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League Championship: Buffalo vs. Chicago

January 26, 2025
59°
Houston Stadium (Houston, TX) Attendance: 71,054 (100%)
Buffalo 0 7 3 2 - 12
Chicago 6 10 0 10 - 26

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Chicago: 4-14-BUF 26 (10:43) 6-Clarence Alexander 43 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 3 BUF 0
(Qtr 1) Chicago: 4-3-BUF 7 (0:31) 6-Clarence Alexander 24 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 94-David Winebrenner was injured on the play. CHI 6 BUF 0
(Qtr 2) Buffalo: 1-10-CHI 24 (13:39) 2-Lawrence Kinard pass complete to 18-John Dobson for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Darrel Deloatch. CHI 6 BUF 7
(Qtr 2) Chicago: 2-7-BUF 7 (8:44) 1-Jonathan Hickman ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Clarence Alexander. CHI 13 BUF 7
(Qtr 2) Chicago: 4-8-BUF 24 (0:55) 6-Clarence Alexander 41 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 16 BUF 7
(Qtr 3) Buffalo: 4-1-CHI 1 (3:46) 5-Darrel Deloatch 20 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 16 BUF 10
(Qtr 4) Chicago: 1-10-CHI 32 (15:00) 33-Richard Craven ran for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Clarence Alexander. CHI 23 BUF 10
(Qtr 4) Buffalo: 1-10-CHI 1 (9:02) 1-Jonathan Hickman sacked at CHI -9 for -10 yards. Sack allowed by 78-John Jose. (79-Kirk Koch) SAFETY! (79-Kirk Koch) CHI 23 BUF 12
(Qtr 4) Chicago: 4-1-BUF 1 (1:48) 6-Clarence Alexander 18 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 26 BUF 12

Team Statistics

Chicago Buffalo
First Downs 23 15
- Rushing 3 1
- Passing 17 11
- Penalty 3 3
Total Net Yards 473 283
- Offensive Plays 74 67
- Yards Per Play 6.39 4.22
Net Rushing Yards 152 23
- Rushing Attempts 24 14
- Yards Per Rush 6.33 1.64
Net Passing Yards 321 260
- Att/Comp/Int 48 / 26 / 3 45 / 22 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 338 322
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 8 / 62
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.42 4.91
- Yards Per Completion 13.00 14.64
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 10 / 16 1 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.9 11.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 50 6 / 46
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 94 1 / 13
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 40 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 3 / 16
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 29
Time of Possession 31:46 28:14

Drive Charts

Chicago

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:43 2:05 OPP 36 4 10 Field Goal
1 8:19 1:34 OWN 43 3 31 Interception
1 5:15 0:54 OWN 23 2 37 Fumble
1 4:18 3:50 OPP 50 8 43 Field Goal
2 13:34 4:59 OWN 20 11 80 Touchdown
2 4:34 3:43 OWN 40 9 36 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:40 OWN 20 7 38 Punt
3 9:11 2:09 OWN 9 4 24 Punt
3 5:08 0:05 OWN 5 1 0 Interception
3 3:43 0:20 OWN 37 2 0 Fumble
3 1:41 1:53 OWN 8 4 92 Touchdown
4 9:02 0:03 OWN 1 1 -10 Safety
4 8:23 0:09 OPP 36 2 0 Interception
4 6:55 5:10 OWN 15 15 84 Field Goal
4 1:12 1:12 OPP 7 2 -5 Game

Buffalo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:17 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
1 10:39 2:20 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
1 6:45 1:31 OWN 32 3 1 Punt
1 4:21 0:03 OWN 47 1 0 Interception
1 0:28 1:54 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 8:36 4:01 OWN 20 7 47 Missed FG
2 0:51 0:51 OWN 20 2 12 Half
3 11:20 2:09 OWN 7 5 38 Punt
3 7:02 1:54 OWN 33 7 29 Punt
3 5:03 1:20 OPP 19 4 17 Field Goal
3 3:23 1:42 OWN 30 5 20 Punt
4 14:48 5:46 OWN 20 11 36 Punt
4 8:59 0:35 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
4 8:14 1:19 OWN 43 4 37 Interception
4 1:45 0:32 OWN 20 4 -5 Downs

Rushing Stats

Chicago

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Richard Craven 13 96 7.38 68 1 1
Matthew McKee 5 28 5.60 7 0 0
Jonathan Hickman 5 24 4.80 9 0 1
Frank Miller 1 4 4.00 4 0 0

Buffalo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Root 12 24 2.00 13 1 0
Jose Davis 2 -1 -0.50 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Chicago

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jonathan Hickman 48 26 338 2 / 17 0 37 3 50.52

Buffalo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Lawrence Kinard 45 22 322 8 / 62 1 29 2 61.53

Receiving Stats

Chicago

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Zavala 7 112 16.00 37 0
Dan Grant 10 99 9.90 36 0
Raymond Striplin 3 64 21.33 30 0
Lawrence Gentry 5 42 8.40 15 0
Jeff Cedillo 1 21 21.00 21 0

Buffalo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dana Tierney 9 141 15.67 29 0
John Dobson 6 99 16.50 27 1
Michael Favela 1 27 27.00 27 0
George Bolanos 2 25 12.50 16 0
Joe Hinshaw 2 22 11.00 19 0
Nick Valentine 1 5 5.00 5 0
William Root 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Chicago

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Garrett Bruce 0 0 1 0
John Jose 0 0 1 0

Buffalo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Marano 0 0 3 0
Donald Jones 0 0 2 0
Stephen Conway 0 0 1 0
Dean Parks 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

Chicago

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Ventimiglia 2 0 0.00 0

Buffalo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mark Feathers 1 10 10.00 0
Kirk Koch 1 6 6.00 0
Grover Heller 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Chicago

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jonathan Hickman 1 0 0 0
Raymond Striplin 1 0 0 0

Buffalo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Thomas Kelley 0 1 0 0
Daniel Gibson 0 0 1 0
Ramiro Horstman 0 1 1 0

Punting

Chicago

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Grassi 2 82 41.00 34.50 47 0

Buffalo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Bragg 8 367 45.88 34.38 59 4

Kicking

Chicago

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Clarence Alexander 4 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 43 2 / 2

Buffalo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Darrel Deloatch 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 20 1 / 1

Punt Return

Chicago

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew McKee 4 94 23.5 33 0

Buffalo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Favela 1 13 13.0 13 0

Kick Return

Chicago

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Matthew McKee 1 40 40.0 0

Buffalo

Defensive Stats

Chicago

Name Tackles Sacks
Joseph Peterson 7 0
Brian Britt 5 0
John Vasquez 3 1
Anthony Bishop 3 1
Michael Ventimiglia 2 0
David Booth 2 0
Mark Will 2 4
Edward Doyon 2 2
Darrell Treadwell 2 0
Philip Gomez 2 0
Jonathan Hickman 1 0
Matthew McKee 1 0
Frank Miller 1 0
James Price 1 0
Arthur Zavala 1 0
Brian Garcia 1 0
Lawrence Gentry 1 0
Numbers Black 1 0
John Sanchez 1 0
John McNulty 1 0

Buffalo

Name Tackles Sacks
Mark Czerwinski 8 0
Ronald Copley 7 0
David Biddle 6 0
Mark Feathers 4 0
James Huneycutt 3 1
Ramiro Horstman 3 0
Arthur Gibson 3 0
David Winebrenner 3 0
William Knight 2 0
Brian Taylor 2 0
Van Bannerman 2 0
John Bragg 2 0
Grover Heller 1 0
Ronald Kaplan 1 0
Nick Valentine 1 0
William Pelaez 1 0
Darrel Deloatch 1 0
George Bolanos 1 0
Daniel Gibson 0 1
Kirk Koch 0 1