Week 1, 2028

played in New York, NJ

79 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	3	3	0	0	-	6
New York Jets	7	3	7	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:09 NYJ - Sammie Matos 1 run (Thurman Bullock extra point)
1Q: 05:26 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 21 field goal
2Q: 06:49 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 29 field goal
2Q: 00:07 NYJ - Thurman Bullock 48 field goal
3Q: 00:53 NYJ - Sammie Matos 33 run (Thurman Bullock extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:09 NYJ - Sammie Matos 1 run (Thurman Bullock extra point)
1Q: 05:26 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 21 field goal
2Q: 06:49 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 29 field goal
2Q: 00:07 NYJ - Thurman Bullock 48 field goal
3Q: 00:53 NYJ - Sammie Matos 33 run (Thurman Bullock extra point)

Team Statistics BUF NYJ
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 16 18
- by Rushing 7 9
- by Passing 9 8
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 287 280
- Offensive Plays 63 54
- Yards per Play 4.56 5.19
Net Rushing Yards 122 156
- Rushing Attempts 28 30
- Yards per Rush 4.36 5.20
Net Passing Yards 165 124
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 20 - 0 22 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 171 135
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 4.71 5.17
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 8/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/32 4/30
Punt Returns/Yards 2/10 2/14
Kick Returns/Yards 2/36 3/49
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 22
Time of Possession 32:38 27:22

Team Statistics	BUF	NYJ
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	16	18
- by Rushing	7	9
- by Passing	9	8
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	287	280
- Offensive Plays	63	54
- Yards per Play	4.56	5.19
Net Rushing Yards	122	156
- Rushing Attempts	28	30
- Yards per Rush	4.36	5.20
Net Passing Yards	165	124
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 20 - 0	22 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	171	135
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	4.71	5.17
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	8/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	5.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/32	4/30
Punt Returns/Yards	2/10	2/14
Kick Returns/Yards	2/36	3/49
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 22
Time of Possession	32:38	27:22

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:00	7:39	OWN 35	12	61	Field Goal
1	3:57	2:57	OWN 41	8	22	Punt
2	14:13	7:30	OWN 34	13	54	Field Goal
2	4:30	0:48	OWN 46	3	8	Punt
3	15:00	3:48	OWN 20	6	23	Punt
3	8:02	2:34	OWN 13	5	18	Punt
3	0:39	1:23	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
4	11:21	4:47	OWN 17	8	24	Punt
4	1:02	1:02	OWN 6	5	62	Game

New York Jets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:00	OWN 27	3	73	Touchdown
1	5:21	1:24	OWN 16	3	2	Punt
1	1:00	1:47	OWN 20	5	4	Punt
2	6:43	2:13	OWN 30	3	-1	Punt
2	3:42	3:42	OWN 20	8	49	Field Goal
3	11:12	3:10	OWN 20	6	30	Punt
3	5:28	4:49	OWN 27	10	73	Touchdown
4	14:16	2:55	OWN 23	6	20	Punt
4	6:34	5:32	OWN 15	10	37	Punt

Game MVP: Sammie Matos, New York Jets

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Gabe Blasingame	14	72	5.14	9	0	0
Ryan Williams	14	50	3.57	17	1	0

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Sammie Matos	20	114	5.70	33	2	2
Steven Cora	9	34	3.78	11	1	0
Phil Moran	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Phillip Rotzell	34	20	171	1/6	0	42	0	72.0

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Phil Moran	22	15	135	2/11	0	29	0	84.4

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Colin Saenz	6	10	45	7.50	1	12
TE Richard Quinn	2	2	6	3.00	0	4
RB Gabe Blasingame	2	2	22	11.00	20	12
TE Kendall Carswell	2	2	10	5.00	1	7
RB Ryan Williams	2	4	12	6.00	0	6
FB Emmitt Gilmore	2	2	14	7.00	1	8
WR Reggie Michael	2	6	45	22.50	28	42
WR Mario Sim	1	1	8	8.00	0	8
WR Dominic McElroy	1	3	9	9.00	0	9

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Sammie Matos	5	6	39	7.80	21	11
TE Ty Hatcher	3	4	38	12.67	32	29
WR Cheshire Kit Claussen	3	5	20	6.67	7	11
WR Eric Bryant	2	5	28	14.00	17	24
WR Bryan Johnson	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
FB Austin Heller	1	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov
Gabe Blasingame	1	0
Kendall Carswell	1	0
Colin Saenz	0	1
Phillip Rotzell	0	1

New York	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ronald Kournikova	0	0	1	0
Christian Claycomb	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Thomas Morstead	6	292	48.7	36.3	61	2

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
A.J. Welch	6	252	42.0	40.3	48	3

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Taylor Mehlhaff	2/2	0/0	0/0	29	0/0

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Thurman Bullock	1/1	1/1	0/0	48	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Curtis Holcomb	2	10	5.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sammie Matos	2	14	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Curtis Holcomb	2	36	18.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff McNeil	2	32	16.0	0
Cheshire Kit Claussen	1	17	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kenny Sockanathan	5	2	0.0	26	21
ILB Anthony Hawkins	5	1	0.0	19	12
S Brady DeAngelis	5	1	0.0	30	22
CB Quentin Hammett	5	0	0.0	21	19
DE Keith Stuart	3	0	0.5	18	16
OLB Josh Hall	3	1	0.0	18	13
CB Curtis Holcomb	2	1	0.0	12	15
S Chip Vaughn	2	0	0.0	3	5
CB Vinny Washington	2	0	0.0	19	16
ILB Jerry Hughes	2	0	0.0	17	11
OLB Tommy Wyden	2	0	0.0	26	21
DT Toby Barker	2	0	0.0	14	9
DT Jurrell Casey	2	0	0.0	16	15
ILB Wayne Snyder	1	0	1.0	7	7
DE Craig Sellers	1	3	0.5	14	9
DE Nolan Urban	1	1	0.0	17	15
S Sherman Kufahl	1	0	0.0	4	3
OLB Jack Marsh	1	0	0.0	29	22

New York	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Trevor Patrizio	6	1	0.0	25	29
OLB Christian Claycomb	5	3	0.0	26	27
DT Pat Dodge	5	0	0.0	15	16
OLB Ronald Kournikova	4	3	0.0	25	24
S Shannon Merchberger	4	3	0.0	14	19
DE Derrick Morgan	3	0	1.0	22	22
DT Gerald McCoy	3	2	0.0	22	28
S Jeff McNeil	3	0	0.0	21	29
CB Demarcus Van Dyke	3	0	0.0	3	13
DE Jose Frederick	2	1	0.0	18	22
CB Doug Nichols	2	0	0.0	23	25
DT Michael Neal	2	0	0.0	15	18
CB Charlie Linstrom	2	0	0.0	18	22
DE Kirk Hutchins	2	0	0.0	4	10
S Dan Bressany	1	3	0.0	19	20
CB Shaun Kennedy	1	1	0.0	14	20
S Andy Estevez	1	0	0.0	1	5
ILB Marcus Lincoln	0	1	0.0	3	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Wayne Snyder	1.0	0	0	0	7
DE Keith Stuart	0.5	0	2	1	16
DE Craig Sellers	0.5	0	1	0	9
OLB Jack Marsh	0.0	2	0	0	22
OLB Tommy Wyden	0.0	0	1	0	21
DE Nolan Urban	0.0	0	0	2	15

New York	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Derrick Morgan	1.0	0	0	22
DT Gerald McCoy	0.0	2	1	28
DT Pat Dodge	0.0	1	0	16
DE Jose Frederick	0.0	1	0	22
OLB Trevor Patrizio	0.0	1	0	29

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	PPlay
CB Quentin Hammett	3	19
S Brady DeAngelis	3	22
S Chip Vaughn	2	5
S Kenny Sockanathan	2	21
ILB Anthony Hawkins	1	12
CB Vinny Washington	1	16
ILB Jerry Hughes	1	11
S Sherman Kufahl	1	3
CB Curtis Holcomb	1	15

New York	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Christian Claycomb	4	1	27
CB Demarcus Van Dyke	3	0	13
CB Doug Nichols	2	1	25
CB Charlie Linstrom	2	0	22
S Shannon Merchberger	2	0	19
DE Kirk Hutchins	2	0	10
S Dan Bressany	1	0	20
DE Jose Frederick	1	0	22
S Andy Estevez	1	0	5
OLB Trevor Patrizio	1	0	29
CB Shaun Kennedy	1	0	20
S Jeff McNeil	0	1	29

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jorge Lynn	5	9	25	0	31
Benjamin Ijalana	2	5	25	0	30
Kenyon Fulcher	1	6	28	1	35
Jason Smith	1	2	27	0	31
Brock Pearson	1	2	3	0	5
Derek Tormenti	1	2	28	0	35
Richard Quinn	1	1	15	0	10
Kendall Carswell	1	1	25	0	27

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Casey Heath	5	9	30	0	24
Conrad Houle	1	4	19	0	13
Marco Lynch	1	4	29	0	23
Herb Bradford	1	2	11	0	10
Tito Griffin	1	1	7	0	3
Kennedy Cunningham	1	1	2	0	7
Alex Urena	0	4	28	1	18
Phillip Hayes	0	2	30	1	23
Henry Boyer	0	2	15	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Richard Quinn	2	14
Emmitt Gilmore	1	16
Sherman Kufahl	1	13
Kendall Carswell	1	9

New York	Tackles	STPlays
Sammie Matos	2	19
Trevor Patrizio	2	14

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Derek Tormenti	28	35	---	---	8	71
Jorge Lynn	25	31	---	---	7	63
Phillip Rotzell	28	35	---	---	---	63
Kenyon Fulcher	28	35	---	---	---	63
Kendall Carswell	25	27	---	---	9	61
Jason Smith	27	31	---	---	---	58
Benjamin Ijalana	25	30	---	---	---	55
Jack Marsh	---	---	29	22	2	53
Brady DeAngelis	---	---	30	22	1	53
Tommy Wyden	---	---	26	21	1	48
Kenny Sockanathan	---	---	26	21	---	47
Colin Saenz	18	26	---	---	2	46
Emmitt Gilmore	15	12	---	---	16	43
Quentin Hammett	---	---	21	19	1	41
Ryan Williams	14	12	---	---	14	40
Richard Quinn	15	10	---	---	14	39
Curtis Holcomb	---	---	12	15	12	39
Vinny Washington	---	---	19	16	2	37
Josh Hall	---	---	18	13	5	36
Nolan Urban	---	---	17	15	4	36
Dominic McElroy	14	21	---	---	1	36
Keith Stuart	---	---	18	16	1	35
Reggie Michael	12	23	---	---	---	35
Gabe Blasingame	14	19	---	---	1	34
Anthony Hawkins	---	---	19	12	2	33
Jurrell Casey	---	---	16	15	2	33
Jerry Hughes	---	---	17	11	4	32
Wayne Snyder	---	---	7	7	15	29
Craig Sellers	---	---	14	9	6	29
Mario Sim	5	12	---	---	10	27
Carlos Cochrane	---	---	9	5	12	26
Toby Barker	---	---	14	9	1	24
Grant Pyne	7	7	---	---	10	24
Sherman Kufahl	---	---	4	3	13	20
DaQuan Bowers	---	---	11	8	1	20
Korey Flint	1	6	---	---	10	17
Brock Pearson	3	5	---	---	8	16
Paul Fanaika	3	4	---	---	8	15
Chip Vaughn	---	---	3	5	7	15
Terrance Cole	0	0	---	---	8	8
Thomas Morstead	0	0	---	---	6	6
Taylor Mehlhaff	0	0	---	---	5	5
Caleb Schlauderaff	1	4	---	---	---	5
Gino Harvey	0	0	---	---	2	2
Duke Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

New York	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Trevor Patrizio	---	---	25	29	14	68
Casey Heath	30	24	---	---	7	61
Phillip Hayes	30	23	---	---	7	60
Marco Lynch	29	23	---	---	7	59
Christian Claycomb	---	---	26	27	6	59
Sammie Matos	21	16	---	---	19	56
Charlie Linstrom	---	---	18	22	15	55
Phil Moran	30	24	---	---	---	54
Jeff McNeil	---	---	21	29	4	54
Gerald McCoy	---	---	22	28	3	53
Doug Nichols	---	---	23	25	4	52
Bryan Johnson	26	18	---	---	7	51
Ronald Kournikova	---	---	25	24	2	51
Cheshire Kit Claussen	17	16	---	---	16	49
Jose Frederick	---	---	18	22	8	48
Dan Bressany	---	---	19	20	8	47
Eric Bryant	27	20	---	---	---	47
Alex Urena	28	18	---	---	---	46
Derrick Morgan	---	---	22	22	1	45
Ty Hatcher	22	15	---	---	6	43
Conrad Houle	19	13	---	---	7	39
Johnny Bell	---	---	16	18	5	39
Shaun Kennedy	---	---	14	20	4	38
Pat Dodge	---	---	15	16	2	33
Michael Neal	---	---	15	18	---	33
Shannon Merchberger	---	---	14	19	---	33
Henry Boyer	15	7	---	---	1	23
Steven Cora	9	8	---	---	5	22
Walter James	---	---	4	8	10	22
Herb Bradford	11	10	---	---	---	21
Demarcus Van Dyke	---	---	3	13	3	19
Austin Heller	1	5	---	---	12	18
Tito Griffin	7	3	---	---	6	16
Kennedy Cunningham	2	7	---	---	7	16
Marcus Lincoln	---	---	3	10	2	15
Kirk Hutchins	---	---	4	10	1	15
Nick Bullock	5	8	---	---	1	14
Damon Hopper	0	1	---	---	13	14
Andy Estevez	---	---	1	5	3	9
A.J. Welch	0	0	---	---	6	6
Thurman Bullock	0	0	---	---	4	4
C.J. Beyer	---	---	0	0	4	4
Korey Williamson	0	3	---	---	---	3
Kent Shapiro	1	2	---	---	---	3
Jamie Blades	0	0	---	---	1	1
Christian Ponder	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	23	5.8
Middle	13	66	5.1
Right	11	33	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	14	2.3
Middle	17	122	7.2
Right	7	20	2.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Phillip Rotzell	34	20	1	0	4	3	5	1	0

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Phil Moran	22	15	2	0	1	0	4	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	6	45	5.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	44	3.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	82	11.7
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	52	8.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	56	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	27	5.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Colin Saenz	10	6	2	45	0	26
WR Reggie Michael	6	2	1	45	1	23
RB Ryan Williams	4	2	1	12	0	12
WR Dominic McElroy	3	1	0	9	0	21
TE Richard Quinn	2	2	0	6	0	10
RB Gabe Blasingame	2	2	0	22	0	19
TE Kendall Carswell	2	2	0	10	0	27
FB Emmitt Gilmore	2	2	0	14	0	12
WR Mario Sim	1	1	0	8	0	12

New York	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Sammie Matos	6	5	0	39	0	16
WR Cheshire Kit Claussen	5	3	1	20	0	16
WR Eric Bryant	5	2	0	28	1	20
TE Ty Hatcher	4	3	0	38	1	15
WR Bryan Johnson	1	1	0	10	0	18
FB Austin Heller	1	1	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ryan Williams	3	4	1.33	3.57

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sammie Matos	1	1	1.00	5.70

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Phillip Rotzell	3	1	8	2.67	5.03

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mario Sim	1	1	8	8.00	8.00
RB Ryan Williams	1	0	0	0.00	3.00
WR Dominic McElroy	1	0	0	0.00	3.00

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Gabe Blasingame	2	2
Ryan Williams	2	1

New York	Rushes	Conversions
Sammie Matos	4	3
Phil Moran	1	1
Steven Cora	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Phillip Rotzell	11	6	4

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
Phil Moran	7	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Colin Saenz	3	2	1
WR Dominic McElroy	3	1	1
WR Reggie Michael	2	0	0
RB Gabe Blasingame	1	1	1
TE Kendall Carswell	1	1	1
WR Mario Sim	1	1	0

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Sammie Matos	3	2	1
TE Ty Hatcher	1	0	0
WR Cheshire Kit Claussen	1	1	1
WR Eric Bryant	1	1	1
FB Austin Heller	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 88,500 (98,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 34,000 (34,700)
End Zone 22,300 (25,100)
Mezzanine 12,400 (14,500)
Sideline Seats 19,300 (22,200)
Luxury Boxes 500 (1,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	88,500 (98,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	34,000 (34,700)
End Zone	22,300 (25,100)
Mezzanine	12,400 (14,500)
Sideline Seats	19,300 (22,200)
Luxury Boxes	500 (1,800)