Week 17, 2045

played in New England, MA

45 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	0	17	7	3	-	27
New England Patriots	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:38 NED - Zach Ertz 11 pass from Jonah Stenstrom (Clifton Cortez extra point)
2Q: 10:22 BUF - Josue Van DeWege 7 run (Benjamin Sipes extra point)
2Q: 06:44 BUF - Marqise Lee 28 pass from Garrett Grayson (Benjamin Sipes extra point)
2Q: 00:42 BUF - Benjamin Sipes 49 field goal
3Q: 09:06 BUF - Carter Dunlap 23 pass from Garrett Grayson (Benjamin Sipes extra point)
4Q: 02:59 BUF - Benjamin Sipes 41 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:38 NED - Zach Ertz 11 pass from Jonah Stenstrom (Clifton Cortez extra point)
2Q: 10:22 BUF - Josue Van DeWege 7 run (Benjamin Sipes extra point)
2Q: 06:44 BUF - Marqise Lee 28 pass from Garrett Grayson (Benjamin Sipes extra point)
2Q: 00:42 BUF - Benjamin Sipes 49 field goal
3Q: 09:06 BUF - Carter Dunlap 23 pass from Garrett Grayson (Benjamin Sipes extra point)
4Q: 02:59 BUF - Benjamin Sipes 41 field goal

Team Statistics BUF NED
Record 8-8 2-14
First Downs 21 20
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 15 13
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 410 308
- Offensive Plays 70 69
- Yards per Play 5.86 4.46
Net Rushing Yards 90 84
- Rushing Attempts 34 19
- Yards per Rush 2.65 4.42
Net Passing Yards 320 224
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 25 - 0 50 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 348 224
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/28 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 8.89 4.48
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/18 3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/3
Penalties/Yards 7/55 3/23
Punt Returns/Yards 3/45 1/2
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/31
Interception Ret./Yards 1/1 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 22
Time of Possession 33:49 26:11

Team Statistics	BUF	NED
Record	8-8	2-14
First Downs	21	20
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	15	13
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	410	308
- Offensive Plays	70	69
- Yards per Play	5.86	4.46
Net Rushing Yards	90	84
- Rushing Attempts	34	19
- Yards per Rush	2.65	4.42
Net Passing Yards	320	224
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 25 - 0	50 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	348	224
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/28	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	8.89	4.48
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/18	3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	8.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/3
Penalties/Yards	7/55	3/23
Punt Returns/Yards	3/45	1/2
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/31
Interception Ret./Yards	1/1	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 22
Time of Possession	33:49	26:11

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:53	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
1	10:01	1:16	OWN 30	3	5	Punt
1	5:29	5:36	OWN 20	13	49	Fumble
2	11:41	1:26	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
2	8:40	2:09	OWN 46	4	54	Touchdown
2	2:30	1:56	OWN 11	6	57	Field Goal
3	13:38	4:45	OWN 40	9	60	Touchdown
3	6:37	1:56	OWN 33	3	-13	Punt
3	2:58	4:28	OWN 20	9	26	Punt
4	10:24	7:30	OWN 14	11	62	Field Goal
4	2:18	0:38	OPP 49	3	1	Punt
4	1:07	1:07	OPP 8	3	-3	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:07	4:06	OWN 32	9	38	Downs
1	8:45	3:16	OWN 8	8	92	Touchdown
2	14:53	3:12	OWN 31	8	37	Punt
2	10:15	1:35	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	6:31	4:01	OWN 20	9	56	Interception
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 20	3	6	Half
3	15:00	1:22	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
3	8:53	2:16	OWN 20	7	27	Punt
3	4:41	1:43	OWN 34	4	16	Punt
4	13:30	3:06	OWN 5	8	41	Punt
4	2:54	0:36	OWN 44	4	5	Downs
4	1:40	0:33	OWN 16	4	-8	Downs

Game MVP: Garrett Grayson, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Josue Van DeWege	15	75	5.00	15	2	1
Carter Dunlap	13	17	1.31	6	0	0
Garrett Grayson	4	-2	-0.50	5	0	0
Kirk Sitz	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ameer Abdullah	10	34	3.40	11	1
Zayden Carrillo	5	33	6.60	19	2
Jonah Stenstrom	4	17	4.25	7	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Garrett Grayson	32	25	348	4/28	2	71	0	132.8

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jonah Stenstrom	50	23	224	0/0	1	33	1	57.4

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Marqise Lee	6	8	92	15.33	37	28	1
WR Renaldo Moylan	6	7	87	14.50	40	26	0
TE Elliot March	5	5	39	7.80	18	26	0
RB Carter Dunlap	3	3	35	11.67	26	23	1
FB Austin Lane	2	2	10	5.00	4	6	0
WR Julio Van DeWege	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Kirk McKenzie	1	1	71	71.00	60	71	0
WR Landon Newhart	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Dan Murphy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Josue Van DeWege	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Frankie Parker	6	13	74	12.33	24	33	0
TE Zach Ertz	4	7	40	10.00	22	16	1
RB Zayden Carrillo	4	5	18	4.50	3	17	0
RB Ameer Abdullah	3	6	28	9.33	25	16	0
WR Alex Carpenter	3	9	15	5.00	0	9	0
WR Edward Clancy	1	5	18	18.00	0	18	0
FB Eugene Chopper	1	1	18	18.00	20	18	0
WR Dexter Meier	1	3	13	13.00	0	13	0
TE Barry Shepard	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Keith Flannery	1	1	1.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dan Murphy	1	1	0	0
Austin Lane	1	0	0	0

New England	Recov	Force
Lionel Franks	1	0
Hunter Reynolds	0	1
Collin Thornton	0	1

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Conner Poston	5	232	46.4	46.0	57	3

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ty Dwight	6	261	43.5	29.3	59	2

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Benjamin Sipes	2/2	2/2	0/0	49	3/3

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Clifton Cortez	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dan Murphy	3	45	15.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Collin Thornton	1	2	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Freddie Harding	1	31	31.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Maxwell Lester	11	4	19	48
DT Benjamin Gibbs	5	1	17	35
CB Alvin Fulton	4	1	14	46
S Deone Bucannon	4	0	19	47
CB Malik Vance	3	2	13	43
DT Mario Nelson	3	2	12	46
OLB Jay Cooks	3	1	15	34
CB Keith Flannery	2	3	19	45
CB Byron Jones	2	0	6	9
DE Quentin Davis	1	1	18	40
S Emmanuel Bennett	1	0	19	45
DE Hunter Deiulio	1	0	12	18
OLB Ray Howe	0	1	5	2

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Lionel Franks	7	5	0.0	30	35
CB Emmanuel Wagner	7	0	0.0	28	28
OLB Neal Bradley	6	2	1.0	24	26
S Ezekiel Keck	5	1	0.0	31	35
DE Danny Shelton	4	1	2.5	26	24
ILB Oscar Sumter	4	3	0.0	33	34
DT Rod Patrizio	4	2	0.0	16	18
CB Hunter Reynolds	4	1	0.0	28	35
S Stanley Patton	4	0	0.0	9	2
DE Cornelius Quinn	2	0	0.0	17	19
CB Parker Farley	2	0	0.0	24	26
CB Collin Thornton	2	0	0.0	4	2
DT Renaldo Jeffries	1	0	0.5	22	19
DT Nate Orchard	1	3	0.0	23	31
TE Zach Ertz	1	0	---	---	---
DT Jack Mills	1	0	0.0	14	18
OLB Terry Izzo	1	0	0.0	16	11
OLB Marcus Whiting	1	0	0.0	7	8
OLB Terrance Hampton	1	0	0.0	5	6

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Mario Nelson	2	4	46
DE Quentin Davis	1	2	40
DT Benjamin Gibbs	0	2	35
ILB Louie Sinclair	0	1	16
DE Jameson Paullin	0	1	9
DE Darryl Frierson	0	1	36

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Danny Shelton	2.5	1	1	24
OLB Neal Bradley	1.0	0	0	26
DT Renaldo Jeffries	0.5	1	0	19
DT Sheldon Richardson	0.0	1	0	14
DE Cornelius Quinn	0.0	1	0	19
DT Nate Orchard	0.0	1	0	31
DT Jack Mills	0.0	0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Maxwell Lester	6	5	0	48
OLB Jay Cooks	3	1	0	34
CB Alvin Fulton	3	0	0	46
CB Keith Flannery	2	1	1	45
S Emmanuel Bennett	2	1	0	45
CB Malik Vance	2	1	0	43
CB Byron Jones	2	0	0	9
S Deone Bucannon	1	1	0	47
DT Benjamin Gibbs	1	0	0	35
DT Mario Nelson	1	0	0	46
S Mark Gilmore	0	1	0	6

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Emmanuel Wagner	6	0	28
S Lionel Franks	5	1	35
CB Hunter Reynolds	4	0	35
OLB Neal Bradley	2	0	26
CB Parker Farley	2	0	26
OLB Marcus Whiting	2	0	8
S Ezekiel Keck	1	0	35
CB Collin Thornton	1	0	2
ILB Oscar Sumter	1	0	34
OLB Terrance Hampton	1	0	6

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Toby Mino	4	9	0	33	0	36
Kerry Coyle	3	6	0	31	1	36
Ezra Burmeister	2	4	1	28	0	35
Jake Bauman	1	1	0	3	0	0
Tommie Goodwin	0	3	0	30	3	35
Austin Lane	0	2	0	23	0	17
Kaden Yeung	0	2	0	7	0	1
Elliot March	0	2	0	20	0	29
Kirk Sitz	0	1	0	11	0	9
Zack Martin	0	1	0	34	0	36

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Trenton Brahms	6	7	2	19	47
Lamont Thomason	0	5	0	19	44
Louie Bornstein	0	2	0	19	48
Matthew MacIver	0	1	0	19	45

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Austin Lane	1	21
Alvin Fulton	1	11

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Stanley Patton	1	18
Barry Shepard	1	14
Collin Thornton	1	14

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Maxwell Lester	---	---	19	48	11	78
Zack Martin	34	36	---	---	7	77
Alvin Fulton	---	---	14	46	11	71
Ezra Burmeister	28	35	---	---	7	70
Garrett Grayson	34	36	---	---	---	70
Toby Mino	33	36	---	---	---	69
Kerry Coyle	31	36	---	---	---	67
Deone Bucannon	---	---	19	47	---	66
Malik Vance	---	---	13	43	10	66
Keith Flannery	---	---	19	45	2	66
Tommie Goodwin	30	35	---	---	---	65
Mario Nelson	---	---	12	46	7	65
Emmanuel Bennett	---	---	19	45	---	64
Austin Lane	23	17	---	---	21	61
Quentin Davis	---	---	18	40	1	59
Marqise Lee	25	33	---	---	---	58
Benjamin Gibbs	---	---	17	35	1	53
Renaldo Moylan	18	28	---	---	6	52
Darryl Frierson	---	---	14	36	1	51
Jay Cooks	---	---	15	34	1	50
Elliot March	20	29	---	---	---	49
Josue Van DeWege	16	25	---	---	---	41
Kirk McKenzie	16	10	---	---	13	39
Landon Newhart	18	11	---	---	8	37
Kirk Sitz	11	9	---	---	15	35
Hunter Deiulio	---	---	12	18	3	33
Dan Murphy	6	7	---	---	16	29
Louie Sinclair	---	---	4	16	8	28
Ray Howe	---	---	5	2	17	24
Carter Dunlap	14	8	---	---	---	22
Ian Fiester	---	---	1	10	8	19
Byron Jones	---	---	6	9	4	19
Miles Vance	---	---	0	8	8	16
Kaden Yeung	7	1	---	---	7	15
Terrell Leszynski	7	1	---	---	7	15
Jake Bauman	3	0	---	---	8	11
Jameson Paullin	---	---	1	9	---	10
Benjamin Sipes	0	0	---	---	8	8
Dale Levi	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mark Gilmore	---	---	0	6	---	6
Pedro Hanks	---	---	1	5	---	6
Conner Poston	0	0	---	---	5	5
Julio Van DeWege	0	3	---	---	---	3
D.J. Levine	---	---	0	2	1	3
Cory Hamilton	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jerald Newman	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Zach Ertz	19	49	---	---	9	77
Louie Bornstein	19	48	---	---	6	73
Ezekiel Keck	---	---	31	35	3	69
Jonah Stenstrom	19	50	---	---	---	69
Oscar Sumter	---	---	33	34	2	69
Lionel Franks	---	---	30	35	2	67
Trenton Brahms	19	47	---	---	---	66
Hunter Reynolds	---	---	28	35	2	65
Matthew MacIver	19	45	---	---	---	64
Frankie Parker	16	40	---	---	8	64
Curtis Trivedi	19	45	---	---	---	64
Lamont Thomason	19	44	---	---	---	63
Neal Bradley	---	---	24	26	12	62
Alex Carpenter	13	36	---	---	10	59
Parker Farley	---	---	24	26	8	58
Emmanuel Wagner	---	---	28	28	1	57
Nate Orchard	---	---	23	31	---	54
Ameer Abdullah	11	23	---	---	19	53
Danny Shelton	---	---	26	24	2	52
Renaldo Jeffries	---	---	22	19	5	46
Edward Clancy	13	27	---	---	---	40
Eugene Chopper	7	21	---	---	10	38
Cornelius Quinn	---	---	17	19	1	37
Zayden Carrillo	8	28	---	---	---	36
Rod Patrizio	---	---	16	18	2	36
Terry Izzo	---	---	16	11	8	35
Sheldon Richardson	---	---	13	14	6	33
Jack Mills	---	---	14	18	1	33
Dexter Meier	5	16	---	---	8	29
Stanley Patton	---	---	9	2	18	29
Barry Shepard	3	10	---	---	14	27
Collin Thornton	---	---	4	2	14	20
Donnie Nord	---	---	1	4	13	18
Marcus Whiting	---	---	7	8	2	17
Terrance Hampton	---	---	5	6	6	17
Jake Drake	0	8	---	---	6	14
Reuben Shapiro	0	8	---	---	6	14
Mitch McCree	0	5	---	---	6	11
Freddie Harding	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tommy Blanton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ty Dwight	0	0	---	---	6	6
Nolan Stoker	---	---	3	1	---	4
Darrell Lohr	0	0	---	---	2	2
Clifton Cortez	0	0	---	---	---	0
Blaine Harmon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chance Tubbs	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	18	3.0
Middle	21	64	3.0
Right	5	11	2.2
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	11	2.8
Middle	13	66	5.1
Right	1	8	8.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Garrett Grayson	32	25	6	1	0	1	5	2	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jonah Stenstrom	50	23	1	0	1	11	11	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	28	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	15	189	11.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	131	16.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	43	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	9	75	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	6	73	4.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	33	5.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Marqise Lee	8	6	92	2	33
WR Renaldo Moylan	7	6	87	1	28
TE Elliot March	5	5	39	1	29
RB Carter Dunlap	3	3	35	1	8
WR Julio Van DeWege	2	1	3	0	3
FB Austin Lane	2	2	10	0	17
WR Landon Newhart	2	1	11	0	11
TE Kirk McKenzie	1	1	71	1	10
WR Dan Murphy	1	0	0	0	7
RB Josue Van DeWege	1	0	0	0	25

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Frankie Parker	13	6	0	74	1	40
WR Alex Carpenter	9	3	0	15	0	36
TE Zach Ertz	7	4	0	40	0	49
RB Ameer Abdullah	6	3	1	28	0	23
RB Zayden Carrillo	5	4	0	18	0	28
WR Edward Clancy	5	1	0	18	0	27
WR Dexter Meier	3	1	0	13	0	16
TE Barry Shepard	1	0	0	0	0	10
FB Eugene Chopper	1	1	0	18	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Josue Van DeWege	3	9	3.00	5.00
Garrett Grayson	3	-7	-2.33	-0.50
Kirk Sitz	1	0	0.00	0.00

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jonah Stenstrom	2	1	11	5.50	4.48

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Zach Ertz	1	1	11	11.00	5.71
WR Edward Clancy	1	0	0	0.00	3.60

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Garrett Grayson	3	0
Josue Van DeWege	2	2
Carter Dunlap	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Jonah Stenstrom	2	1
Zayden Carrillo	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Garrett Grayson	11	8	7

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jonah Stenstrom	11	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Marqise Lee	3	2	2
FB Austin Lane	2	2	1
WR Renaldo Moylan	2	2	2
WR Dan Murphy	1	0	0
RB Josue Van DeWege	1	0	0
RB Carter Dunlap	1	1	1
WR Landon Newhart	1	1	1

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Frankie Parker	3	1	1
WR Alex Carpenter	3	1	1
WR Edward Clancy	2	0	0
TE Zach Ertz	1	0	0
RB Zayden Carrillo	1	1	0
RB Ameer Abdullah	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 73,800 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,900 (18,100)
End Zone 13,000 (13,000)
Mezzanine 7,500 (7,500)
Sideline Seats 11,500 (11,500)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 8,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	73,800 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,900 (18,100)
End Zone	13,000 (13,000)
Mezzanine	7,500 (7,500)
Sideline Seats	11,500 (11,500)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	8,900 (9,900)