Box Score

1988 Houston 10, 1988 Buffalo 24
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1988 Houston	0	0	7	3	0	10
1988 Buffalo	3	7	7	7	0	24

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Team	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	4:12	1988 Buffalo	S.Norwood 46 yd. field goal	3-0 BUA
2	9:36	1988 Buffalo	B.Rolle 6 yd. pass from J.Kelly (S.Norwood kick)	10-0 BUA
3	5:06	1988 Buffalo	T.Johnson 21 yd. pass from J.Kelly (S.Norwood kick)	17-0 BUA
3	1:48	1988 Houston	M.Rozier 12 yd. run (T.Zendejas kick)	17-7 BUA
4	9:00	1988 Buffalo	T.Thomas 4 yd. run (S.Norwood kick)	24-7 BUA
4	1:37	1988 Houston	T.Zendejas 22 yd. field goal	24-10 BUA

Team Statistics
	1988 Houston	1988 Buffalo
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	5-13-2-20	5-13-3-21
Third Down Efficiency	3-12-25%	4-14-29%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1-100%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	10-14-71%	17-21-81%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	303-64-4.7	299-65-4.6
Total Net Yards Rushing	109	83
Total Rushes	22	22
Average Per Rush	5.0	3.8
Passes Completed/Attempted	21/37 (56.8%)	25/42 (59.5%)
Net Yards Passing	194	216
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.2	5.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	5/34	1/6
Punts/Average	6/35.7	8/34.9
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/16	4/4
Kickoffs/Returns	4/61	2/34
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	2/17
Penalties/Yards	10/64	8/75
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	0/0
Time of Possession	28 mins 30 secs	31 mins 30 secs
Average Drive Start	HOA 24	BUA 34

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1988 Houston
Warren Moon	37	21	228	56.8	6.2	0	0	2	5.4	36	5/34	52.5
1988 Buffalo
Jim Kelly	42	25	222	59.5	5.3	2	4.8	0	0	25	1/6	89.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1988 Houston
Alonzo Highsmith	9	48	5.3	27	0	0	0/0
Mike Rozier	9	44	4.9	14	1	0	1/0
Warren Moon	4	17	4.3	10	0	0	1/1
1988 Buffalo
Thurman Thomas	14	67	4.8	18	1	0	0/0
Jim Kelly	4	18	4.5	6	0	0	0/0
Robb Riddick	3	-7	-2.3	0	0	0	0/0
Jamie Mueller	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1988 Houston
Curtis Duncan	5	66	13.2	36	0	0
Drew Hill	5	51	10.2	14	0	0
Alonzo Highsmith	4	34	8.5	11	0	0
Ernest Givins	4	49	12.3	14	0	0
Willie Drewrey	2	18	9.0	10	0	0
Mike Rozier	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
1988 Buffalo
Trumaine Johnson	6	57	9.5	21	1	0
Thurman Thomas	5	51	10.2	14	0	0
Andre Reed	4	50	12.5	25	0	0
Robb Riddick	3	10	3.3	5	0	0
Chris Burkett	2	20	10.0	14	0	0
Ronnie Harmon	2	11	5.5	6	0	0
Pete Metzelaars	2	17	8.5	10	0	0
Butch Rolle	1	6	6.0	6	1	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1988 Houston
Tony Zendejas	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
1988 Buffalo
Scott Norwood	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1988 Houston
Greg Montgomery	6	35.7	35.0	0	1	40	0
1988 Buffalo
John Kidd	8	34.9	30.4	1	2	44	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1988 Houston
Leonard Harris	4	61	15.3	18	0
1988 Buffalo
Flip Johnson	1	19	19.0	19	0
Erroll Tucker	1	15	15.0	15	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1988 Houston
Kenny Johnson	1	1	16	16.0	16	0
1988 Buffalo
Flip Johnson	4	1	4	1.0	1	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1988 Houston
Robert Lyles	10	0	0
Al Smith	6	0	0
John Grimsley	6	1	0
Jeff Donaldson	5	0	0
Steve Brown	4	0	0
Keith Bostic	4	0	0
Patrick Allen	4	0	0
Johnny Meads	4	0	0
Ray Childress	1	0	0
Doug A. Smith	1	0	0
Warren Moon	0	0	1
1988 Buffalo
Darryl Talley	8	1	0
Mark Kelso	7	0	0
Shane Conlan	6	1	1
Derrick Burroughs	5	0	0
Nate Odomes	4	0	0
Ray Bentley	3	0	0
Fred Smerlas	3	1	0
Art Still	3	1	0
Wayne Davis	2	0	0
Bruce Smith	2	1	0
Cornelius Bennett	2	0	0
Leonard Smith	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1988 Houston
1988 Buffalo
Darryl Talley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leonard Smith	1	17	17.0	17	0

Game Story
With a solid effort Buffalo bested Houston by the score of 24 to 10. Thurman Thomas carried the ball 14 times for 67 yards and added a touchdown. Buffalo led after three quarters 17 to 7.

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