Exhibition Week 5, 1997

played in St. Louis, MO

67 degrees, rain, 8 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	7	3	0	20	-	30
St. Louis Cardinals	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:36 BUF - Wayne Campbell 28 pass from Ebby Laroush (Jason Elam extra point)
1Q: 08:17 STL - Cris Carter 8 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
2Q: 07:00 BUF - Jason Elam 40 field goal
4Q: 08:05 BUF - Michael Timpson 10 pass from Jake Delhomme (Jason Elam extra point)
4Q: 05:33 BUF - Jason Elam 42 field goal
4Q: 02:04 BUF - Craig Veasley 20 fumble return (Jason Elam extra point)
4Q: 00:39 BUF - Jason Elam 25 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:36 BUF - Wayne Campbell 28 pass from Ebby Laroush (Jason Elam extra point)
1Q: 08:17 STL - Cris Carter 8 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
2Q: 07:00 BUF - Jason Elam 40 field goal
4Q: 08:05 BUF - Michael Timpson 10 pass from Jake Delhomme (Jason Elam extra point)
4Q: 05:33 BUF - Jason Elam 42 field goal
4Q: 02:04 BUF - Craig Veasley 20 fumble return (Jason Elam extra point)
4Q: 00:39 BUF - Jason Elam 25 field goal

Team Statistics BUF STL
Record 2-2 1-3
First Downs 23 12
- by Rushing 8 2
- by Passing 13 8
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 315 196
- Offensive Plays 83 51
- Yards per Play 3.80 3.84
Net Rushing Yards 147 33
- Rushing Attempts 51 10
- Yards per Rush 2.88 3.30
Net Passing Yards 168 163
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 14 - 2 38 - 15 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 187 180
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/19 3/17
- Yards per Pass Play 5.25 3.98
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 13/22 0/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 11.5
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/40 6/50
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 3/9
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 3/69
Interception Ret./Yards 3/6 2/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 25
Time of Possession 41:35 18:25

Team Statistics	BUF	STL
Record	2-2	1-3
First Downs	23	12
- by Rushing	8	2
- by Passing	13	8
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	315	196
- Offensive Plays	83	51
- Yards per Play	3.80	3.84
Net Rushing Yards	147	33
- Rushing Attempts	51	10
- Yards per Rush	2.88	3.30
Net Passing Yards	168	163
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 14 - 2	38 - 15 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	187	180
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/19	3/17
- Yards per Pass Play	5.25	3.98
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	13/22	0/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	11.5
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/40	6/50
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	3/9
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	3/69
Interception Ret./Yards	3/6	2/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 25
Time of Possession	41:35	18:25

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:38	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
1	8:06	1:23	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
1	5:22	1:20	OWN 24	3	7	Punt
1	1:02	1:15	OWN 45	4	8	Interception
2	13:44	6:51	OWN 29	13	48	Field Goal
2	3:14	2:29	OWN 20	6	63	Interception
3	11:33	2:18	OWN 15	6	8	Punt
3	8:02	3:49	OWN 20	9	39	Punt
3	3:36	10:38	OWN 10	20	90	Touchdown
4	7:50	2:25	OPP 20	3	-5	Field Goal
4	4:36	2:23	OWN 41	3	-10	Punt
4	1:14	0:42	OPP 10	3	2	Field Goal

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:22	2:16	OWN 27	4	73	Touchdown
1	6:43	1:21	OWN 43	3	5	Punt
1	4:02	3:00	OWN 11	5	4	Punt
2	14:47	1:03	OWN 44	3	0	Punt
2	6:53	3:39	OWN 28	7	21	Punt
2	0:45	0:45	OWN 20	2	21	Half
3	15:00	3:27	OWN 36	7	31	Interception
3	9:15	1:13	OWN 22	4	30	Punt
3	4:13	0:37	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
4	7:58	0:08	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
4	5:25	0:49	OWN 20	4	14	Interception
4	2:13	0:17	OWN 27	2	-7	Fumble
4	1:56	0:42	OWN 20	4	-10	Downs
4	0:32	0:32	OWN 20	2	14	Game

Game MVP: Craig Veasley, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Gary Brown	39	92	2.36	15	2
Eddie George	8	33	4.13	10	1
Jake Delhomme	3	18	6.00	8	0
Ebby Laroush	1	4	4.00	4	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Curtis Martin	8	28	3.50	15	1	0
Charlie Garner	2	5	2.50	4	0	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jake Delhomme	20	11	139	3/19	1	23	1	72.7
Ebby Laroush	9	3	48	0/0	1	28	1	49.5

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rich Gannon	29	9	100	2/12	0	26	3	2.7
Brett Favre	9	6	80	1/5	1	49	0	131.7

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brian Blades	5	6	75	15.00	9	23	0
WR Wayne Campbell	4	7	60	15.00	7	28	1
TE Paul Green	2	5	18	9.00	0	9	0
WR Michael Timpson	2	3	13	6.50	0	10	1
TE Frank Hartley	1	2	21	21.00	0	21	0
WR Eric Guliford	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE David LaFleur	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Chris Cornell	4	9	72	18.00	14	49	0
WR Cris Carter	2	2	14	7.00	1	8	1
RB Charlie Garner	2	6	-1	-0.50	4	3	0
WR Lake Dawson	2	3	26	13.00	5	14	0
WR Michael Westbrook	2	7	29	14.50	7	17	0
FB Zack Crockett	1	2	18	18.00	13	18	0
RB Curtis Martin	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
WR Bobby Engram	1	4	26	26.00	3	26	0
TE Pat Carter	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Jasper Claybrooks	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Dirk Diggler	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg
DT Craig Veasley	1	6	6.00
CB Carlton Gray	1	0	0.00
S Zach Bronson	1	0	0.00

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Mark Maddox	1	0	0.00	0
OLB Jason Gildon	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Craig Veasley	0	1	0	1
Darren Mickell	0	0	2	0

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov
Rich Gannon	1	0
Charlie Garner	1	0
Nate Newton	0	1

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Tuten	5	242	48.4	42.6	61	2

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Scott Tyner	6	283	47.2	36.5	65	2

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Elam	3/3	2/2	0/0	42	3/3

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Adam Vinatieri	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gary Brown	3	24	8.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bobby Engram	3	9	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Cornell	2	42	21.0	0
Bobby Engram	1	27	27.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Phillippi Sparks	6	0	0.0	8	40
ILB Eric Hill	3	1	0.0	6	14
ILB Dino Hackett	3	0	0.0	4	26
DE Darren Mickell	2	0	1.0	7	28
OLB Robert Jones	2	0	0.5	6	15
S Zach Bronson	2	0	0.0	9	39
DE Israel Ifeanyichukwu	1	1	0.5	6	24
DT George Thornton	1	0	0.5	5	31
S John Heeter	1	2	0.0	9	33
RB Gary Brown	1	0	---	---	---
DE Ren Hoek	1	0	0.0	3	13
DE Chester McGlockton	1	0	0.0	5	10
S Kurt Schultz	1	0	0.0	8	25
OLB Bob Joe	1	0	0.0	3	20
CB Jason Sehorn	1	0	0.0	6	33
OLB Terry Killens	1	0	0.0	4	12
QB Jake Delhomme	1	0	---	---	---
DT Craig Veasley	0	1	0.5	8	33
ILB Joe Cain	0	1	0.0	1	4
CB Carlton Gray	0	1	0.0	8	38

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Maddox	12	2	0.0	39	25
ILB Ben Wallace	8	6	1.0	44	31
DT Daryl Gardnener	8	1	0.5	50	29
DT Santana Dotson	7	1	0.0	40	20
S Steve Atwater	4	1	1.0	25	18
CB Darryl Pounds	4	2	0.0	33	24
DE Nathan Davis	4	1	0.0	29	21
CB Richard Shelton	4	0	0.0	46	28
CB Bobby Taylor	3	1	0.0	40	26
CB Shawn Springs	3	0	0.0	45	28
DT Nolan Harrison	2	2	0.5	25	16
DE Vernon Edwards	2	2	0.0	34	17
S Brock Marion	2	0	0.0	19	13
S Ace Ventura	1	4	0.0	39	25
OLB Jason Gildon	1	3	0.0	16	8
OLB Lee Woodall	1	1	0.0	10	3
TE Pat Carter	1	0	---	---	---
RB Charlie Garner	1	0	---	---	---
WR Bobby Engram	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Darren Mickell	1.0	0	0	28
DT Craig Veasley	0.5	0	2	33
DT George Thornton	0.5	0	1	31
DE Israel Ifeanyichukwu	0.5	0	1	24
OLB Robert Jones	0.5	0	0	15
OLB Bob Joe	0.0	1	0	20
DT Bill Goldberg	0.0	0	1	8
DE Ren Hoek	0.0	0	1	13
CB Carlton Gray	0.0	0	1	38
OLB Terry Killens	0.0	0	1	12

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
S Steve Atwater	1.0	0	0	18
ILB Ben Wallace	1.0	0	0	31
DT Daryl Gardnener	0.5	0	1	29
DT Nolan Harrison	0.5	0	0	16
DE Mike Fox	0.0	1	0	15
DE Nathan Davis	0.0	0	3	21
DE Vernon Edwards	0.0	0	1	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Dino Hackett	4	0	0	26
CB Phillippi Sparks	4	0	0	40
S Zach Bronson	2	0	1	39
CB Jason Sehorn	1	2	0	33
S John Heeter	1	2	0	33
S Kurt Schultz	1	1	0	25
OLB Bob Joe	1	1	0	20
ILB Eric Hill	1	0	0	14
DT Craig Veasley	0	0	1	33
CB Carlton Gray	0	0	1	38

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Shawn Springs	3	1	0	28
CB Darryl Pounds	3	0	0	24
CB Richard Shelton	2	0	0	28
S Ace Ventura	1	1	0	25
ILB Ben Wallace	1	1	0	31
ILB Mark Maddox	1	0	1	25
S Steve Atwater	1	0	0	18
OLB Lee Woodall	1	0	0	3
CB Bobby Taylor	1	0	0	26
OLB Jason Gildon	0	0	1	8

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Eric Mahlum	2	8	45	0	27
Walter Jones	2	6	42	0	27
Jeff Smith	2	5	20	0	10
Chris Gray	1	9	49	0	32
Visanthe Hall	1	6	31	1	22
Bob Dahl	1	1	8	0	5
Lomas Brown	0	7	33	0	25
Brian Habib	0	5	27	1	12
Gary Brown	0	0	43	1	23

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Nate Newton	1	3	10	1	41
Brent Smith	1	3	10	0	41
James Williams	1	1	3	1	26
David Ortiz	0	1	6	1	25
Kent Hull	0	1	4	0	16
Doug Riesenberg	0	1	9	0	26

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Donnie McQuilken	1	16
Frank Hartley	1	16
Carlton Gray	1	14
Zach Bronson	1	14
Eric Guliford	1	12
Jeff Smith	1	6

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Bosco Baracus	1	16
Pat Carter	1	12
Tony Berti	1	6

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Gary Brown	43	23	---	---	23	89
Chris Gray	49	32	---	---	8	89
Eric Mahlum	45	27	---	---	8	80
Walter Jones	42	27	---	---	8	77
Wayne Campbell	28	21	---	---	17	66
Jake Delhomme	39	23	---	---	---	62
Zach Bronson	---	---	9	39	14	62
Carlton Gray	---	---	8	38	14	60
Lomas Brown	33	25	---	---	---	58
Visanthe Hall	31	22	---	---	2	55
John Heeter	---	---	9	33	12	54
Donnie McQuilken	24	12	---	---	16	52
Phillippi Sparks	---	---	8	40	---	48
Eric Guliford	24	12	---	---	12	48
Michael Timpson	24	14	---	---	8	46
Jason Sehorn	---	---	6	33	7	46
Paul Green	23	14	---	---	6	43
Darren Mickell	---	---	7	28	7	42
Craig Veasley	---	---	8	33	---	41
David LaFleur	20	13	---	---	7	40
Brian Habib	27	12	---	---	---	39
Frank Hartley	12	10	---	---	16	38
George Thornton	---	---	5	31	1	37
Jeff Smith	20	10	---	---	6	36
Kurt Schultz	---	---	8	25	2	35
Bob Joe	---	---	3	20	10	33
Dino Hackett	---	---	4	26	1	31
Brian Blades	16	14	---	---	1	31
Israel Ifeanyichukwu	---	---	6	24	---	30
Brett Perriman	16	13	---	---	---	29
Bernie Parmalee	17	6	---	---	1	24
Ebby Laroush	12	9	---	---	---	21
Robert Jones	---	---	6	15	---	21
Eric Hill	---	---	6	14	1	21
Ren Hoek	---	---	3	13	3	19
Eddie George	8	8	---	---	2	18
Terry Killens	---	---	4	12	---	16
Jeff Herrod	---	---	2	5	8	15
Chester McGlockton	---	---	5	10	---	15
Bill Goldberg	---	---	2	8	4	14
Bob Dahl	8	5	---	---	---	13
Jason Elam	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brian Johnston	0	0	---	---	8	8
Joe Cain	---	---	1	4	2	7
Rick Tuten	0	0	---	---	5	5
Steve Pelleur	0	0	---	---	3	3

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Daryl Gardnener	---	---	50	29	8	87
Ben Wallace	---	---	44	31	12	87
Richard Shelton	---	---	46	28	12	86
Ace Ventura	---	---	39	25	11	75
Shawn Springs	---	---	45	28	2	75
Bobby Taylor	---	---	40	26	2	68
Mark Maddox	---	---	39	25	3	67
Darryl Pounds	---	---	33	24	7	64
Santana Dotson	---	---	40	20	3	63
Vernon Edwards	---	---	34	17	7	58
Charlie Garner	2	34	---	---	20	56
Brent Smith	10	41	---	---	5	56
Chris Cornell	7	32	---	---	14	53
Nate Newton	10	41	---	---	1	52
Nathan Davis	---	---	29	21	1	51
Pat Carter	5	29	---	---	12	46
Steve Atwater	---	---	25	18	2	45
Nolan Harrison	---	---	25	16	2	43
Tony Berti	7	26	---	---	6	39
Bobby Engram	6	18	---	---	12	36
Doug Riesenberg	9	26	---	---	---	35
James Williams	3	26	---	---	6	35
Rich Gannon	3	31	---	---	---	34
Mike Fox	---	---	17	15	1	33
Brock Marion	---	---	19	13	1	33
David Ortiz	6	25	---	---	2	33
Jasper Claybrooks	2	18	---	---	10	30
Michael Westbrook	1	19	---	---	10	30
Lake Dawson	4	11	---	---	14	29
Jason Gildon	---	---	16	8	5	29
Kent Hull	4	16	---	---	---	20
Dirk Diggler	3	13	---	---	4	20
Bosco Baracus	---	---	3	0	16	19
Rob Fredrickson	---	---	7	5	6	18
Benjamin Blue	4	9	---	---	5	18
Brett Favre	7	10	---	---	---	17
Curtis Martin	8	7	---	---	---	15
Zack Crockett	2	8	---	---	4	14
Cris Carter	6	7	---	---	---	13
Lee Woodall	---	---	10	3	---	13
Greg Lloyd	---	---	0	0	9	9
Lenny Smith	1	4	---	---	4	9
Scott Tyner	0	0	---	---	6	6
Wes Duke	0	0	---	---	6	6
Adam Vinatieri	0	0	---	---	2	2
Steve Walsh	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	14	1.3
Middle	18	75	4.2
Right	22	58	2.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	3	1.0
Middle	3	19	6.3
Right	4	11	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jake Delhomme	20	11	3	2	0	2	4	0	1
Ebby Laroush	9	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rich Gannon	29	9	1	2	2	6	6	0	3
Brett Favre	9	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	79	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	1	1	14	14.0
Long (19+ Yds)	15	4	94	6.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	4	13	1.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	4	29	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	5	63	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	75	12.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wayne Campbell	7	4	0	60	1	21
WR Brian Blades	6	5	0	75	2	14
TE Paul Green	5	2	1	18	0	14
WR Michael Timpson	3	2	0	13	0	14
WR Eric Guliford	3	0	0	0	0	12
TE David LaFleur	3	0	0	0	0	13
TE Frank Hartley	2	1	0	21	1	10

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Chris Cornell	9	4	0	72	1	32
WR Michael Westbrook	7	2	0	29	0	19
RB Charlie Garner	6	2	0	-1	0	34
WR Bobby Engram	4	1	0	26	1	18
WR Lake Dawson	3	2	1	26	0	11
WR Cris Carter	2	2	0	14	0	7
TE Pat Carter	2	0	0	0	0	29
FB Zack Crockett	2	1	1	18	0	8
TE Jasper Claybrooks	1	0	1	0	0	18
RB Curtis Martin	1	1	0	-4	0	7
RB Dirk Diggler	1	0	0	0	0	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gary Brown	6	5	0.83	2.36
Eddie George	1	0	0.00	4.13

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Curtis Martin	1	9	9.00	3.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jake Delhomme	2	1	10	5.00	6.95

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brett Favre	1	1	8	8.00	8.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Michael Timpson	1	1	10	10.00	4.33
WR Wayne Campbell	1	0	0	0.00	8.57

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cris Carter	1	1	8	8.00	7.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Jake Delhomme	3	3
Gary Brown	2	1
Ebby Laroush	1	0

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jake Delhomme	9	8	7
Ebby Laroush	4	2	2

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rich Gannon	4	1	0
Brett Favre	2	1	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Paul Green	3	2	2
WR Michael Timpson	3	2	1
WR Wayne Campbell	3	3	3
WR Brian Blades	2	2	2
WR Eric Guliford	1	0	0
TE Frank Hartley	1	1	1

St. Louis	Targ	Catch
WR Bobby Engram	2	0
WR Cris Carter	1	1
TE Pat Carter	1	0
RB Charlie Garner	1	0
WR Michael Westbrook	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (21,400)
End Zone 13,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (21,400)
End Zone	13,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)