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New England Patriots 10 at Buffalo Bills 17

Sunday, September 8, 1996

New England Patriots 10, Buffalo Bills 17

1234Final
New England Patriots (0-2-0)307010
Buffalo Bills (2-0-0)370717

Scoring

NWEBUF
1stNWEAdam Vinatieri 42 yard field goal30
BUFSteve Christie 33 yard field goal33
2ndBUFThurman Thomas 4 yard rush (Steve Christie kick)310
3rdNWETerry Glenn 37 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick)1010
4thBUFQuinn Early 63 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick)1017

Team Stats

NWEBUF
First downs2315
Rush-yards-TDs35-114-035-77-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT21-47-210-1-014-27-173-1-3
Sacked-yards4-312-19
Net pass yards179154
Total yards293231
Fumbles-lost4-20-0
Turnovers23
Penalties-yards4-5710-109

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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