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New England Patriots 31 at Buffalo Bills 10
Sunday, November 9, 1997
New England Patriots 31, Buffalo Bills 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (6-4-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Buffalo Bills (5-5-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| NWE | BUF | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | Steve Christie 23 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| NWE | Derrick Cullors 86 yard kickoff return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 3 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 42 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| NWE | Ben Coates 6 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 3 |
| NWE | Chris Slade 1 yard interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 3 |
| BUF | Antowain Smith 1 yard rush (Steve Christie kick) | 24 | 10 |
| NWE | Curtis Martin 1 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 10 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-103-1 | 27-122-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-22-200-1-0 | 15-33-127-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-36 | 2-8 |
| Net pass yards | 164 | 119 |
| Total yards | 267 | 241 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-48 | 9-46 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 26 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 15 | 22 | 200 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 3 | 59 | 0 | ||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 3 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Todd Collins | BUF | 12 | 21 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Antowain Smith | BUF | 12 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 8 | 41 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lonnie Johnson | BUF | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||||||||
| Darick Holmes | BUF | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Tony Cline | BUF | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||
| Alex Van Pelt | BUF | 3 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Quinn Early | BUF | 3 | 25 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jay Riemersma | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||