Week 16, 1979

played in New York, NY

28 degrees, snow, 15 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	0	0	0	3	-	3
New York Giants	3	6	0	3	-	12

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:03 NYK - David Posey 48 field goal
2Q: 08:01 NYK - David Posey 37 field goal
2Q: 00:22 NYK - David Posey 45 field goal
4Q: 13:45 BUF - Carson Long 34 field goal
4Q: 08:17 NYK - David Posey 40 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:03 NYK - David Posey 48 field goal
2Q: 08:01 NYK - David Posey 37 field goal
2Q: 00:22 NYK - David Posey 45 field goal
4Q: 13:45 BUF - Carson Long 34 field goal
4Q: 08:17 NYK - David Posey 40 field goal

Team Statistics BUF NYK
Record 7-8 7-8
First Downs 16 11
- by Rushing 5 6
- by Passing 10 4
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 290 167
- Offensive Plays 70 64
- Yards per Play 4.14 2.61
Net Rushing Yards 104 84
- Rushing Attempts 23 28
- Yards per Rush 4.52 3.00
Net Passing Yards 186 83
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 45 - 24 - 1 33 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 198 105
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 3.96 2.31
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/17 5/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.5 6.7
4th Down Conversions 1/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/57 2/9
Punt Returns/Yards 6/48 2/35
Kick Returns/Yards 4/89 2/35
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 27
Time of Possession 29:07 30:53

Team Statistics	BUF	NYK
Record	7-8	7-8
First Downs	16	11
- by Rushing	5	6
- by Passing	10	4
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	290	167
- Offensive Plays	70	64
- Yards per Play	4.14	2.61
Net Rushing Yards	104	84
- Rushing Attempts	23	28
- Yards per Rush	4.52	3.00
Net Passing Yards	186	83
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	45 - 24 - 1	33 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	198	105
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	3.96	2.31
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/17	5/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.5	6.7
4th Down Conversions	1/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/57	2/9
Punt Returns/Yards	6/48	2/35
Kick Returns/Yards	4/89	2/35
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 27
Time of Possession	29:07	30:53

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:53	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	10:58	3:11	OWN 35	4	11	Punt
1	5:27	2:25	OWN 44	5	36	Missed FG
1	1:33	3:00	OWN 14	7	33	Punt
2	7:54	3:25	OWN 40	6	16	Punt
2	2:32	0:42	OPP 46	4	10	Missed FG
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 30	1	-2	Half
3	11:41	1:41	OWN 21	4	30	Punt
3	8:17	1:26	50	4	-5	Punt
3	4:11	5:32	OWN 48	10	35	Field Goal
4	11:45	2:41	OWN 12	6	19	Downs
4	8:12	2:48	OWN 33	7	21	Interception
4	1:57	1:57	OWN 14	10	50	Game

New York Giants
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:07	3:09	OPP 46	6	15	Field Goal
1	7:47	2:20	OWN 8	5	10	Punt
1	3:02	1:29	OWN 27	3	7	Punt
2	13:33	5:39	OWN 27	13	53	Field Goal
2	4:29	1:57	OWN 2	3	5	Punt
2	1:50	1:34	OWN 43	7	29	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:19	OWN 16	6	25	Punt
3	10:00	1:43	OWN 4	3	3	Punt
3	6:51	2:40	OWN 2	6	8	Punt
4	13:39	1:54	OWN 37	3	-4	Punt
4	9:04	0:52	OPP 31	3	8	Field Goal
4	5:24	3:27	OWN 35	6	13	Punt

Game MVP: David Posey, New York Giants

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Walter Payton	13	87	6.69	25	3
Mike Franckowiak	6	9	1.50	5	0
Richard Todd	3	8	2.67	6	0
Ted McKnight	1	0	0.00	0	0

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Tony Green	19	69	3.63	11	3	0
Darnell Goodwin	9	15	1.67	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Richard Todd	45	24	198	2/12	0	25	1	55.6

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Lynn Dickey	33	16	105	3/22	0	15	0	55.7

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Archie Griffin	7	12	80	11.43	1	25
WR Eddie Bell	3	7	40	13.33	0	20
RB Walter Payton	3	5	-5	-1.67	0	0
WR Ken Burrough	2	3	34	17.00	5	19
TE Andrew James	2	2	17	8.50	0	9
WR James Scott	2	3	6	3.00	0	3
TE Gary Shirk	2	3	7	3.50	0	6
WR Tony Hill	2	7	13	6.50	0	10
RB Mike Franckowiak	1	2	6	6.00	0	6

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Willis Adams	4	5	32	8.00	0	13
FB Joe Dawkins	3	6	26	8.67	15	15
WR James Lofton	3	5	15	5.00	0	10
WR Ken Payne	2	7	12	6.00	0	8
TE Doug Cosbie	2	3	15	7.50	5	12
WR Mike Goff	1	4	3	3.00	0	3
TE Mark Iwanowski	1	1	2	2.00	0	2
RB Darnell Goodwin	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB David Sims	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Johnny Fuller	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Walt Patulski	0	0	1	0
Mike Franckowiak	0	0	1	0

New York	Fumb	Recov
Lynn Dickey	1	0
Ken Payne	1	0
Mike Goff	0	1
Gery Palmer	0	1

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat McInally	6	273	45.5	39.7	53	5

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Skladany	8	383	47.9	41.9	56	3

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Carson Long	1/3	0/1	0/1	34	0/0

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Posey	4/4	3/3	0/0	48	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Bell	6	48	8.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Payne	2	35	17.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Bell	2	44	22.0	0
Ken Burrough	2	45	22.5	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Payne	1	16	16.0	0
James Lofton	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tommy Casanova	5	2	0.0	26	30
S Jerry Moore	5	2	0.0	14	19
OLB Tom Toner	5	2	0.0	25	30
S Bryant Salter	5	0	0.0	20	30
ILB Don Rives	4	0	0.0	18	28
DT Mike Dawson	3	3	0.0	17	24
DT Carl Barisich	3	1	0.0	12	11
DE Andy Dorris	2	2	2.0	21	29
DE Walt Patulski	2	1	1.0	17	29
CB Dwight Harrison	2	0	0.0	20	29
DT Ronnie Moore	2	0	0.0	14	17
ILB Terry Hopper	2	0	0.0	10	8
DE Bob Barber	2	0	0.0	11	7
CB Gerard Williams	1	1	0.0	18	20
OLB Mel Land	1	1	0.0	9	16
OLB Ken Hutcherson	1	0	0.0	3	6
CB Jeff Wright	1	0	0.0	19	29
DE Leroy Jones	1	0	0.0	11	12
WR Tony Hill	1	0	---	---	---

New York	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Mike Weger	7	1	0.0	21	46
OLB Mike Hennigan	5	1	0.0	16	36
CB Ken Gannon	5	1	0.0	17	39
CB Ron Johnson	5	1	0.0	21	42
S Johnny Fuller	5	0	0.0	13	17
S Willie Germany	3	1	0.0	13	28
ILB Frank Nunley	3	0	0.0	7	10
CB Skip Thomas	3	0	0.0	14	37
ILB Ted Washington	3	0	0.0	4	8
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	2	0	1.0	17	29
S Mike Sensibaugh	2	2	0.0	15	39
ILB Isiah Robertson	2	0	0.0	11	19
DE Wilbur Young	1	2	1.0	19	41
ILB Ron Shumon	1	1	0.0	2	1
DT John Small	1	0	0.0	13	19
DE Greg Johnson	0	1	0.0	10	28
OLB Ron McCartney	0	1	0.0	12	22

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Andy Dorris	2.0	1	4	1	29
DE Walt Patulski	1.0	0	1	1	29
ILB Don Rives	0.0	0	1	0	28
CB Gerard Williams	0.0	0	1	0	20

New York	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Wilbur Young	1.0	1	2	3	41
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	1.0	0	0	0	29
DE Don Ratliff	0.0	1	3	0	24
OLB Bo Harris	0.0	1	1	0	21
DT John Small	0.0	0	1	0	19
OLB Ron McCartney	0.0	0	1	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Don Rives	3	0	28
S Jerry Moore	2	0	19
S Bryant Salter	2	0	30
OLB Tom Toner	2	0	30
S Tommy Casanova	1	2	30
OLB Mel Land	1	2	16
CB Dwight Harrison	1	1	29
CB Gerard Williams	1	1	20
OLB Ken Hutcherson	1	0	6
CB Jeff Wright	1	0	29
DT Mike Dawson	1	0	24

New York	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Mike Hennigan	4	1	0	36
CB Ron Johnson	4	0	0	42
S Johnny Fuller	3	0	1	17
CB Skip Thomas	3	0	0	37
CB Ken Gannon	3	0	0	39
S Willie Germany	2	1	0	28
S Mike Weger	2	0	0	46
S Mike Sensibaugh	1	1	0	39
ILB Isiah Robertson	1	0	0	19
ILB Ted Washington	1	0	0	8

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Reggie McKenzie	3	3	18	0	46
Steve Courson	3	3	10	0	18
Don Macek	2	5	19	1	42
Gary Shirk	1	1	19	0	38
Russ Washington	0	4	18	0	30
Ken Huff	0	2	22	1	40
Steve Riley	0	1	20	0	44
Buddy Cutler	0	1	5	0	12

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Halvor Hagen	2	5	20	0	28
Ed Newman	2	2	20	0	26
Gery Palmer	1	6	20	1	28
Zach Waite	1	6	25	0	33
Billy Shields	1	3	24	2	31
Joe Dawkins	1	1	12	0	18
Larry Tearry	1	1	3	0	4
Andy Maurer	0	1	11	0	10
Randal Farley	0	1	9	0	12
Warren Bryant	0	1	8	0	8
Doug Cosbie	0	1	20	0	24

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Gerard Williams	2	17
Mike Franckowiak	2	16

New York	Tackles	STPlays
Mark Iwanowski	3	19
Tony Green	3	7
Darnell Goodwin	1	24
Doug Cosbie	1	18
Lawrence Williams	1	16
Ed Newman	1	10

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tommy Casanova	---	---	26	30	20	76
Ken Huff	22	40	---	---	9	71
Richard Todd	23	47	---	---	---	70
Gary Shirk	19	38	---	---	11	68
Reggie McKenzie	18	46	---	---	---	64
Steve Riley	20	44	---	---	---	64
Don Macek	19	42	---	---	2	63
Tom Toner	---	---	25	30	3	58
Andy Dorris	---	---	21	29	7	57
Gerard Williams	---	---	18	20	17	55
Bryant Salter	---	---	20	30	4	54
Dwight Harrison	---	---	20	29	4	53
Eddie Bell	10	27	---	---	13	50
Jeff Wright	---	---	19	29	2	50
Walter Payton	15	35	---	---	---	50
Don Rives	---	---	18	28	3	49
Russ Washington	18	30	---	---	---	48
Archie Griffin	13	35	---	---	---	48
Walt Patulski	---	---	17	29	---	46
Mike Dawson	---	---	17	24	5	46
Tony Hill	11	19	---	---	16	46
Ken Burrough	12	27	---	---	5	44
Ted McKnight	10	19	---	---	14	43
Jerry Moore	---	---	14	19	9	42
Steve Courson	10	18	---	---	9	37
Mike Franckowiak	7	11	---	---	16	34
Ronnie Moore	---	---	14	17	2	33
Bob Glazebrook	---	---	10	12	10	32
Bob Barber	---	---	11	7	13	31
Carl Barisich	---	---	12	11	6	29
Andrew James	5	11	---	---	13	29
Leroy Jones	---	---	11	12	5	28
James Scott	9	7	---	---	12	28
Don Hasselbeck	4	6	---	---	17	27
Buddy Cutler	5	12	---	---	9	26
Mel Land	---	---	9	16	1	26
Terry Hopper	---	---	10	8	6	24
Ken Hutcherson	---	---	3	6	14	23
Byron Alexander	---	---	7	7	3	17
Brad Benson	3	3	---	---	9	15
Carl Wafer	---	---	6	3	---	9
Pat McInally	0	0	---	---	6	6
Carson Long	0	0	---	---	5	5
Earl Gant	0	0	---	---	5	5
Marcus Mickus	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dave Mays	0	0	---	---	---	0

New York	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mike Weger	---	---	21	46	9	76
Ron Johnson	---	---	21	42	4	67
Ken Gannon	---	---	17	39	9	65
Lynn Dickey	28	36	---	---	---	64
Wilbur Young	---	---	19	41	2	62
Doug Cosbie	20	24	---	---	18	62
Zach Waite	25	33	---	---	3	61
Halvor Hagen	20	28	---	---	12	60
Mike Hennigan	---	---	16	36	5	57
Gery Palmer	20	28	---	---	9	57
Mark Iwanowski	20	18	---	---	19	57
Ed Newman	20	26	---	---	10	56
Mike Sensibaugh	---	---	15	39	2	56
Willie Germany	---	---	13	28	14	55
Billy Shields	24	31	---	---	---	55
Skip Thomas	---	---	14	37	1	52
Willis Adams	23	21	---	---	6	50
Bo Harris	---	---	12	21	16	49
Shawn Hollingsworth	---	---	17	29	2	48
Tony Green	19	22	---	---	7	48
Darnell Goodwin	9	11	---	---	24	44
Ken Payne	11	19	---	---	13	43
Don Ratliff	---	---	10	24	8	42
Greg Johnson	---	---	10	28	1	39
Joe Dawkins	12	18	---	---	7	37
Ron McCartney	---	---	12	22	3	37
Mike Goff	15	18	---	---	2	35
John Small	---	---	13	19	2	34
Johnny Fuller	---	---	13	17	2	32
Isiah Robertson	---	---	11	19	1	31
Lawrence Williams	4	8	---	---	16	28
Warren Bryant	8	8	---	---	12	28
James Lofton	5	19	---	---	1	25
Frank Nunley	---	---	7	10	6	23
Randal Farley	9	12	---	---	2	23
Earl Inmon	---	---	6	11	5	22
Andy Maurer	11	10	---	---	---	21
Ted Washington	---	---	4	8	7	19
Larry Tearry	3	4	---	---	12	19
David Sims	2	2	---	---	9	13
David Posey	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ron Shumon	---	---	2	1	6	9
Tom Skladany	0	0	---	---	8	8
Steve Joachim	0	0	---	---	4	4
Steve Towle	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jeff Rutledge	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	60	8.6
Middle	8	44	5.5
Right	7	2	0.3
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	12	1.7
Middle	18	64	3.6
Right	3	8	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Richard Todd	45	24	2	3	2	3	8	3	1

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Lynn Dickey	33	16	0	2	1	6	7	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	1	0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	10	49	2.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	9	103	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	45	9.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	2	17	2.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	49	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	4	39	3.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Archie Griffin	12	7	0	80	1	35
WR Eddie Bell	7	3	0	40	1	27
WR Tony Hill	7	2	0	13	0	19
RB Walter Payton	5	3	0	-5	0	35
WR Ken Burrough	3	2	0	34	0	27
WR James Scott	3	2	1	6	0	7
TE Gary Shirk	3	2	0	7	0	38
TE Andrew James	2	2	0	17	0	11
RB Mike Franckowiak	2	1	1	6	0	11

New York	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Ken Payne	7	2	0	12	19
FB Joe Dawkins	6	3	1	26	18
WR James Lofton	5	3	0	15	19
WR Willis Adams	5	4	0	32	21
WR Mike Goff	4	1	0	3	18
TE Doug Cosbie	3	2	0	15	24
RB Darnell Goodwin	1	0	0	0	11
FB David Sims	1	0	0	0	2
TE Mark Iwanowski	1	1	0	2	18

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Walter Payton	2	0	0.00	6.69

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Richard Todd	2	0	0	0.00	4.40

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Lynn Dickey	1	0	0	0.00	3.18

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Archie Griffin	1	0	0	0.00	6.67
WR Tony Hill	1	0	0	0.00	1.86

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Goff	1	0	0	0.00	0.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Walter Payton	2	2

New York	Rushes	Conversions
Darnell Goodwin	4	2
Tony Green	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Richard Todd	14	7	3

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
Lynn Dickey	11	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Archie Griffin	4	2	1
WR Ken Burrough	2	1	1
RB Mike Franckowiak	2	1	0
RB Walter Payton	2	1	0
WR Eddie Bell	1	1	1
WR James Scott	1	0	0
WR Tony Hill	1	1	0

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Joe Dawkins	3	1	1
WR Willis Adams	3	2	0
WR Ken Payne	2	0	0
WR James Lofton	2	0	0
WR Mike Goff	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,600 (21,400)
End Zone 11,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,600 (21,400)
End Zone	11,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)