Monday November 28, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/28/1977:



Ken Stabler threw three touchdown passes and Mark van Eeghen rushed for 143 yards as the Raiders won their ninth game of the season to remain one game behind Denver in the AFC West. Stabler, who suffered a knee injury and was forced to leave against Seattle the previous week, hit 7 of 12 passes for 166 yards. van Eeghen went over the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the second straight year and Pete Banaszak's two touchdowns were the 50th and 51st of his career.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Buffalo BillsOFFENSE137.3  (16)156.4  (9)293.7  (13)32
DEFENSE167.5  (24)139.6  (12)307.1  (22)22
Oakland RaidersOFFENSE169.8  (4)158.7  (8)328.5  (4)22
DEFENSE133.0  (13)149.1  (19)282.1  (14)30

Line: Raiders by 15

Team1234F
Buffalo Bills (2-9-0)373013
Oakland Raiders (9-2-0)13714034

( 0- 6) OAK Cliff Branch 28 yard pass from Ken Stabler (kick failed)
( 3- 6) BUF Carson Long 33 yard field goal
( 3-13) OAK Fred Biletnikoff 44 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick)
(10-13) BUF John Kimbrough 29 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Carson Long kick)
(10-20) OAK Pete Banaszak 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)
(13-20) BUF Carson Long 40 yard field goal
(13-27) OAK Cliff Branch 12 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick)
(13-34) OAK Pete Banaszak 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)
                     BUF             OAK
First Downs:         18              26
Rushes-yards:        19-65           64-307
Yards/rush:          3.4             4.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     18-43-252-1     7-13-166-2
Sacked-yards:        2-13            0-0
Net pass yards:      239             166
Net yards/pass:      5.3             12.8
Total net yards:     304             473
Total plays:         64 (29% run)    77 (83% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             6.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-2
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     7-60            6-82

Attendance: 51,558
Passing:
BUF: Joe Ferguson, 18 of 43 for 252 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
OAK: Ken Stabler, 7 of 12 for 166 yards and 3 TDs (1 int); Mike Rae, 0 of 1 for 0 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
BUF: Roland Hooks, 9 for 29 yards; Jim Braxton, 7 for 21 yards; Mike Collier, 3 for 15 yards
OAK: Mark van Eeghen, 26 for 143 yards; Clarence Davis, 14 for 72 yards; Terry Robiskie, 8 for 42 yards; Pete Banaszak, 8 for 29 yards and 2 TDs; Carl Garrett, 4 for 15 yards; Mike Rae, 2 for 7 yards; Ken Stabler, 1 for 0 yards; Hubert Ginn, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
BUF: Bob Chandler, 9 for 120 yards; Jim Braxton, 3 for 41 yards; John Kimbrough, 2 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Reuben Gant, 2 for 27 yards; Roland Hooks, 2 for 16 yards
OAK: Cliff Branch, 3 for 55 yards and 2 TDs; Fred Biletnikoff, 2 for 68 yards and 1 TD; Clarence Davis, 1 for 38 yards; Dave Casper, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
BUF: Keith Moody, 3 for 44 yards; Mike Collier, 2 for 29 yards
OAK: Terry Robiskie, 2 for 26 yards; Rick Jennings, 1 for 19 yards; Mike McCoy, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
OAK: Rick Jennings, 2 for 38 yards; Neal Colzie, 1 for 5 yards

Interceptions:
BUF: Mario Clark, 1 for 43 yards; Tony Greene, 1 for 0 yards
OAK: George Atkinson, 1 for 24 yards

Punting:
BUF: Marv Bateman, 5 for 197 yards
OAK: Ray Guy, 1 for 32 yards

Field Goals:
BUF: Carson Long, 2/2
OAK: Errol Mann, 0/1




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