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Houston Oilers 10 at Buffalo Bills 17
Sunday, January 1, 1989
Houston Oilers 10, Buffalo Bills 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (11-7-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Buffalo Bills (13-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Scoring
| HOU | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | BUF | Robb Riddick 1 yard rush (Scott Norwood kick) | 0 | 7 |
| HOU | Tony Zendejas 35 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Thurman Thomas 11 yard rush (Scott Norwood kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 4th | BUF | Scott Norwood 27 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| HOU | Mike Rozier 1 yard rush (Tony Zendejas kick) | 10 | 17 |
Team Stats
| HOU | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-125-1 | 29-135-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-33-240-0-1 | 19-33-244-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 226 | 237 |
| Total yards | 351 | 372 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-60 | 8-57 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Warren Moon | HOU | 17 | 33 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Haywood Jeffires | HOU | 5 | 78 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Drew Hill | HOU | 4 | 62 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Alonzo Highsmith | HOU | 5 | 57 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Mike Rozier | HOU | 13 | 44 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Harris | HOU | 2 | 44 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Allen Pinkett | HOU | 3 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Ernest Givins | HOU | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Duncan | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 19 | 33 | 244 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 91 | 0 | 53 | ||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 7 | 75 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Chris Burkett | BUF | 3 | 55 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Trumaine Johnson | BUF | 3 | 31 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jamie Mueller | BUF | 7 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Robb Riddick | BUF | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | BUF | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Carl Byrum | BUF | 1 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Ray Childress | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Duncan | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tracey Eaton | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alonzo Highsmith | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Allen Pinkett | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Rozier | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Spencer Tillman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||
| Lorenzo White | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Derrick Burroughs | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Kelso | BUF | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darryl Talley | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Tasker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Erroll Tucker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
Houston Oilers Starting Lineup
| Warren Moon | QB |
| Mike Rozier | RB |
| Alonzo Highsmith | FB |
| Ernest Givins | WR |
| Drew Hill | WR |
| Jamie Williams | TE |
| Bruce E. Davis | LT |
| Mike Munchak | LG |
| Jay Pennison | C |
| Bruce Matthews | RG |
| Dean Steinkuhler | RT |
| Ray Childress | LDE |
| Richard Byrd | NT |
| William Fuller | RDE |
| Robert Lyles | LOLB |
| John Grimsley | LILB |
| Al Smith | RILB |
| Johnny Meads | ROLB |
| Steve Brown | LCB |
| Patrick Allen | RCB |
| Keith Bostic | SS |
| Jeff Donaldson | FS |
Buffalo Bills Starting Lineup
| Jim Kelly | QB |
| Thurman Thomas | RB |
| Jamie Mueller | FB |
| Andre Reed | WR |
| Trumaine Johnson | WR |
| Pete Metzelaars | TE |
| Will Wolford | LT |
| Jim Ritcher | LG |
| Kent Hull | C |
| Dale Hellestrae | RG |
| Joe Devlin | RT |
| Art Still | LDE |
| Fred Smerlas | NT |
| Bruce Smith | RDE |
| Cornelius Bennett | LOLB |
| Scott Radecic | LILB |
| Ray Bentley | RILB |
| Darryl Talley | ROLB |
| Derrick Burroughs | LCB |
| Nate Odomes | RCB |
| Leonard Smith | SS |
| Mark Kelso | FS |