| Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1988 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 62793 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 61 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Emery Moorehead 4 pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 28 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ron Morris 63 pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Kevin Butler 22 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dennis Gentry 58 run (Kevin Butler kick) | 3 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chris Burkett |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 61 | LOT | Len Burton |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 73 | OG | Will Wolford |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| 39 | FB | Jamie Mueller |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Art Still |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Cornelius Bennett |
| 58 | LILB | Shane Conlan |
| 50 | RILB | Ray Bentley |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 29 | LCB | Derrick Burroughs |
| 46 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Dennis Gentry |
| 85 | WR | Dennis McKinnon |
| 73 | LOT | John Wojciechowski |
| 65 | LOG | Mark Bortz |
| 63 | C | Jay Hilgenberg |
| 57 | ROG | Tom Thayer |
| 78 | ROT | Keith Van Horne |
| 80 | TE | James Thornton |
| 9 | QB | Jim McMahon |
| 35 | RB | Neal Anderson |
| 26 | FB | Matt Suhey |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Al Harris |
| 76 | LDT | Steve McMichael |
| 99 | RDT | Dan Hampton |
| 95 | RDE | Richard Dent |
| 59 | LLB | Ron Rivera |
| 50 | MLB | Mike Singletary |
| 52 | RLB | Mickey Pruitt |
| 27 | LCB | Mike Richardson |
| 22 | SS | Dave Duerson |
| 23 | FS | Shaun Gayle |
| 24 | RCB | Vestee Jackson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Jamie Mueller | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 1 | -24 | -24.0 | -24 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dennis Gentry | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 58t | 1 |
| Brad Muster | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Neal Anderson | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim McMahon | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Thomas Sanders | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Wendell Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 37 | 20 | 54.1 | 1 | 273 | 7.4 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 66.6 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Jim McMahon | 27 | 20 | 74.1 | 1 | 260 | 9.6 | 63t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 113.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Chris Burkett | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Trumaine Johnson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dennis McKinnon | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 16 | 0 |
| James Thornton | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Brad Muster | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Neal Anderson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ray Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| David Tate | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 6 | 213 | 35.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bryan Wagner | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Erroll Tucker | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Brad Muster | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Richard Dent | 2.0 |
| Dick Chapura | 1.0 |
| Dave Duerson | 1.0 |
| Dan Hampton | 1.0 |
| Al Harris | 1.0 |
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