Wild Card Playoff Games, 2053

played in Cincinnati, OH

29 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

New England Patriots	6	0	3	9	-	18
Cincinnati Bengals	7	3	7	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:02 NED - Jim Lyons 49 field goal
1Q: 06:18 CIN - Phillip Fleming 3 run (Clyde Cornwell extra point)
1Q: 00:08 NED - Jim Lyons 39 field goal
2Q: 05:56 CIN - Clyde Cornwell 19 field goal
3Q: 07:32 NED - Jim Lyons 29 field goal
3Q: 02:00 CIN - Tanner Reilly recovered blocked punt in end zone (Clyde Cornwell extra point)
4Q: 12:53 NED - Jim Lyons 47 field goal
4Q: 04:53 NED - Tevin Rolfe 3 pass from Steven Strickland (Steven Strickland pass for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:02 NED - Jim Lyons 49 field goal
1Q: 06:18 CIN - Phillip Fleming 3 run (Clyde Cornwell extra point)
1Q: 00:08 NED - Jim Lyons 39 field goal
2Q: 05:56 CIN - Clyde Cornwell 19 field goal
3Q: 07:32 NED - Jim Lyons 29 field goal
3Q: 02:00 CIN - Tanner Reilly recovered blocked punt in end zone (Clyde Cornwell extra point)
4Q: 12:53 NED - Jim Lyons 47 field goal
4Q: 04:53 NED - Tevin Rolfe 3 pass from Steven Strickland (Steven Strickland pass for conversion failed)

Team Statistics NED CIN
Record 12-5 10-7
First Downs 19 17
- by Rushing 3 11
- by Passing 14 5
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 311 283
- Offensive Plays 64 57
- Yards per Play 4.86 4.96
Net Rushing Yards 80 189
- Rushing Attempts 27 38
- Yards per Rush 2.96 4.97
Net Passing Yards 231 94
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 26 - 0 17 - 10 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 245 107
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/14 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 6.24 4.95
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/17 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.7 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/47 7/64
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/22
Kick Returns/Yards 2/52 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 1/28 0/0
2pt Conversions 1/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 26
Time of Possession 30:04 29:56

Team Statistics	NED	CIN
Record	12-5	10-7
First Downs	19	17
- by Rushing	3	11
- by Passing	14	5
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	311	283
- Offensive Plays	64	57
- Yards per Play	4.86	4.96
Net Rushing Yards	80	189
- Rushing Attempts	27	38
- Yards per Rush	2.96	4.97
Net Passing Yards	231	94
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 26 - 0	17 - 10 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	245	107
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/14	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	6.24	4.95
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/17	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.7	7.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/47	7/64
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/22
Kick Returns/Yards	2/52	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	1/28	0/0
2pt Conversions	1/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 26
Time of Possession	30:04	29:56

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:05	OWN 25	7	43	Field Goal
1	6:09	6:07	OWN 44	10	34	Field Goal
2	5:51	2:03	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
2	1:53	1:53	OWN 1	4	21	Half
3	12:54	5:30	OWN 8	17	80	Field Goal
3	4:15	2:29	OWN 20	4	37	Punt
3	1:46	4:01	OWN 27	10	43	Field Goal
4	7:28	2:46	OWN 44	5	56	Touchdown
4	2:42	0:37	OWN 13	3	2	Punt
4	1:40	1:40	OPP 44	3	2	Game

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:55	4:46	OWN 25	9	75	Touchdown
1	0:02	9:11	OWN 5	19	93	Field Goal
2	3:48	1:55	OWN 31	3	7	Punt
3	15:00	2:06	OWN 25	3	5	Punt
3	7:24	3:09	OWN 25	7	29	Punt
4	12:45	5:17	OWN 25	9	59	Interception
4	4:42	2:00	OWN 25	4	5	Punt
4	2:05	0:25	OWN 49	4	-5	Downs

Game MVP: Steven Strickland, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Russell Collazo	13	48	3.69	16	1
RB Robert Dillon	7	26	3.71	8	0
QB Steven Strickland	6	9	1.50	6	0
WR Alexis Beckman	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Phillip Fleming	23	135	5.87	19	5	1
QB Alexander Dawley	8	28	3.50	9	0	0
RB Eduardo McKnight	3	14	4.67	10	1	0
WR Eli Peltier	2	-5	-2.50	-1	0	0
FB Leland Levesque	2	17	8.50	13	1	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steven Strickland	34	26	245	3/14	1	41	0	105.6

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alexander Dawley	17	10	107	2/13	0	35	1	52.8

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mario Meadows	8	9	58	7.25	4	15	0
TE Tevin Rolfe	5	6	39	7.80	5	11	1
TE Tim Vance	3	3	28	9.33	0	15	0
RB Robert Dillon	2	3	11	5.50	0	6	0
RB Russell Collazo	2	2	25	12.50	31	28	0
WR Lewis Dixon	2	2	49	24.50	0	41	0
WR Alexis Beckman	2	7	18	9.00	4	13	0
FB Gilbert Tudor	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Chance Fisher	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Derrick Sjostrom	2	3	15	7.50	2	12
RB Phillip Fleming	2	3	23	11.50	9	13
WR Eduardo Zarate	2	2	20	10.00	9	12
WR Eli Peltier	1	2	7	7.00	1	7
WR DeVante Parker	1	4	-4	-4.00	0	-4
FB Leland Levesque	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
TE Dashawn Rivera	1	2	35	35.00	21	35

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Dean Clough	1	28	28.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
S Tanner Reilly	0	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitchell Dielman	3	94	31.3	24.0	52	0

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brayden Wright	4	218	54.5	49.5	61	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jim Lyons	4/4	2/2	0/0	49	0/0

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Clyde Cornwell	1/1	0/0	0/0	19	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Owen Winfrey	2	22	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dustin Anastasiades	1	35	35.0	0
Raul Chizmar	1	17	17.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Dean Clough	7	0	1.0	36	19
ILB Efrain Peterson	6	2	0.0	30	12
S Brendan Flannery	5	2	0.0	38	19
CB Leslie Barber	5	1	0.0	31	12
S Craig Duncan	5	1	0.0	31	14
OLB Darius Shepherd	4	1	0.0	19	5
DT Dominic Kirsch	3	2	1.0	12	5
DE Antonio Tubbs	2	3	0.0	38	18
DT Clarence Gagnon	2	1	0.0	35	19
OLB Bo Karle	2	1	0.0	19	14
DE Albert Robertson	2	0	0.0	38	17
OLB Joshua Bible	2	0	0.0	4	7
OLB Scott Caldwell	1	2	0.0	23	12
DE George Lowe	1	1	0.0	17	6
S Renaldo Jefferson	1	0	0.0	7	10
DE Gilbert Conarroe	1	0	0.0	7	2
DE Clarence Johnson	0	1	0.0	4	2

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dennis Peters	9	4	1.0	27	37
ILB Sherman Shedleski	8	0	1.0	16	19
CB Thurman Duffy	7	1	0.0	27	37
OLB Trevor Gaines	7	1	0.0	23	28
OLB Mackenzie Copper	5	1	1.0	24	28
CB Marvin Dennis	4	0	0.0	27	37
CB Weston Corbett	4	0	0.0	10	23
DT Tevin Keeney	3	2	0.0	23	27
DE Dakota Griffis	1	1	0.0	23	22
OLB Freddie Leinaweaver	1	1	0.0	3	7
DE Jackson Flowers	1	1	0.0	27	37
DT Sawyer Gilmore	1	1	0.0	17	16
S Bernard McMillen	1	1	0.0	27	37
RB Phillip Fleming	1	0	---	---	---
DE Allen Lee	1	0	0.0	6	13
ILB Malachi Svitak	0	2	0.0	3	3
DT Reggie Read	0	1	0.0	3	8

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
CB Dean Clough	1.0	0	0	19
DT Dominic Kirsch	1.0	0	0	5
DE Antonio Tubbs	0.0	1	1	18
DE Albert Robertson	0.0	0	2	17

Cincinnati	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Sherman Shedleski	1.0	0	19
S Dennis Peters	1.0	0	37
OLB Mackenzie Copper	1.0	0	28
OLB Freddie Leinaweaver	0.0	1	7
DE Jackson Flowers	0.0	1	37

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Dean Clough	3	1	1	19
CB Leslie Barber	3	0	0	12
OLB Joshua Bible	1	0	0	7
OLB Darius Shepherd	1	0	0	5
OLB Bo Karle	1	0	0	14
S Craig Duncan	1	0	0	14
S Brendan Flannery	0	1	0	19

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Mackenzie Copper	5	3	28
CB Weston Corbett	4	1	23
CB Thurman Duffy	4	0	37
OLB Trevor Gaines	4	0	28
CB Marvin Dennis	3	0	37
ILB Sherman Shedleski	2	0	19
S Dennis Peters	2	0	37
DE Dakota Griffis	1	0	22
OLB Freddie Leinaweaver	1	0	7
ILB Malachi Svitak	0	1	3

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Darnell Crane	4	6	27	1	37
C Mack Satre	2	6	27	1	37
TE Tevin Rolfe	1	1	27	0	30
T Sedrick Browning	0	5	27	0	37
G Blaine Clark	0	3	27	1	37
FB Gilbert Tudor	0	2	12	0	7
T Nickolas Ellingsen	0	2	27	0	37

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Devonte Dacosta	6	12	1	38	1	19
G Jim Dayne	5	7	2	38	0	19
C Scottie McCarthy	2	5	0	38	1	19
T Taylor Decker	2	4	1	38	0	19
T Camden Mickney	1	8	0	38	0	19

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Tim Vance	1	21
Scott Caldwell	1	14

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Eduardo McKnight	1	18
Weston Corbett	1	18

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Blaine Clark	27	37	---	---	7	71
T Nickolas Ellingsen	27	37	---	---	7	71
T Sedrick Browning	27	37	---	---	7	71
G Darnell Crane	27	37	---	---	7	71
C Mack Satre	27	37	---	---	---	64
QB Steven Strickland	27	37	---	---	---	64
WR Alexis Beckman	27	36	---	---	---	63
TE Tevin Rolfe	27	30	---	---	4	61
S Craig Duncan	---	---	31	14	14	59
WR Mario Meadows	23	35	---	---	---	58
S Brendan Flannery	---	---	38	19	---	57
CB Dean Clough	---	---	36	19	1	56
DE Antonio Tubbs	---	---	38	18	---	56
DE Albert Robertson	---	---	38	17	---	55
DT Clarence Gagnon	---	---	35	19	---	54
ILB Efrain Peterson	---	---	30	12	8	50
OLB Scott Caldwell	---	---	23	12	14	49
WR Lewis Dixon	12	26	---	---	10	48
CB Leslie Barber	---	---	31	12	1	44
OLB Darius Shepherd	---	---	19	5	18	42
OLB Bo Karle	---	---	19	14	9	42
TE Tim Vance	10	10	---	---	21	41
CB Dana Bernstein	---	---	17	6	14	37
RB Russell Collazo	16	19	---	---	---	35
DE George Lowe	---	---	17	6	5	28
WR Raul Chizmar	0	4	---	---	18	22
RB Dustin Anastasiades	0	0	---	---	21	21
FB Gilbert Tudor	12	7	---	---	---	19
S Renaldo Jefferson	---	---	7	10	1	18
RB Robert Dillon	8	10	---	---	---	18
DT Dominic Kirsch	---	---	12	5	1	18
TE Jacob Wheeler	0	0	---	---	14	14
DE Gilbert Conarroe	---	---	7	2	5	14
OLB Joshua Bible	---	---	4	7	1	12
S Caiden McAlpine	---	---	7	5	---	12
DT Gabriel Fulton	---	---	5	5	1	11
WR Chance Fisher	0	7	---	---	4	11
K Jim Lyons	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Korey Jamison	0	0	---	---	7	7
DE Clarence Johnson	---	---	4	2	1	7
TE Daniel Dawkins	0	1	---	---	4	5
QB Bryan Hitchcock	0	0	---	---	4	4
P Mitchell Dielman	0	0	---	---	3	3
T Nicolas Dawkins	0	0	---	---	---	0
G R.J. Tutjer	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Oliver Mendelssohn	---	---	0	0	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Dashawn Rivera	35	17	---	---	17	69
CB Thurman Duffy	---	---	27	37	4	68
CB Marvin Dennis	---	---	27	37	4	68
S Dennis Peters	---	---	27	37	4	68
DE Jackson Flowers	---	---	27	37	4	68
S Bernard McMillen	---	---	27	37	4	68
G Jim Dayne	38	19	---	---	5	62
T Taylor Decker	38	19	---	---	5	62
G Devonte Dacosta	38	19	---	---	5	62
T Camden Mickney	38	19	---	---	5	62
OLB Trevor Gaines	---	---	23	28	10	61
C Scottie McCarthy	38	19	---	---	---	57
QB Alexander Dawley	38	19	---	---	---	57
OLB Mackenzie Copper	---	---	24	28	3	55
WR DeVante Parker	36	18	---	---	---	54
DT Tevin Keeney	---	---	23	27	3	53
RB Phillip Fleming	34	16	---	---	1	51
CB Weston Corbett	---	---	10	23	18	51
WR Eli Peltier	34	16	---	---	---	50
DE Dakota Griffis	---	---	23	22	2	47
ILB Sherman Shedleski	---	---	16	19	11	46
DT Sawyer Gilmore	---	---	17	16	8	41
WR Eduardo Zarate	22	9	---	---	---	31
FB Leland Levesque	9	3	---	---	17	29
TE Derrick Sjostrom	16	10	---	---	1	27
DT Abel Kuhlman	---	---	7	19	---	26
RB Eduardo McKnight	4	2	---	---	18	24
DE Allen Lee	---	---	6	13	5	24
OLB Branden Givens	---	---	3	2	18	23
WR Owen Winfrey	0	2	---	---	14	16
S Everett Garrett	---	---	1	7	6	14
S Tanner Reilly	---	---	0	0	13	13
DT Reggie Read	---	---	3	8	1	12
RB Rich Chandler	0	0	---	---	10	10
OLB Freddie Leinaweaver	---	---	3	7	---	10
ILB Malachi Svitak	---	---	3	3	2	8
TE Kris Wiggins	0	2	---	---	5	7
P Brayden Wright	0	0	---	---	5	5
C Jack Ingram	0	0	---	---	5	5
K Clyde Cornwell	0	0	---	---	5	5
T Harold Givens	0	0	---	---	4	4
CB Sawyer Emmons	---	---	0	0	---	0
S Eli Buckley	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Jonathan Knispel	0	0	---	---	---	0
TE Emmett Starks	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Rodolfo Stephenson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	34	3.4
Middle	11	38	3.5
Right	4	10	2.5
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	21	3.0
Middle	21	116	5.5
Right	10	52	5.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steven Strickland	34	26	2	0	1	5	2	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alexander Dawley	17	10	1	3	0	2	1	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	40	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	94	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	70	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	41	20.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	9	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	4	34	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	4	64	12.8
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mario Meadows	9	8	0	58	0	35
WR Alexis Beckman	7	2	1	18	0	36
TE Tevin Rolfe	6	5	0	39	0	30
TE Tim Vance	3	3	0	28	0	10
RB Robert Dillon	3	2	0	11	0	10
RB Russell Collazo	2	2	0	25	1	19
WR Lewis Dixon	2	2	0	49	1	26
FB Gilbert Tudor	1	1	0	6	0	7
WR Chance Fisher	1	1	0	11	0	7

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR DeVante Parker	4	1	-4	0	18
TE Derrick Sjostrom	3	2	15	0	10
RB Phillip Fleming	3	2	23	0	16
WR Eli Peltier	2	1	7	0	16
WR Eduardo Zarate	2	2	20	0	9
TE Dashawn Rivera	2	1	35	1	17
FB Leland Levesque	1	1	11	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Steven Strickland	1	-4	-4.00	1.50

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Phillip Fleming	3	13	4.33	5.87
RB Eduardo McKnight	1	2	2.00	4.67
QB Alexander Dawley	1	8	8.00	3.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steven Strickland	5	3	8	1.60	7.21

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alexander Dawley	3	2	6	2.00	6.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Tim Vance	1	1	8	8.00	9.33
RB Russell Collazo	1	1	-3	-3.00	12.50
WR Mario Meadows	1	0	0	0.00	6.44
WR Alexis Beckman	1	0	0	0.00	2.57
TE Tevin Rolfe	1	1	3	3.00	6.50

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Phillip Fleming	2	1	10	5.00	7.67
WR DeVante Parker	1	1	-4	-4.00	-1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Russell Collazo	5	1
RB Robert Dillon	2	2
QB Steven Strickland	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
RB Phillip Fleming	4	3
QB Alexander Dawley	2	0
WR Eli Peltier	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steven Strickland	9	8	5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alexander Dawley	6	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mario Meadows	6	5	3
TE Tim Vance	1	1	1
RB Russell Collazo	1	1	0
FB Gilbert Tudor	1	1	1

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Eduardo Zarate	2	2	2
TE Dashawn Rivera	2	1	1
WR DeVante Parker	1	0	0
RB Phillip Fleming	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 50,400 (65,600 capacity)
Upper Deck 4,700 (19,900)
End Zone 14,300 (14,300)
Mezzanine 8,300 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (12,700)
Club Seats 7,600 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (2,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	50,400 (65,600 capacity)
Upper Deck	4,700 (19,900)
End Zone	14,300 (14,300)
Mezzanine	8,300 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (12,700)
Club Seats	7,600 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (2,800)