1990 Pittsburgh 13, 1990 Buffalo 21

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

1990 Pittsburgh

0

3

3

7

0

13

1990 Buffalo

18

0

0

3

0

21

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 8:23 1990 Buffalo T.Thomas 4 yd. run (S.Norwood kick) 7-0 BFA
1 6:10 1990 Buffalo S.Norwood 38 yd. field goal 10-0 BFA
1 5:30 1990 Buffalo Safety, B.Brister sacked by L.Seals in the end zone. 12-0 BFA
1 1:23 1990 Buffalo T.Thomas 2 yd. run (kick failed) 18-0 BFA
2 10:10 1990 Pittsburgh G.Anderson 41 yd. field goal 18-3 BFA
3 8:32 1990 Pittsburgh G.Anderson 32 yd. field goal 18-6 BFA
4 8:21 1990 Buffalo S.Norwood 29 yd. field goal 21-6 BFA
4 6:43 1990 Pittsburgh E.Green 26 yd. pass from B.Brister (G.Anderson kick) 21-13 BFA
Other Highlights
Qtr Clock Team Event Player Yards
1 8:04 1990 Pittsburgh Fumble Rod Woodson
2 8:16 1990 Buffalo QBSack Donald Evans -11
2 3:49 1990 Buffalo Fumble Thurman Thomas
2 1:22 1990 Buffalo Intercept Leonard Smith 14
2 0:30 1990 Buffalo Pass Jamie Mueller 30
2 0:01 1990 Buffalo Missed Field Goal Scott Norwood 21
3 3:29 1990 Pittsburgh Intercept D.J. Johnson 0
4 10:34 1990 Buffalo Pass Thurman Thomas 40
4 1:52 1990 Pittsburgh QBSack Jeff D. Wright -10

Team Statistics

1990 Pittsburgh 1990 Buffalo
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 7-8-2-17 9-15-1-25
Third Down Efficiency 2-8-25% 2-10-20%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-3-33% 2-2-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 3-14-21% 17-28-61%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 286-49-5.8 430-68-6.3
Total Net Yards Rushing 158 147
Total Rushes 26 34
Average Per Rush 6.1 4.3
Passes Completed/Attempted 10/21 (47.6%) 21/33 (63.6%)
Net Yards Passing 128 283
Avg Yards Per Pass 7.0 8.9
Sacked/Yards Lost 2/18 1/11
Punts/Average 1/43.0 2/35.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 1/11 0/0
Kickoffs/Returns 4/71 3/47
Interceptions/Returns 1/0 1/14
Penalties/Yards 7/43 8/58
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 1/1 2/1
Time of Possession 25 mins 31 secs 34 mins 29 secs
Average Drive Start PIA 23 BFA 30

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1990 Pittsburgh
Bubby Brister 21 10 146 47.6 7.0 1 4.8 1 4.8 28 2/18 66.8
1990 Buffalo
Jim Kelly 33 21 294 63.6 8.9 0 0 1 3.0 40 1/11 79.6

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1990 Pittsburgh
Merril Hoge 11 63 5.7 17 0 0 0/0
Warren Williams 8 52 6.5 18 0 0 0/0
Tim Worley 4 18 4.5 7 0 0 0/0
Barry Foster 3 25 8.3 16 0 0 0/0
1990 Buffalo
Thurman Thomas 16 50 3.1 8 2 0 2/1
Kenneth Davis 12 91 7.6 19 0 0 0/0
Jim Kelly 4 3 0.8 6 0 0 0/0
Jamie Mueller 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0/0
Don Smith 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1990 Pittsburgh
Mike Mularkey 2 43 21.5 28 0 0
Derek Hill 2 29 14.5 15 0 0
Eric Green 2 40 20.0 26 1 0
Louis Lipps 2 22 11.0 12 0 0
Merril Hoge 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
Richard Bell 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
1990 Buffalo
Andre Reed 6 95 15.8 29 0 0
Jamie Mueller 5 77 15.4 30 0 0
Thurman Thomas 4 70 17.5 40 0 0
James Lofton 2 21 10.5 15 0 0
Keith McKeller 2 14 7.0 9 0 0
Pete Metzelaars 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Kenneth Davis 1 7 7.0 7 0 0

Field Goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1990 Pittsburgh
Gary Anderson 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 0/0 2/2 100
1990 Buffalo
Scott Norwood 0/0 1/2 1/1 0/0 0/0 2/3 66.7

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1990 Pittsburgh
Dan Stryzinski 1 43.0 43.0 0 0 43 0
1990 Buffalo
Rick Tuten 2 35.0 29.5 0 2 39 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
1990 Pittsburgh
Rod Woodson 4 71 17.8 23 0
1990 Buffalo
Chris Hale 1 1 1.0 1 0
Don Smith 1 17 17.0 17 0
Al Edwards 1 29 29.0 29 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1990 Pittsburgh
Rod Woodson 1 0 11 11.0 11 0
1990 Buffalo

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1990 Pittsburgh
Greg Lloyd 8 0 0
Hardy Nickerson 7 0 0
Bryan Hinkle 6 0 0
Rod Woodson 6 0 0
Thomas Everett 5 0 0
Donald Evans 5 1 0
D.J. Johnson 4 0 0
David Little 4 0 0
Carnell Lake 3 0 0
Keith Willis 2 0 1
Gerald Williams 1 0 0
1990 Buffalo
Shane Conlan 7 0 0
Leonard Smith 6 0 0
Cornelius Bennett 5 0 0
Ray Bentley 4 0 0
Leon Seals 3 1 0
Nate Odomes 3 0 0
John Hagy 3 0 0
Jeff D. Wright 3 1 0
James Earl Williams 1 0 1
Bruce Smith 1 0 0
Darryl Talley 1 0 0
John H. Davis 0 0 1

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
1990 Pittsburgh
D.J. Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0
1990 Buffalo
Leonard Smith 1 14 14.0 14 0

Game Story

In a hard fought game Buffalo defeated Pittsburgh by the score of 21 to 13. Jim Kelly threw 33 times for 294 yards. Kenneth Davis led all rushers, carrying the ball 12 times for 91 yards. Buffalo won the air battle out-passing Pittsburgh 294 to 146 yards. They had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 34:29. Buffalo got ahead early outscoring Pittsburgh 18 to 0 in the first quarter.