Sunday, September 21, 1997
Indianapolis Colts 35, Buffalo Bills 37| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts (0-4-0) | 14 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 35 |
| Buffalo Bills (2-2-0) | 0 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 37 |
| IND | BUF | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| IND | Aaron Bailey 10 yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Cary Blanchard kick) | 7 | 0 |
| IND | Marshall Faulk 10 yard rush (Cary Blanchard kick) | 14 | 0 |
| IND | Cary Blanchard 39 yard field goal | 17 | 0 |
| IND | Cary Blanchard 36 yard field goal | 20 | 0 |
| IND | Cary Blanchard 49 yard field goal | 23 | 0 |
| IND | Cary Blanchard 22 yard field goal | 26 | 0 |
| BUF | Lonnie Johnson 16 yard pass from Todd Collins (Steve Christie kick) | 26 | 7 |
| BUF | Steve Christie 27 yard field goal | 26 | 10 |
| BUF | Antowain Smith 15 yard rush (run failed) | 26 | 16 |
| IND | Cary Blanchard 25 yard field goal | 29 | 16 |
| BUF | Quinn Early 4 yard pass from Todd Collins (Steve Christie kick) | 29 | 23 |
| BUF | Antowain Smith 1 yard rush (Steve Christie kick) | 29 | 30 |
| BUF | Antowain Smith 54 yard rush (Steve Christie kick) | 29 | 37 |
| IND | Marvin Harrison 2 yard pass from Paul Justin (pass failed) | 35 | 37 |
| IND | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-124-1 | 23-163-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-39-214-2-1 | 23-38-275-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 6-45 |
| Net pass yards | 198 | 230 |
| Total yards | 322 | 393 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 6-4 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 14-112 | 4-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Jim Harbaugh | IND | 16 | 31 | 191 | 1 | 3 | 15 | |||||
| Aaron Bailey | IND | -1 | 7 | 96 | 1 | |||||||
| Marshall Faulk | IND | 16 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Marvin Harrison | IND | 6 | 68 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ken Dilger | IND | 2 | 34 | |||||||||
| Zack Crockett | IND | 10 | 33 | |||||||||
| Paul Justin | IND | 3 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Marcus Pollard | IND | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Antowain Smith | BUF | 12 | 129 | 3 | 3 | 32 | ||||||
| Todd Collins | BUF | 23 | 38 | 275 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 7 | 91 | |||||||||
| Quinn Early | BUF | 4 | 76 | 1 | ||||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 7 | 22 | 5 | 44 | |||||||
| Lonnie Johnson | BUF | 3 | 25 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jay Riemersma | BUF | 1 | 7 | |||||||||