1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	TOTAL
New England	3	0	0	7	3	13
Buffalo	0	3	0	7	0	10

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NWE		FG		ADAM VINATIERI 22 YD, 15:00. Drive: 11 plays, 49 yards in 6:10. Key plays: Redman 10-yard run to Buffalo 40; Bledsoe 9-yard pass to Glenn on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 23; Redman 13-yard run to Buffalo 12. NEW ENGLAND 3-0
2ND QUARTER
BUF		FG		STEVE CHRISTIE 25 YD, 8:41. Drive: 7 plays, 23 yards in 3:31. Key plays: Buffalo takes over on downs at New England 30; Flutie 13-yard run to New England 17; Morris 13-yard run to New England 4. NEW ENGLAND 3, BUFFALO 3
4TH QUARTER
BUF		TD		SHELDON JACKSON 1 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 3:29. Drive: 4 plays, 55 yards in 1:58. Key plays: Flutie 19-yard pass to Rimersma to New England 36; Flutie 32-yard run to New England 1. BUFFALO 10-3
NWE		TD		KEVIN FAULK 13 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 10:15. Drive: 5 plays, 37 yards in 2:40. Key plays: Brown 7-yard punt return to Buffalo 37; Faulk 13-yard run to Buffalo 24; Carter 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 13. NEW ENGLAND 10, BUFFALO 10
OT
NWE		FG		ADAM VINATIERI 24 YD, 14:41. Drive: 14 plays, 83 yards in 5:52. Key plays: Bledsoe 17-yard pass to Wiggins to New England 45; Brown 20-yard run to Buffalo 35; 9-yard pass interference penalty on Bills' Watson on 4th-and-5 to Buffalo 21; Bledsoe 14-yard run on 3rd-and-6 to Buffalo 3. NEW ENGLAND 13-10

TEAM STATISTICS

	NWE	BUF
FIRST DOWNS 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY TOTAL NET YARDS Total plays Average gain NET YARDS RUSHING Rushes Average per rush NET YARDS PASSING Completed-attempted Yards per pass Sacked-yards lost PUNTS-AVERAGE RETURN YARDAGE Punts-returns Kickoffs-returns Interceptions-returns PENALTIES-YARDS FUMBLES-LOST TIME OF POSSESSION	19 5-17 0-3 331 75 4.4 189 48 3.9 142 13-26 5.3 1-14 7-42.3 118 5-33 3-85 0-0 9-75 5-0 39:38	19 6-17 0-0 347 72 4.8 178 40 4.5 169 16-28 5.3 4-28 7-29.1 43 3-10 3-33 0-0 6-54 4-1 35:03

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New England (Adam Vinatieri 27); Buffalo (Steve Christie 23, 30).
New England rushing
Jr Redmond 20-66, Kevin Faulk 14-52, Tony Carter 9-34, Troy Brown 2-23, Drew Bledsoe 2-14, Lee Johnson 1-0.
Buffalo rushing
Shawn Bryson 19-82, Doug Flutie 9-50, Sammy Morris 11-43, Antowain Smith 1-3.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 13-26 for 156 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 15-25 for 193 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Rob Johnson 1-3 for 4 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New England receiving
Terry Glenn 6-70, Jermaine Wiggins 3-42, Troy Brown 2-15, Tony Carter 1-21, Kevin Faulk 1-8.
Buffalo receiving
Peerless Price 3-68, Jeremy Mcdaniel 3-38, Shawn Bryson 3-34, Sammy Morris 3-11, Eric Moulds 2-26, Jay Riemersma 1-19, Sheldon Jackson 1-1.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Chad Eaton 12-0-2, Otis Smith 10-0-0, Ted Johnson 4-1-0, Bobby Hamilton 3-2-0, Lawyer Milloy 3-2-0, Willie Mcginest 3-1-2, Chris Slade 2-2-0, Lonie Paxton 3-0-0, Antonio Langham 3-0-0, Garrett Johnson 3-0-0, Tebucky Jones 3-0-0, Larry Whigham 3-0-0, Henry Thomas 2-0-0, Tedy Bruschi 1-1-0, Ty Law 1-0-0, Kato Serwanga 0-1-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
John Holecek 12-3-0, Jay Foreman 10-5-0, Marcellus Wiley 7-5-1, Keith Newman 4-3-0, Henry Jones 3-4-0, Shawn Price 1-6-0, Travares Tillman 3-2-0, Ted Washington 4-0-0, Pat Williams 3-1-0, Chris Watson 1-2-0, Corey Moore 1-1-0, Raion Hill 1-0-0, Fred Jones 1-0-0, Ken Irvin 1-0-0.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
Buffalo (Rob Johnson).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New England (Willie Mcginest).
Officials
Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Perry Paganelli, Head linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Ron Marinucci, Field judge-Lloyd Mcpeters, Side judge-Terry Mcaulay, Back judge-Bob Lawing.
A: 47,230; T: 3:44.