| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (5-8-0) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Buffalo Bills (8-5-0) | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Rich Stadium |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 30 degrees, relative humidity 88%, wind 8 mph, wind chill 23 |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Jeff White 14 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Bills | Wallace Francis 90 yard kickoff return (John Leypoldt kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Bills | O.J. Simpson 6 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 3 | 14 |
| Bills | John Leypoldt 34 yard field goal | 3 | 17 | |
| Patriots | Jeff White 12 yard field goal | 6 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Bills | Bob Chandler 37 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 6 | 24 |
| Bills | John Leypoldt 34 yard field goal | 6 | 27 | |
| Patriots | Jim Plunkett 5 yard rush (Jeff White kick) | 13 | 27 | |
| Bills | Bob Chandler 6 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 34 | |
| 4th | Bills | John Leypoldt 19 yard field goal | 13 | 37 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-98-1 | 40-293-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-41-292-0-2 | 2-7-43-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-12 |
| Net pass yards | 292 | 31 |
| Total yards | 390 | 324 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-20 | 7-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 17 | 41 | 292 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Adams | NWE | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 4 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Tarver | NWE | 11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 22 | 219 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 15 | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 2 | 43 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 2 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Watkins | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| John Hannah | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob McCall | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Cheyunski | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 90.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Jarvis | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Donnie Walker | BUF | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bruce Barnes | NWE | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff White | NWE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Spike Jones | BUF | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0 | ||||
| John Leypoldt | BUF | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |