| New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 2, 1984 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 48528 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 73 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Starring 65 pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Derrick Ramsey 3 pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tony Collins 4 run (Tony Franklin kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Danelo 27 FG | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Preston Dennard 8 pass from Joe Ferguson (Joe Danelo kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Tony Hunter 9 pass from Joe Ferguson (Joe Danelo kick) | 21 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Cedric Jones |
| 81 | WR | Stephen Starring |
| 76 | LOT | Brian Holloway |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 58 | C | Pete Brock |
| 61 | ROG | Ron Wooten |
| 68 | ROT | Darryl Haley |
| 87 | TE | Lin Dawson |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 33 | FB | Tony Collins |
| 88 | HBK | Derrick Ramsey |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Kenneth Sims |
| 98 | NT | Dennis Owens |
| 90 | RDE | Toby Williams |
| 56 | LOLB | Andre Tippett |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 53 | RILB | Clayton Weishuhn |
| 55 | ROLB | Don Blackmon |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lippett |
| 38 | SS | Roland James |
| 25 | FS | Rick Sanford |
| 26 | RCB | Ray Clayborn |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Preston Dennard |
| 85 | WR | Byron Franklin |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 73 | ROG | Jon Borchardt |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 87 | TE | Tony Hunter |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 28 | RB | Greg Bell |
| 34 | FB | Booker Moore |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 91 | RDE | Ken Johnson |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 54 | RILB | Eugene Marve |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 36 | LCB | Rodney Bellinger |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 42 | FS | Rod Kush |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tony Collins | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Bell | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Booker Moore | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Van Williams | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Hunter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Speedy Neal | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 227 | 10.3 | 65t | 2 | 2 | 14 | 101.9 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 40 | 27 | 67.5 | 0 | 263 | 6.6 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 102.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Cedric Jones | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Tony Collins | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Lin Dawson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Byron Franklin | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Hunter | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Speedy Neal | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Mitchell Brookins | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Julius Dawkins | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8t | 1 |
| Booker Moore | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Charles Romes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Don Wilson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Jon Williams | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ricky Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Don Wilson | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Andre Tippett | 2.5 |
| Lester Williams | 0.5 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Rod Kush | 1.0 |
| Darryl Talley | 1.0 |
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