NE 31 @ BUF 10 - 1997 NFL

1997 Week 11

New England PatriotsNE

31-10

Buffalo BillsBUF

Sun, November 9, 1997 · 4:00PM · Rich Stadium

Attendance: 65,783Surface: astroturfLine: New England Patriots -3.0O/U: 41.5 (under)

NE: Pete Carroll · BUF: Marv Levy

Team Stats

BUF

1st Downs

32-103

Rushing

27-122

15-22-200

Passing

15-33-127

267

Scoring

1st Quarter

Steve Christie 23 yard field goal

5:40

Derrick Cullors 86 yard kickoff return (Adam Vinatieri kick)

2nd Quarter

Adam Vinatieri 42 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NE
Passing
Drew Bledsoe	15/22	200	1	0	3	111.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Curtis Martin	26	93	1	32	0
Keith Byars	2	5	0	4	0
Marrio Grier	4	5	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Dave Meggett	2	2	10	0	5
Curtis Martin	3	1	14	0	14
Troy Brown	2	2	61	0	50
Terry Glenn	4	3	59	0	40
Shawn Jefferson	2	2	33	0	18
Ben Coates	3	3	17	1	7
Sam Gash	2	2	6	0	4
Lovett Purnell	1	0	0	0	0
BUF
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Todd Collins	12/21	89	0	1	1	47.5
Alex Van Pelt	3/12	38	0	3	1	0.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Todd Collins	1	5	0	5	0
Alex Van Pelt	2	8	0	8	0
Antowain Smith	12	43	1	20	0
Thurman Thomas	8	41	0	17	0
Darick Holmes	4	25	0	17	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Andre Reed	7	3	21	0	9
Antowain Smith	1	1	1	0	1
Darick Holmes	1	1	6	0	6
Lonnie Johnson	5	4	34	0	13
Tony Cline	1	1	29	0	29
Quinn Early	9	3	25	0	17
Eric Moulds	2	1	9	0	9
Jay Riemersma	3	1	2	0	2

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NE
Chris Slade	5	5	0	1			0	0
Jimmy Hitchcock	4	4	0	1			0	0
Willie Clay	3	3	0	1			0	0
Ty Law	1	1	0	1			0	0
Willie McGinest	3	3	1	0			0	0
Henry Thomas	2	2	1	0			0	0
Dave Meggett			0	0			0	1
Lawyer Milloy	5	4	0					0
Tedy Bruschi	4	3	0					0
Ted Johnson	3	3	0					0
Mark Wheeler	3	1	0					0
Mike Jones	2	2	0					0
Chris Sullivan	2	1	0					0
Chad Eaton	1	1	0					0
Larry Whigham	1	0	0					0
Max Lane			0					1
Lovett Purnell			0					1
Todd Collins	6	5	0					0
BUF
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Bryce Paup	2	1	1.5	0			0	0
Phil Hansen	9	6	0.5	0			1	0
John Holecek	8	5	0.5	0			0	0
Jeff Burris	3	2	0	0			0	0
Ted Washington	3	2	0.5					0
Henry Jones	7	4	0					0
Sean Moran	5	3	0					0
Mark Maddox	4	2	0					0
Marcellus Wiley	4	4	0				1	0
Dan Brandenburg	3	2	0					0
Marlon Kerner	3	1	0					0
Gabe Northern	2	0	0					0
Shawn Price	2	2	0					0
Sam Rogers	2	2	0					0
Kurt Schulz	2	2	0					0
Bruce Smith	2	2	0					0
Thomas Smith	2	1	0					0
Jim Jeffcoat	1	1	0					0
Emanuel Martin	1	0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NE
Adam Vinatieri	4/4	1/3	0	0	-	-
Tom Tupa	-	-	6	233	38.8	50
BUF
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Steve Christie	1/1	1/1	0	0	-	-
Chris Mohr	-	-	5	226	45.2	52

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NE
Dave Meggett	1	23	0	3	16	0
Derrick Cullors	2	134	1	0	0	0
BUF
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Jeff Burris	0	0	0	1	20	0
Darick Holmes	6	107	0	0	0	0

Expected Points Added

BUF

21.0Total-21.0

-3.7Off Total-24.2

-1.0Off Pass-15.4

-7.3Off Rush-2.5

24.2Def Total3.7

15.4Def Pass1.0

2.5Def Rush7.3

-1.5

Starting Lineups

QBDrew Bledsoe

RBCurtis Martin

FBSam Gash

WRTerry Glenn

WRShawn Jefferson

TEBen Coates

LTBruce Armstrong

LGHeath Irwin

CDave Wohlabaugh

RGTodd Rucci

RTMax Lane

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