Week 5, 2021

played in Indianapolis, IN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Buffalo Bills	3	7	7	14	-	31
Indianapolis Colts	14	3	0	10	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:53 IND - Leo Mahe 6 pass from Mark Sanchez (David Buehler extra point)
1Q: 05:22 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 44 field goal
1Q: 00:01 IND - Donnie Bentsen 26 pass from Mark Sanchez (David Buehler extra point)
2Q: 10:59 BUF - Colin Saenz 14 pass from Phillip Rotzell (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
2Q: 04:52 IND - David Buehler 48 field goal
3Q: 06:49 BUF - Irv Buckner 34 fumble return (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
4Q: 09:58 IND - Mark Sanchez 8 run (David Buehler extra point)
4Q: 08:25 BUF - Irv Buckner 64 pass from Phillip Rotzell (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
4Q: 03:07 IND - David Buehler 38 field goal
4Q: 00:46 BUF - Shawn Nelson 5 pass from Phillip Rotzell (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:53 IND - Leo Mahe 6 pass from Mark Sanchez (David Buehler extra point)
1Q: 05:22 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 44 field goal
1Q: 00:01 IND - Donnie Bentsen 26 pass from Mark Sanchez (David Buehler extra point)
2Q: 10:59 BUF - Colin Saenz 14 pass from Phillip Rotzell (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
2Q: 04:52 IND - David Buehler 48 field goal
3Q: 06:49 BUF - Irv Buckner 34 fumble return (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
4Q: 09:58 IND - Mark Sanchez 8 run (David Buehler extra point)
4Q: 08:25 BUF - Irv Buckner 64 pass from Phillip Rotzell (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
4Q: 03:07 IND - David Buehler 38 field goal
4Q: 00:46 BUF - Shawn Nelson 5 pass from Phillip Rotzell (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)

Team Statistics BUF IND
Record 4-1 0-5
First Downs 16 27
- by Rushing 5 11
- by Passing 9 14
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 340 408
- Offensive Plays 51 77
- Yards per Play 6.67 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 105 199
- Rushing Attempts 16 33
- Yards per Rush 6.56 6.03
Net Passing Yards 235 209
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 19 - 1 43 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 256 214
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/21 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 6.71 4.75
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/10 8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.0 7.4
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/74 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 1/14 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 6/128 2/28
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/10
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 17
Time of Possession 21:27 38:33

Team Statistics	BUF	IND
Record	4-1	0-5
First Downs	16	27
- by Rushing	5	11
- by Passing	9	14
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	340	408
- Offensive Plays	51	77
- Yards per Play	6.67	5.30
Net Rushing Yards	105	199
- Rushing Attempts	16	33
- Yards per Rush	6.56	6.03
Net Passing Yards	235	209
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 19 - 1	43 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	256	214
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/21	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	6.71	4.75
Fumbles/Lost	3/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/10	8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.0	7.4
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/74	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	1/14	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	6/128	2/28
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/10
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 17
Time of Possession	21:27	38:33

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:44	2:22	OWN 47	5	2	Punt
1	6:18	1:03	OPP 47	5	20	Field Goal
2	15:00	4:07	OWN 46	7	54	Touchdown
2	4:45	2:49	OWN 33	5	45	Interception
3	15:00	2:42	OWN 32	4	14	Punt
3	11:25	1:54	OWN 18	4	24	Punt
3	7:38	1:24	OPP 43	3	43	Touchdown
3	5:09	1:05	OWN 47	3	1	Punt
3	1:42	1:53	OWN 27	3	-6	Punt
4	9:51	1:44	OWN 18	3	82	Touchdown
4	3:01	2:26	OWN 19	10	81	Touchdown

Indianapolis Colts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:16	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
1	8:22	2:04	OWN 2	3	9	Punt
1	5:15	5:15	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
2	10:53	6:08	OWN 23	12	46	Field Goal
2	1:56	1:56	OWN 21	4	22	Half
3	12:18	0:53	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	9:31	1:53	OWN 4	3	5	Punt
3	6:14	1:05	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	4:04	2:22	OWN 20	4	20	Punt
4	14:49	4:58	OWN 31	12	69	Touchdown
4	8:07	5:06	OWN 20	14	59	Field Goal
4	0:35	0:35	OWN 13	2	14	Game

Game MVP: Mark Sanchez, Indianapolis Colts

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Gabe Blasingame	8	47	5.88	21	2
Kenneth Hopper	6	49	8.17	15	3
J.B. Barrere	1	3	3.00	3	0
Marshall Quaccia	1	6	6.00	6	0

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Knowshon Moreno	14	101	7.21	22	4	0
Jeremy Brakke	10	52	5.20	18	3	0
Mark Sanchez	5	23	4.60	8	0	1
Marcus Thomas	4	23	5.75	9	0	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Phillip Rotzell	32	19	256	3/21	3	64	1	103.1

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mark Sanchez	43	26	214	1/5	2	26	0	88.7

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Levon Givens	5	6	34	6.80	14	24	0
WR Colin Saenz	4	5	64	16.00	0	35	1
WR Irv Buckner	3	6	86	28.67	57	64	1
RB Gabe Blasingame	2	3	11	5.50	2	8	0
TE Kendall Carswell	2	6	34	17.00	23	26	0
WR J.B. Barrere	1	2	14	14.00	0	14	0
TE Shawn Nelson	1	3	5	5.00	0	5	1
FB Marshall Quaccia	1	1	8	8.00	4	8	0

Indianapolis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Donnie Bentsen	7	11	64	9.14	1	26	1
FB Jeremy Brakke	4	4	21	5.25	11	12	0
RB Knowshon Moreno	3	3	13	4.33	5	7	0
TE Jerome Dove	3	6	28	9.33	0	10	0
WR Deon Turlington	3	10	37	12.33	12	15	0
WR Leo Mahe	2	3	17	8.50	0	11	1
RB Marcus Thomas	1	1	9	9.00	2	9	0
WR Roger Hemmerle	1	2	13	13.00	5	13	0
WR Jimmie Mahaffey	1	2	7	7.00	1	7	0
TE Marco Glover	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Indianapolis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Darcel McBath	1	10	10.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	TD
Levon Givens	1	0	0
Phillip Rotzell	1	0	0
Gabe Blasingame	1	0	0
Irv Buckner	0	1	1
Neil Clark	0	1	0
Louis Vasquez	0	1	0

Indianapolis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Paul Kruger	0	0	2	0
Artie Shorter	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Thomas Morstead	5	257	51.4	43.4	54	2

Indianapolis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Clay Starks	5	191	38.2	35.4	48	0

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Taylor Mehlhaff	1/1	1/1	0/0	44	4/4

Indianapolis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Buehler	2/2	1/1	0/0	48	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jamie Allen	1	14	14.0	0

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Harvey Keith	5	101	20.2	0
Craig Gorton	1	27	27.0	0

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marcus Thomas	2	28	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Thomas Lang	6	3	0.0	27	38
S Toby Swanger	5	1	0.0	20	24
OLB R.J. Lucas	5	0	0.0	25	35
CB Benjamin King	4	1	0.0	19	32
S Harvey Keith	4	0	0.0	14	22
DE Carlton OBrien	3	1	1.0	26	33
DT Ray Cochrane	3	3	0.0	20	27
DT Everett Kinsella	3	2	0.0	19	30
S Roosevelt Webster	3	2	0.0	24	29
CB Mark Hall	3	1	0.0	22	29
ILB Lee Ethridge	3	0	0.0	10	11
OLB Brant Linquist	3	0	0.0	6	8
CB Curtis Ackerman	3	0	0.0	21	30
OLB Dwayne Abeykoon	2	2	0.0	12	9
S Jamie Allen	2	1	0.0	22	31
DE Mark Fredrickson	1	0	0.0	18	28
TE Kendall Carswell	1	0	---	---	---
DE Steven Montgomery	1	0	0.0	27	37
DT Teddy Richard	1	0	0.0	17	17
CB Fernando Mathews	1	0	0.0	6	5

Indianapolis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Malcolm Jenkins	6	1	0.0	15	32
OLB Paul Kruger	4	0	0.5	12	30
CB Hal Tyler	3	1	1.0	14	26
DE Artie Shorter	3	0	1.0	15	31
ILB Bucky Baxter	3	2	0.0	7	16
CB Thomas Ramaswami	3	0	0.0	5	19
S Kelvin Jefferson	3	0	0.0	12	28
DE Vaughn Martin	2	0	0.0	6	23
S Darcel McBath	2	0	0.0	8	27
DE Stephen Ogden	1	2	0.5	4	7
ILB Jasper Brinkley	1	2	0.0	10	21
DT Damon Sampson	1	1	0.0	5	18
DE Donovan Cox	1	0	0.0	7	22
OLB Will Williamson	1	0	0.0	7	8
CB Vinny Washington	1	0	0.0	10	20
DT Barry Dennis	0	1	0.0	13	15
S Rondell Peelle	0	1	0.0	11	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Carlton OBrien	1.0	0	1	0	33
DT Ray Cochrane	0.0	1	1	1	27
S Jamie Allen	0.0	0	1	0	31
DE Steven Montgomery	0.0	0	1	0	37
DT Teddy Richard	0.0	0	1	0	17

Indianapolis	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Artie Shorter	1.0	3	1	31
CB Hal Tyler	1.0	0	0	26
OLB Paul Kruger	0.5	0	0	30
DE Stephen Ogden	0.5	0	0	7
DE Vaughn Martin	0.0	2	0	23
S Darcel McBath	0.0	1	0	27

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Toby Swanger	4	0	24
OLB R.J. Lucas	3	0	35
CB Mark Hall	3	0	29
S Roosevelt Webster	2	1	29
CB Benjamin King	2	0	32
ILB Lee Ethridge	2	0	11
OLB Brant Linquist	2	0	8
CB Curtis Ackerman	2	0	30
S Harvey Keith	2	0	22
S Jamie Allen	1	3	31
DT Ray Cochrane	1	0	27
OLB Dwayne Abeykoon	1	0	9
CB Fernando Mathews	1	0	5
OLB Thomas Lang	0	1	38

Indianapolis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Malcolm Jenkins	6	1	0	32
OLB Paul Kruger	3	1	0	30
CB Thomas Ramaswami	3	0	0	19
ILB Bucky Baxter	2	0	0	16
CB Hal Tyler	1	1	0	26
DE Artie Shorter	1	0	0	31
OLB Emmitt Hinchliffe	1	0	0	9
CB Vinny Washington	1	0	0	20
S Kelvin Jefferson	1	0	0	28
S Darcel McBath	0	0	1	27

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Louis Vasquez	2	4	15	1	34
Neil Clark	2	3	15	0	31
Jorge Lynn	1	4	15	1	28
Branden Albert	1	1	11	0	29
Korey Blades	1	1	5	0	6
Michael Oher	0	1	14	1	30
Marshall Quaccia	0	1	8	0	14
Kendall Carswell	0	1	13	0	23

Indianapolis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ernie Fitzgerald	4	7	1	31	0	41
Daniel Miller	4	6	0	24	0	35
Riddick Turnbull	2	3	0	20	0	29
Morris Poor	2	3	0	13	0	15
Tyronne Green	1	1	1	23	1	37
Jimmy Gaylor	1	1	0	9	0	9
Dwayne Shannon	0	3	0	27	0	37
Joe Horner	0	2	0	10	0	7
Tito Greer	0	1	0	6	0	7
Marco Glover	0	1	0	8	0	7
Rich Grier	0	1	0	2	0	3

Special Teams Statistics

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Lee Ethridge	1	15
Fernando Mathews	1	10
Kenneth Hopper	0	23
Harvey Keith	0	19
Gilbert Maioriello	0	18
Colin Saenz	0	17
Shawn Nelson	0	16
Jeffrey Rodriguez	0	13
Craig Gorton	0	13
Dwayne Abeykoon	0	13
Toby Swanger	0	13
R.J. Lucas	0	12
Steven Montgomery	0	9
Marshall Quaccia	0	8
Taylor Mehlhaff	0	7
Jamie Allen	0	7
Graham Casher	0	6
Jimmy Concepcion	0	6
Bryan Covington	0	6
Korey Blades	0	6
Branden Albert	0	5
Thomas Morstead	0	5
Kendall Carswell	0	5
Brant Linquist	0	4
Benjamin King	0	3
Roosevelt Webster	0	3
Carlton OBrien	0	2
Thomas Lang	0	2
Ray Cochrane	0	2
Curtis Ackerman	0	2
Neil Clark	0	1
Everett Kinsella	0	1
J.B. Barrere	0	1
Rhett Bomar	0	1
Teddy Richard	0	1

Indianapolis	Tackles	STPlays
Jerome Dove	1	17
Marco Glover	1	17
Deon Turlington	1	16
Roger Hemmerle	1	15
Bucky Baxter	1	10
Leo Mahe	1	9
Joe Horner	1	7
Marcus Thomas	0	23
Thomas Ramaswami	0	23
Rondell Peelle	0	17
Emmitt Hinchliffe	0	15
Jeremy Brakke	0	13
Bernard Harmon	0	12
Sedrick Damico	0	12
David Buehler	0	8
Riddick Turnbull	0	7
Jimmy Gaylor	0	7
Tito Greer	0	7
Tyronne Green	0	5
David Veikune	0	5
Clay Starks	0	5
Artie Shorter	0	3
Vaughn Martin	0	3
Jasper Brinkley	0	3
Darcel McBath	0	3
Paul Kruger	0	2
Jason Rioux	0	2
Barry Dennis	0	1
Donnie Bentsen	0	1
Donovan Cox	0	1
Damon Sampson	0	1
Malcolm Jenkins	0	1
Morris Poor	0	1
Rich Grier	0	1
Vinny Washington	0	1
Kelvin Jefferson	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	18	9.0
Middle	10	74	7.4
Right	4	13	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	25	2.8
Middle	21	170	8.1
Right	3	4	1.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Phillip Rotzell	32	19	4	1	2	3	6	1	1

Indianapolis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mark Sanchez	43	26	1	3	3	5	5	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	11	5.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	61	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	8	149	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	35	11.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	10	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	15	115	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	6	63	3.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	26	5.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Levon Givens	6	5	0	34	1	20
WR Irv Buckner	6	3	1	86	1	32
TE Kendall Carswell	6	2	0	34	1	23
WR Colin Saenz	5	4	0	64	1	19
TE Shawn Nelson	3	1	1	5	0	10
RB Gabe Blasingame	3	2	0	11	0	30
WR J.B. Barrere	2	1	0	14	0	10
FB Marshall Quaccia	1	1	0	8	0	14

Indianapolis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Donnie Bentsen	11	7	1	64	1	35
WR Deon Turlington	10	3	1	37	0	38
TE Jerome Dove	6	3	0	28	0	31
FB Jeremy Brakke	4	4	0	21	0	29
RB Knowshon Moreno	3	3	0	13	0	34
WR Leo Mahe	3	2	0	17	0	22
WR Roger Hemmerle	2	1	1	13	0	6
WR Jimmie Mahaffey	2	1	0	7	0	6
RB Marcus Thomas	1	1	0	9	0	10
TE Marco Glover	1	1	0	5	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
J.B. Barrere	1	3	3.00	3.00
Kenneth Hopper	1	1	1.00	8.17

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marcus Thomas	2	7	3.50	5.75
Mark Sanchez	1	8	8.00	4.60
Knowshon Moreno	1	8	8.00	7.21

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Phillip Rotzell	3	3	17	5.67	8.00

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mark Sanchez	3	2	11	3.67	4.98

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Levon Givens	1	1	-2	-2.00	5.67
WR Colin Saenz	1	1	14	14.00	12.80
TE Shawn Nelson	1	1	5	5.00	1.67

Indianapolis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Jeremy Brakke	1	1	5	5.00	5.25
WR Deon Turlington	1	0	0	0.00	3.70
WR Leo Mahe	1	1	6	6.00	5.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Gabe Blasingame	1	0

Indianapolis	Rushes	Conversions
Mark Sanchez	3	1
Knowshon Moreno	3	3
Marcus Thomas	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Phillip Rotzell	8	4	3

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mark Sanchez	8	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Levon Givens	3	3	2
TE Shawn Nelson	2	1	1
WR Colin Saenz	1	0	0
WR Irv Buckner	1	0	0
WR J.B. Barrere	1	0	0

Indianapolis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Donnie Bentsen	3	1	1
FB Jeremy Brakke	2	2	1
RB Knowshon Moreno	1	1	1
WR Roger Hemmerle	1	0	0
WR Deon Turlington	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 50,100 (68,800 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (24,000)
End Zone 12,500 (17,200)
Mezzanine 6,900 (9,900)
Sideline Seats 10,200 (15,300)
Luxury Boxes 1,300 (2,400)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	50,100 (68,800 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (24,000)
End Zone	12,500 (17,200)
Mezzanine	6,900 (9,900)
Sideline Seats	10,200 (15,300)
Luxury Boxes	1,300 (2,400)