Sunday, November 15, 1998
New England Patriots 10, Buffalo Bills 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (5-5-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Buffalo Bills (6-4-0) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BUF | Steve Christie 31 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | BUF | Steve Christie 20 yard field goal | 0 | 6 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 38 yard field goal | 3 | 6 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Jay Riemersma 10 yard pass from Doug Flutie (Steve Christie kick) | 3 | 13 |
| 4th | NWE | Tony Simmons 37 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 13 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 16-48-0 | 46-213-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-31-180-1-0 | 14-26-178-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-22 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 158 | 178 |
| Total yards | 206 | 391 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-34 | 6-43 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 12 | 31 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 4 | 70 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Robert Edwards | NWE | 14 | 50 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Tony Simmons | NWE | 2 | 48 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 2 | 36 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Lovett Purnell | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Sedrick Shaw | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Doug Flutie | BUF | 14 | 26 | 178 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Antowain Smith | BUF | 24 | 88 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 11 | 76 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 5 | 68 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Jay Riemersma | BUF | 4 | 51 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 3 | 29 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Sam Gash | BUF | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Johnson | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Chris Canty | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Clay | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | NWE | 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 | |||
| Phil Hansen | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lonnie Johnson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Williams | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||