2011 · Week 3
New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
Sep 25, 2011 · Ralph Wilson Stadium · outdoors · a_turf
Recap
Buffalo Bills held off New England Patriots 34–31. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Bills had just a 36% chance going in. Bills improve to 3-0; Patriots fall to 2-1. Ryan Fitzpatrick paced the offense with 369 passing yards and 2 TDs. Patriots turned it over 4 times to Bills's 2.
Team stats
| NE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | First downs | 20 |
| 495 | Total yards | 448 |
| 387 | Passing yards | 369 |
| 108 | Rushing yards | 79 |
| 30/45 | Comp / Att | 27/40 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 30/45 | 387 | 4 | 4 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Stevan Ridley | 6 | 42 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 6 | 21 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 10 | 18 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Welker | 16 | 20 | 217 | 2 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 7 | 9 | 109 | 2 |
| Stevan Ridley | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Chad Johnson | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 3 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
BUF
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | 27/40 | 369 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Donald Jones | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Jackson | 12 | 74 | 1 |
| Brad Smith | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| C.J. Spiller | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Jones | 5 | 10 | 101 | 0 |
| Steve Johnson | 8 | 10 | 94 | 1 |
| Fred Jackson | 5 | 6 | 87 | 0 |
| David Nelson | 6 | 8 | 84 | 0 |
| Scott Chandler | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Brad Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Spiller | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 |
| Naaman Roosevelt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |