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Patriots continue march toward perfection with rout of Bills
Nov 19, 2007 - 6:27 AM By Dave Whalen PA SportsTicker Contributing WriterORCHARD PARK, New York (Ticker) -- The New England Patriots continued their dominance of the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, rolling to a 56-10 victory.
The Patriots have won nine straight in the series, but none of those previous victories were as impressive as this one.
New England scored on its first six possessions, four of those scored being touchdown passes from Tom Brady to Randy Moss.
It didn't take the Patriots long to jump out on the Bills. On the fourth play of the game, cornerback Randall Gay intercepted a J.P. Losman pass and returned it 21 yards.
Bills right tackle Langston Walker received a 13 yard penalty for hitting Gay out of bounds, and New England started the drive from the Bills' 13. Two plays later Laurence Maroney ran it in from six yards out to give the Pats the early 7-0 lead.
After forcing the Bills to go three and out, New England needed only six plays to pad the lead to 14-0. Brady hit Moss from 43 yards out, giving Moss his 13th TD reception of the year, a team record for a season.
The Bills responded with a big play of their own as Losman hit Roscoe Parrish for a 47 yard TD pass, cutting the lead to 14-7 with 4:26 left in the first quarter.
Brady and Moss again connected, this time from 16 yards on the first play of the second quarter.
On their next possession, the tandem again lit up the scoreboard, this time from six yards, giving New England a 28-7 lead with 6:33 left in the first half. That gave Brady 183 career TD passes, passing Steve Grogan as the team's all-time leader in that category.
"I try to throw it to the open guy", Brady said. "If (Moss) is the open guy then he gets it. I thought we spread it around pretty good tonight. They have to account for everybody. I know the play, I know the protection, I know the routes we got called and I try to go to the guy who I think is going to be most open." They weren't done as Moss made a pretty catch to the right of the end zone with just 10 seconds left in the half. Moss' fourth TD reception gave him a team record for most in a game and the Patriots led 35-7 at the half
"I don't consider myself as selfish", Moss said. "Tommy has always said he's going to the open receiver but sometimes the coach does call plays for individuals. The whole offense executed and it started with the offensive line. They gave Tommy some time to throw and we had to catch the ball."
Brady's first half numbers were 22-of-28 for 287 yards and a QB rating of 149.0, while Moss had eight catches for 112 yards and four touchdowns. New England continued the deluge, going for it on 4th-and-1 from the Buffalo 3. Brady found Ben Watson in the right corner of the end zone. Kyle Eckel added a TD run and corner Ellis Hobbs returned a fumble for a TD to cap the scoring.
"I thought the team was ready to go early", Coach Bill Belichek said. "We had to get on top, get off to a good start. Offensively of course we scored on those possessions and threw the ball pretty well. We put our defense in a good spot, turnovers helped as well there. We had pretty solid play all the way around."
The Bills suffered their worse loss in team history, surpassing a 43-0 defeat to the Baltimore Colts on October 10, 1971.
"We have to put it behind us to move on", Bills S Donte Whitner said. "We play Jacksonville next week. We're 5-5 right now. We have an opportunity to go up to Jacksonville and win a football game, now that's our focus. We're going to put this game behind us. We're going to go in and watch this game tomorrow, it's going to be painful."
- a3017 I was hoping to see Moss get all 8 touchdowns, just for the sake of it. Oh well.
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 11:49 PM - NFL
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ENGLAND 14 21 7 14 56
BUFFALO 7 0 3 0 10 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NWE - TD, LAURENCE MARONEY 6 YD RUN (STEPHEN
GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 2:43. Drive: 2
plays, 13 yards in 0:34. Key plays:
Gay 21-yard interception return
plus 14-yard unnecessary roughness
penalty o
Nov 18 11:24 PM - NFL
TD NWE
ELLIS HOBBS 35 YD FUMBLE RETURN
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 56
BUFFALO 10 13:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 10:53 PM - NFL
TD NWE
KYLE ECKEL 1 YD RUN
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 49
BUFFALO 10 14:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 10:46 PM - NFL
END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ENGLAND 14 21 7 42
BUFFALO 7 0 3 10 END, 3RD QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NWE - TD, LAURENCE MARONEY 6 YD RUN (STEPHEN
GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 2:43. Drive: 2
plays, 13 yards in 0:34. Key plays:
Gay 21-yard interception return
plus 14-yard unnecessary roughness
pe
Nov 18 10:43 PM - NFL
FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 52 YD
NEW ENGLAND 42
BUFFALO 10 6:02 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 10:30 PM
TD NWE BENJAMIN WATSON 3 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 10:20 PM
TD NWE BENJAMIN WATSON 3 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 10:20 PM
TD NWE BENJAMIN WATSON 3 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 10:20 PM- NFL
TD NWE
BENJAMIN WATSON 3 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 42
BUFFALO 7 8:49 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 10:20 PM - NFL
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ENGLAND 14 21 35
BUFFALO 7 0 7 HALFTIME
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NWE - TD, LAURENCE MARONEY 6 YD RUN (STEPHEN
GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 2:43. Drive: 2
plays, 13 yards in 0:34. Key plays:
Gay 21-yard interception return
plus 14-yard unnecessary roughness
penalt
Nov 18 9:57 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 17 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:54 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 17 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:54 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 17 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:54 PM- NFL
TD NWE
RANDY MOSS 17 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 35
BUFFALO 7 0:10 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:54 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:26 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:26 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:26 PM- NFL
TD NWE
RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 28
BUFFALO 7 6:33 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:26 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 16 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:08 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 16 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:08 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 16 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:08 PM- NFL
TD NWE
RANDY MOSS 16 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 21
BUFFALO 7 14:53 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 9:08 PM - NFL
END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ENGLAND 14 14
BUFFALO 7 7 END, 1ST QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NWE - TD, LAURENCE MARONEY 6 YD RUN (STEPHEN
GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 2:43. Drive: 2
plays, 13 yards in 0:34. Key plays:
Gay 21-yard interception return
plus 14-yard unnecessary roughness
pe
Nov 18 9:05 PM
TD BUF ROSCOE PARRISH 47 YD PASS FROM J.P. LOSMAN (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:53 PM
TD BUF ROSCOE PARRISH 47 YD PASS FROM J.P. LOSMAN (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:53 PM
TD BUF ROSCOE PARRISH 47 YD PASS FROM J.P. LOSMAN (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:53 PM- NFL
TD BUF
ROSCOE PARRISH 47 YD PASS FROM J.P. LOSMAN
(RIAN LINDELL KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 14
BUFFALO 7 3:38 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:53 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 43 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:42 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 43 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:42 PM
TD NWE RANDY MOSS 43 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:42 PM- NFL
TD NWE
RANDY MOSS 43 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 14
BUFFALO 0 8:04 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:42 PM - NFL
TD NWE
LAURENCE MARONEY 6 YD RUN
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)
NEW ENGLAND 7
BUFFALO 0 12:17 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Patriots vs. BillsNov 18 8:30 PM
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