1984 49ers 20 - 1965 Bills 6

A tough matchup for the Bills became nearly impossible as injuries knocked out both QB Jack Kemp and HB Billy Joe against the powerhouse 15-1 49ers. The Bills just didn't have the hosses to hang with Joe Montana and co.

1984 San Francisco 20, 1965 Buffalo 6
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1984 San Francisco	10	0	10	0	0	20
1965 Buffalo	3	0	0	3	0	6

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	7:16	1984 San Francisco	E.Cooper 1 yd. pass from J.Montana (R.Wersching kick)	7-0 SFN
1	1:43	1984 San Francisco	R.Wersching 16 yd. field goal	10-0 SFN
1	0:00	1965 Buffalo	P.Gogolak 14 yd. field goal	10-3 SFN
3	9:15	1984 San Francisco	R.Craig 43 yd. pass from J.Montana (R.Wersching kick)	17-3 SFN
3	4:03	1984 San Francisco	R.Wersching 25 yd. field goal	20-3 SFN
4	2:49	1965 Buffalo	P.Gogolak 23 yd. field goal	20-6 SFN

Team Statistics
	1984 San Francisco	1965 Buffalo
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-10-0-17	4-8-0-12
Third Down Efficiency	7-16-44%	2-13-15%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	13-21-62%	6-21-29%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	326-68-4.8	245-57-4.3
Total Net Yards Rushing	154	98
Total Rushes	45	26
Average Per Rush	3.4	3.8
Passes Completed/Attempted	14/21 (66.7%)	13/27 (48.1%)
Net Yards Passing	172	147
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.6	6.4
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/8	4/27
Punts/Average	6/45.8	9/38.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	5/37	2/6
Kickoffs/Returns	2/56	4/66
Interceptions/Returns	1/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/55	4/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	3/2	2/1
Time of Possession	32 mins 58 secs	27 mins 2 secs
Average Drive Start	SFN 31	BUA 27

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1984 San Francisco
Joe Montana	20	14	180	70.0	9.0	2	10.0	0	0	43	2/8	131.3
Matt Cavanaugh	1	0	0	0.0	.0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	39.6
1965 Buffalo
Jack Kemp	16	10	142	62.5	8.9	0	0	0	0	65	3/23	91.1
Daryle Lamonica	11	3	32	27.3	2.9	0	0	1	9.1	15	1/4	1.7

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1984 San Francisco
Wendell Tyler	22	106	4.8	22	0	0	1/1
Roger Craig	12	13	1.1	5	0	0	1/0
Joe Montana	5	18	3.6	15	0	0	0/0
Derrick Harmon	3	8	2.7	7	0	0	0/0
Bill Ring	3	9	3.0	5	0	0	1/1
1965 Buffalo
Wray Carlton	14	56	4.0	15	0	0	1/1
Donnie Stone	7	23	3.3	14	0	0	0/0
Bobby L. Smith	3	17	5.7	9	0	0	0/0
Jack Kemp	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
Daryle Lamonica	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1984 San Francisco
Roger Craig	5	97	19.4	43	1	0
Freddie Solomon	3	25	8.3	10	0	0
Earl Cooper	2	7	3.5	6	1	0
Carl Monroe	2	24	12.0	16	0	0
Dwight Clark	1	16	16.0	16	0	0
Russ Francis	1	11	11.0	11	0	0
1965 Buffalo
Bo Roberson	3	34	11.3	14	0	0
Charley Ferguson	2	80	40.0	65	0	0
Ernie Warlick	2	14	7.0	11	0	0
Ed Rutkowski	2	25	12.5	14	0	0
Bobby L. Smith	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
Donnie Stone	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0	0
Elbert Dubenion	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Glenn Bass	1	13	13.0	13	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1984 San Francisco
Ray Wersching	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/2	100
1965 Buffalo
Pete Gogolak	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1984 San Francisco
Max Runager	6	45.8	41.5	1	4	58	0
1965 Buffalo
Paul Maguire	9	38.7	34.6	0	4	48	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 San Francisco
Carl Monroe	2	56	28.0	36	0
1965 Buffalo
Charley Warner	2	35	17.5	18	0
Bo Roberson	2	31	15.5	16	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 San Francisco
Dana McLemore	5	0	37	7.4	17	0
1965 Buffalo
Butch Byrd	2	0	6	3.0	3	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1984 San Francisco
Riki Ellison	7	0	0
Carlton Williamson	6	0	0
Dwight Hicks	5	0	0
Manu Tuiasosopo	3	1	0
Dan Bunz	3	0	0
Mario Clark	3	0	0
Eric Wright	3	1	0
Ronnie Lott	3	0	0
Jim Stuckey	3	0	1
Michael Carter	2	0	0
Fred Dean	2	1	0
Hacksaw Reynolds	1	0	0
Keena Turner	1	0	0
Gary Johnson	1	1	0
Keith Fahnhorst	0	0	1
1965 Buffalo
Mike Stratton	10	0	0
Hagood Clarke	7	0	0
Harry Jacobs	7	0	0
Jim Dunaway	6	0	0
Tom Day	6	2	1
Booker Edgerson	4	0	0
Ron McDole	4	0	0
George Saimes	4	0	0
John Tracey	3	0	0
Tom Sestak	3	0	1
Butch Byrd	3	0	0
Donnie Stone	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 San Francisco
Eric Wright	1	0	0.0	0	0
1965 Buffalo

Game Story

With a good effort the visiting team from San Francisco bested Buffalo by the score of 20 to 6. Joe Montana threw 20 times for 180 yards and 2 touchdowns. Wendell Tyler rushed the ball 22 times for 106 yards. San Francisco controlled the ground game, out-rushing Buffalo 154 to 98 yards. San Francisco took the early lead outscoring Buffalo 10 to 3 in the first quarter. A hightlight for Buffalo was a pass to Charley Ferguson that covered 65 yards with 1:13 left in the 1st quarter. But it was not enough to bring his team a victory..

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