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Rams 34, Bills 33

09/20/98

RAMS    0   10   10   14 -- 34
BUFFALO 7    7   14    5 -- 33

FIRST QUARTER
Buff -- Gash 5 pass from Johnson (Christie kick), 5:54. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 4:04. Key plays: Johnson 32 run; A.Smith 13 run; Johnson 4 pass to Thomas on 3rd-and-3.

SECOND QUARTER
Rams -- FG Wilkins 27, 13:22. Drive: 14 plays, 71 yards, 7:32. Key plays: Banks 20 pass to Proehl; Banks 17 pass to Thomas on 3rd-and-7; Harris 15 run.
Rams -- Hill 12 run (Wilkins kick), 4:58. Drive: 3 plays, 98 yards, 1:50. Key plays: Hill 46 run; Banks 45 pass to Kennison.
Buff -- Reed 13 pass from Johnson (Christie kick), :52. Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards, 4:06. Key plays: Johnson 22 pass to Thomas on 3rd-and-17; Johnson 18 pass to Riemersma; A.Smith 7 run on 3rd-and-1; Johnson 17 pass to Gash.

THIRD QUARTER
Buff -- T. Thomas 14 run (Christie kick), 12:06. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:54. Key plays: R. Johnson 10 pass to L. Johnson; R. Johnson 41 pass to Moulds.
Buff -- Riemersma 16 pass from R. Johnson (Christie kick), 11:41. Drive: 1 plays, 16 yards, :04. Key plays: Schulz 23 interception return to Rams 16.
Rams -- FG Wilkins 25, 6:37. Drive: 5 plays, 44 yards, 2:36. Key plays: Fumble recovery by Agnew on Rams 49; Hill 40 run.
Rams -- Lee 23 pass from Banks (Wilkins kick), 3:55. Drive: 3 plays, 28 yards, :20. Key plays: McCleon 14 interception return to Bills 28.

FOURTH QUARTER
Buff -- FG Christie 36, 14:57. Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards, 2:15. Key plays: Riemersma recovered muffed punt on 50; Williams 28 run.
Rams -- Hill 1 run (Lee run), 10:32. Drive: 3 plays, 58 yards, 1:32. Key plays: Kennison 37 punt return to own 42; Banks 15 pass to Proehl; 30-yard pass interference penalty on Irvin.
Buff -- Safety, Hill tackled by T. Washington in end zone, 8:19.
Rams -- Banks 2 run (run failed), :11. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 3:46. Key plays: Banks 22 and 34 passes to Proehl; Banks 12 pass to Lee; defensive holding penalty on Irvin with 18 seconds remaining in game, stops clock.
A -- 65,199.

TEAM STATISTICS

                       Rams       Buf
First Downs               21        23
Rushing                    9        10
Passing                    9        12
Penalty                    3         1
Third Down Eff.         5-10      5-13
Fourth Down Eff.         0-0       0-0
Total Net Yards          406       407
Total Plays               54        74
Average Gain             7.5       5.5
Net Yards Rushing        181       215
Rushes                    25        35
Average per rush         7.2       6.1
Net Yards Passing        225       192
Sacked-Yards lost       2-10      9-39
Gross-Yards passing      235       231
Completed-Attempted    13-27     18-30
Had Intercepted            2         1
Yards-Pass Play          7.8       4.9
Kickoffs-End Zone-TB   8-4-3     6-4-1
Punts-Average         3-53.7    7-45.6
Punts blocked              0         0
FGs-PATs blocked         0-0       0-0
Total Return Yardage     174       168
Punts Returns           3-57      3-44
Kickoffs Returns       5-103     5-101
Interceptions           1-14      2-23
Penalties-Yards         4-20      9-91
Fumbles-Lost             2-2       1-1
Time Of Possession     24:36     35:24

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING
Rams          Att.  Yds.  Avg.  LG  TD
Hill           19   158   8.3   46   2
Harris          1    15  15.0   15   0
Lee             1     5   5.0    5   0
Banks           2     3   1.5    2   1
Moore           2     0   0.0    1   0

Bills         Att.  Yds.  Avg.  LG  TD
Smith          22   118   5.4   23   0
R. Johnson      4    35   8.8   32   0
Thomas          7    32   4.6   14   1
Williams        1    28  28.0   28   0
Gash            1     2   2.0    2   0

PASSING
Rams       Att.  Cmp  Yds. TD  LG  Int
Banks       27   13   235   1  45    2

Bills      Att.  Cmp  Yds. TD  LG  Int
R. Johnson  28   18   231   3  41    1
Flutie       2    0     0   0   0    0

PASS RECEIVING
Rams        No.  Yds.  Avg.  LG  TD
Lee          5    72  14.4   23   1
Proehl       4    91  22.8   34   0
Thomas       2    26  13.0   17   0
Kennison     1    45  45.0   45   0
Harris       1     1   1.0    1   0

Bills       No.  Yds.  Avg.  LG  TD
Moulds       4    65  16.3   41   0
Reed         4    35   8.8   13   1
Thomas       3    46  15.3   22   0
Riemersma    3    44  14.7   18   1
Gash         3    31  10.3   17   1
L. Johnson   1    10  10.0   10   0

INTERCEPTIONS
Rams          No. Yds.  LG   TD
McCleon        1   14   14    0

Bills         No. Yds.  LG   TD
Schulz         2   23   23    0

PUNTING
Rams        No.  Yds.  Avg.  TB  In20  LG
Tuten        3   161   53.7   0     0  59

Bills       No.  Yds.  Avg.  TB  In20  LG
Mohr         7   319   45.6   1     3  57

PUNT RETURNS
Rams          No. FC  Yds.  LG  TD
Kennison       3   1   57   37   0
Out of bounds  2                  
Touchback      1                  

Bills         No. FC  Yds.  LG  TD
Williams       3   0   44   19   0

KICKOFF RETURNS
Rams          No. FC  Yds.  LG  TD
Thomas         4   0   79   24   0
Horne          1   0   24   24   0
Touchback      1                  

Bills         No. FC  Yds.  LG  TD
Williams       4   0   81   33   0
Holmes         1   0   20   20   0
Touchback      3                  

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS
Rams: E. Hill 8-0-1, Mike A. Jones 7-0-1, McCleon 6-1-0, Wright 6-0-1, Lyght 4-1-0, Lyle 4-1-0, Carter 4-0-2, Clemons 3-1-2, Williams 3-1-0, Agnew 1-3-0, Mike D. Jones 1-2-0, Farr 2-0-2, Phillips 2-0-0, Horne 2-0-0, Little 2-0-0, Styles 1-1-0, Jenkins 1-0-0, Robinson 1-0-0, Allen 1-0-0, McBurrows 1-0-0, Tuten 1-0-0.
Bills: Jones 5-1-0, Schulz 4-2-0, B. Smith 4-1-1, Holecek 4-1-0, Rodgers 3-1-1, Washington 3-1-0, Martin 3-0-0, Cowart 3-0-0, Hansen 3-0-0, T. Smith 2-0-0, Jackson 2-0-0, Price 0-2-0, Wiley 1-0-0, Brandenburg 1-0-0, Holmes 1-0-0, Moulds 1-0-0, Northern 0-1-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS
Bills: None. Rams: None.

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