1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
New England	0	0	0	7	7
Buffalo	3	7	7	0	17

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
BUF		FG		STEVE CHRISTIE 28 YD, 13:28. Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 5:14. Key plays: Flutie 23-yard pass to Smith to New England 43; 42-yard pass interference penalty on Patriots' Carter to New England 8. BUFFALO 3-0
2ND QUARTER
BUF		TD		ERIC MOULDS 54 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 13:59. Drive: 2 plays, 58 yards in 0:36. BUFFALO 10-0
3RD QUARTER
BUF		TD		SAM GASH 31 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 4:39. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards in 1:20. Key plays: Flutie 45-yard pass to Collins to New England 31. BUFFALO 17-0
4TH QUARTER
NWE		TD		TERRY GLENN 45 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 12:19. Drive: 3 plays, 67 yards in 0:40. Key plays: Bledsoe 17-yard pass to Warren to midfield. BUFFALO 17-7

TEAM STATISTICS

	NWE	BUF
FIRST DOWNS 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY TOTAL NET YARDS Total plays Average gain NET YARDS RUSHING Rushes Average per rush NET YARDS PASSING Completed-attempted Yards per pass Sacked-yards lost PUNTS-AVERAGE RETURN YARDAGE Punts-returns Kickoffs-returns Interceptions-returns PENALTIES-YARDS FUMBLES-LOST TIME OF POSSESSION	17 3-13 3-4 267 65 4.1 93 25 3.7 174 18-34 4.4 6-31 6-35.3 105 3-34 4-71 0-0 8-101 2-1 30:46	13 2-10 1-2 294 51 5.8 92 34 2.7 202 9-16 11.9 1-5 5-41.4 33 1-6 1-26 1-1 6-39 2-1 29:14

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New England rushing
Terry Allen 13-47, Kevin Faulk 7-22, Lee Johnson 1-13, Drew Bledsoe 2-6, Lamont Warren 2-5.
Buffalo rushing
Jonathan Linton 17-67, Antowain Smith 9-21, Lennox Gordon 3-18, Doug Flutie 4-minus 7, Peerless Price 1-minus 7.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 18-34 for 205 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 9-16 for 207 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
New England receiving
Terry Glenn 3-69, Shawn Jefferson 3-36, Lamont Warren 3-34, Kevin Faulk 2-15, Ben Coates 2-14, Tony Carter 2-9, Troy Brown 1-11, Tony Simmons 1-10, Rod Rutledge 1-7.
Buffalo receiving
Jonathan Linton 3-37, Eric Moulds 1-54, Bobby Collins 1-45, Sam Gash 1-31, Antowain Smith 1-23, Andre Reed 1-10, Peerless Price 1-7.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Tedy Bruschi 9-2-0, Lawyer Milloy 4-2-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 3-2-0, Steve Israel 4-0-0, Willie Mcginest 3-1-1, Ferric Collons 3-1-0, Sterling Palmer 3-1-0, Chad Eaton 2-1-0, Chris Carter 2-0-0, Chris Slade 2-0-0, Henry Thomas 2-0-0, Kato Serwanga 1-0-0, Brandon Mitchell 1-0-0, Chris Sullivan 1-0-0, Tebucky Jones 1-0-0, Larry Whigham 1-0-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Cowart 7-1-0, John Holecek 6-0-0, Marlo Perry 5-1-1, Henry Jones 5-0-0, Ken Irvin 4-0-0, Gabe Northern 3-1-0.5, Sam Rogers 3-1-0.5, Ted Washington 3-0-2, Pat Williams 2-0-0, Shawn Price 2-0-0, Phil Hansen 2-0-1, Marcellus Wiley 1-1-0.5, Thomas Smith 1-0-0, Donovan Greer 0-1-0, Sean Moran 0-1-0.5, Bruce Smith 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Buffalo (Ken Irvin 1 for 1 yards).
Fumbles lost
New England (Kevin Faulk); Buffalo (Jonathan Linton).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New England (Steve Israel); Buffalo (Sam Rogers).
Officials
Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Michael Spanier, Field judge-Jim Saracino, Side judge-Laird Hayes, Back judge-Don Carey.
A: 72,111; T: 2:55.