NFL Exhibition Roundup : Ferragamo Leads Buffalo to Touchdown in 10-10 Tie

Former Ram quarterback Vince Ferragamo led Buffalo on a five-play, 50-yard scoring drive late in the fourth quarter as the Bills tied the Detroit Lions, 10-10, in a National Football League exhibition opener Friday night at Pontiac, Mich.

Neither team was able to score in overtime.

Wide receiver Andre Reed took a reverse handoff from running back Jacque Robinson and ran 19 yards untouched into the end zone with 2:29 left in the fourth quarter to give the Bills the tying touchdown.

Buffalo was helped in its drive by a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Lion safety William Graham.

The Bills’ starting quarterback, Joe Dufek, completed 3 of 8 passes for 22 yards, while Ferragamo completed 8 of 14 for 64 yards.

For the Lions, quarterback Eric Hipple played the first quarter and completed 6 of 6 passes for 49 yards. Joe Ferguson, who was obtained during the off-season from the Bills, had trouble on his first play from scrimmage in the second quarter as Ken Jenkins fumbled and Buffalo’s Ray Griffin recovered. Ferguson, playing the rest of the second quarter, completed 5 of 6 passes for 51 yards.

St. Louis 10, Chicago 3--Quentin Walker ran around right end for 48 yards and a touchdown with 3:42 remaining to give the Cardinals the victory at St. Louis.

Earlier scoring in a game marred by 16 penalties, including 10 against the Cards, consisted of rookie Ricky Anderson’s 51-yard field goal for St. Louis and rookie Kevin Butler’s 21-yard field goal for Chicago.

Anderson is an 11th-round St. Louis draft choice out of Vanderbilt.

Cardinal starting quarterback Neil Lomax and his Chicago counterpart, Jim McMahon, played only two series apiece. Lomax completed 4 of 8 passes for 50 yards, McMahon making 2 of 6 for 58.

Running back Walter Payton did not play for Chicago.