| Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 29, 1989 Location: Orchard Park, NY Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 80208 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 71 F Humidty: 32% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Pete Stoyanovich 45 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Larry Kinnebrew 1 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Thurman Thomas 30 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Don Beebe 63 pass from Frank Reich (Scott Norwood kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Mark Clayton 44 pass from Dan Marino (Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 45 FG | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Kirby Jackson 40 interception return (Scott Norwood kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Andre Brown 44 pass from Scott Secules (Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 17 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Mark Clayton |
| 85 | WR | Mark Duper |
| 65 | LOT | Jeff Dellenbach |
| 61 | LOG | Roy Foster |
| 63 | C | Jeff Uhlenhake |
| 62 | ROG | Harry Galbreath |
| 72 | ROT | Ronnie Lee |
| 83 | TE | Ferrell Edmunds |
| 13 | QB | Dan Marino |
| 33 | RB | Sammie Smith |
| 30 | FB | Ron Davenport |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Jackie Cline |
| 70 | NT | Brian Sochia |
| 91 | RDE | Jeff Cross |
| 54 | LOLB | E.J. Junior |
| 50 | LILB | Dave Ahrens |
| 58 | RILB | Barry Krauss |
| 55 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 44 | LCB | Paul Lankford |
| 26 | SS | Jarvis Williams |
| 25 | FS | Louis Oliver |
| 49 | RCB | William Judson |
| 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 |
| 84 | TE | Keith McKeller |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 14 | QB | Frank Reich |
| 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 |
| 47 | LCB | Kirby Jackson |
| 46 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 25:19 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6/14 | 2/3 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | 34:41 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6/13 | 0/0 | 8 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Sammie Smith | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Scott Secules | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ron Davenport | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 27 | 148 | 5.5 | 30t | 1 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 21 | 121 | 5.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Kenneth Davis | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 51 | 280 | 5.5 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Dan Marino | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 3 | 255 | 7.1 | 44t | 1 | 2 | 16 | 52.4 |
| Scott Secules | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 109 | 9.9 | 44t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 119.1 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 26 | 55.3 | 3 | 364 | 7.7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 68.0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Frank Reich | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 123 | 13.7 | 63t | 1 | 2 | 9 | 146.8 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 123 | 13.7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 146.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Mark Clayton | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 44t | 1 |
| Andre Brown | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Fred Banks | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Duper | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Ferrell Edmunds | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Sammie Smith | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Davenport | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 364 | 14.0 | 2 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Keith McKeller | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Beebe | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Flip Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Kirby Jackson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 40t | 1 |
| Cornelius Bennett | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 1 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||
| Reggie Roby | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | ||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||
| John Kidd | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Mickey Sutton | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Willard Reaves | 4 | 0 | 66 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Kerry Goode | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Andre Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 0 | 74 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Don Beebe | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kenneth Davis | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Jeff Cross | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Cornelius Bennett | 1.0 |
| Jeff Wright | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |