Week 1, 2056

played in New England, MA

49 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	7	3	7	0	-	17
New England Patriots	7	7	7	6	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:40 NED - Alexis Beckman 10 pass from Steven Strickland (Jim Lyons extra point)
1Q: 07:53 BUF - Emmitt Santiago 5 run (Daquan Dercher extra point)
2Q: 12:48 BUF - Daquan Dercher 38 field goal
2Q: 05:51 NED - Heath Sualua 8 pass from Steven Strickland (Jim Lyons extra point)
3Q: 09:19 NED - Heath Sualua 33 run (Jim Lyons extra point)
3Q: 05:42 BUF - Tevin Webb 8 pass from Stephen Hutchins (Daquan Dercher extra point)
4Q: 14:06 NED - Jim Lyons 30 field goal
4Q: 02:24 NED - Jim Lyons 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:40 NED - Alexis Beckman 10 pass from Steven Strickland (Jim Lyons extra point)
1Q: 07:53 BUF - Emmitt Santiago 5 run (Daquan Dercher extra point)
2Q: 12:48 BUF - Daquan Dercher 38 field goal
2Q: 05:51 NED - Heath Sualua 8 pass from Steven Strickland (Jim Lyons extra point)
3Q: 09:19 NED - Heath Sualua 33 run (Jim Lyons extra point)
3Q: 05:42 BUF - Tevin Webb 8 pass from Stephen Hutchins (Daquan Dercher extra point)
4Q: 14:06 NED - Jim Lyons 30 field goal
4Q: 02:24 NED - Jim Lyons 38 field goal

Team Statistics BUF NED
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 15 23
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 11 12
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 294 405
- Offensive Plays 54 65
- Yards per Play 5.44 6.23
Net Rushing Yards 65 182
- Rushing Attempts 19 33
- Yards per Rush 3.42 5.52
Net Passing Yards 229 223
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 24 - 0 31 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 239 230
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/10 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 6.54 6.97
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/11 6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.5 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/50 2/13
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/28
Kick Returns/Yards 3/81 3/87
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time of Possession 25:35 34:25

Team Statistics	BUF	NED
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	15	23
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	11	12
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	294	405
- Offensive Plays	54	65
- Yards per Play	5.44	6.23
Net Rushing Yards	65	182
- Rushing Attempts	19	33
- Yards per Rush	3.42	5.52
Net Passing Yards	229	223
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 24 - 0	31 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	239	230
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/10	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	6.54	6.97
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/11	6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.5	6.3
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/50	2/13
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/28
Kick Returns/Yards	3/81	3/87
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 30
Time of Possession	25:35	34:25

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:43	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
1	11:33	3:51	OWN 34	8	66	Touchdown
1	2:38	4:56	OWN 20	11	59	Field Goal
2	5:41	2:17	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
2	2:09	1:57	OWN 23	6	10	Punt
3	9:02	3:30	OWN 37	6	63	Touchdown
3	2:49	1:43	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	14:00	4:04	OWN 25	7	23	Punt
4	2:16	1:24	OWN 25	7	26	Downs

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:17	1:44	OWN 27	4	73	Touchdown
1	7:42	5:04	OWN 29	7	30	Punt
2	12:42	7:01	OWN 25	12	75	Touchdown
2	3:24	1:15	OWN 13	4	30	Punt
2	0:12	0:12	OWN 46	2	0	Half
3	15:00	5:58	OWN 42	9	58	Touchdown
3	5:32	2:43	OWN 26	5	15	Punt
3	1:06	2:06	OWN 36	6	51	Field Goal
4	9:56	7:40	OWN 7	11	72	Field Goal
4	0:52	0:52	OWN 49	6	13	Game

Game MVP: Steven Strickland, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Emmitt Santiago	11	41	3.73	12	2	1
QB Stephen Hutchins	5	20	4.00	14	1	0
RB Josh Upshaw	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
WR Wendell Burks	1	1	1.00	1	0	0
RB Lenny Bullock	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Heath Sualua	24	91	3.79	33	1	1
QB Steven Strickland	6	66	11.00	59	1	0
RB Les Newsome	3	25	8.33	13	1	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Stephen Hutchins	33	24	239	2/10	1	36	0	103.0

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steven Strickland	31	22	230	1/7	2	37	0	113.6

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Duane Peoples	6	7	90	15.00	14	29	0
WR Wendell Burks	4	5	26	6.50	7	11	0
WR Eli Ireland	3	7	60	20.00	37	36	0
RB Emmitt Santiago	3	3	1	0.33	1	3	0
TE Barry Drayton	3	4	27	9.00	5	11	0
RB Josh Upshaw	2	2	18	9.00	0	10	0
TE Tevin Webb	2	4	11	5.50	5	8	1
RB Lenny Bullock	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Alexis Beckman	10	13	72	7.20	28	33	1
WR Shane Ricksecker	8	13	105	13.13	26	37	0
RB Heath Sualua	3	3	38	12.67	15	22	1
RB Les Newsome	1	1	15	15.00	0	15	0
WR Justin Ottis	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bubba Graham	5	220	44.0	38.4	58	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Ross	3	134	44.7	31.3	59	0

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Daquan Dercher	1/1	0/0	0/0	38	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jim Lyons	2/2	0/0	0/0	38	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Justin Ottis	2	28	14.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donnie Lucas	3	81	27.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Grant	2	51	25.5	0
Les Newsome	1	36	36.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Nickolas Dresselhaus	7	1	0.0	16	16
OLB Harvey Baliya	5	0	1.0	32	31
S Vernon Hargreaves	5	5	0.0	33	32
DT Tony Grusendorf	5	1	0.0	30	27
CB Donnie Lucas	4	1	0.0	32	27
OLB Buddy Cunningham	4	0	0.0	31	25
CB Horace Assanie	4	0	0.0	17	18
ILB Terrence Johnstone	4	0	0.0	31	25
DE Luis Donaldson	3	0	0.0	29	22
CB Josue Cochrane	2	1	0.0	16	16
S Amir Sinclair	2	0	0.0	2	7
S Kelvin Boyd	2	0	0.0	31	25
DE Damon Boccaccio	1	1	0.0	22	20
OLB Charles Roth	1	0	0.0	1	1
ILB Jerry Glenn	1	0	0.0	3	8
S Braxton Upchurch	0	1	0.0	6	11

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Joshua Bible	9	3	0.0	17	31
S Brendan Flannery	7	1	0.0	19	35
OLB Scott Caldwell	6	0	0.0	8	12
DE Antonio Tubbs	4	2	2.0	15	31
OLB Randy Rodgers	4	2	0.0	17	31
CB Dave Prather	4	0	0.0	11	23
S Gus Jennings	3	1	0.0	19	35
OLB Bo Karle	2	1	0.0	17	31
CB Leslie Barber	1	2	0.0	17	31
CB Justin Webb	1	0	0.0	19	35
DT Leonard Mathis	1	0	0.0	9	13
CB Blaine Williamson	1	0	0.0	2	4
DE Gilbert Conarroe	0	1	0.0	6	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Harvey Baliya	1.0	0	0	31
S Vernon Hargreaves	0.0	1	0	32
CB Horace Assanie	0.0	1	0	18
DE Damon Boccaccio	0.0	0	1	20

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Antonio Tubbs	2.0	0	1	3	31
OLB Bo Karle	0.0	0	0	1	31

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Buddy Cunningham	4	0	25
ILB Nickolas Dresselhaus	3	0	16
S Vernon Hargreaves	3	0	32
ILB Terrence Johnstone	2	1	25
S Amir Sinclair	2	0	7
CB Josue Cochrane	2	0	16
ILB Jerry Glenn	2	0	8
CB Horace Assanie	2	0	18
OLB Harvey Baliya	1	0	31
CB Donnie Lucas	1	0	27
S Braxton Upchurch	0	1	11

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Brendan Flannery	5	0	35
OLB Joshua Bible	4	0	31
OLB Randy Rodgers	4	0	31
OLB Scott Caldwell	3	1	12
CB Leslie Barber	2	0	31
CB Dave Prather	2	0	23
CB Blaine Williamson	1	2	4
S Gus Jennings	1	1	35
DE Antonio Tubbs	1	0	31
CB Justin Webb	1	0	35

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Shaquille Parker	2	5	19	0	35
T Jaylen Buckley	1	3	19	1	35
G Darnell Crane	0	3	19	1	35
G Alec Chaffee	0	2	19	0	35
T Silas Lincoln	0	1	2	0	2
T Leslie Murphy	0	1	17	0	33

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Benjamin Thorne	4	8	33	0	32
T Denzel Duffy	3	6	33	0	32
T Amir King	2	5	33	0	32
G Blaine Clark	2	2	33	1	32
C Ramon Byner	1	4	33	0	32
TE Jacob Wheeler	1	1	33	0	31
FB Isaac Hudson	0	1	9	0	6

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Nickolas Dresselhaus	2	20
Shaquille Parker	2	10
Alec Chaffee	1	6

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Les Newsome	2	15
Bo Karle	1	10

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Donnie Lucas	---	---	32	27	13	72
S Vernon Hargreaves	---	---	33	32	2	67
OLB Harvey Baliya	---	---	32	31	3	66
C Shaquille Parker	19	35	---	---	10	64
G Alec Chaffee	19	35	---	---	6	60
DT Tony Grusendorf	---	---	30	27	2	59
OLB Buddy Cunningham	---	---	31	25	1	57
S Kelvin Boyd	---	---	31	25	---	56
T Leslie Murphy	17	33	---	---	6	56
ILB Terrence Johnstone	---	---	31	25	---	56
QB Stephen Hutchins	19	35	---	---	---	54
T Jaylen Buckley	19	35	---	---	---	54
G Darnell Crane	19	35	---	---	---	54
WR Eli Ireland	17	30	---	---	6	53
ILB Nickolas Dresselhaus	---	---	16	16	20	52
TE Tevin Webb	17	33	---	---	1	51
DE Luis Donaldson	---	---	29	22	---	51
WR Duane Peoples	16	33	---	---	1	50
RB Emmitt Santiago	16	28	---	---	---	44
CB Josue Cochrane	---	---	16	16	11	43
DE Damon Boccaccio	---	---	22	20	---	42
CB Tristan Clayton	---	---	13	14	14	41
RB Josh Upshaw	7	14	---	---	18	39
CB Horace Assanie	---	---	17	18	1	36
DE Mark Newhart	---	---	13	15	5	33
WR Wendell Burks	12	19	---	---	---	31
ILB Jerry Glenn	---	---	3	8	18	29
WR Ryan Hanks	3	5	---	---	14	22
TE Greg Willis	1	0	---	---	18	19
S Braxton Upchurch	---	---	6	11	1	18
TE Barry Drayton	3	9	---	---	4	16
WR Artie Davison	1	2	---	---	12	15
DT Arnie Ryan	---	---	4	6	4	14
S Amir Sinclair	---	---	2	7	2	11
RB Lenny Bullock	1	2	---	---	8	11
DT David Purdy	---	---	1	6	1	8
C Jeff Gillette	0	0	---	---	6	6
G Nathaniel Raymond	0	0	---	---	6	6
P Bubba Graham	0	0	---	---	6	6
FB Chad Andrews	1	0	---	---	4	5
T Silas Lincoln	2	2	---	---	1	5
K Daquan Dercher	0	0	---	---	5	5
OLB Charles Roth	---	---	1	1	1	3
C Danny Barnard	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Brian Tyler	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Nicky Washington	---	---	0	0	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Blaine Clark	33	32	---	---	5	70
T Amir King	33	32	---	---	5	70
G Benjamin Thorne	33	32	---	---	5	70
T Denzel Duffy	33	32	---	---	5	70
WR Shane Ricksecker	33	32	---	---	1	66
WR Alexis Beckman	33	32	---	---	1	66
QB Steven Strickland	33	32	---	---	---	65
C Ramon Byner	33	32	---	---	---	65
TE Jacob Wheeler	33	31	---	---	---	64
OLB Bo Karle	---	---	17	31	10	58
CB Justin Webb	---	---	19	35	2	56
S Brendan Flannery	---	---	19	35	1	55
S Gus Jennings	---	---	19	35	1	55
OLB Joshua Bible	---	---	17	31	3	51
RB Heath Sualua	28	18	---	---	4	50
CB Leslie Barber	---	---	17	31	1	49
OLB Randy Rodgers	---	---	17	31	1	49
DE Fred Stargell	---	---	17	31	1	49
DE Antonio Tubbs	---	---	15	31	1	47
WR Justin Ottis	16	20	---	---	5	41
OLB Scott Caldwell	---	---	8	12	18	38
CB Dave Prather	---	---	11	23	---	34
DT Herb Kinney	---	---	10	22	1	33
RB Les Newsome	5	13	---	---	15	33
FB Isaac Hudson	9	6	---	---	17	32
DT Leonard Mathis	---	---	9	13	5	27
TE Paul Bell	0	1	---	---	20	21
WR Brant Langhoff	2	3	---	---	16	21
CB Blaine Williamson	---	---	2	4	14	20
DE Gilbert Conarroe	---	---	6	8	5	19
DE Cary Rupert	---	---	0	0	17	17
S Kristopher Von Oelhoffen	---	---	0	0	15	15
OLB Cristian Aguilera	---	---	4	8	---	12
CB Harrison May	---	---	2	4	5	11
TE Edwin Hakeem	6	4	---	---	---	10
WR Rob Buhner	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Jim Lyons	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Christopher Irizarry	0	0	---	---	5	5
P Luke Ross	0	0	---	---	5	5
RB Eddie Grant	0	0	---	---	4	4
T Clyde Covington	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Gabe King	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Jessie Bouton	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Edgar Floyd	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Jon Butcher	---	---	0	0	---	0
DE Ian Bullock	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	29	7.3
Middle	12	37	3.1
Right	3	-1	-0.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	0	0.0
Middle	17	144	8.5
Right	10	44	4.4
None	3	-6	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Stephen Hutchins	33	24	4	3	1	4	1	4	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steven Strickland	31	22	4	2	3	2	2	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	29	5.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	63	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	90	9.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	57	14.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	4	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	14	114	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	92	13.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	20	5.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Eli Ireland	7	3	1	60	1	30
WR Duane Peoples	7	6	0	90	3	33
WR Wendell Burks	5	4	0	26	0	19
TE Tevin Webb	4	2	0	11	0	33
TE Barry Drayton	4	3	0	27	0	9
RB Emmitt Santiago	3	3	0	1	0	28
RB Josh Upshaw	2	2	0	18	0	14
RB Lenny Bullock	1	1	0	6	0	2

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Shane Ricksecker	13	8	1	105	2	32
WR Alexis Beckman	13	10	2	72	1	32
RB Heath Sualua	3	3	0	38	1	18
RB Les Newsome	1	1	0	15	0	13
WR Justin Ottis	1	0	0	0	0	20

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Emmitt Santiago	2	9	4.50	3.73

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Heath Sualua	1	-1	-1.00	3.79

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Stephen Hutchins	2	2	16	8.00	7.24

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steven Strickland	8	5	31	3.88	7.42

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Josh Upshaw	1	1	8	8.00	9.00
TE Tevin Webb	1	1	8	8.00	2.75

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Shane Ricksecker	3	2	17	5.67	8.08
WR Alexis Beckman	3	2	6	2.00	5.54
WR Justin Ottis	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Heath Sualua	1	1	8	8.00	12.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
QB Stephen Hutchins	1	1
RB Emmitt Santiago	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Les Newsome	2	2
QB Steven Strickland	1	0
RB Heath Sualua	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Stephen Hutchins	9	8	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steven Strickland	8	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Duane Peoples	2	2	2
TE Barry Drayton	2	1	0
WR Eli Ireland	1	1	1
RB Josh Upshaw	1	1	0
RB Emmitt Santiago	1	1	0
TE Tevin Webb	1	1	0
WR Wendell Burks	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Shane Ricksecker	5	2	1
WR Alexis Beckman	3	3	3

Section Attendance
Stadium 75,000 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,100 (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 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	75,000 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,100 (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	9,900 (9,900)