| Buffalo Bills at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1997 Location: Green Bay, WI |
| Venue: Lambeau Field Attendance: 60108 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 32 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tyrone Davis EZ opponents fumble recovery (Ryan Longwell kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Antonio Freeman 4 pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tyrone Davis 2 pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Ryan Longwell 35 FG | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Antowain Smith 5 run (Jay Riemersma pass from Alex Van Pelt) | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Antowain Smith 1 run (Alex Van Pelt pass failed) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Darren Sharper 20 interception return (Ryan Longwell kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Alex Van Pelt 1 run (Steve Christie kick) | 21 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Quinn Early |
| 80 | WR | Eric Moulds |
| 70 | LOT | John Fina |
| 79 | LOG | Ruben Brown |
| 61 | C | Dusty Zeigler |
| 68 | ROG | Corbin Lacina |
| 60 | ROT | Jerry Ostroski |
| 84 | TE | Lonnie Johnson |
| 85 | TE | Jay Riemersma |
| 10 | QB | Alex Van Pelt |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Phil Hansen |
| 92 | LDT | Ted Washington |
| 98 | RDT | Sean Moran |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 95 | LOLB | Bryce Paup |
| 52 | MLB | John Holecek |
| 59 | ROLB | Sam Rogers |
| 22 | LCB | Jeff Burris |
| 30 | SS | Henry Jones |
| 24 | FS | Kurt Schulz |
| 28 | RCB | Thomas Smith |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Robert Brooks |
| 86 | WR | Antonio Freeman |
| 78 | LOT | Ross Verba |
| 73 | LOG | Aaron Taylor |
| 52 | C | Frank Winters |
| 63 | ROG | Adam Timmerman |
| 72 | ROT | Earl Dotson |
| 89 | TE | Mark Chmura |
| 4 | QB | Brett Favre |
| 25 | RB | Dorsey Levens |
| 30 | FB | William Henderson |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Reggie White |
| 71 | DT | Santana Dotson |
| 94 | NT | Bob Kuberski |
| 98 | RDE | Gabe Wilkins |
| 54 | LOLB | Seth Joyner |
| 55 | MLB | Bernardo Harris |
| 51 | ROLB | Brian Williams |
| 37 | LCB | Tyrone Williams |
| 36 | SS | LeRoy Butler |
| 41 | FS | Eugene Robinson |
| 33 | RCB | Doug Evans |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 5t | 2 |
| Alex Van Pelt | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Darick Holmes | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Dorsey Levens | 22 | 71 | 3.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Aaron Hayden | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 |
| William Henderson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brett Favre | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Pederson | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Alex Van Pelt | 44 | 23 | 52.3 | 3 | 255 | 5.8 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 41.4 |
| Chris Mohr | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Brett Favre | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 156 | 8.7 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 130.8 |
| Steve Bono | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 29 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 56.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Quinn Early | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Eric Moulds | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Reese | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Darick Holmes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Antonio Freeman | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Robert Brooks | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 38 | 0 |
| William Henderson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Chmura | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tyrone Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Dorsey Levens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Mike Prior | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Tyrone Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chris Mohr | 6 | 207 | 34.5 | 47 | 1 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Craig Hentrich | 6 | 276 | 46.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Jeff Burris | 2 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Ray Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Darren Sharper | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||
| Steve Christie | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||
| Ryan Longwell | 6 | 372 | 62.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Eric Moulds | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Darick Holmes | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Aaron Hayden | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Darren Sharper | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| John Holecek | 1.0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Reggie White | 1.0 |
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