Oilers 28-17 Bills (24 Dec, 1995) Box Score

Houston Oilers

7-9, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU					28
BUF					17

Buffalo Bills

10-6, 6-2 home

Houston Passing


Steve McNair
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/26	168	6.5	1	0	1-4	80.3
12/26	164	6.5	1	0	1-4	80.3

Buffalo Passing


Alex Van Pelt
Todd Collins
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
10/18	106	5.9	2	0	0-0	110.0
6/15	30	2.0	0	1	5-40	20.1
16/33	96	4.1	2	1	5-40	67.2

Houston Rushing


Rodney Thomas
Gary Brown
Todd McNair
Steve McNair
Marion Stevenson Butts Jr.
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
24	80	3.3	2	20
5	20	4.0	0	5
1	17	17.0	0	17
4	16	4.0	0	11
1	2	2.0	0	2
35	135	3.9	2	20

Buffalo Rushing


Yonel Jourdain
Darick Holmes
Thurman Thomas
Todd Collins
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	31	3.9	19
9	22	2.4	7
3	20	6.7	9
1	3	3.0	3
21	76	3.6	19

Houston Receiving


Frank Wycheck
Chris Sanders
Haywood Franklin Jeffires
Malcolm Floyd
Roderick Lewis
Derek Russell
Rodney Thomas
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	72	14.4	1	36
1	44	44.0	0	44
2	32	16.0	0	27
1	12	12.0	0	12
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	3	3.0	0	3
1	0	0.0	0	0
12	168	14.0	1	44

Buffalo Receiving


Andre Reed
Justin Armour
Robert Coons
Tony Cline
Lonnie Johnson
Yonel Jourdain
Carwell Gardner
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	38	12.7	1	15
3	33	11.0	1	19
3	28	9.3	0	13
4	18	4.5	0	14
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	4	4.0	0	4
16	136	8.5	2	19

Houston Fumbles


Mel Gray
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Buffalo Fumbles


Russell Copeland
Yonel Jourdain
Greg Evans
team

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

Houston Defense



Steve Jackson
Micheal Barrow
Blaine Bishop
Barron Wortham
Craig Veasey
Eddie Robinson Jr.
Joe Bowden
Chuck Cecil
Torey Hunter
Darryll Lewis
Odie Harris
Anthony Cook
Henry Ford
Al Del Greco
Kenny Davidson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	1	0	4	0	0
5	5	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1.5	0	0	0	0
2	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	39	5	0	8	0	0

Buffalo Defense



Damien Covington
Ed Philion
Marlo Perry
Chris Green
John Holecek
Mark Pike
Matt Darby
David White
Karl Wilson
Phil Hansen
Filmel Johnson
Monty Brown
Greg Evans
Thomas Smith
Ken Irvin
Jim Jeffcoat
Carwell Gardner
Yonel Jourdain
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	38	1	0	4	0	0

Houston Interceptions


Steve Jackson
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

Houston Kick Returns


Mel Gray
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	73	24.3	31	0
3	73	24.3	31	0

Buffalo Kick Returns


Yonel Jourdain
Tim Tindale
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	109	21.8	41
1	0	0.0	0
6	109	18.2	41

Houston Punt Returns


Mel Gray
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	21	7.0	13	0
3	21	7.0	13	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Russell Copeland
Yonel Jourdain
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	8	4.0	7
1	0	0.0	0
3	8	2.7	7

Houston Kicking


Al Del Greco
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	39	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	39	2/2	8

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	44	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	44	2/2	5

Houston Punting


Rich Camarillo
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	297	42.4	0	2	60
7	297	42.4	0	2	60

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9	401	44.6	2	4	54
9	401	44.6	2	4	54

5:00 AM, 24 December 1995

Attendance: 45,253

Referees:
Walt Coleman

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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