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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots - December 10th, 1978
Buffalo Bills 24 at New England Patriots 26
Sunday, December 10, 1978
Buffalo Bills 24, New England Patriots 26| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (4-11-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| New England Patriots (11-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
Scoring
| BUF | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | BUF | Roland Hooks 28 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NWE | Sam Cunningham 4 yard rush (David Posey kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| BUF | Tom Dempsey 26 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Terry Miller 32 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) | 17 | 7 |
| NWE | Steve Grogan 4 yard rush (David Posey kick) | 17 | 14 | |
| 4th | NWE | Horace Ivory 20 yard rush (David Posey kick) | 17 | 21 |
| BUF | Frank Lewis 21 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 24 | 21 | |
| NWE | Safety, Fox ran Jackson out of end zone | 24 | 23 | |
| NWE | David Posey 21 yard field goal | 24 | 26 |
Team Stats
| BUF | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-184-2 | 51-249-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-24-133-1-1 | 13-21-160-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 1-6 |
| Net pass yards | 123 | 154 |
| Total yards | 307 | 403 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-40 | 2-15 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 9 | 53 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Terry Miller | BUF | 14 | 74 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 9 | 24 | 133 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 7 | 49 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Dennis D. Johnson | BUF | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 4 | 40 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Rusty Jackson | BUF | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 13 | 21 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 23 | ||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 16 | 91 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 19 | 76 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 52 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 8 | 38 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 3 | 38 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 2 | 30 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mike Franckowiak | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis D. Johnson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Moody | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||