02-14-2001 Temp:70 Wind:0-10 MVP:Thomas 90 Buffalo Bills (1-1) 14 17 14 7 0 52 96 New England Patriots (0-2) 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 90 Buffalo TD Kelly 1 pass to Reed (Norwood) (8-91-3:38) 11:14 7-0 1 90 Buffalo TD Thomas 21 run (Norwood) (13-80-6:38) 2:11 14-0 2 90 Buffalo TD Thomas 26 run (Norwood) (9-78-4:33) 8:10 21-0 2 90 Buffalo FG Norwood 31 (10-67-4:04) 3:02 24-0 2 90 Buffalo TD Kelly 34 pass to Lofton (Norwood) (6-75-1:30) 0:21 31-0 3 90 Buffalo TD Kelly 5 pass to Reed (Norwood) (4-27-2:11) 12:38 38-0 3 90 Buffalo TD Kelly 2 pass to McKeller (Norwood) (10-75-5:28) 6:09 45-0 3 96 New England FG Vinatieri 32 (8-44-3:33) 2:29 45-3 4 90 Buffalo TD Reich 20 pass to D.Smith (Norwood) (3-19-0:19) 1:15 52-3 Buf NE First Downs 38 10 Rushes 41-190 15-79 Passes 41-33-379 29-10-142 Sacked 0-0 2-17 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 10-75 10-99 Turnovers 0 1 Time 42:56 17:05 Third Down 11-17 1-12 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 569 204 Injuries: 1990 90 Buffalo Bills Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Thomas 12 109 9.1 4 5 27 2 Reed 8 0 87 10.9 0 7 24 2 Kelly 4 23 5.8 1 4 10 0 McKeller 6 0 52 8.7 0 3 13 1 K.Davis 5 21 4.2 1 1 12 0 Thomas 5 0 55 11.0 1 2 27 0 D.Smith 3 13 4.3 0 0 7 0 Lofton 3 0 61 20.3 1 3 34 1 Mueller 8 12 1.5 0 2 5 0 Mueller 3 0 28 9.3 0 1 15 0 Kinnebrew 4 5 1.3 0 0 5 0 D.Smith 3 0 48 16.0 0 3 20 1 Gardner 4 4 1.0 0 0 4 0 Metzelaars 2 0 18 9.0 0 1 9 0 Reich 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Turner 1 0 11 11.0 0 0 11 0 41 190 4.6 6 12 27 2 K.Davis 1 0 9 9.0 0 1 9 0 Beebe 1 0 10 10.0 0 1 13 0 33 0 379 11.5 2 22 34 5 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Kelly 32 26 81.3 296 11.4 34 2 2 0 0.0 0 4 12.5 144.8 Reich 9 7 77.8 83 11.9 20 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 11.1 142.1 41 33 80.5 379 11.5 34 2 2 0 0.0 0 5 12.2 144.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Norwood 7 7 100.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 31 10 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Tulen 2 71 41 0 0 3 2 14 28.5 35.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD D.Smith 2 37 18.5 25 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 2 37 18.5 25 0 Fumbles Kelly 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Seals 1 B.Smith 4 B.Smith 1 Hicks 1 Lodish 1 Ritcher 1 Wright 1 Seals 2 Bennett 1 K.Jackso 1 Hicks 1 Wright 1 Conlan 1 L.Smith 1 Tackles Bennett 5 Lodish 2 K.Jackso 2 Conlan 1 Drane 1 Odomes 5 Monger 2 Kelso 2 Hunter 1 L.Smith 0 B.Smith 3 Talley 2 Baldinge 2 Patton 1 Bailey 0 Williams 3 Hicks 2 Wright 2 Seals 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1996 96 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Martin,C 13 72 5.5 2 3 22 0 Glenn 4 0 62 15.5 1 2 32 0 Bledsoe 2 7 3.5 0 0 4 0 Coates 3 1 39 13.0 0 2 21 0 15 79 5.3 2 3 22 0 Jefferson 2 0 31 15.5 0 1 24 0 Brown,T 1 0 10 10.0 0 0 10 0 10 1 142 14.2 1 5 32 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bledsoe 29 10 34.5 142 14.2 32 6 1 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 51.2 29 10 34.5 142 14.2 32 6 1 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 51.2 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Vinatieri 0 0 0.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 32 3 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Tupa 6 242 55 1 0 1 0 0 37.0 40.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Meggett 8 207 25.9 52 0 Meggett 2 0 14 7.0 9 0 8 207 25.9 52 0 2 0 14 7.0 9 0 Fumbles Meggett 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Wheeler 2 Collins 3 Collins 1 Milloy 1 Sagapolu 2 Johnson, 1 Clay 1 McGinest 1 Milloy 1 Tackles Johnson, 11 Clay 8 Slade 4 Sagapolu 3 Brown,M 2 Sabb Collins 8 Milloy 7 Wyman 4 Reynolds 3 Wheeler 2 Brown, Law 8 McGinest 6 Smith 3 Jones,M 2 Eaton 1 Whigha Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Buf D.Smith return of 12 KO-deep 1 10 own9 14:52 Buf Kelly to Reed 13 M-out bas-dZ 1 10 own22 14:14 Buf Kelly to Reed 24 M-slant bas-Z 1 10 own46 13:35 Buf Thomas 27 pitchR bas-M 1 10 opp27 13:01 Buf Kelly to D.Smith 13 M-hitch blz2-Z 1 10 opp14 12:14 Buf Kelly to Reed X M-out bas-Z 2 10 opp14 12:07 Buf Kelly to Beebe X M-hitch pas-M 3 10 opp14 12:03 Buf Kelly to McKeller 13 M-slant pas-M dlI 1 1 opp1 11:22 Buf Kelly to Reed 1 TD M-out bas-Z 7-0 KO 11:14 NE Pen-5 KO-deep KO 11:05 NE Meggett return of 26 KO-deep 1 10 own35 10:56 NE Martin,C 22 sweepR pas-M dlI 1 10 opp43 10:49 NE Bledsoe to Glenn 9 M-cross bas-M agg 2 1 opp34 10:05 NE Martin,C 0 sweepL pas-Z agg dl 3 1 opp34 9:29 NE Martin,C -3 pitchR blz1-sZ agg 4 4 opp37 8:53 NE Punt Tupa 37,Edwards 0 Pt-side 1 10 own20 8:49 Buf Thomas 0 dive pas-Z 2 10 own20 8:09 Buf Kelly to Mueller 5 S-flat bas-M 3 5 own25 7:28 Buf Kelly to McKeller 10 M-hitch pas-Z 1 10 own35 6:48 Buf Pen-Buf10 L-slant pas-M 1 20 own25 6:44 Buf Kelly to Thomas 2 S-shovel pas-Z dlI 2 18 own27 6:04 Buf Kelly to Thomas X M-out pas-dZ dlL 3 18 own27 5:58 Buf Pen-NE5 delaydraw pas-dM 3 13 own32 5:54 Buf Kelly to Beebe 13 M-ladder pas-dM 1 10 own45 5:14 Buf Mueller 3 trapR dou-M 2 7 own48 4:26 Buf K.Davis 12 pitchR pas-M 1 10 opp40 3:48 Buf D.Smith 7 pitchR bas-Z dlI 2 3 opp33 3:00 Buf Kelly to Reed 12 M-out bas-Z 1 10 opp21 2:18 Buf Thomas 21 TD sweepR pas-Z 14-0 KO 2:11 NE Meggett return of 21 KO-deep 1 10 own25 1:58 NE Bledsoe to Glenn 32 B-post dou-M 1 10 opp43 1:22 NE Bledsoe to Brown,T 10 M-cross pas-M agg 2 0 opp33 0:46 NE Bledsoe to Glenn X S-cross run-sZ agg d 3 0 opp33 0:41 NE Bledsoe to Glenn 12 S- pas-Z dlI 1 10 opp21 0:04 NE Bledsoe to Glenn 9 M-slant key-Z 2nd Quarter 2 1 opp12 15:00 NE Martin,C 3 pitchR run-Z agg dl 1 9 opp9 14:21 NE Martin,C 5 dive pas-Zo agg 2 4 opp4 13:36 NE Martin,C -1 trapL dou-M dlR 3 5 opp5 12:55 NE Bledsoe to Coates X S-out pas-M dlR 4 5 opp5 12:50 NE Bledsoe sacked by Seals L-cross pas-Z agg dl 1 10 own17 12:43 Buf Kelly 10 Fmb F-cross blz1-Z 1 10 own32 12:36 Buf Kelly to Mueller 8 S-out bas-Z 2 2 own40 11:54 Buf Kelly to Reed 11 M-out bas-Z 1 10 opp49 11:14 Buf Pen-NE5 pitchR bas-M 1 5 opp44 11:14 Buf Kelly to Lofton X L-slant key-Z 2 5 opp44 11:09 Buf Thomas 1 pitchL bas-Z 3 4 opp43 10:27 Buf Kelly 4 M-hitch pas-Z 1 10 opp39 9:46 Buf Thomas 2 delaydraw bas-Z 2 8 opp37 9:03 Buf Kelly to Reed 11 M-hitch run-M 1 10 opp26 8:19 Buf Thomas 26 TD pitchL blz2-Z 21-0 KO 8:10 NE Meggett return of 35 KO-deep 1 10 own44 8:00 NE Martin,C 7 draw dou-M 2 3 opp49 7:20 NE Bledsoe to Glenn X M-hitch pas-M agg dl 3 3 opp49 7:15 NE Bledsoe to Jefferson X S-hitch pas-Z dlR 4 3 opp49 7:10 NE Punt Tupa 30,Edwards 0 Pt-side 1 10 own19 7:06 Buf Kelly to McKeller 8 M-out bas-Z 2 2 own27 6:21 Buf Mueller 0 offtackleL bas-Z 3 2 own27 5:43 Buf Kelly 2 pitchR bas-M 1 10 own29 4:58 Buf Pen-Buf10 pitchR blz1-Z 1 20 own19 4:53 Buf Kelly to McKeller 10 M-out dou-M 2 10 own29 4:48 Buf Pen-NE39 L-slant bas-sZ 1 10 opp32 4:43 Buf Kelly to Lofton 13 M-out bas-sZ dlI 1 10 opp19 4:32 Buf Mueller 4 offtackleR bas-Z dlR 2 6 opp15 3:57 Buf Kelly to Thomas X M-out blz1-M 3 6 opp15 3:50 Buf Kelly to Thomas 1 S-shovel pas-M dlI 4 5 opp14 3:02 Buf FG Norwood 31 good FG 24-0 KO 2:56 NE Meggett return of 17 KO-deep 1 10 own28 2:44 NE Bledsoe 3 L-cross pas-Zo dlR 2 7 own31 2:05 NE Bledsoe to Jefferson X L-out pas-dZ dlR 3 7 own31 2:00 NE Bledsoe to Glenn X B-fly pas-Mo 4 7 own31 1:56 NE Punt Tupa 44,Edwards 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own25 1:51 Buf Pen-Buf10 M-out pas-Z 1 20 own15 1:46 Buf Thomas -3 pitchL bas-Z 2 23 own12 1:06 Buf Kelly to Thomas 12 M-hitch bas-Z 3 11 own24 0:56 Buf Kelly to Lofton 14 M-hitch pas-M 1 10 own38 0:48 Buf Pen-NE15 L-out bas-Z 1 10 opp47 0:43 Buf Kelly to Thomas 13 M-hitch bas-sZ 1 10 opp34 0:33 Buf Kelly to Lofton 34 TD L-hitch bas-Z dlL 31-0 KO 0:21 Buf Pen-kick ob KO-squib 1 10 own40 0:21 NE Bledsoe to Jefferson 24 L-slant pas-dMo 1 10 opp36 0:10 NE Pen-Buf15 L-out pas-Zo 1 10 opp21 0:05 NE FG Vinatieri 38 no good FG 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Buf Meggett return of 14 Fmb KO-deep 1 10 opp27 14:49 Buf Thomas 2 pitchR blz2-Z 2 8 opp25 14:00 Buf Kelly to Mueller 15 M-hitch bas-Z 1 10 opp10 13:20 Buf K.Davis 5 pitchR bas-Z 2 5 opp5 12:42 Buf Kelly to Reed 5 TD M-out bas-M 38-0 KO 12:38 NE Pen-5 KO-deep KO 12:31 NE Meggett return of 15 KO-deep 1 10 own23 12:24 NE Bledsoe to Jefferson 7 S-out pas-Z dlR 2 3 own30 11:56 NE Bledsoe to Coates X M-out bas-Z dlI 3 3 own30 11:52 NE Pen-NE10 M-slant dou-M dlR 3 13 own20 11:45 NE Bledsoe to Coates X S-out blz1-M agg 4 13 own20 11:41 NE Punt Tupa 55,Edwards 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own25 11:37 Buf Thomas -2 pitchL bas-Z 2 12 own23 10:57 Buf Kelly to McKeller 6 M-hitch bas-M 3 6 own29 10:17 Buf Kelly 7 M-out bas-sZ 1 10 own36 9:34 Buf Mueller -3 pitchL run-dM dlR 2 13 own33 8:55 Buf Kelly to D.Smith X M-cross blz1-Z 3 13 own33 8:50 Buf Kelly to Thomas 27 S-shovel dou-dM 1 10 opp40 8:15 Buf K.Davis 4 offtackleL bas-Z 2 6 opp36 7:34 Buf Thomas 7 delaydraw bas-Z 1 10 opp29 6:59 Buf Thomas 27 sweepL blz5-Z 1 2 opp2 6:16 Buf Kelly to McKeller 2 TD M-hitch bas-sM 45-0 KO 6:09 NE Meggett return of 27 KO-deep 1 10 own41 6:02 NE Martin,C 11 dive pas-Z 1 10 opp48 5:27 NE Pen-Buf5 pitchR blz2-Z 1 5 opp43 5:21 NE Martin,C 9 sweepR pas-Z dlR 1 10 opp34 4:47 NE Martin,C 5 draw pas-Z 2 5 opp29 4:15 NE Pen-NE5 M-hitch dou-M 2 10 opp34 4:15 NE Bledsoe to Coates 11 S-cross pas-M dlI 1 10 opp23 3:42 NE Martin,C 9 sweepR pas-Z dlR 2 1 opp14 3:06 NE Bledsoe to Coates X M-out pas-Z dlR 3 1 opp14 2:59 NE Martin,C -1 offtackleR goa-sZ agg 4 2 opp15 2:29 NE FG Vinatieri 32 good FG 45-3 KO 2:23 Buf Pen-5 KO-deep KO 2:13 Buf D.Smith return of 25 KO-deep 1 10 own28 2:06 Buf Mueller -3 pitchR bas-M 2 13 own25 1:26 Buf Reich to Reed 10 M-out pas-Z 3 3 own35 0:47 Buf Thomas 1 pitchL bas-Z 4 2 own36 0:13 Buf PenNE5 Pt-deep 1 10 own41 0:13 Buf Mueller 5 offtackleL bas-Z 1 10 opp49 0:09 Buf Gardner 4 offtackleL bas-Z dlI 4th Quarter 2 6 opp45 15:00 Buf Reich to K.Davis 9 S-hitch bas-M 1 10 opp36 14:15 Buf D.Smith 3 dive bas-M 2 7 opp33 13:27 Buf K.Davis 0 pitchL run-M 3 7 opp33 12:51 Buf Reich to D.Smith 15 M-hitch dou-M 1 10 opp18 12:13 Buf Gardner 0 dive run-M 2 10 opp18 11:32 Buf D.Smith 3 trapR blz1-Z 3 7 opp15 10:53 Buf Reich to Turner X M-out bas-M 4 7 opp15 10:48 Buf FG Norwood 32 no good FG 1 10 own22 10:44 NE Bledsoe to Brown,T X L-slant blz1-Z 2 10 own22 10:38 NE Bledsoe to Glenn X S- pas-M agg 3 10 own22 10:30 NE Bledsoe 4 L-hitch pas-Zo 4 6 own26 9:50 Penalty Pt-deep 4 1 own31 9:46 NE Punt Tupa 50,Edwards 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own19 9:40 Buf Gardner -1 offtackleL run-M 2 11 own18 8:57 Buf Reich 3 M-out bas-M 3 8 own21 8:12 Buf Reich to Lofton X M-hitch bas-sZ 4 8 own21 8:08 Buf Punt Tulen 30,Meggett 5 Pt-deep 1 10 opp46 8:04 NE Martin,C 6 trapR pas-Zo 2 4 opp40 7:58 NE Bledsoe to Glenn X S-out pas-Z dlR 3 4 opp40 7:53 NE Bledsoe to Glenn X S-hitch pas-Zo 4 4 opp40 7:46 NE Punt Tupa 26,Edwards 0 Pt-side 1 10 own14 7:41 Buf Reich to Metzelaars 9 M-hitch run-M 2 1 own23 6:57 Buf Mueller 3 offtackleL run-dZ dlI 1 10 own26 6:19 Buf Kinnebrew 5 offtackleL blz1-Z 1 10 own36 6:13 Buf Mueller 3 trapR bas-Z 2 7 own39 5:33 Buf K.Davis 0 offtackleR run-sZ 3 7 own39 4:53 Buf Reich to Metzelaars 9 M-hitch bas-M 1 10 own48 4:11 Buf Gardner 1 dive run-dM 2 9 own49 3:31 Buf Pen-Buf10 S-flat run-Z 2 19 own39 3:26 Buf Kinnebrew 1 offtackleL bas-dMi 3 18 own40 2:43 Buf Reich to Turner 11 M-out bas-dZ 4 7 opp49 2:04 Buf Punt Tulen 41,Meggett 9 Pt-side 1 10 own17 2:00 NE Bledsoe to Martin,C X B-out pas-Z dlR 2 10 own17 1:54 NE Bledsoe to Coates 7 M-out pas-M agg 3 3 own24 1:48 NE Bledsoe sacked by Wright S-out pas-Z 4 8 own19 1:41 NE Bledsoe to Coates X M-cross pas-Z 1 10 opp19 1:34 Buf Kinnebrew 0 dive run-Mi 2 10 opp19 1:29 Buf Kinnebrew -1 offtackleL run-Z 3 11 opp20 1:22 Buf Reich to D.Smith 20 TD M-hitch bas-M 52-3 KO 1:15 NE Meggett return of 52 KO-angle 1 10 opp27 1:01 NE Bledsoe to Coates X M-slant pas-Z 2 10 opp27 0:53 NE Bledsoe to Coates 21 L-slant pas-M 1 6 opp6 0:17 NE Pen-NE5 M-cross pas-Z dlR 1 11 opp11 0:13 NE Bledsoe to Coates X S-out bas-Z dlR 2 11 opp11 0:08 NE Bledsoe to Coates X S-out pas-Z 3 11 opp11 0:02 NE Bledsoe to Coates X B-post pas-M agg