Buffalo 42, Miami 31


Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Buffalo 7 0 21 14 42 Miami 0 17 0 14 31

Scoring Summary

First Quarter:

BUF - TD, Bill Brooks 8 yd pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick), 10:35. Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards in 4:45. Key plays: Burris 10-yard punt return to Miami 45; Gardner 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Miami 33; Kelly 23-yard pass to Johnson to Miami 12.

Second Quarter:

MIA - TD, Irving Fryar 3 yd pass from Dan Marino (Pete Stoyanovich kick), 0:08. Drive: 8 plays, 85 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Marino 38-yard pass to Fryar on 3rd-and-4 to Buffalo 41.

MIA - FG, Pete Stoyanovich 23 yd, 9:24. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Tyoka Jackson recovers Kelly's fumble at Buffalo 22.

MIA - TD, Irving Fryar 45 yd pass from Dan Marino (Pete Stoyanovich kick), 13:29.

Third Quarter:

BUF - TD, Don Beebe 72 yd pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick), 0:59.

BUF - TD, Andre Reed 21 yd pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick), 6:51. Drive: 9 plays, 53 yards in 4:13. Key plays: Kelly 6-yard pass to Beebe on 3rd-and-2 to Miami 39; Thomas 7-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to Miami 28.

BUF - TD, Carwell Gardner 1 yd run (Steve Christie kick), 13:58. Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards in 4:49. Key plays: Reed 32-yard pass to Billy Brooks to Miami 8.

Fourth Qtr:

MIA - TD, Keith Jackson 23 yd pass from Dan Marino (two-point conversion failed), 0:48. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 1:52. Key plays: Marino 29-yard pass to Mike Williams on 3rd-and-10 to Buffalo 46.

BUF - TD, Carwell Gardner 1 yd run (Steve Christie kick), 3:19. Drive: 4 plays, 28 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Jourdain 18-yard kick return plus Dumas 40-yard fumble recovery to Miami 28.

BUF - TD, Andre Reed 83 yd pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick), 8:40.

MIA - TD, Scott Miller 1 yd pass from Bernie Kosar (Bernie Parmalee run for two-point conversion), 14:52. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 1:56. Key plays: Kosar 3-yard pass to Craver on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 22. Kosar 21-yard pass to Williams to Buffalo 1.


Team Statistics

BUF MIA First downs 19 25 Rushing 6 5 Passing 11 19 Penalty 2 1 3rd-down efficiency 8-13 8-16 4th-down efficiency 0-1 1-1 Total net yards 398 460 Total plays 59 74 Average gain 6.7 6.2 Net yards rushing 76 73 Rushes 28 19 Average per rush 2.7 3.8 Net yards passing 322 387 Completed-attempted 19-29 32-54 Yards per pass 10.4 7.0 Sacked-yards lost 2-9 1-4 Had intercepted 1 4 Punts-average 4-49.0 4-42.8 Return yardage 155 180 Punts-returns 2-28 2-17 Kickoffs-returns 5-75 7-163 Interceptions-returns 4-52 1-0 Penalties-yards 5-42 9-87 Fumbles-lost 7-1 1-0 Time of possession 26:56 33:04

Player Statistics

Missed field goals: None.

Buffalo rushing: Thurman Thomas 16-63, Carwell Gardner 5-10, Kenneth Davis 3-5, Don Beebe 1-5, Andre Reed 1-3, Chris Mohr 1-minus 9, Frank Reich 1-minus 1.

Miami rushing: Bernie Parmalee 13-40, Bernie Kosar 1-17, Irving Spikes 3-15, O.j. McDuffie 1-3, Dan Marino 1-minus 2.

Buffalo passing: Jim Kelly 18-28 for 299 yards, 1 INT, 4 TD, Rate: 124.9 Andre Reed 1-1 for 32 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Rate: 118.8

Miami passing: Dan Marino 25-42 for 311 yards, 3 INT, 3 TD, Rate: 76.6. Bernie Kosar 7-12 for 80 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD, Rate: 71.5

Buffalo receiving: Thurman Thomas 4-26, Andre Reed 3-106, Don Beebe 3-89, Bill Brooks 3-49, Lonnie Johnson 3-42, Pete Metzelaars 1-9, Kenneth Davis 1-7, Carwell Gardner 1-3.

Miami receiving: Aaron Craver 7-67, Keith Jackson 7-64, Irving Fryar 5-110, O.j. McDuffie 4-47, Mike Williams 3-62, Bernie Parmalee 2-18, Mark Ingram 2-16, James Saxon 1-6, Scott Miller 1-1.

Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks: Keith Goganious 9-2-0, Marvcus Patton 6-3-0, Darryl Talley 5-3-0, Cornelius Bennett 4-1-0, Henry Jones 3-2-0, Bruce Smith 4-0-1, Jeff Burris 3-1-0, Matt Darby 3-0-0, Kurt Schulz 2-0-0, Thomas Smith 2-0-0, Mike Lodish 1-0-0, Mickey Washington 1-0-0, Jeff Wright 0-1-0, Carwell Gardner 2-0-0, Yonel Jourdain 1-0-0, Sam Rogers 2-1-0, Steve Tasker 1-0-0, Team 2-0-0.

Miami tackles-assists-sacks: Bryan Cox 9-1-0, Dwight Hollier 6-0-0, Gene Atkins 4-0-0, Michael Stewart 4-0-0, Tim Bowens 3-0-0, J.B. Brown 3-0-0, Troy Vincent 3-0-0, Aubrey Beavers 2-0-0, Marco Coleman 2-0-1, Chuck Klingbeil 2-0-0, Frankie Smith 2-1-0, Jeff Cross 1-0-1, Brant Boyer 1-1-0, Larry Webster 0-1-0, Aaron Craver 1-0-0, Chris Green 1-0-0, Sean Hill 1-0-0, Ronnie Williams 1-0-0.

Interceptions: Buffalo (Matt Darby 2 for 20 yards, Marvcus Patton 1 for 8 yards, Jeff Burris 1 for 24 yards); Miami (Troy Vincent 1 for 0 yards).

Fumbles lost: Buffalo (Jim Kelly).

Opponent's fumbles recovered: Miami (Tyoka Jackson).