Week 17, 2090

played in Buffalo, NY

42 degrees, fair, calm

New England Patriots	10	14	7	0	-	31
Buffalo Bills	3	0	0	7	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:57 NED - Neal Politopoulos 34 field goal
1Q: 07:29 NED - Malik Dotson 47 pass from Devonte Leyes (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
1Q: 00:54 BUF - Demetrius Hodges 47 field goal
2Q: 13:18 NED - Denzel Porcaro 9 pass from Devonte Leyes (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
2Q: 00:38 NED - Malik Dotson 14 pass from Devonte Leyes (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
3Q: 11:28 NED - Mo Roberson 46 interception return (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
4Q: 08:50 BUF - Micah Garcia 42 pass from Clarence Bensen (Demetrius Hodges extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:57 NED - Neal Politopoulos 34 field goal
1Q: 07:29 NED - Malik Dotson 47 pass from Devonte Leyes (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
1Q: 00:54 BUF - Demetrius Hodges 47 field goal
2Q: 13:18 NED - Denzel Porcaro 9 pass from Devonte Leyes (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
2Q: 00:38 NED - Malik Dotson 14 pass from Devonte Leyes (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
3Q: 11:28 NED - Mo Roberson 46 interception return (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
4Q: 08:50 BUF - Micah Garcia 42 pass from Clarence Bensen (Demetrius Hodges extra point)

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 9-7 7-9
First Downs 12 20
- by Rushing 0 4
- by Passing 12 14
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 246 334
- Offensive Plays 59 74
- Yards per Play 4.17 4.51
Net Rushing Yards 9 63
- Rushing Attempts 26 15
- Yards per Rush 0.35 4.20
Net Passing Yards 237 271
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 22 - 0 56 - 34 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards 237 296
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/25
- Yards per Pass Play 7.18 4.59
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/17 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.8 10.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/40 8/70
Punt Returns/Yards 2/14 5/63
Kick Returns/Yards 1/24 1/18
Interception Ret./Yards 4/78 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 30
Time of Possession 26:42 33:18

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	9-7	7-9
First Downs	12	20
- by Rushing	0	4
- by Passing	12	14
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	246	334
- Offensive Plays	59	74
- Yards per Play	4.17	4.51
Net Rushing Yards	9	63
- Rushing Attempts	26	15
- Yards per Rush	0.35	4.20
Net Passing Yards	237	271
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 22 - 0	56 - 34 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards	237	296
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/25
- Yards per Pass Play	7.18	4.59
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/17	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.8	10.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/40	8/70
Punt Returns/Yards	2/14	5/63
Kick Returns/Yards	1/24	1/18
Interception Ret./Yards	4/78	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 30
Time of Possession	26:42	33:18

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:00	3:08	OPP 36	6	19	Field Goal
1	8:40	1:26	OPP 47	3	47	Touchdown
1	0:48	2:39	OWN 25	7	75	Touchdown
2	8:28	1:03	OWN 12	3	-1	Punt
2	6:35	3:23	OWN 17	10	46	Punt
2	2:11	1:40	OPP 46	6	46	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:24	OWN 28	3	2	Punt
3	9:46	1:33	OWN 15	3	1	Punt
3	2:32	1:31	OWN 34	3	3	Punt
4	14:07	1:07	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
4	11:36	2:02	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	8:33	2:31	OPP 40	3	0	Punt
4	4:19	1:47	OWN 15	3	7	Punt
4	0:35	0:35	OWN 33	3	-3	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:00	OWN 29	4	12	Fumble
1	8:52	0:12	OWN 25	1	0	Interception
1	7:14	6:26	OWN 25	11	45	Field Goal
2	13:09	4:41	OWN 25	8	28	Punt
2	7:25	0:50	OWN 37	3	2	Punt
2	3:12	1:01	OWN 20	3	20	Interception
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 25	2	5	Half
3	12:36	1:21	OWN 33	3	10	Interception
3	11:15	1:29	OWN 25	3	-6	Punt
3	8:13	5:41	OWN 38	12	35	Missed FG
3	1:01	1:54	OWN 31	4	18	Punt
4	13:00	1:24	OWN 29	3	4	Punt
4	9:34	1:01	OPP 44	2	44	Touchdown
4	6:02	1:43	OWN 20	9	58	Interception
4	2:32	1:57	OWN 38	8	29	Downs

Game MVP: Devonte Leyes, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
RB Brenden Gaylor	9	7	0.78	3
RB Mitchell Conerty	7	2	0.29	6
QB Devonte Leyes	5	8	1.60	6
QB Brent Croxton	3	-3	-1.00	-1
WR Denzel Porcaro	1	-6	-6.00	-6
RB Glenn Jerome	1	1	1.00	1

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Luis Cothern	5	29	5.80	12	1
RB Earnest Foster	5	5	1.00	2	0
QB Clarence Bensen	3	12	4.00	13	1
QB Cooper Lidberg	2	17	8.50	9	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Devonte Leyes	33	22	237	0/0	3	47	0	117.9

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Clarence Bensen	29	14	200	1/16	1	42	1	68.1
Cooper Lidberg	27	20	96	2/9	0	15	3	39.0

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Malik Dotson	6	8	114	19.00	98	47	2
WR Denzel Porcaro	5	6	36	7.20	28	25	1
WR Jamal Hardy	5	10	52	10.40	8	14	0
TE Arturo Van Diver	3	3	5	1.67	0	7	0
WR Cooper Bishop	2	3	19	9.50	4	16	0
RB Mitchell Conerty	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Todd Cox	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Brenden Gaylor	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Amari Loper	10	13	59	5.90	7	14	0
WR Xavier Tucker	7	9	47	6.71	4	15	0
RB Earnest Foster	6	13	20	3.33	9	6	0
RB Luis Cothern	3	5	33	11.00	21	18	0
WR Drew Harvey	3	5	34	11.33	8	18	0
WR Brad Percell	2	5	50	25.00	11	35	0
WR Brian Shiver	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Micah Garcia	1	3	42	42.00	7	42	1
TE Devan Hendrickson	1	2	5	5.00	0	5	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Mo Roberson	1	46	46.00	1
CB Howard Hopper	1	2	2.00	0
S Alex Nager	1	1	1.00	0
CB Winfred Bernstein	1	29	29.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
DT Harold Chenard	0	1	0	0
OLB Harold Lang	0	0	1	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Cooper Lidberg	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ethan Turner	9	415	46.1	34.7	54	1

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Zach Wright	5	248	49.6	42.8	57	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Neal Politopoulos	1/1	0/0	0/0	34	4/4

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Demetrius Hodges	1/2	1/2	0/0	47	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Denzel Porcaro	2	14	7.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Reginald Duncan	5	63	12.6	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Denzel Porcaro	1	24	24.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ike Browning	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Edward Faber	11	0	0.0	13	58
CB Howard Hopper	8	1	0.0	12	56
S Mo Roberson	6	0	0.0	12	39
ILB Brody Fierro	5	3	0.0	10	42
CB Eric Beach	3	3	0.0	15	59
S Cristian Myers	3	1	0.0	8	30
OLB Sebastian McCurdy	3	0	0.0	7	11
DT Sawyer Cucina	3	0	0.0	11	40
OLB Harold Lang	2	0	2.0	13	53
DE Derrick LaTendresse	2	0	1.0	15	55
DT Harold Chenard	1	1	0.0	7	22
DE Irv Grier	1	1	0.0	6	38
S Luke Newsome	1	1	0.0	3	15
ILB Pat Wallace	1	0	0.0	8	31
CB Winfred Bernstein	1	0	0.0	7	34
S Alex Nager	0	1	0.0	10	34

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Walt Douglas	8	2	0.0	22	22
S Troy Lowe	5	0	0.0	25	31
CB Ike Browning	5	0	0.0	26	33
ILB Orlando Johnston	4	2	0.0	15	19
S Ernie Fredrickson	4	1	0.0	21	19
CB Mack Montano	3	1	0.0	25	33
DE Jason Merrill	3	0	0.0	19	21
OLB Taylor Rayburn	2	3	0.0	25	32
ILB Ramon Keillor	2	0	0.0	11	12
CB Hector Franklin	1	2	0.0	15	20
ILB Logan Lane	1	0	0.0	5	3
T George Newland	1	0	---	---	---
DE Karl Reilly	1	0	0.0	25	32
WR Drew Harvey	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Damian Blanchard	1	0	0.0	6	13
CB Wendell Howes	1	0	0.0	5	12
S Lorenzo Smith	1	0	0.0	1	2
TE Amari Loper	1	0	---	---	---
RB Earnest Foster	1	0	---	---	---
DT Zack Small	0	1	0.0	7	5

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Harold Lang	2.0	0	0	0	53
DE Derrick LaTendresse	1.0	0	3	1	55
DT Sawyer Cucina	0.0	1	2	0	40
DE Irv Grier	0.0	1	2	0	38
OLB Sebastian McCurdy	0.0	0	1	0	11

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Karl Reilly	0.0	0	2	0	32
DE Leon Diaz	0.0	0	1	0	10

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Edward Faber	9	1	0	58
CB Howard Hopper	8	1	1	56
S Mo Roberson	4	0	1	39
CB Eric Beach	3	1	0	59
ILB Brody Fierro	3	0	0	42
S Cristian Myers	2	0	0	30
CB Winfred Bernstein	1	0	1	34
OLB Sebastian McCurdy	1	0	0	11
ILB Pat Wallace	1	0	0	31
DE Irv Grier	1	0	0	38
S Luke Newsome	1	0	0	15
S Alex Nager	0	1	1	34

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Walt Douglas	6	1	22
S Troy Lowe	3	0	31
CB Ike Browning	3	0	33
OLB Taylor Rayburn	2	1	32
ILB Ramon Keillor	2	0	12
ILB Orlando Johnston	1	2	19
OLB Damian Blanchard	1	1	13
CB Hector Franklin	1	1	20
CB Mack Montano	1	1	33
S Ernie Fredrickson	1	0	19
S Lorenzo Smith	1	0	2

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
G Alexis Herron	1	3	19	28
G Victor Franz	0	5	26	33
T Derrick Byrd	0	4	26	33
T Grady Hernandez	0	4	26	33
C Braden Branch	0	2	26	33
TE Todd Cox	0	1	11	12

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Don Fox	3	4	15	0	58
G William Chiang	1	3	14	1	34
T George Newland	1	1	15	0	59
C Dexter Powell	0	3	15	0	59
G Devan Dotson	0	2	15	1	59
TE Amari Loper	0	0	12	1	55

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Denzel Porcaro	2	24
Ramon Gonser	2	24
Brenden Gaylor	1	24
Edward Faber	1	19

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Ike Browning	2	15
Samuel Sturdivant	1	19

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Edward Faber	---	---	13	58	19	90
CB Eric Beach	---	---	15	59	5	79
T Grady Hernandez	26	33	---	---	16	75
WR Denzel Porcaro	20	28	---	---	24	72
DE Derrick LaTendresse	---	---	15	55	2	72
CB Howard Hopper	---	---	12	56	2	70
G Victor Franz	26	33	---	---	10	69
T Derrick Byrd	26	33	---	---	10	69
OLB Harold Lang	---	---	13	53	2	68
C Braden Branch	26	33	---	---	---	59
WR Jamal Hardy	25	33	---	---	---	58
RB Brenden Gaylor	16	18	---	---	24	58
CB Winfred Bernstein	---	---	7	34	16	57
TE Arturo Van Diver	19	26	---	---	9	54
G Alexis Herron	19	28	---	---	6	53
ILB Brody Fierro	---	---	10	42	---	52
DT Sawyer Cucina	---	---	11	40	1	52
S Mo Roberson	---	---	12	39	---	51
WR Malik Dotson	21	28	---	---	---	49
QB Devonte Leyes	14	33	---	---	---	47
DE Irv Grier	---	---	6	38	2	46
S Alex Nager	---	---	10	34	1	45
OLB Sebastian McCurdy	---	---	7	11	24	42
ILB Pat Wallace	---	---	8	31	2	41
S Cristian Myers	---	---	8	30	2	40
TE Todd Cox	11	12	---	---	15	38
S Luke Newsome	---	---	3	15	14	32
DT Harold Chenard	---	---	7	22	2	31
TE Ramon Gonser	2	0	---	---	24	26
RB Mitchell Conerty	11	14	---	---	---	25
DE Harry Floyd	---	---	2	12	6	20
OLB Eugene Pegues	---	---	3	7	8	18
QB Brent Croxton	12	0	---	---	---	12
G Dashawn Waugh	7	5	---	---	---	12
S T.J. Thomas	---	---	2	8	1	11
C Santiago Chandler	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Ethan Turner	0	0	---	---	10	10
RB Glenn Jerome	4	2	---	---	3	9
K Neal Politopoulos	0	0	---	---	7	7
CB Reginald Horner	---	---	1	5	---	6
WR Cooper Bishop	1	4	---	---	---	5
CB Ryan Bosley	---	---	0	0	5	5
C Roberto Farlow	0	0	---	---	4	4
G Darrell Watson	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Wayne Jaster	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Elijah Riley	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Amari Loper	12	55	---	---	25	92
OLB Taylor Rayburn	---	---	25	32	23	80
C Dexter Powell	15	59	---	---	---	74
T George Newland	15	59	---	---	---	74
G Devan Dotson	15	59	---	---	---	74
CB Ike Browning	---	---	26	33	15	74
T Don Fox	15	58	---	---	---	73
DT Shannon Galloway	---	---	21	30	10	61
CB Mack Montano	---	---	25	33	1	59
DE Karl Reilly	---	---	25	32	1	58
S Troy Lowe	---	---	25	31	1	57
RB Earnest Foster	10	36	---	---	11	57
WR Brad Percell	11	45	---	---	---	56
WR Xavier Tucker	10	45	---	---	---	55
CB Hector Franklin	---	---	15	20	18	53
DE Jason Merrill	---	---	19	21	9	49
ILB Orlando Johnston	---	---	15	19	15	49
G William Chiang	14	34	---	---	---	48
RB Luis Cothern	9	37	---	---	---	46
OLB Walt Douglas	---	---	22	22	---	44
S Ernie Fredrickson	---	---	21	19	---	40
WR Drew Harvey	7	27	---	---	6	40
S Samuel Sturdivant	---	---	7	14	19	40
QB Clarence Bensen	7	30	---	---	---	37
QB Cooper Lidberg	8	29	---	---	---	37
G Preston Ledesma	1	25	---	---	7	33
WR Brian Shiver	4	8	---	---	20	32
RB Wendell Oliveros	2	3	---	---	25	30
CB Wendell Howes	---	---	5	12	10	27
WR Micah Garcia	8	15	---	---	3	26
TE Devan Hendrickson	2	24	---	---	---	26
ILB Ramon Keillor	---	---	11	12	1	24
WR Reginald Duncan	0	0	---	---	23	23
OLB Damian Blanchard	---	---	6	13	2	21
DE Leon Diaz	---	---	5	10	1	16
DT Zack Small	---	---	7	5	---	12
ILB Logan Lane	---	---	5	3	---	8
T K.C. Gantt	0	1	---	---	7	8
C Paul Wilson	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Zach Wright	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Courtney Capuco	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Bo Jennings	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Demetrius Hodges	0	0	---	---	5	5
S Lorenzo Smith	---	---	1	2	---	3
TE Willie West	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Ndukwe Followay	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	7	2.3
Middle	16	9	0.6
Right	4	-4	-1.0
None	3	-3	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	10	5.0
Middle	11	41	3.7
Right	2	12	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Devonte Leyes	33	22	2	0	1	7	3	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Clarence Bensen	29	14	2	0	2	3	7	1	1
Cooper Lidberg	27	20	0	1	1	1	1	0	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	8	121	15.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	67	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	4	49	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	33	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	27	18	98	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	7	88	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	77	12.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jamal Hardy	10	5	0	52	0	33
WR Malik Dotson	8	6	0	114	1	28
WR Denzel Porcaro	6	5	0	36	1	28
WR Cooper Bishop	3	2	0	19	0	4
TE Arturo Van Diver	3	3	0	5	0	26
RB Mitchell Conerty	1	1	0	11	0	14
TE Todd Cox	1	0	0	0	0	12
RB Brenden Gaylor	1	0	1	0	0	18

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Amari Loper	13	10	2	59	0	55
RB Earnest Foster	13	6	0	20	0	36
WR Xavier Tucker	9	7	0	47	0	45
WR Brad Percell	5	2	0	50	1	45
RB Luis Cothern	5	3	1	33	0	37
WR Drew Harvey	5	3	0	34	0	27
WR Micah Garcia	3	1	0	42	1	15
TE Devan Hendrickson	2	1	0	5	0	24
WR Brian Shiver	1	1	0	6	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Devonte Leyes	6	5	31	5.17	7.18

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Clarence Bensen	2	0	0	0.00	6.90

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Malik Dotson	2	2	20	10.00	14.25
WR Denzel Porcaro	1	1	9	9.00	6.00
WR Cooper Bishop	1	1	3	3.00	6.33
TE Arturo Van Diver	1	1	-1	-1.00	1.67
RB Brenden Gaylor	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brad Percell	1	0	0	0.00	10.00
RB Earnest Foster	1	0	0	0.00	1.54

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Brenden Gaylor	3	0
QB Devonte Leyes	1	0
QB Brent Croxton	1	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
RB Luis Cothern	1	1
QB Clarence Bensen	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Devonte Leyes	12	7	6

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Clarence Bensen	7	3	2
Cooper Lidberg	5	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamal Hardy	5	3	3
WR Malik Dotson	3	3	3
WR Denzel Porcaro	2	1	0
TE Todd Cox	1	0	0
RB Brenden Gaylor	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Amari Loper	5	3	2
RB Luis Cothern	3	1	1
RB Earnest Foster	2	2	0
WR Xavier Tucker	1	0	0
WR Drew Harvey	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 37,100 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,400 (23,100)
End Zone 7,500 (16,700)
Mezzanine 5,100 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 7,200 (14,800)
Club Seats 3,200 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 1,700 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	37,100 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,400 (23,100)
End Zone	7,500 (16,700)
Mezzanine	5,100 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	7,200 (14,800)
Club Seats	3,200 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	1,700 (2,200)