Sunday, October 1, 1989
New England Patriots 10, Buffalo Bills 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (1-3-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Buffalo Bills (3-1-0) | 7 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Greg Davis 35 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Thurman Thomas 4 yard rush (Scott Norwood kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | BUF | Keith McKeller 39 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 3 | 14 |
| BUF | Pete Metzelaars 8 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 3 | 21 | |
| BUF | Scott Norwood 36 yard field goal | 3 | 24 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Cedric Jones 20 yard pass from Doug Flutie (Greg Davis kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4th | BUF | Thurman Thomas 74 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 10 | 31 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-124-0 | 31-115-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-41-176-1-1 | 12-17-278-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-21 | 3-22 |
| Net pass yards | 155 | 256 |
| Total yards | 279 | 371 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-68 | 7-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Doug Flutie | NWE | 15 | 41 | 176 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 15 | 68 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 4 | 48 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Hart Lee Dykes | NWE | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 3 | 28 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 2 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 7 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Eric Sievers | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Allen | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 21 | 105 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 99 | 1 | 74 | ||||||
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 12 | 17 | 278 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 4 | 114 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Keith McKeller | BUF | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | BUF | 3 | 26 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Davis | BUF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Jamie Mueller | 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 | |||
| Marvin Allen | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Rembert | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brent Williams | NWE | 2.0 | 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 | |||
| Nate Odomes | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leonard Smith | BUF | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Erroll Tucker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||