| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: October 12, 1997 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 59802 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 63 F Humidty: % Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| New England Patriots | 10 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Ben Coates 20 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 20 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 23 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 41 FG | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 52 FG | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Curtis Martin 26 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Keith Byars 4 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Darick Holmes 1 run (Darick Holmes run failed) | 6 | 33 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Darick Holmes | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 19 | 1 |
| BUF | Thurman Thomas | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| BUF | Antowain Smith | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| BUF | Billy Joe Hobert | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| NE | Curtis Martin | 22 | 99 | 4.5 | 26t | 1 |
| NE | Marrio Grier | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Keith Byars | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NE | Derrick Cullors | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NE | Drew Bledsoe | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| NE | Scott Zolak | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BUF | Billy Joe Hobert | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 2 | 133 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 40.0 |
| BUF | Alex Van Pelt | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 22 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 |
| BUF | Todd Collins | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39.6 |
| NE | Drew Bledsoe | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 1 | 181 | 6.7 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 82.5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Quinn Early | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| BUF | Andre Reed | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| BUF | Antowain Smith | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| BUF | Lonnie Johnson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Darick Holmes | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| BUF | Jay Riemersma | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| BUF | Thurman Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NE | Ben Coates | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 30 | 1 |
| NE | Terry Glenn | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 |
| NE | Sam Gash | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| NE | Shawn Jefferson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| NE | Vincent Brisby | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| NE | Keith Byars | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| NE | Curtis Martin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Marlo Perry | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NE | Ty Law | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| NE | Willie Clay | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| NE | Marty Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NE | Lawyer Milloy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BUF | Chris Mohr | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 50 | 0 |
| NE | Tom Tupa | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Eric Moulds | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 5 | 1 | 54 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| BUF | Steve Christie | 2 | 129 | 64.5 | 0 |
| NE | Adam Vinatieri | 8 | 511 | 63.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Eric Moulds | 8 | 151 | 18.9 | 38 | 0 |
| NE | Derrick Cullors | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 33 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| BUF | Bruce Smith | 1.0 |
| NE | Chris Slade | 2.0 |
| NE | Tedy Bruschi | 1.0 |
| NE | Mark Wheeler | 1.0 |
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