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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills - October 23rd, 1988
New England Patriots 20 at Buffalo Bills 23
Sunday, October 23, 1988
New England Patriots 20, Buffalo Bills 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (3-5-0) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Buffalo Bills (7-1-0) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
Scoring
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Irving Fryar 12 yard pass from Doug Flutie (Teddy Garcia kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Robb Riddick 1 yard rush (Scott Norwood kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | BUF | Scott Norwood 30 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| NWE | John Stephens 11 yard rush (kick failed) | 13 | 10 | |
| BUF | Scott Norwood 35 yard field goal | 13 | 13 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Pete Metzelaars 10 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 4th | NWE | Bob Perryman 1 yard rush (Teddy Garcia kick) | 20 | 20 |
| BUF | Scott Norwood 33 yard field goal | 20 | 23 |
Team Stats
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-176-2 | 36-190-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 5-16-58-1-0 | 12-18-165-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-11 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 47 | 149 |
| Total yards | 223 | 339 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-45 | 9-58 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Stephens | NWE | 25 | 134 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Doug Flutie | NWE | 5 | 16 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 9 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 6 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Trumaine Johnson | BUF | 6 | 132 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 12 | 18 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 20 | 84 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Carl Byrum | BUF | 6 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Robb Riddick | BUF | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | BUF | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Marvin Allen | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Goad | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Andre Tippett | 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 | |||
| Cornelius Bennett | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Butch Rolle | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Art Still | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Erroll Tucker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||