| Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1997 Location: Indianapolis, IN |
| Venue: RCA Dome Attendance: 61139 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Indianapolis ColtsIND | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | IND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Steve Christie 22 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Steve Christie 47 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Cary Blanchard 39 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Cary Blanchard 32 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Steve Christie 27 FG | 9 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Quinn Early |
| 80 | WR | Eric Moulds |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 70 | LOT | John Fina |
| 79 | LOG | Ruben Brown |
| 61 | C | Dusty Zeigler |
| 68 | ROG | Corbin Lacina |
| 60 | ROT | Jerry Ostroski |
| 84 | TE | Lonnie Johnson |
| 15 | QB | Todd Collins |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Phil Hansen |
| 92 | NT | Ted Washington |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 95 | LOLB | Bryce Paup |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 57 | RILB | Damien Covington |
| 59 | ROLB | Sam Rogers |
| 22 | LCB | Jeff Burris |
| 30 | SS | Henry Jones |
| 24 | FS | Kurt Schulz |
| 28 | RCB | Thomas Smith |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Sean Dawkins |
| 88 | WR | Marvin Harrison |
| 73 | LOT | Adam Meadows |
| 64 | LOG | Doug Widell |
| 58 | C | Jay Leeuwenburg |
| 78 | ROG | Tarik Glenn |
| 79 | ROT | Tony Mandarich |
| 85 | TE | Ken Dilger |
| 4 | QB | Jim Harbaugh |
| 28 | RB | Marshall Faulk |
| 32 | FB | Zack Crockett |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Al Fontenot |
| 61 | LDT | Tony McCoy |
| 62 | RDT | Ellis Johnson |
| 98 | RDE | Dan Footman |
| 50 | LLB | Elijah Alexander |
| 51 | MLB | Scott Von Der Ahe |
| 55 | RLB | Quentin Coryatt |
| 26 | LCB | Carlton Gray |
| 25 | SS | Robert Blackmon |
| 29 | FS | Jason Belser |
| 23 | RCB | Dedric Mathis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Antowain Smith | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Todd Collins | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Marshall Faulk | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Zack Crockett | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lamont Warren | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Harbaugh | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Todd Collins | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 0 | 184 | 8.4 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 101.3 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||||||||
| Jim Harbaugh | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 0 | 108 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 102.1 |
| Paul Justin | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 62 | 10.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Eric Moulds | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Quinn Early | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Marshall Faulk | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Marvin Harrison | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Brian Stablein | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Sean Dawkins | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Aaron Bailey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chris Mohr | 3 | 152 | 50.7 | 56 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Chris Gardocki | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Jeff Burris | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||||
| Brian Stablein | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||
| Steve Christie | 3 | 208 | 69.3 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||
| Chris Gardocki | 3 | 204 | 68.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Eric Moulds | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||||
| Aaron Bailey | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Bruce Smith | 2.5 |
| Sean Moran | 1.0 |
| Bryce Paup | 1.0 |
| Ted Washington | 0.5 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |
| Dan Footman | 2.0 |
| Robert Blackmon | 1.0 |
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