Week 17, 2042

played in Buffalo, NY

24 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

New England Patriots	7	7	3	7	-	24
Buffalo Bills	14	14	6	10	-	44

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:03 BUF - Quinn Graham 31 pass from Ernie Sims (Ricky Lelie extra point)
1Q: 00:44 BUF - Miles Howe 7 run (Ricky Lelie extra point)
1Q: 00:02 NED - Mickey Van Pelt 80 pass from Bubba Duffy (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 07:17 BUF - Miles Howe 5 run (Ricky Lelie extra point)
2Q: 03:22 NED - Jake Hutchins 2 pass from Bubba Duffy (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 02:20 BUF - Kody McElroy 44 pass from Ernie Sims (Ricky Lelie extra point)
3Q: 07:26 BUF - Ernie Sims 4 run (Ricky Lelie extra point failed)
3Q: 00:33 NED - Phil Hosken 25 field goal
4Q: 10:14 BUF - Quinn Graham 6 run (Ricky Lelie extra point)
4Q: 04:50 BUF - Ricky Lelie 33 field goal
4Q: 02:24 NED - Horace Slattery 9 run (Phil Hosken extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:03 BUF - Quinn Graham 31 pass from Ernie Sims (Ricky Lelie extra point)
1Q: 00:44 BUF - Miles Howe 7 run (Ricky Lelie extra point)
1Q: 00:02 NED - Mickey Van Pelt 80 pass from Bubba Duffy (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 07:17 BUF - Miles Howe 5 run (Ricky Lelie extra point)
2Q: 03:22 NED - Jake Hutchins 2 pass from Bubba Duffy (Phil Hosken extra point)
2Q: 02:20 BUF - Kody McElroy 44 pass from Ernie Sims (Ricky Lelie extra point)
3Q: 07:26 BUF - Ernie Sims 4 run (Ricky Lelie extra point failed)
3Q: 00:33 NED - Phil Hosken 25 field goal
4Q: 10:14 BUF - Quinn Graham 6 run (Ricky Lelie extra point)
4Q: 04:50 BUF - Ricky Lelie 33 field goal
4Q: 02:24 NED - Horace Slattery 9 run (Phil Hosken extra point)

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 10-6 10-6
First Downs 22 29
- by Rushing 2 17
- by Passing 20 12
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 403 519
- Offensive Plays 65 68
- Yards per Play 6.20 7.63
Net Rushing Yards 22 218
- Rushing Attempts 7 38
- Yards per Rush 3.14 5.74
Net Passing Yards 381 301
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 56 - 30 - 0 29 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 393 314
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 1/13
- Yards per Pass Play 6.57 10.03
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 13.1 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1
Penalties/Yards 7/55 2/12
Punt Returns/Yards 2/-1 5/56
Kick Returns/Yards 4/56 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 4/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 30
Time of Possession 23:53 36:07

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	10-6	10-6
First Downs	22	29
- by Rushing	2	17
- by Passing	20	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	403	519
- Offensive Plays	65	68
- Yards per Play	6.20	7.63
Net Rushing Yards	22	218
- Rushing Attempts	7	38
- Yards per Rush	3.14	5.74
Net Passing Yards	381	301
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	56 - 30 - 0	29 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	393	314
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	1/13
- Yards per Pass Play	6.57	10.03
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	13.1	8.9
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/1
Penalties/Yards	7/55	2/12
Punt Returns/Yards	2/-1	5/56
Kick Returns/Yards	4/56	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	4/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 30
Time of Possession	23:53	36:07

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:49	2:54	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
1	0:35	0:35	OWN 20	2	80	Touchdown
2	13:36	1:38	OWN 45	3	7	Punt
2	7:07	3:54	OWN 21	13	79	Touchdown
2	2:00	1:39	OWN 11	4	5	Punt
3	15:00	3:26	OWN 20	8	28	Punt
3	7:16	1:55	OWN 20	5	7	Punt
3	3:44	1:44	OWN 11	4	30	Punt
3	2:00	1:34	OPP 19	4	11	Field Goal
4	10:04	1:36	OWN 18	4	8	Downs
4	4:45	1:28	OWN 19	3	-6	Punt
4	3:17	1:00	OPP 35	4	35	Touchdown
4	1:39	1:39	OWN 6	6	44	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:11	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
1	7:55	7:20	OWN 21	14	79	Touchdown
2	15:00	1:24	OWN 20	3	-7	Punt
2	11:58	4:51	OWN 7	8	93	Touchdown
2	3:13	1:13	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
2	0:21	0:21	OPP 47	3	2	Half
3	11:34	4:18	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	5:21	1:37	OWN 36	3	0	Punt
3	0:26	5:22	OWN 8	11	92	Touchdown
4	8:28	3:43	OPP 26	5	10	Field Goal
4	2:17	0:38	OPP 45	3	5	Punt

Game MVP: Ernie Sims, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Horace Slattery	5	18	3.60	11	1	1
Roderick Haygood	2	4	2.00	5	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Miles Howe	26	135	5.19	20	4	2
Quinn Graham	7	57	8.14	25	2	1
Ernie Sims	5	26	5.20	12	1	1

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bubba Duffy	56	30	393	2/12	2	80	0	87.8

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ernie Sims	29	25	314	1/13	2	51	0	134.7

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mickey Van Pelt	7	14	148	21.14	128	80	1
WR Brent Dotson	6	10	75	12.50	14	18	0
TE Jake Hutchins	5	5	56	11.20	32	16	1
WR Glen Musser	4	11	42	10.50	15	21	0
RB Horace Slattery	2	2	30	15.00	27	30	0
RB Roderick Haygood	2	2	14	7.00	16	15	0
WR Rondell Benson	1	3	10	10.00	0	10	0
TE Clifton Poulsen	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Riley Holliday	1	1	10	10.00	10	10	0
WR Tre Davis	1	5	-3	-3.00	0	-3	0
FB Jorge Benton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Britt England	9	10	148	16.44	91	51	0
WR Kody McElroy	5	5	71	14.20	0	44	1
TE Donald Guagliardo	3	3	22	7.33	1	15	0
FB Taylor Larsen	3	4	1	0.33	0	6	0
WR Clifton Noisy	2	4	29	14.50	5	19	0
RB Quinn Graham	2	2	39	19.50	28	31	1
WR Arnie Antonick	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Recov	Force
Rondell Benson	1	0
Tre Davis	1	0
Riley Holliday	0	1
Damon Stevens	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Vincent Lopes	2	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bart Winslett	7	348	49.7	38.9	66	3

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harold Giba	3	128	42.7	43.0	52	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Hosken	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	3/3

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ricky Lelie	1/1	0/0	0/0	33	5/6

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rondell Benson	2	-1	-0.5	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vincent Lopes	5	56	11.2	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rondell Benson	4	56	14.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Tyrus Ybarra	9	1	0.0	35	26
OLB Xavier McAfee	6	1	1.0	34	23
S Kelly Pearson	5	3	0.0	36	28
DE Howie Handwerker	5	1	0.0	31	25
DT Jorge Santana	5	1	0.0	22	19
CB Jacob Elliott	5	1	0.0	35	24
S Dusty Shepherd	4	0	0.0	32	25
CB Kendrick Horner	3	3	0.0	14	14
CB Omar Corlett	3	2	0.0	34	29
OLB Alexander Norgard	3	0	0.0	15	12
DT Fred Hanks	2	1	0.0	27	17
ILB Norm Cash	2	0	0.0	4	5
OLB Sammy Mumper	2	0	0.0	15	11
DE Bradley Moorhead	1	1	0.0	23	15
DE Leon Wetzel	1	1	0.0	29	28
S Samuel Wardzala	1	1	0.0	5	8
S Matt Gemmell	1	0	0.0	7	6

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Reuben Brooks	4	2	0.0	7	54
OLB J.J. Francis	4	0	0.0	4	42
S Clay Howard	4	0	0.0	2	19
OLB Deon Riley	3	2	1.0	6	41
S Kennedy Jarvis	3	2	0.0	7	53
DE Juan Godfrey	2	0	1.0	5	48
DT Shaun Larocque	2	1	0.0	2	36
ILB Jeffrey Hughes	2	1	0.0	3	13
S A.J. Freeland	2	1	0.0	4	35
ILB Mercury Sutor	2	0	0.0	0	5
OLB Joseph Jennings	2	0	0.0	6	53
CB Logan Buie	1	3	0.0	3	26
CB Jose Alcott	1	2	0.0	7	54
S Hardy Nixon	1	2	0.0	6	57
DE Lorenzo Kustok	1	2	0.0	4	46
DE Jeffrey Spencer	1	0	0.0	2	10
S Austin Antonides	1	0	0.0	0	3

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Xavier McAfee	1.0	0	0	23
DE Howie Handwerker	0.0	1	0	25
DT Blaine Chustz	0.0	1	0	15
DE Leon Wetzel	0.0	0	2	28

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Juan Godfrey	1.0	2	0	0	48
OLB Deon Riley	1.0	1	0	0	41
OLB Joseph Jennings	0.0	1	5	6	53
S Kennedy Jarvis	0.0	1	0	0	53
DE Lorenzo Kustok	0.0	0	0	2	46

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jacob Elliott	4	0	24
ILB Tyrus Ybarra	3	0	26
OLB Alexander Norgard	3	0	12
S Kelly Pearson	3	0	28
OLB Xavier McAfee	3	0	23
CB Kendrick Horner	2	0	14
S Samuel Wardzala	2	0	8
ILB Norm Cash	1	0	5
S Dusty Shepherd	1	0	25
DE Leon Wetzel	1	0	28
OLB Sammy Mumper	1	0	11
S Matt Gemmell	1	0	6
CB Omar Corlett	0	1	29

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Kennedy Jarvis	4	0	53
OLB J.J. Francis	4	0	42
CB Reuben Brooks	3	1	54
S A.J. Freeland	2	2	35
ILB Jeffrey Hughes	2	1	13
ILB Mercury Sutor	2	0	5
OLB Joseph Jennings	2	0	53
DT Shaun Larocque	2	0	36
CB Logan Buie	2	0	26
S Clay Howard	2	0	19
CB Jose Alcott	1	1	54
S Hardy Nixon	1	1	57
OLB Deon Riley	1	0	41
DE Jeffrey Spencer	1	0	10
S Austin Antonides	1	0	3

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Roy Linquist	1	2	7	0	57
Darrin Chapman	1	1	2	0	5
Dave Shields	1	1	2	0	9
J.C. Chandler	0	2	7	0	58
Bob Riley	0	1	7	2	58

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Sedrick Douthit	5	9	3	38	1	30
Wally Jurkiewicz	5	6	0	38	0	30
Kendrick Ellis	4	6	0	37	0	30
Malcolm Stephens	3	7	1	36	0	30
Deron Griffin	3	5	0	36	0	30

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Rondell Benson	1	22
Horace Slattery	1	21
Damon Stevens	1	21
Riley Holliday	1	8
Bob Riley	1	7

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Hardy Nixon	4	13
Miles Howe	1	24
Britt England	1	14

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Omar Corlett	---	---	34	29	14	77
Bob Riley	7	58	---	---	7	72
Kelly Pearson	---	---	36	28	7	71
Xavier McAfee	---	---	34	23	13	70
Johnnie Lysne	5	53	---	---	8	66
J.C. Chandler	7	58	---	---	1	66
Bubba Duffy	7	58	---	---	---	65
Roy Linquist	7	57	---	---	---	64
Brent Dotson	4	45	---	---	12	61
Tyrus Ybarra	---	---	35	26	---	61
Jacob Elliott	---	---	35	24	1	60
Dusty Shepherd	---	---	32	25	---	57
Leon Wetzel	---	---	29	28	---	57
Howie Handwerker	---	---	31	25	---	56
Ricky Horn	5	50	---	---	---	55
Mickey Van Pelt	6	47	---	---	1	54
Horace Slattery	5	25	---	---	21	51
Glen Musser	6	43	---	---	---	49
Fred Hanks	---	---	27	17	1	45
Alexander Norgard	---	---	15	12	15	42
Bradley Moorhead	---	---	23	15	4	42
Rondell Benson	1	18	---	---	22	41
Jorge Santana	---	---	22	19	---	41
Blaine Chustz	---	---	20	15	4	39
Tre Davis	2	23	---	---	12	37
Matt Gemmell	---	---	7	6	23	36
Jake Hutchins	2	17	---	---	14	33
Jorge Benton	2	23	---	---	7	32
Kendrick Horner	---	---	14	14	1	29
Roderick Haygood	2	25	---	---	---	27
Sammy Mumper	---	---	15	11	---	26
Damon Stevens	0	3	---	---	21	24
Clifton Poulsen	4	14	---	---	4	22
Dave Shields	2	9	---	---	8	19
Riley Holliday	1	7	---	---	8	16
Darrin Chapman	2	5	---	---	8	15
Samuel Wardzala	---	---	5	8	1	14
Robert Farley	0	0	---	---	14	14
Norm Cash	---	---	4	5	1	10
Kirk Covey	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bart Winslett	0	0	---	---	7	7
Phil Hosken	0	0	---	---	6	6
Quentin Griffiths	0	0	---	---	1	1
Floyd Farrell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Lonnie Fagundez	0	0	---	---	---	0
Geoff Shoate	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Britt England	37	29	---	---	14	80
Hardy Nixon	---	---	6	57	13	76
Jose Alcott	---	---	7	54	14	75
Reuben Brooks	---	---	7	54	13	74
Miles Howe	27	23	---	---	24	74
Joseph Jennings	---	---	6	53	14	73
Wally Jurkiewicz	38	30	---	---	4	72
Kendrick Ellis	37	30	---	---	4	71
Sedrick Douthit	38	30	---	---	1	69
Donald Guagliardo	30	26	---	---	13	69
Ernie Sims	38	30	---	---	---	68
Deron Griffin	36	30	---	---	---	66
Malcolm Stephens	36	30	---	---	---	66
Deon Riley	---	---	6	41	16	63
Kennedy Jarvis	---	---	7	53	1	61
J.J. Francis	---	---	4	42	15	61
Juan Godfrey	---	---	5	48	1	54
Kody McElroy	28	25	---	---	1	54
A.J. Freeland	---	---	4	35	13	52
Lorenzo Kustok	---	---	4	46	---	50
Clifton Noisy	14	12	---	---	20	46
Shaun Larocque	---	---	2	36	5	43
Taylor Larsen	22	14	---	---	2	38
Logan Buie	---	---	3	26	---	29
Nate Sanders	---	---	5	22	1	28
Clay Howard	---	---	2	19	7	28
Kaleb Pieper	---	---	3	12	10	25
Randal Weinmeister	6	7	---	---	7	20
Nick Hemler	1	1	---	---	17	19
Quinn Graham	11	7	---	---	---	18
Arnie Antonick	6	6	---	---	4	16
Jeffrey Hughes	---	---	3	13	---	16
Jeffrey Spencer	---	---	2	10	---	12
Vincent Lopes	---	---	0	4	7	11
Hunter Stevenson	8	0	---	---	2	10
Ricky Lelie	0	0	---	---	9	9
R. Jay Brandon	---	---	1	5	2	8
Austin Antonides	---	---	0	3	5	8
Brayden Hammond	3	0	---	---	4	7
Mercury Sutor	---	---	0	5	1	6
Ricardo Owens	2	0	---	---	3	5
Dean Clark	0	0	---	---	4	4
Harold Giba	0	0	---	---	4	4
Randy Fiske	---	---	0	0	---	0
Bradley Gilliam	0	0	---	---	---	0
Archie Duffy	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	-1	-1.0
Middle	6	23	3.8
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	72	5.1
Middle	12	49	4.1
Right	12	97	8.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bubba Duffy	56	30	4	1	9	6	5	8	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ernie Sims	29	25	5	0	1	1	2	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	63	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	210	12.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	9	102	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	11	1	18	1.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	31	31.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	13	162	11.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	9	72	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	49	16.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mickey Van Pelt	14	7	1	148	2	47
WR Glen Musser	11	4	4	42	1	43
WR Brent Dotson	10	6	1	75	0	45
TE Jake Hutchins	5	5	0	56	0	17
WR Tre Davis	5	1	1	-3	0	23
WR Rondell Benson	3	1	1	10	0	18
RB Horace Slattery	2	2	0	30	1	25
RB Roderick Haygood	2	2	0	14	0	25
TE Clifton Poulsen	2	1	1	11	0	14
FB Jorge Benton	1	0	0	0	0	23
TE Riley Holliday	1	1	0	10	0	7

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Britt England	10	9	0	148	3	29
WR Kody McElroy	5	5	0	71	1	25
WR Clifton Noisy	4	2	1	29	0	12
FB Taylor Larsen	4	3	0	1	0	14
TE Donald Guagliardo	3	3	0	22	0	26
RB Quinn Graham	2	2	0	39	1	7
WR Arnie Antonick	1	1	0	4	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Horace Slattery	2	9	4.50	3.60

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Miles Howe	8	28	3.50	5.19
Ernie Sims	2	5	2.50	5.20
Quinn Graham	2	6	3.00	8.14

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bubba Duffy	8	3	23	2.88	7.02

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ernie Sims	2	2	11	5.50	10.83

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mickey Van Pelt	2	1	11	5.50	10.57
WR Glen Musser	2	0	0	0.00	3.82
WR Rondell Benson	1	1	10	10.00	3.33
TE Jake Hutchins	1	1	2	2.00	11.20
TE Clifton Poulsen	1	0	0	0.00	5.50
WR Tre Davis	1	0	0	0.00	-0.60

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Britt England	1	1	3	3.00	14.80
TE Donald Guagliardo	1	1	8	8.00	7.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Horace Slattery	1	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Ernie Sims	2	1
Quinn Graham	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bubba Duffy	11	3	3

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ernie Sims	7	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mickey Van Pelt	3	1	1
WR Glen Musser	3	0	0
WR Brent Dotson	2	0	0
RB Horace Slattery	1	1	1
WR Rondell Benson	1	1	1
WR Tre Davis	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Britt England	2	2	2
TE Donald Guagliardo	2	2	1
WR Clifton Noisy	1	0	0
FB Taylor Larsen	1	1	0
WR Kody McElroy	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 79,800 (95,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,800 (23,500)
End Zone 13,100 (16,900)
Mezzanine 8,500 (9,800)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (15,000)
Club Seats 18,100 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,600 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	79,800 (95,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,800 (23,500)
End Zone	13,100 (16,900)
Mezzanine	8,500 (9,800)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (15,000)
Club Seats	18,100 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,600 (9,900)