Bills at Patriots: Opponent History

by sireric on Nov 5, 2008 7:30 AM EST in Events Comment 3 comments

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Buffalo Bills (5-3) at New England Patriots (5-3)
Sunday, November 9, 1:00 PM EST - Gillette Stadium

I think that we all know that the Buffalo Bills' record against the New England Patriots over the last decade has been brutal. This week I'm going to recap the last five times the Bills have visited Foxboro. If you are a masochist and love to torture yourself, read on. If you don't want get yourself depressed, stop reading now; I won't hold it against any of you if you choose not to relive any of this.

2003: Patriots 31, Bills 0
After beating the Pats 31-0 in Buffalo in the season opener, the Patriots got revenge in the season finale by beating the Bills by the same score. The Bills committed 4 turnovers (2 interceptions and 2 fumbles) and 10 penalties; need I say more? Ugly game, and the Bills packed the season in early in this one.

2004: Patriots 29, Bills 6
Not much good to report here, either. The Patriots out-gained the Bills 428 to 125. That's right: the Bills had 125 yards total for the game. 5 turnovers didn't help the Bills' cause in this one. On a good note, Johnathan "Freddie" Smith returned a punt 70 yards for a TD; the Bills then failed on a 2-point conversion.

2005: Patriots 21, Bills 16
The Bills were leading 16-3 until almost half way through the fourth quarter in this one. Corey Dillon then promptly scored two touchdowns on one-yard plunges for the Pats, sealing their comeback win. The Bills committed another 12 penalties and 2 more turnovers; unsurprisingly, it equaled another Bills loss.

2006: Patriots 19, Bills 17
This was a close game again this time, and was also the first regular season game the Bills played under current coach Dick Jauron. The Bills led 17-7 at the half but got shut out the rest of the way. What's worse? The game winning score was a Ty Warren sack of J.P. Losman for a safety.

2007: Patriots 38, Bills 7
Vince Wilfork took out J.P. Losman with what he now admits was a dirty hit. Enter Trent Edwards to make his pro debut. (Makes you wonder, if not for that hit, how different would last year have turned out? Better? Worse?) Oh yeah, New England piled up 485 yards of total offense, and some jerk named Brady tosses 4 touchdown passes. Rumblings recap.

Here is hoping for some better luck against these guys. Looking back over the last few meetings it is very obvious that the Bills need to hold onto the ball and limit penalties. In short, do what Brian said.

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I believe that 29-6 game saw the first appearance of JP Losman as he had healed from his broken leg suffered in the preseason. It was a Sunday night game as I remember, and one play sticks out in my mind as on his second career attempt he rolled out to the right and threw a strike directly to Tully Banta-Cain. This was on his second drive; on his first one he was sacked by Willie McGinest and lost a fumble.

Two career possessions = two turnovers.

http://www.nfl.com/players/j.p.losman/gamelogs?id=LOS588329&season=2004
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay?game_id=27051&displayPage=tab_play_by_play&season=2004&week=REG10&override=true

Foreshadowing??

by nickfeely8 on Nov 5, 2008 11:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

wozers

bills beating NE would be the victory of Jauron’s tenure.

CB reports Butler & Whittle are practicing while no report on yobooty. I would say butler at RG and Whittle at C is the way to go the rest of the way. Or Butler at C, And bring up Bell to play RG or RT, whatever works better with Langston Walker.

If they lose this week, man, it is going to be tough to take a 4/5 losing streak. That will mean with 7 left after sunday they need to go 5-2 at worse

MARVelous

by MARVelous on Nov 5, 2008 12:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wilfork did NOT admit it was a dirty hit

ESPN initially reported that during the meeting and after reviewing that play with the commissioner, Wilfork admitted to Goodell his hit on Losman was a cheap shot. Yesterday he issued a statement through his agent repudiating that report.

"After a very productive and fulfilling meeting with the NFL commissioner, it was inaccurately reported by ESPN that I stated that the hit on Buffalo Bills quarterback J.P. Losman last season was a cheap shot," said the statement. "I did not say that. I am not that type of player and would never intentionally try [to injure] a fellow NFL colleague"

The link icon isn’t doing it’s job, so here is the link: http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2008/11/07/bills_a_special_challenge/?page=2

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Nov 8, 2008 11:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs