Week 15, 2016

played in Buffalo, NY

23 degrees, snow, 8 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	0	0	7	-	7
Buffalo Bills	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
4Q: 11:33 NED - Kendall Flickinger 3 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Scoring Summary
4Q: 11:33 NED - Kendall Flickinger 3 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 8-6 8-6
First Downs 17 10
- by Rushing 10 1
- by Passing 5 8
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 269 194
- Offensive Plays 67 51
- Yards per Play 4.01 3.80
Net Rushing Yards 168 45
- Rushing Attempts 35 19
- Yards per Rush 4.80 2.37
Net Passing Yards 101 149
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 16 - 1 27 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 122 180
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/21 5/31
- Yards per Pass Play 3.16 4.66
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/17 2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.2 11.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/65 8/53
Punt Returns/Yards 4/8 3/-6
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/36
Interception Ret./Yards 1/18 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 25
Time of Possession 33:45 26:15

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	8-6	8-6
First Downs	17	10
- by Rushing	10	1
- by Passing	5	8
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	269	194
- Offensive Plays	67	51
- Yards per Play	4.01	3.80
Net Rushing Yards	168	45
- Rushing Attempts	35	19
- Yards per Rush	4.80	2.37
Net Passing Yards	101	149
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 16 - 1	27 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	122	180
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/21	5/31
- Yards per Pass Play	3.16	4.66
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/17	2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.2	11.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/65	8/53
Punt Returns/Yards	4/8	3/-6
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/36
Interception Ret./Yards	1/18	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 25
Time of Possession	33:45	26:15

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:12	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	12:40	2:15	OPP 46	3	-7	Punt
1	8:46	5:09	OWN 37	9	36	Missed FG
1	2:31	2:41	OWN 33	6	21	Punt
2	9:56	1:26	OWN 26	3	7	Punt
2	6:51	3:13	OWN 18	7	47	Interception
2	1:41	1:41	OWN 3	4	10	Half
3	13:26	2:31	OWN 33	6	18	Punt
3	6:53	1:15	OWN 9	3	8	Punt
3	3:56	1:52	OWN 31	3	9	Punt
3	0:39	4:15	OPP 49	9	49	Touchdown
4	7:15	2:51	OWN 35	4	11	Punt
4	2:48	2:48	OPP 28	7	17	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:48	1:08	OWN 22	3	12	Interception
1	10:25	1:39	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	3:37	1:06	OWN 34	3	-6	Punt
2	14:50	4:54	OWN 20	9	61	Missed FG
2	8:30	1:39	OWN 20	4	26	Punt
2	3:38	1:57	OWN 26	5	17	Punt
3	15:00	1:34	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
3	10:55	4:02	OWN 10	6	32	Punt
3	5:38	1:42	OWN 40	3	3	Punt
3	2:04	1:25	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
4	11:24	4:09	OPP 43	5	15	Missed FG
4	4:24	1:36	OWN 20	4	8	Downs

Game MVP: Kelvin Harbert, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Byron Lewis	16	89	5.56	18	3	0
Kendall Flickinger	13	50	3.85	12	3	1
Harvey Swanger	5	12	2.40	8	0	0
Amos Duncan	1	17	17.00	17	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Roosevelt Elizondo	12	29	2.42	10	1
Will King	6	12	2.00	7	0
Curt Anes	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Harvey Swanger	29	16	122	3/21	0	15	1	51.2

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Curt Anes	27	16	180	5/31	0	31	1	63.8

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Roger Daniels	5	10	40	8.00	4	15
WR Nathan Osborne	3	6	13	4.33	0	11
WR Luke Gross	2	4	23	11.50	1	15
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	2	12	12.00	0	12
FB Mercury Legay	1	1	7	7.00	0	7
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
RB Kendall Flickinger	1	1	7	7.00	0	7
TE Elton Kinney	1	2	7	7.00	0	7
FB Amos Duncan	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
FB Lewis Gredzinski	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Spencer Matias	4	8	48	12.00	16	20
TE Tracy Marohl	4	6	29	7.25	8	13
WR Edgar Paniagua	3	6	65	21.67	8	31
WR Chuck Roever	2	2	15	7.50	0	14
RB Randal Tomich	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Dennis Taylor	1	1	17	17.00	7	17
RB Roosevelt Elizondo	1	1	6	6.00	6	6
WR Roger Davenport	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Sean Taylor	1	18	18.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Marshall Ford	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Elton Kinney	0	0	1	0
Colin Bullock	0	0	1	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov
Curt Anes	1	0
Randal Tomich	1	0
Keith Norris	0	1
C.J. Jacobson	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	8	371	46.4	39.6	54	1

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Timothy Blackwell	8	333	41.6	40.6	54	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	1/1

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Brent Urquoila	0/2	0/1	0/0	0	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Freddie Robak	2	6	3.0	0
Dominic Goodwin	2	2	1.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Randal Tomich	3	-6	-2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kevin Aschbacher	1	36	36.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Luke Wayne	7	0	0.0	17	28
OLB Brad Dunham	5	0	0.0	18	31
DE Kelvin Harbert	4	0	2.0	19	31
S Trent Huffman	4	1	0.0	11	19
DT Colin Bullock	3	0	1.0	14	21
S Sean Taylor	3	1	0.0	11	25
DT Vernon Garrett	3	0	0.0	16	31
OLB Christian Howe	3	0	0.0	9	11
DE Kendrick Fox	2	0	1.0	18	30
CB Fernando Gildon	2	1	0.0	17	31
CB Brant Norton	2	1	0.0	17	31
DT Mark Badalyan	1	1	1.0	10	8
S Heath Hitchcock	1	1	0.0	12	24
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	0	---	---	---

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB James Schwartz	6	0	1.0	28	29
S Rondell Marsh	6	3	0.0	31	31
CB Dexter Hayes	6	2	0.0	24	26
S Ellis Sheldon	6	0	0.0	24	26
DE Steve McWilliams	5	2	1.0	34	32
CB Marshall Ford	5	0	0.0	31	32
ILB Jake Bullock	4	1	0.0	35	31
DT J.T. Shapiro	3	1	1.0	13	18
CB Rodney Nixon	3	1	0.0	33	30
OLB Michael Vandam	3	0	0.0	16	7
ILB Kendrick Sersland	2	2	0.0	15	19
DE Malcolm Kelley	1	2	0.0	34	32
S Gino Fackleman	1	1	0.0	11	6
DE Colin Brady	1	0	0.0	18	11
WR Edgar Paniagua	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Sedrick Stolz	0	2	0.0	21	15

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kelvin Harbert	2.0	1	3	31
DE Kendrick Fox	1.0	1	1	30
DT Mark Badalyan	1.0	0	0	8
DT Colin Bullock	1.0	0	0	21
DT Vernon Garrett	0.0	3	0	31

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Steve McWilliams	1.0	3	32
OLB James Schwartz	1.0	0	29
DT J.T. Shapiro	1.0	0	18
DE Malcolm Kelley	0.0	2	32
DE Colin Brady	0.0	1	11
OLB Michael Vandam	0.0	1	7
S Rondell Marsh	0.0	1	31

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Luke Wayne	5	0	0	28
OLB Brad Dunham	4	0	0	31
CB Brant Norton	2	1	0	31
S Trent Huffman	1	1	0	19
CB Fernando Gildon	1	1	0	31
S Heath Hitchcock	1	1	0	24
S Sean Taylor	1	0	1	25
OLB Christian Howe	1	0	0	11

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Marshall Ford	4	0	1	32
S Rondell Marsh	3	1	0	31
CB Rodney Nixon	3	0	0	30
ILB Jake Bullock	1	0	0	31
CB Dexter Hayes	1	0	0	26
ILB Kendrick Sersland	1	0	0	19
OLB Michael Vandam	1	0	0	7
OLB James Schwartz	1	0	0	29
S Ellis Sheldon	1	0	0	26

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leonard Lytle	4	9	1	33	1	26
Jeremy Hibdon	4	5	0	28	0	23
Lenny Spindler	2	2	0	27	1	30
Mo Rodriguez	1	4	0	23	1	26
Van Perry	1	4	0	34	0	32
Dan Koppen	1	3	0	7	0	9
Amos Duncan	1	1	0	13	0	14
Gerald VanEck	0	2	0	12	0	6
Lee Attico	0	1	0	8	0	2

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mark Sepulveda	2	6	19	0	32
Randall Sampson	1	3	12	2	23
Alan Overby	1	1	4	0	7
Keith Norris	0	2	19	3	32
Jason Garrard	0	2	19	0	32
Bruce Atkinson	0	2	15	0	25
Dennis Taylor	0	2	11	0	16

Special Teams Statistics

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Will Jessup	3	27
Elton Kinney	1	12
Dominic Goodwin	0	25
Kendall Flickinger	0	12
Wesley Walker	0	12
Darren McKnight	0	11
Dan Koppen	0	9
Gerald VanEck	0	9
Lee Attico	0	9
Sean Taylor	0	8
Teddy Rottinghaus	0	8
Robbie Burgess	0	8
Aaron Piccarreta	0	8
Lewis Gredzinski	0	8
Amos Duncan	0	7
Damon Beede	0	7
Colin Bullock	0	6
Lenny Spindler	0	6
Mercury Legay	0	5
Freddie Robak	0	5
Mark Badalyan	0	4
Trent Huffman	0	3
Charlie Flannery	0	3
Fernando Gildon	0	3
Wade Robbins	0	3
Byron Crist	0	3
Brad Dunham	0	2
Jeremy Hibdon	0	2
Vernon Garrett	0	2
Brant Norton	0	2
Heath Hitchcock	0	2
Nathan Osborne	0	2
Kendrick Fox	0	2
Luke Wayne	0	2
Kelvin Harbert	0	2
Sedrick Davison	0	2
Tyrone Carlson	0	1

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Myron Upshaw	2	15
Randal Tomich	1	22
Tim Euhus	1	13
Dexter Hayes	0	17
Kendrick Sersland	0	17
Craig Burgess	0	17
Dennis Taylor	0	15
Roger Davenport	0	11
Jason Garrard	0	10
Dennis Winslett	0	10
Alan Overby	0	10
Keith Norris	0	10
Ricky Weber	0	10
Malcolm Kelley	0	9
Steve McWilliams	0	9
Timothy Blackwell	0	8
Kevin Aschbacher	0	5
C.J. Jacobson	0	4
Harry Torres	0	4
Sedrick Stolz	0	3
Matt Carhart	0	3
Rodney Nixon	0	3
Brent Urquoila	0	3
Ross Toth	0	2
Michael Vandam	0	2
Chuck Roever	0	2
Jake Bullock	0	1
James Schwartz	0	1
Ellis Sheldon	0	1
Will King	0	1
Marshall Ford	0	1
Rondell Marsh	0	1
J.T. Shapiro	0	1
Tracy Marohl	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	59	7.4
Middle	26	110	4.2
Right	0	0	0.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	7	1.4
Middle	13	31	2.4
Right	1	7	7.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Harvey Swanger	29	16	0	1	2	1	8	0	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Curt Anes	27	16	3	0	1	4	5	4	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	47	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	7	75	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	16	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	27	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	83	10.4
Long (19+ Yds)	9	2	54	6.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Roger Daniels	10	5	1	40	24
WR Nathan Osborne	6	3	0	13	16
WR Luke Gross	4	2	1	23	20
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	2	1	0	12	18
TE Elton Kinney	2	1	0	7	15
FB Mercury Legay	1	1	0	7	5
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	0	10	10
RB Kendall Flickinger	1	1	0	7	8
FB Amos Duncan	1	1	0	3	14
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	0	0	0	5

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Spencer Matias	8	4	0	48	1	25
WR Edgar Paniagua	6	3	1	65	2	24
TE Tracy Marohl	6	4	0	29	0	25
WR Roger Davenport	2	0	0	0	0	17
WR Chuck Roever	2	2	0	15	0	8
RB Randal Tomich	1	1	0	0	0	2
FB Dennis Taylor	1	1	0	17	0	16
RB Roosevelt Elizondo	1	1	0	6	0	20

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kendall Flickinger	3	4	1.33	3.85
Byron Lewis	2	11	5.50	5.56
Harvey Swanger	1	-1	-1.00	2.40

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Roosevelt Elizondo	2	3	1.50	2.42

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Harvey Swanger	1	1	3	3.00	4.21

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Roger Daniels	1	1	3	3.00	4.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Harvey Swanger	2	0
Byron Lewis	1	1
Kendall Flickinger	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Curt Anes	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Harvey Swanger	12	8	4

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Curt Anes	10	6	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roger Daniels	3	3	1
WR Luke Gross	3	1	1
WR Nathan Osborne	3	2	0
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	1	1
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	1
TE Elton Kinney	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Spencer Matias	5	3	1
WR Edgar Paniagua	3	1	1
WR Chuck Roever	2	2	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,400 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,000 (23,100)
End Zone 13,000 (16,700)
Mezzanine 7,400 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 11,800 (14,800)
Club Seats 6,700 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 1,500 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,400 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,000 (23,100)
End Zone	13,000 (16,700)
Mezzanine	7,400 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	11,800 (14,800)
Club Seats	6,700 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	1,500 (2,200)