Week 17, 1981

played in New York, NJ

26 degrees, snow, 15 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	14	0	0	6	-	20
New York Jets	0	0	0	7	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:37 BUF - Wally Henry 17 pass from Richard Todd (Carson Long extra point)
1Q: 05:09 BUF - Ted McKnight 9 run (Carson Long extra point)
4Q: 14:22 BUF - Carson Long 24 field goal
4Q: 04:00 BUF - Carson Long 24 field goal
4Q: 02:07 NYJ - Ottis Anderson 47 pass from Scott Bull (Frank Corral extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:37 BUF - Wally Henry 17 pass from Richard Todd (Carson Long extra point)
1Q: 05:09 BUF - Ted McKnight 9 run (Carson Long extra point)
4Q: 14:22 BUF - Carson Long 24 field goal
4Q: 04:00 BUF - Carson Long 24 field goal
4Q: 02:07 NYJ - Ottis Anderson 47 pass from Scott Bull (Frank Corral extra point)

Team Statistics BUF NYJ
Record 8-8 4-12
First Downs 18 13
- by Rushing 8 3
- by Passing 10 8
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 267 245
- Offensive Plays 72 57
- Yards per Play 3.71 4.30
Net Rushing Yards 127 80
- Rushing Attempts 36 18
- Yards per Rush 3.53 4.44
Net Passing Yards 140 165
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 23 - 1 36 - 20 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 155 183
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/15 3/18
- Yards per Pass Play 3.89 4.23
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 4/2
3rd Down Conversions 7/18 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.3 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 4/31 10/65
Punt Returns/Yards 2/12 3/9
Kick Returns/Yards 2/40 5/104
Interception Ret./Yards 3/40 1/1
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 34
Time of Possession 35:45 24:15

Team Statistics	BUF	NYJ
Record	8-8	4-12
First Downs	18	13
- by Rushing	8	3
- by Passing	10	8
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	267	245
- Offensive Plays	72	57
- Yards per Play	3.71	4.30
Net Rushing Yards	127	80
- Rushing Attempts	36	18
- Yards per Rush	3.53	4.44
Net Passing Yards	140	165
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 23 - 1	36 - 20 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	155	183
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/15	3/18
- Yards per Pass Play	3.89	4.23
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	4/2
3rd Down Conversions	7/18	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.3	9.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	4/31	10/65
Punt Returns/Yards	2/12	3/9
Kick Returns/Yards	2/40	5/104
Interception Ret./Yards	3/40	1/1
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 34
Time of Possession	35:45	24:15

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:31	OWN 43	6	57	Touchdown
1	6:27	1:27	OPP 11	3	11	Touchdown
1	2:55	1:56	OWN 33	3	-7	Punt
2	14:13	1:29	OWN 11	3	7	Punt
2	10:33	2:25	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
2	7:35	1:25	OWN 41	3	9	Punt
2	4:43	2:51	OWN 48	9	40	Missed FG
3	13:16	4:30	OWN 6	8	63	Missed FG
3	6:52	0:43	OWN 20	3	2	Interception
3	6:01	2:49	OWN 16	6	10	Fumble
3	1:45	1:45	OWN 36	3	-4	Punt
4	15:00	0:43	OPP 12	3	5	Field Goal
4	10:58	7:04	OWN 47	12	46	Field Goal
4	2:00	2:00	OWN 31	5	8	Game

New York Jets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:29	5:02	OWN 21	10	20	Interception
1	5:00	2:05	OWN 34	4	27	Interception
1	0:59	1:46	OWN 17	3	1	Punt
2	12:44	2:11	OWN 40	5	26	Punt
2	8:08	0:33	OWN 2	3	0	Punt
2	6:10	1:27	OWN 22	3	-5	Punt
2	1:52	1:52	OWN 20	7	47	Missed FG
3	15:00	1:44	OWN 40	3	0	Punt
3	8:46	1:54	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
3	6:09	0:08	OPP 32	1	0	Interception
3	3:12	1:27	OPP 26	3	-3	Missed FG
4	14:17	3:19	OWN 37	5	23	Fumble
4	3:54	1:54	OWN 33	7	67	Touchdown

Game MVP: Ken Huff, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Walter Payton	20	75	3.75	15	3	0
Earl Gant	10	28	2.80	15	1	0
Ted McKnight	4	18	4.50	9	0	1
Richard Todd	2	6	3.00	8	0	0

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ottis Anderson	14	56	4.00	12	2
Steve Rogers	3	22	7.33	21	1
Scott Bull	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Richard Todd	34	23	155	2/15	1	26	1	75.0

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Lomax	33	18	132	3/18	0	17	3	26.3
Scott Bull	3	2	51	0/0	1	47	0	149.3

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Walter Payton	6	9	18	3.00	7	8	0
WR Tony Hill	6	7	55	9.17	6	15	0
WR Dennis Franklin	3	3	10	3.33	0	12	0
WR Wally Henry	3	3	23	7.67	0	17	1
WR Archie Griffin	2	7	36	18.00	5	26	0
WR George Farmer	2	2	2	1.00	0	3	0
TE Gary Shirk	1	1	11	11.00	3	11	0
FB Ted McKnight	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Walt Arnold	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cris Collinsworth	5	5	50	10.00	16	17	0
WR Wes Chandler	4	5	23	5.75	1	9	0
WR Kevin House	3	10	15	5.00	0	6	0
TE Robin Earl	2	4	23	11.50	0	13	0
WR Don Bass	2	5	15	7.50	1	11	0
RB Ottis Anderson	2	5	50	25.00	43	47	1
TE Walter White	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Adger Armstrong	1	1	4	4.00	2	4	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg
S Bryant Salter	1	0	0.00
CB Graham Spreen	1	4	4.00
CB Kenny Johnson	1	36	36.00

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S John Harris	1	1	1.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
Richard Todd	2	0	0
Walt Patulski	0	1	0
Steve Riley	0	1	0
Dave Scott	0	1	0
Dwight Harrison	0	0	2
Mike Dawson	0	0	1
Earl Gant	0	0	1

New York	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ottis Anderson	2	0	0
Steve Rogers	1	0	0
Eddie Payton	1	0	0
Ron Carpenter	0	1	0
Don Bass	0	1	0
Kevin House	0	1	0
Ron Rydalich	0	0	1
Dewey Selmon	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat McInally	5	234	46.8	45.0	65	2

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Johnny Evans	6	317	52.8	44.2	71	2

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Carson Long	2/4	0/1	0/0	24	2/2

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Frank Corral	0/2	0/2	0/1	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Spreen	2	12	6.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Payton	3	9	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Spreen	2	40	20.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Raymond Clayborn	4	88	22.0	0
Eddie Payton	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Tom Toner	7	2	0.0	11	30
CB Dwight Harrison	6	0	0.0	15	33
OLB Frank LeMaster	3	0	1.5	8	7
DT Mike Dawson	3	1	0.0	13	25
ILB Jim Collins	3	1	0.0	12	29
CB Kenny Johnson	3	0	0.0	12	28
DE Doug McDougald	2	0	1.0	6	11
CB Graham Spreen	2	2	0.0	16	36
ILB Don Rives	2	1	0.0	6	4
S Tommy Casanova	2	0	0.0	11	24
DT Carl Barisich	1	1	0.0	5	14
DE Andy Dorris	1	1	0.0	13	31
CB Jeff Wright	1	1	0.0	6	18
OLB Sedrick Gourdoux	1	1	0.0	6	11
S Bryant Salter	1	0	0.0	11	29
WR Archie Griffin	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Keena Turner	1	0	0.0	7	16
ILB Don Blackmon	1	0	0.0	9	12
DE Will Wynn	0	1	0.5	5	8
S Jack Tatum	0	1	0.0	14	35

New York	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Ray Preston	7	1	0.0	25	21
ILB Dewey Selmon	6	1	1.0	29	25
S John Harris	5	2	0.0	30	30
OLB Jeff Barnes	4	2	0.0	25	22
CB Lucious Smith	4	2	0.0	11	11
DE Ron Carpenter	4	1	0.0	22	19
ILB Jim LeClair	4	0	0.0	19	22
ILB Jim Haslett	4	0	0.0	9	12
CB Bobby Brooks	3	1	0.0	20	17
DE Randy White	3	1	0.0	33	30
S Vince Castillo	2	1	0.0	29	22
S Tony Peters	2	1	0.0	10	15
CB Raymond Clayborn	2	1	0.0	30	31
DT Rush Brown	2	1	0.0	13	16
CB LeRoy Irvin	2	0	0.0	23	28
DE Ron Rydalich	1	1	1.0	14	19
ILB Rod Rhodes	1	1	0.0	10	8
TE Walter White	1	0	---	---	---
T Steve August	1	0	---	---	---
TE Mike Cobb	1	0	---	---	---
S Bob Glazebrook	1	0	0.0	7	9
OLB Mike Hawkins	1	0	0.0	11	15
WR Kevin House	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Frank LeMaster	1.5	0	0	1	7
DE Doug McDougald	1.0	0	0	0	11
DE Will Wynn	0.5	0	0	0	8
DT Mike Dawson	0.0	1	1	1	25
ILB Don Blackmon	0.0	1	0	0	12
DE Andy Dorris	0.0	0	2	1	31
DT Carl Barisich	0.0	0	1	0	14
DE Walt Patulski	0.0	0	1	0	28
OLB Keena Turner	0.0	0	1	0	16

New York	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Ron Rydalich	1.0	1	19
ILB Dewey Selmon	1.0	0	25
OLB Jeff Barnes	0.0	2	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Tom Toner	5	0	0	30
ILB Jim Collins	4	0	0	29
CB Kenny Johnson	3	0	1	28
CB Graham Spreen	2	1	1	36
ILB Don Blackmon	1	1	0	12
S Tommy Casanova	1	0	0	24
CB Dwight Harrison	1	0	0	33
ILB Don Rives	1	0	0	4
CB Jeff Wright	1	0	0	18
OLB Keena Turner	1	0	0	16
S Bryant Salter	0	0	1	29

New York	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S John Harris	5	1	1	30
OLB Jeff Barnes	3	1	0	22
ILB Jim Haslett	3	0	0	12
CB LeRoy Irvin	2	1	0	28
ILB Dewey Selmon	2	0	0	25
CB Raymond Clayborn	1	1	0	31
ILB Jim LeClair	1	0	0	22
S Vince Castillo	1	0	0	22
S Tony Peters	1	0	0	15
OLB Ray Preston	1	0	0	21
S Bob Glazebrook	1	0	0	9
OLB Mike Hawkins	1	0	0	15
CB Lucious Smith	1	0	0	11
ILB Rod Rhodes	0	1	0	8

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ken Huff	5	10	2	35	0	32
Don Macek	2	9	0	31	0	29
Reggie McKenzie	2	7	1	29	0	32
Steve Riley	2	4	0	33	0	34
Kelvin Clark	1	3	0	33	0	29
Steve Courson	1	1	0	7	1	4
Todd Thomas	0	0	0	5	1	7

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Steve August	2	4	18	0	30
Todd Watkins	1	3	14	1	31
John Hicks	1	1	13	1	28
Dan Neal	0	4	17	0	30
Charley Hannah	0	3	14	1	31
Kurt Schumacher	0	1	5	0	11
Rod Walters	0	1	4	0	9

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Don Blackmon	2	11
Tony Hill	2	8
Earl Gant	1	22
George Farmer	1	16
Billy Jackson	1	15
Dennis Franklin	1	13

New York	Tackles	STPlays
Steve Rogers	2	20
Tony Peters	1	15
Jim Haslett	1	11
Adger Armstrong	1	9

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ken Huff	35	32	---	---	9	76
Richard Todd	36	36	---	---	---	72
Steve Riley	33	34	---	---	---	67
Graham Spreen	---	---	16	36	15	67
Kelvin Clark	33	29	---	---	---	62
Reggie McKenzie	29	32	---	---	---	61
Don Macek	31	29	---	---	1	61
Dwight Harrison	---	---	15	33	3	51
Jack Tatum	---	---	14	35	2	51
Walter Payton	24	27	---	---	---	51
Tony Hill	18	24	---	---	8	50
Walt Arnold	14	19	---	---	16	49
Kenny Johnson	---	---	12	28	9	49
Gary Shirk	23	16	---	---	7	46
Andy Dorris	---	---	13	31	1	45
Walt Patulski	---	---	12	28	4	44
Tom Toner	---	---	11	30	2	43
Archie Griffin	22	21	---	---	---	43
Jim Collins	---	---	12	29	2	43
Dennis Franklin	16	13	---	---	13	42
Earl Gant	12	8	---	---	22	42
Ted McKnight	16	18	---	---	7	41
Bryant Salter	---	---	11	29	---	40
Mike Dawson	---	---	13	25	2	40
Tommy Casanova	---	---	11	24	3	38
Jeff Wright	---	---	6	18	14	38
Billy Jackson	13	9	---	---	15	37
Wally Henry	13	19	---	---	---	32
Don Blackmon	---	---	9	12	11	32
George Farmer	9	6	---	---	16	31
Frank LeMaster	---	---	8	7	12	27
Keena Turner	---	---	7	16	2	25
Sedrick Gourdoux	---	---	6	11	7	24
Carl Barisich	---	---	5	14	4	23
Doug McDougald	---	---	6	11	6	23
Chad Bush	4	8	---	---	9	21
Steve Courson	7	4	---	---	5	16
Don Rives	---	---	6	4	5	15
Dave Scott	2	4	---	---	9	15
Will Wynn	---	---	5	8	1	14
Todd Thomas	5	7	---	---	---	12
Carson Long	0	0	---	---	9	9
Len Gotshalk	1	1	---	---	4	6
Pat McInally	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jack Thompson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Dave Mays	0	0	---	---	---	0

New York	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Randy White	---	---	33	30	8	71
Raymond Clayborn	---	---	30	31	8	69
John Harris	---	---	30	30	4	64
Dewey Selmon	---	---	29	25	6	60
Ray Preston	---	---	25	21	10	56
LeRoy Irvin	---	---	23	28	3	54
Vince Castillo	---	---	29	22	2	53
Neil Lomax	17	36	---	---	---	53
Fred Smerlas	---	---	26	24	2	52
Dan Neal	17	30	---	---	4	51
Ron Carpenter	---	---	22	19	8	49
Jeff Barnes	---	---	25	22	2	49
John Hicks	13	28	---	---	7	48
Steve August	18	30	---	---	---	48
Todd Watkins	14	31	---	---	---	45
Charley Hannah	14	31	---	---	---	45
Jim LeClair	---	---	19	22	3	44
Ottis Anderson	15	29	---	---	---	44
Walter White	12	20	---	---	11	43
Adger Armstrong	10	24	---	---	9	43
Bobby Brooks	---	---	20	17	5	42
Tony Peters	---	---	10	15	15	40
Ron Rydalich	---	---	14	19	3	36
Mike Cobb	8	15	---	---	13	36
Robin Earl	9	20	---	---	6	35
Lucious Smith	---	---	11	11	13	35
Steve Rogers	3	10	---	---	20	33
Kevin House	8	22	---	---	3	33
Don Bass	8	13	---	---	11	32
Mike Hawkins	---	---	11	15	6	32
Jim Haslett	---	---	9	12	11	32
Cris Collinsworth	11	20	---	---	---	31
Rush Brown	---	---	13	16	1	30
Randy Young	4	16	---	---	8	28
Wes Chandler	6	20	---	---	1	27
Rod Rhodes	---	---	10	8	3	21
Rod Walters	4	9	---	---	8	21
Bob Glazebrook	---	---	7	9	4	20
Kurt Schumacher	5	11	---	---	2	18
Rich Mauti	0	2	---	---	15	17
Keith Eck	1	9	---	---	7	17
Eddie Payton	0	0	---	---	10	10
Scott Bull	1	3	---	---	2	6
Johnny Evans	0	0	---	---	6	6
Frank Corral	0	0	---	---	4	4
Cliff Olander	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	61	5.1
Middle	20	61	3.1
Right	3	7	2.3
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	17	1.9
Middle	7	50	7.1
Right	2	13	6.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Richard Todd	34	23	1	0	2	5	3	0	1

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Lomax	33	18	0	3	0	2	5	3	3
Scott Bull	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	12	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	16	69	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	31	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	43	21.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	4	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	105	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	7	64	4.6
Long (19+ Yds)	7	1	10	1.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Walter Payton	9	6	0	18	0	27
WR Archie Griffin	7	2	1	36	1	21
WR Tony Hill	7	6	1	55	0	24
WR Dennis Franklin	3	3	0	10	0	13
WR Wally Henry	3	3	0	23	0	19
WR George Farmer	2	2	0	2	0	6
TE Gary Shirk	1	1	0	11	0	16
FB Ted McKnight	1	0	0	0	0	18
TE Walt Arnold	1	0	0	0	0	19

New York	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kevin House	10	3	15	0	22
WR Don Bass	5	2	15	0	13
WR Wes Chandler	5	4	23	0	20
RB Ottis Anderson	5	2	50	1	29
WR Cris Collinsworth	5	5	50	0	20
TE Robin Earl	4	2	23	0	20
TE Walter White	1	1	3	0	20
FB Adger Armstrong	1	1	4	0	24

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Walter Payton	6	10	1.67	3.75
Earl Gant	3	8	2.67	2.80
Ted McKnight	1	9	9.00	4.50

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Richard Todd	7	2	23	3.29	4.56

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Archie Griffin	2	0	0	0.00	5.14
WR Tony Hill	2	1	6	3.00	7.86
RB Walter Payton	1	0	0	0.00	2.00
WR Wally Henry	1	1	17	17.00	7.67
FB Ted McKnight	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Walter Payton	2	1
Earl Gant	2	2
Ted McKnight	1	1

New York	Rushes	Conversions
Ottis Anderson	4	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Richard Todd	11	7	3

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Lomax	8	5	4
Scott Bull	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Walter Payton	3	2	0
WR Tony Hill	3	3	2
WR Dennis Franklin	2	2	1
WR Archie Griffin	2	0	0
TE Walt Arnold	1	0	0

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wes Chandler	3	2	1
WR Kevin House	3	1	1
WR Cris Collinsworth	2	2	2
RB Ottis Anderson	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 37,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 10,400 (21,400)
End Zone 8,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 7,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	37,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	10,400 (21,400)
End Zone	8,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	7,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,900 (3,300)