Patriots 27-17 Bills (8 Dec, 2002) Box Score

Buffalo Bills

6-7, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BUF	0	0	10	7	17
NE	17	3	0	7	27

New England Patriots

8-5, 4-2 home

Buffalo Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
32/51	328	6.4	2	4	2-16	61.6
32/51	312	6.4	2	4	2-16	61.6

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/27	183	6.8	2	0	0-0	101.3
15/27	183	6.8	2	0	0-0	101.3

Buffalo Rushing


Travis Henry
Drew Bledsoe
Larry Centers
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
15	60	4.0	14
2	11	5.5	10
1	7	7.0	7
18	78	4.3	14

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
Troy Brown
Kevin Faulk
Marc Edwards
Tom Brady
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
17	68	4.0	1	8
1	21	21.0	0	21
1	5	5.0	0	5
2	3	1.5	0	3
5	-5	-1.0	0	0
26	92	3.5	1	21

Buffalo Receiving


Peerless Price
Josh Reed
Eric Moulds
Larry Centers
Jay Riemersma
Charles Johnson
Ruben Brown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	105	11.7	0	41
3	68	22.7	0	42
8	63	7.9	2	12
5	42	8.4	0	11
4	39	9.8	0	12
2	17	8.5	0	10
1	-6	-6.0	0	-6
32	328	10.3	2	42

New England Receiving


Deion Branch
Christian Fauria
David Givens
Troy Brown
David Patten
Donald Hayes
Antowain Smith
Daniel Graham
Marc Edwards
Kevin Faulk
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
1	41	41.0	0	41
1	33	33.0	0	33
1	30	30.0	0	30
3	27	9.0	0	12
2	14	7.0	1	10
1	9	9.0	1	9
2	9	4.5	0	6
2	8	4.0	0	6
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	5	5.0	0	5
15	183	12.2	2	41

Buffalo Fumbles


Peerless Price
Travis Henry
team

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

New England Fumbles


Tom Brady
Otis Smith
team

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

Buffalo Defense



London Fletcher
Eddie Robinson Jr.
Pierson Prioleau
Pat Williams
Charles Johnson
Aaron Schobel
Antoine Winfield
Chris Watson
Ron Edwards
Justin Bannan
Keith Newman
Coy Wire
Chidi Ahanotu
Larry Centers
Ruben Brown
Eric Moulds
Peerless Price
Sammy Morris
Greg Favors
Nate Clements
Mike Williams
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	9	0	0	1	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	42	0	0	2	0	0

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Victor Green
Willie McGinest
Otis Smith
Ty Law
Lawyer Milloy
Tebucky Jones
Terrell Buckley
Richard Seymour
Roman Phifer
Mike Vrabel
Anthony Pleasant
Chris Hayes
Je'Rod Cherry
Patrick Pass
Leonard Myers
Antwan Harris
Matt Chatham
Larry Izzo
Bobby Hamilton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	1	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	1	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	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	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
77	56	2	0	5	0	0

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

New England Interceptions


Terrell Buckley
Richard Seymour
Ty Law
Tebucky Jones
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	39	0
1	6	0
1	4	0
1	0	0
4	49	0

Buffalo Kick Returns


Charlie Rogers
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	109	18.2	23	0
6	109	18.2	23	0

New England Kick Returns


Kevin Faulk
Marc Edwards
Patrick Pass
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	16	16.0	16
2	12	6.0	12
1	8	8.0	8
4	36	9.0	16

Buffalo Punt Returns


Charlie Rogers
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	9	4.5	7	0
2	9	4.5	7	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	27	27.0	27	0
1	27	27.0	27	0

Buffalo Kicking


Mike Hollis
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	26	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	26	2/2	5

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	46	3/3	9
2/3	66.7	46	3/3	9

Buffalo Punting


Brian Moorman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	130	43.3	1	1	57
3	130	43.3	1	1	57

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	145	36.3	0	1	53
4	145	36.3	0	1	53

6:00 PM, 8 December 2002

Attendance: 68,436

Referees:
Jeff Triplette

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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