Week 16, 2033

played in Tampa Bay, FL

83 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

New England Patriots	14	0	7	13	-	34
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	0	7	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:38 NED - Rodney Lyons 42 pass from Jimmie Matock (Richard Burgess extra point)
1Q: 02:06 NED - Jimmie Matock 8 run (Richard Burgess extra point)
3Q: 10:13 NED - Rodney Lyons 1 pass from Jimmie Matock (Richard Burgess extra point)
3Q: 04:04 TBY - Dustin Bishop 5 pass from Vernon Wilcox (Edward Sprincz extra point)
4Q: 13:04 NED - Richard Burgess 43 field goal
4Q: 08:44 TBY - Kris Carlisle 18 pass from Vernon Wilcox (Edward Sprincz extra point)
4Q: 06:47 NED - Tim Givens 7 pass from Jimmie Matock (Richard Burgess extra point)
4Q: 02:21 NED - Richard Burgess 35 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:38 NED - Rodney Lyons 42 pass from Jimmie Matock (Richard Burgess extra point)
1Q: 02:06 NED - Jimmie Matock 8 run (Richard Burgess extra point)
3Q: 10:13 NED - Rodney Lyons 1 pass from Jimmie Matock (Richard Burgess extra point)
3Q: 04:04 TBY - Dustin Bishop 5 pass from Vernon Wilcox (Edward Sprincz extra point)
4Q: 13:04 NED - Richard Burgess 43 field goal
4Q: 08:44 TBY - Kris Carlisle 18 pass from Vernon Wilcox (Edward Sprincz extra point)
4Q: 06:47 NED - Tim Givens 7 pass from Jimmie Matock (Richard Burgess extra point)
4Q: 02:21 NED - Richard Burgess 35 field goal

Team Statistics NED TBY
Record 14-1 2-13
First Downs 19 19
- by Rushing 7 2
- by Passing 12 15
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 379 288
- Offensive Plays 53 67
- Yards per Play 7.15 4.30
Net Rushing Yards 143 58
- Rushing Attempts 24 17
- Yards per Rush 5.96 3.41
Net Passing Yards 236 230
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 19 - 0 43 - 30 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 255 276
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/19 7/46
- Yards per Pass Play 8.14 4.60
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.8 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 6/40 2/10
Punt Returns/Yards 2/21 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/90 1/28
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 21
Time of Possession 26:47 33:13

Team Statistics	NED	TBY
Record	14-1	2-13
First Downs	19	19
- by Rushing	7	2
- by Passing	12	15
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	379	288
- Offensive Plays	53	67
- Yards per Play	7.15	4.30
Net Rushing Yards	143	58
- Rushing Attempts	24	17
- Yards per Rush	5.96	3.41
Net Passing Yards	236	230
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 19 - 0	43 - 30 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	255	276
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/19	7/46
- Yards per Pass Play	8.14	4.60
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.8	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	6/40	2/10
Punt Returns/Yards	2/21	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/90	1/28
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 21
Time of Possession	26:47	33:13

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:53	OWN 35	3	8	Punt
1	7:51	1:31	OWN 33	3	67	Touchdown
1	5:19	3:21	OWN 41	6	59	Touchdown
2	13:10	4:07	OWN 1	7	33	Punt
2	5:10	3:29	OWN 7	7	21	Punt
3	13:27	3:20	OWN 31	7	69	Touchdown
3	3:56	1:28	OWN 38	3	-1	Punt
3	0:44	2:45	OWN 40	6	34	Field Goal
4	8:35	1:54	50	3	50	Touchdown
4	4:58	2:43	OPP 40	5	22	Field Goal
4	0:57	0:57	OWN 40	3	-3	Game

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:07	5:16	OWN 9	10	38	Punt
1	6:20	1:01	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	1:58	3:48	OWN 43	6	21	Punt
2	9:03	3:53	OWN 21	6	16	Punt
2	1:41	1:41	OWN 27	3	-15	Punt
3	15:00	1:33	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	10:07	6:11	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
3	2:28	1:44	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	12:59	4:24	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
4	6:41	1:43	OWN 20	8	20	Downs
4	2:15	1:18	OWN 20	4	40	Fumble

Game MVP: Jimmie Matock, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
R.J. Austin	10	98	9.80	29	4	0
A.J. Griffith	9	30	3.33	8	0	0
Jimmie Matock	4	5	1.25	8	0	1
Rodney Lyons	1	10	10.00	10	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Cris Stevens	15	54	3.60	16	2	0
Rod Carter	2	4	2.00	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jimmie Matock	26	19	255	3/19	3	42	0	142.2

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Vernon Wilcox	37	27	230	5/34	2	26	0	106.8
Brandon Johnson	6	3	46	2/12	0	22	0	75.7

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Rodney Lyons	8	11	93	11.63	5	42	2
WR Casey Greer	5	6	66	13.20	30	34	0
WR Howie Fleming	2	2	48	24.00	9	28	0
FB Lorenzo McDaniel	1	1	4	4.00	6	4	0
RB A.J. Griffith	1	1	8	8.00	1	8	0
TE Randall Monson	1	3	29	29.00	24	29	0
WR Tim Givens	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	1

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dustin Bishop	11	14	141	12.82	43	26	1
WR Clarence Welch	5	8	60	12.00	13	17	0
RB Cris Stevens	4	4	23	5.75	11	12	0
WR Isaac Seaman	3	3	15	5.00	5	12	0
WR Jonathan Snyder	2	3	5	2.50	2	3	0
TE Harry Krupp	2	3	12	6.00	4	6	0
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	2	6	6.00	6	6	0
WR Kris Carlisle	1	4	18	18.00	6	18	1
FB Lonnie Terry	1	2	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Recov	Force
Bucky Melnick	1	0
Rickey Dunne	0	1
Jonas Mouton	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov
Brandon Johnson	1	0
Cris Stevens	1	0
Lance Urbanus	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Larry Mirkovich	4	181	45.3	45.3	48	1

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Lynn	7	279	39.9	36.9	56	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Richard Burgess	2/2	1/1	0/0	43	4/4

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Edward Sprincz	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Hayes	2	21	10.5	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Casey Greer	3	90	30.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dustin Bishop	1	28	28.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Devin Keung	8	0	0.0	13	44
OLB Jonas Mouton	7	2	2.5	13	42
S Brant Bryant	6	0	0.0	13	43
S Luther Riazi	5	1	0.5	11	42
OLB Eugene Duran	4	1	0.0	14	43
CB Kris Schwantes	4	0	0.0	16	47
DE Jake Bequette	3	1	2.0	12	33
CB Jimmy Smith	3	2	0.0	8	38
CB Willie Hayes	3	0	0.0	15	44
DE Curtis LaMarche	2	0	0.5	5	15
S Josh Robinson	2	1	0.0	12	26
DE Bucky Melnick	1	1	0.5	12	36
DT Jamie Drake	1	1	0.0	10	29
ILB Rickey Dunne	1	0	0.0	7	6
CB Tito Peeler	1	0	0.0	5	13
DE Clay Alexander	1	0	0.0	5	16
DT Fernando Warren	0	3	1.0	7	21
ILB Dean Wilde	0	2	0.0	5	2
ILB Xavier Sheriff	0	1	0.0	4	10

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Neal Rodgers	6	2	0.0	16	18
ILB Kendall Watkins	6	1	0.0	20	21
OLB Bruce Brandenfeis	5	0	0.0	12	19
DT Matt Knight	4	1	0.5	12	17
S Ron Brooks	4	0	0.0	19	21
DE Toby Wallerstedt	3	2	0.5	20	27
ILB Don Wolf	2	1	0.0	4	8
ILB Antoine Zimmerman	1	0	1.0	2	9
DE John Harding	1	0	1.0	19	15
DE A.J. Thomason	1	1	0.0	19	22
S Christian Thompson	1	1	0.0	6	9
CB Preston Rasmussen	1	1	0.0	12	11
CB Brent Crawford	1	0	0.0	22	24
ILB Ron Lazer	1	0	0.0	11	9
S Casey Hayward	1	0	0.0	10	12
OLB Stephen Hicks	1	0	0.0	11	9
DT Robert Grossreider	0	1	0.0	12	18
CB J.R. Coccione	0	1	0.0	14	26

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Jonas Mouton	2.5	0	3	8	42
DE Jake Bequette	2.0	0	1	1	33
DT Fernando Warren	1.0	0	0	0	21
DE Bucky Melnick	0.5	0	1	0	36
DE Curtis LaMarche	0.5	0	0	1	15
S Luther Riazi	0.5	0	0	0	42
OLB Devin Keung	0.0	1	2	2	44
DT Jamie Drake	0.0	0	1	0	29

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE John Harding	1.0	1	0	15
ILB Antoine Zimmerman	1.0	0	0	9
DE Toby Wallerstedt	0.5	0	0	27
DT Matt Knight	0.5	0	0	17
DE A.J. Thomason	0.0	1	1	22
DT Robert Grossreider	0.0	0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Devin Keung	6	0	44
CB Kris Schwantes	4	1	47
CB Jimmy Smith	3	1	38
CB Willie Hayes	3	0	44
OLB Eugene Duran	3	0	43
OLB Jonas Mouton	3	0	42
S Luther Riazi	3	0	42
S Brant Bryant	3	0	43
DT Jamie Drake	1	0	29
S Josh Robinson	1	0	26

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Bruce Brandenfeis	3	0	19
ILB Kendall Watkins	2	0	21
ILB Don Wolf	2	0	8
DT Matt Knight	2	0	17
S Neal Rodgers	2	0	18
CB Preston Rasmussen	2	0	11
DE A.J. Thomason	1	0	22
DE Toby Wallerstedt	1	0	27
S Ron Brooks	1	0	21
S Casey Hayward	1	0	12
S Christian Thompson	1	0	9
OLB Stephen Hicks	1	0	9
CB Brent Crawford	0	1	24
CB Colin Morris	0	1	9

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Howard Wilson	2	6	1	19	0	25
Kelvin LaCroix	2	3	0	16	1	21
Lee Ziemba	2	2	1	24	0	24
Matt Briles	1	1	0	14	0	21
Wayne Kamego	0	4	0	17	1	17
Joey Daughtry	0	2	0	15	0	26
Marvin Flowers	0	1	0	5	0	4
Randall Monson	0	1	0	17	0	20
R.J. Austin	0	0	0	12	1	10

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Danny Watkins	1	6	17	1	49
Julio Pennington	1	4	15	1	37
Harry Krupp	1	1	9	0	21
Martin Schwartz	0	3	15	1	43
Lance Urbanus	0	2	14	1	46
Kelechi Osemele	0	1	3	0	17
Nate Potter	0	0	5	2	11
Roger McGregor	0	0	2	1	13

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Kris Schwantes	1	27

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Rod Carter	1	20
Isaac Seaman	1	12
Antoine Zimmerman	1	12
Julio Pennington	1	4
Brent Crawford	1	3

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kris Schwantes	---	---	16	47	27	90
Willie Hayes	---	---	15	44	16	75
Brant Bryant	---	---	13	43	8	64
Eugene Duran	---	---	14	43	1	58
Devin Keung	---	---	13	44	---	57
Casey Greer	23	28	---	---	5	56
Jonas Mouton	---	---	13	42	---	55
Lee Ziemba	24	24	---	---	6	54
Luther Riazi	---	---	11	42	---	53
Jimmie Matock	24	29	---	---	---	53
Rodney Lyons	23	25	---	---	1	49
Bucky Melnick	---	---	12	36	1	49
Jimmy Smith	---	---	8	38	---	46
Jake Bequette	---	---	12	33	---	45
Howard Wilson	19	25	---	---	---	44
R.J. Austin	12	10	---	---	22	44
Kelvin LaCroix	16	21	---	---	6	43
Josh Robinson	---	---	12	26	4	42
Matt Briles	14	21	---	---	6	41
Joey Daughtry	15	26	---	---	---	41
Jamie Drake	---	---	10	29	---	39
Rickey Dunne	---	---	7	6	24	37
Randall Monson	17	20	---	---	---	37
Wayne Kamego	17	17	---	---	---	34
Fernando Warren	---	---	7	21	5	33
A.J. Griffith	12	19	---	---	1	32
Howie Fleming	13	17	---	---	1	31
Lorenzo McDaniel	10	14	---	---	6	30
Clay Alexander	---	---	5	16	7	28
Tim Givens	5	6	---	---	14	25
Dan McWilliams	10	7	---	---	6	23
Curtis LaMarche	---	---	5	15	1	21
Tito Peeler	---	---	5	13	1	19
Xavier Sheriff	---	---	4	10	5	19
Andy Loftus	0	0	---	---	16	16
Lance Harding	3	3	---	---	10	16
Marvin Flowers	5	4	---	---	6	15
Cornelius Fajardo	---	---	0	0	13	13
Fernando Humphrey	0	0	---	---	12	12
Donnell Elmore	2	3	---	---	6	11
Richard Burgess	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dean Wilde	---	---	5	2	1	8
Larry Mirkovich	0	0	---	---	4	4
Irv Burroughs	0	0	---	---	2	2
Harold Brackens	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dustin Bishop	13	47	---	---	12	72
Danny Watkins	17	49	---	---	1	67
Lance Urbanus	14	46	---	---	---	60
Vernon Wilcox	17	42	---	---	---	59
Martin Schwartz	15	43	---	---	---	58
Julio Pennington	15	37	---	---	4	56
Rodney Bjorke	14	34	---	---	7	55
Rob Gronkowski	12	25	---	---	14	51
Clarence Welch	5	38	---	---	7	50
Isaac Seaman	10	28	---	---	12	50
Brent Crawford	---	---	22	24	3	49
Toby Wallerstedt	---	---	20	27	2	49
Cris Stevens	15	34	---	---	---	49
Harry Krupp	9	21	---	---	17	47
Neal Rodgers	---	---	16	18	12	46
A.J. Thomason	---	---	19	22	2	43
Kendall Watkins	---	---	20	21	2	43
Ron Brooks	---	---	19	21	2	42
J.R. Coccione	---	---	14	26	1	41
Ron Lazer	---	---	11	9	19	39
John Harding	---	---	19	15	4	38
Kris Carlisle	0	27	---	---	10	37
Bruce Brandenfeis	---	---	12	19	4	35
Colin Morris	---	---	11	9	14	34
Jonathan Snyder	12	19	---	---	1	32
Robert Grossreider	---	---	12	18	1	31
Matt Knight	---	---	12	17	2	31
Wally Ferguson	---	---	11	15	2	28
Kelechi Osemele	3	17	---	---	7	27
Casey Hayward	---	---	10	12	4	26
Preston Rasmussen	---	---	12	11	3	26
Rod Carter	2	3	---	---	20	25
Lonnie Terry	7	8	---	---	9	24
Stephen Hicks	---	---	11	9	4	24
Antoine Zimmerman	---	---	2	9	12	23
Nate Potter	5	11	---	---	7	23
Christian Thompson	---	---	6	9	8	23
Roger McGregor	2	13	---	---	7	22
Don Wolf	---	---	4	8	7	19
Brandon Johnson	0	8	---	---	---	8
Casey Lynn	0	0	---	---	7	7
Edward Sprincz	0	0	---	---	3	3
Rico Brophy	---	---	1	0	---	1
Jesse Jordan	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	47	11.8
Middle	10	62	6.2
Right	7	37	5.3
None	3	-3	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	35	3.5
Middle	2	2	1.0
Right	5	21	4.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jimmie Matock	26	19	5	0	1	2	2	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Vernon Wilcox	37	27	2	0	1	1	8	11	0
Brandon Johnson	6	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	44	11.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	16	2.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	110	11.0
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	85	17.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	12	10	23	1.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	73	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	10	163	10.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	17	17.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rodney Lyons	11	8	1	93	1	25
WR Casey Greer	6	5	0	66	1	28
TE Randall Monson	3	1	0	29	1	20
WR Tim Givens	2	1	0	7	0	6
WR Howie Fleming	2	2	0	48	2	17
FB Lorenzo McDaniel	1	1	0	4	0	14
RB A.J. Griffith	1	1	0	8	0	19

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dustin Bishop	14	11	0	141	4	47
WR Clarence Welch	8	5	0	60	0	38
WR Kris Carlisle	4	1	0	18	0	27
RB Cris Stevens	4	4	0	23	0	34
WR Jonathan Snyder	3	2	0	5	0	19
TE Harry Krupp	3	2	0	12	0	21
WR Isaac Seaman	3	3	0	15	0	28
TE Rob Gronkowski	2	1	1	6	0	25
FB Lonnie Terry	2	1	0	-4	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
A.J. Griffith	1	1	1.00	3.33
Jimmie Matock	1	8	8.00	1.25

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cris Stevens	1	1	1.00	3.60

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jimmie Matock	4	4	30	7.50	9.81

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Vernon Wilcox	4	3	29	7.25	6.22

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rodney Lyons	3	3	23	7.67	8.45
WR Tim Givens	1	1	7	7.00	3.50

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dustin Bishop	2	1	5	2.50	10.07
TE Harry Krupp	1	1	6	6.00	4.00
WR Kris Carlisle	1	1	18	18.00	4.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
A.J. Griffith	5	2
Jimmie Matock	1	0
R.J. Austin	1	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Cris Stevens	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jimmie Matock	5	2	2

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Vernon Wilcox	12	8	6
Brandon Johnson	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rodney Lyons	2	0	0
TE Randall Monson	1	1	1
WR Tim Givens	1	0	0
WR Howie Fleming	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dustin Bishop	5	4	4
WR Clarence Welch	3	1	1
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	1	1
WR Jonathan Snyder	1	0	0
TE Harry Krupp	1	0	0
WR Isaac Seaman	1	1	0
RB Cris Stevens	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 48,300 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,200 (17,700)
End Zone 10,000 (12,700)
Mezzanine 5,100 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 7,200 (11,200)
Club Seats 7,600 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	48,300 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,200 (17,700)
End Zone	10,000 (12,700)
Mezzanine	5,100 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	7,200 (11,200)
Club Seats	7,600 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (4,800)