| New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1997 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 65783 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 48 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Buffalo Bills | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Steve Christie 23 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Derrick Cullors 86 kickoff return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 42 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Ben Coates 6 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Chris Slade 1 interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Antowain Smith 1 run (Steve Christie kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Curtis Martin 1 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Curtis Martin | 26 | 93 | 3.6 | 32 | 1 |
| Marrio Grier | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Keith Byars | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Antowain Smith | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Thurman Thomas | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Darick Holmes | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Alex Van Pelt | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Todd Collins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 0 | 200 | 9.1 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 111.9 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Todd Collins | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 89 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47.5 |
| Alex Van Pelt | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 3 | 38 | 3.2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Terry Glenn | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Ben Coates | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Gash | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Curtis Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Lonnie Johnson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Quinn Early | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Cline | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Eric Moulds | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Darick Holmes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Jimmy Hitchcock | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Slade | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Willie Clay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Law | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tom Tupa | 6 | 233 | 38.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chris Mohr | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Jeff Burris | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 6 | 364 | 60.7 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||
| Steve Christie | 3 | 183 | 61.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Derrick Cullors | 2 | 134 | 67.0 | 86 | 1 | |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Darick Holmes | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Willie McGinest | 1.0 |
| Henry Thomas | 1.0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Bryce Paup | 1.5 |
| Phil Hansen | 0.5 |
| John Holecek | 0.5 |
| Ted Washington | 0.5 |
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