Week 17, 2000

played in Buffalo, NY

16 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New England Patriots	3	0	7	7	-	17
Buffalo Bills	3	3	7	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:23 BUF - David Beckham 34 field goal
1Q: 03:41 NED - Cole Ford 44 field goal
2Q: 09:22 BUF - David Beckham 26 field goal
3Q: 10:48 BUF - Eddie George 2 pass from Dave Schnell (David Beckham extra point)
3Q: 01:36 NED - Antonio Freeman 11 pass from Trot Nixon (Cole Ford extra point)
4Q: 12:48 NED - Ben Karpinski 85 fumble return (Cole Ford extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:23 BUF - David Beckham 34 field goal
1Q: 03:41 NED - Cole Ford 44 field goal
2Q: 09:22 BUF - David Beckham 26 field goal
3Q: 10:48 BUF - Eddie George 2 pass from Dave Schnell (David Beckham extra point)
3Q: 01:36 NED - Antonio Freeman 11 pass from Trot Nixon (Cole Ford extra point)
4Q: 12:48 NED - Ben Karpinski 85 fumble return (Cole Ford extra point)

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 5-11 10-6
First Downs 15 15
- by Rushing 5 4
- by Passing 8 10
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 223 327
- Offensive Plays 59 65
- Yards per Play 3.78 5.03
Net Rushing Yards 74 100
- Rushing Attempts 22 23
- Yards per Rush 3.36 4.35
Net Passing Yards 149 227
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 22 - 1 36 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 166 262
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/17 6/35
- Yards per Pass Play 4.03 5.40
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 9.6
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/2
Penalties/Yards 3/18 8/55
Punt Returns/Yards 5/65 2/14
Kick Returns/Yards 4/106 2/38
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/18
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 26
Time of Possession 29:00 31:00

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	5-11	10-6
First Downs	15	15
- by Rushing	5	4
- by Passing	8	10
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	223	327
- Offensive Plays	59	65
- Yards per Play	3.78	5.03
Net Rushing Yards	74	100
- Rushing Attempts	22	23
- Yards per Rush	3.36	4.35
Net Passing Yards	149	227
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 22 - 1	36 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	166	262
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/17	6/35
- Yards per Pass Play	4.03	5.40
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	9.6
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/2
Penalties/Yards	3/18	8/55
Punt Returns/Yards	5/65	2/14
Kick Returns/Yards	4/106	2/38
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/18
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 26
Time of Possession	29:00	31:00

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:58	OWN 33	3	9	Fumble
1	10:15	2:55	OWN 34	5	25	Punt
1	5:26	1:52	OWN 47	4	26	Field Goal
2	14:20	1:49	OWN 11	3	8	Punt
2	9:15	4:11	OWN 21	5	30	Punt
2	3:09	1:43	OWN 43	6	24	Interception
2	0:20	0:20	OWN 13	1	0	Half
3	10:39	2:15	OWN 38	3	0	Punt
3	7:04	5:34	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown
4	10:37	3:56	OWN 39	8	25	Punt
4	5:36	2:26	OWN 28	3	-1	Punt
4	2:05	0:31	OPP 43	3	8	Punt
4	0:33	0:33	OPP 38	1	-1	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:02	2:47	OPP 42	6	25	Field Goal
1	7:20	1:54	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	3:34	4:14	OWN 20	8	13	Punt
2	12:31	3:16	50	5	41	Field Goal
2	5:04	1:55	OWN 1	3	1	Punt
2	1:26	1:06	OWN 22	3	8	Punt
3	15:00	4:21	OWN 15	8	85	Touchdown
3	8:24	1:20	OWN 30	3	9	Punt
3	1:30	3:56	OWN 20	9	65	Fumble
4	12:34	1:57	OWN 33	3	6	Punt
4	6:41	1:05	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	3:10	1:05	OWN 35	7	8	Downs
4	1:34	1:01	OWN 20	5	18	Downs

Game MVP: Ben Karpinski, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Robert Holcombe	18	77	4.28	24	3
Trot Nixon	2	4	2.00	5	0
Mike Alstott	1	0	0.00	0	0
Shaun Alexander	1	-7	-7.00	-7	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Eddie George	11	50	4.55	12	1
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	10	40	4.00	18	2
Curtis Alexander	2	10	5.00	10	1

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Trot Nixon	34	22	166	3/17	1	25	1	73.9

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dave Schnell	36	23	262	6/35	1	52	0	94.8

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Antonio Freeman	7	9	32	4.57	12	11	1
WR Eric Moulds	7	9	96	13.71	52	25	0
RB Robert Holcombe	6	8	23	3.83	11	9	0
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	3	14	14.00	2	14	0
TE Jamie Asher	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
WR Evan Toomer	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Shaun Alexander	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Brad Hoover	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brian Finneran	8	15	120	15.00	56	52	0
TE Stephen Alexander	4	5	50	12.50	19	22	0
TE David Sloan	3	6	22	7.33	0	16	0
WR Joey Galloway	2	3	36	18.00	15	30	0
RB Eddie George	2	3	12	6.00	0	10	1
TE David LaFleur	2	2	-3	-1.50	0	1	0
RB Curtis Alexander	1	1	13	13.00	8	13	0
WR Todd Pinkston	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Phillippi Sparks	1	18	18.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ed McCaffrey	1	0	0	0
Trot Nixon	1	0	0	0
Ben Karpinski	0	1	2	1
Muneer Moore	0	1	0	0
Greg Myers	0	0	1	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
Dave Schnell	2	0	0
Eddie George	1	0	0
Phillippi Sparks	0	1	1
Chris Gray	0	1	0
Jerome Daniels	0	1	0
Zach Bronson	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	7	275	39.3	28.7	48	1

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Tuten	7	383	54.7	42.6	70	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cole Ford	1/1	1/1	0/0	44	2/2

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Beckham	2/2	0/0	0/0	34	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	4	46	11.5	0
Mark Walhberg	1	19	19.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wayne McGarity	2	14	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	3	88	29.3	0
J.T. Ogden	1	18	18.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wesley Carroll	2	38	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Todd Franz	7	1	0.0	21	40
DT Reggie McGrew	6	0	0.0	17	20
S Greg Myers	5	1	1.0	22	38
DE Ben Karpinski	4	0	2.0	14	36
ILB Desmond Grasso	4	5	0.0	22	39
CB Terrell Buckley	4	1	0.0	19	41
CB James Becker	4	0	0.0	22	38
DT Tony Siragusa	3	1	1.5	13	18
OLB Tucker Brock	3	1	0.0	14	24
CB Mark Walhberg	3	0	0.0	9	26
DE Erik Flowers	2	2	1.0	21	36
DT Sam Adams	2	2	0.5	23	42
CB Tory James	2	0	0.0	1	10
OLB Derrick Thomas	1	1	0.0	9	19
WR Eric Moulds	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Nickolas Fox	0	2	0.0	4	9
DE Shawn Sawyda	0	1	0.0	2	2

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT John Thornton	6	1	0.0	18	32
DE Darren Howard	5	1	2.5	19	26
OLB Terry Killens	5	2	0.5	15	24
S John Heeter	4	2	0.0	22	35
S Zach Bronson	4	2	0.0	22	36
OLB Vernon Crawford	4	0	0.0	18	30
CB Phillippi Sparks	3	0	0.0	22	37
ILB Eric Hill	3	0	0.0	22	36
CB Jason Sehorn	2	1	0.0	20	35
DE Chidi Ahanotu	2	0	0.0	13	21
ILB Barry Minter	2	0	0.0	13	14
CB Robert Bean	2	0	0.0	9	28
DE Ren Hoek	1	0	0.0	9	16
ILB Rahim Abdullah	1	0	0.0	3	2
DT Bill Goldberg	0	1	0.0	4	5

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Ben Karpinski	2.0	1	0	36
DT Tony Siragusa	1.5	0	1	18
S Greg Myers	1.0	0	0	38
DE Erik Flowers	1.0	0	0	36
DT Sam Adams	0.5	0	0	42
OLB Nickolas Fox	0.0	1	0	9

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Darren Howard	2.5	1	0	26
OLB Terry Killens	0.5	0	0	24
DE Chidi Ahanotu	0.0	2	1	21
DT Bill Goldberg	0.0	1	0	5
ILB Barry Minter	0.0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Todd Franz	5	0	40
CB Terrell Buckley	4	0	41
OLB Tucker Brock	3	0	24
CB James Becker	3	0	38
S Greg Myers	2	2	38
ILB Desmond Grasso	2	1	39
CB Tory James	2	0	10
S Zack de la Rocha	1	1	17
CB Mark Walhberg	1	0	26

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Terry Killens	4	0	0	24
S Zach Bronson	3	0	0	36
CB Phillippi Sparks	2	1	1	37
S John Heeter	2	1	0	35
CB Jason Sehorn	2	0	0	35
OLB Vernon Crawford	2	0	0	30
CB Robert Bean	2	0	0	28
ILB Barry Minter	1	0	0	14
ILB Eric Hill	1	0	0	36
DT John Thornton	1	0	0	32
ILB Rahim Abdullah	1	0	0	2
DE Darren Howard	1	0	0	26

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leon Searcy	2	3	22	0	37
Damien Woody	2	3	22	0	37
John St. Clair	1	5	22	0	37
Cameron Spikes	0	4	22	1	37
Rick Delrio	0	3	22	1	37
Jamie Asher	0	1	14	0	17
Brad Hoover	0	1	17	0	23
Robert Holcombe	0	0	21	1	34

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Conrad	3	7	23	4	42
Ian Beckles	2	4	23	1	42
Bob Dahl	2	4	10	0	10
Stephen Alexander	1	2	22	0	38
Max Lane	0	3	23	1	42
Chris Gray	0	3	23	0	42

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Shaun Alexander	1	23
Zack de la Rocha	1	14
James Becker	1	13
Mike Alstott	1	10

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Wayne Campbell	4	22
Eddie George	1	24
Antonio Stofa	1	9
Reggie Nelson	1	9
Todd Pinkston	1	8
Curtis Alexander	1	3

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
James Becker	---	---	22	38	13	73
Erik Flowers	---	---	21	36	14	71
Leon Searcy	22	37	---	---	8	67
Sam Adams	---	---	23	42	2	67
Rick Delrio	22	37	---	---	8	67
John St. Clair	22	37	---	---	8	67
Desmond Grasso	---	---	22	39	3	64
Todd Franz	---	---	21	40	2	63
Terrell Buckley	---	---	19	41	2	62
Greg Myers	---	---	22	38	1	61
Trot Nixon	22	37	---	---	---	59
Damien Woody	22	37	---	---	---	59
Cameron Spikes	22	37	---	---	---	59
Eric Moulds	20	28	---	---	10	58
Robert Holcombe	21	34	---	---	---	55
Tucker Brock	---	---	14	24	16	54
Ben Karpinski	---	---	14	36	2	52
Brad Hoover	17	23	---	---	6	46
Ed McCaffrey	8	21	---	---	15	44
Antonio Freeman	12	32	---	---	---	44
Reggie McGrew	---	---	17	20	4	41
Mark Walhberg	---	---	9	26	3	38
Derrick Thomas	---	---	9	19	8	36
Zack de la Rocha	---	---	5	17	14	36
Tory James	---	---	1	10	22	33
Tony Siragusa	---	---	13	18	---	31
Jamie Asher	14	17	---	---	---	31
Shaun Alexander	1	3	---	---	23	27
Mike Alstott	5	9	---	---	10	24
Wesley Walls	9	4	---	---	7	20
Damian Vaughn	1	1	---	---	16	18
Hannibal Navies	---	---	11	6	1	18
Nickolas Fox	---	---	4	9	3	16
Muneer Moore	0	5	---	---	9	14
J.T. Ogden	0	0	---	---	13	13
Evan Toomer	2	8	---	---	---	10
Tony Mandarich	0	0	---	---	8	8
Allen Rossum	---	---	4	1	3	8
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	7	7
Butch Rolle	0	0	---	---	5	5
Cole Ford	0	0	---	---	5	5
Shawn Sawyda	---	---	2	2	---	4
Daquan Peterman	0	0	---	---	3	3
Sean Parker	0	0	---	---	1	1
Don Majkowski	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mo Collins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
David Sloan	23	42	---	---	11	76
Chris Gray	23	42	---	---	9	74
Chris Conrad	23	42	---	---	9	74
Dave Schnell	23	42	---	---	---	65
Ian Beckles	23	42	---	---	---	65
Max Lane	23	42	---	---	---	65
Jason Sehorn	---	---	20	35	9	64
Phillippi Sparks	---	---	22	37	1	60
Stephen Alexander	22	38	---	---	---	60
John Heeter	---	---	22	35	2	59
Eddie George	11	24	---	---	24	59
Eric Hill	---	---	22	36	1	59
Zach Bronson	---	---	22	36	1	59
Brian Finneran	17	34	---	---	1	52
Robert Bean	---	---	9	28	15	52
John Thornton	---	---	18	32	1	51
Vernon Crawford	---	---	18	30	---	48
David LaFleur	12	24	---	---	11	47
Jerome Daniels	13	32	---	---	---	45
Darren Howard	---	---	19	26	---	45
Terry Killens	---	---	15	24	1	40
Chidi Ahanotu	---	---	13	21	5	39
Dan Campbell	7	16	---	---	16	39
Rogers Beckett	---	---	6	14	17	37
Barry Minter	---	---	13	14	9	36
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	10	17	---	---	---	27
Ren Hoek	---	---	9	16	---	25
Rob Morris	---	---	4	5	14	23
Wayne Campbell	0	0	---	---	22	22
Leon Bender	---	---	3	11	8	22
Todd Pinkston	5	8	---	---	8	21
Bob Dahl	10	10	---	---	---	20
Joey Galloway	5	6	---	---	8	19
Bill Goldberg	---	---	4	5	3	12
Wesley Carroll	1	0	---	---	10	11
Wayne McGarity	0	0	---	---	10	10
Rick Tuten	0	0	---	---	9	9
Antonio Stofa	0	0	---	---	9	9
Marshall Pleasant	0	0	---	---	9	9
Reggie Nelson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Rahim Abdullah	---	---	3	2	4	9
David Beckham	0	0	---	---	6	6
Curtis Alexander	2	1	---	---	3	6
Brian Habib	0	0	---	---	---	0
Trent Dilfer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jamie Martin	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	4	0.8
Middle	8	27	3.4
Right	8	44	5.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	20	3.3
Middle	11	44	4.0
Right	6	36	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Trot Nixon	34	22	2	2	2	2	5	1	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dave Schnell	36	23	4	2	4	4	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	7	48	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	87	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	31	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	-3	-1.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	95	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	7	118	9.8
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	52	10.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Antonio Freeman	9	7	0	32	0	32
WR Eric Moulds	9	7	0	96	2	28
RB Robert Holcombe	8	6	0	23	0	34
WR Ed McCaffrey	3	1	1	14	0	21
WR Evan Toomer	2	0	1	0	0	8
TE Jamie Asher	1	1	0	1	0	17
RB Shaun Alexander	1	0	0	0	0	3
FB Brad Hoover	1	0	0	0	0	23

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brian Finneran	15	8	2	120	2	34
TE David Sloan	6	3	2	22	0	42
TE Stephen Alexander	5	4	0	50	1	38
WR Joey Galloway	3	2	0	36	1	6
RB Eddie George	3	2	0	12	0	24
TE David LaFleur	2	2	0	-3	0	24
RB Curtis Alexander	1	1	0	13	0	1
WR Todd Pinkston	1	1	0	12	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Eddie George	1	3	3.00	4.55
Curtis Alexander	1	10	10.00	5.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Trot Nixon	3	2	12	4.00	4.88

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dave Schnell	2	2	12	6.00	7.28

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	0	0	0.00	4.67
WR Antonio Freeman	1	1	11	11.00	3.56
RB Robert Holcombe	1	1	1	1.00	2.88

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Eddie George	2	2	12	6.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Holcombe	2	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Eddie George	3	2
Curtis Alexander	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Trot Nixon	9	8	3

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dave Schnell	12	10	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Freeman	4	3	1
WR Eric Moulds	2	2	1
RB Robert Holcombe	2	2	0
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	1	1

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE David Sloan	3	2	1
TE Stephen Alexander	3	3	1
WR Brian Finneran	3	2	1
RB Eddie George	1	1	1
TE David LaFleur	1	1	0
RB Curtis Alexander	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,000 (21,400)
End Zone 14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,000 (21,400)
End Zone	14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)