‘Brien, the Vikings placekicker Sunday, appears to have played his final game with the Vikings. In an overtime loss to Buffalo in the home opener, Brien missed a 44-yard field goal attempt at the end of the first half. Worse, he missed two extra points — both pulled left — in the second half.’
BillsBeat - September 16, 2002
Bills get past Vikings in overtime, 45-39
‘”We’re going to win as a team and lose as a team,” Moss said. “By our FG kicker missing those [extra points], I wasn’t really down on him. Of course, he could have made them. But what did we do on defense? What did we [I] do on offense? What did we do on special teams? Let’s not blame it on our kicker for missing those PATs. You can’t blame him. If you’re going to blame somebody, let’s blame the whole team, including the coaching staff. Because it was their fault and it was our fault for not making it happen. That’s really what it was.”‘
Bills @ Vikings Gamebook
T.Henry – 12/30 yds, D.Bledsoe – 49 attempts / 35 completions for 463 yards, P. Price – 13 catches for 185 yards, A.Schobel – 3 sacks, Hollis 4 FGs of 5 attempts + 3 Extra Points.
Photos of Bills-Vikings Game
Peerless Price, Nate Clements, Justin Bannan, Keith Newman & London Fletcher.
Full Play-by-Play
Plays and scores.
Bledsoe reaches 30,000-yard mark
‘Buffalo’s Drew Bledsoe surpassed 30,000 yards in career passing Sunday, reaching the milestone faster than all but three other quarterbacks. Playing in his 126th career game, Bledsoe went past the mark on a 14-yard pass to Peerless Price midway through the second quarter against the Minnesota Vikings. He entered the game needing 72 yards to get to 30,000.’
Bills 45, Vikings 39, OT
‘“It took everything we had,” Bledsoe said, “but hopefully this is a step for us in the right direction.”’
Buffalo 45, Minnesota 39 (ot)
‘The Vikings appeared to have the game won in regulation when Moe Williams scored on a two-yard TD run with 26 seconds left for a 39-36 lead. But Bledsoe was able to set up the game-tying field goal by driving the team 29 yards in 18 seconds.’
BillsBeat - September 15, 2002
Bledsoe and Bills Travel To The Metrodome
CAREER PASSING YARDAGE: Last week passed Joe Ferguson and now ranks 25th all-time. He is 51 yards away from #24 Randall Cunningham and 869 away from #23 Norm Snead. He enters Sunday\’s game at Minnesota needing 72 yards to become just the 24th QB ever to reach the 30,000 passing yards plateau. By comparison, Bills Hall of Famer Jim Kelly reached 30,000 on 9/17/95 in his 135th career game in the NFL.
Buffalo 'D' prepares to stop big-play duo
‘Expect Prioleau to provide deep help for cornerback Nate Clements, who likely will be lined up against Moss.’
Explosive offenses clash as Bills visit Vikings
‘Bledsoe has averaged more than 300 passing yards in three previous games against the Vikings.’
Veteran Hollis gives Bills a leg up in kicking department
‘"No question we were lucky," Donahoe said. "Under normal circumstances you don’t get those guys."’
Man of the world
‘Five times a week, six when the Bills are playing at The Ralph, Ahanotu wakes up at 5:30 a.m. and hops into a limousine for the 90-minute drive from Toronto to One Bills Drive. He’s paying the driver, a Toronto native, $5,000 a month for the escort service.’
Bills' first lady swings a mighty racket
‘Mary Wilson is not only the first lady of the Bills, she is a live-with-every-play fan.’
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