Bills 27-21 Patriots (31 Dec, 2023) Box Score

New England Patriots

4-12, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	7	7	0	7	21
BUF	13	7	7	0	27

Buffalo Bills

10-6, 7-2 home

New England Passing


Bailey Zappe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
16/26	209	8.0	0	3	3-18	25.9	47.3
16/26	191	8.0	0	3	3-18	--	47.3

Buffalo Passing


Josh Allen
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
15/30	169	5.6	0	1	1-15	21.3	53.3
15/30	154	5.6	0	1	1-15	--	53.3

New England Rushing


Ezekiel Elliott
Bailey Zappe
Kevin Harris
DeMario Douglas
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	39	2.8	1	9
5	37	7.4	1	18
2	15	7.5	0	15
3	12	4.0	0	6
24	103	4.3	2	18

Buffalo Rushing


James Cook
Josh Allen
Ty Johnson
Khalil Shakir
Stefon Diggs
Latavius Murray
Kyle Allen
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	48	3.0	0	8
11	44	4.0	2	19
5	22	4.4	0	7
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	0	0.0	0	0
2	-2	-1.0	0	0
37	127	3.4	2	19

New England Receiving


Kevin Harris
Jalen Reagor
Mike Gesicki
DeMario Douglas
Tyquan Thornton
DeVante Parker
Ezekiel Elliott
Pharaoh Brown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
2	54	27.0	48	2
1	39	39.0	39	3
4	35	8.8	14	6
3	31	10.3	17	5
3	24	8.0	14	3
1	15	15.0	15	2
1	6	6.0	6	2
1	5	5.0	5	1
16	209	13.1	48	24

Buffalo Receiving


Dalton Kincaid
Khalil Shakir
Stefon Diggs
Gabe Davis
Latavius Murray
Trent Sherfield
James Cook
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
4	87	21.8	51	7
4	39	9.8	18	4
4	26	6.5	9	7
2	21	10.5	15	3
0	0	0.0	0	1
0	0	0.0	0	3
1	-4	-4.0	-4	3
15	169	11.3	51	28

New England Fumbles


Pharaoh Brown
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Buffalo Fumbles


Josh Allen
Connor McGovern
Christian Benford
O'Cyrus Torrence
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
2	0	3

New England Defensive



Kyle Dugger
Jahlani Tavai
Ja'Whaun Bentley
Christian Barmore
Anfernee Jennings
Lawrence Guy Sr.
Jalen Mills
Deatrich Wise Jr.
Joshua Uche
Jonathan Jones
Myles Bryant
Alex Austin
Keion White
Matthew Slater
Pharaoh Brown
Mack Wilson Sr.
Shaun Wade
Marte Mapu
Cody Davis
Davon Godchaux
Jalen Reagor
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	0	0	1	1	0
10	4	0	1	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	1	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	1	0
4	2	0	1	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	1	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1
78	49	1	3	3	4	1

Buffalo Defensive



Terrel Bernard
Jordan Poyer
Tyrel Dodson
Taron Johnson
Christian Benford
Micah Hyde
Ed Oliver
Leonard Floyd
Rasul Douglas
DaQuan Jones
Tyler Matakevich
Tim Settle
Kingsley Jonathan
AJ Epenesa
Greg Rousseau
Taylor Rapp
Shaq Lawson
Poona Ford
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	2	3	0	3	0
10	8	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	1	1	1	2	0
2	2	0	1	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	3	0	1
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	1	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0
50	38	3	6	6	8	1

New England Interceptions


Alex Austin
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Buffalo Interceptions


Rasul Douglas
Ed Oliver
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	50	1
1	0	0
3	50	1

New England Kick Returns


Jalen Reagor
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	120	60.0	98	1
2	120	60.0	98	1

Buffalo Kick Returns


Ty Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	42	21.0	22	0
2	42	21.0	22	0

New England Punt Returns


Myles Bryant
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	2	2.0	2	0
1	2	2.0	2	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Deonte Harty
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	18	9.0	11	0
2	18	9.0	11	0

New England Kicking


Chad Ryland
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3

Buffalo Kicking


Tyler Bass
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	35	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	35	3/3	9

New England Punting


Bryce Baringer
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	176	44.0	0	1	57
4	176	44.0	0	1	57

Buffalo Punting


Sam Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	289	48.2	0	6	53
6	289	48.2	0	6	53

Highmark Stadium

6:00 PM, 31 December 2023

Orchard Park, NY

Attendance: 70,772

Referees:
Greg Meyer
Tab Slaughter
Fred Bryan
Dale Shaw
John Jenkins
Alan Eck
Robin DeLorenzo

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	11	6	.647	451	311
Miami	11	6	.647	496	391
New York	7	10	.412	268	355
New England	4	13	.235	236	366

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