2004 Chargers 38 - 1993 Bills 17

This was a pretty businesslike beat down of a somewhat weaker team by a stronger one. The 93 Bills are not quite the high powered "K-gun" outfit of the previous three years, while the 04 Chargers are a well balanced team both offensively and defensively. Drew Breesplayed reasonably well, though held to short completions, while the Bolts ground game ate up yards and time efficiently. The Bills used a long pick six and a fumbled Chargers punt to keep close, but lost their last best chance to keep even when they got stoned on 4 straight runs from the San Diego 2 yard line.

1993 Buffalo 17, 2004 San Diego 38
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1993 Buffalo	7	3	7	0	0	17
2004 San Diego	14	7	17	0	0	38

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	7:39	2004 San Diego	K.McCardell 13 yd. pass from D.Brees (N.Kaeding kick)	7-0 SDA
1	5:59	1993 Buffalo	M.Kelso 92 yd. intercept (S.Christie kick)	7-7 SDA
1	1:26	2004 San Diego	J.Chatman 22 yd. run (N.Kaeding kick)	14-7 SDA
2	4:02	2004 San Diego	L.Tomlinson 15 yd. run (N.Kaeding kick)	21-7 SDA
2	0:30	1993 Buffalo	S.Christie 28 yd. field goal	21-10 SDA
3	11:17	2004 San Diego	N.Kaeding 37 yd. field goal	24-10 SDA
3	8:56	1993 Buffalo	B.Brooks 30 yd. pass from J.Kelly (S.Christie kick)	24-17 SDA
3	2:06	2004 San Diego	L.Tomlinson 2 yd. run (N.Kaeding kick)	31-17 SDA
3	0:08	2004 San Diego	K.McCardell 6 yd. pass from D.Brees (N.Kaeding kick)	38-17 SDA

Team Statistics
	1993 Buffalo	2004 San Diego
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	1-9-1-11	10-15-1-26
Third Down Efficiency	1-13-8%	7-13-54%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-4-25%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	3-14-21%	28-28-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	223-60-3.7	381-75-5.1
Total Net Yards Rushing	46	171
Total Rushes	26	39
Average Per Rush	1.8	4.4
Passes Completed/Attempted	15/32 (46.9%)	22/36 (61.1%)
Net Yards Passing	177	210
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.2	5.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/20	0/0
Punts/Average	6/43.0	5/43.4
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/4	4/50
Kickoffs/Returns	7/132	2/41
Interceptions/Returns	2/102	2/25
Penalties/Yards	8/60	3/20
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	3/2
Time of Possession	23 mins 3 secs	36 mins 57 secs
Average Drive Start	BUA 29	SDA 38

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1993 Buffalo
Jim Kelly	32	15	197	46.9	6.2	1	3.1	2	6.3	30	2/20	51.2
2004 San Diego
Drew Brees	36	22	210	61.1	5.8	2	5.6	2	5.6	15	0/0	72.7

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1993 Buffalo
Thurman Thomas	20	44	2.2	5	0	0	1/1
Kenneth Davis	4	-1	-0.3	3	0	0	0/0
Carwell Gardner	2	3	1.5	3	0	0	0/0
2004 San Diego
LaDainian Tomlinson	27	117	4.3	15	2	0	1/1
Jesse Chatman	5	37	7.4	22	1	0	0/0
Drew Brees	4	3	0.8	4	0	0	0/0
Michael Turner	2	12	6.0	11	0	0	0/0
Lorenzo Neal	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1993 Buffalo
Bill Brooks	4	77	19.3	30	1	0
Russell Copeland	3	45	15.0	28	0	0
Don Beebe	3	24	8.0	9	0	0
Pete Metzelaars	3	27	9.0	13	0	0
Steve Tasker	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Andre Reed	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
2004 San Diego
Keenan McCardell	4	41	10.3	14	2	0
Justin Peelle	3	27	9.0	15	0	0
Reche Caldwell	3	29	9.7	15	0	0
Eric Parker	3	41	13.7	14	0	0
Lorenzo Neal	2	14	7.0	10	0	0
Antonio Gates	2	17	8.5	13	0	0
LaDainian Tomlinson	2	10	5.0	9	0	0
Kassim Osgood	2	25	12.5	13	0	0
Jesse Chatman	1	6	6.0	6	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1993 Buffalo
Steve Christie	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
2004 San Diego
Nate Kaeding	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1993 Buffalo
Chris Mohr	6	43.0	34.7	0	2	49	0
2004 San Diego
Mike Scifres	5	43.4	38.6	1	2	52	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1993 Buffalo
Russell Copeland	6	113	18.8	24	0
Don Beebe	1	19	19.0	19	0
2004 San Diego
Tim Dwight	2	41	20.5	22	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1993 Buffalo
Russell Copeland	1	1	4	4.0	4	0
2004 San Diego
Eric Parker	4	1	50	12.5	32	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1993 Buffalo
Cornelius Bennett	10	0	0
Darryl Talley	7	0	0
Marvcus Patton	7	0	0
Mark Maddox	5	0	1
Jeff D. Wright	5	0	0
Mickey Washington	5	0	0
Nate Odomes	4	0	0
Thomas Smith	3	0	0
Phil Hansen	2	0	0
Henry Jones	2	0	0
Mark Kelso	2	0	0
Richard C. Harvey	1	0	0
Matt Darby	1	0	0
Andre Reed	0	0	1
2004 San Diego
Jamal Williams	10	0	0
Donnie Edwards	6	0	0
Steve Foley	5	1	0
Terrence Kiel	5	0	0
Jerry Wilson	4	1	0
Jamar Fletcher	4	0	0
Ben Leber	3	0	0
Quentin Jammer	1	0	0
Hanik Milligan	1	0	0
Drayton Florence	1	0	0
DeQuincy Scott	1	0	0
Igor Olshansky	1	0	0
Mike Goff	0	0	1
Randall Godfrey	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1993 Buffalo
Mark Kelso	2	102	51.0	92	1
2004 San Diego
Sammy Davis	1	13	13.0	13	0
Terrence Kiel	1	12	12.0	12	0

Game Story

LaDainian Tomlinson was the star of the game as San Diego defeated Buffalo by the score of 38 to 17. Tomlinson carried for 117 yards scoring 2 times. Drew Brees passed 36 times for 210 yards and 2 touchdowns. San Diego won the matchups on third down, converting on 7 of 13 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing Buffalo 171 to 46 yards. San Diego controlled the ball for 36:57. San Diego got ahead early outscoring Buffalo 14 to 7 in the first quarter. They took the lead into the locker room at the half 21 to 10. San Diego led after three quarters 38 to 17.

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