Week 8, 1996

played in Buffalo, NY

56 degrees, rain, 17 mph wind

San Diego Chargers	7	17	3	0	-	27
Buffalo Bills	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:31 SDO - Kenny Lofton 35 pass from Scott Mitchell (Tommy Pickles extra point)
2Q: 14:20 SDO - Ki-Jana Carter 5 run (Tommy Pickles extra point)
2Q: 12:11 SDO - Tommy Pickles 34 field goal
2Q: 09:06 BUF - Jason Elam 51 field goal
2Q: 03:38 SDO - Maurice Hurst 48 interception return (Tommy Pickles extra point)
3Q: 09:32 SDO - Tommy Pickles 41 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:31 SDO - Kenny Lofton 35 pass from Scott Mitchell (Tommy Pickles extra point)
2Q: 14:20 SDO - Ki-Jana Carter 5 run (Tommy Pickles extra point)
2Q: 12:11 SDO - Tommy Pickles 34 field goal
2Q: 09:06 BUF - Jason Elam 51 field goal
2Q: 03:38 SDO - Maurice Hurst 48 interception return (Tommy Pickles extra point)
3Q: 09:32 SDO - Tommy Pickles 41 field goal

Team Statistics SDO BUF
Record 7-0 1-6
First Downs 15 10
- by Rushing 3 2
- by Passing 11 7
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 270 191
- Offensive Plays 58 60
- Yards per Play 4.66 3.18
Net Rushing Yards 41 52
- Rushing Attempts 29 11
- Yards per Rush 1.41 4.73
Net Passing Yards 229 139
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 22 - 1 42 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 235 195
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 7/56
- Yards per Pass Play 7.90 2.84
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 10.7
4th Down Conversions 1/1 1/2
Penalties/Yards 8/47 8/65
Punt Returns/Yards 5/0 1/-2
Kick Returns/Yards 2/54 3/79
Interception Ret./Yards 2/54 1/36
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 21
Time of Possession 32:31 27:29

Team Statistics	SDO	BUF
Record	7-0	1-6
First Downs	15	10
- by Rushing	3	2
- by Passing	11	7
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	270	191
- Offensive Plays	58	60
- Yards per Play	4.66	3.18
Net Rushing Yards	41	52
- Rushing Attempts	29	11
- Yards per Rush	1.41	4.73
Net Passing Yards	229	139
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 22 - 1	42 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	235	195
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	7/56
- Yards per Pass Play	7.90	2.84
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	10.7
4th Down Conversions	1/1	1/2
Penalties/Yards	8/47	8/65
Punt Returns/Yards	5/0	1/-2
Kick Returns/Yards	2/54	3/79
Interception Ret./Yards	2/54	1/36
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 21
Time of Possession	32:31	27:29

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:40	OWN 27	10	73	Touchdown
1	8:00	4:09	OWN 26	7	25	Punt
1	2:23	3:13	OWN 13	7	87	Touchdown
2	13:24	1:20	OPP 16	3	-1	Field Goal
2	8:59	2:10	OWN 39	3	8	Punt
2	5:48	1:22	OWN 27	3	-1	Punt
2	2:19	0:30	OPP 45	2	1	Interception
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 11	1	2	Half
3	12:57	3:31	OWN 36	6	40	Field Goal
3	8:47	1:34	OWN 43	3	3	Punt
3	3:12	3:24	OWN 8	6	12	Punt
4	11:53	1:40	OWN 30	3	3	Punt
4	6:51	3:20	OPP 47	4	9	Punt

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:20	1:20	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	3:51	1:28	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	14:10	0:46	OWN 20	2	-4	Fumble
2	12:04	3:05	OWN 26	7	40	Field Goal
2	6:49	1:01	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
2	4:26	0:59	OWN 7	2	15	Interception
2	3:27	1:08	OWN 20	3	-13	Punt
2	1:49	1:15	OWN 39	3	-4	Punt
3	15:00	2:03	OWN 35	3	-2	Punt
3	9:26	0:39	OPP 48	1	0	Interception
3	7:13	4:01	OWN 5	9	31	Punt
4	14:48	2:55	OWN 20	5	9	Punt
4	10:13	3:22	OWN 14	7	33	Downs
4	3:31	3:31	OWN 4	9	45	Game

Game MVP: Maurice Hurst, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Garrison Hearst	18	28	1.56	7	0
Ki-Jana Carter	9	14	1.56	7	1
Jon Vaughn	1	3	3.00	3	0
Robert Brooks	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Gary Brown	6	16	2.67	9	0
Eddie George	3	25	8.33	22	1
Ebby Laroush	1	6	6.00	6	0
Drew Bledsoe	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Scott Mitchell	28	22	235	1/6	1	43	1	98.6

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Drew Bledsoe	38	20	150	5/31	0	25	2	40.4
Ebby Laroush	4	3	45	2/25	0	23	0	111.5

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jerry Rice	6	9	73	12.17	17	19	0
WR Robert Brooks	6	6	41	6.83	12	17	0
RB Garrison Hearst	3	3	21	7.00	20	13	0
WR Kenny Lofton	2	4	47	23.50	5	35	1
FB Reggie Cobb	2	2	9	4.50	2	6	0
WR Anthony Miller	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Tony McGee	1	1	43	43.00	36	43	0
FB Pete Russell	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
RB Ki-Jana Carter	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Brian Blades	6	16	46	7.67	30	25
WR Brett Perriman	4	6	31	7.75	0	25
WR Eric Guliford	4	4	64	16.00	18	23
WR Quinn Early	3	4	20	6.67	6	14
FB Donnie McQuilken	2	2	21	10.50	16	11
RB Eddie George	2	3	6	3.00	2	4
TE Paul Green	1	3	4	4.00	0	4
RB Gary Brown	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
RB Bernie Parmalee	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Wayne Campbell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Maurice Hurst	2	54	27.00	1

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Jeff Herrod	1	36	36.00	0

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Bill Romanowski	0	1	1	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Gary Brown	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Prokop	7	363	51.9	46.4	67	4

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Tuten	8	387	48.4	48.4	61	3

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tommy Pickles	2/2	1/1	0/0	41	3/3

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Elam	1/1	1/1	1/1	51	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Anthony Miller	4	-2	-0.5	0
Kenny Lofton	1	2	2.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Blades	1	-2	-2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Robert Brooks	2	54	27.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Guliford	2	59	29.5	0
Brian Blades	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Maurice Hurst	6	0	0.0	11	49
ILB Rick Vaughn	5	0	0.0	10	42
DE Chris Mims	4	1	2.0	10	38
OLB Bill Romanowski	4	1	1.0	7	28
DE Melvin Donnalley	4	1	1.0	10	46
S Anthony Dorsett	4	0	0.0	11	48
OLB Vinson Smith	3	1	1.0	2	14
CB Tory James	3	1	0.0	3	17
CB Willie Williams	2	0	0.0	11	49
CB Corey Fuller	2	0	0.0	9	45
DT Dan Footman	1	0	1.0	6	34
DT Leonard Renfro	1	1	0.5	3	20
S Apu Nahasapeemapetilon	1	2	0.0	11	46
WR Kenny Lofton	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Ronnie Booty	1	0	0.0	1	6
OLB Marvcus Patton	0	2	0.5	2	9

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Eric Hill	9	8	0.0	29	29
OLB Robert Jones	6	2	0.0	28	29
S Brian Washington	4	2	0.0	10	15
S Kurt Schultz	4	2	0.0	28	29
OLB Ron George	4	1	0.0	19	17
ILB Jeff Herrod	4	0	0.0	8	10
S Keith Bostic	3	2	0.0	19	14
CB Phillippi Sparks	3	1	0.0	29	29
DT Bill Goldberg	3	0	0.0	14	21
DE Israel Ifeanyichukwu	3	0	0.0	12	12
DE Ren Hoek	2	0	1.0	17	17
DE Mike Fox	2	1	0.0	21	22
CB Carlton Gray	1	3	0.0	10	14
ILB Dino Hackett	1	0	0.0	14	9
WR Brian Blades	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Alfred Williams	1	0	0.0	5	1
DT Craig Veasley	0	1	0.0	15	8
DT George Thornton	0	1	0.0	8	7

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Chris Mims	2.0	0	0	2	38
DE Melvin Donnalley	1.0	1	2	0	46
DT Dan Footman	1.0	1	1	0	34
OLB Bill Romanowski	1.0	0	0	0	28
OLB Vinson Smith	1.0	0	0	0	14
OLB Marvcus Patton	0.5	0	0	0	9
DT Leonard Renfro	0.5	0	0	0	20
S Apu Nahasapeemapetilon	0.0	0	1	0	46
OLB Jamie Fields	0.0	0	1	0	3
ILB Ronnie Booty	0.0	0	1	0	6

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ren Hoek	1.0	0	0	1	17
DE Mike Fox	0.0	1	0	0	22
DT Bill Goldberg	0.0	0	1	0	21
DT George Thornton	0.0	0	1	0	7

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Maurice Hurst	4	1	2	49
S Anthony Dorsett	4	1	0	48
ILB Rick Vaughn	3	1	0	42
OLB Bill Romanowski	2	1	0	28
OLB Vinson Smith	2	0	0	14
DE Melvin Donnalley	2	0	0	46
CB Corey Fuller	2	0	0	45
S Apu Nahasapeemapetilon	1	0	0	46
CB Willie Williams	1	0	0	49
ILB Ronnie Booty	1	0	0	6
CB Tory James	1	0	0	17

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Eric Hill	6	0	0	29
ILB Jeff Herrod	3	0	1	10
OLB Robert Jones	3	0	0	29
CB Phillippi Sparks	3	0	0	29
S Kurt Schultz	3	0	0	29
S Brian Washington	2	1	0	15
ILB Dino Hackett	1	0	0	9
DE Israel Ifeanyichukwu	1	0	0	12
CB Jason Sehorn	0	1	0	27

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jerry Fontenot	2	9	29	0	29
Barney Gumble	1	7	28	0	29
Pete Kendall	1	4	28	0	29
Ed King	0	7	29	0	29
Reggie Cobb	0	1	4	0	13
Pete Russell	0	1	23	0	10
Kip Vickers	0	0	29	1	29

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brian Habib	2	3	11	1	49
Visanthe Hall	1	1	11	0	42
Matt Willig	0	2	11	2	43
Bob Dahl	0	1	10	2	41
Chris Gray	0	1	11	1	48
Donnie McQuilken	0	1	4	0	19
Jamie Brown	0	0	1	1	8

Special Teams Tackles

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Vinson Smith	1	21
Anthony Miller	1	16
Kenny Lofton	1	16
Peter Blahak	1	8

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Bernie Parmalee	2	11
Gary Brown	1	24
Bill Elliot	1	17
Carlton Gray	1	11
Eric Mahlum	1	9
Donnie McQuilken	1	7

Participation

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Maurice Hurst	---	---	11	49	11	71
Pete Kendall	28	29	---	---	9	66
Corey Fuller	---	---	9	45	8	62
Anthony Dorsett	---	---	11	48	3	62
Willie Williams	---	---	11	49	1	61
Ed King	29	29	---	---	1	59
Jerry Fontenot	29	29	---	---	---	58
Scott Mitchell	29	29	---	---	---	58
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon	---	---	11	46	1	58
Kip Vickers	29	29	---	---	---	58
Barney Gumble	28	29	---	---	---	57
Melvin Donnalley	---	---	10	46	1	57
Robert Brooks	20	23	---	---	13	56
Rick Vaughn	---	---	10	42	1	53
Jerry Rice	24	27	---	---	---	51
Chris Mims	---	---	10	38	1	49
Pete Russell	23	10	---	---	16	49
Garrison Hearst	19	27	---	---	---	46
Tony McGee	18	16	---	---	10	44
Kenny Lofton	12	14	---	---	16	42
Dan Footman	---	---	6	34	2	42
Tory James	---	---	3	17	22	42
Bill Romanowski	---	---	7	28	3	38
Vinson Smith	---	---	2	14	21	37
Andrew Jordan	11	6	---	---	16	33
Leonard Renfro	---	---	3	20	6	29
Anthony Miller	4	7	---	---	16	27
Jon Vaughn	1	0	---	---	25	26
John Parrella	---	---	5	15	5	25
Ki-Jana Carter	9	2	---	---	12	23
Alfred Oglesby	---	---	5	16	---	21
Reggie Cobb	4	13	---	---	1	18
Eric England	---	---	1	11	5	17
Marvcus Patton	---	---	2	9	---	11
Jeff Small	1	0	---	---	9	10
Fred Lamson	1	0	---	---	9	10
Butch Rolle	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tommy Pickles	0	0	---	---	8	8
Peter Blahak	0	0	---	---	8	8
Joe Prokop	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ronnie Booty	---	---	1	6	---	7
Jamie Fields	---	---	2	3	1	6
Derrick Alexander	---	---	1	3	2	6
Patrick Jeffers	0	0	---	---	5	5
John Friesz	0	0	---	---	2	2
Heath Shuler	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brian Blades	11	46	---	---	13	70
Chris Gray	11	48	---	---	9	68
Brian Habib	11	49	---	---	---	60
Phillippi Sparks	---	---	29	29	2	60
Eric Hill	---	---	29	29	2	60
Kurt Schultz	---	---	28	29	2	59
Robert Jones	---	---	28	29	1	58
Jason Sehorn	---	---	27	27	2	56
Gary Brown	7	23	---	---	24	54
Matt Willig	11	43	---	---	---	54
Drew Bledsoe	10	43	---	---	---	53
Visanthe Hall	11	42	---	---	---	53
Bob Dahl	10	41	---	---	---	51
Quinn Early	5	29	---	---	14	48
Mike Fox	---	---	21	22	3	46
Brett Perriman	9	30	---	---	1	40
Ren Hoek	---	---	17	17	6	40
Ron George	---	---	19	17	2	38
Paul Green	5	24	---	---	7	36
Bill Goldberg	---	---	14	21	1	36
Carlton Gray	---	---	10	14	11	35
Keith Bostic	---	---	19	14	1	34
Dino Hackett	---	---	14	9	9	32
Eric Guliford	3	17	---	---	12	32
Wayne Campbell	4	21	---	---	6	31
Donnie McQuilken	4	19	---	---	7	30
Brian Washington	---	---	10	15	4	29
Alfred Williams	---	---	5	1	21	27
Jeremy Lincoln	---	---	2	3	22	27
Bill Elliot	1	7	---	---	17	25
Craig Veasley	---	---	15	8	1	24
George Thornton	---	---	8	7	9	24
Israel Ifeanyichukwu	---	---	12	12	---	24
Gene Carroll	---	---	4	6	11	21
Jeff Herrod	---	---	8	10	1	19
Eddie George	3	16	---	---	---	19
Jamie Brown	1	8	---	---	9	18
Frank Hartley	3	8	---	---	6	17
Jesse Sapolu	0	7	---	---	9	16
Bernie Parmalee	0	5	---	---	11	16
Eric Mahlum	0	7	---	---	9	16
Brian Johnston	0	0	---	---	9	9
Rick Tuten	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ebby Laroush	1	6	---	---	---	7
Jason Elam	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dave Wilson	0	0	---	---	1	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	-3	-0.8
Middle	18	35	1.9
Right	7	9	1.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	11	5.5
Middle	6	34	5.7
Right	3	7	2.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Scott Mitchell	28	22	2	0	0	2	2	1	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Drew Bledsoe	38	20	2	1	4	4	5	1	2
Ebby Laroush	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	12	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	11	111	9.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	77	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	35	17.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	40	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	12	46	2.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	84	10.5
Long (19+ Yds)	9	1	25	2.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jerry Rice	9	6	73	0	27
WR Robert Brooks	6	6	41	0	23
WR Kenny Lofton	4	2	47	1	14
RB Garrison Hearst	3	3	21	0	27
FB Reggie Cobb	2	2	9	0	13
WR Anthony Miller	1	1	3	0	7
TE Tony McGee	1	1	43	1	16
FB Pete Russell	1	1	-2	0	10
RB Ki-Jana Carter	1	0	0	0	2

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brian Blades	16	6	1	46	1	46
WR Brett Perriman	6	4	1	31	1	30
WR Quinn Early	4	3	0	20	0	29
WR Eric Guliford	4	4	0	64	1	17
TE Paul Green	3	1	1	4	0	24
RB Eddie George	3	2	0	6	0	16
RB Gary Brown	2	1	0	3	0	23
FB Donnie McQuilken	2	2	0	21	0	19
RB Bernie Parmalee	1	0	0	0	0	5
WR Wayne Campbell	1	0	1	0	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ki-Jana Carter	2	6	3.00	1.56

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Scott Mitchell	2	1	-2	-1.00	8.39

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jerry Rice	1	0	0	0.00	8.11
FB Pete Russell	1	1	-2	-2.00	-2.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Garrison Hearst	4	1
Jon Vaughn	1	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Ebby Laroush	1	1
Drew Bledsoe	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Scott Mitchell	8	5	2

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Drew Bledsoe	12	8	3
Ebby Laroush	1	1	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jerry Rice	4	3	2
WR Kenny Lofton	1	0	0
WR Robert Brooks	1	1	0
FB Pete Russell	1	1	0
RB Ki-Jana Carter	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brian Blades	5	3	2
WR Brett Perriman	3	2	0
WR Quinn Early	1	1	1
RB Gary Brown	1	1	0
WR Wayne Campbell	1	0	0
WR Eric Guliford	1	1	0
FB Donnie McQuilken	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 59,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,300 (21,400)
End Zone 13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	59,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,300 (21,400)
End Zone	13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)