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Buffalo Bills 2 at New England Patriots 24
Sunday, December 14, 1980
Buffalo Bills 2, New England Patriots 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (10-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| New England Patriots (9-6-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
Scoring
| BUF | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Vagas Ferguson 9 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NWE | Russ Francis 5 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3rd | NWE | Andy Johnson 13 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 0 | 21 |
| BUF | Safety, Hubach tackled in end zone | 2 | 21 | |
| 4th | NWE | John Smith 27 yard field goal | 2 | 24 |
Team Stats
| BUF | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 8 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-108-0 | 47-195-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-22-115-0-1 | 12-19-136-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 8-62 | 2-7 |
| Net pass yards | 53 | 129 |
| Total yards | 161 | 324 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-63 | 3-20 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Cribbs | BUF | 12 | 57 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dan Manucci | BUF | 5 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 6 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Jerry Butler | BUF | 4 | 43 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| David Humm | BUF | 4 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Duke Fergerson | BUF | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ron Jessie | BUF | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| Terry Miller | BUF | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | BUF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Matt Cavanaugh | NWE | 12 | 19 | 136 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Vagas Ferguson | NWE | 20 | 81 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 4 | 49 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 9 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 8 | 22 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Allan Clark | NWE | 2 | 19 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Hubach | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Freeman | BUF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Keating | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Simpson | BUF | 1 | 13 | 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 | |||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod Shoate | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||