Week 9, 1998

played in Buffalo, NY

33 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Cincinnati Bengals	0	13	0	0	-	13
Buffalo Bills	0	7	7	7	-	21

Scoring Summary
2Q: 14:22 BUF - Robert Porcher 3 fumble return (Braden Young extra point)
2Q: 09:46 CIN - Tupac Shakur 7 run (Matt Stover extra point)
2Q: 02:33 CIN - Matt Stover 20 field goal
2Q: 00:03 CIN - Matt Stover 51 field goal
3Q: 05:36 BUF - Ben Coates 15 pass from Jake Delhomme (Braden Young extra point)
4Q: 14:25 BUF - Eddie George 5 run (Braden Young extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 14:22 BUF - Robert Porcher 3 fumble return (Braden Young extra point)
2Q: 09:46 CIN - Tupac Shakur 7 run (Matt Stover extra point)
2Q: 02:33 CIN - Matt Stover 20 field goal
2Q: 00:03 CIN - Matt Stover 51 field goal
3Q: 05:36 BUF - Ben Coates 15 pass from Jake Delhomme (Braden Young extra point)
4Q: 14:25 BUF - Eddie George 5 run (Braden Young extra point)

Team Statistics CIN BUF
Record 5-3 4-5
First Downs 19 16
- by Rushing 4 5
- by Passing 15 10
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 347 261
- Offensive Plays 70 56
- Yards per Play 4.96 4.66
Net Rushing Yards 56 94
- Rushing Attempts 22 25
- Yards per Rush 2.55 3.76
Net Passing Yards 291 167
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 44 - 33 - 0 30 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 306 173
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/15 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 6.06 5.39
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/18 2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/25 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 3/16
Kick Returns/Yards 3/59 2/46
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 18 OWN 32
Time of Possession 31:59 28:01

Team Statistics	CIN	BUF
Record	5-3	4-5
First Downs	19	16
- by Rushing	4	5
- by Passing	15	10
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	347	261
- Offensive Plays	70	56
- Yards per Play	4.96	4.66
Net Rushing Yards	56	94
- Rushing Attempts	22	25
- Yards per Rush	2.55	3.76
Net Passing Yards	291	167
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	44 - 33 - 0	30 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	306	173
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/15	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	6.06	5.39
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/18	2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	7.0
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/25	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	3/16
Kick Returns/Yards	3/59	2/46
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 18	OWN 32
Time of Possession	31:59	28:01

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:24	OWN 19	9	44	Punt
1	7:33	3:32	OWN 21	6	15	Punt
1	2:35	1:57	OWN 21	3	7	Punt
2	14:22	0:10	OWN 5	1	-2	Fumble
2	14:12	4:36	OWN 19	9	81	Touchdown
2	7:24	4:57	OWN 33	9	64	Field Goal
2	0:48	0:48	OWN 39	5	27	Field Goal
3	13:03	1:57	OWN 21	4	33	Punt
3	5:27	1:40	OWN 27	3	4	Punt
3	2:09	1:08	OWN 5	3	-3	Punt
4	14:18	3:49	OWN 20	7	35	Punt
4	3:03	2:04	OWN 1	9	47	Downs
4	0:10	0:10	OWN 4	2	0	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:36	0:59	OWN 20	3	10	Punt
1	8:37	1:04	OPP 27	2	-1	Interception
1	4:01	1:26	OWN 30	3	9	Punt
1	0:38	1:16	OWN 29	3	5	Punt
2	9:36	2:12	OWN 30	3	6	Punt
2	2:27	1:39	OWN 17	3	-1	Punt
3	15:00	1:57	OWN 20	4	21	Punt
3	11:06	5:39	OWN 3	13	97	Touchdown
3	3:47	1:38	OWN 30	3	6	Punt
3	1:01	1:43	OPP 34	4	34	Touchdown
4	10:29	7:26	OWN 20	12	79	Fumble
4	0:59	0:49	OPP 48	3	-4	Punt

Game MVP: Kurt Warner, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Tupac Shakur	14	28	2.00	16	1	1
Kurt Warner	5	25	5.00	8	0	0
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	3	3	1.00	4	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Eddie George	15	49	3.27	23	1	1
Curtis Alexander	9	38	4.22	14	1	0
Rodney Thomas	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kurt Warner	44	33	306	4/15	0	31	0	93.5

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jake Delhomme	30	23	173	1/6	1	23	1	87.2

Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Matthew Hatchette	9	16	103	11.44	61	25
WR David Kleinfeld	7	10	78	11.14	14	19
RB Tupac Shakur	5	5	4	0.80	1	3
WR Tony Simmons	3	3	24	8.00	3	20
TE Aaron Pierce	2	3	36	18.00	25	31
WR Sean Dawkins	2	2	26	13.00	10	21
WR Justin Armour	2	2	24	12.00	1	13
TE Brett Carolan	1	1	5	5.00	3	5
TE Jeremy Willie	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
FB Sebastian Meeker	1	1	3	3.00	0	3

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brett Perriman	5	6	46	9.20	11	19	0
WR Wayne Campbell	5	7	39	7.80	5	16	0
TE Stephen Alexander	4	5	40	10.00	1	23	0
WR Joaquin Stuckey	3	4	15	5.00	6	7	0
WR Brian Finneran	3	4	15	5.00	1	9	0
TE Ben Coates	1	1	15	15.00	17	15	1
RB Eddie George	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Curtis Alexander	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB John Mobley	1	0	0.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force
David Kleinfeld	1	1	0
Tupac Shakur	1	0	0
Kurt Warner	1	0	0
Troy Vincent	0	1	0
John Mobley	0	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Curtis Alexander	1	0	0	0
Robert Porcher	0	1	0	1
Chris Gray	0	1	0	0
Kurt Schultz	0	0	2	0
Bill Goldberg	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brad Maynard	7	289	41.3	33.3	45	1

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Tuten	8	393	49.1	46.1	61	6

Kicking Statistics

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Stover	2/2	1/1	1/1	51	1/1

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Braden Young	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
David Kleinfeld	2	17	8.5	0
Dedrick Dodge	1	7	7.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Finneran	3	16	5.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg
Dedrick Dodge	1	20	20.0
Damon Burgess	1	18	18.0
Tony Simmons	1	21	21.0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kurt Schultz	2	46	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB John Mobley	8	4	0.0	22	25
S Keith Lyle	6	1	0.0	23	30
ILB Canute Curtis	5	3	0.0	23	26
CB Butler By'not'e	4	4	0.0	13	21
CB Troy Vincent	4	0	0.0	24	28
OLB William Wallace	4	0	0.0	12	9
S Dedrick Dodge	3	1	0.0	23	28
DE Bryant Young	3	0	0.0	22	27
DT Jim Flanagan	2	3	1.0	22	24
OLB Jamal Brooks	2	0	0.0	3	6
DE Wayne Martin	1	2	0.0	23	26
CB Lenny McGill	1	0	0.0	20	29
DT Warren Sapp	1	0	0.0	21	20
ILB Clyde Bernard	1	0	0.0	2	5
CB Armon Williams	1	0	0.0	6	9
OLB Jerry Jensen	1	0	0.0	1	0
DE Mark Smith	0	1	0.0	3	4

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Jason Sehorn	11	3	0.0	19	45
CB Phillippi Sparks	8	2	0.0	22	48
CB Carlton Gray	5	3	0.0	11	36
ILB Stephen Boyd	5	2	0.0	11	12
DT Bill Goldberg	4	1	2.0	18	34
OLB Robert Jones	4	0	1.0	20	43
ILB Eric Hill	4	3	0.0	21	48
S Kurt Schultz	4	1	0.0	22	47
OLB Terry Killens	3	1	0.0	17	30
S Zach Bronson	3	1	0.0	22	48
DE Israel Ifeanyichukwu	2	0	1.0	10	14
DE Carl Powell	2	0	0.0	10	23
DE Robert Porcher	1	0	0.0	12	34
OLB Bob Joe	1	0	0.0	3	7
ILB Jerrott Willard	1	0	0.0	1	0
TE Stephen Alexander	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jim Flanagan	1.0	0	2	1	24
DE Wayne Martin	0.0	0	0	3	26

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Bill Goldberg	2.0	0	1	0	34
OLB Robert Jones	1.0	0	3	0	43
DE Israel Ifeanyichukwu	1.0	0	0	0	14
DE Robert Porcher	0.0	1	0	1	34
S Kurt Schultz	0.0	0	1	1	47
DT Craig Veasley	0.0	0	1	0	14
DE Carl Powell	0.0	0	1	0	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Troy Vincent	4	0	0	28
CB Butler By'not'e	3	0	0	21
OLB John Mobley	2	1	1	25
CB Armon Williams	2	1	0	9
S Dedrick Dodge	2	0	0	28
OLB Jamal Brooks	2	0	0	6
S Keith Lyle	2	0	0	30
OLB William Wallace	2	0	0	9
ILB Canute Curtis	2	0	0	26
CB Lenny McGill	1	1	0	29
ILB Clyde Bernard	1	0	0	5

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jason Sehorn	9	1	45
CB Phillippi Sparks	7	0	48
CB Carlton Gray	4	0	36
S Kurt Schultz	3	0	47
ILB Eric Hill	3	0	48
ILB Stephen Boyd	2	0	12
OLB Terry Killens	2	0	30
DE Robert Porcher	1	0	34
OLB Robert Jones	1	0	43
S Zach Bronson	1	0	48

Blocking Statistics

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rufus Hanshew	2	4	22	0	48
Van Diligiro	1	3	20	1	43
Jeremy Willie	1	2	17	0	27
Tra Thomas	0	4	22	1	48
Jeff Mitchell	0	3	22	1	48
David Williams	0	2	22	1	48

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Visanthe Hall	4	5	0	25	0	31
Brian Habib	3	6	1	25	0	31
Bob Dahl	2	7	0	25	0	31
Chris Conrad	0	4	0	25	1	31
Chris Gray	0	3	0	25	0	31

Special Teams Tackles

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Brett Carolan	2	14
Matthew Hatchette	1	14
Sebastian Meeker	1	8
Lenny McGill	1	6

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Kurt Schultz	2	18
Bob Joe	1	19
David LaFleur	1	14
Jerrott Willard	1	13
Carlton Gray	1	7

Participation

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Matthew Hatchette	21	44	---	---	14	79
Jeff Mitchell	22	48	---	---	9	79
Rufus Hanshew	22	48	---	---	9	79
Tra Thomas	22	48	---	---	9	79
David Kleinfeld	21	44	---	---	7	72
David Williams	22	48	---	---	---	70
Kurt Warner	22	48	---	---	---	70
Van Diligiro	20	43	---	---	---	63
Troy Vincent	---	---	24	28	4	56
Lenny McGill	---	---	20	29	6	55
Dedrick Dodge	---	---	23	28	3	54
Keith Lyle	---	---	23	30	---	53
Jeremy Willie	17	27	---	---	8	52
Bryant Young	---	---	22	27	2	51
Wayne Martin	---	---	23	26	1	50
Canute Curtis	---	---	23	26	1	50
Tupac Shakur	16	31	---	---	---	47
John Mobley	---	---	22	25	---	47
Jim Flanagan	---	---	22	24	---	46
Butler By'not'e	---	---	13	21	10	44
Warren Sapp	---	---	21	20	2	43
Armon Williams	---	---	6	9	23	38
Tony Simmons	8	25	---	---	3	36
Sebastian Meeker	8	18	---	---	8	34
Aaron Pierce	1	11	---	---	20	32
Jamal Brooks	---	---	3	6	22	31
William Wallace	---	---	12	9	3	24
Justin Armour	2	9	---	---	10	21
Brett Carolan	2	4	---	---	14	20
Jay Williams	---	---	2	5	13	20
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	4	13	---	---	1	18
Sean Dawkins	5	11	---	---	---	16
Sherman Klump	---	---	5	11	---	16
Damon Burgess	---	---	5	8	3	16
Mel McCarthy	5	3	---	---	8	16
Harold Shaw	0	0	---	---	15	15
Clyde Bernard	---	---	2	5	3	10
Troy Sadowski	0	0	---	---	9	9
Maxwell Fisher	0	0	---	---	9	9
Roger Duffy	2	5	---	---	---	7
Brad Maynard	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mark Smith	---	---	3	4	---	7
Matt Stover	0	0	---	---	5	5
Frankie Thorp	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jerry Jensen	---	---	1	0	1	2
T.J. Rubley	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kurt Schultz	---	---	22	47	18	87
Phillippi Sparks	---	---	22	48	2	72
Eric Hill	---	---	21	48	3	72
Zach Bronson	---	---	22	48	2	72
Robert Jones	---	---	20	43	3	66
Jason Sehorn	---	---	19	45	2	66
Chris Gray	25	31	---	---	8	64
Chris Conrad	25	31	---	---	3	59
Brian Habib	25	31	---	---	---	56
Bob Dahl	25	31	---	---	---	56
Visanthe Hall	25	31	---	---	---	56
Jake Delhomme	25	31	---	---	---	56
Bill Goldberg	---	---	18	34	3	55
Carlton Gray	---	---	11	36	7	54
Stephen Alexander	20	25	---	---	7	52
Wayne Campbell	19	24	---	---	6	49
Terry Killens	---	---	17	30	2	49
Robert Porcher	---	---	12	34	2	48
Brian Finneran	14	18	---	---	13	45
Ren Hoek	---	---	12	25	4	41
Brett Perriman	19	20	---	---	1	40
Donnie McQuilken	12	14	---	---	11	37
Eddie George	15	22	---	---	---	37
Carl Powell	---	---	10	23	2	35
Israel Ifeanyichukwu	---	---	10	14	8	32
Bob Joe	---	---	3	7	19	29
Rodney Thomas	3	2	---	---	22	27
Joaquin Stuckey	6	11	---	---	9	26
Stephen Boyd	---	---	11	12	3	26
Ben Coates	7	11	---	---	5	23
Reuben Dodge	---	---	3	5	15	23
John Heeter	---	---	2	11	7	20
Craig Veasley	---	---	4	14	1	19
Curtis Alexander	9	8	---	---	1	18
David LaFleur	1	0	---	---	14	15
Jerrott Willard	---	---	1	0	13	14
Joe Cain	---	---	2	4	6	12
Brian Johnston	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rick Tuten	0	0	---	---	8	8
Eric Mahlum	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jamie Brown	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ian Beckles	0	0	---	---	5	5
Braden Young	0	0	---	---	4	4
Paul Green	0	0	---	---	1	1
Steve Pelleur	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jamie Martin	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	4	0.8
Middle	11	37	3.4
Right	6	15	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	46	5.8
Middle	8	4	0.5
Right	9	44	4.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kurt Warner	44	33	6	1	1	1	7	2	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jake Delhomme	30	23	1	1	0	3	2	4	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	12	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	19	144	6.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	10	141	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	9	3.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	25	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	12	62	3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	63	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	23	23.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Matthew Hatchette	16	9	0	103	3	44
WR David Kleinfeld	10	7	1	78	0	44
RB Tupac Shakur	5	5	0	4	0	31
TE Aaron Pierce	3	2	0	36	1	11
WR Tony Simmons	3	3	0	24	1	25
WR Sean Dawkins	2	2	0	26	1	11
WR Justin Armour	2	2	0	24	0	9
TE Brett Carolan	1	1	0	5	0	4
TE Jeremy Willie	1	1	0	3	0	27
FB Sebastian Meeker	1	1	0	3	0	18

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wayne Campbell	7	5	39	0	24
WR Brett Perriman	6	5	46	0	20
TE Stephen Alexander	5	4	40	1	25
WR Joaquin Stuckey	4	3	15	0	11
WR Brian Finneran	4	3	15	0	18
RB Eddie George	2	1	3	0	22
TE Ben Coates	1	1	15	0	11
RB Curtis Alexander	1	1	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tupac Shakur	3	7	2.33	2.00

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Eddie George	3	8	2.67	3.27
Curtis Alexander	2	3	1.50	4.22

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kurt Warner	1	1	1	1.00	6.95

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jake Delhomme	1	1	15	15.00	5.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tony Simmons	1	1	1	1.00	8.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ben Coates	1	1	15	15.00	15.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Kurt Warner	2	1
Tupac Shakur	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Eddie George	2	0
Curtis Alexander	2	0
Rodney Thomas	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kurt Warner	12	11	6

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jake Delhomme	6	6	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Matthew Hatchette	3	3	1
TE Aaron Pierce	2	1	1
WR Justin Armour	2	2	2
WR Tony Simmons	2	2	0
RB Tupac Shakur	1	1	0
WR Sean Dawkins	1	1	1
WR David Kleinfeld	1	1	1

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wayne Campbell	2	2	1
TE Stephen Alexander	2	2	0
WR Brett Perriman	1	1	0
WR Brian Finneran	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,000 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,000 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)