Sunday, November 3, 2002
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Christian Fauria 5 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Patriots | Antowain Smith 13 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 0 |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 46 yard field goal | 17 | 0 | |
| Bills | Peerless Price 1 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Mike Hollis kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Kevin Faulk 45 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 7 |
| Patriots | Antowain Smith 2 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 7 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Antowain Smith 14 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 38 | 7 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 28 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-159-2 | 13-65-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-26-265-3-0 | 28-45-302-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-2 | 4-36 |
| Net pass yards | 263 | 266 |
| Total yards | 422 | 331 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-59 | 5-59 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Antowain Smith | NWE | 29 | 111 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
| Tom Brady | NWE | 22 | 26 | 265 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| David Patten | NWE | 6 | 88 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 4 | 53 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Daniel Graham | NWE | 3 | 68 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 3 | 38 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Marc Edwards | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Christian Fauria | NWE | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Cam Cleeland | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Deion Branch | NWE | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | BUF | 28 | 45 | 302 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Peerless Price | BUF | 9 | 98 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 5 | 68 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Larry Centers | BUF | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Travis Henry | BUF | 11 | 53 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Sammy Morris | BUF | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Josh Reed | BUF | 2 | 24 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Dave Moore | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Deion Branch | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Johnson | NWE | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ty Law | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Richard Seymour | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Vrabel | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Phillip Crosby | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Grant Irons | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Rogers | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Aaron Schobel | BUF | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Walter | NWE | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Hollis | BUF | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Moorman | BUF | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 0 | ||||