| Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1989 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 57278 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 47 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 43 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Warren Moon 1 run (Tony Zendejas kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Thurman Thomas 6 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 26 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Tony Zendejas 26 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mark Kelso 76 blocked field goal recovery (Scott Norwood kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Don Beebe 63 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 27 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Alonzo Highsmith 4 run (Tony Zendejas kick) | 27 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Cris Dishman 7 blocked punt recovery (Tony Zendejas kick) | 27 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Andre Reed 78 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 34 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Ernest Givins 26 pass from Warren Moon (Tony Zendejas kick) | 34 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Lorenzo White 1 run (Tony Zendejas kick) | 34 | 38 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Thurman Thomas 26 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 41 | 38 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Tony Zendejas 52 FG | 41 | 41 |
| 5 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Andre Reed 28 pass from Jim Kelly | 47 | 41 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 73 | LOT | Will Wolford |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 70 | ROG | Joe Devlin |
| 75 | ROT | Howard Ballard |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 87 | TE | Butch Rolle |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| 28 | FB | Larry Kinnebrew |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Art Still |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Cornelius Bennett |
| 97 | LILB | Scott Radecic |
| 50 | RILB | Ray Bentley |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 29 | LCB | Derrick Burroughs |
| 46 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Ernest Givins |
| 85 | WR | Drew Hill |
| 77 | LOT | Bruce Davis |
| 63 | LOG | Mike Munchak |
| 52 | C | Jay Pennison |
| 74 | ROG | Bruce Matthews |
| 70 | ROT | Dean Steinkuhler |
| 87 | TE | Bob Mrosko |
| 1 | QB | Warren Moon |
| 20 | RB | Allen Pinkett |
| 32 | FB | Alonzo Highsmith |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | William Fuller |
| 79 | NT | Ray Childress |
| 96 | RDE | Sean Jones |
| 93 | LOLB | Robert Lyles |
| 59 | LILB | John Grimsley |
| 54 | RILB | Al Smith |
| 91 | ROLB | Johnny Meads |
| 24 | LCB | Steve Brown |
| 25 | SS | Bubba McDowell |
| 21 | FS | Tracey Eaton |
| 29 | RCB | Patrick Allen |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jamie Mueller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Alonzo Highsmith | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Warren Moon | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 6 | 1 |
| Allen Pinkett | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Lorenzo White | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 1 | 363 | 12.5 | 78t | 5 | 3 | 26 | 128.2 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Warren Moon | 42 | 28 | 66.7 | 2 | 338 | 8.0 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 79.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 5 | 135 | 27.0 | 78t | 2 |
| Flip Johnson | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 26t | 2 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Beebe | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Keith McKeller | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Curtis Duncan | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Haywood Jeffires | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 26t | 1 |
| Alonzo Highsmith | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Drew Hill | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Allen Pinkett | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Leonard Harris | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lorenzo White | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Mrosko | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mark Kelso | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Leonard Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Steve Brown | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 43 | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Greg Montgomery | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Erroll Tucker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Kenny Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Erroll Tucker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Butch Rolle | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Tracy Johnson | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Leonard Harris | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Leon Seals | 1.0 |
| Bruce Smith | 1.0 |
| Jeff Wright | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| William Fuller | 2.5 |
| Sean Jones | 0.5 |
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