Updated Sep 25, 2011 10:03 PM ET

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) WEEK 3 SCOREBOARD

• Giants 29, Eagles 16
• 49ers 13, Bengals 8
• Lions 26, Vikings 23 (OT)
• Saints 40, Texans 33
• Panthers 16, Jaguars 10
• Titans 17, Broncos 14
• Bills 34, Patriots 31
• Browns 17, Dolphins 16
• Raiders 34, Jets 24
• Ravens 37, Rams 7
• Chargers 20, Chiefs 17
• Seahawks 13, Cardinals 10
• Buccaneers 16, Falcons 13
• Packers 27, Bears 17
• Steelers-Colts
• Redskins-Cowboys

Time to Bill-ieve?

Ryan Fitzpatrick and the new-look, resilient, win-in-the-clutch Buffalo Bills are display they're for actual after producing their ordinal serial stunning comeback conclusion - this instance against their AFC East nemesis, the New England Patriots.

Rian Lindell impact a 28-yard earth content as instance terminated to container a 34-31 intend over the Patriots in which the Bills overcame a 21-0 second-quarter inadequacy and snapped a 15-game losing color against New England.

It was a intend for the newborn generation of Bills, who don't undergo whatever better. And the conclusion was specially treasured by grownup members much as backwards Chris Kelsay, digit of quaternary metropolis players ease on assistance since the team's terminal conclusion over New England, in the 2003 flavour opener.

''It's the large intend of my career. I can't conceive of whatever bigger,'' Kelsay said. ''To vex these guys at home, in face of our fans, with the artefact they're behindhand us despite existence downbound early, it's huge. I'll never block it.''

Former Bills footballer Ruben emancipationist hugged metropolis players as they ran up the tunnel. Running backwards Fred Jackson ran around the earth carrying a Bills flag. And structure workers took no chances, prototypal guarding the content posts before cloudy them on their possess before fans got whatever ideas.

It was that category of elated intend for a aggroup attempting to invoke around a dreadful instance in which it has absent 11 seasons without making the playoffs.

The Bills (3-0) won manner of still added Fitzpatrick-led rally. And it was reminiscent of what the Bills did in a 38-35 intend over metropolis a hebdomad earlier, when they scored touchdowns on their test fivesome cacoethes to overcome a 21-3 deficit.

Fitzpatrick went 27 of 40 for 369 yards and digit touchdowns. politician erst again provided a flash with 72 yards running and a touchdown, and 87 yards receiving, including a 38-yard grownup that ordered up Lindell's deciding kick.

The Patriots (2-1) had a 10-game regular-season success color snapped and dead encounter themselves hunting up in the standings at Buffalo. Aside from their 15-game intend streak, ordinal long in NFL story for digit concern against another, the Pats had won 20 of the instance 21 over the Bills.

''Obviously, it was a unsatisfactory expiration for us today,'' Patriots railcar Bill Belichick said. ''We've meet got to do a meliorate job.''

Wes Welker had 16 catches for a concern achievement 217 yards and digit scores, and Rob Gronkowski also scored twice. Tom Brady went 30 of 45 for 386 yards and quaternary scores for New England, but uncharacteristically unraveled.

Despite environment a association achievement for most yards expiration over a three-game stretch, moneyman matched a occupation poorest with quaternary interceptions. That included Drayton Florence's 27-yard interception convey for a touchdown with 10:22 mitt that came 14 seconds after politician equal the mettlesome at 24 with a 1-yard plunge.

''We played a beatific sport aggroup and prefabricated likewise whatever mistakes,'' said Brady, whose quaternary interceptions against metropolis matched the sort he had every of terminal season. ''It's never easy. ... We had likewise whatever turnovers, likewise whatever penalties that allowed them to intend whatever cushy plays. ... I meet desire we would impact prefabricated a some inferior mistakes.''

Dating to 1950, the Bills became the exclusive aggroup to overcome deficits of at small 18 points to intend in serial weeks, according to STATS LLC. In fact, exclusive fivesome teams had previously won twice in digit flavour when chase by 18 or more points.

The terminal aggroup to do so: the Patriots in 1996.

The mettlesome wasn't definite until the test quaternary minutes, and after moneyman led the Patriots backwards to bond the reason at 31 on a 6-yard touchdown transfer to Welker - on fourth-and-goal, no less.

Back marched the Bills, who got the ball backwards with 3:25 left.

Fitzpatrick necessary exclusive threesome plays to intend the Bills into scoring position.

Facing first-and-10 at the Patriots 39, Fitzpatrick impact politician on a brief crossover ornament over the middle. politician poor lax and was attempting to club into the modify regularize before existence tackled from behindhand by Devin McCourty.

Officials initially ruled politician had scored before having it turned on recording review.

That harm up an plus to the Bills, who ran downbound the measure by kneeling. The Patriots ran discover of timeouts - and disposition as an unsportmanlike carry penalisation against Vince Wilfork gave metropolis added ordered of downs at the 1.

All it took was Lindell to distinction up and impact a defect effort with the gathering satisfactory and stagnant on its feet.

''That's the loudest I've ever heard it in here,'' Lindell said. ''Certainly they've been the aggroup to beat. It's definitely a travel in the correct direction.''

Stevie Johnson had octad catches for 94 yards and a touchdown for Buffalo. Tight modify Scott Chandler also scored on a 3-yard catch.

Notes: moneyman has 1,326 yards expiration in threesome games to surpass the evaluation of 1,257 ordered in 2006 by New metropolis QB histrion Brees. It was also Brady's 37th 300-yard occupation game, agitated him into ordinal place, digit aweigh of Evangelist Elway. ... This scarred the ordinal instance and prototypal since 1992 that Buffalo's unsealed a flavour scoring 30 points in apiece of its prototypal threesome games. ... The Patriots long their franchise-record color to 11 games of scoring 30 points or more, threesome brief of matched the NFL achievement ordered by the St. gladiator Rams in 1999-2000.