National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Buffalo 27, New England 21
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2023
Where: Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Temperature: 35°
Head Official: Alan Eck
Attendance: 70772
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 770721
Buffalo 1377027
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 14:48
New England TD Buffalo 0 - New England 7
Jalen Reagor 98 yd. kickoff return (Chad Ryland kick)
1st Quarter - 12:07
Buffalo FG Buffalo 3 - New England 7
Tyler Bass 35 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:37
Buffalo TD Buffalo 10 - New England 7
Josh Allen 1 yd. run (Tyler Bass kick)
1st Quarter - 2:16
Buffalo FG Buffalo 13 - New England 7
Tyler Bass 24 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 12:36
Buffalo TD Buffalo 20 - New England 7
Rasul Douglas 40 yd. interception return (Tyler Bass kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:44
New England TD Buffalo 20 - New England 14
Bailey Zappe 17 yd. run (Chad Ryland kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:42
Buffalo TD Buffalo 27 - New England 14
Josh Allen 1 yd. run (Tyler Bass kick)
4th Quarter - 11:01
New England TD Buffalo 27 - New England 21
Ezekiel Elliott 6 yd. run (Chad Ryland kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Buffalo
1st Downs 16 19
Rushing 7 10
Passing 8 8
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 7-15
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 4-44.0 6-48.2
Return Yards 122 110
Punts-Returns 1-2 2-18
Kickoffs-Returns 2-120 2-42
Int - Returns 1-0 3-50
Penalties-Yards 2-20 4-32
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Time of Possession 27:08 32:52
Total Net Yards 294 281
Total Plays 53 68
Average Gain 5.5 4.1
Net Yards Rushing 103 127
Rushes 24 37
Average/Rush 4.3 3.4
Net Yards Passing 191 154
Comp-Att 16-26 15-30
Yards/Pass 6.6 5.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 1-15
Had Intercepted 3 1
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 2 2
Passing 0 0
Other 1 1
Extra Points 3-3 3-3
Field Goals 0-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-5-40%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-3-67%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (4-12)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Zappe 16/26 209 0 3
Buffalo Bills (10-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Allen 15/30 169 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
E. Elliott 14 39 2.8 1 9
B. Zappe 5 37 7.4 1 18
K. Harris 2 15 7.5 0 15
D. Douglas 3 12 4.0 0 6
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Cook 16 48 3.0 0 8
J. Allen 11 44 4.0 2 19
T. Johnson 5 22 4.4 0 7
K. Shakir 1 10 10.0 0 10
S. Diggs 1 5 5.0 0 5
L. Murray 1 0 0.0 0 0
K. Allen 2 -2 -1.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Harris 2 2 54 27.0 0 48
J. Reagor 3 1 39 39.0 0 39
M. Gesicki 6 4 35 8.8 0 14
D. Douglas 5 3 31 10.3 0 17
T. Thornton 3 3 24 8.0 0 14
D. Parker 2 1 15 15.0 0 15
E. Elliott 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
P. Brown 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Kincaid 7 4 87 21.8 0 51
K. Shakir 4 4 39 9.8 0 18
S. Diggs 7 4 26 6.5 0 9
G. Davis 3 2 21 10.5 0 15
L. Murray 1 0 0 0 0 0
T. Sherfield 3 0 0 0 0 0
J. Cook 3 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Austin 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Douglas 2 50 1
E. Oliver 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Wise Jr. 1.0 15.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Bernard 2.0 10.0
E. Oliver 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Dugger 7 3
A. Jennings 5 0
J. Bentley 5 2
J. Tavai 4 6
J. Jones 3 0
M. Bryant 3 0
L. Guy Sr. 3 2
C. Barmore 3 3
A. Austin 2 1
J. Uche 2 2
D. Wise Jr. 2 2
M. Wilson Sr. 1 0
S. Wade 1 0
K. White 1 2
J. Mills 1 4
D. Godchaux 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Bernard 8 2
J. Poyer 8 2
T. Dodson 4 1
T. Johnson 3 1
C. Benford 3 1
L. Floyd 2 0
E. Oliver 2 0
M. Hyde 2 1
G. Rousseau 1 0
A. Epenesa 1 0
K. Jonathan 1 0
T. Settle 1 0
R. Douglas 1 1
T. Rapp 0 1
D. Jones 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Uche 1.0
J. Tavai 1.0
A. Jennings 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Bernard 3.0
L. Floyd 1.0
A. Epenesa 1.0
E. Oliver 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Brown 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Allen 2
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