| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1986 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Sullivan Stadium Attendance: 60455 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: % Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Safety, Jim Kelly fumbled ball out of end zone | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Craig James 4 run (Tony Franklin kick) | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tony Franklin 37 FG | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tony Franklin 47 FG | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 48 FG | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 34 FG | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 33 FG | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 28 FG | 12 | 15 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Robb Riddick 31 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 19 | 15 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Greg Baty 13 pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 19 | 22 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chris Burkett |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 65 | LOT | Tim Vogler |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 73 | ROG | Will Wolford |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 40 | RB | Robb Riddick |
| 35 | FB | Carl Byrum |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Sean McNanie |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 56 | LOLB | Darryl Talley |
| 54 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 50 | RILB | Ray Bentley |
| 57 | ROLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 29 | LCB | Derrick Burroughs |
| 43 | SS | Martin Bayless |
| 22 | FS | Steve Freeman |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Irving Fryar |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 76 | LOT | Brian Holloway |
| 66 | LOG | Paul Fairchild |
| 58 | C | Pete Brock |
| 61 | ROG | Ron Wooten |
| 67 | ROT | Steve Moore |
| 48 | TE | Greg Baty |
| 11 | QB | Tony Eason |
| 33 | HB | Tony Collins |
| 32 | FB | Craig James |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Brent Williams |
| 90 | NT | Toby Williams |
| 60 | RDE | Garin Veris |
| 50 | LOLB | Larry McGrew |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 52 | RILB | Johnny Rembert |
| 55 | ROLB | Don Blackmon |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lippett |
| 38 | SS | Roland James |
| 31 | FS | Fred Marion |
| 26 | RCB | Ray Clayborn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Carl Byrum | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Craig James | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 10 | 1 |
| Tony Eason | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Collins | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 32 | 22 | 68.8 | 2 | 250 | 7.8 | 31t | 1 | 6 | 58 | 76.3 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tony Eason | 33 | 24 | 72.7 | 1 | 229 | 6.9 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 89.1 |
| Craig James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Robb Riddick | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 31t | 1 |
| Andre Reed | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Carl Byrum | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Burkett | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jimmy Teal | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Wilkins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tony Collins | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Craig James | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Baty | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Stanley Morgan | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Fred Smerlas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ray Clayborn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lippett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 47 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Rich Camarillo | 9 | 345 | 38.3 | 46 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ron Pitts | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Stephen Starring | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Steve Tasker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Cedric Jones | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Darryl Talley | 2.0 |
| Sean McNanie | 1.5 |
| Fred Smerlas | 1.0 |
| Bruce Smith | 1.0 |
| Eugene Marve | 0.5 |
| New England Patriots | |
| Johnny Rembert | 2.0 |
| Don Blackmon | 1.0 |
| Larry McGrew | 1.0 |
| Steve Nelson | 1.0 |
| Brent Williams | 1.0 |
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