Sept. 7, 2003 - Bills 31, Patriots 0

We didn’t know it at the time because on opening day in 2003, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had only started four games against the Bills. True, he’d won all four, but no one had any indication of the misery to come over the next nearly two decades.

Brady already had a Super Bowl ring when he strutted into the place that was, at the time, called Ralph Wilson Stadium, but he was nowhere near the player he would become, arguably the greatest in the history of the NFL.

In fact, after winning the Super Bowl in 2001, the Patriots missed the playoffs in 2002, so Bills fans were feeling pretty good as coach Gregg Williams’ third Buffalo team - coming off a decent 8-8 season - took the field on a gorgeous afternoon thinking this might be the start of a ru

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