New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills

November 3, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New England Patriots	7	10	14	7	38
Buffalo Bills	0	7	0	0	7

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
4:33	NE	TD	Christian Fauria 5 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 7, Buf 0
2nd Quarter
2:06	NE	TD	Antowain Smith 13 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 14, Buf 0
11:11	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 46	NE 17, Buf 0
14:50	Buf	TD	Peerless Price 1 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Mike Hollis Kick)	NE 17, Buf 7
3rd Quarter
7:27	NE	TD	Kevin Faulk 45 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 24, Buf 7
14:06	NE	TD	Antowain Smith 2 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 31, Buf 7
4th Quarter
8:08	NE	TD	Antowain Smith 14 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 38, Buf 7

Missed Field Goals: Buf - Mike Hollis 50, 25, 45

Attendance: 73,448

Team Statistics

New England Patriots Buffalo Bills

First downs 23 28

Rushes - yards 36 - 159 13 - 65

Passing 263 266

Punt returns 1 - 18 0 - 0

Kickoff returns 2 - 39 6 - 125

Interception returns 1 - 29 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 22 - 26 - 0 28 - 45 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 1 - 2 4 - 36

Punts 1 - 36.0 3 - 31.0

Fumbles - lost 0 - 0 1 - 0

Penalties - yards 8 - 59 5 - 59

Time of possession 34:18 25:42

Passing

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

Tom Brady 26 22 265 10.19 3 0 31 1 2 147.6

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

Drew Bledsoe 45 28 302 6.71 1 1 22 4 36 80.0

Rushing

New England Patriots Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Antowain Smith 29 111 3.8 17 1

Kevin Faulk 4 53 13.3 45t 1

Marc Edwards 1 0 0.0 0 0

Tom Brady 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0

Deion Branch 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0

Buffalo Bills Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Travis Henry 11 53 4.8 22 0

Larry Centers 1 10 10.0 10 0

Drew Bledsoe 1 2 2.0 2 0

Receiving

New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

David Patten 6 88 14.7 19 0

Antowain Smith 5 31 6.2 14t 2

Daniel Graham 3 68 22.7 31 0

Troy Brown 3 38 12.7 14 0

Christian Fauria 2 8 4.0 5t 1

Kevin Faulk 1 19 19.0 19 0

Marc Edwards 1 10 10.0 10 0

Cameron Cleeland 1 3 3.0 3 0

Buffalo Bills Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Peerless Price 9 98 10.9 20 1

Larry Centers 6 56 9.3 17 0

Eric Moulds 5 68 13.6 22 0

Travis Henry 3 12 4.0 7 0

Sammy Morris 2 32 16.0 18 0

Josh Reed 2 24 12.0 21 0

Dave Moore 1 12 12.0 12 0

Kickoff Returns

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deion Branch 2 39 19.5 0 20 0

Buffalo Bills Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Charlie Rogers 5 107 21.4 0 28 0

Phillip Crosby 1 18 18.0 0 18 0

Punt Returns

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deion Branch 1 18 18.0 0 18 0

Troy Brown 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

Kevin Faulk 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

Buffalo Bills Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Charlie Rogers 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

Punting

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

Ken Walter 1 36 36.0 36 0 1 0 36.0 0 0

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

Brian Moorman 3 93 31.0 40 0 1 0 25.0 1 18

Defense

New England Patriots Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Ty Law 1 29 29.0 29 0 0.0 0.0

Ted Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 7.0

Willie McGinest 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 15.0

Mike Vrabel 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6.0

Richard Seymour 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 8.0

Buffalo Bills Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Aaron Schobel 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 1.0

Grant Irons 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 1.0

2002 NFL Scoreboard
Week 9

Sun, Nov 3, 2002

Dallas
Detroit 7
9 Final

New England
Buffalo 38
7 Final

Baltimore
Atlanta 17
20 Final

Philadelphia
Chicago 19
13 Final

Cincinnati
Houston 38
3 Final

Pittsburgh
Cleveland 23
20 Final

Minnesota
Tampa Bay 24
38 Final

Tennessee
Indianapolis 23
15 Final

NY Jets
San Diego 44
13 Final

Washington
Seattle 14
3 Final

San Francisco
Oakland 23
20 F/OT

St. Louis
Arizona 27
14 Final

Jacksonville
NY Giants 17
24 Final

Mon, Nov 4, 2002

Miami
Green Bay 10
24 Final

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