Recap: Bill Belichick became the 31st coach in NFL history with 100 regular-season wins, improving his record to 100-77. This may have been one of the toughest to date.

In a game everyone expected the Patriots to win handily, Buffalo gave them all they could handle from the first play when Takeo Spikes leveled Tom Brady who fumbled for a touchdown return of 5 yards by London Fletcher. To the fourth quarter when with 8:33 left the Patriots winning score came on a safety by Ty Warren.

The Bills looked better than they really are in the first half while the Patriots looked like they were still in training camp on offense throughout the game. Defense however wins games as we see again and again.

Gamelog

	Bills	Patriots
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS	12	19
By Rushing	5	11
By Passing	7	8
By Penalty	0	0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	3-11-27%	5-13-38%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	0-1-0%	2-2-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS	240	319
Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing)	50	67
Average gain per offensive play	4.8	4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING	99	183
Total Rushing Plays	24	41
Average gain per rushing play	4.1	4.5
Tackles for a loss-number and yards	5-8	5-9
NET YARDS PASSING	141	136
Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass	3-23	3-27
Gross yards passing	164	163
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED	23-15-0	23-11-1
Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing)	5.4	5.2
KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks	5-2-1	4-4-0
PUNTS Number and Average	5-40.2	4-45.8
Had Blocked	0	0
FGs - PATs Had Blocked	0-0	0-0
Net Punting Average	37.4	40.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs)	10	14
No. and Yards Punt Returns	1-0	1-14
No. and Yards Kickoff Returns	4-110	4-82
No. and Yards Interception Returns	1-10	0-0
PENALTIES Number and Yards	7-53	1-5
FUMBLES Number and Lost	3-0	2-1
TOUCHDOWNS	2	2
Rushing	1	0
Passing	0	2
Fumbles	1	0
EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts	2-2	2-2
Kicking Made-Attempts	2-2	2-2
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts	1-1	1-1
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY	1-2-50%	2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY	0-0-0%	1-1-100%
SAFETIES	0	1
FINAL SCORE	17	19
TIME OF POSSESSION	27:05	32:55