Bills 23-20 Dolphins (17 Dec, 1995) Box Score

Miami Dolphins

8-7, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIA					20
BUF					23

Buffalo Bills

10-5, 6-1 home

Miami Passing


Dan Marino
Bernie Kosar
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/27	244	9.0	1	1	3-27	89.1
1/1	10	10.0	0	0	0-0	108.3
18/28	227	9.1	1	1	3-27	90.5

Buffalo Passing


Jim Kelly
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/28	139	5.0	1	1	1-5	67.4
16/28	134	5.0	1	1	1-5	67.4

Miami Rushing


Bernie Parmalee
Keith Byars
Terry Kirby
O.J. McDuffie
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	20	1.7	1	5
2	17	8.5	0	15
3	5	1.7	0	5
1	0	0.0	0	0
18	42	2.3	1	15

Buffalo Rushing


Thurman Thomas
Steve Tasker
Darick Holmes
Jim Kelly
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
35	148	4.2	1	15
6	50	8.3	0	16
3	12	4.0	0	7
4	-2	-0.5	0	0
48	208	4.3	1	16

Miami Receiving


O.J. McDuffie
Irving Fryar
Eric Green
Keith Byars
Terry Kirby
Gary Clark
Randal Hill
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	79	19.8	0	32
3	45	15.0	0	19
4	38	9.5	1	25
3	36	12.0	0	26
2	29	14.5	0	16
1	17	17.0	0	17
1	10	10.0	0	10
18	254	14.1	1	32

Buffalo Receiving


Lonnie Johnson
Bill Brooks
Russell Copeland
Steve Tasker
Thurman Thomas
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	48	8.0	0	15
4	42	10.5	0	25
2	19	9.5	0	13
3	19	6.3	0	11
1	11	11.0	1	11
16	139	8.7	1	25

Miami Fumbles


Terry Kirby
Steve Emtman
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
1	0	1

Buffalo Fumbles


Kent Hull
Thurman Thomas
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
2	1	0

Miami Defense



Chris Singleton
Bryan Cox
Louis Oliver
Chuck Klingbeil
Terrell Buckley
Michael Anthony Stewart
Calvin Jackson
Jeffrey Allen Cross
Troy Vincent
Tim Bowens
Marco Coleman
Trace Armstrong
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
14	10	0	0	0	0	0
9	8	0	0	1	0	0
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
64	57	1	0	5	0	0

Buffalo Defense



Bryce Paup
Bruce Smith
Cornelius Bennett
Phil Hansen
Matt Darby
Thomas Smith
Filmel Johnson
Monty Brown
Ken Irvin
Ted Washington
Kurt Schulz
Marlo Perry
David White
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	1.5	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	1.5	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
42	34	3	0	5	0	0

Miami Interceptions


Calvin Jackson
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	23	0
1	23	0

Buffalo Interceptions


David White
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	9	0
1	9	0

Miami Kick Returns


Irving Spikes
O.J. McDuffie
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	107	21.4	25
1	21	21.0	21
6	128	21.3	25

Buffalo Kick Returns


Darick Holmes
Corey Louchiey
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	70	17.5	28
1	13	13.0	13
5	83	16.6	28

Miami Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Miami Punt Returns

Buffalo Punt Returns


Steve Tasker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	25	8.3	16	0
3	25	8.3	16	0

Miami Kicking


Pete Stoyanovich
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	50	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	50	2/2	8

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	25	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	25	2/2	11

Miami Punting


John Kidd
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	209	41.8	0	1	46
5	209	41.8	0	1	46

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	142	35.5	0	2	41
4	142	35.5	0	2	41

5:00 AM, 17 December 1995

Attendance: 79,531

Referees:
Thomas White

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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