Week 1, 2015

played in New York (A), NJ

67 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

New England Patriots	3	3	7	0	-	13
New York (A) Jets	0	3	7	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:24 NED - Charlie Flannery 35 field goal
2Q: 08:22 NYJ - Wes Kozak 19 field goal
2Q: 01:38 NED - Charlie Flannery 58 field goal
3Q: 04:34 NYJ - Roman Hitchcock 7 pass from Mel Mathews (Wes Kozak extra point)
3Q: 01:04 NED - Harold Salo 18 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:24 NED - Charlie Flannery 35 field goal
2Q: 08:22 NYJ - Wes Kozak 19 field goal
2Q: 01:38 NED - Charlie Flannery 58 field goal
3Q: 04:34 NYJ - Roman Hitchcock 7 pass from Mel Mathews (Wes Kozak extra point)
3Q: 01:04 NED - Harold Salo 18 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Team Statistics NED NYJ
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 11 17
- by Rushing 3 8
- by Passing 7 9
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 201 254
- Offensive Plays 51 75
- Yards per Play 3.94 3.39
Net Rushing Yards 91 151
- Rushing Attempts 17 43
- Yards per Rush 5.35 3.51
Net Passing Yards 110 103
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 21 - 0 27 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 135 130
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/25 5/27
- Yards per Pass Play 3.24 3.22
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 6/54 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 1/2 3/35
Kick Returns/Yards 2/40 2/34
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 29
Time of Possession 24:48 35:12

Team Statistics	NED	NYJ
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	11	17
- by Rushing	3	8
- by Passing	7	9
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	201	254
- Offensive Plays	51	75
- Yards per Play	3.94	3.39
Net Rushing Yards	91	151
- Rushing Attempts	17	43
- Yards per Rush	5.35	3.51
Net Passing Yards	110	103
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 21 - 0	27 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	135	130
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/25	5/27
- Yards per Pass Play	3.24	3.22
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	6/54	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	1/2	3/35
Kick Returns/Yards	2/40	2/34
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 29
Time of Possession	24:48	35:12

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:17	OWN 20	6	2	Punt
1	11:15	2:59	OPP 37	6	19	Field Goal
1	6:06	2:22	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
1	1:44	2:28	OWN 20	7	29	Punt
2	8:15	5:06	OWN 36	8	36	Missed FG
2	2:19	0:46	OPP 41	3	0	Field Goal
3	13:28	1:52	OWN 33	3	3	Punt
3	4:25	3:37	OWN 26	6	74	Touchdown
4	11:03	1:59	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	7:04	1:09	OWN 10	3	2	Punt
4	2:40	0:40	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	0:07	0:07	OPP 33	1	-1	Game

New York (A) Jets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:43	1:28	OWN 31	4	6	Fumble
1	8:16	2:10	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	3:44	2:00	OWN 42	5	13	Punt
2	14:16	3:01	OWN 9	5	19	Punt
2	11:15	3:00	OPP 22	6	20	Field Goal
2	3:09	0:50	OWN 35	3	-1	Interception
2	1:33	1:33	OWN 17	3	3	Half
3	15:00	1:32	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
3	11:36	7:11	OWN 13	15	87	Touchdown
3	0:48	4:45	OWN 25	8	36	Punt
4	9:04	2:00	OWN 31	3	9	Punt
4	5:55	3:15	OWN 33	9	21	Punt
4	2:00	1:53	OWN 24	8	9	Downs

Game MVP: Kendrick Fox, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Byron Lewis	9	31	3.44	9	0	0
Harold Salo	7	61	8.71	18	3	1
Tom Brady	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Randal Tomich	25	79	3.16	15	2
Spencer Cote	14	59	4.21	13	1
Mel Mathews	4	13	3.25	6	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	30	21	135	4/25	0	17	0	79.2

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mel Mathews	27	13	130	5/27	1	27	1	59.2

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Roger Daniels	5	8	31	6.20	7	13
WR Luke Gross	3	6	31	10.33	28	17
FB Melvin Van DeWege	3	3	20	6.67	5	10
RB Harold Salo	3	3	20	6.67	13	14
RB Byron Lewis	2	3	9	4.50	0	9
WR Nathan Osborne	2	2	5	2.50	0	4
FB Mercury Legay	1	2	7	7.00	9	7
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
TE Elton Kinney	1	2	8	8.00	2	8

New York (A)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Roman Hitchcock	5	10	42	8.40	4	11	1
WR Edward Hansen	2	5	38	19.00	5	27	0
TE Louis Verdin	2	2	11	5.50	0	9	0
WR Colin Bening	2	2	14	7.00	0	11	0
RB Spencer Cote	2	4	25	12.50	14	18	0
TE Alfred Silvers	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR J.T. Peterson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Brant Norton	1	0	0.00	0

New York (A)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tom Brady	1	0	0
Brian Ellis	1	0	0
Kendrick Fox	0	1	1
Lee Attico	0	1	0
Heath Hitchcock	0	0	1

New York (A)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mel Mathews	1	0	0
Spencer Cote	1	0	0
Cornelius Winright	0	1	0
Teddy Monroe	0	1	0
Perry Warren	0	0	1
B.J. Dodge	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	7	356	50.9	45.9	63	3

New York (A)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Eugene Johnson	7	319	45.6	36.7	53	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	2/3	1/2	1/1	58	1/1

New York (A)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wes Kozak	1/1	0/0	0/0	19	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Ellis	1	2	2.0	0

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steve Stokes	3	35	11.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Ellis	2	40	20.0	0

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.T. Peterson	1	18	18.0	0
Conrad Tyler	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Luke Wayne	8	3	0.0	38	31
CB Brant Norton	7	0	0.0	38	31
DT Colin Bullock	6	3	0.5	31	16
OLB Cole Monroe	6	1	0.0	18	6
DE Kendrick Fox	5	4	3.5	41	30
S Sean Taylor	5	1	0.0	38	30
OLB Brad Dunham	5	1	0.0	40	32
DE Kelvin Harbert	4	0	0.5	41	32
DT Vernon Garrett	3	2	0.5	36	29
CB Fernando Gildon	3	1	0.0	34	30
CB Freddie Robak	3	0	0.0	10	15
S Heath Hitchcock	2	1	0.0	30	29
DT Mark Badalyan	1	1	0.0	27	8
CB Brian Ellis	1	1	0.0	21	25
ILB Sedrick Davison	1	0	0.0	5	0

New York (A)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Donny McDaniel	7	0	0.0	16	34
DE Earl Benson	4	0	1.0	16	31
OLB Brenden McGregor	4	1	0.0	10	25
DE B.J. Dodge	3	1	2.0	17	32
CB Doug Wright	3	0	1.0	13	29
OLB Keith Josaphat	3	1	0.0	3	6
CB James Bernreuter	3	0	0.0	16	31
S Steve Stokes	3	0	0.0	17	32
CB Keiwan Ratliff	2	1	0.0	17	31
OLB Lenny Klein	2	1	0.0	8	11
CB Conrad Tyler	2	0	0.0	5	6
DT Mickey Keith	1	2	0.0	16	32
DT Roger Jarrell	1	1	0.0	13	27
S Gilbert Williams	1	1	0.0	14	31
WR Roman Hitchcock	1	0	---	---	---
DT Spencer Schwartz	0	1	0.0	1	6

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kendrick Fox	3.5	0	3	1	30
DE Kelvin Harbert	0.5	1	1	0	32
DT Colin Bullock	0.5	0	1	0	16
DT Vernon Garrett	0.5	0	0	0	29

New York (A)	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE B.J. Dodge	2.0	1	32
DE Earl Benson	1.0	1	31
CB Doug Wright	1.0	0	29
DT Mickey Keith	0.0	1	32
DE Courtney Harrison	0.0	1	3

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Fernando Gildon	3	0	30
CB Brant Norton	2	1	31
OLB Cole Monroe	2	0	6
S Sean Taylor	1	0	30
OLB Brad Dunham	1	0	32
S Heath Hitchcock	1	0	29
DT Mark Badalyan	1	0	8
ILB Luke Wayne	1	0	31
CB Brian Ellis	1	0	25

New York (A)	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Donny McDaniel	6	0	34
OLB Brenden McGregor	3	1	25
CB Doug Wright	2	1	29
OLB Lenny Klein	2	0	11
CB James Bernreuter	2	0	31
S Steve Stokes	2	0	32
S Gilbert Williams	1	1	31
CB Keiwan Ratliff	1	0	31
CB Conrad Tyler	1	0	6
DE B.J. Dodge	1	0	32

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dan Koppen	2	6	16	0	31
Xavier Mularkey	2	2	13	0	27
Van Perry	1	3	14	3	27
Teddy Rottinghaus	1	1	7	0	18
Mercury Legay	1	1	2	0	9
Lee Attico	1	1	5	0	4
Jared Merrifield	0	1	3	0	7
Lenny Spindler	0	1	12	0	30
Darren Wall	0	0	5	1	10

New York (A)	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Barry Irwin	4	7	0	32	1	25
Dixon Lofton	2	6	0	18	2	14
Irv Bove	2	5	0	14	0	10
Alfred Silvers	2	2	1	23	0	16
Cornelius Winright	1	6	0	29	0	22
Leon Hendrickson	1	2	0	22	0	20
Teddy Monroe	0	5	0	36	1	25
Kurt Drake	0	4	0	32	0	22
Jay Stuart	0	1	0	38	1	28
Jerald Wilkins	0	1	0	16	0	14

Special Teams Statistics

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Ross Shannon	1	17
Mercury Legay	1	16
Wesley Walker	1	12
Damon Beede	1	10
Lenny Spindler	1	8
Brian Ellis	0	27
Michael Lewis	0	21
Melvin Van DeWege	0	17
Harold Salo	0	17
Will Jessup	0	16
Darren McKnight	0	14
Darren Wall	0	10
Lee Attico	0	10
Jared Merrifield	0	10
Jorge Boyette	0	10
Robbie Burgess	0	7
Charlie Flannery	0	7
Elton Kinney	0	7
Freddie Robak	0	7
Riddick Becker	0	7
Colin Bullock	0	6
Fernando Gildon	0	4
Rene Wingo	0	3
Heath Hitchcock	0	2
Luke Wayne	0	2
Cole Monroe	0	2
Dan Koppen	0	1
Sean Taylor	0	1
Xavier Mularkey	0	1
Brad Dunham	0	1
Vernon Garrett	0	1
Kendrick Fox	0	1

New York (A)	Tackles	STPlays
Perry Warren	1	21
Colin Bening	1	14
Joel Tatum	1	8
Morris Rosenfels	0	20
Brenden McGregor	0	16
Steve Stokes	0	16
Leon Hendrickson	0	14
Louis Verdin	0	14
J.T. Peterson	0	12
Courtney Harrison	0	12
Keiwan Ratliff	0	10
Spencer Cote	0	10
Dixon Lofton	0	8
Lenny Klein	0	8
Eugene Johnson	0	8
Cornelius Winright	0	8
Barry Irwin	0	8
Jerald Wilkins	0	8
Conrad Tyler	0	7
Alfred Silvers	0	6
Irv Bove	0	6
Roger Jarrell	0	4
Keith Josaphat	0	4
Wes Kozak	0	4
Earl Benson	0	3
Mickey Keith	0	3
James Bernreuter	0	3
Donny McDaniel	0	3
Doug Wright	0	3
Gilbert Williams	0	3
B.J. Dodge	0	3
Roman Hitchcock	0	2
Randal Tomich	0	2
Kurt Drake	0	2
Winfred Giles	0	2

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	0	0.0
Middle	9	44	4.9
Right	6	48	8.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	17	2.8
Middle	19	57	3.0
Right	18	77	4.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	30	21	0	0	2	3	4	0	0

New York (A)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mel Mathews	27	13	1	5	1	0	5	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	36	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	13	88	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	1	11	3.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	50	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	53	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	27	4.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Roger Daniels	8	5	0	31	25
WR Luke Gross	6	3	1	31	25
RB Byron Lewis	3	2	0	9	22
FB Melvin Van DeWege	3	3	0	20	8
RB Harold Salo	3	3	0	20	12
FB Mercury Legay	2	1	1	7	9
TE Elton Kinney	2	1	0	8	11
WR Nathan Osborne	2	2	0	5	24
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	0	4	14

New York (A)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roman Hitchcock	10	5	0	42	0	21
WR Edward Hansen	5	2	0	38	1	28
RB Spencer Cote	4	2	0	25	0	16
TE Alfred Silvers	2	0	1	0	0	16
TE Louis Verdin	2	2	0	11	0	17
WR Colin Bening	2	2	0	14	0	15
WR J.T. Peterson	1	0	0	0	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Byron Lewis	1	0	0.00	3.44
Harold Salo	1	18	18.00	8.71

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Spencer Cote	3	6	2.00	4.21
Randal Tomich	2	7	3.50	3.16
Mel Mathews	1	3	3.00	3.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	1	1	4	4.00	4.50

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mel Mathews	1	1	7	7.00	4.81

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Nathan Osborne	1	1	4	4.00	2.50

New York (A)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Roman Hitchcock	1	1	7	7.00	4.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Byron Lewis	3	0

New York (A)	Rushes	Conversions
Spencer Cote	3	2
Randal Tomich	2	1
Mel Mathews	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	8	6	2

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mel Mathews	8	3	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roger Daniels	3	2	0
FB Melvin Van DeWege	2	2	1
TE Elton Kinney	2	1	1
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	0

New York (A)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roman Hitchcock	3	1	1
WR Edward Hansen	2	1	1
RB Spencer Cote	2	1	1
TE Alfred Silvers	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 71,000 (79,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,700 (22,800)
End Zone 14,900 (16,600)
Mezzanine 8,600 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (14,700)
Club Seats 9,100 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,400 (6,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	71,000 (79,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,700 (22,800)
End Zone	14,900 (16,600)
Mezzanine	8,600 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (14,700)
Club Seats	9,100 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,400 (6,000)