 | FS | Kurt Schulz |
| 28 | RCB | Thomas Smith |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Curtis Conway |
| 86 | WR | Chris Penn |
| 64 | LOT | Andy Heck |
| 75 | LOG | Todd Perry |
| 58 | C | Chris Villarrial |
| 63 | ROG | Todd Burger |
| 71 | ROT | James Williams |
| 84 | TE | John Allred |
| 89 | TE | Ryan Wetnight |
| 12 | QB | Erik Kramer |
| 29 | RB | Raymont Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Mark Thomas |
| 99 | LDT | Jim Flanigan |
| 98 | RDT | Carl Simpson |
| 68 | RDE | Carl Reeves |
| 54 | SLB | Ron Cox |
| 52 | MLB | Bryan Cox |
| 92 | WLB | Barry Minter |
| 25 | LCB | Tom Carter |
| 23 | SS | Marty Carter |
| 26 | FS | John Mangum |
| 27 | RCB | Walt Harris |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Todd Collins | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Raymont Harris | 24 | 59 | 2.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Darnell Autry | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Curtis Conway | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Todd Sauerbrun | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Erik Kramer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Mirer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Todd Collins | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 0 | 138 | 4.3 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 53.9 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Erik Kramer | 33 | 23 | 69.7 | 2 | 270 | 8.2 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 89.2 |
| Rick Mirer | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Darick Holmes | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Quinn Early | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Eric Moulds | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Curtis Conway | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Ryan Wetnight | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Tony Carter | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Penn | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Ricky Proehl | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 1 |
| John Allred | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mark Maddox | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Kurt Schulz | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chris Mohr | 7 | 301 | 43.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Steve Tasker | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 4 | 2 | 24 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||
| Steve Christie | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||
| Jeff Jaeger | 5 | 278 | 55.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Darick Holmes | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Steve Tasker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Eric Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Sean Moran | 1.0 |
| Bryce Paup | 1.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Anthony Marshall | 2.0 |
| Bryan Cox | 1.0 |
| Jim Flanigan | 1.0 |
| Carl Simpson | 1.0 |
| Mark Thomas | 1.0 |
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