Bills 13-10 Patriots (26 Dec, 1999) Box Score

Buffalo Bills

10-5, 5-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BUF					13
NE					10

New England Patriots

7-8, 4-3 home

Buffalo Passing


Doug Flutie
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/35	212	6.1	0	0	3-6	79.7
22/35	206	6.1	0	0	3-6	79.7

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
10/21	101	4.8	0	0	6-34	61.8
10/21	67	4.8	0	0	6-34	61.8

Buffalo Rushing


Thurman Thomas
Doug Flutie
Jonathan Linton
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	84	5.6	0	31
6	44	7.3	0	17
20	40	2.0	1	8
41	168	4.1	1	31

New England Rushing


Terry Allen
Drew Bledsoe
Harold Shaw
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
27	126	4.7	1	20
3	26	8.7	0	25
4	6	1.5	0	6
34	158	4.6	1	25

Buffalo Receiving


Peerless Price
Eric Moulds
Jay Riemersma
Kevin R. Williams
Sam Gash
Bobby Collins
Jonathan Linton
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	62	12.4	24
4	53	13.3	19
6	39	6.5	11
2	24	12.0	15
3	19	6.3	8
1	11	11.0	11
1	4	4.0	4
22	212	9.6	24

New England Receiving


Vincent Brisby
Harold Shaw
Ben Coates
Lamont Warren
Troy Brown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	45	11.3	15
2	31	15.5	29
1	20	20.0	20
2	8	4.0	8
1	-3	-3.0	-3
10	101	10.1	29

Buffalo Fumbles


Jonathan Linton
Eric Moulds
Kurt Schulz
team

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

New England Fumbles


Terry Allen
Chad Eaton
Tedy Bruschi
Chris Carter
team

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

Buffalo Defense



Sam Cowart
Sam Rogers
Pat Williams
Henry Jones
Thomas Smith
Bruce Smith
John Holecek
Phil Hansen
Marlo Perry
Sean Moran
Kurt Schulz
Shawn Price
Gabe Northern
Donovan Greer
Ted Washington
Antoine Winfield
Marcellus Wiley
Daryl Porter
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
14	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	2	0	0	0	0
6	5	1	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	2	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	47	6	0	0	0	0

New England Defense



Kato Serwanga
Tedy Bruschi
Ted Johnson
Lawyer Milloy
Brandon Mitchell
Henry Thomas
Chris Slade
Willie McGinest
Chris Sullivan
Tebucky Jones
Chris Carter
Chad Eaton
Andy Katzenmoyer
Larry Whigham
Tony George
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	12	1	0	1	0	0
13	8	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	1	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
92	60	3	0	2	0	0

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Buffalo Kick Returns


Kevin R. Williams
Lennox Gordon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	17	17.0	17
1	11	11.0	11
2	28	14.0	17

New England Kick Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	124	31.0	42	0
4	124	31.0	42	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Kevin R. Williams
team

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

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	31	15.5	17	0
2	31	15.5	17	0

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	39	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	39	1/1	7

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/4	25.0	38	1/1	4
1/4	25.0	38	1/1	4

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	172	34.4	0	0	47
5	172	34.4	0	0	47

New England Punting


Lee Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	290	36.3	1	2	51
8	290	36.3	1	2	51

5:00 AM, 26 December 1999

Attendance: 55,014

Referees:
Mike Carey

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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