The 49ers (8-4) host the Buffalo Bills (7-5) at 3Com Park. Jim Kelly is the starter. Darick Holmes is the back. Lonnie Johnson and Steve Tasker are the receivers. The Bills come off two straight losses.
The 49ers come off the 41-13 home win over the Rams. Steve Young is the starter.[1][2]
Jim Kelly comes to 3Com Park in his eleventh NFL year. The Bills' offense, with Kelly at quarterback, has produced 240-plus passing yards in three of the last four. Darick Holmes is the rookie back in his fifth NFL start.
The Sunday at 3Com is the home matchup where the defensive secondary's coverage on the Bills' wide receiver duo defines the afternoon. The 49ers' Sunday issue is the front rotation against Kelly's pocket reads.
Week 14 has the schedule's home matchup against the AFC East's projected wild-card team plus a slate where the playoff race is settling. The Cowboys sit at 11-1; the Packers 10-2; the Lions 8-4. The AFC East has the Dolphins at 8-4 and the Bills 7-5. Conference reading list the storyline is the Cowboys' chase of home-field advantage. The 49ers' Sunday at 3Com is the only NFC-AFC home matchup on the slate.
Through twelve games the 49ers sit at 8-4 with a plus 164 point differential. Young is on pace for 3,500 passing yards. Rice averages 100 receiving yards per game. The Bills are 7-5 with Kelly averaging 240 passing per game and Holmes 4.0 a carry. Vegas opens the 49ers as 4-point home favorites. Stat worth watching today: 49ers' defensive sack count, sitting at 32 across the first 12 games.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-4 | W5 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 5-7 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 5-7 | W1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4-8 | L4 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 3-9 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 8-4 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 7-5 | W2 |
| Miami Dolphins | 6-6 | L3 |
| New England Patriots | 5-7 | W1 |
| New York Jets | 3-9 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 10-2 | L1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 8-4 | L2 |
| Denver Broncos | 6-6 | L1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 5-7 | W1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 5-7 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 8-4 | W3 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7-5 | L1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 6-6 | L2 |
| Carolina Panthers | 5-7 | L1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 5-7 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 8-4 | W3 |
| Chicago Bears | 7-5 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 6-6 | W3 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6-6 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-6 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 10-2 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 8-4 | W3 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 4-8 | -- |
| New York Giants | 3-9 | L4 |
| Washington Redskins | 3-9 | L4 |
1995 Bills at 49ers Week 14
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49ers vs Bills 1995 SF27-Buff17 #49ersfan #49erfaithful #buffalobillsSteve Young threw for 243 yards, Derek Loville ran for 88 and caught 10 for 86 with a touchdown and the 49ers beat the Buffalo Bills 27-17 at 3Com Park. Jim Kelly threw for 214 yards with two touchdowns. Darick Holmes ran for 41. The 49ers' defense produced three sacks of Kelly. The 49ers led 13-7 at halftime.[1][2]
Derek Loville ran for eighty-eight yards on twenty-four carries and caught ten balls for eighty-six. The 49ers' lead back's dual-production afternoon defined the home win 27-17 over the Bills. Steve Young threw for 243 yards.
The defensive front produced three sacks of Jim Kelly. The Bills' offense, with Kelly throwing for 214 and Steve Tasker catching the closing touchdown, produced 17 points across the full sixty minutes. The 49ers' defensive secondary held Lonnie Johnson to 60 receiving.
The 49ers walk away 9-4 with the road trip to Carolina on Sunday next. The wire copy is going to spend the column on Loville's full-spectrum afternoon. The film room is going to spend the week on the defensive front's continued multi-sack production.
49ers 27, Bills 17. Margin: plus 10. Record: 9-4.
A 27-17 home win over the Bills. The 49ers improve to 9-4.
How it unfolded
Young opened with a touchdown drive ending in a Loville short rush. A Wade Richey field goal made it 10-0. A Kelly touchdown to Tasker cut it to 10-7. Another Richey field goal made it 13-7 at the half. The third quarter saw a Loville touchdown reception to make it 20-7. A Bills touchdown made it 20-14. A closing fourth-quarter Richey field goal and a Loville rushing touchdown made the final 27-17.
The turning point
The third-quarter Loville touchdown reception. With the 49ers up 13-7 and the offense facing third-and-six at the Bills' 18, Young found Loville on a wheel route out of the backfield. The 20-7 cushion put the home team in script-the-clock posture from the second half forward.
By the numbers
Young 28-of-44 for 243 with no touchdowns and one pick. Loville the dual-production afternoon: 88 rushing on 24 carries with a touchdown plus 86 receiving on 10 catches with a touchdown. Brent Jones 5 catches for 57. Defensively the front produced three sacks of Kelly; the secondary forced one interception.
Personnel watch
Loville's afternoon is the headline. The lead back's 10-catch receiving line was the kind of utility-back line that, in calendar 1995, defined the offense's new identity. Bryant Young registered his 9th sack of the year.
What it means
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Steve Young #8 | 28/44 | 243 | 0 | 1 | |
| BUF | |||||
| Jim Kelly | 18/41 | 214 | 2 | 3 | |
| Todd Collins | 1/1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Armour | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Derek Loville | 24 | 88 | 1 | 15 |
| Steve Young #8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 |
| Adam Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BUF | ||||
| Darick Holmes | 11 | 41 | 0 | 15 |
| Thurman Thomas | 10 | 40 | 0 | 22 |
| Justin Armour | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Kelly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Derek Loville | 10 | 86 | 0 | 21 |
| Brent Jones #84 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 23 |
| J.J. Stokes | 4 | 44 | 0 | 22 |
| Jerry Rice #80 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 12 |
| Adam Walker | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 |
| Chris Thomas | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Ted Popson | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| BUF | ||||
| Lonnie Johnson | 3 | 60 | 0 | 52 |
| Steve Tasker | 4 | 47 | 1 | 18 |
| Bill Brooks | 5 | 39 | 0 | 12 |
| Justin Armour | 1 | 28 | 1 | 28 |
| Darick Holmes | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 |
| Thurman Thomas | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Tony Cline | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Russell Copeland | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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