| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1987 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Sullivan Stadium Attendance: 11878 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 47 F Humidty: % Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Carl Woods 4 run (Tony Franklin kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Bob Bleier 1 run (Tony Franklin kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Thad McFadden 13 pass from Willie Totten (Todd Schlopy kick) | 7 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Sheldon Gaines |
| 89 | WR | Thad McFadden |
| 71 | LOT | Sean Dowling |
| 63 | LOG | Rick Schulte |
| 55 | C | Mark Shupe |
| 51 | ROG | Kevin Lamar |
| 72 | ROT | Donnie Sommer |
| 84 | TE | Veno Belk |
| 17 | QB | Willie Totten |
| 35 | RB | Carl Byrum |
| 49 | FB | Bruce King |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Richard Tharpe |
| 93 | NT | Scott Hernandez |
| 94 | RDE | Billy Witt |
| 53 | LOLB | Scott Watters |
| 92 | LILB | Will Cokeley |
| 50 | RILB | Bob LeBlanc |
| 52 | ROLB | Scott Schankweiler |
| 23 | LCB | Kerry Parker |
| 20 | SS | John Armstrong |
| 42 | FS | Durwood Roquemore |
| 25 | RCB | David Martin |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Wayne Coffey |
| 80 | WR | Larry Linne |
| 63 | LOT | George Colton |
| 62 | LOG | Sean Farrell |
| 75 | C | Guy Morriss |
| 64 | ROG | Darren Twombly |
| 61 | ROT | Greg Robinson |
| 44 | TE | Todd Frain |
| 10 | QB | Bob Bleier |
| 40 | RB | Mike LeBlanc |
| 24 | FB | Bruce Hansen |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ben Reed |
| 97 | NT | John Guzik |
| 99 | RDE | Steve Wilburn |
| 51 | LOLB | Mel Black |
| 52 | LILB | Jerry McCabe |
| 54 | RILB | Greg Moore |
| 91 | ROLB | Rogers Alexander |
| 45 | LCB | Joe Peterson |
| 42 | SS | Ron Shegog |
| 41 | FS | Darryl Holmes |
| 26 | RCB | Ray Clayborn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Carl Byrum | 19 | 59 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Bruce King | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Rick Partridge | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Willie Totten | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Shepherd | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Leonard Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike LeBlanc | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Bruce Hansen | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Carl Woods | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Chuck McSwain | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Bleier | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Willie Totten | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 2 | 84 | 4.0 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 30.8 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Bob Bleier | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 1 | 43 | 3.3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marc Brown | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Sheldon Gaines | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Thad McFadden | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Veno Belk | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bruce King | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Shepherd | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carl Byrum | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Larry Linne | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Todd Frain | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Scott Schankweiler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Joe Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 6 | 240 | 40.0 | 44 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Alan Herline | 9 | 311 | 34.6 | 50 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Thad McFadden | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Linne | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Thad McFadden | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mike LeBlanc | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| New England Patriots | |
| Dino Mangiero | 1.0 |
| Murray Wichard | 0.5 |
| Steve Wilburn | 0.5 |
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