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Box Score: New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
Posted: Sun November 15, 1998 at 4:28 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
NEW ENGLAND 0 3 0 7 10
BUFFALO 3 3 7 0 13 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 31 YD, 6:06. Drive: 9 plays, 53
yards in 6:06. Key plays: Flutie 12-yard pass
to L Johnson to New England 43; Flutie 18-yard
pass to Gash to New England 16. BUFFALO 3-0
2ND QUARTER: BUF - FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 20 YD, 0:40. Drive: 13 plays, 78
yards in 6:23. Key plays: Flutie 10-yard run
plus 10-yard lateral to Thomas on 3rd-and-4 to
Buffalo 46; Flutie 22-yard run on 3rd-and-15 to
New England 37; Flutie 23-yard pass to Reed on
3rd-and-3 to New England 7. BUFFALO 6-0
NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 38 YD, 10:05. Drive: 7 plays, 44
yards in 3:31. Key plays: Bledsoe 33-yard pass
to Coates on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 23. BUFFALO
6-3
3RD QUARTER: BUF - TD, JAY RIEMERSMA 10 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE
(STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 13:03. Drive: 9 plays,
47 yards in 5:37. Key plays: Flutie 9-yard pass
to Moulds on 3rd-and-5 to New England 33;
Flutie 9-yard pass to Moulds to New England 22;
Flutie 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England
10. BUFFALO 13-3
4TH QUARTER: NWE - TD, TONY SIMMONS 37 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM
VINATIERI KICK), 1:49. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards
in 3:46. Key plays: Bledsoe 14-yard pass to
Jefferson to New England 39; Bledsoe 10-yard
pass to Edwards to New England 49; Bledsoe
14-yard pass to Coates on 3rd-and-5 to Buffalo
32. BUFFALO 13-10
TEAM STATISTICS
NWE BUF
FIRST DOWNS 11 23
Rushing 2 11
Passing 8 12
Penalty 1 0
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-13 9-16
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 206 391
Total plays 50 72
Average gain 4.1 5.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 48 213
Rushes 16 46
Average per rush 3.0 4.6
NET YARDS PASSING 158 178
Completed-attempted 12-31 14-26
Yards per pass 4.6 6.8
Sacked-yards lost 3-22 0-0
Had intercepted 0 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-48.0 2-47.5
RETURN YARDAGE 79 74
Punts-returns 1-3 4-38
Kickoffs-returns 4-80 3-36
Interceptions-returns 2-minus 4 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-34 6-43
FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 3-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 22:43 37:17
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: New England (Adam Vinatieri 39, 39); Buffalo
(Steve Christie 40).
New England rushing: Robert Edwards 14-50, Derick Cullors 2-minus 2.
Buffalo rushing: Antowain Smith 24-88, Thurman Thomas 11-76, Doug
Flutie 11-49.
New England passing: Drew Bledsoe 12-31 for 180 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Buffalo passing: Doug Flutie 14-26 for 178 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
New England receiving: Ben Coates 4-70, Tony Simmons 2-48, Shawn
Jefferson 2-36, Robert Edwards 1-10, Lovett Purnell 1-9, Vincent
Brisby 1-7, Sedrick Shaw 1-0.
Buffalo receiving: Andre Reed 5-68, Jay Riemersma 4-51, Eric Moulds
3-29, Sam Gash 1-18, Lonnie Johnson 1-12.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ted Johnson 8-0-0,
Willie Clay 5-3-0, Lawyer Milloy 5-3-0, Henry Thomas 4-3-0, Chris
Sullivan 4-2-0, Ty Law 4-1-0, Greg Spires 4-0-0, Steve Israel 3-1-0,
Ferric Collons 3-0-0, Tedy Bruschi 2-1-0, Chris Canty 2-0-0, Vernon
Crawford 2-0-0, Willie Mcginest 2-0-0, Larry Whigham 1-0-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Bruce Smith 6-0-2, Henry
Jones 4-1-0, Thomas Smith 3-0-0, Sam Cowart 2-1-0, Phil Hansen 2-0-1,
John Holecek 2-0-0, Joe Cummings 2-0-0, Donovan Greer 2-0-0, Ted
Washington 1-1-0, Kurt Schulz 0-2-0, Sam Rogers 1-0-0, Ken Irvin
1-0-0, Gabe Northern 1-0-0, Emanuel Martin 0-1-0, Eric Smedley 0-1-0.
Interceptions: New England (Lawyer Milloy 1 for minus 4 yards, Willie
Clay 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: Buffalo (Lonnie Johnson).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: New England (Shawn Stuckey).
Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head
linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Jeff Bergman, Back judge-Jeff
Triplette, Side judge-Ken Baker, Field judge-Steven Zimmer.
A: 72,020; T: 2:52.
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