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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills - October 5th, 1997
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 |
Scoring
| DET | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BUF | Steve Christie 47 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | 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 | |
| 3rd | DET | Jason Hanson 30 yard field goal | 6 | 13 |
| 4th | 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 |
Team Stats
| 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 |
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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||