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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills - September 8th, 1996
New England Patriots 10 at Buffalo Bills 17
Sunday, September 8, 1996
New England Patriots 10, Buffalo Bills 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (0-2-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Buffalo Bills (2-0-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 42 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Steve Christie 33 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | BUF | Thurman Thomas 4 yard rush (Steve Christie kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 3rd | NWE | Terry Glenn 37 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4th | BUF | Quinn Early 63 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) | 10 | 17 |
Team Stats
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-114-0 | 35-77-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-47-210-1-0 | 14-27-173-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-31 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 179 | 154 |
| Total yards | 293 | 231 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-57 | 10-109 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 28 | 90 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 21 | 46 | 210 | 1 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 6 | 76 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 4 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 3 | 31 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Will Moore | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Hason Graham | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Quinn Early | BUF | 6 | 119 | 1 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 14 | 27 | 173 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Darick Holmes | BUF | 15 | 49 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 15 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Lonnie Johnson | BUF | 3 | 21 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Russell Copeland | BUF | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
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 | |||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Clay | NWE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ricky Reynolds | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Russell Copeland | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Phil Hansen | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||