Sunday, December 16, 2001
New England Patriots 12, Buffalo Bills 9 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (9-5-0) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Buffalo Bills (2-11-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 32 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| 3rd | BUF | Shayne Graham 41 yard field goal | 6 | 3 |
| 4th | BUF | Shayne Graham 25 yard field goal | 6 | 6 |
| BUF | Shayne Graham 41 yard field goal | 6 | 9 | |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 25 yard field goal | 9 | 9 | |
| OT | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 23 yard field goal | 12 | 9 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-129-0 | 28-98-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-35-237-0-1 | 22-44-219-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-31 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 206 | 212 |
| Total yards | 335 | 310 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-60 | 4-30 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Brady | NWE | 19 | 35 | 237 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Antowain Smith | NWE | 20 | 95 | 0 | 38 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | ||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| David Patten | NWE | 3 | 65 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| J.R. Redmond | NWE | 3 | 45 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 3 | 27 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jermaine Wiggins | NWE | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Pass | NWE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Marc Edwards | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Alex Van Pelt | BUF | 22 | 44 | 219 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Travis Henry | BUF | 12 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Peerless Price | BUF | 4 | 67 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 6 | 50 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Bryson | BUF | 14 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jay Riemersma | BUF | 4 | 36 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Larry Centers | BUF | 2 | 29 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Morris | BUF | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Germany | BUF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | NWE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Patrick Pass | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Anthony Pleasant | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Shawn Bryson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nate Clements | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Erik Flowers | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jay Foreman | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Phil Hansen | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peerless Price | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Aaron Schobel | BUF | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Watson | BUF | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||