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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 |
| BUF | DET | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 7 | 190 | 0 | ||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 17 | 35 | 339 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 26 | 139 | 0 | ||||||||