| Buffalo Bills at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1989 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 45267 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 69 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | James Lofton 6 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Paul McFadden 54 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Keith Jones 1 run (Paul McFadden kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Keith McKeller 11 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Floyd Dixon 26 pass from Chris Miller (Paul McFadden kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Paul McFadden 26 FG | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Thurman Thomas 2 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Keith Jones 3 run (Paul McFadden kick) | 21 | 27 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Larry Kinnebrew 1 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 28 | 27 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Paul McFadden 50 FG | 28 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Flip Johnson |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 47 | LCB | Kirby Jackson |
| 46 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Shawn Collins |
| 86 | WR | Floyd Dixon |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 74 | LOG | Stan Clayton |
| 64 | C | Jamie Dukes |
| 79 | ROG | Bill Fralic |
| 69 | ROT | Houston Hoover |
| 80 | TE | Ron Heller |
| 12 | QB | Chris Miller |
| 38 | RB | Keith Jones |
| 33 | FB | John Settle |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Mike Gann |
| 75 | NT | Tony Casillas |
| 72 | RDE | Ben Thomas |
| 93 | LOLB | Aundray Bruce |
| 59 | LILB | John Rade |
| 58 | RILB | Jessie Tuggle |
| 99 | ROLB | Tim Green |
| 21 | LCB | Deion Sanders |
| 20 | SS | Evan Cooper |
| 34 | FS | Robert Moore |
| 22 | RCB | Charles Dimry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Jim Kelly | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John Settle | 22 | 83 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Keith Jones | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 6 | 2 |
| Chris Miller | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 1 | 231 | 10.5 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 121.6 |
| Flip Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Chris Miller | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 0 | 220 | 9.6 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 92.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Flip Johnson | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Keith McKeller | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 23 | 1 |
| James Lofton | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Beebe | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Stacey Bailey | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Floyd Dixon | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Keith Jones | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 19 | 0 |
| John Settle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Elbert Shelley | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 59 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Scott Fulhage | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Mickey Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Deion Sanders | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Don Beebe | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 85 | 0 | |
| Kenneth Davis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Deion Sanders | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Keith Jones | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Darryl Talley | 2.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Charles Dimry | 1.0 |
| Tim Green | 1.0 |
| Malcolm Taylor | 1.0 |
| Ben Thomas | 1.0 |
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