Week 17, 2012

played in Buffalo, NY

32 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	0	14	0	-	14
Buffalo Bills	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
2Q: 10:51 BUF - Paul Edinger 45 field goal
3Q: 09:07 NED - Nathan Osborne 2 pass from Tom Brady (Charlie Flannery extra point)
3Q: 01:12 NED - Kendall Flickinger 6 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 10:51 BUF - Paul Edinger 45 field goal
3Q: 09:07 NED - Nathan Osborne 2 pass from Tom Brady (Charlie Flannery extra point)
3Q: 01:12 NED - Kendall Flickinger 6 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 11-5 5-11
First Downs 15 14
- by Rushing 5 5
- by Passing 8 8
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 247 223
- Offensive Plays 61 64
- Yards per Play 4.05 3.48
Net Rushing Yards 130 140
- Rushing Attempts 34 28
- Yards per Rush 3.82 5.00
Net Passing Yards 117 83
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 14 - 0 32 - 15 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 130 109
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 4/26
- Yards per Pass Play 4.33 2.31
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.7 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/45 3/12
Punt Returns/Yards 3/14 5/46
Kick Returns/Yards 1/18 3/82
Interception Ret./Yards 2/1 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 28
Time of Possession 30:31 29:29

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	11-5	5-11
First Downs	15	14
- by Rushing	5	5
- by Passing	8	8
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	247	223
- Offensive Plays	61	64
- Yards per Play	4.05	3.48
Net Rushing Yards	130	140
- Rushing Attempts	34	28
- Yards per Rush	3.82	5.00
Net Passing Yards	117	83
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 14 - 0	32 - 15 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	130	109
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	4/26
- Yards per Pass Play	4.33	2.31
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.7	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/45	3/12
Punt Returns/Yards	3/14	5/46
Kick Returns/Yards	1/18	3/82
Interception Ret./Yards	2/1	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 28
Time of Possession	30:31	29:29

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:03	1:07	OWN 46	3	4	Punt
1	6:49	1:51	OWN 48	3	7	Punt
1	0:44	1:01	OWN 22	3	3	Punt
2	10:46	1:03	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	5:24	3:01	OWN 20	4	22	Punt
2	1:35	1:22	OWN 46	5	5	Fumble
3	15:00	1:38	OWN 26	4	-11	Punt
3	13:09	4:11	OWN 49	10	51	Touchdown
3	7:23	2:09	OWN 5	4	15	Punt
3	4:22	3:16	OWN 48	6	52	Touchdown
3	0:01	0:58	OPP 41	3	-5	Punt
4	9:44	2:59	OWN 20	5	26	Punt
4	4:45	4:45	OWN 32	10	43	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:57	OWN 27	9	34	Missed FG
1	8:56	2:07	OWN 3	3	5	Punt
1	4:58	4:14	OWN 6	8	30	Punt
2	14:43	3:57	OWN 46	7	26	Field Goal
2	9:43	4:19	OWN 32	8	28	Punt
2	2:23	0:48	OWN 22	3	1	Punt
2	0:13	0:13	OWN 49	2	0	Half
3	13:22	0:13	OWN 41	1	0	Interception
3	8:58	1:35	OWN 41	3	3	Punt
3	5:14	0:52	OWN 43	2	9	Fumble
3	1:06	1:05	OWN 33	2	0	Interception
4	14:03	4:19	OWN 20	9	29	Punt
4	6:45	2:00	OWN 5	7	63	Downs

Game MVP: Sean Taylor, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Randal Meadows	23	90	3.91	23	3	0
Kendall Flickinger	10	42	4.20	11	1	1
Tom Brady	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Marshall Enos	13	85	6.54	47	1
Max Lynn	10	34	3.40	9	0
Frankie Stevens	5	21	4.20	8	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	25	14	130	2/13	1	23	0	83.8

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Frankie Stevens	32	15	109	4/26	0	16	2	29.3

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bethel Johnson	4	8	56	14.00	4	23	0
WR Mercury Fletcher	4	6	29	7.25	0	10	0
RB Randal Meadows	2	2	10	5.00	0	9	0
WR Nathan Osborne	2	4	8	4.00	0	6	1
TE Ben Watson	1	2	13	13.00	2	13	0
TE Elton Kinney	1	1	14	14.00	7	14	0
WR Eddie Bunker	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Spencer Matias	3	6	36	12.00	8	16
WR Jay Madison	2	3	23	11.50	1	12
TE Andy Hammett	2	3	11	5.50	6	6
WR Kevin Aschbacher	2	5	20	10.00	7	13
RB Marshall Enos	2	3	-1	-0.50	0	0
WR Roger Davenport	2	7	12	6.00	0	7
RB Max Lynn	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
TE Adrian Emerson	1	1	5	5.00	1	5
WR Brad Pyatt	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Andrew Pinnock	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Sean Taylor	1	0	0.00	0
CB Brant Norton	1	1	1.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tom Brady	1	0	0
Perry Grider	0	1	1
Ty Warren	0	0	1
Stan Scott	0	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
Frankie Stevens	2	0	0
Max Lynn	1	1	0
Mickey Carranza	0	1	0
Keith Norris	0	1	0
Colin Brady	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	9	414	46.0	38.7	52	4

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Moorman	6	273	45.5	36.5	51	1

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Paul Edinger	1/2	1/2	0/1	45	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ahmad Carroll	2	12	6.0	0
Bethel Johnson	1	2	2.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brad Pyatt	5	46	9.2	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Bunker	1	18	18.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Justin Craig	2	58	29.0	0
Kevin Aschbacher	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Eugene Wilson	7	0	0.0	25	32
S Sean Taylor	6	4	1.0	21	31
DT Richard Seymour	5	2	1.0	21	32
OLB Lance Briggs	5	1	0.0	24	34
ILB Jerris Yoder	5	0	0.0	25	33
DE Perry Grider	4	0	1.0	28	36
CB Calvin Bauer	3	0	0.0	25	32
DE Ty Warren	2	0	1.0	26	32
CB Brant Norton	2	0	0.0	24	32
S Heath Hitchcock	2	0	0.0	5	11
CB Fernando Gildon	1	1	0.0	6	11
DE Adam Horton	1	0	0.0	8	5
DT Dale Knight	1	0	0.0	25	28
S Stanley Ingram	1	0	0.0	3	4
CB Tito Mallard	1	0	0.0	21	27
DE Stan Scott	0	1	0.0	6	5

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Kendrick Sersland	12	2	0.0	34	27
DT Wesley Boone	6	2	0.0	30	25
S Coy Wire	4	1	0.0	12	11
DE Charles Whalen	3	0	1.0	19	16
CB Dexter Hayes	3	3	0.0	31	27
ILB Phil Tuiososopo	3	2	0.0	23	17
ILB Mickey Carranza	3	1	0.0	11	10
S Ellis Sheldon	3	0	0.0	25	16
CB Lito Sheppard	2	3	0.0	23	19
S Myron Upshaw	2	2	0.0	28	21
OLB C.J. Jacobson	2	0	0.0	26	22
DE Colin Brady	1	0	1.0	15	11
DE Allen O'Neill	1	1	0.0	9	10
RB Max Lynn	1	0	---	---	---
OLB James Schwartz	1	0	0.0	6	1
WR Spencer Matias	1	0	---	---	---
ILB J.C. Frady	0	3	0.0	10	7
OLB Kennedy Charron	0	1	0.0	7	2
DE Troy Schulz	0	1	0.0	25	17

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Perry Grider	1.0	1	0	36
DE Ty Warren	1.0	0	2	32
DT Richard Seymour	1.0	0	0	32
S Sean Taylor	1.0	0	0	31
DT Dale Knight	0.0	0	1	28

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Colin Brady	1.0	0	1	1	11
DE Charles Whalen	1.0	0	1	0	16
DE Allen O'Neill	0.0	1	1	0	10
CB Lito Sheppard	0.0	0	1	0	19
DE Troy Schulz	0.0	0	1	0	17

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Sean Taylor	4	1	1	31
OLB Lance Briggs	3	1	0	34
ILB Jerris Yoder	2	0	0	33
CB Calvin Bauer	2	0	0	32
S Heath Hitchcock	2	0	0	11
S Stanley Ingram	1	1	0	4
CB Fernando Gildon	1	0	0	11
S Eugene Wilson	0	1	0	32
CB Tito Mallard	0	1	0	27
CB Brant Norton	0	0	1	32

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dexter Hayes	3	1	27
OLB Kendrick Sersland	3	0	27
S Ellis Sheldon	2	1	16
S Coy Wire	1	0	11
CB Lito Sheppard	1	0	19
ILB Mickey Carranza	1	0	10
OLB Kennedy Charron	1	0	2
S Myron Upshaw	1	0	21
ILB Phil Tuiososopo	1	0	17
CB Percy Garcia	0	2	26

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeremy Hibdon	2	4	30	1	19
Bryant Torres	2	4	10	0	11
Gilbert Conway	1	7	31	1	25
John St. Clair	1	5	25	0	17
Leonard Lytle	1	5	33	0	26
Les Leskun	1	4	30	0	26
Ben Watson	1	3	26	0	15
Thomas Tapeh	1	1	21	0	14

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mark Sepulveda	4	5	28	1	36
Orlando Pace	2	8	25	0	33
Dennis Winslett	2	6	26	2	31
Bruce Atkinson	0	2	14	0	8
Courtney VanBuren	0	1	15	1	28
Andrew Pinnock	0	1	6	0	8

Special Teams Statistics

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Jim Borders	2	14
Thomas Tapeh	2	11
Ahmad Carroll	1	19
Elton Kinney	1	15
Brian Oxley	1	14
Bryant Torres	1	9
Christian Howe	0	16
Phil Van Lanen	0	13
Mercury Fletcher	0	10
Les Leskun	0	9
Eugene Polasek	0	9
Robbie Burgess	0	9
Jared Merrifield	0	9
Fernando Gildon	0	8
Perry Grider	0	7
Ben Watson	0	6
Adam Horton	0	6
Howie Hoffman	0	5
Bethel Johnson	0	4
Lamar Marshall	0	4
Terrell Terry	0	4
Heath Hitchcock	0	4
Lance Briggs	0	3
Eugene Wilson	0	3
Sean Taylor	0	3
Jerris Yoder	0	3
Calvin Bauer	0	3
Charlie Flannery	0	3
Brant Norton	0	3
Kendall Flickinger	0	3
Tito Mallard	0	3
Richard Seymour	0	2
Ty Warren	0	2
Eddie Bunker	0	2
Dale Knight	0	2
Randal Meadows	0	1
Stanley Ingram	0	1

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Lito Sheppard	2	11
Sedrick Howe	1	21
Marshall Enos	1	10
James Schwartz	0	20
Ellis Sheldon	0	20
Colin Brady	0	16
Brad Pyatt	0	13
Kris Wilson	0	13
Justin Craig	0	12
Andy Hammett	0	12
Andrew Pinnock	0	9
Courtney VanBuren	0	8
Orlando Pace	0	8
Keith Norris	0	8
Josh Reed	0	7
Jimmy Sisson	0	7
J.C. Frady	0	7
Brian Moorman	0	6
Adrian Emerson	0	6
Kennedy Charron	0	5
Paul Edinger	0	4
Dennis Winslett	0	4
Kevin Aschbacher	0	3
Louie Farrior	0	2
Wesley Boone	0	2
Percy Garcia	0	2
Myron Upshaw	0	2
Phil Tuiososopo	0	2
Coy Wire	0	1
Kendrick Sersland	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	42	5.3
Middle	15	57	3.8
Right	10	33	3.3
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	74	8.2
Middle	15	49	3.3
Right	4	17	4.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	25	14	1	1	0	4	5	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Frankie Stevens	32	15	0	2	4	5	3	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	1	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	62	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	44	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	23	3.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	33	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	2	16	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	60	5.0
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bethel Johnson	8	4	56	1	20
WR Mercury Fletcher	6	4	29	0	12
WR Nathan Osborne	4	2	8	0	13
TE Ben Watson	2	1	13	0	15
WR Eddie Bunker	2	0	0	0	17
RB Randal Meadows	2	2	10	0	21
TE Elton Kinney	1	1	14	0	8

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Roger Davenport	7	2	2	12	21
WR Spencer Matias	6	3	1	36	20
WR Kevin Aschbacher	5	2	0	20	15
WR Jay Madison	3	2	0	23	21
TE Andy Hammett	3	2	0	11	24
RB Marshall Enos	3	2	0	-1	17
RB Max Lynn	2	1	0	3	19
WR Brad Pyatt	1	0	1	0	3
FB Andrew Pinnock	1	0	0	0	8
TE Adrian Emerson	1	1	0	5	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Randal Meadows	2	2	1.00	3.91
Kendall Flickinger	2	6	3.00	4.20

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	3	3	21	7.00	5.20

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Nathan Osborne	2	2	8	4.00	2.00
TE Ben Watson	1	1	13	13.00	6.50

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Randal Meadows	2	1
Kendall Flickinger	2	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Marshall Enos	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	10	6	4

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Frankie Stevens	10	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mercury Fletcher	5	3	2
WR Bethel Johnson	2	1	1
WR Nathan Osborne	2	1	1
RB Randal Meadows	1	1	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roger Davenport	4	1	1
WR Kevin Aschbacher	2	1	1
FB Andrew Pinnock	1	0	0
TE Andy Hammett	1	1	1
RB Marshall Enos	1	1	0
WR Spencer Matias	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,000 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,500 (23,100)
End Zone 12,800 (16,700)
Mezzanine 7,200 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 11,500 (14,800)
Club Seats 7,000 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 2,000 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,000 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,500 (23,100)
End Zone	12,800 (16,700)
Mezzanine	7,200 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	11,500 (14,800)
Club Seats	7,000 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	2,000 (2,200)