Sunday, September 18, 1988
| BUF | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Bills | Scott Norwood 38 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Patriots | Cedric Jones 41 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Teddy Garcia kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| Patriots | Stanley Morgan 19 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Teddy Garcia kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Bills | Scott Norwood 44 yard field goal | 6 | 14 |
| 4th | Bills | Robb Riddick 3 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 13 | 14 |
| Bills | Scott Norwood 41 yard field goal | 16 | 14 |
| BUF | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-105-0 | 32-105-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-33-170-1-2 | 14-20-195-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-21 | 4-36 |
| Net pass yards | 149 | 159 |
| Total yards | 254 | 264 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-39 | 5-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Jim Kelly | BUF | 21 | 33 | 170 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 17 | 55 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Ronnie Harmon | BUF | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | BUF | 3 | 32 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Chris Burkett | BUF | 2 | 24 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Robb Riddick | BUF | 3 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Jamie Mueller | BUF | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Trumaine Johnson | BUF | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 14 | 20 | 195 | 2 | 2 | 41 | ||||||||
| John Stephens | NWE | 24 | 81 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 2 | 59 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Craig James | NWE | 3 | 57 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 7 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 3 | 25 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Willie Scott | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Cornelius Bennett | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Bentley | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Shane Conlan | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Kelso | BUF | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nate Odomes | BUF | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Pike | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Darryl Talley | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Erroll Tucker | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Wright | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Marvin Allen | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Marion | NWE | 0.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Rembert | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Tippett | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John Kidd | BUF | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Norwood | BUF | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Feagles | NWE | 6 | 232 | 38.7 | 0 | ||||