Week 1, 2062

played in Buffalo, NY

82 degrees, rain, 3 mph wind

New England Patriots	3	10	7	3	-	23
Buffalo Bills	7	0	0	3	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:48 BUF - Miguel Haynesworth 8 pass from Stephen Hutchins (Ken Poor extra point)
1Q: 02:15 NED - Darrell Thomason 36 field goal
2Q: 10:24 NED - J.T. Winslett 24 pass from Evan Dugan (Darrell Thomason extra point)
2Q: 00:09 NED - Darrell Thomason 56 field goal
3Q: 14:13 NED - Hunter Perlman 9 run (Darrell Thomason extra point)
4Q: 10:17 BUF - Ken Poor 25 field goal
4Q: 05:15 NED - Darrell Thomason 37 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:48 BUF - Miguel Haynesworth 8 pass from Stephen Hutchins (Ken Poor extra point)
1Q: 02:15 NED - Darrell Thomason 36 field goal
2Q: 10:24 NED - J.T. Winslett 24 pass from Evan Dugan (Darrell Thomason extra point)
2Q: 00:09 NED - Darrell Thomason 56 field goal
3Q: 14:13 NED - Hunter Perlman 9 run (Darrell Thomason extra point)
4Q: 10:17 BUF - Ken Poor 25 field goal
4Q: 05:15 NED - Darrell Thomason 37 field goal

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 10 20
- by Rushing 3 7
- by Passing 6 13
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 205 366
- Offensive Plays 50 81
- Yards per Play 4.10 4.52
Net Rushing Yards 96 146
- Rushing Attempts 27 34
- Yards per Rush 3.56 4.29
Net Passing Yards 109 220
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 22 - 13 - 1 45 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 110 228
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/1 2/8
- Yards per Pass Play 4.74 4.68
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 6/2
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 10/22
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 2/2
Penalties/Yards 5/30 7/65
Punt Returns/Yards 1/6 3/5
Kick Returns/Yards 3/135 4/87
Interception Ret./Yards 1/6 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 26
Time of Possession 22:37 37:23

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	10	20
- by Rushing	3	7
- by Passing	6	13
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	205	366
- Offensive Plays	50	81
- Yards per Play	4.10	4.52
Net Rushing Yards	96	146
- Rushing Attempts	27	34
- Yards per Rush	3.56	4.29
Net Passing Yards	109	220
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	22 - 13 - 1	45 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	110	228
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/1	2/8
- Yards per Pass Play	4.74	4.68
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	6/2
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	10/22
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	2/2
Penalties/Yards	5/30	7/65
Punt Returns/Yards	1/6	3/5
Kick Returns/Yards	3/135	4/87
Interception Ret./Yards	1/6	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 38	OWN 26
Time of Possession	22:37	37:23

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:25	2:23	OWN 29	5	10	Interception
1	4:38	1:25	OWN 27	3	1	Punt
1	3:13	1:05	OPP 27	3	8	Field Goal
1	0:45	1:04	OWN 29	3	-10	Punt
2	13:09	2:59	OWN 34	7	66	Touchdown
2	4:24	2:28	OWN 20	6	17	Punt
2	0:57	0:53	OWN 17	7	44	Field Goal
3	15:00	0:57	OPP 9	1	9	Touchdown
3	10:26	1:56	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
3	5:11	2:02	OWN 15	3	8	Punt
4	10:10	5:03	50	7	30	Field Goal
4	2:41	0:38	OPP 48	3	8	Punt

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:35	OWN 25	4	10	Punt
1	11:02	6:24	OWN 34	12	66	Touchdown
1	2:08	1:23	OWN 25	3	-1	Interception
2	14:41	1:32	OWN 28	3	6	Punt
2	10:10	5:46	OWN 23	11	40	Punt
2	1:56	0:59	OWN 31	3	9	Punt
3	14:03	3:37	OWN 25	6	29	Punt
3	8:30	3:19	OWN 30	6	8	Punt
3	3:09	7:59	OWN 28	15	64	Field Goal
4	5:07	2:26	OWN 25	8	32	Fumble
4	2:03	2:03	OWN 20	10	73	Game

Game MVP: Fred Stargell, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Hunter Perlman	15	47	3.13	15	1	1
QB Evan Dugan	6	25	4.17	9	0	0
RB Bradley Blades	6	24	4.00	11	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
QB Stephen Hutchins	12	87	7.25	9	0
RB Tyrell Voncannon	10	45	4.50	16	1
FB Hayden Thomason	8	-2	-0.25	8	0
RB Harris St. Martin	4	16	4.00	16	1

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Evan Dugan	22	13	110	1/1	1	24	1	68.4

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Stephen Hutchins	45	24	228	2/8	1	39	1	65.8

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Ray Dahl	6	10	32	5.33	8	16	0
TE Brady Macey	3	3	10	3.33	0	5	0
WR Shane Ricksecker	1	1	21	21.00	16	21	0
WR Jonathan Almanza	1	1	23	23.00	12	23	0
WR J.T. Winslett	1	2	24	24.00	26	24	1
RB Bradley Blades	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Collin Lazetti	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Mackenzie Samuels	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Hunter Perlman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Pedro Miller	8	10	62	7.75	9	11	0
WR Otis Meucci	6	18	105	17.50	28	39	0
WR Miguel Haynesworth	4	6	24	6.00	0	8	1
TE Zachary Goguen	3	6	21	7.00	10	13	0
FB Hayden Thomason	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Mason Willis	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Otis Kalk	1	1	12	12.00	12	12	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Vince Cash	1	6	6.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Roderick Green	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Hunter Perlman	1	1	0
WR Mackenzie Samuels	0	1	1
DT Jeremy Johnston	0	1	0
DE Fred Stargell	0	0	1
TE Ray Dahl	0	0	1
OLB Bo Mayes	0	0	1
CB Desmond Uecker	0	0	1
ILB Jesse Gentile	0	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Stephen Hutchins	2	0	0
WR Dominique McWilliams	1	1	0
RB Tyrell Voncannon	1	0	0
TE Pedro Miller	1	0	0
S Julian Arledge	1	0	0
T Phil Gordon	0	1	0
WR Miguel Haynesworth	0	1	0
C Ed Blair	0	1	0
S Ricky Feenstra	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jimmy Crane	6	260	43.3	39.2	52	0

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joel Myers	6	247	41.2	33.5	53	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Darrell Thomason	3/3	1/1	1/1	56	2/2

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ken Poor	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sedrick Newsome	1	6	6.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Julian Arledge	3	5	1.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.T. Winslett	2	56	28.0	0
Jonathan Almanza	1	79	79.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dominique McWilliams	3	65	21.7	0
Ronald Bourque	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Vince Cash	9	3	0.0	32	46
CB Artie Cochrane	7	2	0.0	33	46
ILB Rusty Gonzales	7	1	0.0	34	47
ILB Lionel Wolf	7	0	0.0	17	8
DE Fred Stargell	6	0	2.0	30	39
ILB Jesse Gentile	6	2	0.0	26	25
CB Roderick Cole	4	2	0.0	31	44
CB Joey Sam	3	1	0.0	19	37
CB Desmond Uecker	2	2	0.0	29	26
OLB Todd Kemp	2	1	0.0	33	33
DT Leonard Mathis	1	0	0.0	8	8
TE Ray Dahl	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Bo Mayes	1	0	0.0	3	15
CB Rodney Norris	1	0	0.0	6	12
ILB Gerald McIntyre	1	0	0.0	1	1
S Cary Stonge	1	0	0.0	5	21
DT Eli Walters	1	0	0.0	23	21
DT Jeremy Johnston	0	1	0.0	3	18
DE Butch Hughes	0	1	0.0	25	36

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Angel Sweeney	6	0	0.0	12	6
OLB Walt Grier	5	1	0.0	25	18
ILB Lee Shantz	5	0	0.0	14	9
ILB Quentin Givens	4	4	0.5	14	16
S Ricky Feenstra	3	1	0.0	26	19
CB Julio Lowe	2	2	0.0	27	23
DE Jerald Von Wyss	2	1	0.0	23	17
DT Jerald Schell	2	1	0.0	20	18
S Roderick Green	2	0	0.0	27	22
DE Dave Monroe	1	0	0.5	26	17
CB Jumbo Aradchi	1	2	0.0	23	17
DE Wendell Olivarez	1	0	0.0	3	6
CB Sawyer Carpenter	1	0	0.0	4	6
S Mel Morris	1	0	0.0	1	5
TE Pedro Miller	1	0	---	---	---
DE Kingfish Shapiro	1	0	0.0	8	8
DT Norm Sawyer	1	0	0.0	8	6
G Malachi Schulz	1	0	---	---	---
DT Glenn Burdette	0	1	0.0	11	9
S Julian Arledge	0	1	0.0	16	17
DT Ed Brandenburg	0	1	0.0	9	11

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Fred Stargell	2.0	1	3	1	39
DE Butch Hughes	0.0	0	2	0	36
OLB Todd Kemp	0.0	0	1	1	33
ILB Rusty Gonzales	0.0	0	1	0	47

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Quentin Givens	0.5	0	0	16
DE Dave Monroe	0.5	0	0	17
DE Kingfish Shapiro	0.0	1	1	8
DE Jerald Von Wyss	0.0	1	0	17
OLB Walt Grier	0.0	1	0	18
DE Wendell Olivarez	0.0	0	1	6

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Rusty Gonzales	4	0	0	47
CB Artie Cochrane	3	1	0	46
CB Roderick Cole	3	0	0	44
S Vince Cash	2	1	1	46
DE Fred Stargell	2	0	0	39
OLB Todd Kemp	2	0	0	33
CB Joey Sam	2	0	0	37
ILB Lionel Wolf	1	2	0	8
OLB Bo Mayes	1	0	0	15
CB Rodney Norris	1	0	0	12
ILB Gerald McIntyre	1	0	0	1
ILB Jesse Gentile	1	0	0	25
S Cary Stonge	1	0	0	21

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Quentin Givens	3	0	0	16
OLB Walt Grier	2	0	0	18
ILB Angel Sweeney	2	0	0	6
S Roderick Green	1	1	1	22
S Ricky Feenstra	1	1	0	19
DT Jerald Schell	1	0	0	18
CB Sawyer Carpenter	1	0	0	6
DT Norm Sawyer	1	0	0	6
ILB Lee Shantz	1	0	0	9
CB Julio Lowe	0	1	0	23
S Julian Arledge	0	1	0	17

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Collin Gray	2	5	0	27	0	23
C Reginald Rice	1	7	1	27	1	23
T Clifton Bearden	1	4	0	27	0	23
G Jamie Petrovic	1	2	0	27	0	23
G Ramon Becker	0	4	0	27	0	23

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Tyrell Fox	4	8	34	1	47
T Phil Gordon	1	4	34	0	47
C Ed Blair	1	3	34	0	47
T Deion McDonald	0	3	34	1	47
G Malachi Schulz	0	3	34	0	47
FB Hayden Thomason	0	1	14	0	20

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Jonathan Almanza	2	18
Ray Dahl	2	13
Vincent Halkin	1	23
Rob Feldman	1	20
Mackenzie Samuels	1	9

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Julian Arledge	2	16
Sawyer Carpenter	1	15
Ronald Bourque	1	9

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
ILB Rusty Gonzales	---	---	34	47	1	82
CB Artie Cochrane	---	---	33	46	1	80
S Vince Cash	---	---	32	46	1	79
CB Roderick Cole	---	---	31	44	1	76
DE Fred Stargell	---	---	30	39	1	70
OLB Todd Kemp	---	---	33	33	2	68
DE Butch Hughes	---	---	25	36	1	62
CB Joey Sam	---	---	19	37	6	62
TE Ray Dahl	25	22	---	---	13	60
T Collin Gray	27	23	---	---	9	59
T Clifton Bearden	27	23	---	---	9	59
G Ramon Becker	27	23	---	---	9	59
G Jamie Petrovic	27	23	---	---	9	59
CB Desmond Uecker	---	---	29	26	2	57
DT Eli Walters	---	---	23	21	13	57
RB Hunter Perlman	17	18	---	---	18	53
ILB Jesse Gentile	---	---	26	25	1	52
QB Evan Dugan	27	23	---	---	---	50
C Reginald Rice	27	23	---	---	---	50
WR Shane Ricksecker	25	23	---	---	---	48
WR J.T. Winslett	23	21	---	---	3	47
OLB Rob Feldman	---	---	5	20	20	45
WR Mackenzie Samuels	15	15	---	---	9	39
CB Rodney Norris	---	---	6	12	15	33
FB Collin Lazetti	9	6	---	---	18	33
S Cary Stonge	---	---	5	21	6	32
DT Jeremy Johnston	---	---	3	18	6	27
OLB Bo Mayes	---	---	3	15	9	27
DE Randal Simien	---	---	9	12	6	27
ILB Lionel Wolf	---	---	17	8	1	26
TE Vincent Halkin	2	0	---	---	23	25
WR Jonathan Almanza	0	1	---	---	18	19
S Sedrick Newsome	---	---	2	1	14	17
DT Leonard Mathis	---	---	8	8	---	16
RB Bradley Blades	10	5	---	---	---	15
TE Brady Macey	8	4	---	---	---	12
P Jimmy Crane	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Brad Fitzgerald	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Darrell Thomason	0	0	---	---	9	9
WR Nickolas Blackston	1	0	---	---	3	4
ILB Gerald McIntyre	---	---	1	1	---	2
DE Pat Trippi	---	---	0	1	---	1
T Otis Rottinghaus	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Taylor Nixon	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Abel Oliver	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Connor Bradford	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Malachi Schulz	34	47	---	---	10	91
G Tyrell Fox	34	47	---	---	7	88
T Phil Gordon	34	47	---	---	7	88
T Deion McDonald	34	47	---	---	7	88
QB Stephen Hutchins	34	47	---	---	---	81
C Ed Blair	34	47	---	---	---	81
WR Otis Meucci	34	43	---	---	---	77
WR Dominique McWilliams	24	45	---	---	6	75
WR Miguel Haynesworth	16	34	---	---	16	66
TE Pedro Miller	26	34	---	---	---	60
CB Julio Lowe	---	---	27	23	3	53
S Roderick Green	---	---	27	22	2	51
FB Hayden Thomason	14	20	---	---	16	50
S Ricky Feenstra	---	---	26	19	4	49
S Julian Arledge	---	---	16	17	16	49
OLB Walt Grier	---	---	25	18	2	45
DE Dave Monroe	---	---	26	17	1	44
DE Jerald Von Wyss	---	---	23	17	3	43
CB Jumbo Aradchi	---	---	23	17	3	43
DT Jerald Schell	---	---	20	18	1	39
RB Tyrell Voncannon	18	19	---	---	---	37
TE Zachary Goguen	18	19	---	---	---	37
TE Mason Willis	9	1	---	---	22	32
ILB Quentin Givens	---	---	14	16	1	31
DT Glenn Burdette	---	---	11	9	8	28
CB Sawyer Carpenter	---	---	4	6	15	25
ILB Lee Shantz	---	---	14	9	1	24
DE Kingfish Shapiro	---	---	8	8	6	22
OLB Justin Erickson	---	---	0	0	21	21
S Mel Morris	---	---	1	5	15	21
DT Ed Brandenburg	---	---	9	11	1	21
ILB Angel Sweeney	---	---	12	6	2	20
RB Harris St. Martin	6	12	---	---	---	18
ILB Shane Fitzgerald	---	---	0	3	14	17
DT Norm Sawyer	---	---	8	6	2	16
RB Johnnie Rogers	0	0	---	---	16	16
WR Otis Kalk	4	5	---	---	6	15
WR Ronald Bourque	1	3	---	---	9	13
DE Wendell Olivarez	---	---	3	6	2	11
C Allen Bunzel	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Joel Myers	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Mitch Hanes	0	0	---	---	6	6
CB Elijah Hernandez	---	---	0	0	6	6
K Ken Poor	0	0	---	---	4	4
T Nate Solder	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Walt Montgomery	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	16	3.2
Middle	20	68	3.4
Right	2	12	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	3	1.5
Middle	30	141	4.7
Right	2	2	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Evan Dugan	22	13	3	0	1	4	3	2	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Stephen Hutchins	45	24	2	2	4	4	7	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	47	9.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	40	3.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	2	1	23	11.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	5	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	16	118	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	87	9.7
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	18	2.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Ray Dahl	10	6	0	32	0	22
TE Brady Macey	3	3	0	10	0	4
WR Mackenzie Samuels	2	0	1	0	0	15
WR J.T. Winslett	2	1	0	24	1	21
WR Shane Ricksecker	1	1	0	21	1	23
WR Jonathan Almanza	1	1	0	23	1	1
FB Collin Lazetti	1	0	0	0	0	6
RB Hunter Perlman	1	0	0	0	0	18
RB Bradley Blades	1	1	0	0	0	5

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Otis Meucci	18	6	3	105	2	43
TE Pedro Miller	10	8	0	62	0	34
TE Zachary Goguen	6	3	1	21	0	19
WR Miguel Haynesworth	6	4	0	24	0	34
FB Hayden Thomason	1	1	0	1	0	20
TE Mason Willis	1	1	0	3	0	1
WR Otis Kalk	1	1	0	12	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Hunter Perlman	1	9	9.00	3.13

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Stephen Hutchins	3	18	6.00	7.25
RB Tyrell Voncannon	2	6	3.00	4.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Stephen Hutchins	7	1	8	1.14	5.07

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Zachary Goguen	2	0	0	0.00	3.50
WR Otis Meucci	2	0	0	0.00	5.83
WR Miguel Haynesworth	1	1	8	8.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Hunter Perlman	3	0
QB Evan Dugan	1	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
QB Stephen Hutchins	5	3
FB Hayden Thomason	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Evan Dugan	9	6	4

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Stephen Hutchins	15	9	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Ray Dahl	4	2	1
TE Brady Macey	2	2	1
WR Jonathan Almanza	1	1	1
FB Collin Lazetti	1	0	0
WR J.T. Winslett	1	1	1

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Otis Meucci	8	3	2
TE Pedro Miller	4	4	4
WR Miguel Haynesworth	2	2	1
TE Zachary Goguen	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,200 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,300 (23,100)
End Zone 13,800 (16,700)
Mezzanine 8,300 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 12,400 (14,800)
Club Seats 7,600 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,200 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,300 (23,100)
End Zone	13,800 (16,700)
Mezzanine	8,300 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	12,400 (14,800)
Club Seats	7,600 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (2,200)