| Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1986 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 72000 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 35 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Andre Reed 3 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Robb Riddick 5 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Earnest Jackson 5 run (Harry Newsome run failed) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Weegie Thompson 11 pass from Mark Malone (Harry Newsome run failed) | 12 | 13 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 29 FG | 12 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Calvin Sweeney |
| 87 | WR | Weegie Thompson |
| 65 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 54 | ROG | Terry Long |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 86 | TE | Preston Gothard |
| 16 | QB | Mark Malone |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 43 | FB | Earnest Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 64 | RDE | Edmund Nelson |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 50 | LILB | David Little |
| 56 | RILB | Robin Cole |
| 53 | ROLB | Bryan Hinkle |
| 26 | LCB | John Swain |
| 21 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 21 | FS | Eric Williams |
| 33 | RCB | Harvey Clayton |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 73 | ROG | Will Wolford |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 40 | RB | Robb Riddick |
| 42 | FB | Ricky Moore |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Sean McNanie |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 75 | RDE | Mike Hamby |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 54 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 50 | RILB | Ray Bentley |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 36 | LCB | Rodney Bellinger |
| 43 | SS | Martin Bayless |
| 22 | FS | Steve Freeman |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Walter Abercrombie | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Robb Riddick | 25 | 108 | 4.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Carl Byrum | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Ricky Moore | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Mark Malone | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 1 | 142 | 3.9 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 57.9 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 95 | 4.3 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 76.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Walter Abercrombie | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Preston Gothard | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Earnest Jackson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Ricky Moore | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Carl Byrum | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rodney Bellinger | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 10 | 370 | 37.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 7 | 234 | 33.4 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rick Woods | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ron Pitts | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lupe Sanchez | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Eric Richardson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Keith Willis | 2.5 |
| Darryl Sims | 1.0 |
| Robin Cole | 0.5 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Mike Hamby | 1.0 |
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