Week 17, 2036

played in Buffalo, NY

68 degrees, fair, calm

New England Patriots	3	0	3	10	-	16
Buffalo Bills	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:58 NED - Francisco Norton 53 field goal
2Q: 07:38 BUF - Devonte Cichanski 37 field goal
3Q: 10:35 NED - Francisco Norton 38 field goal
4Q: 09:04 NED - Horace Thompson 2 run (Francisco Norton extra point)
4Q: 02:14 NED - Francisco Norton 45 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:58 NED - Francisco Norton 53 field goal
2Q: 07:38 BUF - Devonte Cichanski 37 field goal
3Q: 10:35 NED - Francisco Norton 38 field goal
4Q: 09:04 NED - Horace Thompson 2 run (Francisco Norton extra point)
4Q: 02:14 NED - Francisco Norton 45 field goal

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 8-8 9-7
First Downs 16 16
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 273 271
- Offensive Plays 64 61
- Yards per Play 4.27 4.44
Net Rushing Yards 131 98
- Rushing Attempts 37 24
- Yards per Rush 3.54 4.08
Net Passing Yards 142 173
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 15 - 1 36 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 148 178
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 5.26 4.68
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 6/16 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 10/70 6/30
Punt Returns/Yards 2/15 3/34
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 4/72
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 32:29 27:31

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	8-8	9-7
First Downs	16	16
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	273	271
- Offensive Plays	64	61
- Yards per Play	4.27	4.44
Net Rushing Yards	131	98
- Rushing Attempts	37	24
- Yards per Rush	3.54	4.08
Net Passing Yards	142	173
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 15 - 1	36 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	148	178
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	5.26	4.68
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	6/16	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	6.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	10/70	6/30
Punt Returns/Yards	2/15	3/34
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	4/72
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 25
Time of Possession	32:29	27:31

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:36	1:45	OWN 37	5	27	Field Goal
1	6:47	1:37	OWN 36	3	-10	Punt
1	2:58	2:07	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
2	12:12	1:12	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
2	7:33	2:14	OWN 25	5	32	Interception
2	4:18	3:42	OWN 14	8	38	Punt
3	15:00	1:35	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
3	11:54	1:26	OPP 24	3	3	Field Goal
3	7:37	2:19	OWN 5	6	32	Punt
3	0:54	6:58	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown
4	7:35	5:28	OWN 47	9	25	Field Goal
4	0:44	0:44	OWN 36	3	-5	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:24	OWN 14	8	49	Fumble
1	8:51	2:04	OWN 15	3	0	Punt
1	5:10	2:12	OWN 38	5	24	Punt
1	0:51	3:39	OWN 33	7	31	Punt
2	11:00	3:27	OWN 46	7	34	Field Goal
2	5:19	1:01	OWN 25	3	-2	Punt
2	0:36	0:36	OWN 20	3	10	Half
3	13:25	1:31	OWN 25	3	0	Fumble
3	10:28	2:51	OWN 25	5	25	Punt
3	5:18	4:24	OWN 20	8	45	Punt
4	8:56	1:21	OWN 13	3	6	Punt
4	2:07	1:23	OWN 30	6	34	Downs

Game MVP: Francisco Norton, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Will Andrews	14	65	4.64	14	2	0
RB Miles Romund	13	50	3.85	17	2	0
QB Horace Thompson	6	-2	-0.33	2	0	1
QB Alonzo Tomaceski	4	18	4.50	6	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Gerald Robertson	14	61	4.36	9	0
RB Nolan Gordon	5	26	5.20	14	2
RB Steven Ortega	3	6	2.00	5	0
WR Riddick Morrison	1	4	4.00	4	0
QB Duane Joyner	1	1	1.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alonzo Tomaceski	22	12	92	1/6	0	18	1	46.0
Horace Thompson	4	3	56	0/0	0	23	0	116.7

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Duane Joyner	36	22	178	1/5	0	24	0	73.6

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Dusty Banks	5	7	65	13.00	29	23
TE Drake McGregor	4	6	50	12.50	13	22
RB Miles Romund	2	3	7	3.50	0	6
WR Camden Waldron	1	7	5	5.00	0	5
TE Cory Williams	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
RB Will Andrews	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
FB Lee Tyler	1	1	11	11.00	0	11

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Cornell Darkins	6	9	55	9.17	2	14
RB Gerald Robertson	5	5	35	7.00	18	13
WR Branden Pritchett	3	4	36	12.00	3	17
FB Richard Dunlap	2	4	6	3.00	0	6
WR Riddick Morrison	2	2	28	14.00	14	24
TE Joey Preston	2	5	8	4.00	0	4
TE Silas Upshaw	1	4	7	7.00	0	7
RB Nolan Gordon	1	3	3	3.00	2	3

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Lawrence Musial	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Recov	Force
OLB Mark Boswell	1	0
ILB Alfredo Ford	1	0
OLB Noah Levine	0	1
S Lorenzo Faherty	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
FB Richard Dunlap	1	0	0	0
QB Duane Joyner	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kenyon Morris	6	286	47.7	38.7	51	1

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tony Meier	7	305	43.6	32.9	53	1

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Francisco Norton	3/3	2/2	1/1	53	1/1

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Devonte Cichanski	1/1	0/0	0/0	37	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donte Shepherd	2	15	7.5	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ralph Braico	3	34	11.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steven Ortega	3	46	15.3	0
Branden Pritchett	1	26	26.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Lorenzo Faherty	11	2	0.0	24	37
ILB Alfredo Ford	9	1	0.0	22	27
S Weston Jarvis	5	3	0.0	24	37
CB Jerome Greisen	5	2	0.0	24	37
OLB Clyde Burroughs	3	0	0.0	11	7
OLB Jamie Toefield	3	0	0.0	10	18
OLB Noah Levine	2	0	1.0	11	21
CB Randall Campbell	2	3	0.0	14	19
OLB Mark Boswell	2	1	0.0	22	23
CB Cooper Person	2	1	0.0	24	35
OLB Tevin Coughlin	1	1	0.0	2	11
OLB Damon Briggs	1	1	0.0	2	12
RB Miles Romund	1	0	---	---	---
DT Chris Ogris	0	1	0.0	13	15
DE Edwin Weyant	0	1	0.0	24	37

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Sebastian Hubinger	8	3	0.0	33	27
S Danny Coleman	8	2	0.0	28	20
OLB Jeffrey Hudson	5	0	1.0	34	27
S Ralph Braico	4	6	0.0	33	27
DE Shawn Phillips	4	2	0.0	32	27
DT Mitchell Bishop	4	1	0.0	32	20
S Britt Codina	4	0	0.0	11	6
DT Brad Fox	2	3	0.0	29	24
S Marquis Whitfield	2	0	0.0	18	21
CB Lawrence Musial	2	0	0.0	18	20
C Kris Moore	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Caleb MacBeth	1	0	0.0	6	0
CB Butch Geason	1	0	0.0	25	9
DE Elliot McConnell	1	0	0.0	16	9
DE Braden Armendariz	1	0	0.0	25	21
CB Ezekiel Caldwell	1	0	0.0	22	11
CB Mitch Becker	1	0	0.0	16	5
ILB Chandler Sawchuk	0	2	0.0	14	15
ILB Deron LeTourneau	0	1	0.0	5	0

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Noah Levine	1.0	0	21
DE Edwin Weyant	0.0	2	37
DE Moe Dole	0.0	1	21

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Jeffrey Hudson	1.0	1	0	27
ILB Sebastian Hubinger	0.0	1	0	27
CB Butch Geason	0.0	0	1	9
DE Braden Armendariz	0.0	0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Lorenzo Faherty	6	0	37
CB Jerome Greisen	4	1	37
S Weston Jarvis	3	1	37
ILB Alfredo Ford	2	1	27
CB Cooper Person	2	0	35
CB Randall Campbell	1	2	19
OLB Mark Boswell	1	0	23
OLB Jamie Toefield	1	0	18
OLB Tevin Coughlin	1	0	11
OLB Damon Briggs	1	0	12
OLB Noah Levine	0	1	21

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Danny Coleman	4	0	0	20
DE Shawn Phillips	2	1	0	27
CB Lawrence Musial	2	0	1	20
ILB Sebastian Hubinger	2	0	0	27
S Britt Codina	2	0	0	6
S Marquis Whitfield	1	0	0	21
S Ralph Braico	1	0	0	27
CB Mitch Becker	1	0	0	5

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Rusty Dubester	3	9	37	0	27
T Nathan Kragen	3	6	37	1	27
T Justics Sacco	2	3	37	0	27
G Marcus Jeffries	1	6	37	0	27
G Broderick Joseph	1	6	37	0	27
TE Joel Boyington	0	1	12	0	10

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Kris Moore	3	6	24	0	37
T Travis Cloutier	3	5	24	0	37
G Miles Rhodes	2	7	24	0	37
T Tanner Kelley	1	1	24	0	37
G Clifton Alcott	0	4	24	1	37

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Miles Romund	3	13
Drake McGregor	3	11
Cory Williams	1	23

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Caleb MacBeth	1	20
Fred Stevens	1	10

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Marcus Jeffries	37	27	---	---	9	73
T Nathan Kragen	37	27	---	---	9	73
T Justics Sacco	37	27	---	---	9	73
G Broderick Joseph	37	27	---	---	9	73
TE Drake McGregor	32	27	---	---	11	70
CB Cooper Person	---	---	24	35	8	67
C Rusty Dubester	37	27	---	---	---	64
S Weston Jarvis	---	---	24	37	2	63
S Lorenzo Faherty	---	---	24	37	1	62
CB Jerome Greisen	---	---	24	37	1	62
DE Edwin Weyant	---	---	24	37	1	62
WR Dusty Banks	34	23	---	---	2	59
WR Camden Waldron	32	23	---	---	---	55
WR Lionel Stargell	24	12	---	---	17	53
RB Miles Romund	19	21	---	---	13	53
ILB Alfredo Ford	---	---	22	27	---	49
OLB Mark Boswell	---	---	22	23	---	45
DE Moe Dole	---	---	22	21	---	43
QB Alonzo Tomaceski	19	23	---	---	---	42
DT John Greene	---	---	11	22	7	40
CB Randall Campbell	---	---	14	19	1	34
OLB Tevin Coughlin	---	---	2	11	20	33
OLB Noah Levine	---	---	11	21	---	32
TE Cory Williams	4	4	---	---	23	31
CB Miguel McCaffrey	---	---	2	12	15	29
RB Will Andrews	21	8	---	---	---	29
DT Chris Ogris	---	---	13	15	1	29
OLB Jamie Toefield	---	---	10	18	---	28
FB Lee Tyler	4	7	---	---	17	28
DE Tony Pigott	---	---	2	16	8	26
OLB Damon Briggs	---	---	2	12	10	24
QB Horace Thompson	18	4	---	---	---	22
TE Joel Boyington	12	10	---	---	---	22
OLB Clyde Burroughs	---	---	11	7	1	19
RB Adrian Chatham	0	0	---	---	16	16
S Hardy Cash	---	---	0	0	13	13
WR Donte Shepherd	3	0	---	---	7	10
C Teddy Sims	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Kenyon Morris	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Francisco Norton	0	0	---	---	8	8
WR Billy McCarthy	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Fernando Meyer	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Justics Herndon	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Sammie Oliver	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Emmett Bockwoldt	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Braden Pearson	---	---	0	0	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Miles Rhodes	24	37	---	---	8	69
G Clifton Alcott	24	37	---	---	8	69
S Ralph Braico	---	---	33	27	9	69
OLB Jeffrey Hudson	---	---	34	27	3	64
ILB Sebastian Hubinger	---	---	33	27	3	63
DE Shawn Phillips	---	---	32	27	3	62
T Travis Cloutier	24	37	---	---	---	61
C Kris Moore	24	37	---	---	---	61
T Tanner Kelley	24	37	---	---	---	61
QB Duane Joyner	24	37	---	---	---	61
DT Brad Fox	---	---	29	24	3	56
WR Branden Pritchett	19	29	---	---	5	53
DT Mitchell Bishop	---	---	32	20	1	53
WR Cornell Darkins	21	32	---	---	---	53
TE Silas Upshaw	8	21	---	---	21	50
S Danny Coleman	---	---	28	20	1	49
TE Joey Preston	19	30	---	---	---	49
CB Butch Geason	---	---	25	9	13	47
DE Braden Armendariz	---	---	25	21	1	47
S Marquis Whitfield	---	---	18	21	3	42
CB Ezekiel Caldwell	---	---	22	11	8	41
CB Lawrence Musial	---	---	18	20	3	41
RB Gerald Robertson	14	24	---	---	1	39
WR Riddick Morrison	17	20	---	---	1	38
DE Elliot McConnell	---	---	16	9	8	33
FB Richard Dunlap	8	9	---	---	14	31
ILB Chandler Sawchuk	---	---	14	15	1	30
OLB Caleb MacBeth	---	---	6	0	20	26
S Britt Codina	---	---	11	6	9	26
RB Nolan Gordon	7	4	---	---	14	25
WR Sedrick Merrick	2	6	---	---	14	22
CB Mitch Becker	---	---	16	5	---	21
ILB Deron LeTourneau	---	---	5	0	11	16
DT Alfredo Kieta	---	---	7	7	2	16
TE Ashton Terrell	1	3	---	---	9	13
RB Steven Ortega	3	3	---	---	5	11
WR Jimmy Gomez	1	4	---	---	6	11
T Fred Stevens	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Rusty Kochansky	0	0	---	---	8	8
S Connor Myers	---	---	1	1	6	8
P Tony Meier	0	0	---	---	8	8
DT Aidan Farley	---	---	2	0	6	8
G Al Delrio	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Wade Hancock	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Devonte Cichanski	0	0	---	---	3	3
QB Roger Tate	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	1	1.0
Middle	21	86	4.1
Right	12	49	4.1
None	3	-5	-1.7

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	29	5.8
Middle	14	47	3.4
Right	5	22	4.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alonzo Tomaceski	22	12	0	4	1	1	1	0	1
Horace Thompson	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Duane Joyner	36	22	1	2	3	6	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	22	5.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	10	81	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	1	22	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	23	11.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	6	24	2.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	51	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	7	86	9.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	17	3.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Camden Waldron	7	1	1	5	0	23
WR Dusty Banks	7	5	0	65	1	23
TE Drake McGregor	6	4	0	50	1	27
RB Miles Romund	3	2	0	7	0	21
TE Cory Williams	1	1	0	11	0	4
RB Will Andrews	1	1	0	-1	0	8
FB Lee Tyler	1	1	0	11	0	7

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cornell Darkins	9	6	0	55	0	32
RB Gerald Robertson	5	5	0	35	0	24
TE Joey Preston	5	2	1	8	0	30
WR Branden Pritchett	4	3	0	36	0	29
TE Silas Upshaw	4	1	0	7	0	21
FB Richard Dunlap	4	2	1	6	0	9
RB Nolan Gordon	3	1	1	3	0	4
WR Riddick Morrison	2	2	0	28	1	20

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Miles Romund	3	4	1.33	3.85
QB Horace Thompson	2	4	2.00	-0.33

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Nolan Gordon	1	-4	-4.00	5.20

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Miles Romund	2	1
QB Alonzo Tomaceski	1	0
QB Horace Thompson	1	0
RB Will Andrews	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alonzo Tomaceski	8	4	2
Horace Thompson	2	2	2

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Duane Joyner	11	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dusty Banks	4	3	2
TE Drake McGregor	4	3	2
WR Camden Waldron	2	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Silas Upshaw	3	0	0
WR Cornell Darkins	3	1	0
WR Branden Pritchett	2	2	2
RB Gerald Robertson	1	1	0
RB Nolan Gordon	1	0	0
TE Joey Preston	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,400 (63,400 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,200 (17,200)
End Zone 12,400 (12,400)
Mezzanine 7,100 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 11,000 (11,000)
Club Seats 13,500 (13,500)
Luxury Boxes 2,200 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,400 (63,400 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,200 (17,200)
End Zone	12,400 (12,400)
Mezzanine	7,100 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	11,000 (11,000)
Club Seats	13,500 (13,500)
Luxury Boxes	2,200 (2,200)