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Detroit Lions 13 at Buffalo Bills 22

Sunday, October 5, 1997

Detroit Lions 13, Buffalo Bills 22

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Detroit Lions (3-3-0)033713
Buffalo Bills (3-2-0)3100922

Scoring

DETBUF
1stBUFSteve Christie 47 yard field goal03
2ndDETJason Hanson 28 yard field goal33
BUFAndre Reed 43 yard pass from Todd Collins (Steve Christie kick)310
BUFSteve Christie 33 yard field goal313
3rdDETJason Hanson 30 yard field goal613
4thDETScott Mitchell 8 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick)1313
BUFSafety, B. Smith and Hansen tackled Sanders in end zone1315
BUFAntowain Smith 56 yard rush (Steve Christie kick)1322

Team Stats

DETBUF
First downs1710
Rush-yards-TDs28-120-130-164-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-38-221-0-111-18-122-1-0
Sacked-yards4-323-20
Net pass yards189102
Total yards309266
Fumbles-lost1-02-0
Turnovers10
Penalties-yards8-607-48

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Scott Mitchell DET 20 38 221 0 1 31 2 11 1 8
Herman Moore DET 8 116 0 31
Barry Sanders DET 25 107 0 40 2 -1 0 2
Johnnie Morton DET 2 27 0 21
Tommy Vardell DET 2 23 0 13
Tommie Boyd DET 1 23 0 23
Pete Metzelaars DET 2 13 0 7
David Sloan DET 2 12 0 8
Cory Schlesinger DET 1 8 0 8
Ron Rivers DET 1 2 0 2
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Andre Reed BUF 5 95 1 43
Thurman Thomas BUF 13 73 0 24 5 21 0 8
Antowain Smith BUF 13 88 1 56 1 6 0 6
Todd Collins BUF 11 18 122 1 0 43 4 3 0 5

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Reggie D. Brown DET 0.5 0 0 0 0
Antonio London DET 1.0 0 0 0 0
Glyn Milburn DET 0 0 0 0 3 69 23.0 0 0 2 36 18.0 0 0
Robert Porcher DET 0.5 0 0 0 0
Matt Russell DET 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Wells DET 1.0 0 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Jeff Burris BUF 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0
Damien Covington BUF 1 6 0 0
Henry Jones BUF 1.0 0 0 0 0
Eric Moulds BUF 0 0 0 0 4 108 27.0 0 0
Bryce Paup BUF 1.0 0 0 0 0
Sam Rogers BUF 1.0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Smith BUF 1.0 0 0 0 0
Steve Tasker BUF 0 0 0 0 2 3 1.5 0 0