Conference Championship: Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills

November 30, -0001
70°
Rich Stadium (Buffalo, NY) Attendance: 73,241 (98%)
Indianapolis Colts 7 7 3 7 - 24
Buffalo Bills 10 18 7 6 - 41

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Buffalo Bills: 4-11-IND 32 (10:46) 9-Kevin Storey 51 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 3 IND 0
(Qtr 1) Buffalo Bills: 1-7-IND 7 (4:09) 12-Ross Whittingham pass complete to 85-Cornelius Weesner for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Kevin Storey. BUF 10 IND 0
(Qtr 1) Indianapolis Colts: 2-1-BUF 36 (1:18) 19-Russell Sargent pass INTERCEPTED by 32-Leslie Holmes at BUF 38. 32-Leslie Holmes to BUF 0 for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Hilton Christopher. BUF 10 IND 7
(Qtr 2) Buffalo Bills: 4-5-IND 34 (12:13) 9-Kevin Storey 52 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 13 IND 7
(Qtr 2) Buffalo Bills: 3-6-IND 30 (7:45) 19-Russell Sargent pass complete to 81-Heriberto Carpenter for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 19-Russell Sargent pass complete to 82-Alfred Tucker for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! BUF 21 IND 7
(Qtr 2) Buffalo Bills: 1-10-BUF 48 (3:49) 19-Russell Sargent pass complete to 85-Cornelius Weesner for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Kevin Storey. BUF 59-Anthony Gross was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BUF 28 IND 7
(Qtr 2) Indianapolis Colts: 2-7-BUF 7 (0:40) 13-Dwight Paynter pass complete to 10-Elias Hershberger for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Hilton Christopher. BUF 28 IND 14
(Qtr 3) Buffalo Bills: 2-18-IND 16 (10:12) 13-Dwight Paynter pass INTERCEPTED by 21-Bryant Boettcher at IND 18. 21-Bryant Boettcher to IND 0 for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Kevin Storey. BUF 35 IND 14
(Qtr 3) Indianapolis Colts: 4-4-BUF 9 (1:30) 17-Hilton Christopher 27 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 52-John Mullins was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BUF 35 IND 17
(Qtr 4) Buffalo Bills: 4-10-IND 21 (13:36) 9-Kevin Storey 39 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 38 IND 17
(Qtr 4) Indianapolis Colts: 1-1-BUF 1 (10:39) 13-Dwight Paynter pass complete to 84-James Batty for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Hilton Christopher. BUF 38 IND 24
(Qtr 4) Buffalo Bills: 4-3-IND 25 (1:13) 9-Kevin Storey 43 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 41 IND 24

Team Statistics

Buffalo Bills Indianapolis Colts
First Downs 25 15
- Rushing 5 3
- Passing 15 11
- Penalty 5 1
Total Net Yards 488 391
- Offensive Plays 81 63
- Yards Per Play 6.02 6.21
Net Rushing Yards 114 59
- Rushing Attempts 25 16
- Yards Per Rush 4.56 3.69
Net Passing Yards 374 332
- Att/Comp/Int 54 / 34 / 1 44 / 26 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 383 358
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 9 3 / 26
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.68 7.06
- Yards Per Completion 11.26 13.77
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 18 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 7.3
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 27 6 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 31
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 18 1 / 38
2pt Conversions 1 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 29
Time of Possession 31:40 28:20

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:18 OWN 25 7 43 Field Goal
1 8:19 4:13 OWN 31 9 69 Touchdown
1 1:54 0:46 OWN 28 2 9 Interception
2 10:34 2:54 OWN 12 6 88 Touchdown
2 5:57 2:17 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 0:36 0:36 OWN 25 5 36 Half
3 12:27 1:37 OWN 8 4 21 Punt
3 10:06 2:09 OPP 25 3 0 Punt
3 7:56 2:00 OWN 29 3 -3 Punt
3 5:03 1:19 OWN 16 3 -1 Punt
3 1:27 2:54 OWN 25 8 54 Field Goal
4 10:35 1:34 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 7:34 4:21 OWN 13 7 31 Punt
4 2:00 0:26 OWN 7 5 29 Punt
4 1:26 0:16 OPP 32 3 7 Field Goal

Indianapolis Colts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:42 2:23 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
1 4:06 2:12 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 1:08 3:59 OPP 25 10 -41 Field Goal
2 12:09 1:35 OWN 21 4 31 Punt
2 7:40 1:42 OWN 25 4 26 Punt
2 3:40 3:04 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:33 OWN 25 5 42 Punt
3 10:50 0:45 OWN 24 2 -9 Interception
3 5:56 0:53 OWN 26 3 9 Punt
3 3:44 2:17 OWN 40 4 51 Field Goal
4 13:33 2:58 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 9:01 1:27 OWN 31 3 9 Punt
4 3:13 1:13 OWN 15 6 44 Punt
4 1:35 0:09 OWN 22 1 0 Fumble
4 1:10 1:10 OWN 25 4 26 Game

Rushing Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Karl Lee 20 97 4.85 13 5 0
William Miller 5 17 3.40 8 0 0

Indianapolis Colts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ray Whitaker 7 51 7.29 31 1 0
Dwight Paynter 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Dale Polley 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Dale Perry 7 -6 -0.86 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Russell Sargent 47 29 313 2 / 9 2 52 1 86.57
Ross Whittingham 7 5 70 0 / 0 1 35 0 142.86

Indianapolis Colts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dwight Paynter 44 26 358 3 / 26 2 45 1 90.91

Receiving Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Steven Pokorny 15 179 11.93 32 0
Travis Nakano 8 74 9.25 35 0
Cornelius Weesner 4 72 18.00 52 2
Heriberto Carpenter 2 38 19.00 30 1
James Croft 1 7 7.00 7 0
Alvaro Little 1 5 5.00 5 0
Wilfred Christian 1 4 4.00 4 0
Christopher Allen 1 2 2.00 2 0
Alfred Tucker 1 2 2.00 2 0

Indianapolis Colts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vincent Johnson 7 164 23.43 39 0
Ray Whitaker 6 102 17.00 45 0
Lonnie Muniz 5 52 10.40 15 0
James Batty 4 25 6.25 13 1
Marcus Johnson 1 7 7.00 7 0
Elias Hershberger 1 7 7.00 7 1
Dale Perry 2 1 0.50 2 0

Blocking Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Christopher Allen 29 7 1 1
William Jacobi 70 41 1 3
Anthony Gross 66 47 0 0
Gavin Lyman 0 1 0 0
Thomas Frederick 0 1 0 0
Ricky Goodwin 0 1 0 0
Cody McCarter 0 1 0 1
Gabriel Thompson 0 1 0 0
William Miller 2 0 0 0
Jackie Mason 0 3 0 0
Walter Chambers 0 2 0 0
Daniel Rodriguez 0 2 0 0
Martin Stewart 0 2 0 0
Alexander Robinson 0 2 0 0
Jeremy Lilley 0 2 0 0
John Ortega 0 1 0 0
Travis Nakano 0 9 0 0
Victor Silva 6 0 0 0
Jorge Hodges 69 32 0 1
Alfred Tucker 0 4 0 0
Michael Scott 16 4 0 0
Robert Walker 8 0 0 0
Heriberto Carpenter 0 19 0 1
Cornelius Weesner 0 6 0 0
James Croft 5 18 0 1
Steven Pokorny 5 15 0 0
Alvaro Little 25 18 0 1
Karl Lee 15 4 0 0
Glenn Knight 66 37 0 0
Jessie Gardella 69 30 0 0
Wilfred Christian 20 7 0 0
Vernon Sieber 0 1 0 0

Indianapolis Colts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Delbert Velez 61 20 1 1
Brooks Thomas 56 21 1 1
Marcus Williams 51 35 1 3
Eugene Westerberg 0 1 0 0
Craig Starr 0 1 0 0
Richard Osborne 0 2 0 0
Leslie Holmes 0 1 0 0
Dan Carson 0 1 0 0
Richard Zepeda 0 1 0 0
Elias Hershberger 0 3 0 0
Dale Polley 7 1 0 0
Peter Cude 6 0 0 0
Dale Perry 3 4 0 0
Hogan Hagen 3 1 0 0
Michael Calabrese 3 0 0 0
Clifton Castillo 0 2 0 0
Bruce Cedillo 0 1 0 0
Joseph Smith 0 1 0 0
Carlton Dobbins 0 1 0 0
Timothy Cargile 60 26 0 0
Peter Henley 0 2 0 0
Jason Morphis 0 1 0 0
Claude Self 0 1 0 0
Richard Orozco 0 2 0 1
Michael Perez 54 19 0 1
Rodney Page 7 3 0 0
Larry Carlson 19 4 0 0
Vincent Johnson 0 13 0 1
Marcus Johnson 0 15 0 0
James Batty 0 14 0 0
Lonnie Muniz 37 15 0 0
Steven Ormiston 11 8 0 0
Ray Whitaker 5 2 0 0
Andy Jackson 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bryant Boettcher 1 18 18.00 1

Indianapolis Colts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Leslie Holmes 1 38 38.00 1

Fumble Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Juan Schuler 0 1 1 0

Indianapolis Colts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ray Whitaker 1 0 0 0

Punting

Buffalo Bills

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Brian Lee 6 267 44.50 44.50 47 1

Indianapolis Colts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Edward Bittner 9 383 42.56 40.00 53 5

Kicking

Buffalo Bills

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Kevin Storey 4 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 2 52 3 / 3

Indianapolis Colts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Hilton Christopher 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 27 3 / 3

Punt Return

Buffalo Bills

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Miller 1 0 0.0 0 0

Indianapolis Colts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rodney Page 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

Buffalo Bills

Indianapolis Colts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lonnie Muniz 1 31 31.0 0

Defensive Stats