Week 17, 2078

played in Buffalo, NY

16 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	0	0	0	-	0
Buffalo Bills	7	10	0	9	-	26

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:09 BUF - Gary Carpenter 69 punt return (Alvin Scott extra point)
2Q: 10:58 BUF - Justin Dole 1 run (Alvin Scott extra point)
2Q: 00:22 BUF - Alvin Scott 30 field goal
4Q: 12:23 BUF - Malachi Tharaldson 74 interception return (Alvin Scott extra point failed)
4Q: 02:13 BUF - Alvin Scott 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:09 BUF - Gary Carpenter 69 punt return (Alvin Scott extra point)
2Q: 10:58 BUF - Justin Dole 1 run (Alvin Scott extra point)
2Q: 00:22 BUF - Alvin Scott 30 field goal
4Q: 12:23 BUF - Malachi Tharaldson 74 interception return (Alvin Scott extra point failed)
4Q: 02:13 BUF - Alvin Scott 38 field goal

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 7-9 9-7
First Downs 15 16
- by Rushing 6 10
- by Passing 9 6
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 265 301
- Offensive Plays 67 65
- Yards per Play 3.96 4.63
Net Rushing Yards 97 155
- Rushing Attempts 26 36
- Yards per Rush 3.73 4.31
Net Passing Yards 168 146
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 22 - 2 29 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 171 146
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/3 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.10 5.03
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/16 6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 7.6
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 7/47
Punt Returns/Yards 4/18 5/125
Kick Returns/Yards 4/75 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/76
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 34
Time of Possession 29:50 30:10

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	7-9	9-7
First Downs	15	16
- by Rushing	6	10
- by Passing	9	6
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	265	301
- Offensive Plays	67	65
- Yards per Play	3.96	4.63
Net Rushing Yards	97	155
- Rushing Attempts	26	36
- Yards per Rush	3.73	4.31
Net Passing Yards	168	146
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 22 - 2	29 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	171	146
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/3	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.10	5.03
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/16	6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	7.6
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/35	7/47
Punt Returns/Yards	4/18	5/125
Kick Returns/Yards	4/75	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/76
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 34
Time of Possession	29:50	30:10

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:02	OWN 23	3	0	Punt
1	13:58	2:40	OWN 28	3	7	Punt
1	8:39	1:28	OWN 29	3	4	Punt
1	6:03	3:04	OWN 14	7	41	Punt
2	10:50	3:51	OWN 27	7	13	Punt
2	5:48	3:13	OWN 9	6	15	Punt
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 25	1	7	Half
3	12:57	1:19	OWN 12	3	-4	Punt
3	9:34	4:26	OWN 20	8	52	Missed FG
3	4:11	3:24	OWN 20	6	14	Punt
4	14:45	2:33	OWN 29	6	31	Interception
4	12:12	0:50	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
4	6:15	1:09	OWN 20	4	16	Interception
4	2:06	2:06	OWN 37	7	36	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:18	2:39	OWN 14	5	10	Punt
1	7:11	1:08	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
1	2:59	7:09	OWN 4	14	96	Touchdown
2	6:59	1:11	OWN 29	4	26	Punt
2	2:35	2:19	OWN 37	10	50	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:03	OWN 25	5	27	Punt
3	11:38	2:04	OPP 40	3	4	Punt
3	5:08	0:57	OWN 35	3	4	Punt
3	0:47	1:02	OPP 45	3	-10	Punt
4	11:22	5:07	OWN 23	9	39	Punt
4	5:06	3:00	OPP 30	6	9	Field Goal

Game MVP: Malachi Tharaldson, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Brock Marsh	11	60	5.45	18	2
RB Rex Halvorsen	9	8	0.89	8	0
FB Brant Hyman	2	4	2.00	5	0
QB Marty Wait	2	18	9.00	13	1
QB Hershel Compton	1	3	3.00	3	0
WR Fernando Reeves	1	4	4.00	4	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Justin Dole	18	85	4.72	12	2	1
RB Tony Fisher	10	27	2.70	12	1	0
RB Samuel Rudoff	6	23	3.83	11	1	0
QB Dalton Kaplan	2	20	10.00	12	1	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Hershel Compton	21	11	86	1/3	0	18	0	62.8
Marty Wait	19	11	85	0/0	0	18	2	29.4

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dalton Kaplan	29	14	146	0/0	0	27	0	63.3

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Shaquille Maloney	8	12	58	7.25	18	18
WR Tristan Boone	4	8	18	4.50	2	9
TE Rusty Tyler	3	3	35	11.67	15	18
WR Fernando Reeves	3	7	36	12.00	0	17
RB Rex Halvorsen	2	3	11	5.50	9	6
WR Frank Stegeman	1	1	11	11.00	13	11
RB Brock Marsh	1	3	2	2.00	2	2
TE Phillip Urbanus	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Donnie Kanou	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Riddick Milanovich	4	7	15	3.75	5	10
RB Tony Fisher	3	3	28	9.33	6	16
RB Justin Dole	2	3	31	15.50	20	27
WR Sawyer Sanders	2	5	25	12.50	17	20
TE Mel Vance	2	5	22	11.00	14	21
WR Gary Carpenter	1	3	25	25.00	14	25
TE Earnest London	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Dwayne Cheung	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Abraham Alcott	1	2	2.00	0
S Malachi Tharaldson	1	74	74.00	1

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Marty Wait	1	1	0	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
OLB Greg Fulton	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Avery Galoob	9	398	44.2	32.9	58	3

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Otis Bobo	8	355	44.4	34.6	61	4

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lewis Barton	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	0/0

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Alvin Scott	2/2	0/0	0/0	38	2/3

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donnie Kanou	4	18	4.5	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gary Carpenter	5	125	25.0	1

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jamie Manning	3	56	18.7	0
Frank Stegeman	1	19	19.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Bill Mayes	10	2	0.0	34	29
S Nicolas Shupp	7	3	0.0	36	29
DT Tyrell Imme	7	0	0.0	31	27
CB Alec Denis	4	0	0.0	17	14
OLB Anthony Strong	3	1	0.0	15	14
DE Preston Grier	3	0	0.0	31	28
CB Jamie Manning	3	0	0.0	22	25
DT Darien Jamison	3	0	0.0	25	18
DE Ralph Alfaro	2	2	0.0	14	10
S Jorge Ellard	2	1	0.0	22	15
DT Justin Sigmon	1	2	0.0	16	13
OLB Peter Biden	1	2	0.0	35	29
CB Donnell Gerdes	1	1	0.0	21	19
DE J.B. Garrett	1	1	0.0	30	17
OLB Jordan Whalen	1	0	0.0	16	5
RB Rex Halvorsen	1	0	---	---	---
DE Darius Herndon	0	1	0.0	11	13
CB Santiago Foster	0	1	0.0	17	14

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Perry Vasilatos	10	1	0.0	26	41
OLB Greg Fulton	8	2	0.0	23	20
ILB Joe Qualizza	7	2	0.0	24	27
S Phil Roberson	5	1	0.0	14	31
S Malachi Tharaldson	5	1	0.0	26	40
OLB Nathan Howard	5	0	0.0	22	27
CB Pete Banks	2	2	0.0	25	34
DE Sergio Newton	2	1	0.0	22	32
CB Dwayne Cochrane	2	0	0.0	23	37
OLB Reggie Bell	1	3	0.5	4	21
ILB Tristan Woodard	1	1	0.0	15	6
DT Buddy Gidley	1	0	0.0	17	32
DT Rodolfo Bastianelli	0	1	0.5	9	9

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE J.B. Garrett	1	1	17
DE Preston Grier	0	2	28
DT Darien Jamison	0	2	18
DT Tyrell Imme	0	1	27
DT Justin Sigmon	0	1	13
ILB Bill Mayes	0	1	29

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Rodolfo Bastianelli	0.5	0	1	9
OLB Reggie Bell	0.5	0	0	21
DE Sergio Newton	0.0	1	0	32

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Bill Mayes	7	0	29
CB Jamie Manning	3	0	25
DE Ralph Alfaro	1	1	10
S Nicolas Shupp	1	0	29
OLB Peter Biden	1	0	29
OLB Jordan Whalen	1	0	5
CB Donnell Gerdes	0	1	19
OLB Anthony Strong	0	1	14

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Greg Fulton	5	0	0	20
S Perry Vasilatos	4	2	0	41
S Phil Roberson	4	0	0	31
S Malachi Tharaldson	3	2	1	40
OLB Nathan Howard	2	1	0	27
CB Dwayne Cochrane	2	1	0	37
CB Pete Banks	1	1	0	34
ILB Joe Qualizza	1	0	0	27
CB Abraham Alcott	0	1	1	22

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Fernando Cooley	4	6	25	0	35
G Santiago Smoot	2	6	26	0	41
FB Brant Hyman	1	3	12	0	6
G Andrew Sherrod	1	3	26	0	41
T Chad Hoffman	0	3	25	1	35
TE Rusty Tyler	0	1	12	0	22
T Neal Woods	0	1	25	0	35

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
C Jacob Stevenson	3	12	36	29
G Bennett Kaufmann	3	8	36	29
T Jeffrey Herndon	3	4	36	29
T Dean Barrett	2	7	36	29
G Brent Dressel	0	2	36	29
TE Riddick Milanovich	0	1	35	29

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Anthony Strong	3	10
Ralph Alfaro	1	20

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
J.T. Lofton	2	25
Greg Fulton	2	24
Malachi Tharaldson	2	15
Riddick Milanovich	1	11
Jacob Stevenson	1	10

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Neal Woods	25	35	---	---	10	70
S Nicolas Shupp	---	---	36	29	2	67
G Santiago Smoot	26	41	---	---	---	67
G Andrew Sherrod	26	41	---	---	---	67
OLB Peter Biden	---	---	35	29	2	66
ILB Bill Mayes	---	---	34	29	2	65
CB Jamie Manning	---	---	22	25	15	62
DE Preston Grier	---	---	31	28	2	61
C Fernando Cooley	25	35	---	---	---	60
T Chad Hoffman	25	35	---	---	---	60
DT Tyrell Imme	---	---	31	27	2	60
WR Tristan Boone	23	35	---	---	---	58
WR Shaquille Maloney	18	39	---	---	---	57
DE J.B. Garrett	---	---	30	17	10	57
CB Donnell Gerdes	---	---	21	19	16	56
TE Phillip Urbanus	13	15	---	---	25	53
WR Fernando Reeves	12	31	---	---	6	49
CB Santiago Foster	---	---	17	14	14	45
QB Hershel Compton	22	22	---	---	---	44
DE Ralph Alfaro	---	---	14	10	20	44
DT Darien Jamison	---	---	25	18	---	43
S Jorge Ellard	---	---	22	15	4	41
DT Justin Sigmon	---	---	16	13	10	39
OLB Anthony Strong	---	---	15	14	10	39
TE Rusty Tyler	12	22	---	---	---	34
DE Darius Herndon	---	---	11	13	10	34
FB Brant Hyman	12	6	---	---	16	34
CB Alec Denis	---	---	17	14	3	34
RB Brock Marsh	14	16	---	---	---	30
RB Rex Halvorsen	11	18	---	---	---	29
WR Frank Stegeman	2	9	---	---	15	26
OLB Jordan Whalen	---	---	16	5	4	25
WR Donnie Kanou	1	8	---	---	16	25
QB Marty Wait	4	19	---	---	---	23
G Dexter Shapiro	1	6	---	---	10	17
T Antoine Brooks	1	6	---	---	10	17
ILB Winfred Weber	---	---	3	0	14	17
C Clyde Everett	1	6	---	---	10	17
RB Mason Booker	0	0	---	---	17	17
TE Drake Blades	9	5	---	---	---	14
P Avery Galoob	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Dennis Henson	0	0	---	---	10	10
TE Santiago Peterson	3	1	---	---	---	4
K Lewis Barton	0	0	---	---	2	2
C Gerald Van Pelt	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Theodore Taninecz	---	---	0	0	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Perry Vasilatos	---	---	26	41	17	84
S Malachi Tharaldson	---	---	26	40	15	81
WR Gary Carpenter	35	27	---	---	18	80
TE Riddick Milanovich	35	29	---	---	11	75
C Jacob Stevenson	36	29	---	---	10	75
WR Sawyer Sanders	33	19	---	---	16	68
OLB Greg Fulton	---	---	23	20	24	67
G Bennett Kaufmann	36	29	---	---	---	65
T Dean Barrett	36	29	---	---	---	65
G Brent Dressel	36	29	---	---	---	65
T Jeffrey Herndon	36	29	---	---	---	65
QB Dalton Kaplan	33	29	---	---	---	62
CB Pete Banks	---	---	25	34	2	61
CB Dwayne Cochrane	---	---	23	37	---	60
DT Buddy Gidley	---	---	17	32	9	58
RB Tony Fisher	12	20	---	---	24	56
DE Sergio Newton	---	---	22	32	1	55
ILB Joe Qualizza	---	---	24	27	1	52
OLB Nathan Howard	---	---	22	27	---	49
DE Al Terry	---	---	22	27	---	49
S Phil Roberson	---	---	14	31	1	46
OLB J.T. Lofton	---	---	3	14	25	42
RB Justin Dole	19	10	---	---	11	40
CB Abraham Alcott	---	---	2	22	16	40
TE Mel Vance	15	21	---	---	1	37
TE Ryan Brotzman	3	6	---	---	26	35
OLB Reggie Bell	---	---	4	21	1	26
DE Cesar Hayes	---	---	1	11	10	22
ILB Tristan Woodard	---	---	15	6	---	21
WR Ernest Reeves	18	3	---	---	---	21
DT Rodolfo Bastianelli	---	---	9	9	1	19
CB Cristian Ballard	---	---	1	8	9	18
DE Percy O'Neal	---	---	5	11	---	16
RB Samuel Rudoff	7	5	---	---	---	12
P Otis Bobo	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Robert McDonald	0	0	---	---	10	10
G Brayden Priester	0	0	---	---	10	10
T Brenden Adams	0	0	---	---	10	10
K Alvin Scott	0	0	---	---	8	8
WR Dwayne Cheung	2	2	---	---	---	4
QB Nick Staton	3	0	---	---	---	3
TE Earnest London	0	3	---	---	---	3
DE Josue Dennis	---	---	2	1	---	3
WR Arturo Whiting	1	0	---	---	---	1
DT Lamont Lyon	---	---	0	0	---	0
S Caleb Meadows	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	13	3.3
Middle	18	75	4.2
Right	4	9	2.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	36	3.6
Middle	23	109	4.7
Right	3	10	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Hershel Compton	21	11	0	1	3	6	0	0	0
Marty Wait	19	11	0	0	2	2	1	0	2

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dalton Kaplan	29	14	4	1	2	3	8	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	36	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	7	40	2.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	60	6.7
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	35	5.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	5	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	9	80	5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	4	61	5.1
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Shaquille Maloney	12	8	0	58	39
WR Tristan Boone	8	4	1	18	35
WR Fernando Reeves	7	3	0	36	31
TE Rusty Tyler	3	3	0	35	22
RB Rex Halvorsen	3	2	0	11	18
RB Brock Marsh	3	1	2	2	16
TE Phillip Urbanus	2	0	1	0	15
WR Donnie Kanou	1	0	1	0	8
WR Frank Stegeman	1	1	0	11	9

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Riddick Milanovich	7	4	0	15	0	29
WR Sawyer Sanders	5	2	0	25	1	19
TE Mel Vance	5	2	1	22	1	21
WR Gary Carpenter	3	1	0	25	1	27
RB Justin Dole	3	2	0	31	1	10
RB Tony Fisher	3	3	0	28	0	20
TE Earnest London	2	0	1	0	0	3
WR Dwayne Cheung	1	0	0	0	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Justin Dole	3	10	3.33	4.72
QB Dalton Kaplan	1	8	8.00	10.00
RB Tony Fisher	1	0	0.00	2.70

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dalton Kaplan	4	0	0	0.00	5.03

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Target	Overall Avg
TE Riddick Milanovich	2	2.14
WR Gary Carpenter	1	8.33
WR Dwayne Cheung	1	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Brock Marsh	2	1
QB Hershel Compton	1	0
RB Rex Halvorsen	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
RB Tony Fisher	4	2
RB Justin Dole	1	1
QB Dalton Kaplan	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Hershel Compton	6	2	1
Marty Wait	5	1	1

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dalton Kaplan	10	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tristan Boone	4	1	0
WR Shaquille Maloney	2	0	0
TE Phillip Urbanus	1	0	0
WR Donnie Kanou	1	0	0
RB Rex Halvorsen	1	0	0
WR Frank Stegeman	1	1	1
RB Brock Marsh	1	1	1

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Tony Fisher	3	3	2
TE Mel Vance	2	1	0
TE Earnest London	2	0	0
WR Sawyer Sanders	1	0	0
TE Riddick Milanovich	1	1	0
WR Dwayne Cheung	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 6,400 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 000 (23,100)
End Zone 000 (16,700)
Mezzanine 000 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 000 (14,800)
Club Seats 6,400 (8,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	6,400 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	000 (23,100)
End Zone	000 (16,700)
Mezzanine	000 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	000 (14,800)
Club Seats	6,400 (8,900)