Bears 20-3 Bills (7 Dec, 1997) Box Score

Buffalo Bills

6-8, 2-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BUF					3
CHI					20

Chicago Bears

3-11, 2-6 home

Buffalo Passing


Todd Collins
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
13/32	138	4.3	0	0	5-33	53.9
13/32	105	4.3	0	0	5-33	53.9

Chicago Passing


Erik Kramer
Rick Mirer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
23/33	270	8.2	2	2	1-7	89.2
1/3	9	3.0	0	0	0-0	42.4
24/36	272	7.8	2	2	1-7	85.3

Buffalo Rushing


Thurman Thomas
Antowain Smith
Todd Collins
Lonnie Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	22	3.1	6
6	17	2.8	8
2	10	5.0	9
1	6	6.0	6
16	55	3.4	9

Chicago Rushing


Raymont Harris
Darnell Autry
Curtis Conway
Todd Sauerbrun
Tony Carter
Erik Kramer
Rick Mirer
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
24	59	2.5	20
14	40	2.9	7
1	10	10.0	10
1	8	8.0	8
1	3	3.0	3
1	1	1.0	1
1	-1	-1.0	-1
43	120	2.8	20

Buffalo Receiving


Darick Holmes
Quinn Early
Andre Reed
Thurman Thomas
Antowain Smith
Lonnie Johnson
Eric Moulds
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	41	13.7	22
2	37	18.5	23
2	29	14.5	15
2	10	5.0	6
2	9	4.5	8
1	6	6.0	6
1	6	6.0	6
13	138	10.6	23

Chicago Receiving


Curtis Conway
Ryan Wetnight
Chris Penn
Tony Carter
Ricky Proehl
John Allred
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	115	16.4	0	42
5	70	14.0	1	30
3	41	13.7	0	18
5	24	4.8	0	10
3	23	7.7	1	11
1	6	6.0	0	6
24	279	11.6	2	42

Buffalo Fumbles


Antowain Smith
Darick Holmes
team

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

Chicago Fumbles


Ryan Wetnight
Tyrone Hughes
John Mangum
team

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

Buffalo Defense



Ted Washington
John Holecek
Bryce Paup
Jeff Burris
Henry Jones
Bruce Smith
Sean Moran
Phil Hansen
Sam Rogers
Kurt Schulz
Mark Maddox
Manny Martin
Ken Irvin
Dan Brandenburg
Shawn Price
Marlo Perry
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	0	0	0
11	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	0	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	1	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
83	64	1	0	5	0	0

Chicago Defense



Barry Minter
Anthony Marshall
Marty Carter
Bryan Cox
Mark Thomas
Marlon Forbes
John Mangum
Tom Carter
Walt Harris
Ron Cox
Jim Flanigan
Alonzo Spellman
Carl Simpson
Mike Dulaney
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	33	5	0	3	0	0

Buffalo Interceptions


Mark Maddox
Kurt Schulz
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	25	0
1	21	0
2	46	0

Chicago Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Chicago Interceptions

Buffalo Kick Returns


Darick Holmes
Steve Tasker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	56	14.0	21
1	12	12.0	12
5	68	13.6	21

Chicago Kick Returns


Eric Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	20	20.0	20	0
1	20	20.0	20	0

Buffalo Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Buffalo Punt Returns

Chicago Punt Returns


Tyrone Hughes
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	24	6.0	19	0
4	24	6.0	19	0

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	43	0/0	3
1/2	50.0	43	0/0	3

Chicago Kicking


Jeff Jaeger
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	41	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	41	2/2	8

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	301	43.0	1	2	59
7	301	43.0	1	2	59

Chicago Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	152	30.4	0	4	50
5	152	30.4	0	4	50

5:00 AM, 7 December 1997

Attendance: 39,784

Referees:
Ed Hochuli

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	7	2	.778	260	173
New York	3	6	.333	171	183
Miami	2	6	.250	124	187
New England	2	7	.222	141	217

Team	W	L

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