Week 1, 2059

played in New England, MA

75 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	7	6	10	11	-	34
New England Patriots	3	7	7	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:46 BUF - Kennedy Mustian 12 pass from Ben Williams (Dana Thomason extra point)
1Q: 03:33 NED - Earnest Ellis 45 field goal
2Q: 08:05 BUF - Dana Thomason 27 field goal
2Q: 03:51 NED - Mitchell Webster 22 pass from Diego Barnes (Earnest Ellis extra point)
2Q: 00:03 BUF - Dana Thomason 28 field goal
3Q: 11:50 BUF - Dana Thomason 19 field goal
3Q: 07:36 NED - Darrin Perkins 39 interception return (Earnest Ellis extra point)
3Q: 03:17 BUF - Ben Williams 6 run (Dana Thomason extra point)
4Q: 05:57 BUF - Trey Ross 28 pass from Ben Williams (Ben Williams pass to Luke Collins for conversion)
4Q: 00:08 BUF - Dana Thomason 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:46 BUF - Kennedy Mustian 12 pass from Ben Williams (Dana Thomason extra point)
1Q: 03:33 NED - Earnest Ellis 45 field goal
2Q: 08:05 BUF - Dana Thomason 27 field goal
2Q: 03:51 NED - Mitchell Webster 22 pass from Diego Barnes (Earnest Ellis extra point)
2Q: 00:03 BUF - Dana Thomason 28 field goal
3Q: 11:50 BUF - Dana Thomason 19 field goal
3Q: 07:36 NED - Darrin Perkins 39 interception return (Earnest Ellis extra point)
3Q: 03:17 BUF - Ben Williams 6 run (Dana Thomason extra point)
4Q: 05:57 BUF - Trey Ross 28 pass from Ben Williams (Ben Williams pass to Luke Collins for conversion)
4Q: 00:08 BUF - Dana Thomason 19 field goal

Team Statistics BUF NED
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 19 17
- by Rushing 8 6
- by Passing 10 11
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 382 357
- Offensive Plays 67 63
- Yards per Play 5.70 5.67
Net Rushing Yards 164 102
- Rushing Attempts 29 23
- Yards per Rush 5.66 4.43
Net Passing Yards 218 255
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 20 - 1 37 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 237 271
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/19 3/16
- Yards per Pass Play 5.74 6.38
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 10/19 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/10 4/50
Punt Returns/Yards 1/9 2/29
Kick Returns/Yards 4/134 2/56
Interception Ret./Yards 1/8 1/39
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/4 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 26
Time of Possession 31:20 28:40

Team Statistics	BUF	NED
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	19	17
- by Rushing	8	6
- by Passing	10	11
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	382	357
- Offensive Plays	67	63
- Yards per Play	5.70	5.67
Net Rushing Yards	164	102
- Rushing Attempts	29	23
- Yards per Rush	5.66	4.43
Net Passing Yards	218	255
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 20 - 1	37 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	237	271
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/19	3/16
- Yards per Pass Play	5.74	6.38
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	10/19	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	6.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/10	4/50
Punt Returns/Yards	1/9	2/29
Kick Returns/Yards	4/134	2/56
Interception Ret./Yards	1/8	1/39
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/4	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 39	OWN 26
Time of Possession	31:20	28:40

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:39	3:02	OWN 17	7	83	Touchdown
1	3:27	1:49	OWN 36	3	3	Punt
2	12:50	4:51	OWN 43	8	47	Field Goal
2	3:37	2:31	OWN 35	4	20	Punt
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 45	3	44	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:18	OPP 33	8	31	Field Goal
3	9:29	2:02	OWN 20	6	12	Interception
3	7:27	1:53	OWN 27	3	3	Punt
3	4:02	0:56	OWN 42	2	58	Touchdown
3	2:00	1:48	OWN 44	3	3	Punt
4	12:01	1:44	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	8:52	3:09	OPP 43	6	43	Touchdown
4	4:48	4:45	OPP 46	12	44	Field Goal

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:21	OWN 38	4	45	Fumble
1	9:37	6:10	OWN 25	16	47	Field Goal
1	1:38	3:48	OWN 33	8	31	Missed FG
2	7:59	4:22	OWN 25	9	75	Touchdown
2	1:06	0:35	OWN 7	3	0	Punt
3	11:42	2:13	OWN 25	6	28	Punt
3	5:34	1:32	OWN 6	3	7	Punt
3	3:06	1:06	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
3	0:12	3:11	OWN 22	6	38	Punt
4	10:17	1:25	OWN 35	3	8	Fumble
4	5:43	0:55	OPP 49	2	-10	Interception
4	0:03	0:03	OWN 25	1	56	Game

Game MVP: Trey Ross, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Trey Ross	17	142	8.35	52	2	0
Ruben Harrison	7	6	0.86	8	0	0
Ben Williams	3	14	4.67	9	0	1
Dana Harrison	1	1	1.00	1	0	0
Braxton Horton	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Brenden Finley	10	41	4.10	16	2
Donnell Keegan	8	41	5.13	9	0
Kent Strong	2	1	0.50	2	0
Diego Barnes	1	8	8.00	8	0
Donald Hansen	1	10	10.00	10	1
Abraham Vender	1	1	1.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ben Williams	34	20	237	4/19	2	31	1	87.5

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Diego Barnes	37	21	271	3/16	1	56	1	77.6

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kennedy Mustian	6	9	50	8.33	14	14	1
RB Trey Ross	5	7	77	15.40	47	28	1
TE Quentin Duran	4	5	23	5.75	4	10	0
WR Luke Collins	4	8	81	20.25	28	31	0
RB Ruben Harrison	1	3	6	6.00	6	6	0
WR Dana Harrison	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cornelius Calciano	6	8	119	19.83	34	56	0
RB Brenden Finley	4	5	26	6.50	26	15	0
WR Donald Hansen	3	4	44	14.67	24	22	0
TE Luther Banfield	3	4	17	5.67	5	11	0
WR Mitchell Webster	2	5	22	11.00	0	22	1
TE Jerry Ellard	1	5	27	27.00	0	27	0
WR Gregory Brush	1	1	8	8.00	5	8	0
RB Kent Strong	1	3	8	8.00	0	8	0
FB Abraham Vender	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Donnell Keegan	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Thurman Brennan	1	8	8.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Darrin Perkins	1	39	39.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ben Williams	1	0	0
Kennedy Mustian	0	1	0
Ernie Sanford	0	1	0
Dwayne Dawson	0	1	0
Spencer Lee	0	0	1
Pat Brewer	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Diego Barnes	2	0	0	0
Rusty Strong	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Alejandro Tayoun	5	234	46.8	41.0	64	4

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Derek Gozzi	5	218	43.6	33.8	54	0

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dana Thomason	4/4	0/0	0/0	28	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Earnest Ellis	1/2	1/2	0/1	45	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Drake	1	9	9.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donald Hansen	2	29	14.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Trey Ross	3	113	37.7	0
Norman Butler	1	21	21.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donald Hansen	2	56	28.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Dean Drake	8	0	0.0	23	40
ILB Thurman Brennan	7	2	0.0	23	35
S Gregory Wayne	6	2	0.0	23	40
S Silas Peterson	5	2	0.0	23	35
OLB Pat Brewer	4	5	1.0	19	37
DE Spencer Lee	3	0	1.0	19	27
DT Jamal Birney	3	0	0.0	21	30
DE Dwayne Dawson	3	0	0.0	21	39
DT Ernie Sanford	2	0	1.0	18	30
CB Norman Butler	1	2	0.0	10	17
CB Donald Lamarr	1	0	0.0	21	34
DE Emmett Bertram	1	0	0.0	9	23
S Miles Gray	1	0	0.0	0	5
CB Caiden Hartrick	1	0	0.0	4	8
OLB Cornell Oliver	0	2	0.0	11	21

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Hayden Alston	8	0	0.0	25	35
S Phillip Benton	7	2	0.0	29	38
CB Miles Massicott	5	1	0.0	26	36
OLB Braxton Noa	4	1	1.0	13	18
CB Pat Gallant	4	0	0.0	14	18
ILB Alonzo Minnig	4	0	0.0	26	34
OLB Rusty Strong	3	0	2.0	8	9
DT Trent Farley	3	1	0.5	19	27
DT Christopher Heyward	3	2	0.0	21	25
S Winfred Cassell	3	0	0.0	23	32
DE Darryl Derosa	1	3	0.5	25	32
OLB Terrence Douglas	1	1	0.0	3	2
DT Johnathan DiMaggio	1	0	0.0	19	24
S Darrin Perkins	1	0	0.0	7	7
WR Donald Hansen	1	0	---	---	---
CB C.J. Mason	1	0	0.0	11	11
DE Julio Curtis	0	1	0.0	24	34
ILB Sam Howe	0	1	0.0	3	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Ernie Sanford	1.0	1	1	30
DE Spencer Lee	1.0	0	1	27
OLB Pat Brewer	1.0	0	0	37
DE Emmett Bertram	0.0	0	3	23
DE Dwayne Dawson	0.0	0	3	39
DT Jamal Birney	0.0	0	1	30

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Rusty Strong	2.0	0	0	1	9
OLB Braxton Noa	1.0	0	0	0	18
DE Darryl Derosa	0.5	0	1	2	32
DT Trent Farley	0.5	0	1	1	27
DT Christopher Heyward	0.0	1	1	2	25
DE Julio Curtis	0.0	0	2	2	34
DT Johnathan DiMaggio	0.0	0	1	1	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Dean Drake	6	0	0	40
S Gregory Wayne	4	0	0	40
ILB Thurman Brennan	2	1	1	35
S Silas Peterson	2	1	0	35
DE Dwayne Dawson	2	0	0	39
OLB Pat Brewer	1	1	0	37
CB Donald Lamarr	1	0	0	34
DT Jamal Birney	1	0	0	30
CB Norman Butler	1	0	0	17
S Miles Gray	1	0	0	5

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Hayden Alston	6	2	0	35
CB Miles Massicott	4	0	0	36
OLB Braxton Noa	3	0	0	18
S Phillip Benton	2	0	0	38
CB Pat Gallant	2	0	0	18
ILB Alonzo Minnig	1	1	0	34
S Winfred Cassell	1	0	0	32
OLB Rusty Strong	1	0	0	9
S Darrin Perkins	0	0	1	7

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kenyon Roberts	4	8	29	1	38
Byron Levine	1	6	29	0	38
Billy Flowers	1	5	29	1	38
Jerome Bridges	1	4	29	1	38
Ezekiel Brecht	0	2	29	1	38
Quentin Duran	0	1	25	0	32

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kendrick Griffin	4	6	23	2	40
Bart Buckley	3	6	23	0	40
Damian Joseph	1	3	23	1	40
Abraham Vender	1	2	9	0	12
Pat Vilnit	1	1	23	0	40
Jimmy Donaldson	0	3	23	0	40
Luther Banfield	0	1	3	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Trey Ross	2	16
Cornell Oliver	1	20
Kenyon Roberts	1	9

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Phillip Benton	3	25
Darrin Perkins	1	20
Abraham Vender	1	18

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Byron Levine	29	38	---	---	12	79
Kenyon Roberts	29	38	---	---	9	76
Ezekiel Brecht	29	38	---	---	9	76
Jerome Bridges	29	38	---	---	9	76
Billy Flowers	29	38	---	---	9	76
Dean Drake	---	---	23	40	7	70
Ben Williams	29	38	---	---	---	67
Luke Collins	29	37	---	---	1	67
Gregory Wayne	---	---	23	40	2	65
Donald Lamarr	---	---	21	34	8	63
Dwayne Dawson	---	---	21	39	2	62
Silas Peterson	---	---	23	35	3	61
Thurman Brennan	---	---	23	35	2	60
Trey Ross	19	24	---	---	16	59
Quentin Duran	25	32	---	---	---	57
Pat Brewer	---	---	19	37	1	57
Kennedy Mustian	29	25	---	---	---	54
Jamal Birney	---	---	21	30	2	53
Cornell Oliver	---	---	11	21	20	52
Ernie Sanford	---	---	18	30	2	50
Jamie Schwartz	7	17	---	---	25	49
Spencer Lee	---	---	19	27	---	46
Dana Harrison	16	18	---	---	11	45
Emmett Bertram	---	---	9	23	7	39
Braxton Horton	8	10	---	---	20	38
Norman Butler	---	---	10	17	4	31
Caiden Hartrick	---	---	4	8	17	29
Ruben Harrison	10	13	---	---	---	23
Pete Newton	1	1	---	---	19	21
Jeff Engel	0	0	---	---	20	20
Miles Gray	---	---	0	5	15	20
Jameson Johnson	1	13	---	---	---	14
R.J. Reeves	---	---	0	5	9	14
Malachi Howard	---	---	2	5	5	12
Dana Thomason	0	0	---	---	11	11
Lawrence Terrell	0	0	---	---	9	9
Alejandro Tayoun	0	0	---	---	9	9
Gino Burns	---	---	4	3	2	9
Alec Richardson	---	---	2	6	---	8
Ramos Meyer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jimmie Slaten	0	0	---	---	---	0
B.J. Robbins	0	0	---	---	---	0
Orlando Mayes	---	---	0	0	---	0
Hugh Herndon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tre Maloney	0	0	---	---	---	0
Joshua LaPlace	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Phillip Benton	---	---	29	38	25	92
Mitchell Webster	21	32	---	---	23	76
Kendrick Griffin	23	40	---	---	7	70
Damian Joseph	23	40	---	---	7	70
Miles Massicott	---	---	26	36	7	69
Winfred Cassell	---	---	23	32	12	67
Tyrus Bradley	---	---	19	29	19	67
Diego Barnes	23	40	---	---	2	65
Alonzo Minnig	---	---	26	34	4	64
Jerry Ellard	22	40	---	---	1	63
Bart Buckley	23	40	---	---	---	63
Pat Vilnit	23	40	---	---	---	63
Jimmy Donaldson	23	40	---	---	---	63
Julio Curtis	---	---	24	34	4	62
Hayden Alston	---	---	25	35	2	62
Darryl Derosa	---	---	25	32	1	58
Cornelius Calciano	21	33	---	---	---	54
Christopher Heyward	---	---	21	25	8	54
Trent Farley	---	---	19	27	4	50
Johnathan DiMaggio	---	---	19	24	3	46
Donald Hansen	11	17	---	---	12	40
Brenden Finley	12	18	---	---	10	40
Abraham Vender	9	12	---	---	18	39
Rusty Strong	---	---	8	9	22	39
Darrin Perkins	---	---	7	7	20	34
Braxton Noa	---	---	13	18	3	34
Pat Gallant	---	---	14	18	1	33
Gregory Brush	2	2	---	---	23	27
Henry Samuels	3	10	---	---	13	26
C.J. Mason	---	---	11	11	3	25
Luther Banfield	3	15	---	---	6	24
Donnell Keegan	9	9	---	---	1	19
Kent Strong	2	8	---	---	---	10
Mercury Henry	0	0	---	---	7	7
Norman Burns	0	0	---	---	7	7
Sam Howe	---	---	3	4	---	7
Terrence Douglas	---	---	3	2	2	7
Troy Horton	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bert Miller	---	---	3	2	2	7
Earnest Ellis	0	0	---	---	6	6
Derek Gozzi	0	0	---	---	5	5
Billy Schilz	0	4	---	---	---	4
Julian Newsome	---	---	1	1	---	2
Andre Maxwell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Alex Ezell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Elijah Mortensen	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	34	3.8
Middle	16	128	8.0
Right	3	3	1.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	52	5.8
Middle	9	39	4.3
Right	5	11	2.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ben Williams	34	20	3	2	1	3	6	9	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Diego Barnes	37	21	5	0	2	3	9	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	4	41	5.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	11	90	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	75	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	31	31.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	6	54	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	66	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	3	46	5.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	105	26.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kennedy Mustian	9	6	1	50	0	25
WR Luke Collins	8	4	0	81	1	37
RB Trey Ross	7	5	0	77	2	24
TE Quentin Duran	5	4	0	23	0	32
RB Ruben Harrison	3	1	0	6	0	13
WR Dana Harrison	2	0	0	0	0	18

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cornelius Calciano	8	6	0	119	2	33
TE Jerry Ellard	5	1	1	27	1	40
WR Mitchell Webster	5	2	0	22	1	32
RB Brenden Finley	5	4	0	26	0	18
WR Donald Hansen	4	3	0	44	1	17
TE Luther Banfield	4	3	0	17	0	15
RB Kent Strong	3	1	1	8	0	8
FB Abraham Vender	1	0	0	0	0	12
RB Donnell Keegan	1	0	0	0	0	9
WR Gregory Brush	1	1	0	8	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Trey Ross	4	15	3.75	8.35
Ruben Harrison	4	-5	-1.25	0.86
Ben Williams	3	14	4.67	4.67
Dana Harrison	1	1	1.00	1.00
Braxton Horton	1	1	1.00	1.00

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Donnell Keegan	1	6	6.00	5.13

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ben Williams	7	4	30	4.29	6.97

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kennedy Mustian	6	3	25	4.17	5.56
TE Quentin Duran	1	1	5	5.00	4.60

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Trey Ross	4	4
Ben Williams	2	1
Ruben Harrison	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Kent Strong	2	0
Donnell Keegan	1	1
Brenden Finley	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ben Williams	11	7	5

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Diego Barnes	9	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Trey Ross	6	4	3
WR Kennedy Mustian	2	2	1
WR Luke Collins	2	1	1
TE Quentin Duran	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Kent Strong	3	1	1
TE Jerry Ellard	2	1	1
WR Cornelius Calciano	2	2	2
WR Mitchell Webster	1	0	0
TE Luther Banfield	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)