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Sunday, November 9, 1997
Scoring
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bills | Steve Christie 23 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Patriots | Derrick Cullors 86 yard kickoff return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 42 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| Patriots | Ben Coates 6 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Chris Slade 1 yard interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 3 |
| Bills | Antowain Smith 1 yard rush (Steve Christie kick) | 24 | 10 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Curtis Martin 1 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 10 |
Team Stats
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-103-1 | 27-122-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-22-200-1-0 | 15-33-127-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-36 | 2-8 |
| Net pass yards | 164 | 119 |
| Total yards | 267 | 241 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-48 | 9-46 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 26 | 93 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 15 | 22 | 200 | 1 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 2 | 61 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 3 | 59 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 2 | 33 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 3 | 17 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Todd Collins | BUF | 12 | 21 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Antowain Smith | BUF | 12 | 43 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 8 | 41 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Johnson | BUF | 4 | 34 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Darick Holmes | BUF | 4 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Tony Cline | BUF | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Alex Van Pelt | BUF | 3 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Quinn Early | BUF | 3 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 3 | 21 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jay Riemersma | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| 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 | ||
| Willie Clay | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 67.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Hitchcock | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ty Law | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Henry Thomas | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Burris | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Phil Hansen | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Holecek | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darick Holmes | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bryce Paup | BUF | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 6 | 233 | 38.8 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Christie | BUF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Mohr | BUF | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 0 | ||||
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