| Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1979 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 61911 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Freddie Scott 5 pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Horace King 11 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Nick Mike-Mayer 23 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 40 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Nick Mike-Mayer 42 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Curtis Brown 3 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Reuben Gant 7 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 20 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 26 | 139 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Jeff Komlo | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| DET | Gene Washington | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Horace King | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 35 | 17 | 48.6 | 2 | 339 | 9.7 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 68.6 |
| DET | Jeff Komlo | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 0 | 138 | 8.1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 119.2 |
| DET | Larry Swider | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Frank Lewis | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 0 | |
| BUF | Jerry Butler | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| BUF | Lou Piccone | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| DET | David Hill | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Washington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | James Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BUF | Rusty Jackson | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 47 | 0 |
| DET | Larry Swider | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Robert Woods | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Lou Piccone | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 17 | 0 |
| BUF | Steve Powell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Callicutt | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DET | Robert Woods | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| BUF | Isiah Robertson | 1.0 |
| DET | William Gay | 1.0 |
| DET | Doug English | 1.0 |
| DET | Cleveland Elam | 1.0 |
| DET | Ken Fantetti | 1.0 |
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