| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1978 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 59598 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 28 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Roland Hooks 28 run (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Sam Cunningham 4 run (David Posey kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Tom Dempsey 26 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Terry Miller 32 run (Tom Dempsey kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Steve Grogan 4 run (David Posey kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Horace Ivory 20 run (David Posey kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Frank Lewis 21 pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Safety, Rusty Jackson forced out of end zone by Tim Fox | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | David Posey 21 FG | 24 | 26 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Terry Miller | 14 | 74 | 5.3 | 32t | 1 |
| Curtis Brown | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Dennis Johnson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rusty Jackson | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Horace Ivory | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 20t | 1 |
| Sam Cunningham | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Steve Grogan | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Andy Johnson | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 1 | 133 | 5.5 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 53.0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 0 | 160 | 7.6 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 85.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Reuben Gant | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Russ Francis | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Sam Cunningham | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Horace Ivory | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Westbrook | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 36 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Mike Franckowiak | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dennis Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ray Clayborn | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ben Williams | 1.0 |
| New England Patriots | |
| Tony McGee | 1.0 |
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