New England Patriots
Buffalo Bills
Stadium
Capacity: 71,608
Inaugurated: 01/01/1973
Broadcast
Announcers
Charlie Jones, Sam DeLuca
Summary
NE and BUF combined for 641 passing yards and 6 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Sam Cunningham led NE with 100 rushing yards while Jim Braxton paced BUF with 84. Through the air, Russ Francis topped NE with 125 receiving yards while J.D. Hill led BUF with 147.
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Stat
NE
BUF
First Downs
28
23
Rush-Yds-TDs
31-138-2
40-153-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT
25-46-365-2-3
16-32-276-4-1
Sacked-Yards
1-5
2-13
Net Pass Yards
360
263
Total Yards
498
416
Fumbles-Lost
2-2
2-0
Turnovers
5
1
Penalties-Yards
11-67
8-65
Expected Points Detail
Officials
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Boxscore Team Stats
Stat
NE
BUF
First Downs
28
23
Rush-Yds-TDs
31-138-2
40-153-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT
25-46-365-2-3
16-32-276-4-1
Sacked-Yards
1-5
2-13
Net Pass Yards
360
263
Total Yards
498
416
Fumbles-Lost
2-2
2-0
Turnovers
5
1
Penalties-Yards
11-67
8-65
Scoring Summary
Q
Team
Detail
Score
1
Bills
Reuben Gant 19 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick)
0-7
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Bills
J.D. Hill 77 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick)
0-14
—
Patriots
Sam Cunningham 10 yard rush (John Smith kick)
7-14
2
Patriots
Sam Cunningham 11 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
14-14
—
Bills
O.J. Simpson 2 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick)
14-21
—
Bills
John Leypoldt 28 yard field goal
14-24
—
Patriots
Russ Francis 21 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
21-24
3
Patriots
Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick)
28-24
—
Bills
O.J. Simpson 3 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick)
28-31
4
Patriots
John Smith 34 yard field goal
31-31
—
Bills
O.J. Simpson 1 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick)
31-38
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Bills
O.J. Simpson 3 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick)
31-45