Sunday, October 26, 1980
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | John Smith 41 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Bills | Frank Lewis 14 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 7 |
| Bills | Frank Lewis 12 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Russ Francis 26 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 10 | 14 |
| Patriots | John Smith 32 yard field goal | 13 | 14 | |
| 4th | Bills | Nick Mike-Mayer 23 yard field goal | 13 | 17 |
| Bills | Joe Cribbs 16 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 24 | |
| Bills | Joe Cribbs 5 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 31 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 8 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-39-0 | 50-181-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-29-138-1-4 | 12-28-176-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 109 | 176 |
| Total yards | 148 | 357 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-40 | 5-49 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 13 | 29 | 138 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 8 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 2 | 32 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Vagas Ferguson | NWE | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Foreman | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Joe Cribbs | BUF | 30 | 118 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 12 | 28 | 176 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 5 | 80 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 11 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | BUF | 6 | 21 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mark Brammer | BUF | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Bill Currier | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tim Fox | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Matthews | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Cribbs | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Freeman | BUF | 0.0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Artie Owens | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charles Romes | BUF | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Simpson | BUF | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Mike Hubach | NWE | 8 | 225 | 28.1 | 0 | ||||
| John Smith | NWE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Cater | BUF | 7 | 253 | 36.1 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Mike-Mayer | BUF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |