1989 Buffalo 10, 1989 Kansas City 27

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

1989 Buffalo

3

7

0

0

0

10

1989 Kansas City

0

10

7

10

0

27

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 9:36 1989 Buffalo S.Norwood 21 yd. field goal 3-0 BUA
2 13:15 1989 Kansas City J.Hayes 7 yd. pass from S.DeBerg (N.Lowery kick) 7-3 KCA
2 11:16 1989 Buffalo B.Rolle 4 yd. pass from J.Kelly (S.Norwood kick) 10-7 BUA
2 0:22 1989 Kansas City N.Lowery 41 yd. field goal 10-10 KCA
3 7:25 1989 Kansas City E.Harry 12 yd. pass from S.DeBerg (N.Lowery kick) 17-10 KCA
4 8:35 1989 Kansas City C.Okoye 12 yd. run (N.Lowery kick) 24-10 KCA
4 2:27 1989 Kansas City N.Lowery 23 yd. field goal 27-10 KCA

Team Statistics

1989 Buffalo 1989 Kansas City
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 1-10-1-12 11-14-0-25
Third Down Efficiency 4-10-40% 13-21-62%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-2-0% 1-2-50%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 10-14-71% 24-28-86%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 186-46-4.0 372-83-4.5
Total Net Yards Rushing 22 196
Total Rushes 16 50
Average Per Rush 1.4 3.9
Passes Completed/Attempted 14/26 (53.8%) 17/31 (54.8%)
Net Yards Passing 164 176
Avg Yards Per Pass 7.3 6.1
Sacked/Yards Lost 4/25 2/13
Punts/Average 2/54.0 2/42.5
Punts Received/Return Yardage 0/0 1/7
Kickoffs/Returns 6/147 1/10
Interceptions/Returns 1/6 2/0
Penalties/Yards 0/0 3/25
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 3/2 0/0
Time of Possession 19 mins 21 secs 40 mins 39 secs
Average Drive Start BUA 30 KCA 40

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1989 Buffalo
Jim Kelly 26 14 189 53.8 7.3 1 3.8 2 7.7 43 4/25 58.0
1989 Kansas City
Steve DeBerg 31 17 189 54.8 6.1 2 6.5 1 3.2 28 2/13 81.3

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1989 Buffalo
Thurman Thomas 12 14 1.2 12 0 0 2/1
Larry Kinnebrew 2 3 1.5 2 0 0 1/1
Jim Kelly 2 5 2.5 6 0 0 0/0
1989 Kansas City
Christian Okoye 31 160 5.2 17 1 0 0/0
Herman Heard 8 29 3.6 8 0 0 0/0
James Saxon 6 11 1.8 5 0 0 0/0
Todd McNair 2 -1 -0.5 2 0 0 0/0
Steve Pelluer 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0
Steve DeBerg 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1989 Buffalo
Thurman Thomas 7 79 11.3 43 0 0
Keith McKeller 2 25 12.5 13 0 0
Don Beebe 2 39 19.5 30 0 0
Ronnie Harmon 1 12 12.0 12 0 0
Butch Rolle 1 4 4.0 4 1 0
Andre Reed 1 30 30.0 30 0 0
1989 Kansas City
Pete Mandley 6 78 13.0 28 0 0
Herman Heard 5 47 9.4 11 0 0
Jonathan Hayes 2 20 10.0 13 1 0
James Saxon 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Emile Harry 1 12 12.0 12 1 0
Stephone Paige 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
Clarence Weathers 1 10 10.0 10 0 0

Field Goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1989 Buffalo
Scott Norwood 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 100
1989 Kansas City
Nick Lowery 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/2 0/0 2/3 66.7

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1989 Buffalo
John Kidd 2 54.0 50.5 0 0 59 0
1989 Kansas City
Kelly Goodburn 2 42.5 22.5 2 0 52 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
1989 Buffalo
Ronnie Harmon 3 74 24.7 27 0
Don Beebe 3 73 24.3 28 0
1989 Kansas City
Danny Copeland 1 10 10.0 10 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1989 Buffalo
1989 Kansas City
Naz Worthen 1 0 7 7.0 7 0

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1989 Buffalo
Fred Smerlas 9 1 0
Cornelius Bennett 9 0 0
Mark Kelso 7 0 0
Shane Conlan 6 0 0
Kirby Jackson 5 0 0
Art Still 5 0 0
Leonard Smith 5 0 0
Darryl Talley 4 1 0
Nate Odomes 4 0 0
Ray Bentley 4 0 0
Scott Radecic 2 0 0
Bruce Smith 2 0 0
Derrick Burroughs 1 0 0
Jim Ritcher 0 0 1
1989 Kansas City
Deron Cherry 7 2 0
Derrick Thomas 4 1 1
Kevin Porter 4 0 0
Neil Smith 4 1 0
Walker Lee Ashley 3 0 0
Bill Maas 3 0 0
Kevin Ross 2 0 0
Albert Lewis 2 0 0
Chris Martin 2 0 1
Dino Hackett 1 0 0

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
1989 Buffalo
Kirby Jackson 1 6 6.0 6 0
1989 Kansas City
Lloyd Burruss 1 0 0.0 0 0
Albert Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0

Game Story

Christian Okoye put on a show as Kansas City defeated Buffalo by the score of 27 to 10. Okoye rambled for 160 yards and added a touchdown. Kansas City consistently beat Buffalo on third down, converting on 13 of 21 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing Buffalo 196 to 22 yards. Kansas City had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 40:39. The game was tied at the half, 10 to 10.