2002 Week 14 · Sun, Dec 8, 2002 · Gillette Stadium
Buffalo Bills
17
at
New England PatriotsWinner
27
NE -3.5 ✓U 45 ✓15 mph wind
New England Patriots 27–17. Played in 15 mph wind — weigh that when reading the passing lines.
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Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- NE -3.5
- Closing total
- 45
- BUF moneyline
- —
- NE moneyline
- —
Patriots closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 10.
Total closed 45; the game landed 44 — under by 1.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Gillette Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 44°F, wind 15 mph
- Referee
- Jeff Triplette
- Rest
- BUF 7 days · NE 10 days
- Coaches
- Gregg Williams vs Bill Belichick
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
Wind at 15 mph is the kind that drags passing depth and kicking range — weigh it when reading the splits.