Real referee John Parry will lead crew for Bills and Patriots

September 27, 2012 - 5:23 PM

By Tim Graham

Real NFL officials are back, and everything they do for the near future will be newsworthy because we missed them and love them and are ever so happy they are back.

The Buffalo Bills have announced the officiating crew for Sunday's game against the New England Patriots in Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Referee: John Parry
Umpire: Dan Ferrell
Head linesman: Derick Bowers
Line judge: Rusty Baynes
Field judge: Scott Edwards
Side judge: Ron Torbert
Back judge: Perry Paganelli
Replay official: Earnie Frantz
Replay assistant: Brian Matoren

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Tim Graham returned to The Buffalo News in 2011 after covering the NFL for three years at ESPN and for one year at the Palm Beach Post. Before that, the Cleveland native spent seven seasons on the Buffalo Sabres beat for The News and was president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.

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Jay Skurski

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