| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Buffalo Bills (1-0-0) | 0 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 38 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Rich Stadium |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 66 degrees, relative humidity 73%, wind 12 mph |
| Vegas Line | Buffalo Bills -14.0 |
| Over/Under | 38.5 (over) |
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Bills | Steve Christie 28 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Bills | Bill Brooks 4 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| Patriots | Ben Coates 54 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Scott Sisson kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| Bills | Andre Reed 41 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Greg McMurtry 2 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Scott Sisson kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4th | Bills | Andre Reed 22 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) | 14 | 24 |
| Bills | Andre Reed 14 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) | 14 | 31 | |
| Bills | Russell Copeland 47 yard punt return (Steve Christie kick) | 14 | 38 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-133-0 | 42-177-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-30-148-2-1 | 13-22-167-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-13 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 135 | 157 |
| Total yards | 268 | 334 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-30 | 5-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leonard Russell | NWE | 23 | 81 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 14 | 30 | 148 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 10 | 44 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 1 | 54 | 1 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Greg McMurtry | NWE | 3 | 21 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Marv Cook | NWE | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Turner | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Andre Reed | BUF | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 110 | 3 | 41 | ||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 24 | 114 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 13 | 22 | 167 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bill Brooks | BUF | 3 | 27 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | BUF | 3 | 27 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Davis | BUF | 5 | 14 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Carwell Gardner | BUF | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Nate Turner | BUF | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Frank Reich | BUF | 3 | -3 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ray Agnew | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Crittenden | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reyna Thompson | NWE | 1 | 4 | 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 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Russell Copeland | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| James E. Williams | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mike Saxon | NWE | 7 | 298 | 42.6 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Steve Christie | BUF | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Mohr | BUF | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 0 | ||||