Patriots 28-25 Bills (27 Oct, 1996) Box Score

Buffalo Bills

5-3, 2-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BUF					25
NE					28

New England Patriots

5-3, 3-1 home

Buffalo Passing


Jim Kelly
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/32	204	6.4	2	1	1-8	75.5
15/32	196	6.4	2	1	1-8	75.5

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
32/45	373	8.3	1	0	2-15	103.3
32/45	358	8.3	1	0	2-15	103.3

Buffalo Rushing


Thurman Thomas
Jim Kelly
Darick Holmes
Tim Tindale
Steve Tasker
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
26	119	4.6	1	36
1	12	12.0	0	12
3	6	2.0	0	3
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	0	0.0	0	0
32	141	4.4	1	36

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
David Meggett
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	54	2.6	1	10
4	6	1.5	0	5
3	-1	-0.3	0	1
28	59	2.1	1	10

Buffalo Receiving


Andre Reed
Lonnie Johnson
Quinn Early
Darick Holmes
Tony Cline
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	121	30.3	1	48
6	47	7.8	0	12
3	32	10.7	0	14
1	6	6.0	1	6
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
15	204	13.6	2	48

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Terry Glenn
Keith Byars
Troy Brown
Ben Coates
Sam Gash
David Meggett
Curtis Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	95	23.8	0	42
4	65	16.3	0	28
7	52	7.4	0	13
3	43	14.3	0	27
4	40	10.0	0	14
4	31	7.8	0	12
1	26	26.0	0	26
5	21	4.2	1	8
32	373	11.7	1	42

Buffalo Fumbles


Phil Hansen
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New England Fumbles


Curtis Martin
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Buffalo Defense



Chris Spielman
Sam Rogers
Phil Hansen
Mark Maddox
Bruce Smith
Bryce Paup
Ted Washington
Jeff Burris
Kurt Schulz
Matt Stevens
Thomas Smith
Marlon Kerner
Marlo Perry
Ethan Albright
Ken Irvin
Mark Pike
Gabe Northern
Damien Covington
Jim Jeffcoat
Tim Tindale
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	7	0	0	1	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	1	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	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
89	54	2	0	3	0	0

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Mark Wheeler
Willie McGinest
Pio Sagapolutele
Willie Clay
Chris Slade
Ty Law
Terry Ray
Monty Brown
Jimmy Hitchcock
Devin Wyman
Lawyer Milloy
Otis Smith
Todd Collins
Tedy Bruschi
Chris Sullivan
Michael David Jones
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	1	0	2	0	1
6	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	45	1	0	6	0	2

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

New England Interceptions


Willie McGinest
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	46	1
1	46	1

Buffalo Kick Returns


Eric Moulds
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	108	21.6	27	0
5	108	21.6	27	0

New England Kick Returns


Troy Brown
David Meggett
Mike Gisler
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	56	18.7	22
1	16	16.0	16
1	9	9.0	9
5	81	16.2	22

Buffalo Punt Returns


Jeff Burris
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	5	2.5	6	0
2	5	2.5	6	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	14	3.5	9	0
4	14	3.5	9	0

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	33	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	33	2/2	5

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	40	2/3	8
2/3	66.7	40	2/3	8

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	306	43.7	2	1	55
7	306	43.7	2	1	55

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	201	50.3	1	1	62
4	201	50.3	1	1	62

4:00 AM, 27 October 1996

Attendance: 58,858

Referees:
Dick Hantak

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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