NFL game summary for 12/10/1978:

New England clinched the AFC Eastern Division championship, its first title in 15 years, on David Posey's 21-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining. Posey's winning kick came after Bills punter Rusty Jackson took an intentional safety late in the fourth quarter. Earlier, a Joe Ferguson-to-Frank Lewis scoring pass had given Buffalo a 24-21 advantage. Horace Ivory (16 carries for 91 yards and a touchdown) paced a 249-yard Patriots' running attack.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Buffalo Bills	OFFENSE	143.1  (14)	148.1  (16)	291.2  (17)	31
	DEFENSE	202.9  (28)	126.6  (2)	329.5  (25)	25
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	202.8  (1)	173.4  (9)	376.1  (2)	39
	DEFENSE	111.0  (2)	176.4  (25)	287.4  (9)	40

Line: Patriots by 11½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Buffalo Bills (4-11-0)	0	10	7	7	24
New England Patriots (11-4-0)	0	7	7	12	26

( 7- 0) BUF Roland Hooks 28 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 7- 7) NE  Sam Cunningham 4 yard rush (David Posey kick)
(10- 7) BUF Tom Dempsey 26 yard field goal
(17- 7) BUF Terry Miller 32 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
(17-14) NE  Steve Grogan 4 yard rush (David Posey kick)
(17-21) NE  Horace Ivory 20 yard rush (David Posey kick)
(24-21) BUF Frank Lewis 21 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick)
(24-23) NE  Safety, Rusty Jackson forced out of end zone by Tim Fox
(24-26) NE  David Posey 21 yard field goal

                     BUF             NE
First Downs:         16              24
Rushes-yards:        35-184          51-249
Yards/rush:          5.3             4.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-24-133-1      13-21-160-0
Sacked-yards:        1-10            1-6
Net pass yards:      123             154
Net yards/pass:      4.9             7.0
Total net yards:     307             403
Total plays:         60 (58% run)    73 (69% run)  
Yards/play:          5.1             5.5
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             4-3
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     3-40            2-15

Attendance: 59,598

Passing:
BUF: Joe Ferguson, 9 of 24 for 133 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
NE: Steve Grogan, 13 of 21 for 160 yards

Rushing:
BUF: Terry Miller, 14 for 74 yards and 1 TD; Curtis Brown, 9 for 53 yards; Roland Hooks, 7 for 49 yards and 1 TD; Dennis Johnson, 3 for 17 yards; Joe Ferguson, 1 for 4 yards; Rusty Jackson, 1 for -13 yards
NE: Sam Cunningham, 19 for 76 yards and 1 TD; Horace Ivory, 16 for 91 yards and 1 TD; Steve Grogan, 8 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Andy Johnson, 8 for 38 yards

Receiving:
BUF: Frank Lewis, 4 for 40 yards and 1 TD; Curtis Brown, 2 for 29 yards; Dennis Johnson, 1 for 28 yards; Reuben Gant, 1 for 25 yards; Bob Chandler, 1 for 11 yards
NE: Russ Francis, 3 for 38 yards; Horace Ivory, 3 for 16 yards; Sam Cunningham, 3 for 16 yards; Don Westbrook, 2 for 30 yards; Stanley Morgan, 1 for 52 yards; Harold Jackson, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
BUF: Keith Moody, 3 for 66 yards; Mike Franckowiak, 1 for 19 yards; Dennis Johnson, 1 for 6 yards
NE: Raymond Clayborn, 2 for 60 yards; Horace Ivory, 2 for 43 yards; Stanley Morgan, 1 for 17 yards

Punt returns:
NE: Stanley Morgan, 3 for 23 yards

Interceptions:
NE: Mike Haynes, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
BUF: Rusty Jackson, 4 for 129 yards
NE: Jerrel Wilson, 2 for 41 yards

Field Goals:
BUF: Tom Dempsey, 1/1
NE: David Posey, 1/2

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