Sunday, October 12, 1997
| BUF | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Ben Coates 20 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 20 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 23 yard field goal | 0 | 13 |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 41 yard field goal | 0 | 16 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 52 yard field goal | 0 | 19 |
| Patriots | Curtis Martin 26 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 26 | |
| Patriots | Keith Byars 4 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 33 | |
| 4th | Bills | Darick Holmes 1 yard rush (run failed) | 6 | 33 |
| BUF | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 18-94-1 | 39-139-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-41-164-0-4 | 14-27-181-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-16 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 148 | 171 |
| Total yards | 242 | 310 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-88 | 1-10 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Billy Joe Hobert | BUF | 17 | 30 | 133 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Quinn Early | BUF | 6 | 59 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Darick Holmes | BUF | 4 | 41 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Antowain Smith | BUF | 6 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 4 | 42 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 6 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Lonnie Johnson | BUF | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Alex Van Pelt | BUF | 3 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jay Riemersma | BUF | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Todd Collins | BUF | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 22 | 99 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 4 | 92 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 14 | 27 | 181 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 4 | 50 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 8 | 24 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Scott Zolak | NWE | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 151 | 18.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marlo Perry | BUF | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Clay | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ty Law | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Marty Moore | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Steve Christie | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Mohr | BUF | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |