National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 23, Buffalo 21
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 8, 2013
Where: New Era Field, Orchard Park, New York
Temperature: 65°
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 65519
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 1070623
Buffalo 0147021
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:46
New England TD Buffalo 0 - New England 7
Julian Edelman 9 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 4:47
New England FG Buffalo 0 - New England 10
Stephen Gostkowski 48 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:25
Buffalo TD Buffalo 7 - New England 10
Da'Norris Searcy 74 yd. fumble recovery (Dan Carpenter kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:55
New England TD Buffalo 7 - New England 17
Julian Edelman 8 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:34
Buffalo TD Buffalo 14 - New England 17
Robert Woods 18 yd. pass from EJ Manuel (Dan Carpenter kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:03
Buffalo TD Buffalo 21 - New England 17
Stevie Johnson 18 yd. pass from EJ Manuel (Dan Carpenter kick)
4th Quarter - 10:48
New England FG Buffalo 21 - New England 20
Stephen Gostkowski 33 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:05
New England FG Buffalo 21 - New England 23
Stephen Gostkowski 35 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Buffalo
1st Downs 26 15
Rushing 7 7
Passing 18 6
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 11-20 4-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 6-39.3 9-45.8
Return Yards 67 19
Punts-Returns 3-32 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-35 1-19
Int - Returns 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 4-36 10-75
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-2
Time of Possession 37:43 22:17
Total Net Yards 446 286
Total Plays 88 61
Average Gain 5.1 4.7
Net Yards Rushing 158 136
Rushes 34 34
Average/Rush 4.6 4.0
Net Yards Passing 288 150
Comp-Att 29-52 18-27
Yards/Pass 5.3 5.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 0-0
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 2-2 3-3
Field Goals 3-3 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 2-5-40% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-2-0% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 29/52 288 2 1
Buffalo Bills (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
E. Manuel 18/27 150 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Vereen 14 101 7.2 0 21
S. Ridley 9 46 5.1 0 20
L. Blount 7 15 2.1 0 5
T. Brady 4 -4 -1.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
F. Jackson 13 67 5.2 0 13
C. Spiller 17 41 2.4 0 9
E. Manuel 3 23 7.7 0 19
T. Graham 1 5 5.0 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Amendola 14 10 104 10.4 0 24
J. Edelman 9 7 79 11.3 2 35
S. Vereen 10 7 58 8.3 0 19
K. Thompkins 14 4 42 10.5 0 20
M. Hoomanawanui 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
Z. Sudfeld 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Boyce 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
F. Jackson 5 4 41 10.2 0 14
S. Johnson 6 3 39 13.0 1 18
S. Chandler 6 4 38 9.5 0 19
R. Woods 2 1 18 18.0 1 18
C. Spiller 6 5 14 2.8 0 7
T. Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Goodwin 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Rogers 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Williams 1.0 10.0
D. Searcy 1.0 5.0
M. Dareus 0.5 0.0
J. Hughes 0.5 0.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Mayo 12 3
S. Gregory 7 2
R. Ninkovich 5 3
K. Arrington 4 0
C. Jones 4 2
A. Dennard 3 0
A. Talib 3 0
D. Hightower 3 1
D. McCourty 2 1
V. Wilfork 2 2
T. Kelly 2 5
J. Vellano 1 1
B. Spikes 1 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Leonhard 9 0
J. Rogers 5 0
L. McKelvin 5 1
D. Searcy 5 3
K. Alonso 5 4
M. Dareus 4 1
A. Williams 4 5
M. Lawson 3 1
K. Williams 3 3
R. Brooks 2 1
J. Hughes 2 1
A. Moats 2 1
A. Carrington 2 2
N. Robey-Coleman 2 2
D. Williams 1 0
N. Bradham 1 0
A. Branch 1 1
M. Williams 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
K. Arrington 1.0
J. Vellano 1.0
C. Jones 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
A. Carrington 1.0
K. Williams 1.0
D. Searcy 1.0
A. Moats 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Brady 1
S. Ridley 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Goodwin 1
F. Jackson 1
C. Spiller 1