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.
BillsBeat - September 16, 2002
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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There's no defense for Vikes' Moss
‘”I’m fortunate that I haven’t been in a locker room with a guy like that. I’ve been lucky enough to have a lot of team guys who were out for the best interests of the team rather than individually. It wouldn’t make me feel good about having him playing with me.”‘
Bills' next step is learning to win
‘”Somebody has to make a big play, somebody has to do something to win the game. When you’ve got a bunch of guys knowing what they need to do, coming in here and working hard, good character guys who care, I think it will be a natural process and you’ll start seeing this team winning games.”‘