2009 · Week 1
Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots
Sep 14, 2009 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots edged Buffalo Bills 25–24. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (77%) going in. Patriots improve to 1-0; Bills fall to 0-1. Tom Brady led the way with 378 passing yards and 2 TDs; 9 rushing yards. Patriots out-gained the opponent 451–302 in total yards.
Team stats
| BUF | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 26 |
| 302 | Total yards | 451 |
| 212 | Passing yards | 378 |
| 90 | Rushing yards | 73 |
| 15/25 | Comp / Att | 39/53 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
BUF
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Edwards | 15/25 | 212 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Edwards | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| Fred Jackson | 15 | 57 | 0 |
| Xavier Omon | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Jackson | 5 | 7 | 83 | 1 |
| Terrell Owens | 2 | 3 | 46 | 0 |
| Derek Schouman | 3 | 4 | 41 | 0 |
| Lee Evans | 3 | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| Shawn Nelson | 2 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| Roscoe Parrish | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 39/53 | 378 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 10 | 32 | 0 |
| Fred Taylor | 9 | 25 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Moss | 12 | 16 | 141 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 12 | 16 | 93 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 6 | 7 | 77 | 2 |
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 8 | 51 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Baker | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Galloway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |