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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills - September 2nd, 1984
New England Patriots 21 at Buffalo Bills 17
Sunday, September 2, 1984
New England Patriots 21, Buffalo Bills 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (1-0-0) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-1-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Stephen Starring 65 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NWE | Derrick Ramsey 3 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Tony Collins 4 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 21 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Danelo 27 yard field goal | 21 | 3 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Preston Dennard 8 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Joe Danelo kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4th | BUF | Tony Hunter 9 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Joe Danelo kick) | 21 | 17 |
Team Stats
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-102-1 | 29-94-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-22-227-2-1 | 27-40-263-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 3-31 |
| Net pass yards | 213 | 232 |
| Total yards | 315 | 326 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-43 | 4-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 12 | 22 | 227 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 21 | 83 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 3 | 105 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 4 | 71 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 5 | 23 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Ramsey | NWE | 2 | 13 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 27 | 40 | 263 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Byron Franklin | BUF | 10 | 96 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Tony Hunter | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| Booker Moore | BUF | 4 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Speedy Neal | BUF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Mitchell Brookins | BUF | 3 | 30 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Greg Bell | BUF | 12 | 29 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Van Williams | BUF | 7 | 16 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Julius Dawkins | BUF | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Preston Dennard | BUF | 2 | 15 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Ricky Smith | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Andre Tippett | NWE | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jon Williams | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lester Williams | NWE | 0.5 | 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 | |||
| Rod Kush | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charles Romes | BUF | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Darryl Talley | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Don Wilson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||