| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (7-4-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| New England Patriots (4-7-0) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Foxboro Stadium |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 34 degrees, relative humidity 46%, wind 14 mph, wind chill 24 |
| Vegas Line | Buffalo Bills -5.5 |
| Over/Under | 42.5 (over) |
| BUF | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bills | Thurman Thomas 3 yard rush (Scott Norwood kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Patriots | Jason Staurovsky 34 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| Patriots | Jason Staurovsky 24 yard field goal | 7 | 6 | |
| Bills | Scott Norwood 31 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Patrick Egu 15 yard rush (Jason Staurovsky kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4th | Bills | Larry Kinnebrew 1 yard rush (Scott Norwood kick) | 17 | 13 |
| Bills | Thurman Thomas 25 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 24 | 13 | |
| Patriots | Hart Lee Dykes 14 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Jason Staurovsky kick) | 24 | 20 | |
| Patriots | Jason Staurovsky 34 yard field goal | 24 | 23 | |
| Patriots | Maurice Hurst 16 yard interception return (Jason Staurovsky kick) | 24 | 30 | |
| Patriots | Jason Staurovsky 38 yard field goal | 24 | 33 |
| BUF | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-84-2 | 38-192-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-41-356-1-2 | 12-26-167-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-16 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 340 | 167 |
| Total yards | 424 | 359 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-4 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-89 | 6-33 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 21 | 41 | 356 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 22 | 73 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 98 | 1 | 28 | ||||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 6 | 107 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| James Lofton | BUF | 2 | 58 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Don Beebe | BUF | 4 | 49 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Keith McKeller | BUF | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Larry Kinnebrew | BUF | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | BUF | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Stephens | NWE | 23 | 126 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 37 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 12 | 26 | 167 | 1 | 3 | 37 | ||||||||
| Hart Lee Dykes | NWE | 3 | 53 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 13 | 48 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 3 | 25 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Egu | NWE | 2 | 18 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Eric Sievers | NWE | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Carlton Bailey | BUF | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Beebe | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark Kelso | BUF | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Rolle | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mickey Sutton | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Wright | BUF | 1 | 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 | |||
| Maurice Hurst | NWE | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Jeter | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kitrick Taylor | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Erroll Tucker | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brent Williams | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| John Kidd | BUF | 4 | 136 | 34.0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Norwood | BUF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Jeff Feagles | NWE | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 0 | ||||
| Jason Staurovsky | NWE | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |