NE 10 @ BUF 17 - 1996 NFL

1996 Week 2

New England PatriotsNE

10-17

Buffalo BillsBUF

Sun, September 8, 1996 · 1:00PM · Rich Stadium

Attendance: 78,104Surface: astroturfLine: Buffalo Bills -4.5O/U: 41.5 (under)

NE: Bill Parcells · BUF: Marv Levy

Team Stats

BUF

1st Downs

35-114

Rushing

35-77

21-47-210

Passing

14-27-173

293

Scoring

1st Quarter

Adam Vinatieri 42 yard field goal

Steve Christie 33 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

Thurman Thomas 4 yard rush (Steve Christie kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NE
Passing
Drew Bledsoe	21/46	210	1	0	4	66.4
Tom Tupa	0/1	0	0	0	0	39.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Dave Meggett	4	17	0	12	1
Curtis Martin	28	90	0	13	0
Sam Gash	3	7	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Dave Meggett	6	4	35	0	14
Curtis Martin	6	4	20	0	10
Sam Gash	5	2	26	0	15
Terry Glenn	17	6	76	1	37
Ben Coates	6	3	31	0	12
Will Moore	1	1	11	0	11
Hason Graham	1	1	11	0	11
Dietrich Jells	2	0	0	0	0
BUF
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Jim Kelly	14/27	173	1	3	2	44.8
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Jim Kelly	1	-1	0	-1	0
Darick Holmes	15	49	0	6	0
Thurman Thomas	15	22	1	10	0
Eric Moulds	4	7	0	7	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Darick Holmes	2	2	7	0	4
Thurman Thomas	1	1	6	0	6
Eric Moulds	4	1	6	0	6
Quinn Early	8	6	119	1	63
Lonnie Johnson	7	3	21	0	9
Russell Copeland	2	1	14	0	14
Tony Cline	1	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NE
Chris Slade	10	6	1	1			0	0
Willie Clay	7	6	0	1			0	0
Ricky Reynolds	3	2	0	1			0	0
Willie McGinest	4	3	1	0			0	0
Ted Johnson	7	4	0					0
Terry Ray	7	3	0					0
Ty Law	6	5	0					0
Mark Wheeler	5	4	0					0
Devin Wyman	4	4	0					0
Mike Jones	3	2	0					0
Jimmy Hitchcock	2	2	0					0
Monty Brown	1	1	0					0
Dwayne Sabb	1	0	0					0
Larry Whigham	1	1	0					0
Dave Wohlabaugh			0					1
Todd Collins	2	2	0					0
BUF
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Bruce Smith	6	5	3	0			1	0
Phil Hansen	8	7	1	0			0	0
Chris Spielman	12	6	0					0
Ted Washington	10	6	0					0
Bryce Paup	7	7	0					0
Sam Rogers	7	4	0					0
Mark Maddox	6	3	0				1	0
Henry Jones	5	3	0					0
Kurt Schulz	4	3	0					0
Jeff Burris	3	2	0					0
Marlo Perry	3	3	0					0
Marlon Kerner	2	2	0					0
Ken Irvin	1	0	0					1
Thomas Smith	1	1	0					0
John Fina	0	0	0					1
Emanuel Martin	3	3	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NE
Adam Vinatieri	1/1	1/4	0	0	-	-
Tom Tupa	-	-	4	182	45.5	53
BUF
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Steve Christie	2/2	1/2	0	0	-	-
Chris Mohr	-	-	7	296	42.3	47

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NE
Dave Meggett	2	21	0	4	49	0
Troy Brown	1	17	0	0	0	0
BUF
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Russell Copeland	0	0	0	2	26	0
Eric Moulds	2	47	0	0	0	0

Expected Points Added

BUF

-7.0Total7.0

-5.2Off Total-12.1

-2.5Off Pass-5.3

-6.6Off Rush-6.2

12.1Def Total5.2

5.3Def Pass2.5

6.2Def Rush6.6

-10.2

Starting Lineups

QBDrew Bledsoe

RBCurtis Martin

FBSam Gash

WRTerry Glenn

WRDietrich Jells

TEBen Coates

LTBruce Armstrong

LGWilliam Roberts

CDave Wohlabaugh

RGBob Kratch

NE at BUF, 1996 NFL game