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Detroit Lions 13 at Buffalo Bills 22
Sunday, October 5, 1997
Detroit Lions 13, Buffalo Bills 22| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (3-3-0) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Buffalo Bills (3-2-0) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| DET | BUF | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | Steve Christie 47 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DET | Jason Hanson 28 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| BUF | Andre Reed 43 yard pass from Todd Collins (Steve Christie kick) | 3 | 10 |
| BUF | Steve Christie 33 yard field goal | 3 | 13 |
| DET | Jason Hanson 30 yard field goal | 6 | 13 |
| DET | Scott Mitchell 8 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 13 | 13 |
| BUF | Safety, B. Smith and Hansen tackled Sanders in end zone | 13 | 15 |
| BUF | Antowain Smith 56 yard rush (Steve Christie kick) | 13 | 22 |
| DET | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-120-1 | 30-164-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-38-221-0-1 | 11-18-122-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-32 | 3-20 |
| Net pass yards | 189 | 102 |
| Total yards | 309 | 266 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-60 | 7-48 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 20 | 38 | 221 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 8 | 116 | |||||||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 25 | 107 | 2 | -1 | |||||||
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 2 | 27 | |||||||||
| Tommie Boyd | DET | 1 | 23 | |||||||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 2 | 23 | |||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | DET | 2 | 13 | |||||||||
| David Sloan | DET | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| Cory Schlesinger | DET | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Ron Rivers | DET | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Andre Reed | BUF | 5 | 95 | 1 | ||||||||
| Antowain Smith | BUF | 13 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 13 | 73 | 5 | 21 | |||||||
| Todd Collins | BUF | 11 | 18 | 122 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||