Sunday, October 26, 1986
New England Patriots 23, Buffalo Bills 3| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (5-3-0) | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Buffalo Bills (2-6-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Craig James 2 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | NWE | Tony Franklin 31 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| NWE | Robert Weathers 16 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 17 | 0 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Scott Norwood 26 yard field goal | 17 | 3 |
| NWE | Tony Franklin 27 yard field goal | 20 | 3 | |
| 4th | NWE | Tony Franklin 26 yard field goal | 23 | 3 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-125-2 | 23-77-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-26-206-0-0 | 15-34-181-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-33 | 5-34 |
| Net pass yards | 173 | 147 |
| Total yards | 298 | 224 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-97 | 8-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Eason | NWE | 17 | 26 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 9 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 3 | 49 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 3 | 47 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Robert Weathers | NWE | 6 | 30 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | NWE | 4 | 26 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Craig James | NWE | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Greg Baty | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Willie Scott | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 13 | 26 | 166 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 16 | 39 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| Ricky Moore | BUF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Chris Burkett | BUF | 2 | 33 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Eric Richardson | BUF | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | BUF | 3 | 26 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Butler | BUF | 2 | 24 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Frank Reich | BUF | 2 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||
| Carl Byrum | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Lippett | NWE | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Marion | NWE | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rembert | NWE | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Andre Tippett | NWE | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Garin Veris | NWE | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brent Williams | NWE | 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 | |||
| Rodney Bellinger | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sean McNanie | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Pitts | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Richardson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||