Bills 17-10 Patriots (8 Sep, 1996) Box Score

New England Patriots

0-2, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					10
BUF					17

Buffalo Bills

2-0, 1-0 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
Tom Tupa
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
21/46	210	4.6	1	4-31	66.4
0/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	39.6
21/47	179	4.5	1	4-31	65.0

Buffalo Passing


Jim Kelly
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/27	173	6.4	1	3	2-19	44.8
14/27	154	6.4	1	3	2-19	44.8

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
David Meggett
Sam Gash
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
28	90	3.2	13
4	17	4.3	12
3	7	2.3	3
35	114	3.3	13

Buffalo Rushing


Darick Holmes
Thurman Thomas
Eric Moulds
Jim Kelly
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	49	3.3	0	6
15	22	1.5	1	10
4	7	1.8	0	7
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
35	77	2.2	1	10

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
David Meggett
Ben Coates
Sam Gash
Curtis Martin
Will Moore
Hason Aaron Graham
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	76	12.7	1	37
4	35	8.8	0	14
3	31	10.3	0	12
2	26	13.0	0	15
4	20	5.0	0	10
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	11	11.0	0	11
21	210	10.0	1	37

Buffalo Receiving


Quinn Early
Lonnie Johnson
Russell Copeland
Darick Holmes
Thurman Thomas
Eric Moulds
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	119	19.8	1	63
3	21	7.0	0	9
1	14	14.0	0	14
2	7	3.5	0	4
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	6	6.0	0	6
14	173	12.4	1	63

New England Fumbles


Chris Slade
David Meggett
Drew Bledsoe
Terry Glenn
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
4	2	0

Buffalo Fumbles


John Fina
Ken Irvin
team

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

New England Defense



Chris Slade
Willie Clay
Ted Johnson
Terry Ray
Ty Law
Mark Wheeler
Devin Wyman
Willie McGinest
Michael David Jones
Ricky Reynolds
Todd Collins
Jimmy Hitchcock
Larry Whigham
Monty Brown
Dwayne Sabb
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	6	1	0	1	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	45	2	0	5	0	0

Buffalo Defense



Chris Spielman
Ted Washington
Phil Hansen
Bryce Paup
Sam Rogers
Bruce Smith
Henry Jones
Mark Maddox
Kurt Schulz
Manny Martin
Marlo Perry
Jeff Burris
Marlon Kerner
Thomas Smith
Ken Irvin
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	6	0	0	0	0	0
10	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	1	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	3	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	54	4	0	3	0	0

New England Interceptions


Willie Clay
Ricky Reynolds
Chris Slade
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	15	0
1	7	0
1	2	0
3	24	0

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	21	10.5	21
1	17	17.0	17
3	38	12.7	21

Buffalo Kick Returns


Eric Moulds
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	47	23.5	27	0
2	47	23.5	27	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	49	12.3	27	0
4	49	12.3	27	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Russell Copeland
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	26	13.0	14	0
2	26	13.0	14	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/4	25.0	42	1/1	4
1/4	25.0	42	1/1	4

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	33	2/2	5
1/2	50.0	33	2/2	5

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	182	45.5	1	0	53
4	182	45.5	1	0	53

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	296	42.3	1	1	47
7	296	42.3	1	1	47

5:00 AM, 8 September 1996

Attendance: 78,104

Referees:
Thomas White

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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