1988 Bills 20 - 1970 Vikings 16

4 turnovers doomed the offensively weak 1970 Vikings, with 3 lost fumbles and an interception. The Vikes defense did a decent job holding down the Bills "K-gun" offense, and Gary Cuozzo was able to hit speedy Gene Washington with a couple of deep balls, but the Vikings offense fizzled in Bills territory all game long, only scoring a TD on a Hail Mary pass as the game expired

1970 Minnesota 16, 1988 Buffalo 20
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1970 Minnesota	3	3	3	7	0	16
1988 Buffalo	7	10	0	3	0	20

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	3:49	1988 Buffalo	T.Thomas 3 yd. run (S.Norwood kick)	7-0 BUA
1	0:11	1970 Minnesota	F.Cox 55 yd. field goal	7-3 BUA
2	11:21	1970 Minnesota	F.Cox 23 yd. field goal	7-6 BUA
2	8:18	1988 Buffalo	S.Norwood 35 yd. field goal	10-6 BUA
2	5:52	1988 Buffalo	T.Thomas 1 yd. run (S.Norwood kick)	17-6 BUA
3	11:55	1970 Minnesota	F.Cox 37 yd. field goal	17-9 BUA
4	8:48	1988 Buffalo	S.Norwood 48 yd. field goal	20-9 BUA
4	0:00	1970 Minnesota	G.Washington 22 yd. pass from G.Cuozzo (F.Cox kick)	20-16 BUA

Team Statistics
	1970 Minnesota	1988 Buffalo
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	4-9-0-13	9-11-0-20
Third Down Efficiency	2-14-14%	3-14-21%
Fourth Down Efficiency	3-4-75%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	13-21-62%	17-28-61%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	311-61-5.1	300-68-4.4
Total Net Yards Rushing	80	133
Total Rushes	21	34
Average Per Rush	3.8	3.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	17/36 (47.2%)	18/32 (56.3%)
Net Yards Passing	231	167
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.0	5.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/22	2/4
Punts/Average	5/38.8	6/39.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/4	4/17
Kickoffs/Returns	5/95	4/64
Interceptions/Returns	2/33	1/17
Penalties/Yards	2/6	5/25
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	5/3	3/0
Time of Possession	27 mins 3 secs	32 mins 57 secs
Average Drive Start	MNN 22	BUA 40

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1970 Minnesota
Gary Cuozzo	36	17	253	47.2	7.0	1	2.8	1	2.8	51	4/22	68.4
1988 Buffalo
Jim Kelly	32	18	171	56.3	5.3	0	0	2	6.3	36	2/4	45.2

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1970 Minnesota
Dave Osborn	7	41	5.9	14	0	0	1/1
Bill Brown	5	19	3.8	15	0	0	1/0
Oscar Reed	5	15	3.0	8	0	0	0/0
Clint Jones	4	5	1.3	6	0	0	0/0
1988 Buffalo
Thurman Thomas	16	82	5.1	15	2	0	0/0
Jamie Mueller	8	33	4.1	7	0	0	0/0
Robb Riddick	5	0	0.0	5	0	0	0/0
Carl Byrum	2	13	6.5	10	0	0	0/0
Ronnie Harmon	2	6	3.0	6	0	0	0/0
Jim Kelly	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	1/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1970 Minnesota
Gene Washington	8	180	22.5	51	1	0
John Beasley	2	26	13.0	13	0	0
John W. Henderson	2	5	2.5	4	0	0
Dave Osborn	1	11	11.0	11	0	0
Oscar Reed	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Clint Jones	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Bob Grim	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Bill Brown	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
1988 Buffalo
Trumaine Johnson	4	36	9.0	14	0	0
Robb Riddick	2	18	9.0	11	0	0
Chris Burkett	2	16	8.0	12	0	0
Pete Metzelaars	2	22	11.0	12	0	0
Jamie Mueller	2	14	7.0	8	0	0
Ronnie Harmon	2	1	0.5	5	0	0
Andre Reed	2	46	23.0	36	0	0
Thurman Thomas	2	18	9.0	14	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1970 Minnesota
Fred Cox	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	1/1	3/3	100
1988 Buffalo
Scott Norwood	0/0	0/1	1/1	1/1	0/0	2/3	66.7

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1970 Minnesota
Tom McNeill	5	38.8	35.4	0	0	42	0
1988 Buffalo
John Kidd	6	39.0	35.0	1	4	50	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1970 Minnesota
Clint Jones	4	76	19.0	23	0
Charlie West	1	19	19.0	19	0
1988 Buffalo
Erroll Tucker	3	48	16.0	21	0
Flip Johnson	1	16	16.0	16	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1970 Minnesota
Charlie West	3	0	4	1.3	2	0
1988 Buffalo
Flip Johnson	4	0	17	4.3	9	0
Erroll Tucker	0	1	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1970 Minnesota
Roy Winston	12	0	0
Lonnie Warwick	9	0	0
Bobby Bryant	4	0	0
Karl Kassulke	4	0	0
Alan Page	4	2	0
Wally Hilgenberg	4	0	0
John Ward	3	0	0
Gary Larsen	3	0	0
Paul Krause	3	0	0
Ed Sharockman	3	0	1
Jim Marshall	1	0	0
Dale Hackbart	1	0	0
Jim Vellone	0	0	1
1988 Buffalo
Nate Odomes	7	0	0
Shane Conlan	7	0	2
Cornelius Bennett	5	1	0
Leonard Smith	3	0	0
Art Still	3	0	0
Mark Kelso	3	0	0
Derrick Burroughs	2	0	1
Jeff D. Wright	2	1	0
Fred Smerlas	2	0	0
Bruce Smith	2	1	0
Wayne Davis	2	0	0
Ray Bentley	1	0	0
Darryl Talley	1	1	0
Kirby Jackson	1	0	0
Ronnie Harmon	0	0	1
Jamie Mueller	0	0	1
Flip Johnson	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1970 Minnesota
Bobby Bryant	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	1	33	33.0	33	0
1988 Buffalo
Mark Kelso	1	17	17.0	17	0

Game Story

Thurman Thomas was locked in as Buffalo topped Minnesota by the score of 20 to 16. Thomas ran the ball 16 times for 82 yards scoring 2 times. Buffalo controlled the ground game, out-rushing Minnesota 133 to 80 yards. Buffalo was ahead at halftime 17 to 6. Gary Cuozzo threw 36 times for 253 yards adding a touchdown for Minnesota.

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