| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1989 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 21148 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 19 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 37 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 26 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Larry Kinnebrew 1 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | James Lofton 18 pass from Jim Kelly (run failed) | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Ronnie Harmon 25 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Thurman Thomas 3 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 30 | 0 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Kenneth Davis 17 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 37 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 84 | TE | Keith McKeller |
| 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 |
| 58 | LILB | Shane Conlan |
| 97 | RILB | Scott Radecic |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 47 | LCB | Kirby Jackson |
| 45 | SS | Dwight Drane |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Toon |
| 83 | WR | JoJo Townsell |
| 61 | LOT | Jeff Criswell |
| 66 | LOG | Dave Cadigan |
| 53 | C | Jim Sweeney |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 74 | ROT | Curt Singer |
| 86 | TE | Keith Neubert |
| 11 | QB | Tony Eason |
| 34 | RB | Johnny Hector |
| 43 | FB | Roger Vick |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Paul Frase |
| 94 | NT | Scott Mersereau |
| 96 | RDE | Ron Stallworth |
| 55 | LOLB | Alex Gordon |
| 54 | LILB | Troy Benson |
| 59 | RILB | Kyle Clifton |
| 56 | ROLB | Jeff Lageman |
| 48 | LCB | Bobby Humphery |
| 25 | SS | George Radachowsky |
| 22 | FS | Erik McMillan |
| 40 | RCB | James Hasty |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Larry Kinnebrew | 17 | 91 | 5.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Thurman Thomas | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Kenneth Davis | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 17t | 1 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jamie Mueller | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Reich | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Hector | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Roger Vick | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Eason | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 208 | 9.9 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106.8 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Tony Eason | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 125 | 5.7 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 52.3 |
| Kyle Mackey | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 51 | 5.1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 56.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Keith McKeller | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Al Toon | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 22 | 0 |
| JoJo Townsell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Roger Vick | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Phil Epps | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chris Burkett | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Keith Neubert | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| A.B. Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Cornelius Bennett | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Alex Gordon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 46 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Joe Prokop | 7 | 279 | 39.9 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Mickey Sutton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| JoJo Townsell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| JoJo Townsell | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 22 | 0 | |
| Phil Epps | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dennis Byrd | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Cornelius Bennett | 2.0 |
| Bruce Smith | 2.0 |
| New York Jets | |
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