Sunday, October 3, 2004
New England Patriots 31, Buffalo Bills 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (3-0-0) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-3-0) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Corey Dillon 15 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Rian Lindell 33 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 42 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| BUF | Terrence McGee 98 yard kickoff return (Rian Lindell kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| 2nd | BUF | Eric Moulds 41 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Rian Lindell kick) | 10 | 17 |
| NWE | David Patten 30 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| 4th | NWE | Daniel Graham 2 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 17 |
| NWE | Richard Seymour 68 yard fumble return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 17 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-99-1 | 27-123-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-30-298-2-0 | 18-30-247-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 6-33 |
| Net pass yards | 298 | 214 |
| Total yards | 397 | 337 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-77 | 11-94 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Brady | NWE | 17 | 30 | 298 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| David Patten | NWE | 5 | 113 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Corey Dillon | NWE | 19 | 79 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| David Givens | NWE | 4 | 86 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Daniel Graham | NWE | 2 | 35 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Christian Fauria | NWE | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Pass | NWE | 5 | 18 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Bethel Johnson | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 10 | 126 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | BUF | 18 | 30 | 247 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 1 | -15 | 0 | -15 | ||||
| Travis Henry | BUF | 24 | 98 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Lee Evans | BUF | 4 | 93 | 0 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Brian Moorman | BUF | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Sam Aiken | BUF | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ryan Neufeld | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Josh Reed | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rosevelt Colvin | NWE | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bethel Johnson | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roman Phifer | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tyrone Poole | NWE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Richard Seymour | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Vrabel | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vince Wilfork | 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 | |||
| Nate Clements | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Terrence McGee | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Daimon Shelton | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||