Bills 17-7 Patriots (28 Nov, 1999) Box Score

New England Patriots

6-5, 3-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					7
BUF					17

Buffalo Bills

8-4, 5-1 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/34	205	6.0	1	1	6-31	68.9
18/34	174	6.0	1	1	6-31	68.9

Buffalo Passing


Doug Flutie
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
9/16	207	12.9	2	0	0-0	140.6
9/16	207	12.9	2	0	0-0	140.6

New England Rushing


Terry Allen
Kevin Faulk
Lee Johnson
Drew Bledsoe
Lamont Warren
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	47	3.6	16
7	22	3.1	9
1	13	13.0	13
2	6	3.0	4
2	5	2.5	3
25	93	3.7	16

Buffalo Rushing


Jonathan Linton
Antowain Smith
Lennox Gordon
Doug Flutie
Peerless Price
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
17	67	3.9	18
9	21	2.3	4
3	18	6.0	10
5	-7	-1.4	2
1	-7	-7.0	-7
35	92	2.6	18

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Shawn Jefferson
Lamont Warren
Kevin Faulk
Ben Coates
Troy Brown
Tony Simmons
Tony Carter
Rod Rutledge
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	69	23.0	1	45
3	36	12.0	0	13
3	34	11.3	0	17
2	15	7.5	0	9
2	14	7.0	0	13
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	10	10.0	0	10
2	9	4.5	0	8
1	7	7.0	0	7
18	205	11.4	1	45

Buffalo Receiving


Eric Moulds
Bobby Collins
Jonathan Linton
Sam Gash
Antowain Smith
Andre Reed
Peerless Price
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
1	54	54.0	1	54
1	45	45.0	0	45
3	37	12.3	0	28
1	31	31.0	1	31
1	23	23.0	0	23
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	7	7.0	0	7
9	207	23.0	2	54

New England Fumbles


Kevin Faulk
Drew Bledsoe
Steve Israel
team

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

Buffalo Fumbles


Jonathan Linton
Doug Flutie
Sam Rogers
team

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

New England Defense



Tedy Bruschi
Lawyer Milloy
Andy Katzenmoyer
Steve Israel
Ferric Collons
Willie McGinest
Henry Thomas
Chris Slade
Chris Carter
Chad Eaton
Larry Whigham
Chris Sullivan
Brandon Mitchell
Tebucky Jones
Kato Serwanga
Mike Bartrum
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	9	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	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	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	37	0	0	2	0	0

Buffalo Defense



Sam Cowart
Marlo Perry
Henry Jones
John Holecek
Ken Irvin
Sam Rogers
Gabe Northern
Ted Washington
Phil Hansen
Marcellus Wiley
Shawn Price
Pat Williams
Thomas Smith
Bruce Smith
Donovan Greer
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	1	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	44	6	0	6	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Buffalo Interceptions


Ken Irvin
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	1	0
1	1	0

New England Kick Returns


Kevin Faulk
Lamont Warren
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	62	20.7	27
1	9	9.0	9
4	71	17.8	27

Buffalo Kick Returns


Kevin R. Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	26	26.0	26	0
1	26	26.0	26	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	34	11.3	20	0
3	34	11.3	20	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Kevin R. Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	6	6.0	6	0
1	6	6.0	6	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

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

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	28	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	28	2/2	5

New England Punting


Lee Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	212	35.3	2	1	48
6	212	35.3	2	1	48

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	207	41.4	1	1	57
5	207	41.4	1	1	57

Highmark Stadium

5:00 AM, 28 November 1999

Orchard Park, NY

Attendance: 72,111

Referees:
Ed Hochuli

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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