Week 11, 1981

played in New England, MA

34 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	7	0	0	7	-	14
New England Patriots	3	0	3	3	-	9

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:00 BUF - Tony Hill 15 pass from Richard Todd (Carson Long extra point)
1Q: 04:46 NED - Bucky Wallace 43 field goal
3Q: 02:08 NED - Bucky Wallace 36 field goal
4Q: 05:51 NED - Bucky Wallace 31 field goal
4Q: 00:53 BUF - Walter Payton 7 run (Carson Long extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:00 BUF - Tony Hill 15 pass from Richard Todd (Carson Long extra point)
1Q: 04:46 NED - Bucky Wallace 43 field goal
3Q: 02:08 NED - Bucky Wallace 36 field goal
4Q: 05:51 NED - Bucky Wallace 31 field goal
4Q: 00:53 BUF - Walter Payton 7 run (Carson Long extra point)

Team Statistics BUF NED
Record 5-5 6-4
First Downs 17 18
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 11 13
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 263 334
- Offensive Plays 56 69
- Yards per Play 4.70 4.84
Net Rushing Yards 105 81
- Rushing Attempts 25 21
- Yards per Rush 4.20 3.86
Net Passing Yards 158 253
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 20 - 2 46 - 31 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 185 264
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/27 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 5.10 5.27
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/12 8/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.9
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 1/5 6/37
Punt Returns/Yards 2/37 1/13
Kick Returns/Yards 3/55 1/34
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/23
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 27
Time of Possession 25:46 34:14

Team Statistics	BUF	NED
Record	5-5	6-4
First Downs	17	18
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	11	13
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	263	334
- Offensive Plays	56	69
- Yards per Play	4.70	4.84
Net Rushing Yards	105	81
- Rushing Attempts	25	21
- Yards per Rush	4.20	3.86
Net Passing Yards	158	253
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 20 - 2	46 - 31 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	185	264
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/27	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	5.10	5.27
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/12	8/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	7.9
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	1/5	6/37
Punt Returns/Yards	2/37	1/13
Kick Returns/Yards	3/55	1/34
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/23
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 27
Time of Possession	25:46	34:14

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:10	OWN 34	7	66	Touchdown
1	4:38	3:04	OWN 38	5	19	Punt
2	12:12	5:08	OWN 10	8	23	Punt
2	5:11	1:06	OWN 33	3	9	Interception
2	3:06	2:54	OWN 20	8	34	Punt
3	12:16	0:44	OWN 36	2	3	Interception
3	10:01	2:05	OWN 37	3	3	Punt
3	2:03	3:45	OWN 30	6	13	Punt
4	5:44	1:54	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	2:46	1:59	OWN 15	11	85	Touchdown

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:50	6:12	OWN 8	12	66	Field Goal
1	1:34	4:22	OWN 20	8	27	Punt
2	7:04	1:53	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
2	4:05	0:59	OPP 36	3	-4	Punt
2	0:12	0:12	OWN 4	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	2:44	OWN 20	6	15	Punt
3	11:32	1:31	OPP 40	3	3	Fumble
3	7:56	5:53	OWN 15	12	66	Field Goal
4	13:18	7:34	OWN 5	14	81	Field Goal
4	3:50	1:04	OWN 38	3	-1	Punt
4	0:47	0:47	OWN 42	4	44	Game

Game MVP: Steve Bartkowski, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Walter Payton	14	68	4.86	20	2	1
Earl Gant	6	11	1.83	8	0	0
Ted McKnight	2	16	8.00	14	1	0
Billy Jackson	2	4	2.00	3	0	0
Richard Todd	1	6	6.00	6	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Chuck Foreman	10	42	4.20	11	1
Jimmy Rogers	8	36	4.50	11	1
Steve Bartkowski	2	1	0.50	3	0
Lin Dawson	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Richard Todd	28	20	185	3/27	1	23	2	71.3

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Bartkowski	46	31	264	2/11	0	31	0	82.1

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tony Hill	7	9	73	10.43	12	23	1
RB Walter Payton	3	3	18	6.00	4	9	0
WR Archie Griffin	2	4	17	8.50	0	11	0
TE Gary Shirk	2	2	14	7.00	2	11	0
WR Wally Henry	2	2	28	14.00	6	14	0
WR Dennis Franklin	1	3	14	14.00	3	14	0
FB Ted McKnight	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Walt Arnold	1	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR George Farmer	1	1	15	15.00	0	15	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Darryl Stingley	6	9	101	16.83	38	31
RB Chuck Foreman	5	8	10	2.00	1	9
WR Lynn Swann	5	9	38	7.60	2	16
WR Stanley Morgan	5	8	41	8.20	17	18
TE Lin Dawson	3	4	11	3.67	1	8
WR Reuben Gant	2	3	11	5.50	2	8
WR Mike Wilson	2	2	21	10.50	0	13
TE Mike Hawkins	1	1	19	19.00	12	19
TE Loaird McCreary	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	1	1.00	1	1

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Luke Szorcsik	1	13	13.00	0
ILB Shane Nelson	1	10	10.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Recov	Force
Dwight Harrison	1	0
Walt Patulski	0	1
Jim Collins	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov
Darryl Stingley	1	0
Jimmy Rogers	1	0
Loaird McCreary	0	1

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat McInally	6	276	46.0	40.5	55	4

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	5	230	46.0	34.6	52	4

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Carson Long	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bucky Wallace	3/3	1/1	0/0	43	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Spreen	1	19	19.0	0
Dennis Franklin	1	18	18.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stanley Morgan	1	13	13.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Spreen	2	35	17.5	0
Dennis Franklin	1	20	20.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edddie Brown	1	34	34.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jim Collins	10	2	0.0	12	44
OLB Tom Toner	8	0	0.0	17	33
S Tommy Casanova	5	4	0.0	21	43
DE Walt Patulski	4	0	0.5	14	32
DE Will Wynn	3	1	1.0	10	12
CB Dwight Harrison	3	3	0.0	17	38
S Dextor Clinkscale	3	2	0.0	10	29
CB Graham Spreen	3	1	0.0	14	41
S Bryant Salter	3	0	0.0	13	33
DT Carl Barisich	2	1	0.0	11	14
OLB Frank LeMaster	2	1	0.0	6	14
DE Andy Dorris	1	1	0.5	11	36
CB Kenny Johnson	1	2	0.0	14	36
OLB Mel Land	1	1	0.0	10	5
ILB Don Rives	1	0	0.0	6	10
CB Jeff Wright	1	0	0.0	8	18
RB Walter Payton	1	0	---	---	---
DT Mike Dawson	1	0	0.0	10	34
WR Tony Hill	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Keena Turner	0	1	0.0	15	24

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Gary Campbell	7	0	2.0	21	16
CB Mark Mitchell	6	0	0.0	16	18
CB Herman Edwards	4	1	0.0	20	25
DT Jeff Lloyd	3	0	1.0	25	30
OLB Sam Hunt	3	2	0.0	20	15
S Glenn Buchanan	3	2	0.0	6	15
S Steve Luke	3	2	0.0	16	22
ILB Shane Nelson	3	2	0.0	16	13
OLB Steve Nelson	3	0	0.0	5	17
S Mike Davis	3	0	0.0	21	27
DE Al Harris	3	0	0.0	24	29
ILB John Anderson	2	2	0.0	12	21
S Edddie Brown	1	0	0.0	20	26
DE Barney Chavous	1	0	0.0	24	28
CB Luke Szorcsik	1	0	0.0	24	31

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Will Wynn	1.0	0	0	0	12
DE Andy Dorris	0.5	1	1	1	36
DE Walt Patulski	0.5	0	1	0	32
ILB Don Blackmon	0.0	1	1	0	16
DT Mike Dawson	0.0	0	2	1	34
DT Carl Barisich	0.0	0	1	0	14
OLB Tom Toner	0.0	0	1	0	33

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Gary Campbell	2.0	0	0	16
DT Jeff Lloyd	1.0	0	0	30
DE Al Harris	0.0	1	0	29
OLB Sam Hunt	0.0	0	1	15
DE Jim Young	0.0	0	1	5

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Tom Toner	7	0	33
ILB Jim Collins	6	0	44
S Tommy Casanova	4	0	43
S Bryant Salter	3	1	33
CB Graham Spreen	3	0	41
DE Walt Patulski	2	0	32
S Dextor Clinkscale	2	0	29
OLB Frank LeMaster	1	1	14
CB Dwight Harrison	1	0	38
DT Mike Dawson	1	0	34
OLB Mel Land	1	0	5

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Mark Mitchell	4	0	0	18
S Mike Davis	3	1	0	27
OLB Steve Nelson	3	0	0	17
S Glenn Buchanan	3	0	0	15
OLB Gary Campbell	3	0	0	16
OLB Sam Hunt	2	0	0	15
CB Luke Szorcsik	1	1	1	31
S Steve Luke	1	1	0	22
ILB Shane Nelson	0	0	1	13

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Reggie McKenzie	3	4	3	17	2	25
Ken Huff	1	5	0	19	1	28
Steve Riley	1	3	1	23	0	31
Chad Bush	1	1	0	5	0	6
Dave Scott	1	1	0	6	0	3
Don Macek	0	6	0	25	0	24
Kelvin Clark	0	2	0	20	0	25
Steve Courson	0	1	0	8	0	6
Ted McKnight	0	1	0	15	0	14

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
John Hannah	6	9	1	19	0	47
Wade Griffin	2	3	0	21	1	42
Irv Pankey	1	4	0	18	0	44
Lynn Boden	1	1	0	8	0	15
Larry Tearry	0	1	0	17	1	39
Lin Dawson	0	1	0	15	0	26

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Tony Hill	1	8
Ted McKnight	1	4

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Hawkins	1	13
Luke Szorcsik	1	13
Mike Wilson	1	13
Loaird McCreary	1	12
Andy Bolton	1	8

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tommy Casanova	---	---	21	43	4	68
Graham Spreen	---	---	14	41	12	67
Dwight Harrison	---	---	17	38	3	58
Jim Collins	---	---	12	44	2	58
Kenny Johnson	---	---	14	36	7	57
Richard Todd	25	31	---	---	---	56
Steve Riley	23	31	---	---	---	54
Ken Huff	19	28	---	---	6	53
Tom Toner	---	---	17	33	2	52
Dextor Clinkscale	---	---	10	29	13	52
Don Macek	25	24	---	---	2	51
Walt Patulski	---	---	14	32	4	50
Andy Dorris	---	---	11	36	2	49
Mike Dawson	---	---	10	34	5	49
Bryant Salter	---	---	13	33	2	48
Kelvin Clark	20	25	---	---	---	45
Keena Turner	---	---	15	24	5	44
Reggie McKenzie	17	25	---	---	---	42
Tony Hill	16	18	---	---	8	42
Jeff Wright	---	---	8	18	13	39
Walter Payton	17	22	---	---	---	39
Walt Arnold	10	16	---	---	13	39
Gary Shirk	12	17	---	---	7	36
Dennis Franklin	10	12	---	---	13	35
Earl Gant	8	8	---	---	18	34
Frank LeMaster	---	---	6	14	13	33
Ted McKnight	15	14	---	---	4	33
Billy Jackson	10	12	---	---	11	33
Archie Griffin	13	15	---	---	---	28
Wally Henry	13	15	---	---	---	28
Doug McDougald	---	---	7	16	5	28
Carl Barisich	---	---	11	14	2	27
Will Wynn	---	---	10	12	1	23
Mel Land	---	---	10	5	7	22
Don Blackmon	---	---	5	16	1	22
Don Rives	---	---	6	10	5	21
George Farmer	1	6	---	---	14	21
Chad Bush	5	6	---	---	6	17
Dave Scott	6	3	---	---	6	15
Steve Courson	8	6	---	---	---	14
Len Gotshalk	2	0	---	---	6	8
Todd Thomas	0	7	---	---	---	7
Pat McInally	0	0	---	---	6	6
Carson Long	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dave Mays	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jack Thompson	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Steve Bartkowski	21	48	---	---	---	69
Luke Szorcsik	---	---	24	31	13	68
Joe Fields	19	42	---	---	7	68
John Hannah	19	47	---	---	1	67
Wade Griffin	21	42	---	---	---	63
Larry Tearry	17	39	---	---	6	62
Irv Pankey	18	44	---	---	---	62
Loaird McCreary	18	30	---	---	12	60
Al Harris	---	---	24	29	6	59
Jeff Lloyd	---	---	25	30	1	56
Lin Dawson	15	26	---	---	12	53
Barney Chavous	---	---	24	28	---	52
Herman Edwards	---	---	20	25	6	51
Edddie Brown	---	---	20	26	3	49
Mike Davis	---	---	21	27	---	48
Stanley Morgan	11	31	---	---	6	48
Darryl Stingley	12	35	---	---	---	47
Reuben Gant	8	25	---	---	12	45
Lynn Swann	12	29	---	---	3	44
Mark Mitchell	---	---	16	18	6	40
Chuck Foreman	12	25	---	---	1	38
Steve Luke	---	---	16	22	---	38
Gary Campbell	---	---	21	16	---	37
John Anderson	---	---	12	21	3	36
Sam Hunt	---	---	20	15	---	35
Mike Hawkins	7	13	---	---	13	33
Jimmy Rogers	9	16	---	---	7	32
Lynn Boden	8	15	---	---	8	31
Glenn Buchanan	---	---	6	15	8	29
Shane Nelson	---	---	16	13	---	29
Steve Nelson	---	---	5	17	6	28
Mike Wilson	1	10	---	---	13	24
Cullen Bryant	0	0	---	---	20	20
Milt McColl	---	---	1	1	14	16
Leonard Mitchell	3	5	---	---	8	16
Vern Holland	0	6	---	---	8	14
Jim Young	---	---	3	5	5	13
Andy Bolton	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bucky Wallace	0	0	---	---	4	4
Larry Lawrence	0	0	---	---	3	3
Garo Yepremian	0	0	---	---	3	3
R.J. Reese	---	---	0	2	---	2
Mike Washington	---	---	1	0	---	1
Joe Gilliam	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ed McAleney	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	33	6.6
Middle	13	57	4.4
Right	7	15	2.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	35	5.0
Middle	8	21	2.6
Right	5	27	5.4
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Richard Todd	28	20	1	0	2	3	1	2	2

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Bartkowski	46	31	2	0	4	2	7	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	18	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	33	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	10	134	9.6
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	-1	-0.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	33	21	119	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	7	130	14.4
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	16	8.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tony Hill	9	7	0	73	1	18
WR Archie Griffin	4	2	0	17	0	15
WR Dennis Franklin	3	1	0	14	0	12
RB Walter Payton	3	3	0	18	0	22
TE Walt Arnold	3	1	2	0	0	16
TE Gary Shirk	2	2	0	14	0	17
WR Wally Henry	2	2	0	28	0	15
FB Ted McKnight	1	1	0	6	0	14
WR George Farmer	1	1	0	15	0	6

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Darryl Stingley	9	6	2	101	2	35
WR Lynn Swann	9	5	0	38	0	29
RB Chuck Foreman	8	5	0	10	0	25
WR Stanley Morgan	8	5	1	41	0	31
TE Lin Dawson	4	3	1	11	0	26
WR Reuben Gant	3	2	0	11	0	25
WR Mike Wilson	2	2	0	21	0	10
TE Mike Hawkins	1	1	0	19	0	13
TE Loaird McCreary	1	1	0	11	0	30
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	0	1	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Walter Payton	1	7	7.00	4.86

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Chuck Foreman	2	6	3.00	4.20
Jimmy Rogers	1	0	0.00	4.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Richard Todd	1	1	15	15.00	6.61

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Bartkowski	3	0	0	0.00	5.74

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tony Hill	1	1	15	15.00	8.11

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Lynn Swann	2	0	0	0.00	4.22
WR Darryl Stingley	1	0	0	0.00	11.22

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Walter Payton	1	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Chuck Foreman	2	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Richard Todd	10	6	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Bartkowski	13	9	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tony Hill	4	3	2
TE Walt Arnold	2	0	0
RB Walter Payton	1	1	0
WR Archie Griffin	1	0	0
TE Gary Shirk	1	1	1
FB Ted McKnight	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Darryl Stingley	5	3	3
WR Stanley Morgan	2	2	1
WR Mike Wilson	2	2	1
RB Chuck Foreman	1	0	0
WR Lynn Swann	1	0	0
TE Mike Hawkins	1	1	1
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,100 (21,400)
End Zone 14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,100 (21,400)
End Zone	14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)