| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: October 12, 1997 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 59802 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 63 F Humidty: % Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| New England Patriots | 10 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Ben Coates 20 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 20 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 23 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 41 FG | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 52 FG | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Curtis Martin 26 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Keith Byars 4 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Darick Holmes 1 run (Darick Holmes run failed) | 6 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Quinn Early |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 70 | LOT | John Fina |
| 79 | LOG | Ruben Brown |
| 61 | C | Dusty Zeigler |
| 60 | ROG | Jerry Ostroski |
| 72 | ROT | Corey Louchiey |
| 84 | TE | Lonnie Johnson |
| 85 | TE | Jay Riemersma |
| 15 | QB | Todd Collins |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Phil Hansen |
| 92 | NT | Ted Washington |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 95 | LOLB | Bryce Paup |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 57 | RILB | Damien Covington |
| 59 | ROLB | Sam Rogers |
| 46 | LCB | Marlon Kerner |
| 30 | SS | Henry Jones |
| 24 | FS | Kurt Schulz |
| 28 | RCB | Thomas Smith |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Terry Glenn |
| 84 | WR | Shawn Jefferson |
| 78 | LOT | Bruce Armstrong |
| 68 | LOG | Max Lane |
| 64 | C | Dave Wohlabaugh |
| 71 | ROG | Todd Rucci |
| 77 | ROT | Zefross Moss |
| 87 | TE | Ben Coates |
| 11 | QB | Drew Bledsoe |
| 28 | RB | Curtis Martin |
| 41 | FB | Keith Byars |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Mike Jones |
| 97 | LDT | Mark Wheeler |
| 95 | RDT | Henry Thomas |
| 74 | RDE | Chris Sullivan |
| 59 | SLB | Todd Collins |
| 52 | MLB | Ted Johnson |
| 53 | WLB | Chris Slade |
| 24 | LCB | Ty Law |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 32 | FS | Willie Clay |
| 31 | RCB | Jimmy Hitchcock |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Darick Holmes | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Thurman Thomas | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Hobert | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Curtis Martin | 22 | 99 | 4.5 | 26t | 1 |
| Marrio Grier | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Keith Byars | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Derrick Cullors | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Zolak | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Billy Joe Hobert | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 2 | 133 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 40.0 |
| Alex Van Pelt | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 22 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 |
| Todd Collins | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39.6 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 1 | 181 | 6.7 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 82.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Quinn Early | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Darick Holmes | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ben Coates | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Terry Glenn | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Sam Gash | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Vincent Brisby | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Keith Byars | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Curtis Martin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marlo Perry | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ty Law | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Willie Clay | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Marty Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chris Mohr | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 50 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tom Tupa | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Eric Moulds | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 5 | 1 | 54 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||
| Steve Christie | 2 | 129 | 64.5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 8 | 511 | 63.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Eric Moulds | 8 | 151 | 18.9 | 38 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Derrick Cullors | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Bruce Smith | 1.0 |
| New England Patriots | |
| Chris Slade | 2.0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1.0 |
| Mark Wheeler | 1.0 |
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