National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 27, New England 21
Sunday, December 31, 2023 1:00 PM
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
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
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
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Austin 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Wise Jr. 1.0 15.0
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
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Brown 1
Buffalo Bills (10-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Allen 15/30 169 0 1
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
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
R. Douglas 2 50 1
E. Oliver 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Bernard 2.0 10.0
E. Oliver 1.0 8.0
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
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Allen 2