| New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1987 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 74945 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 49 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 35 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Cedric Jones 7 pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Reggie Dupard 36 run (Tony Franklin kick failed) | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Sean McNanie 14 opponents fumble recovery (Scott Norwood kick) | 13 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Irving Fryar |
| 83 | WR | Cedric Jones |
| 73 | LOT | Danny Villa |
| 62 | LOG | Sean Farrell |
| 64 | C | Trevor Matich |
| 61 | ROG | Ron Wooten |
| 78 | ROT | Bruce Armstrong |
| 87 | TE | Lin Dawson |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 21 | RB | Reggie Dupard |
| 30 | FB | Mosi Tatupu |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Kenneth Sims |
| 90 | NT | Toby Williams |
| 60 | RDE | Garin Veris |
| 56 | LOLB | Andre Tippett |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Larry McGrew |
| 54 | ROLB | Ed Williams |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lippett |
| 28 | SS | Jim Bowman |
| 31 | FS | Fred Marion |
| 43 | RCB | Ernest Gibson |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chris Burkett |
| 85 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 73 | LOT | Will Wolford |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 65 | ROG | Tim Vogler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 33 | RB | Ronnie Harmon |
| 39 | FB | Jamie Mueller |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Sean McNanie |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Cornelius Bennett |
| 58 | LILB | Shane Conlan |
| 97 | RILB | Scott Radecic |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 29 | LCB | Derrick Burroughs |
| 27 | SS | Ron Pitts |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Reggie Dupard | 31 | 78 | 2.5 | 36t | 1 |
| Bob Perryman | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Collins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jamie Mueller | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Carl Byrum | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 2 | 85 | 5.7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 1 | 125 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 40.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Cedric Jones | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Tony Collins | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lin Dawson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chris Burkett | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Carl Byrum | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ricky Porter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Fred Marion | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ron Pitts | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Kelso | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Rich Camarillo | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ron Pitts | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ricky Porter | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jamie Mueller | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Steve Tasker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Garin Veris | 2.0 |
| Andre Tippett | 1.5 |
| Toby Williams | 1.0 |
| Brent Williams | 0.5 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
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