| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1980 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 63292 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 34 F Humidty: % Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Vagas Ferguson 9 run (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Russ Francis 5 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Andy Johnson 13 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Safety, Mike Hubach tackled in end zone by Bill Simpson | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 27 FG | 2 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 69 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 86 | TE | Mark Brammer |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 20 | RB | Joe Cribbs |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 65 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 59 | RILB | Shane Nelson |
| 58 | ROLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 45 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 62 | LOT | Dwight Wheeler |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 75 | ROG | Bob Cryder |
| 74 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 12 | QB | Matt Cavanaugh |
| 43 | RB | Vagas Ferguson |
| 44 | FB | Don Calhoun |
| Defense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Richard Bishop |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 59 | LOLB | Mike Hawkins |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 51 | RILB | Bob Golic |
| 56 | ROLB | Rod Shoate |
| 26 | LCB | Ray Clayborn |
| 25 | SS | Rick Sanford |
| 48 | FS | Tim Fox |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Haynes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Dan Manucci | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| David Humm | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Vagas Ferguson | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 10 | 1 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Allan Clark | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Horace Ivory | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Hubach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| David Humm | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 39 | 2.8 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9.8 |
| Dan Manucci | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 64 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 111.1 |
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 91.7 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Matt Cavanaugh | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 2 | 136 | 7.2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 80.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jerry Butler | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Duke Fergerson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Miller | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Russ Francis | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Don Calhoun | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Don Westbrook | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Horace Ivory | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bill Simpson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Freeman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Rod Shoate | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 49 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Hubach | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Roland James | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Curtis Brown | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Chris Keating | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Horace Ivory | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ben Williams | 1.0 |
| Lucius Sanford | 1.0 |
| New England Patriots | |
| Tony McGee | 2.5 |
| Ray Hamilton | 1.5 |
| Julius Adams | 1.0 |
| Mike Hawkins | 1.0 |
| Rod Shoate | 1.0 |
| Richard Bishop | 0.5 |
| Doug McDougald | 0.5 |
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