| Played in New England, MA, weather: 19 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind. |
| Buffalo won the toss and elected to receive. |
| Start of first quarter. |
| (1Q: 15:00) Allan Leavitt kicked off 61 yards from the NED30. Rod Hill returned the ball 18 yards to the BUF27. Tackled by George Farmer. |
| 1-10-BUF27 (1Q: 14:23) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Eric Sievers. OLB Gary Campbell drove right through Brad Edelman to hurry the quarterback. |
| 2-10-BUF27 (1Q: 14:16) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Daryl Turner for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Garcia Lane. The ball was fumbled and recovered by NED Doug Greene on the BUF32. |
| 1-10-BUF32 (1Q: 14:07) Sweetness Payton ran inside the right guard for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Bruce Scholtz. |
| 2-7-BUF29 (1Q: 13:43) Tony Nathan ran inside the right guard for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Reggie White. |
| 3-5-BUF27 (1Q: 13:20) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Benny Malone for 15 yards. Tackled by CB Wayne Davis. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Malone gained 5 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-BUF12 (1Q: 12:50) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Lynn Swann for 0 yards. Tackled by OLB Keena Turner. |
| 2-10-BUF12 (1Q: 12:17) Walter Payton ran a trap outside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Johnny Rembert, assisted by S Mike Prior. |
| 3-8-BUF10 (1Q: 11:40) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 10 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! New England 6, Buffalo 0 |
| (1Q: 11:40) Extra point by Bucky Wallace was good. New England 7, Buffalo 0 |
| (1Q: 11:32) Allan Leavitt kicked off 72 yards from the NED30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-BUF20 (1Q: 11:32) Cedric Minter ran around the left tackle for 10 yards. Tackled by DT Pete Koch, assisted by S Doug Greene. Key block delivered by Morlon Poole. |
| 1-10-BUF30 (1Q: 10:53) Cedric Minter ran outside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Reggie White, assisted by OLB Gary Campbell. |
| 2-8-BUF32 (1Q: 10:14) Cedric Minter ran around the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by S Doug Greene. PENALTY: Buffalo was called for Illegal Use of the Hands. |
| 2-18-BUF22 (1Q: 10:06) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Mike Young for 7 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis, assisted by CB Garcia Lane. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Young gained 2 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-11-BUF29 (1Q: 09:28) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Dave Logan for 15 yards. Tackled by OLB Sam Hunt. |
| 1-10-BUF44 (1Q: 09:01) Richard Todd pass completed to RB Cedric Minter for 3 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Mark Murphy. Minter gained 3 yards after the catch. |
| 2-7-BUF47 (1Q: 08:37) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Dave Logan for 8 yards. Tackled by S Doug Greene. |
| 1-10-NED45 (1Q: 07:51) Gary Anderson ran inside the right tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by DT Pete Koch, assisted by OLB Greg Gaines. |
| 2-6-NED41 (1Q: 07:23) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Mike Young for 23 yards. Tackled by CB Herman Edwards. |
| 1-10-NED18 (1Q: 06:48) Richard Todd sacked by DE Bruce Clark for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Bob Olderman. |
| 2-16-NED24 (1Q: 06:21) Gary Anderson ran inside the right tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by DT Pete Koch. |
| 3-12-NED20 (1Q: 05:50) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Dave Logan. ILB Shane Nelson defended the pass. New England's Reggie White was hurt on the play. This appears to be a minor ribcage injury. He should be able to remain in the game. |
| 4-12-NED20 (1Q: 05:40) Carson Long attempted a 37 yard field goal and succeeded. New England 7, Buffalo 3 |
| (1Q: 05:32) Carson Long kicked off 65 yards from the BUF30. Fred Bohannon returned the ball 35 yards to the NED40. Tackled by D.D. Hoggard. |
| 1-10-NED40 (1Q: 05:11) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Benny Malone for 13 yards. Tackled by S Shaun Gayle. |
| 1-10-BUF47 (1Q: 04:37) PENALTY: New England was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-NED48 (1Q: 04:30) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Stanley Morgan. DE Reggie White hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 2-15-NED48 (1Q: 04:21) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Benny Malone for 14 yards. Tackled by OLB Johnny Rembert. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Malone gained 7 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-1-BUF38 (1Q: 03:39) Gary Kubiak pass completed to RB Walter Payton for 5 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Mike Prior. |
| 1-10-BUF33 (1Q: 03:12) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 15 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 1-10-BUF18 (1Q: 02:39) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Benny Malone for 18 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! New England 13, Buffalo 3 |
| (1Q: 02:39) Extra point by Bucky Wallace was good. New England 14, Buffalo 3 |
| (1Q: 02:28) Allan Leavitt kicked off 79 yards from the NED30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-BUF20 (1Q: 02:28) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Dave Logan for 10 yards. Tackled by ILB Jerry Blanton, assisted by S Doug Greene. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 1-10-BUF30 (1Q: 01:53) Gary Anderson ran outside the right tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis. Key block delivered by Eric Sievers. |
| 2-3-BUF37 (1Q: 01:09) Cedric Minter ran around left end for 3 yards. Tackled by DT Pete Koch, assisted by S Mike Davis. The ball was fumbled and recovered by NED OLB Gary Campbell to the BUF40. |
| 1-10-BUF40 (1Q: 01:00) Gary Kubiak pass was dropped by WR Lynn Swann. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-10-BUF40 (1Q: 00:55) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Lynn Swann. OLB Johnny Rembert hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-10-BUF40 (1Q: 00:48) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 7 yards. Tackled by CB Ronnie Lippett. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-3-BUF33 (1Q: 00:25) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Lynn Swann for -1 yards. Tackled by OLB Johnny Rembert. The ball was fumbled and recovered by NED Mike Wilson on the BUF34. The ball goes over on downs. |
| 1-10-BUF34 (1Q: 00:17) Gary Anderson ran outside the right tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Shane Nelson. PENALTY: Buffalo was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 1-20-BUF24 (1Q: 00:10) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Daryl Turner for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| Start of second quarter. |
| 2-17-BUF27 (2Q: 15:00) Richard Todd pass completed to TE Eric Sievers for 9 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess, assisted by CB Daryl Smith. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 3-8-BUF36 (2Q: 14:29) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Archie Griffin. DE Reggie White hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-8-BUF36 (2Q: 14:21) Pat McInally punted 43 yards. Stanley Morgan returned the kick 9 yards to the NED30. PENALTY: New England was called for Roughing the Kicker. |
| 1-10-NED49 (2Q: 14:13) Cedric Minter ran around right end for 4 yards. Tackled by OLB Sam Hunt. |
| 2-6-NED45 (2Q: 13:44) Gary Anderson ran around right end for 8 yards. Tackled by DE Reggie White. Key block delivered by Ron Mattes. |
| 1-10-NED37 (2Q: 13:04) Cedric Minter ran around left end for 3 yards. Tackled by S Doug Greene. OLB Sam Hunt knocked down Bob Olderman to break up the play. |
| 2-7-NED34 (2Q: 12:26) Cedric Minter ran around left end for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Gary Campbell. |
| 3-4-NED31 (2Q: 11:47) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Mike Young for 0 yards. Tackled by S Doug Greene. |
| 4-4-NED31 (2Q: 11:08) Carson Long attempted a 48 yard field goal and missed short of the crossbar. |
| 1-10-NED38 (2Q: 11:00) Walter Payton ran a draw inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior, assisted by OLB Keena Turner. |
| 2-8-NED40 (2Q: 10:36) PENALTY: New England was called for a False Start. |
| 2-13-NED35 (2Q: 10:30) Walter Payton ran inside the right guard for 33 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior. Key block delivered by Larry Tearry. |
| 1-10-BUF32 (2Q: 10:01) Gary Kubiak pass completed to TE Walter White for 27 yards. Tackled by S Shaun Gayle. White gained 21 yards after the catch. |
| 1-5-BUF05 (2Q: 09:26) Gary Kubiak pass was dropped by TE Walter White. |
| 2-5-BUF05 (2Q: 09:22) Walter Payton ran inside the right guard for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Keena Turner. |
| 3-3-BUF03 (2Q: 08:44) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Stanley Morgan. DE Reggie White hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-3-BUF03 (2Q: 08:37) Bucky Wallace attempted a 20 yard field goal and it was blocked by Mike Prior. BUF Keena Turner recovered the ball at the BUF14. |
| 1-10-BUF14 (2Q: 08:27) Richard Todd sacked by DE Bruce Clark for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Bob Olderman. |
| 2-16-BUF08 (2Q: 08:00) Archie Griffin ran a reverse around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by DT Ron Fernandes. |
| 3-12-BUF12 (2Q: 07:27) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Mike Young for 16 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Young gained 1 yard after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-BUF28 (2Q: 07:00) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for RB Gary Anderson. CB Rufus Bess defended the pass. |
| 2-10-BUF28 (2Q: 06:51) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Archie Griffin for 4 yards. Tackled by OLB Sam Hunt. |
| 3-6-BUF32 (2Q: 06:06) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Mike Young for 11 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess, assisted by CB Garcia Lane. |
| 1-10-BUF43 (2Q: 05:33) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Archie Griffin for 14 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis. Griffin gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| 1-10-NED43 (2Q: 05:14) Richard Todd pass completed to FB Larry Moriarty for 3 yards. Tackled by S Doug Greene, assisted by ILB Jerry Blanton. |
| 2-7-NED40 (2Q: 04:54) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Dave Logan for 15 yards. Tackled by CB Herman Edwards. |
| 1-10-NED25 (2Q: 04:32) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Dave Logan. CB Herman Edwards knocked the ball out of his grasp. |
| 2-10-NED25 (2Q: 04:26) Richard Todd sacked by OLB Gary Campbell for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Ron Mattes. |
| 3-16-NED31 (2Q: 04:07) Richard Todd pass was dropped by TE Eric Sievers. |
| 4-16-NED31 (2Q: 04:00) Carson Long attempted a 48 yard field goal and missed wide to the left. |
| 1-10-NED38 (2Q: 03:54) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for RB Tony Nathan. DE Milford Hodge hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-NED38 (2Q: 03:49) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Stanley Morgan for 15 yards. Tackled by OLB Keena Turner. The ball was fumbled and recovered by BUF Scott Radecic on the BUF47. |
| 1-10-BUF47 (2Q: 03:41) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Archie Griffin for 14 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 1-10-NED39 (2Q: 03:19) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Dave Logan. OLB Gary Campbell hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The defense looked very familiar with that play. |
| 2-10-NED39 (2Q: 03:13) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Dave Logan for 8 yards. Tackled by OLB Sam Hunt. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 3-2-NED31 (2Q: 02:53) Gary Anderson ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Daryl Smith, assisted by S Fred Bohannon. Key block delivered by Eric Sievers. |
| 1-10-NED27 (2Q: 02:34) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Daryl Turner. OLB Sam Hunt hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-NED27 (2Q: 02:27) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Archie Griffin for 7 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by ILB Shane Nelson. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-3-NED20 (2Q: 02:05) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Mark Pattison for 14 yards. Tackled by ILB John Anderson. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Pattison gained 6 yards after the catch. The ball was fumbled and recovered by BUF Tim Wrightman on the NED06. PENALTY: New England was called for Unsportsmanlike Conduct. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 1-3-NED03 (2Q: 01:57) Richard Todd sacked by OLB Gary Campbell for a loss of 7 yards. Sack allowed by Sid Abramowicz. |
| 2-10-NED10 (2Q: 01:41) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Young. DE Jim Young hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-10-NED10 (2Q: 01:35) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Archie Griffin for 3 yards. Tackled by S Doug Greene. Griffin gained 3 yards after the catch. Buffalo's Brad Edelman was hurt on the play. This appears to be a minor foot injury. He should be able to remain in the game. |
| 4-7-NED07 (2Q: 01:17) Carson Long attempted a 24 yard field goal and succeeded. New England 14, Buffalo 6 |
| (2Q: 01:09) Carson Long kicked off 56 yards from the BUF30. Fred Bohannon returned the ball 80 yards to the BUF06. Tackled by Rod Hill. |
| 1-6-BUF06 (2Q: 01:04) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for FB Stan Edwards. OLB Ron Crosby hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-6-BUF06 (2Q: 00:58) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 6 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! New England 20, Buffalo 6 |
| (2Q: 00:58) Extra point by Bucky Wallace was good. New England 21, Buffalo 6 |
| (2Q: 00:50) Allan Leavitt kicked off 62 yards from the NED30. Archie Griffin returned the ball 24 yards to the BUF32. Tackled by Sylvester Stamps. |
| 1-10-BUF32 (2Q: 00:40) Richard Todd pass completed to RB Gary Anderson for 0 yards. Tackled by ILB Shane Nelson. |
| 2-10-BUF32 (2Q: 00:19) Gary Anderson ran around right end for 3 yards. Tackled by S Doug Greene. |
| 3-7-BUF35 (2Q: 00:02) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Daryl Turner for 7 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| Start of third quarter. |
| (3Q: 15:00) Carson Long kicked off 74 yards from the BUF30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-NED20 (3Q: 15:00) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Lynn Swann for 18 yards. Tackled by ILB Jim Fahnhorst. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-NED38 (3Q: 14:28) Walter Payton ran inside the right guard for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Reggie White. DE Reggie White knocked down Ron Solt to break up the play. |
| 2-8-NED40 (3Q: 13:48) Walter Payton ran a trap outside the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior, assisted by OLB Johnny Rembert. PENALTY: New England was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 2-18-NED30 (3Q: 13:41) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 10 yards. Tackled by OLB Keena Turner, assisted by S Shaun Gayle. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-8-NED40 (3Q: 13:05) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 25 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Mike Prior. Wilson gained 8 yards after the catch. PENALTY: New England was called for Illegal Motion. |
| 3-13-NED35 (3Q: 12:53) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Lynn Swann for 45 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior. Swann gained 32 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-BUF20 (3Q: 12:05) Walter Payton ran inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Keena Turner. |
| 2-8-BUF18 (3Q: 11:37) Gary Kubiak sacked by OLB Bruce Scholtz for a loss of 3 yards. Sack allowed by Wade Griffin. |
| 3-11-BUF21 (3Q: 10:59) PENALTY: New England was called for a False Start. |
| 3-16-BUF26 (3Q: 10:53) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Johnny Perkins. CB Wayne Davis defended the pass. |
| 4-16-BUF26 (3Q: 10:47) Bucky Wallace attempted a 43 yard field goal and succeeded. New England 24, Buffalo 6 |
| (3Q: 10:42) Allan Leavitt kicked off 72 yards from the NED30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-BUF20 (3Q: 10:42) Richard Todd scrambled for 7 yards. Tackled by S Mark Murphy. |
| 2-3-BUF27 (3Q: 09:58) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mark Pattison. DE Reggie White drove right through Brad Edelman to hurry the quarterback. |
| 3-3-BUF27 (3Q: 09:51) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Daryl Turner for -2 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Daryl Smith, assisted by ILB Shane Nelson. |
| 4-5-BUF25 (3Q: 09:07) Pat McInally punted 49 yards. Lynn Swann returned the kick 8 yards to the NED34. Tackled by Eric Sievers. |
| 1-10-NED34 (3Q: 08:58) Tony Nathan ran inside the right guard for -2 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior, assisted by DE Bubba Emanuel. |
| 2-12-NED32 (3Q: 08:22) Gary Kubiak pass completed to TE Walter White for 13 yards. Tackled by CB Ronnie Lippett. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-NED45 (3Q: 07:54) Gary Kubiak pass completed to TE Dana McKenzie for 7 yards. Tackled by ILB Jim Fahnhorst. |
| 2-3-BUF48 (3Q: 07:24) Tony Nathan ran inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Reggie White, assisted by DE Mike Hamby. PENALTY: New England was called for Illegal Motion. |
| 2-8-NED47 (3Q: 07:18) Walter Payton ran inside the left guard for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Johnny Rembert, assisted by S Mike Prior. |
| 3-5-NED50 (3Q: 06:43) Gary Kubiak pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Benny Malone. |
| 4-5-NED50 (3Q: 06:38) Rick Engles punted 42 yards. Mike Prior called for a fair catch at the BUF08. |
| 1-10-BUF08 (3Q: 06:30) Richard Todd pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Dave Logan. |
| 2-10-BUF08 (3Q: 06:23) Richard Todd scrambled for 0 yards. Tackled by S Mark Murphy. |
| 3-10-BUF08 (3Q: 05:45) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Dave Logan for 62 yards. Tackled by OLB Sam Hunt. Logan gained 43 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-NED30 (3Q: 05:10) Richard Todd pass completed to TE Tim Wrightman for 5 yards. Tackled by S Fred Bohannon. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 2-5-NED25 (3Q: 04:24) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Archie Griffin for 7 yards. Tackled by S Doug Greene. Griffin gained 2 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-NED18 (3Q: 03:37) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Archie Griffin. DE Reggie White hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-NED18 (3Q: 03:29) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Daryl Turner for 2 yards. Tackled by ILB Shane Nelson. |
| 3-8-NED16 (3Q: 02:45) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Daryl Turner. CB Herman Edwards simply crushed the receiver as the ball arrived. |
| 4-8-NED16 (3Q: 02:37) Carson Long attempted a 33 yard field goal and succeeded. New England 24, Buffalo 9 |
| (3Q: 02:32) Carson Long kicked off 71 yards from the BUF30. Fred Bohannon returned the ball 27 yards to the NED26. Tackled by Ted McKnight. |
| 1-10-NED26 (3Q: 01:57) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Walter White. ILB Scott Radecic defended the pass. |
| 2-10-NED26 (3Q: 01:53) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Stanley Morgan for 10 yards. Tackled by DE Mike Hamby. |
| 1-10-NED36 (3Q: 01:14) Gary Kubiak sacked by DE Mike Hamby and DE Reggie White for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Bill Story. |
| 2-16-NED30 (3Q: 00:28) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Lynn Swann for 6 yards. Tackled by CB Rod Hill, assisted by S Shaun Gayle. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 3-10-NED36 (3Q: 00:01) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 18 yards. Tackled by S Shaun Gayle. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| Start of fourth quarter. |
| 1-10-BUF46 (4Q: 15:00) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Wilson. OLB Johnny Rembert defended the pass. |
| 2-10-BUF46 (4Q: 14:51) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Stanley Morgan for 10 yards. Tackled by OLB Keena Turner. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-BUF36 (4Q: 14:24) Sweetness Payton ran around the left tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by ILB Jim Collins. |
| 2-9-BUF35 (4Q: 13:58) Gary Kubiak pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Lynn Swann. CB Rod Hill hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-9-BUF35 (4Q: 13:48) Gary Kubiak pass completed to RB Walter Payton for 13 yards. Tackled by CB Ronnie Lippett. Payton gained 14 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-BUF22 (4Q: 13:01) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Benny Malone for 12 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior. Malone gained 13 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-BUF10 (4Q: 12:28) Gary Kubiak sacked by DE Reggie White for a loss of 5 yards. Sack allowed by Bob Rush. |
| 2-15-BUF15 (4Q: 11:53) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 2 yards. Tackled by CB Rod Hill, assisted by OLB Johnny Rembert. Wilson gained 4 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-13-BUF13 (4Q: 11:23) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 13 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! New England 30, Buffalo 9 |
| (4Q: 11:23) Extra point by Bucky Wallace was good. New England 31, Buffalo 9 |
| (4Q: 11:15) Allan Leavitt kicked off 69 yards from the NED30. Archie Griffin returned the ball 13 yards to the BUF14. Tackled by Johnny Perkins. |
| 1-10-BUF14 (4Q: 10:49) Richard Todd pass completed to RB Gary Anderson for 16 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Mark Murphy. Anderson gained 10 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-BUF30 (4Q: 10:09) Richard Todd sacked by DE Reggie White for a loss of 6 yards. White ran right past Sid Abramowicz and knocked down the quarterback. |
| 2-16-BUF24 (4Q: 09:21) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Mike Young for -1 yards. Tackled by CB Herman Edwards. |
| 3-17-BUF23 (4Q: 09:02) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Archie Griffin for 13 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess, assisted by S Mike Davis. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 4-4-BUF36 (4Q: 08:41) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Dave Logan. DE Jim Young hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw into double coverage. The ball goes over on downs. |
| 1-10-BUF36 (4Q: 08:35) Gary Kubiak pass completed to RB Walter Payton for 10 yards. Tackled by CB Ronnie Lippett. Payton gained 1 yard after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. Buffalo's Bubba Emanuel was hurt on the play. |
| 1-10-BUF26 (4Q: 08:07) Sweetness Payton ran inside the right tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Scott Radecic. |
| 2-7-BUF23 (4Q: 07:23) Gary Kubiak pass was intended for TE Walter White and was intercepted by ILB Jim Collins at the BUF20. Tackled by Walter White. |
| 1-10-BUF20 (4Q: 07:15) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Archie Griffin. OLB Sam Hunt hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The defense looked extremely familiar with that play. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-10-BUF20 (4Q: 07:06) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Mike Young for 15 yards. Tackled by ILB Shane Nelson. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Young gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| 1-10-BUF35 (4Q: 06:49) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Daryl Turner for 6 yards. Tackled by S Mark Murphy. Turner gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| 2-4-BUF41 (4Q: 06:32) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Archie Griffin. DT Ron Fernandes hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The defense looked very familiar with that play. |
| 3-4-BUF41 (4Q: 06:22) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Young. CB Herman Edwards defended the pass. The defense looked extremely familiar with that play. |
| 4-4-BUF41 (4Q: 06:14) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Archie Griffin for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Jim Young. The ball goes over on downs. |
| 1-10-BUF43 (4Q: 06:08) Gary Kubiak pass completed to WR Stanley Morgan for 3 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Shaun Gayle, assisted by CB Ronnie Lippett. |
| 2-7-BUF40 (4Q: 05:33) Walter Payton ran inside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior. |
| 3-5-BUF38 (4Q: 04:47) Walter Payton ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior. |
| 4-2-BUF35 (4Q: 04:01) Rick Engles punted 35 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-BUF20 (4Q: 03:56) Richard Todd pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Dave Logan. The defense looked very familiar with that play. |
| 2-10-BUF20 (4Q: 03:46) Richard Todd pass completed to WR Dave Logan for 23 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Logan gained 4 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-BUF43 (4Q: 03:28) Richard Todd pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Archie Griffin. The defense looked very familiar with that play. |
| 2-10-BUF43 (4Q: 03:22) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mark Pattison. CB Rufus Bess defended the pass. |
| 3-10-BUF43 (4Q: 03:13) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for RB Cedric Minter. CB Rufus Bess defended the pass. The defense looked very familiar with that play. |
| 4-10-BUF43 (4Q: 03:06) Richard Todd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Archie Griffin. S Mike Davis defended the pass. The defense looked very familiar with that play. The ball goes over on downs. |
| 1-10-BUF43 (4Q: 02:58) Sweetness Payton ran inside the right guard for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Bruce Scholtz. |
| Buffalo called a time out. |
| 2-8-BUF41 (4Q: 02:46) Walter Payton ran inside the right tackle for 8 yards and was forced out of bounds. Tackled by OLB Keena Turner. Key block delivered by Ron Solt. |
| 1-10-BUF33 (4Q: 02:37) Walter Payton ran around right end for 8 yards and was forced out of bounds. Tackled by S Mike Prior, assisted by DE Reggie White. Key block delivered by Stan Edwards. |
| 2-2-BUF25 (4Q: 02:26) Walter Payton ran inside the left guard for 1 yard. Tackled by DE Reggie White, assisted by OLB Johnny Rembert. DT Mike Dawson knocked down Bob Rush to break up the play. |
| Buffalo called a time out. |
| 3-1-BUF24 (4Q: 02:14) Tony Nathan ran inside the right guard for 2 yards. Tackled by S Shaun Gayle, assisted by ILB Jim Collins. Key block delivered by Bill Story. |
| Buffalo called a time out. |
| 1-10-BUF22 (4Q: 02:07) Walter Payton ran around the left tackle for 8 yards. Tackled by S Mike Prior, assisted by DE Reggie White. Key block delivered by Wade Griffin. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 2-2-BUF14 (4Q: 01:58) Sweetness Payton ran inside the right tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Scott Radecic. Key block delivered by Walter White. |
| 1-10-BUF11 (4Q: 01:13) Walter Payton ran around right end for 3 yards. Tackled by DE Steve Hamilton, assisted by OLB Keena Turner. |
| 2-7-BUF08 (4Q: 00:27) Gary Kubiak dropped to one knee for -2 yards. |
| Final Score: New England Patriots 31, Buffalo Bills 9 |