1975 New England (0-10) 0 0 0 14 14 1975 Buffalo (8-2) 7 6 0 3 16 1 Buf TD Haslerig 1 run (Leypoldt) (12-79-8:45) 3:49 0-7 2 Buf TD Ferguson 8 pass to Hill (no good) (14-83-5:13) 0:16 0-13 4 Buf FG Leypoldt 34 (9-49-7:01) 8:43 0-16 4 NE TD Calhoun 14 run (Smith) (11-69-3:13) 5:16 7-16 4 NE TD Plunkett 11 pass to Stingley (Smith) (3-25-0:59) 3:09 14-16 NE Buf First Downs 19 17 Rushes 32-186 34-143 Passes 25-10-101 18-12-169 Sacked 0-0 0-0 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 5-35 8-55 Turnovers 3 3 Time 24:06 35:54 Third Down 4-12 7-11 Fourth Down 2-3 0-0 Net Offense 287 312 Injuries:Webster(NE-0), Thomas(Buf-8) 1975 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Cunningham 20 87 4.4 0 3 8 0 Francis 3 0 34 11.3 0 3 12 0 Johnson 9 81 9.0 3 4 33 0 Stingley 2 2 27 13.5 0 2 16 1 Calhoun 3 18 6.0 1 1 14 1 Vataha 2 0 22 11.0 0 2 12 0 32 186 5.8 4 9 33 1 Johnson 1 2 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Cunningham 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Calhoun 1 1 9 9.0 0 1 9 0 10 5 101 10.1 0 8 16 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Plunkett 25 10 40.0 101 10.1 16 1 0 3 12.0 0 1 4.0 26.0 25 10 40.0 101 10.1 16 1 0 3 12.0 0 1 4.0 26.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Smith 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Patrick 3 108 37 0 0 2 0 0 36.0 36.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD McQuay 3 57 19.0 27 0 Johnson 2 0 19 9.5 12 0 Johnson 1 13 13.0 13 0 2 0 19 9.5 12 0 4 70 17.5 27 0 Fumbles Cunningh 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Adams 1 Adams 2 Zabel 1 Adams 1 Hamilton 1 Hamilton 1 Gray 1 Tackles Adams 6 McGee 5 Sanders 3 Howard 2 Conn 1 Geddes 1 Nelson 6 McCray 4 Hamilton 3 Webster 2 Hanneman 1 Hunt 1 Zabel 6 Bolton 4 King 2 Imhoff 2 Shoate 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Bolton 1 0 0.0 0 0 Howard 1 19 19.0 19 0 2 19 9.5 19 0 1975 Buffalo Bills Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Braxton 11 61 5.5 3 5 15 0 Chandler 3 0 69 23.0 1 2 38 0 Simpson 17 58 3.4 1 0 10 0 Hill 2 0 23 11.5 0 2 15 1 Hayman 3 14 4.7 0 0 7 0 Braxton 2 0 18 9.0 0 1 12 0 Ferguson 1 10 10.0 1 1 10 0 Seymour 2 0 28 14.0 0 1 14 0 Haslerig 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 1 Simpson 2 0 22 11.0 0 1 13 0 Marangi 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Holland 1 0 9 9.0 0 1 9 0 34 143 4.2 5 7 15 1 12 0 169 14.1 1 8 38 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Ferguson 18 12 66.7 169 14.1 38 2 1 2 11.1 0 1 5.6 75.7 18 12 66.7 169 14.1 38 2 1 2 11.1 0 1 5.6 75.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Leypoldt 2 1 50.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 34 4 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Bateman 3 145 53 1 0 0 2 19 35.3 48.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Hayman 1 27 27.0 27 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Schnarr 2 41 20.5 28 0 3 68 22.7 28 0 Fumbles Hayman 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Kadish 1 Krakau 2 Edwards 1 Patulski 1 Jones 1 Patulski 1 Tackles Freeman 7 Edwards 5 Jones 3 Croft 2 Ruud 1 Yeates 1 Patulski 6 Krakau 4 Harrison 2 Skorupan 2 McKinney 1 Kadish 5 Allen 4 Cornell 2 Holland 1 Thomas 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Greene 2 26 13.0 26 0 Krakau 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 26 8.7 26 0
1st Quarter KO 15:00 Buf Schnarr ret of 28 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 14:51 Buf Braxton 15 B1 Trap-L R1 Z Run-Simpson 1 10 own43 13:55 Buf Simpson -1 B1 Trap-L R1 tMo Run-Simpson/Li 2 11 own42 12:55 Buf Ferguso-INT-Howard B1 S-Cross B2 sM Dbl-Chandler/Bz1 1 10 opp32 12:42 NE Plunket-INT-Greene B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 own21 12:34 Buf Simpson 4 B1 OffTkl-R R1 Z Run-Simpson 2 6 own25 11:44 Buf Simpson 4 B1 Trap-L R2 Z Run-Simpson/Li 3 2 own29 10:47 Buf Braxton 3 B1 Trap-L B1 tZ Run-Simpson/Li 1 10 own32 9:51 Buf Ferguso-Chandler 38 B1 M-Cross B1 Z Run-Simpson 1 10 opp30 8:50 Buf Simpson 0 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Run-Simpson 2 10 opp30 7:54 Buf Pen10(McKenzie) B1 S-Cross B1 Z Pass 2 20 opp40 7:49 Buf Ferguso-Simpson 9 B1 S-Cross/Dump B1 Z Run-Simpson 3 11 opp31 6:55 Buf Ferguso-Chandler 11 B1 M-Cross Ni Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp20 6:05 Buf Braxton 2 B1 Dive B1 Z Run-Simpson/Li 2 8 opp18 5:56 Buf Simpson 4 B1 Sweep-L B1 Zo Run-Simpson/Li 3 4 opp14 4:56 Buf Ferguso-Simpson 13 B1 S-Cross B1 Z Run-Simpson/Bz1/Li 1 1 opp1 3:57 Buf Haslerig 1/TD B3 Dive R1 Z Run-Simpson 0-7 KO 3:49 NE McQuay ret of 9 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own10 3:45 NE Cunningham 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 5 own15 3:01 NE Johnson 5 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 own20 2:16 NE Cunningham 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 2 7 own23 1:28 NE Cunningham 7 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 1 10 own30 0:47 NE Plunket-Francis 11 B1 S-Slant B1 M Basic 1 10 own41 0:05 NE Pen5(Team) B1 OffTkl-L B1 tM Basic 1 15 own36 0:05 NE Plunket-Johnson X B1 M-Slant/Dump B1 tM Basic 2 15 own36 0:02 NE Johnson 7 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Pass 2nd Quarter 3 8 own43 15:00 NE Cunningham 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Pass 4 5 own46 14:14 NE Patrick 37,Holland 0 -- Pt-deep -- faircatch 1 10 own17 14:09 Buf Simpson 5 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Run-Braxton 2 5 own22 13:17 Buf Pen10(Green) B1 Dive B1 Z Run-Simpson 2 15 own12 13:10 Buf Simpson 10 B1 Stretch-R Ni tMo Dbl-Chandler/Li 3 5 own22 13:01 Buf Ferguso-Holland 9 B1 S-Cross B2 M Run-Simpson 1 10 own31 12:11 Buf Braxton 4 B1 Trap-L B2 tMo Run-Simpson/Li 2 6 own35 11:18 Buf Braxton 1 B1 Stretch-R B2 M Run-Simpson/Lo 3 5 own36 10:19 Buf Ferguso-INT-Bolton B1 S-Cross B2 M Run-Simpson/Bz2/Lo 1 10 opp45 10:11 NE Cunningham 0 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic 2 10 opp45 9:29 NE Plunket-Vataha 12 B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Pass 1 10 opp33 9:21 NE Cunningham 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 2 6 opp29 8:37 NE Johnson 2 B1 Pitch-L B1 tZ Basic 3 4 opp27 7:48 NE Cunningham 4 B1 OffTkl-R B1 tZ Basic 1 10 opp23 7:03 NE Plunket-Johnson 4 B1 S-Flat B1 tZ Basic 2 6 opp19 6:22 NE Cunningham 1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tM Basic 3 5 opp18 5:36 NE Plunket-INT-Krakau B1 S-Out B1 tM Pass 1 10 own17 5:29 Pen/Offset B1 L-Cross/Dump B1 M Run-Simpson/Lo 1 10 own17 5:23 Buf Ferguson 10 B1 L-Slant B1 M Run-Simpson 1 10 own27 4:30 Buf Ferguso-Chandler X B1 L-Cross B1 M Run-Simpson/Bz2/Lo 2 10 own27 4:21 Buf Ferguso-Chandler 20 B1 M-Cross B1 M Run-Simpson/Bz2/Lo 1 10 own47 4:11 Buf Pen10(DeLamielleure) B1 Trap-R B1 tM Basic/Lo/A 1 20 own37 4:04 Buf Simpson 3 B1 Trap-R B1 sMi Run-Simpson/Bz1/Lr 2 17 own40 3:14 Buf Ferguso-Seymour 14 B1 M-Cross B1 M Dbl-Chandler 3 3 opp46 2:20 Buf Braxton 4 B1 Trap-L B1 Mo Run-Simpson/Ll/A 1 10 opp42 2:00 Buf Simpson 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Run-Simpson 2 6 opp38 1:23 Buf Ferguso-Braxton 12 B1 M-Slant/Dump B1 M Run-Simpson/Bz2/Lo/A 1 10 opp26 1:01 Buf Pen5(Team) B1 Screen B1 M Run-Simpson 1 15 opp31 1:01 Buf Ferguso-Braxton 6 B1 Screen Ni M Basic/Bz1 2 9 opp25 0:38 Buf Ferguso-Seymour 14 B1 S-Hitch Ni tM Pass/Bz3 1 10 opp11 0:30 Buf Simpson 3 B1 Stretch-R B2 M Run-Simpson 2 7 opp8 0:21 Buf Ferguso-Hill 8/TD B1 S-Cross B2 M Run-Simpson 0-13 KO 0:16 NE McQuay ret of 21 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own23 0:07 NE Cunningham 7 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 NE Johnson ret of 13 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own13 14:50 NE Plunket-Vataha 10 B1 S-Out B1 Z Basic 1 10 own23 14:45 NE Johnson -3 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 2 13 own20 14:04 NE Cunningham 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 3 7 own26 13:55 NE Cunningham 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Pass 4 1 own32 13:48 NE Patrick 37,Holland 0 -- Pt-deep -- faircatch 1 10 own31 13:42 NE Pen15(Nelson) B1 OffTkl-L B2 Z Run-Braxton 1 10 own46 13:33 Buf Simpson 3 B1 OffTkl-L B2 Z Run-Simpson 2 7 own49 12:39 Buf Simpson 3 B1 OffTkl-L B2 Z Run-Simpson 3 4 opp48 11:41 Buf Simpson 0 B1 Trap-R B2 Z Run-Simpson 4 4 opp48 10:44 Buf Bateman 48,Johnson 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 10:40 NE Plunket-Cunningh X B1 M-/Dump B1 Z Pass 2 10 own20 10:35 NE Cunningham 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Pass 3 7 own23 9:51 NE Plunket-Stingley X B1 S-Slant B1 tM Pass 4 7 own23 9:48 Penalty -- Pt-deep -- faircatch 1 10 own33 9:43 NE Plunket-Francis 12 B1 S-Cross B1 Z Basic 1 10 own45 9:02 NE Plunket-Stingley 16 B1 M-Straight B1 tZ Basic 1 10 opp39 8:22 NE Plunket-Johnson X B1 S-Out B1 tZ Basic 2 10 opp39 8:18 NE Pen10(Lenkaitis) B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 2 20 opp49 8:09 NE Plunket-Francis X B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass 3 20 opp49 8:05 NE Plunket-Cunningh 5 B1 M-Straight/Dump B1 Z Pass 4 15 opp44 7:28 NE Patrick 34,Holland 0 -- Pt-side -- LetRoll 1 10 own10 7:23 Buf Pen5(Montler) B2 Trap-L B1 tM Run-Hayman/Lo 1 15 own5 7:14 Buf Ferguso-Hayman X B3 Screen B1 M Run-Simpson/Lo 2 15 own5 7:07 Buf Simpson 8 B3 Trap-R B1 sM Dbl-Simpson/Lo 3 7 own13 6:11 Buf Simpson 3 B3 Trap-R B1 tM Pass 4 4 own16 5:12 Buf Bateman 53,Johnson 1 -- Pt-deep -- Block 1 10 own43 5:06 NE Johnson 13 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp44 4:16 NE Pen5(Team) B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 1 15 opp49 4:16 NE Cunningham 8 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic 2 7 opp41 3:33 NE Cunningham 1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 3 6 opp40 2:44 NE Johnson 5 B1 Pitch-L B1 tZ Pass 4 1 opp35 2:35 NE Johnson 12 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Run/Bz4/Li 1 10 opp23 1:49 NE Cunningham 3/F B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 2 7 opp20 1:05 NE Plunket-Francis X B1 S-Cross B1 sZ Basic 3 7 opp20 1:00 NE Plunket-INT-Greene B1 M-Straight B1 tZ Pass 1 10 own34 0:44 Buf Braxton 14 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Run-Simpson 4th Quarter 1 10 own48 15:00 Pen/Offset B1 Dive B1 Z Run-Simpson/Lo 1 10 own48 14:53 Buf Braxton 14 B1 Dive B1 Z Run-Simpson 1 10 opp38 14:02 Buf Braxton -2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZi Run-Simpson/Lo 2 12 opp40 13:20 Buf Simpson 1 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Run-Simpson/Ll 3 11 opp39 12:23 Buf Ferguso-Hill 15 B1 M-Slant B1 sMo Key-Simpson/Ll 1 10 opp24 11:29 Buf Hayman 1 B3 Dive B2 M Run-Simpson/Ll 2 9 opp23 10:33 Buf Braxton 4 B1 Trap-R B2 M Run-Simpson 3 5 opp19 9:37 Buf Braxton 2 B1 Draw B2 tMi Run-Simpson/Ll 4 3 opp17 8:43 Buf FG Leypoldt 34 good -- FG -- Block 0-16 KO 8:38 NE McQuay ret of 27 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own31 8:29 NE Plunket-Vataha X B1 M-Slant B1 Z Pass 2 10 own31 8:21 NE Johnson 7 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Pass 3 3 own38 7:38 NE Cunningham 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 1 10 own42 7:31 NE Plunket-Francis X B1 S-Cross B1 Z Pass 2 10 own42 7:27 NE Plunket-Francis X B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass 3 10 own42 7:23 NE Johnson 33 B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp25 6:25 Buf Pen5(Croft) B1 S-Flat B1 tZ Basic 1 10 opp20 6:16 NE Plunket-Calhoun X B1 Screen B1 tM Basic 2 10 opp20 6:08 NE Cunningham 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tM Pass 3 4 opp14 5:31 NE Plunket-Calhoun X B1 S-Flat B1 tM Basic 4 4 opp14 5:28 NE Calhoun 14/TD B1 Pitch-L B1 tM Basic 7-16 KO 5:16 Buf Schnarr ret of 13 -- KO-deep -- Watch Onside 1 10 own12 5:08 Buf Hayman 7 B3 Trap-L B1 Z Key-Simpson/Bz1 2 3 own19 4:16 Buf Hayman 6/F B3 Trap-R R1 tZ Run-Simpson/Bz1/Li 1 10 opp25 4:08 NE Cunningham 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 2 5 opp20 3:26 NE Plunket-Calhoun 9 B1 S-Flat B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp11 3:20 NE Plunket-Stingley 11/ B1 S-Out B1 tZ Basic 14-16 KO 3:09 Buf Hayman ret of 27 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 3:01 Buf Simpson 4 B1 Trap-L B1 sMo Run-Simpson/Lr 2 6 own32 2:04 Buf Ferguso-Braxton X B1 S-Cross B1 sMi Run-Simpson/Lr 3 6 own32 1:40 Buf Ferguso-Hill X B1 S-Slant B1 tMo Run-Simpson/Lr/A 4 6 own32 1:37 Buf Bateman 44,Johnson 7 -- Pt-deep -- Block 1 10 own31 1:33 NE Cunningham 6 B1 OffTkl-R B1 tZ Pass 2 4 own37 1:12 NE Plunket-Francis 11 B1 M-Cross B1 tZ Basic 1 10 own48 0:49 NE Plunket-Stingley X B1 S-Out/HO B1 tZ Basic 2 10 own48 0:44 NE Calhoun 8 B1 Pitch-L/HO B1 tM Pass 3 2 opp44 0:36 NE Calhoun -4 B1 Pitch-R/HO B1 tM Run/Bz3 4 6 opp48 0:29 NE Cunningham 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Pass 1 10 own43 0:22 Buf Marangi -1 B1 QbKneel B1 Z Run-Simpson GAME