Patriots 13-10 Bills (17 Dec, 2000) Box Score

New England Patriots

5-10, 2-6 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
NE	3	0	0	7	3	13
BUF	0	3	0	7	0	10

Buffalo Bills

7-8, 5-3 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
13/26	156	6.0	0	0	1-14	68.8
13/26	142	6.0	0	0	1-14	68.8

Buffalo Passing


Doug Flutie
Rob Johnson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
15/25	193	7.7	1	3-26	97.6
1/3	4	1.3	0	1-2	42.4
16/28	169	7.0	1	4-28	90.9

New England Rushing


J.R. Redmond
Kevin Faulk
Tony Carter
Troy Brown
Drew Bledsoe
Lee Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
20	66	3.3	0	13
14	52	3.7	1	13
9	34	3.8	0	9
2	23	11.5	0	20
2	14	7.0	0	14
1	0	0.0	0	0
48	189	3.9	1	20

Buffalo Rushing


Shawn Bryson
Doug Flutie
Sammy Morris
Antowain Smith
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
19	82	4.3	14
9	50	5.6	32
11	43	3.9	13
1	3	3.0	3
40	178	4.5	32

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Jermaine Wiggins
Tony Carter
Troy Brown
Kevin Faulk
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	70	11.7	19
3	42	14.0	17
1	21	21.0	21
2	15	7.5	11
1	8	8.0	8
13	156	12.0	21

Buffalo Receiving


Peerless Price
Jeremy McDaniel
Shawn Bryson
Eric Moulds
Jay Riemersma
Sammy Morris
Sheldon Jackson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	68	22.7	0	42
3	38	12.7	0	31
3	34	11.3	0	18
2	26	13.0	0	19
1	19	19.0	0	19
3	11	3.7	0	4
1	1	1.0	1	1
16	197	12.3	1	42

New England Fumbles


Lee Johnson
Drew Bledsoe
Kevin Faulk
Curtis Jackson
Garrett Johnson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
5	0	1

Buffalo Fumbles


Doug Flutie
Peerless Price
team

FUM	LOST	REC
3	1	0
1	0	0
4	1	0

New England Defense



Chad Eaton
Otis Smith
Ted Johnson
Lawyer Milloy
Bobby Hamilton
Willie McGinest
Chris Slade
Antonio Langham
Larry Whigham
Tebucky Jones
Garrett Johnson
Henry Thomas
Tedy Bruschi
Ty Law
Kato Serwanga
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	11	1.5	0	0	0	0
10	10	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	2	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	52	4	0	2	0	0

Buffalo Defense



John Holecek
Jay Foreman
Marcellus Wiley
Keith Newman
Henry Jones
Shawn Price
Travares Tillman
Ted Washington
Pat Williams
Chris Watson
Ken Irvin
Raion Hill
Fred Jones
Corey Moore
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
15	12	0	0	0	0	0
15	10	0	0	0	0	0
12	7	1	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	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
83	52	1	0	1	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Curtis Jackson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	85	28.3	38	0
3	85	28.3	38	0

Buffalo Kick Returns


Chris Watson
Jonathan Linton
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	26	13.0	15
1	7	7.0	7
3	33	11.0	15

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	33	6.6	11	0
5	33	6.6	11	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Peerless Price
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	10	3.3	6	0
3	10	3.3	6	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	24	1/1	7
2/3	66.7	24	1/1	7

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/3	33.3	25	1/1	4
1/3	33.3	25	1/1	4

New England Punting


Lee Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	296	42.3	0	4	48
7	296	42.3	0	4	48

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	204	29.1	0	0	40
7	204	29.1	0	0	40

Highmark Stadium

6:00 PM, 17 December 2000

Orchard Park, NY

Attendance: 47,230

Referees:
Phil Luckett

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	7	2	.778	260	173
New York	3	6	.333	171	183
Miami	2	6	.250	124	187
New England	2	7	.222	141	217

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