| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (3-7-0) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Buffalo Bills (6-4-0) | 14 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bills | Reuben Gant 19 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Bills | J.D. Hill 77 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| Patriots | Sam Cunningham 10 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Sam Cunningham 11 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 14 | 14 |
| Bills | O.J. Simpson 2 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| Bills | John Leypoldt 28 yard field goal | 14 | 24 | |
| Patriots | Russ Francis 21 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 21 | 24 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 28 | 24 |
| Bills | O.J. Simpson 3 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 28 | 31 | |
| 4th | Patriots | John Smith 34 yard field goal | 31 | 31 |
| Bills | O.J. Simpson 1 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 38 | |
| Bills | O.J. Simpson 3 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 45 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-138-2 | 40-153-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-46-365-2-3 | 16-32-276-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 2-13 |
| Net pass yards | 360 | 263 |
| Total yards | 498 | 416 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-67 | 8-65 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 25 | 46 | 365 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 7 | 125 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 19 | 100 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 5 | 96 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 7 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 3 | 47 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Elmo Wright | NWE | 4 | 46 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 4 | 147 | 1 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 16 | 32 | 276 | 4 | 1 | 77 | ||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 13 | 84 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 27 | 69 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 6 | 78 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Allen Carter | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Howard | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leon McQuay | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | |||
| Steve Freeman | BUF | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Greene | BUF | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Hayman | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reggie McKenzie | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steven Schnarr | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ike Thomas | BUF | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vic Washington | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mike Patrick | NWE | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 0 | ||||
| John Smith | NWE | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Marv Bateman | BUF | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 0 | ||||
| John Leypoldt | BUF | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |