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  FINAL
Buffalo 13, New England 10
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOTAL
Buffalo 3 0 0 7 3 13
New England 0 3 0 7 0 10

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 39 YD, 11:00. Drive: 9 plays, 44 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Flutie 8-yard run to New England 47; Thomas 31-yard run to New England 24. BUFFALO 3-0
2ND QUARTER
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 38 YD, 15:00. Drive: 10 plays, 45 yards in 4:44. Key plays: Allen 10-yard run to New England 46; Bledsoe 29-yard pass to Shaw to Buffalo 27; 6-yard pass interference penalty on Bills' T Smith on 3rd-and-13 to Buffalo 24. BUFFALO 3, NEW ENGLAND 3
4TH QUARTER
NWE   TD   TERRY ALLEN 14 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 2:45. Drive: 1 play, 14 yards in 0:04. Key plays: Eaton 30-yard fumble return to Buffalo 14. NEW ENGLAND 10-3
BUF   TD   JONATHAN LINTON 1 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 10:37. Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards in 4:24. Key plays: Flutie 8-yard pass to Gash on 3rd-and-3 to New England 44; Flutie 24-yard pass to Price to New England 20; Flutie 19-yard pass to Moulds to New England 1. BUFFALO 10, NEW ENGLAND 10
OT
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 23 YD, 13:12. Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards in 5:43. Key plays: Johnson 24-yard punt to Buffalo 42; Flutie 7-yard pass to Riemersma to Buffalo 49; Flutie 7-yard pass to Price to New England 44; Flutie 11-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-4 to New England 27; Flutie 9-yard pass to Williams to New England 18. BUFFALO 13-10

TEAM STATISTICS
  BUF NWE
FIRST DOWNS
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
23
9-17
0-2
374
79
4.7
168
41
4.1
206
22-35
5.4
3-6
5-34.4
26
2-28
0-0
4-30
3-3
42:32
14
2-14
0-0
225
61
3.7
158
34
4.6
67
10-21
2.5
6-34
8-36.3
155
4-124
0-0
5-25
1-1
30:40

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New England (Adam Vinatieri 44, 33, 44).
Buffalo rushing
Thurman Thomas 15-84, Doug Flutie 6-44, Jonathan Linton 20-40.
New England rushing
Terry Allen 27-126, Drew Bledsoe 3-26, Harold Shaw 4-6.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 22-35 for 212 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 10-21 for 101 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Buffalo receiving
Jay Riemersma 6-39, Peerless Price 5-62, Eric Moulds 4-53, Sam Gash 3-19, Kevin Williams 2-24, Bobby Collins 1-11, Jonathan Linton 1-4.
New England receiving
Vincent Brisby 4-45, Harold Shaw 2-31, Lamont Warren 2-8, Ben Coates 1-20, Troy Brown 1-minus 3.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Cowart 6-8-0, Sam Rogers 6-0-2, Pat Williams 5-1-1, Henry Jones 4-2-0, Thomas Smith 5-0-0, John Holecek 3-2-0, Bruce Smith 3-2-2, Phil Hansen 2-3-0, Sean Moran 3-1-0, Kurt Schulz 2-2-0, Shawn Price 2-1-1, Gabe Northern 1-2-0, Marlo Perry 2-0-0, Donovan Greer 1-1-0, Ted Washington 1-0-0, Antoine Winfield 1-0-0, Marcellus Wiley 0-1-0, Daryl Porter 0-1-0.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kato Serwanga 12-1-1, Tedy Bruschi 8-5-0, Lawyer Milloy 6-3-0, Ted Johnson 6-3-0, Brandon Mitchell 3-5-0, Henry Thomas 4-3-0, Chris Slade 3-4-1, Chris Sullivan 4-2-0, Willie Mcginest 3-3-0, Tebucky Jones 4-0-0, Chris Carter 3-0-0, Chad Eaton 3-0-0, Tony George 2-1-0, Larry Whigham 1-1-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 1-0-1.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
Buffalo (Jonathan Linton 2, Eric Moulds); New England (Terry Allen).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Buffalo (Kurt Schulz); New England (Chris Carter, Chad Eaton, Tedy Bruschi).
Officials
Referee-Mike Carey, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head linesman-Sid Semon, Line judge-Walt Anderson, Field judge-Pete Morelli, Side judge-Tommy Moore, Back judge-Ron Spitler.
A: 55,014; T: 3:21.

 


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New England Clubhouse