Week 17, 1986

Game MVP: Johnny Rembert, Buffalo Bills

played in Buffalo, NY

19 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

Drive Charts

Rushing Statistics

Passing Statistics

Receiving Statistics

Interception Statistics

Fumble Statistics

Punting Statistics

Kicking Statistics

Punt Return Statistics

Kick Return Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Pass Rush Statistics

Pass Defense Statistics

Blocking Statistics

Special Teams Tackles

Participation

Directional Rushing Statistics

Detailed Passing Statistics

Directional Passing Statistics

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Third Down Passing Statistics

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Miami Dolphins	7	0	3	0	-	10
Buffalo Bills	7	7	0	3	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:50 MIA - Mark Bavaro 12 pass from Steve Grogan (Freddie Steinfort extra point)
1Q: 09:19 BUF - Gary Anderson 69 run (Carson Long extra point)
2Q: 00:49 BUF - Mike Young 5 pass from Bubby Brister (Carson Long extra point)
3Q: 07:53 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 35 field goal
4Q: 04:21 BUF - Carson Long 46 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:50 MIA - Mark Bavaro 12 pass from Steve Grogan (Freddie Steinfort extra point)
1Q: 09:19 BUF - Gary Anderson 69 run (Carson Long extra point)
2Q: 00:49 BUF - Mike Young 5 pass from Bubby Brister (Carson Long extra point)
3Q: 07:53 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 35 field goal
4Q: 04:21 BUF - Carson Long 46 field goal

Team Statistics MIA BUF
Record 7-9 4-12
First Downs 17 12
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 10 8
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 265 260
- Offensive Plays 69 60
- Yards per Play 3.84 4.33
Net Rushing Yards 101 181
- Rushing Attempts 20 27
- Yards per Rush 5.05 6.70
Net Passing Yards 164 79
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 46 - 23 - 2 28 - 15 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 184 118
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/20 5/39
- Yards per Pass Play 3.35 2.39
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/15 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 6.4
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/20 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 5/42 2/9
Kick Returns/Yards 4/66 3/75
Interception Ret./Yards 1/4 2/39
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 32
Time of Possession 31:34 28:26

Team Statistics	MIA	BUF
Record	7-9	4-12
First Downs	17	12
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	10	8
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	265	260
- Offensive Plays	69	60
- Yards per Play	3.84	4.33
Net Rushing Yards	101	181
- Rushing Attempts	20	27
- Yards per Rush	5.05	6.70
Net Passing Yards	164	79
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	46 - 23 - 2	28 - 15 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	184	118
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/20	5/39
- Yards per Pass Play	3.35	2.39
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/15	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	6.4
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/20	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	5/42	2/9
Kick Returns/Yards	4/66	3/75
Interception Ret./Yards	1/4	2/39
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 32
Time of Possession	31:34	28:26

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:16	OWN 24	11	76	Touchdown
1	9:03	3:16	OWN 38	6	21	Punt
1	4:08	3:25	OWN 46	6	14	Punt
2	13:03	1:26	OWN 5	3	4	Punt
2	10:07	1:54	OWN 5	3	0	Punt
2	5:02	2:01	OWN 20	6	15	Punt
2	0:41	0:41	OWN 33	3	23	Half
3	13:15	2:12	OWN 29	4	22	Punt
3	9:27	1:39	OPP 31	4	13	Field Goal
3	5:25	3:50	OWN 5	5	17	Punt
4	13:02	1:47	OWN 36	5	19	Punt
4	10:08	2:04	OWN 36	4	20	Interception
4	4:14	1:07	OWN 23	3	5	Punt
4	2:03	1:04	OWN 49	6	6	Interception

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:44	0:41	OWN 31	1	69	Touchdown
1	5:47	1:39	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	0:43	2:40	OWN 20	5	26	Punt
2	11:37	1:30	OWN 47	3	3	Punt
2	8:13	3:11	OWN 42	6	12	Punt
2	3:01	2:20	OWN 13	9	87	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:45	OWN 33	3	6	Punt
3	11:03	1:36	OWN 20	3	-6	Interception
3	7:48	2:23	OWN 32	4	13	Punt
3	1:35	3:33	OWN 42	8	22	Fumble
4	11:15	1:07	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
4	8:04	3:50	OPP 46	6	17	Field Goal
4	3:07	1:04	OWN 21	3	4	Punt
4	0:59	0:59	OPP 43	3	1	Game

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Gary Anderson	15	114	7.60	69	1	1
Cedric Minter	7	61	8.71	44	1	0
Bubby Brister	5	6	1.20	5	0	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Grogan	46	23	184	3/20	1	18	2	49.6

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bubby Brister	28	15	118	5/39	1	25	1	61.3

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mike Sherrard	6	9	66	11.00	12	17	0
RB George Rogers	4	5	19	4.75	4	7	0
WR Tim McGee	4	6	51	12.75	13	18	0
WR Pete Mandley	2	5	14	7.00	1	8	0
RB Randall Morris	2	2	7	3.50	0	5	0
TE Mark Bavaro	2	9	15	7.50	0	12	1
FB Mike Hogan	1	1	5	5.00	5	5	0
WR Ray Butler	1	7	7	7.00	0	7	0
FB Dennis Bligen	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Walt Arnold	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bobby Duckworth	3	5	17	5.67	1	13	0
RB Gary Anderson	3	5	7	2.33	5	7	0
WR Mike Young	3	7	21	7.00	1	12	1
WR Rich Martini	2	2	21	10.50	4	11	0
WR Stan Rome	1	5	25	25.00	2	25	0
TE Eric Sievers	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
FB Larry Moriarty	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
RB Cedric Minter	1	1	18	18.00	12	18	0
TE Tim Wrightman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Lionel Washington	1	4	4.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Johnny Rembert	1	26	26.00	0
S Mike Prior	1	13	13.00	0

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force
George Rogers	1	0	0
Carl Banks	0	1	0
Dennis Bligen	0	1	0
Calvin Daniels	0	0	1
Jeff Rohrer	0	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bubby Brister	2	0	0
Gary Anderson	0	1	0
Scott Radecic	0	0	1

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Eddie Hare	9	410	45.6	35.7	56	2

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat McInally	8	362	45.3	37.5	52	4

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Freddie Steinfort	1/1	0/0	0/0	35	1/1

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Carson Long	1/1	1/1	0/0	46	2/2

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pete Mandley	5	42	8.4	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Prior	2	9	4.5	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pete Mandley	3	52	17.3	0
Sean Thomas	1	14	14.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Archie Griffin	2	50	25.0	0
Tony Dorsett	1	25	25.0	0

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Billy Ray Smith	9	1	0.0	24	30
OLB Jeff Rohrer	6	0	1.0	15	19
DT Erik Howard	4	1	1.0	14	18
CB Lionel Washington	3	0	1.0	22	26
S Bill Graham	3	1	0.0	22	23
ILB Calvin Daniels	2	1	1.0	9	15
CB Lester Hayes	2	2	0.0	20	27
S Patrick Hunter	2	2	0.0	18	22
S Lyle Blackwood	2	1	0.0	14	19
CB Sean Thomas	2	1	0.0	20	18
DE Keith Gary	2	0	0.0	15	20
S Brett Maxie	2	0	0.0	16	16
OLB Vernon Maxwell	1	0	1.0	13	18
OLB Carl Banks	1	3	0.0	25	33
DE Gary Baldinger	1	2	0.0	11	12
ILB Eugene Marve	1	0	0.0	9	11
TE Mark Bavaro	1	0	---	---	---
WR Mike Sherrard	1	0	---	---	---
DT Sean Lilly	0	1	0.0	13	15

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Johnny Rembert	7	0	2.0	13	29
ILB Scott Radecic	7	0	0.0	17	37
S Mike Prior	4	1	0.0	16	37
CB Rod Hill	3	2	0.0	14	44
DT Jermaine Perkins	3	0	0.0	11	26
CB Kenny Johnson	3	0	0.0	9	31
OLB Bruce Scholtz	2	2	0.0	10	19
CB Wayne Davis	2	2	0.0	13	22
DT Phil Murphy	2	1	0.0	9	23
ILB Jim Fahnhorst	2	1	0.0	3	12
CB Ronnie Lippett	2	1	0.0	14	41
S Scott Burk	2	0	0.0	9	32
DE Reggie White	1	2	0.5	17	38
DE Eric Dorsey	1	0	0.5	11	30
S Shaun Gayle	1	1	0.0	20	46
DE Terry Dion	1	0	0.0	9	19
ILB Jim Collins	1	0	0.0	7	16
RB Cedric Minter	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Anthony Bell	1	0	0.0	3	5
ILB Don Blackmon	0	1	0.0	12	21

Miami	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Jeff Rohrer	1.0	1	0	19
OLB Vernon Maxwell	1.0	1	0	18
DT Erik Howard	1.0	0	1	18
ILB Calvin Daniels	1.0	0	0	15
CB Lionel Washington	1.0	0	0	26
OLB Carl Banks	0.0	1	0	33

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Johnny Rembert	2.0	2	0	0	29
DE Reggie White	0.5	0	2	2	38
DE Eric Dorsey	0.5	0	2	0	30
DT Dino Mangiero	0.0	0	1	0	11
DT Phil Murphy	0.0	0	1	0	23
ILB Don Blackmon	0.0	0	1	0	21

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Billy Ray Smith	5	0	0	30
ILB Eugene Marve	2	0	0	11
OLB Jeff Rohrer	2	0	0	19
CB Lionel Washington	1	0	1	26
ILB Calvin Daniels	1	0	0	15
S Bill Graham	1	0	0	23
CB Sean Thomas	1	0	0	18
DT Erik Howard	1	0	0	18
S Patrick Hunter	1	0	0	22
CB Lester Hayes	0	1	0	27

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kenny Johnson	3	1	0	31
ILB Scott Radecic	3	0	0	37
S Shaun Gayle	2	2	0	46
CB Ronnie Lippett	2	1	0	41
CB Wayne Davis	2	1	0	22
S Mike Prior	2	0	1	37
ILB Jim Fahnhorst	2	0	0	12
OLB Bruce Scholtz	2	0	0	19
DT Jermaine Perkins	1	1	0	26
ILB Jim Collins	1	1	0	16
S Scott Burk	1	0	0	32
DT Phil Murphy	1	0	0	23
CB Rod Hill	1	0	0	44
OLB Johnny Rembert	0	0	1	29

Miami	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Sylvester Croom	3	3	18	0	41
Mke Schad	1	4	14	1	43
Chris Hinton	1	4	20	0	47
Joe Conwell	1	3	16	1	42
Mark Bavaro	1	2	14	0	42
Billy Bryan	0	1	13	0	19
Craig Wolfley	0	1	10	0	34
Dennis Bligen	0	1	13	0	20
Dennis Harrah	0	0	2	1	10

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Don Macek	2	3	26	1	30
Brad Edelman	1	3	21	3	28
Eric Sievers	1	3	19	0	20
Wayne Radloff	1	3	21	0	30
Kurt Schumacher	0	5	16	0	23
Ron Mattes	0	3	21	0	21
Joe Bostic	0	2	13	0	12
Wes Phillips	0	0	10	1	15

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Brett Maxie	1	23
Rick Moser	1	17
Tim McGee	1	15
Mike Sherrard	1	15
Lester Hayes	1	8

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
George Farmer	3	24
Eric Sievers	2	15
Archie Griffin	2	8
Tony Dorsett	1	16
Joe Bostic	1	9

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Steve Grogan	20	49	---	---	---	69
Chris Hinton	20	47	---	---	---	67
Carl Banks	---	---	25	33	8	66
Tim McGee	15	36	---	---	15	66
Mke Schad	14	43	---	---	9	66
Mark Bavaro	14	42	---	---	8	64
Sylvester Croom	18	41	---	---	2	61
Joe Conwell	16	42	---	---	---	58
Mike Sherrard	15	28	---	---	15	58
Billy Ray Smith	---	---	24	30	3	57
Lester Hayes	---	---	20	27	8	55
Brett Maxie	---	---	16	16	23	55
Jeff Rohrer	---	---	15	19	19	53
Pete Mandley	10	28	---	---	15	53
Lionel Washington	---	---	22	26	1	49
Patrick Hunter	---	---	18	22	7	47
Bill Graham	---	---	22	23	1	46
Craig Wolfley	10	34	---	---	1	45
Sean Thomas	---	---	20	18	5	43
Billy Bryan	13	19	---	---	10	42
Doug Hollie	---	---	16	21	1	38
Dennis Bligen	13	20	---	---	4	37
Lyle Blackwood	---	---	14	19	3	36
Keith Gary	---	---	15	20	1	36
George Rogers	8	28	---	---	---	36
Sean Lilly	---	---	13	15	8	36
Erik Howard	---	---	14	18	1	33
Calvin Daniels	---	---	9	15	7	31
Vernon Maxwell	---	---	13	18	---	31
Ray Butler	6	24	---	---	---	30
Randall Morris	11	18	---	---	---	29
Mike Hogan	4	11	---	---	13	28
Walt Arnold	3	8	---	---	16	27
Fred Dean	6	9	---	---	10	25
Eugene Marve	---	---	9	11	4	24
Gary Baldinger	---	---	11	12	---	23
Rick Moser	1	2	---	---	17	20
Brooks Williams	0	0	---	---	17	17
Dennis Harrah	2	10	---	---	---	12
Gerry Feehery	1	0	---	---	10	11
Eddie Hare	0	0	---	---	9	9
Robbie Jones	---	---	1	0	6	7
Freddie Steinfort	0	0	---	---	4	4
Bryan Hicks	---	---	0	0	4	4
J.J. Jones	0	0	---	---	1	1
Dan Manucci	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rod Hill	---	---	14	44	18	76
Shaun Gayle	---	---	20	46	8	74
Mike Prior	---	---	16	37	12	65
Bubby Brister	27	33	---	---	1	61
Kenny Johnson	---	---	9	31	19	59
Wayne Radloff	21	30	---	---	8	59
Brad Edelman	21	28	---	---	9	58
Don Macek	26	30	---	---	1	57
Ronnie Lippett	---	---	14	41	1	56
Reggie White	---	---	17	38	1	56
Scott Radecic	---	---	17	37	1	55
Eric Sievers	19	20	---	---	15	54
Kurt Schumacher	16	23	---	---	7	46
Johnny Rembert	---	---	13	29	3	45
Jim Collins	---	---	7	16	21	44
Gary Anderson	18	23	---	---	2	43
Scott Burk	---	---	9	32	1	42
Ron Mattes	21	21	---	---	---	42
Eric Dorsey	---	---	11	30	1	42
Don Blackmon	---	---	12	21	7	40
Cedric Minter	9	10	---	---	21	40
Rich Martini	21	18	---	---	---	39
Terry Dion	---	---	9	19	10	38
Jermaine Perkins	---	---	11	26	---	37
George Farmer	6	7	---	---	24	37
Phil Murphy	---	---	9	23	4	36
Mike Young	15	21	---	---	---	36
Wayne Davis	---	---	13	22	---	35
Stan Rome	15	19	---	---	---	34
Joe Bostic	13	12	---	---	9	34
Wes Phillips	10	15	---	---	9	34
Tony Dorsett	4	10	---	---	16	30
Bruce Scholtz	---	---	10	19	1	30
Larry Moriarty	10	14	---	---	4	28
Tim Wrightman	6	9	---	---	11	26
Bobby Duckworth	12	13	---	---	---	25
Dino Mangiero	---	---	3	11	5	19
Jim Fahnhorst	---	---	3	12	---	15
Steve Wallace	7	6	---	---	2	15
Anthony Bell	---	---	3	5	6	14
Archie Griffin	0	1	---	---	8	9
Pat McInally	0	0	---	---	8	8
Daryl Turner	0	0	---	---	7	7
Carson Long	0	0	---	---	5	5
Richard Todd	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kyle Mackey	0	0	---	---	---	0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	58	9.7
Middle	11	35	3.2
Right	3	8	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	84	9.3
Middle	8	33	4.1
Right	8	67	8.4
None	2	-3	-1.5

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Grogan	46	23	0	3	2	7	7	2	2

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bubby Brister	28	15	1	4	4	1	3	1	1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	21	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	9	69	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	6	59	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	9	2	35	3.9

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	5	6	0.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	6	51	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	36	9.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	25	12.5

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
TE Mark Bavaro	9	2	0	15	42
WR Mike Sherrard	9	6	1	66	28
WR Ray Butler	7	1	1	7	24
WR Tim McGee	6	4	0	51	36
RB George Rogers	5	4	0	19	28
WR Pete Mandley	5	2	0	14	28
RB Randall Morris	2	2	0	7	18
FB Mike Hogan	1	1	0	5	11
TE Walt Arnold	1	0	0	0	8
FB Dennis Bligen	1	1	0	0	20

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Young	7	3	1	21	0	21
WR Stan Rome	5	1	1	25	1	19
WR Bobby Duckworth	5	3	1	17	0	13
RB Gary Anderson	5	3	1	7	0	23
WR Rich Martini	2	2	0	21	0	18
TE Eric Sievers	1	1	0	11	0	20
TE Tim Wrightman	1	0	0	0	0	9
FB Larry Moriarty	1	1	0	-2	0	14
RB Cedric Minter	1	1	0	18	0	10

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Grogan	4	2	14	3.50	4.00

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bubby Brister	4	3	20	5.00	4.21

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ray Butler	1	0	0	0.00	1.00
WR Pete Mandley	1	0	0	0.00	2.80
RB Randall Morris	1	1	2	2.00	3.50
TE Mark Bavaro	1	1	12	12.00	1.67

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Young	2	2	9	4.50	3.00
TE Eric Sievers	1	1	11	11.00	11.00
TE Tim Wrightman	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Randall Morris	2	0
Steve Grogan	1	0
Rick Moser	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Bubby Brister	3	1
Gary Anderson	1	1

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Grogan	9	3	3

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bubby Brister	11	7	4

Randall Morris

George Rogers

Steve Grogan

Rick Moser

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ray Butler	3	0	0
WR Mike Sherrard	3	2	2
TE Mark Bavaro	2	0	0
WR Pete Mandley	1	1	1

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bobby Duckworth	3	2	1
WR Mike Young	3	1	1
WR Rich Martini	1	1	1
WR Stan Rome	1	0	0
RB Gary Anderson	1	1	0
FB Larry Moriarty	1	1	0
RB Cedric Minter	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 44,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,500 (21,400)
End Zone 9,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	44,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,500 (21,400)
End Zone	9,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,100 (3,300)