National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
San Diego 37, Buffalo 10
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, December 11, 2011
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 59°
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 62494
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0010010
San Diego 7914737
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:52
San Diego TD San Diego 7 - Buffalo 0
Antonio Gates 9 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:16
San Diego TD San Diego 13 - Buffalo 0
Michael Tolbert 1 yd. run (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 6:41
San Diego FG San Diego 16 - Buffalo 0
Nick Novak 47 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:43
Buffalo FG San Diego 16 - Buffalo 3
Dave Rayner 37 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:11
Buffalo TD San Diego 16 - Buffalo 10
Bryan Scott fumble recovery in end zone (Dave Rayner kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:11
San Diego TD San Diego 23 - Buffalo 10
Antonio Gates 2 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:02
San Diego TD San Diego 30 - Buffalo 10
Steve Gregory 26 yd. interception return (Nick Novak kick)
4th Quarter - 9:01
San Diego TD San Diego 37 - Buffalo 10
Patrick Crayton 26 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Buffalo San Diego
1st Downs 17 23
Rushing 5 7
Passing 10 15
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 4-11 8-14
4th Down Conversions 0-2 1-1
Punts-Average 2-35.5 3-39.7
Return Yards 96 129
Punts-Returns 0-0 1-14
Kickoffs-Returns 4-96 2-42
Int-Returns 0-0 3-73
Penalties-Yards 1-5 5-50
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Time of Possession 24:27 35:33
Total Net Yards 281 366
Total Plays 58 67
Average Gain 4.8 5.5
Net Yards Rushing 96 150
Rushes 20 32
Average/Rush 4.8 4.7
Net Yards Passing 185 216
Comp-Att 15-37 24-33
Yards/Pass 4.9 6.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 2-24
Had Intercepted 3 0
Touchdowns 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 3
Other 1 1
Extra Points 1-1 4-5
Field Goals 1-2 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 0-2-0% 3-3-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Fitzpatrick 13/34 176 0 2
T. Thigpen 2/3 19 0 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 24/33 240 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Spiller 12 46 3.8 0 16
R. Fitzpatrick 5 26 5.2 0 18
T. Choice 1 12 12.0 0 12
T. Thigpen 1 8 8.0 0 8
J. White 1 4 4.0 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Mathews 20 114 5.7 0 37
M. Tolbert 6 21 3.5 1 13
E. Weddle 1 10 10.0 0 10
J. Hester 3 7 2.3 0 3
B. Volek 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Johnson 10 4 116 29.0 0 53
D. Hagan 4 2 28 14.0 0 17
D. Nelson 6 2 20 10.0 0 10
M. Caussin 3 2 19 9.5 0 13
C. Spiller 4 3 10 3.3 0 6
T. Choice 4 1 2 2.0 0 2
B. Smith 5 0 0 0 0 0
L. Smith 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Gates 9 7 68 9.7 2 17
V. Jackson 9 5 55 11.0 0 17
P. Crayton 3 3 37 12.3 1 26
R. Mathews 6 6 34 5.7 0 10
M. Floyd 2 2 29 14.5 0 15
R. McMichael 1 1 17 17.0 0 17
M. Tolbert 1 0 0 0 0 0
K. Sperry 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Gregory 1 26 1
E. Weddle 1 26 0
M. Gilchrist 1 21 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Dareus 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Barnes 1.0 10.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
K. Sheppard 11 3
B. Scott 7 0
N. Barnett 6 2
G. Wilson 5 1
D. Edwards 4 2
S. Johnson 3 0
L. McKelvin 3 1
M. Dareus 3 2
C. Kelsay 3 3
A. Carrington 1 0
D. Searcy 1 0
J. Rogers 1 0
D. Florence 1 1
K. Heard 1 1
J. Byrd 1 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
S. Gregory 7 0
Q. Jammer 4 2
A. Cason 3 0
D. Hughes 3 0
T. Spikes 3 2
C. Liuget 2 0
S. Phillips 2 1
E. Weddle 2 1
A. Barnes 2 1
B. Bird 1 0
A. Gachkar 1 0
T. LaBoy 1 1
C. Thomas 1 1
A. Garay 1 1
V. Martin 1 1
N. Diggs 1 1
D. Butler 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Dareus 2.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Liuget 1.0
A. Barnes 1.0
T. Spikes 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Rivers 1