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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions - October 28th, 1979
Buffalo Bills 20 at Detroit Lions 17
Sunday, October 28, 1979
Buffalo Bills 20, Detroit Lions 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (4-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions (1-8-0) | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| BUF | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Freddie Scott 5 yard pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DET | Horace King 11 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 23 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| DET | Benny Ricardo 40 yard field goal | 3 | 17 | |
| BUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 42 yard field goal | 6 | 17 | |
| 4th | BUF | Curtis Brown 3 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 17 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant 7 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 20 | 17 |
Team Stats
| BUF | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-105-1 | 41-208-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-35-339-1-2 | 14-18-174-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-20 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 319 | 169 |
| Total yards | 424 | 377 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-87 | 5-39 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 7 | 190 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 17 | 35 | 339 | 1 | 2 | 49 | ||||||||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 10 | 52 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | BUF | 2 | 66 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 5 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Jerry Butler | BUF | 3 | 41 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Terry Miller | BUF | 5 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 26 | 139 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 13 | 17 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 4 | 55 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| David Hill | DET | 3 | 49 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Gene A. Washington | DET | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Larry Swider | DET | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 4 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Keith Moody | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lou Piccone | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Powell | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jimmy Allen | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Callicutt | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Hunter | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Woods | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||