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Brady, Moss, Patriots Roll Toward Perfection

The Associated Press

Published: November 19, 2007

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - The New England Patriots were unstoppable again, making an unbeaten season seem almost inevitable.

Scoring touchdowns on their first seven offensive possessions and getting the eighth on a turnover, the Patriots won their 10th straight game, routing Buffalo 56-10 Sunday night. Tom Brady and Randy Moss, themselves ready to rewrite the NFL record books, led the romp.

Brady was 31 of 39 for 373 yards with five TD passes, four to Moss, as New England became the 10th team since 1970 to start a season 10-0. The way they played, they appear unbeatable, and barring injury are an excellent bet to become the NFL's first perfect team since the 1972 Dolphins.

It was the ninth time in 10 games New England won by more than 17 points and the ninth time it scored more than 34 points.

They also did it against a Buffalo team that came in 5-4 with four straight wins.

Brady, who has yet to throw fewer than three touchdown passes in a game, increased his TD passes to 38, just 11 short of Peyton Manning's single-season record, set in 2004. Moss' four TD catches gave him 16 for the season, six short of the record set by Jerry Rice in 1987.

New England	14	21	7	14	-	56
Buffalo	7	0	3	0	-	10

First Quarter

NE-Maroney 6 run (Gostkowski kick), 12:17.

NE-Moss 43 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 8:04.

Buf-Parrish 47 pass from Losman (Lindell kick), 3:38.

Second Quarter

NE-Moss 16 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 14:53.

NE-Moss 6 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 6:33.

NE-Moss 17 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), :10.

Third Quarter

NE-Watson 3 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 8:49.

Buf-FG Lindell 52, 6:02.

Fourth Quarter

NE-Eckel 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 14:55.

NE-Hobbs 35 fumble return (Gostkowski kick), 13:59.

A-71,338.

	NE	Buf
First downs	30	14
Total Net Yards	510	229
Rushes-yards	29-127	19-78
Passing	383	151
Punt Returns	1-4	0-0
Kickoff Returns	3-47	9-163
Interceptions Ret.	1-21	0-0
Comp-Att-Int	33-41-0	15-26-1
Sacked-Yards Lost	0-0	4-22
Punts	1-36.0	4-36.5
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	2-1
Penalties-Yards	4-37	5-34
Time of Possession	34:54	25:06

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-New England, H.Evans 10-56, Eckel 10-40, Maroney 6-19, Brady 2-9, Welker 1-3. Buffalo, An.Thomas 11-31, Losman 4-31, F.Jackson 3-15, D.Wright 1-1.

PASSING-New England, Brady 31-39-0-373, Cassel 2-2-0-10. Buffalo, Losman 15-26-1-173.

RECEIVING-New England, Moss 10-128, Welker 7-78, Stallworth 5-56, Gaffney 3-44, Watson 3-43, Faulk 2-18, H.Evans 2-10, Eckel 1-6. Buf., L.Evans 4-40, Reed 3-44, An.Thomas 3-15, F.Jackson 2-9, Parrish 1-47, Gaines 1-13, D.Wright 1-5.

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