| New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 8, 1996 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 78104 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 66 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Buffalo Bills | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 42 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Steve Christie 33 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Thurman Thomas 4 run (Steve Christie kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Terry Glenn 37 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Quinn Early 63 pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) | 10 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Curtis Martin | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| NE | Sam Gash | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Darick Holmes | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| BUF | Thurman Thomas | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 10 | 1 |
| BUF | Eric Moulds | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Jim Kelly | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Drew Bledsoe | 46 | 21 | 45.7 | 0 | 210 | 4.6 | 37t | 1 | 4 | 31 | 66.4 |
| NE | Tom Tupa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| BUF | Jim Kelly | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 3 | 173 | 6.4 | 63t | 1 | 2 | 19 | 44.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Terry Glenn | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 37t | 1 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 |
| NE | Curtis Martin | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NE | Ben Coates | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| NE | Sam Gash | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| NE | Ha'son Graham | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| NE | Will Moore | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| BUF | Quinn Early | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 63t | 1 |
| BUF | Lonnie Johnson | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| BUF | Darick Holmes | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| BUF | Russell Copeland | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| BUF | Eric Moulds | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| BUF | Thurman Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Willie Clay | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| NE | Ricky Reynolds | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NE | Chris Slade | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Tom Tupa | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 53 | 0 |
| BUF | Chris Mohr | 7 | 296 | 42.3 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 4 | 0 | 49 | 12.3 | 27 | 0 |
| BUF | Russell Copeland | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| NE | Adam Vinatieri | 4 | 275 | 68.8 | 2 |
| BUF | Steve Christie | 3 | 189 | 63.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| NE | Troy Brown | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| BUF | Eric Moulds | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NE | Willie McGinest | 1.0 |
| NE | Chris Slade | 1.0 |
| BUF | Bruce Smith | 3.0 |
| BUF | Phil Hansen | 1.0 |
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