Sunday, October 3, 2004
New England Patriots 31, Buffalo Bills 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (3-0-0) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-3-0) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| NWE | BUF | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NWE | Corey Dillon 15 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Rian Lindell 33 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 42 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| BUF | Terrence McGee 98 yard kickoff return (Rian Lindell kick) | 10 | 10 |
| BUF | Eric Moulds 41 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Rian Lindell kick) | 10 | 17 |
| NWE | David Patten 30 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 17 |
| NWE | Daniel Graham 2 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 17 |
| NWE | Richard Seymour 68 yard fumble return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 17 |
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-99-1 | 27-123-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-30-298-2-0 | 18-30-247-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 6-33 |
| Net pass yards | 298 | 214 |
| Total yards | 397 | 337 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-77 | 11-94 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Tom Brady | NWE | 17 | 30 | 298 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| David Patten | NWE | 5 | 113 | 1 | ||||||||
| Corey Dillon | NWE | 19 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| David Givens | NWE | 4 | 86 | 0 | ||||||||
| Daniel Graham | NWE | 2 | 35 | 1 | ||||||||
| Christian Fauria | NWE | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||
| Patrick Pass | NWE | 5 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bethel Johnson | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 10 | 126 | 1 | ||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | BUF | 18 | 30 | 247 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -15 | 0 | |||
| Travis Henry | BUF | 24 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Lee Evans | BUF | 4 | 93 | 0 | ||||||||
| Sam Aiken | BUF | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| Josh Reed | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ryan Neufeld | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||