Patriots 31-10 Bills (9 Nov, 1997) Box Score

New England Patriots

6-4, 2-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					31
BUF					10

Buffalo Bills

5-5, 3-3 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/22	200	9.1	1	0	3-36	111.9
15/22	164	9.1	1	0	3-36	111.9

Buffalo Passing


Todd Collins
Alex Van Pelt
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/21	89	4.2	1	1-0	47.5
3/12	38	3.2	3	1-8	0.7
15/33	119	3.8	4	2-8	16.4

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Keith Byars
Marrio Grier
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
26	93	3.6	1	32
2	5	2.5	0	4
4	5	1.3	0	3
32	103	3.2	1	32

Buffalo Rushing


Antowain Smith
Thurman Thomas
Darick Holmes
Alex Van Pelt
Todd Collins
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	43	3.6	1	20
8	41	5.1	0	17
4	25	6.3	0	17
2	8	4.0	0	8
1	5	5.0	0	5
27	122	4.5	1	20

New England Receiving


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

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	61	30.5	0	50
3	59	19.7	0	40
2	33	16.5	0	18
3	17	5.7	1	7
1	14	14.0	0	14
2	10	5.0	0	5
2	6	3.0	0	4
15	200	13.3	1	50

Buffalo Receiving


Lonnie Johnson
Tony Cline
Quinn Early
Andre Reed
Eric Moulds
Darick Holmes
Jay Riemersma
Antowain Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	34	8.5	13
1	29	29.0	29
3	25	8.3	17
3	21	7.0	9
1	9	9.0	9
1	6	6.0	6
1	2	2.0	2
1	1	1.0	1
15	127	8.5	29

New England Fumbles


Curtis Martin
Keith Byars
David Meggett
team

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

Buffalo Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Buffalo Fumbles

New England Defense



Todd Collins
Chris Slade
Lawyer Milloy
Jimmy Hitchcock
Tedy Bruschi
Willie McGinest
Willie Clay
Ted Johnson
Mark Wheeler
Henry Thomas
Michael David Jones
Chris Sullivan
Ty Law
Chad Eaton
Larry Whigham
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	1
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	38	2	0	8	0	3

Buffalo Defense



Phil Hansen
John Holecek
Henry Jones
Sean Moran
Mark Maddox
Marcellus Wiley
Ted Washington
Jeff Burris
Dan Brandenburg
Marlon Kerner
Bruce Smith
Kurt Schulz
Shawn Price
Sam Rogers
Bryce Paup
Thomas Smith
Gabe Northern
Jim Jeffcoat
Manny Martin
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	5	0.5	0	0	0	0
8	5	0.5	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	2	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0.5	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1.5	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	40	3	0	4	0	0

New England Interceptions


Chris Slade
Jimmy Hitchcock
Willie Clay
Ty Law
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	1	1
1	4	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
4	5	1

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Derick Cullors
David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	134	67.0	86	1
1	23	23.0	23	0
3	157	52.3	86	1

Buffalo Kick Returns


Darick Holmes
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	107	17.8	23	0
6	107	17.8	23	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	16	5.3	11	0
3	16	5.3	11	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Jeff Burris
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	20	20.0	20	0
1	20	20.0	20	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/3	33.3	42	4/4	7
1/3	33.3	42	4/4	7

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	23	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	23	1/1	4

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	233	38.8	0	5	50
6	233	38.8	0	5	50

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	226	45.2	0	1	52
5	226	45.2	0	1	52

5:00 AM, 9 November 1997

Attendance: 65,783

Referees:
Larry Nemmers

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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