| New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1979 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 67935 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 44 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| Buffalo Bills | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Nick Mike-Mayer 39 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Nick Mike-Mayer 40 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Horace Ivory 6 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick failed) | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | John Smith 33 FG | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Stanley Morgan 63 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 16 | 6 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Stanley Morgan 34 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 23 | 6 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | John Smith 37 FG | 26 | 6 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Don Calhoun | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Curtis Brown | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Terry Miller | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 1 | 350 | 10.0 | 63t | 3 | 3 | 23 | 105.7 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 2 | 215 | 8.3 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 46.2 |
| Bill Munson | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 31 | 4.4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Stanley Morgan | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 2 | |
| Harold Jackson | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Don Westbrook | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Don Hasselbeck | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Lou Piccone | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Reuben Gant | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Brown | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Frank Lewis | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ray Clayborn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Shoate | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Sanford | 0 | 27 | 27L | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tony Greene | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Eddie Hare | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 3 | 0 | 34 | 11.3 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Allan Clark | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| Mike Collier | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Tony McGee | 3.5 |
| Rod Shoate | 1.5 |
| Richard Bishop | 1.0 |
| Ray Costict | 0.5 |
| Julius Adams | 0.5 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Fred Smerlas | 2.0 |
| Sherm White | 1.0 |
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