Week 1, 2023

played in New England, MA

70 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	14	10	10	3	-	37
New England Patriots	0	7	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:59 BUF - Benjamin Dantzler 5 run (Bill Glaros extra point)
1Q: 01:48 BUF - Greg Janssen 7 run (Bill Glaros extra point)
2Q: 08:27 NED - Bernard Escalante 4 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 03:52 BUF - Tracy Marohl 17 pass from Ralph Maxwell (Bill Glaros extra point)
2Q: 00:43 BUF - Bill Glaros 34 field goal
3Q: 12:03 BUF - Earnest Leal 13 pass from Ralph Maxwell (Bill Glaros extra point)
3Q: 01:51 BUF - Bill Glaros 45 field goal
4Q: 02:18 BUF - Bill Glaros 47 field goal
4Q: 00:03 NED - Bernard Escalante 2 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:59 BUF - Benjamin Dantzler 5 run (Bill Glaros extra point)
1Q: 01:48 BUF - Greg Janssen 7 run (Bill Glaros extra point)
2Q: 08:27 NED - Bernard Escalante 4 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 03:52 BUF - Tracy Marohl 17 pass from Ralph Maxwell (Bill Glaros extra point)
2Q: 00:43 BUF - Bill Glaros 34 field goal
3Q: 12:03 BUF - Earnest Leal 13 pass from Ralph Maxwell (Bill Glaros extra point)
3Q: 01:51 BUF - Bill Glaros 45 field goal
4Q: 02:18 BUF - Bill Glaros 47 field goal
4Q: 00:03 NED - Bernard Escalante 2 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Team Statistics BUF NED
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 24 17
- by Rushing 10 7
- by Passing 12 7
- by Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 442 241
- Offensive Plays 65 54
- Yards per Play 6.80 4.46
Net Rushing Yards 216 87
- Rushing Attempts 41 23
- Yards per Rush 5.27 3.78
Net Passing Yards 226 154
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 17 - 0 28 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 226 173
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 9.42 4.97
Fumbles/Lost 4/1 3/2
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 10.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 7/44 7/69
Punt Returns/Yards 3/50 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 2/48 5/148
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 31
Time of Possession 35:52 24:08

Team Statistics	BUF	NED
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	24	17
- by Rushing	10	7
- by Passing	12	7
- by Penalty	2	3
Total Net Yards	442	241
- Offensive Plays	65	54
- Yards per Play	6.80	4.46
Net Rushing Yards	216	87
- Rushing Attempts	41	23
- Yards per Rush	5.27	3.78
Net Passing Yards	226	154
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 17 - 0	28 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	226	173
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	9.42	4.97
Fumbles/Lost	4/1	3/2
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	10.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	7/44	7/69
Punt Returns/Yards	3/50	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	2/48	5/148
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	4/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 31
Time of Possession	35:52	24:08

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:31	2:41	OWN 40	7	60	Touchdown
1	8:45	7:04	OWN 20	15	80	Touchdown
2	8:18	4:35	OWN 22	9	78	Touchdown
2	2:35	2:00	OWN 15	8	68	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:04	OWN 29	5	71	Touchdown
3	10:07	1:31	OWN 39	3	15	Fumble
3	7:30	3:04	OWN 4	5	26	Punt
3	3:11	1:26	OPP 35	3	7	Field Goal
4	14:51	1:47	OPP 49	3	7	Punt
4	9:11	6:58	OWN 46	9	24	Field Goal

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:29	OWN 34	3	-6	Punt
1	10:50	2:05	OWN 49	3	4	Punt
1	1:41	8:23	OWN 31	17	69	Touchdown
2	3:43	1:08	OPP 42	2	27	Fumble
2	0:35	0:35	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	11:56	1:49	OWN 36	3	-24	Punt
3	8:36	1:06	OWN 46	3	5	Punt
3	4:26	1:15	OWN 11	3	24	Fumble
3	1:45	1:54	OWN 20	4	8	Punt
4	13:04	3:53	OWN 20	8	34	Downs
4	2:13	2:13	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown

Game MVP: Ralph Maxwell, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Benjamin Dantzler	24	124	5.17	40	4	1
Greg Janssen	13	68	5.23	27	1	1
Ralph Maxwell	4	24	6.00	8	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bernard Escalante	8	41	5.13	17	1	2
Cory Blackburn	8	27	3.38	18	1	0
Brian Thompson	5	11	2.20	6	0	0
Jerome Alexander	2	8	4.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ralph Maxwell	24	17	226	0/0	2	30	0	128.1

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernard Escalante	28	16	173	3/19	0	34	0	75.4

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Tracy Marohl	4	5	38	9.50	6	17	1
WR Johnnie Gillott	4	6	52	13.00	13	15	0
WR Earnest Leal	3	4	68	22.67	28	30	1
WR Pat Douglas	3	3	46	15.33	22	25	0
WR Spencer Matias	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
RB Lance Becnel	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
RB Greg Janssen	1	2	11	11.00	13	11	0
RB Benjamin Dantzler	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jesse Marshall	3	6	28	9.33	12	21
TE Ken Stone	3	3	33	11.00	4	15
WR Bo Lucas	2	3	21	10.50	6	15
TE Harry Torres	2	2	22	11.00	0	11
WR Terrell Boyd	2	4	37	18.50	31	34
WR Mark Rhoads	2	3	19	9.50	0	11
RB Cory Blackburn	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Leslie Hicks	1	4	7	7.00	0	7
FB Jerome Alexander	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Brian Thompson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
Benjamin Dantzler	3	1	0
Johnnie Gillott	1	0	0
Mack Alston	0	1	1
Deion Steven	0	1	0
Pat Douglas	0	1	0
Earnest Vasher	0	1	0
Phillip Halbert	0	0	1
Adrian Hastings	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bo Lucas	1	0	0
Jesse Marshall	1	0	0
Cory Blackburn	1	0	0
Alan Woodard	0	1	0
Leland Roundy	0	1	0
Kelly Franz	0	0	1
Quentin Davidson	0	0	1
Warren Stewart	0	0	1
Cris Farr	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rico Miiles	2	96	48.0	38.0	54	1

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lester Laxdal	5	244	48.8	34.8	61	1

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bill Glaros	3/3	2/2	0/0	47	4/4

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brock Ogden	3	50	16.7	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mack Alston	2	48	24.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Van Meter	4	121	30.3	0
Mark Rhoads	1	27	27.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Earnest Vasher	6	1	0.0	14	18
S Mack Alston	4	2	1.0	23	30
S Leslie Ramthun	4	1	0.0	17	23
OLB Claude Hutton	4	1	0.0	13	14
DT J.T. Shapiro	3	1	0.5	16	20
CB Phillip Halbert	3	0	0.0	6	17
ILB Nolan Adderly	3	0	0.0	17	20
DE Jamal Stokes	2	1	1.0	17	21
DE Nathan McIntyre	2	1	0.0	8	9
ILB Rod Ulufale	2	0	0.0	6	10
DT Daryl Poly	1	1	0.5	12	16
CB Lamar Toews	1	0	0.0	21	29
CB Trevor Graham	1	0	0.0	19	19
OLB Lamar Bradford	1	0	0.0	6	3
DE Edward Arnold	0	1	0.0	13	13
DT Deron Sharman	0	1	0.0	7	11

New England	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Quentin Davidson	9	4	34	16
S Cris Farr	9	1	34	17
S Kirk McCarthy	4	1	21	21
DT Gus Bensen	4	1	30	18
CB Gene Levine	4	0	32	22
OLB Reuben Lester	3	1	16	14
OLB Warren Stewart	3	0	20	11
CB Donnell Arnold	3	0	27	20
CB Kelly Franz	2	2	25	12
S David Tynik	2	1	23	11
DT T.K.O. Schofer	2	0	34	12
OLB Kirk Bobro	1	1	23	3
CB Marshall Fairley	1	1	9	12
OLB Butch Summers	1	1	7	8
DT Vernon Garrett	1	0	15	9
DE Kelvin Harbert	1	0	21	16
DE Alan Woodard	1	0	20	8
DE Ernie Sturgeon	1	0	37	18
OLB Alfred Cooley	1	0	9	2
S John Van Meter	1	0	10	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jamal Stokes	1.0	0	1	21
S Mack Alston	1.0	0	0	30
DT J.T. Shapiro	0.5	1	1	20
DT Daryl Poly	0.5	1	0	16
DE Jessie Heath	0.0	2	3	19
DT Deron Sharman	0.0	1	1	11
DE Nathan McIntyre	0.0	0	1	9

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kelvin Harbert	0.0	0	2	1	16
DT T.K.O. Schofer	0.0	0	1	0	12

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Phillip Halbert	4	0	17
S Leslie Ramthun	3	0	23
OLB Earnest Vasher	2	0	18
S Mack Alston	1	1	30
S Adrian Hastings	1	1	22
CB Lamar Toews	1	0	29
OLB Claude Hutton	1	0	14
DE Nathan McIntyre	1	0	9
ILB Rod Ulufale	1	0	10
OLB Lamar Bradford	1	0	3
CB Trevor Graham	0	2	19

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Kirk McCarthy	4	1	21
CB Gene Levine	3	1	22
S Cris Farr	3	1	17
CB Kelly Franz	2	0	12
ILB Quentin Davidson	1	1	16
CB Marshall Fairley	1	0	12
S David Tynik	1	0	11
S John Van Meter	1	0	8
OLB Butch Summers	1	0	8

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Earnest Bailey	4	6	3	41	24
Deion Steven	2	9	0	29	20
Mercury Hartman	2	4	0	38	23
Lawrence Asher	1	5	0	38	19
Melvin Bryant	1	5	0	41	24
Tracy Marohl	1	3	0	32	18
Otis Finks	1	3	0	12	4
Norman Pierce	0	2	0	22	6
Raymond Alexander	0	1	0	17	12

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Charlie Andrade	1	3	18	0	27
Leland Roundy	1	2	20	2	29
Lenny Spindler	1	2	22	0	29
Harry Torres	1	1	13	0	13
Lewis Culpepper	1	1	3	0	2
Jerome Alexander	1	1	11	0	11
Jesse O'Neill	0	2	8	0	11
Darren Smith	0	2	20	0	24
Van Perry	0	1	21	1	29

Special Teams Statistics

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Adrian Hastings	2	14
Greg Janssen	1	11
Hardy Dux	1	10
Mack Alston	1	3
Lance Becnel	0	19
Brock Ogden	0	15
Christian Howe	0	15
Todd Benson	0	13
Raymond Alexander	0	12
Bill Glaros	0	11
Claude Hutton	0	10
Ellis Bramlett	0	10
Phillip Halbert	0	9
Lamar Bradford	0	9
Tracy Marohl	0	8
Spencer Matias	0	7
Earnest Bailey	0	5
Jessie Heath	0	5
Norman Pierce	0	5
Melvin Bryant	0	5
Adam Moss	0	5
Phil Rabach	0	3
Otis Finks	0	3
Deion Steven	0	2
Rico Miiles	0	2
Jamal Stokes	0	2
Rod Ulufale	0	2
J.T. Shapiro	0	1
Lamar Toews	0	1
Edward Arnold	0	1
Deron Sharman	0	1
Daryl Poly	0	1

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Otis Porter	2	5
Brian Thompson	1	17
John Van Meter	1	17
Jerome Alexander	1	9
Gene Levine	0	17
Harry Torres	0	15
Bo Lucas	0	13
Reuben Lester	0	13
Marshall Fairley	0	11
Alfred Cooley	0	9
Terrell Boyd	0	9
Ken Stone	0	8
Rickey Whalen	0	6
Mark Rhoads	0	6
Jesse Marshall	0	5
Lewis Culpepper	0	5
Jesse O'Neill	0	5
Charlie Andrade	0	5
Lester Laxdal	0	5
Quentin Davidson	0	4
Gus Bensen	0	4
Kelvin Harbert	0	3
Kirk McCarthy	0	3
Ernie Sturgeon	0	3
Warren Stewart	0	3
David Tynik	0	3
Darren Smith	0	3
Charlie Flannery	0	2
Alan Woodard	0	2
Cole Robles	0	2
Cris Farr	0	2
Donnell Arnold	0	2
T.K.O. Schofer	0	2
Kirk Bobro	0	1
Kelly Franz	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	82	6.8
Middle	18	64	3.6
Right	11	70	6.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	9	9.0
Middle	16	77	4.8
Right	5	2	0.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ralph Maxwell	24	17	3	0	0	4	3	1	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernard Escalante	28	16	2	0	3	4	5	7	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	23	7.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	6	79	7.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	81	11.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	43	10.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	46	11.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	73	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	54	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Johnnie Gillott	6	4	52	0	18
TE Tracy Marohl	5	4	38	0	18
WR Earnest Leal	4	3	68	2	13
WR Pat Douglas	3	3	46	1	12
RB Greg Janssen	2	1	11	0	7
RB Benjamin Dantzler	2	0	0	0	16
WR Spencer Matias	1	1	10	0	5
RB Lance Becnel	1	1	1	0	8

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jesse Marshall	6	3	1	28	1	20
WR Terrell Boyd	4	2	1	37	1	16
WR Leslie Hicks	4	1	1	7	0	22
WR Bo Lucas	3	2	0	21	0	17
TE Ken Stone	3	3	0	33	0	19
WR Mark Rhoads	3	2	0	19	0	11
TE Harry Torres	2	2	0	22	0	13
FB Jerome Alexander	1	0	0	0	0	11
RB Brian Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	10
RB Cory Blackburn	1	1	0	6	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Benjamin Dantzler	4	14	3.50	5.17
Ralph Maxwell	2	12	6.00	6.00
Greg Janssen	1	7	7.00	5.23

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cory Blackburn	4	16	4.00	3.38
Bernard Escalante	3	12	4.00	5.13
Jerome Alexander	1	0	0.00	4.00
Brian Thompson	1	2	2.00	2.20

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ralph Maxwell	3	3	34	11.33	9.42

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Tracy Marohl	2	2	21	10.50	7.60
WR Earnest Leal	1	1	13	13.00	17.00

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Benjamin Dantzler	4	2
Greg Janssen	2	1
Ralph Maxwell	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	2	2
Jerome Alexander	1	0
Brian Thompson	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ralph Maxwell	6	4	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	6	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Johnnie Gillott	3	2	2
WR Spencer Matias	1	1	0
TE Tracy Marohl	1	0	0
WR Earnest Leal	1	1	1

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bo Lucas	2	1	0
WR Jesse Marshall	2	1	0
WR Mark Rhoads	1	1	0
WR Leslie Hicks	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 59,800 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,500 (21,600)
End Zone 14,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,500 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,500 (13,800)
Club Seats 6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,700 (2,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	59,800 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,500 (21,600)
End Zone	14,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,500 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,500 (13,800)
Club Seats	6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,700 (2,000)