Week 17, 2015

played in New England, MA

21 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	0	10	7	7	-	24
New England Patriots	3	14	0	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:08 NED - Bruce Darche 22 field goal
2Q: 08:13 NED - Moe Cole 13 pass from Joe Flacco (Bruce Darche extra point)
2Q: 05:27 BUF - Marshawn Lynch 7 run (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
2Q: 02:00 NED - Artie Andrews 9 run (Bruce Darche extra point)
2Q: 00:01 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 29 field goal
3Q: 12:04 BUF - Tyrell Mimick 11 pass from Rob Cressio (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
4Q: 10:15 NED - Bruce Darche 22 field goal
4Q: 03:32 BUF - Stan Strouse 2 pass from Rob Cressio (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:08 NED - Bruce Darche 22 field goal
2Q: 08:13 NED - Moe Cole 13 pass from Joe Flacco (Bruce Darche extra point)
2Q: 05:27 BUF - Marshawn Lynch 7 run (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
2Q: 02:00 NED - Artie Andrews 9 run (Bruce Darche extra point)
2Q: 00:01 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 29 field goal
3Q: 12:04 BUF - Tyrell Mimick 11 pass from Rob Cressio (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
4Q: 10:15 NED - Bruce Darche 22 field goal
4Q: 03:32 BUF - Stan Strouse 2 pass from Rob Cressio (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)

Team Statistics BUF NED
Record 10-6 6-10
First Downs 21 22
- by Rushing 6 8
- by Passing 14 13
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 361 405
- Offensive Plays 56 69
- Yards per Play 6.45 5.87
Net Rushing Yards 108 152
- Rushing Attempts 26 32
- Yards per Rush 4.15 4.75
Net Passing Yards 253 253
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 19 - 0 35 - 27 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 259 265
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 8.43 6.84
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/10 9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 5.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 3/30 6/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/21 1/11
Kick Returns/Yards 4/103 1/13
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 27
Time of Possession 24:09 35:52

Team Statistics	BUF	NED
Record	10-6	6-10
First Downs	21	22
- by Rushing	6	8
- by Passing	14	13
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	361	405
- Offensive Plays	56	69
- Yards per Play	6.45	5.87
Net Rushing Yards	108	152
- Rushing Attempts	26	32
- Yards per Rush	4.15	4.75
Net Passing Yards	253	253
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 19 - 0	35 - 27 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	259	265
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	8.43	6.84
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/10	9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	5.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	3/30	6/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/21	1/11
Kick Returns/Yards	4/103	1/13
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 27
Time of Possession	24:09	35:52

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:17	3:02	OWN 31	5	5	Fumble
1	5:02	2:29	OWN 39	4	28	Missed FG
2	14:55	1:57	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	8:08	2:47	OWN 35	5	65	Touchdown
2	1:52	1:52	OWN 22	11	66	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:03	OWN 42	6	58	Touchdown
3	3:09	2:02	OWN 20	5	40	Punt
4	10:08	6:45	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
4	2:00	0:43	OWN 27	3	8	Punt
4	0:08	0:08	OWN 47	1	-1	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:43	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
1	10:15	5:13	OPP 36	9	31	Field Goal
1	2:33	2:38	OWN 40	5	23	Punt
2	12:58	4:50	OWN 28	9	72	Touchdown
2	5:21	3:29	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	11:57	8:48	OWN 21	14	72	Interception
3	1:07	5:59	OWN 1	13	94	Field Goal
4	3:23	1:23	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	1:17	1:09	OWN 30	7	23	Downs

Game MVP: Rob Cressio, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Marshawn Lynch	16	71	4.44	12	1	1
Percy Hildreth	8	29	3.63	9	0	0
Rob Cressio	2	8	4.00	9	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Artie Andrews	17	37	2.18	9	0	1
Tashard Choice	9	87	9.67	45	2	0
Joe Flacco	6	28	4.67	9	0	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rob Cressio	29	19	259	1/6	2	33	0	116.8

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Flacco	35	27	265	2/12	1	39	1	95.5

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Colin Saenz	6	9	120	20.00	9	33	0
RB Marshawn Lynch	4	9	48	12.00	12	17	0
WR Tyrell Mimick	4	5	31	7.75	3	12	1
TE Stan Strouse	2	2	28	14.00	10	26	1
WR Brant Hatcher	2	3	24	12.00	0	19	0
RB Percy Hildreth	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Irv Buckner	13	17	147	11.31	43	39	0
TE Fred Davis	4	6	38	9.50	5	16	0
WR Van Mikatarian	3	3	22	7.33	1	8	0
TE Leonard Logan	2	2	21	10.50	0	12	0
WR Roosevelt Hancock	2	2	18	9.00	0	11	0
WR Moe Cole	2	3	17	8.50	0	13	1
RB Tashard Choice	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB R.J. Terry	1	0	0.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Rob Cressio	1	0	0	0
Lincoln Page	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Roosevelt Hancock	1	0	0
Fred Davis	0	1	0
Jeremy Thompson	0	1	0
Trevor Laws	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Reggie Hodges	3	130	43.3	39.7	56	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Les Hardy	3	150	50.0	36.3	57	1

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Taylor Mehlhaff	1/2	0/1	0/1	29	3/3

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bruce Darche	2/2	0/0	0/0	22	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brant Hatcher	2	21	10.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tashard Choice	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Percy Hildreth	4	103	25.8	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Carr	1	13	13.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Cory Cochrane	9	4	0.0	32	35
S Dashon Goldson	7	2	0.0	32	36
DT Ray Cochrane	7	0	0.0	28	34
CB R.J. Terry	5	2	0.0	29	36
OLB Curtis Lofton	5	0	0.0	32	37
DE Steve Barber	4	0	2.0	18	23
S Chad Reeves	4	2	0.0	29	32
OLB Paul Posluszny	3	3	0.0	7	10
DT Andy Humphries	2	1	0.0	15	15
DT Everett Kinsella	2	1	0.0	23	25
DT Haloti Ngata	2	0	0.0	8	8
OLB Adam Banks	2	0	0.0	3	8
CB Juan Fisher	2	0	0.0	24	31
S Lincoln Page	2	0	0.0	16	20
OLB Stewart Bradley	1	0	0.0	3	4
CB Craig Gorton	1	0	0.0	23	17
DE Chris Long	1	0	0.0	30	36

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Courtney Reardon	7	1	0.0	25	30
CB Malcolm Hardy	5	2	0.0	23	26
S Dante Nicholson	4	3	0.0	23	27
S LaRon Landry	4	2	0.0	22	28
DE Austin McDonald	4	0	0.0	19	25
OLB Beau Bell	3	2	0.0	17	18
OLB Jordan Dizon	3	1	0.0	25	28
CB Leodis McKelvin	3	1	0.0	18	26
ILB Andrew Brocklebank	2	0	0.0	12	11
CB Ricardo Hoover	2	0	0.0	8	4
DT Trevor Laws	1	1	1.0	22	27
CB Terrell Thomas	1	1	0.0	12	23
ILB Freddie Keiaho	1	0	0.0	6	0
OLB Luther Pulley	1	0	0.0	7	2
QB Joe Flacco	1	0	---	---	---
DE DeMario Pressley	1	0	0.0	7	5
DE Gerald Sotelo	0	1	0.0	22	26

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Steve Barber	2.0	0	0	0	23
DT Andy Humphries	0.0	1	0	0	15
DT Ray Cochrane	0.0	0	2	2	34
DE Chris Long	0.0	0	1	0	36

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Trevor Laws	1.0	0	0	27
DE Austin McDonald	0.0	1	1	25
DE Gerald Sotelo	0.0	1	1	26
OLB Jordan Dizon	0.0	1	0	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Dashon Goldson	4	0	0	36
S Chad Reeves	4	0	0	32
CB R.J. Terry	3	0	1	36
OLB Curtis Lofton	3	0	0	37
DT Haloti Ngata	2	0	0	8
OLB Adam Banks	2	0	0	8
DE Steve Barber	2	0	0	23
S Lincoln Page	1	1	0	20
CB Juan Fisher	1	0	0	31
OLB Paul Posluszny	1	0	0	10
DT Andy Humphries	1	0	0	15
DT Ray Cochrane	1	0	0	34
OLB Cory Cochrane	1	0	0	35
CB Craig Gorton	1	0	0	17

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Malcolm Hardy	4	0	26
OLB Courtney Reardon	3	1	30
OLB Beau Bell	3	1	18
CB Leodis McKelvin	3	0	26
OLB Jordan Dizon	2	0	28
DE Austin McDonald	1	0	25
CB Ricardo Hoover	1	0	4
DE DeMario Pressley	1	0	5
CB Terrell Thomas	1	0	23
S Dante Nicholson	0	1	27

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mansfield Wrotto	3	6	0	18	0	21
Nick Portillo	3	5	0	19	0	26
Branden Albert	2	4	1	26	0	30
Darnell Winslett	2	2	0	24	0	30
Nick Kaczur	1	2	0	6	0	6
Orlando Fortenberry	0	3	0	24	1	25
Madison Hedgecock	0	1	0	14	0	19
Alfred Rogers	0	1	0	7	0	4

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ed Haupt	2	3	27	0	24
Jammal Brown	1	7	29	1	34
Wayne Boyd	1	2	19	0	15
Gabe Newhart	1	2	6	0	5
Les Newhart	1	2	5	0	13
Blake Patterson	1	1	10	0	9
Gino Stephen	0	3	24	0	29
Paul Gordon	0	2	8	0	8
Breno Giacomini	0	2	22	0	28
Tony Mueller	0	1	8	0	3
Fred Davis	0	1	24	0	29
Jeff Otah	0	1	3	0	3
Winston Stokes	0	0	24	1	34

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Stewart Bradley	1	13
Cory Cochrane	1	9

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Brandon Carr	3	10
Andrew Brocklebank	2	10
Dante Nicholson	1	12

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cory Cochrane	---	---	32	35	9	76
Dashon Goldson	---	---	32	36	3	71
Curtis Lofton	---	---	32	37	2	71
Chris Long	---	---	30	36	2	68
R.J. Terry	---	---	29	36	2	67
Ray Cochrane	---	---	28	34	3	65
Juan Fisher	---	---	24	31	9	64
Chad Reeves	---	---	29	32	2	63
Branden Albert	26	30	---	---	4	60
Rob Cressio	26	30	---	---	---	56
Darnell Winslett	24	30	---	---	---	54
Everett Kinsella	---	---	23	25	4	52
Craig Gorton	---	---	23	17	12	52
Orlando Fortenberry	24	25	---	---	---	49
Nick Portillo	19	26	---	---	2	47
Stan Strouse	20	21	---	---	6	47
Lincoln Page	---	---	16	20	11	47
Tyrell Mimick	19	22	---	---	4	45
Steve Barber	---	---	18	23	4	45
Colin Saenz	19	23	---	---	---	42
Madison Hedgecock	14	19	---	---	6	39
Marshawn Lynch	16	23	---	---	---	39
Mansfield Wrotto	18	21	---	---	---	39
Brant Hatcher	9	15	---	---	11	35
Andy Humphries	---	---	15	15	1	31
Bo Hawkins	10	9	---	---	8	27
Marshall Vecchio	8	4	---	---	14	26
Jimmy Bush	4	7	---	---	12	23
Percy Hildreth	10	7	---	---	5	22
Stewart Bradley	---	---	3	4	13	20
Warren George	6	8	---	---	5	19
Paul Posluszny	---	---	7	10	1	18
Nick Kaczur	6	6	---	---	5	17
Haloti Ngata	---	---	8	8	---	16
Adam Banks	---	---	3	8	5	16
Alfred Rogers	7	4	---	---	5	16
Thurman Cobb	1	0	---	---	14	15
Stephen Singleton	---	---	0	0	9	9
Taylor Mehlhaff	0	0	---	---	6	6
Reggie Hodges	0	0	---	---	3	3
Trent Waters	0	0	---	---	3	3
Clay Careil	0	0	---	---	2	2
Alex Raffensperger	---	---	0	0	1	1
Jay Blake	0	0	---	---	1	1
Mel Jefcoat	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jeff Rowe	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Flacco	32	37	---	---	---	69
Jammal Brown	29	34	---	---	5	68
Irv Buckner	29	37	---	---	2	68
Dante Nicholson	---	---	23	27	12	62
Winston Stokes	24	34	---	---	---	58
Courtney Reardon	---	---	25	30	2	57
Fred Davis	24	29	---	---	4	57
Ed Haupt	27	24	---	---	5	56
Jordan Dizon	---	---	25	28	2	55
Gino Stephen	24	29	---	---	---	53
Trevor Laws	---	---	22	27	4	53
LaRon Landry	---	---	22	28	2	52
Malcolm Hardy	---	---	23	26	2	51
Gerald Sotelo	---	---	22	26	2	50
Breno Giacomini	22	28	---	---	---	50
Leodis McKelvin	---	---	18	26	4	48
Austin McDonald	---	---	19	25	2	46
Moe Cole	17	23	---	---	4	44
Tashard Choice	10	18	---	---	15	43
Artie Andrews	22	19	---	---	1	42
Wayne Boyd	19	15	---	---	5	39
Roosevelt Hancock	13	14	---	---	12	39
Van Mikatarian	10	17	---	---	11	38
Terrell Thomas	---	---	12	23	2	37
Beau Bell	---	---	17	18	1	36
Andrew Brocklebank	---	---	12	11	10	33
Leonard Logan	10	8	---	---	13	31
Ricardo Hoover	---	---	8	4	15	27
Blake Patterson	10	9	---	---	5	24
Les Newhart	5	13	---	---	3	21
Paul Gordon	8	8	---	---	5	21
Gabe Newhart	6	5	---	---	9	20
Luther Pulley	---	---	7	2	9	18
Brandon Flowers	---	---	4	12	1	17
Brandon Carr	---	---	4	2	10	16
Freddie Keiaho	---	---	6	0	9	15
Jeremy Thompson	---	---	5	7	3	15
DeMario Pressley	---	---	7	5	---	12
Tony Mueller	8	3	---	---	---	11
Jerome Bauer	---	---	5	3	1	9
Jeff Otah	3	3	---	---	2	8
Bruce Darche	0	0	---	---	7	7
Les Hardy	0	0	---	---	5	5
Chester Borders	0	0	---	---	3	3
Butch Campbell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Raymond Burgess	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	28	5.6
Middle	12	31	2.6
Right	8	50	6.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	49	24.5
Middle	24	99	4.1
Right	6	4	0.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rob Cressio	29	19	4	3	1	3	3	2	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Flacco	35	27	1	0	1	1	3	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	5	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	32	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	126	9.0
Long (19+ Yds)	6	4	96	16.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	9	4.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	14	109	7.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	10	108	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	39	7.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Marshawn Lynch	9	4	1	48	0	23
WR Colin Saenz	9	6	0	120	3	23
WR Tyrell Mimick	5	4	0	31	0	22
WR Brant Hatcher	3	2	0	24	0	15
TE Stan Strouse	2	2	0	28	1	21
RB Percy Hildreth	1	1	0	8	0	7

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Irv Buckner	17	13	1	147	1	37
TE Fred Davis	6	4	0	38	0	29
WR Van Mikatarian	3	3	0	22	0	17
WR Moe Cole	3	2	0	17	0	23
TE Leonard Logan	2	2	0	21	0	8
WR Roosevelt Hancock	2	2	0	18	0	14
RB Tashard Choice	1	1	0	2	0	18

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marshawn Lynch	5	24	4.80	4.44

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Artie Andrews	3	12	4.00	2.18
Tashard Choice	2	5	2.50	9.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rob Cressio	4	3	21	5.25	8.93

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Flacco	9	7	73	8.11	7.57

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tyrell Mimick	1	1	11	11.00	6.20
TE Stan Strouse	1	1	2	2.00	14.00
RB Percy Hildreth	1	1	8	8.00	8.00
WR Colin Saenz	1	0	0	0.00	13.33

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Irv Buckner	4	2	25	6.25	8.65
WR Van Mikatarian	1	1	8	8.00	7.33
TE Leonard Logan	1	1	9	9.00	10.50
WR Roosevelt Hancock	1	1	11	11.00	9.00
WR Moe Cole	1	1	13	13.00	5.67
TE Fred Davis	1	1	7	7.00	6.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Marshawn Lynch	3	2

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Tashard Choice	2	1
Artie Andrews	1	1
Joe Flacco	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rob Cressio	7	5	4

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Flacco	11	9	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Marshawn Lynch	3	2	2
WR Colin Saenz	3	2	2
WR Brant Hatcher	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Irv Buckner	5	4	3
WR Van Mikatarian	2	2	2
TE Leonard Logan	1	1	0
RB Tashard Choice	1	1	0
TE Fred Davis	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,700 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,500 (21,600)
End Zone 11,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine 6,600 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 10,300 (13,800)
Club Seats 4,400 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,400 (2,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,700 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,500 (21,600)
End Zone	11,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine	6,600 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	10,300 (13,800)
Club Seats	4,400 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,400 (2,000)