New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills

December 16, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Final
New England Patriots	3	3	0	3	3	12
Buffalo Bills	0	0	3	6	0	9

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
10:58	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 40	NE 3, Buf 0
2nd Quarter
14:07	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 32	NE 6, Buf 0
3rd Quarter
3:47	Buf	FG	FG Shayne Graham 41	NE 6, Buf 3
4th Quarter
4:22	Buf	FG	FG Shayne Graham 25	Buf 6, NE 6
9:03	Buf	FG	FG Shayne Graham 41	Buf 9, NE 6
12:15	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 25	Buf 9, NE 9
Overtime
5:45	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 23	NE 12, Buf 9

Missed Field Goals: Buf - Shayne Graham 43

Attendance: 45,527

Team Statistics

New England Patriots Buffalo Bills

First downs 17 19

Rushes - yards 27 - 129 28 - 98

Passing 206 212

Punt returns 5 - 40 2 - -2

Kickoff returns 4 - 88 5 - 94

Interception returns 1 - 21 1 - 23

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 19 - 35 - 1 22 - 44 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 5 - 31 1 - 7

Punts 7 - 41.0 8 - 41.0

Fumbles - lost 2 - 1 2 - 0

Penalties - yards 7 - 60 4 - 30

Time of possession 32:48 32:57

Passing

New England Patriots Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Tom Brady 35 19 237 6.77 0 1 40 5 31 63.6

Buffalo Bills Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Alex Van Pelt 44 22 219 4.98 0 1 33 1 7 55.0

Rushing

New England Patriots Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Antowain Smith 20 95 4.8 38 0

Tom Brady 3 13 4.3 12 0

Kevin Faulk 2 10 5.0 7 0

Troy Brown 1 9 9.0 9 0

Marc Edwards 1 2 2.0 2 0

Buffalo Bills Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Travis Henry 12 54 4.5 14 0

Shawn Bryson 14 38 2.7 6 0

Alex Van Pelt 2 6 3.0 4 0

Receiving

New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Troy Brown 5 62 12.4 26 0

David Patten 3 65 21.7 40 0

J.R. Redmond 3 45 15.0 17 0

Terry Glenn 3 27 9.0 19 0

Jermaine Wiggins 1 25 25.0 25 0

Patrick Pass 1 13 13.0 13 0

Marc Edwards 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kevin Faulk 1 2 2.0 2 0

Antowain Smith 1 -5 -5.0 -5 0

Buffalo Bills Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Eric Moulds 6 50 8.3 13 0

Peerless Price 4 67 16.8 33 0

Jay Riemersma 4 36 9.0 13 0

Shawn Bryson 3 12 4.0 11 0

Larry Centers 2 29 14.5 21 0

Travis Henry 1 14 14.0 14 0

Sammy Morris 1 8 8.0 8 0

Reggie Germany 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kickoff Returns

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Patrick Pass 4 88 22.0 0 27 0

Buffalo Bills Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Shawn Bryson 5 94 18.8 0 25 0

Punt Returns

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Troy Brown 4 33 8.3 0 15 0

Kevin Faulk 1 7 7.0 0 7 0

Buffalo Bills Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Nate Clements 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

Peerless Price 2 -2 -1.0 2 3 0

Punting

New England Patriots Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Ken Walter 7 287 41.0 48 0 5 0 41.3 2 -2

Buffalo Bills Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Brian Moorman 8 328 41.0 58 1 1 0 33.5 5 40

Defense

New England Patriots Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Lawyer Milloy 1 21 21.0 21 0 0.0 0.0

Anthony Pleasant 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

Buffalo Bills Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Chris Watson 1 23 23.0 23 0 0.0 0.0

Jay Foreman 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 5.0

Aaron Schobel 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 13.0

Phil Hansen 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

Nate Clements 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 1.0

Erik Flowers 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 5.0

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 14

Sat, Dec 15, 2001

Arizona
NY Giants 13
17 Final

Oakland
San Diego 13
6 Final

Sun, Dec 16, 2001

New England
Buffalo 12
9 F/OT

Tampa Bay
Chicago 3
27 Final

Jacksonville
Cleveland 15
10 Final

Minnesota
Detroit 24
27 Final

Atlanta
Indianapolis 27
41 Final

Denver
Kansas City 23
26 F/OT

Cincinnati
NY Jets 14
15 Final

Miami
San Francisco 0
21 Final

Dallas
Seattle 3
29 Final

Philadelphia
Washington 20
6 Final

Green Bay
Tennessee 20
26 Final

Pittsburgh
Baltimore 26
21 Final

Mon, Dec 17, 2001

St. Louis
New Orleans 34
21 Final

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