Week 15, 2058

played in Buffalo, NY

21 degrees, snow, 13 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	13	0	0	-	13
Buffalo Bills	7	7	3	6	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:38 BUF - Wendell Burks 5 pass from Stephen Hutchins (Daquan Dercher extra point)
2Q: 11:38 NED - Ron Holmes 6 run (Antoine Guthrie extra point)
2Q: 06:24 BUF - Bennett Stras 25 pass from Stephen Hutchins (Daquan Dercher extra point)
2Q: 01:17 NED - Bert Franz 23 pass from Taylor Nixon (Antoine Guthrie extra point failed)
3Q: 01:01 BUF - Daquan Dercher 42 field goal
4Q: 02:52 BUF - Daquan Dercher 25 field goal
4Q: 00:47 BUF - Daquan Dercher 42 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:38 BUF - Wendell Burks 5 pass from Stephen Hutchins (Daquan Dercher extra point)
2Q: 11:38 NED - Ron Holmes 6 run (Antoine Guthrie extra point)
2Q: 06:24 BUF - Bennett Stras 25 pass from Stephen Hutchins (Daquan Dercher extra point)
2Q: 01:17 NED - Bert Franz 23 pass from Taylor Nixon (Antoine Guthrie extra point failed)
3Q: 01:01 BUF - Daquan Dercher 42 field goal
4Q: 02:52 BUF - Daquan Dercher 25 field goal
4Q: 00:47 BUF - Daquan Dercher 42 field goal

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 3-11 6-8
First Downs 14 18
- by Rushing 3 4
- by Passing 8 11
- by Penalty 3 3
Total Net Yards 204 329
- Offensive Plays 67 74
- Yards per Play 3.04 4.45
Net Rushing Yards 42 69
- Rushing Attempts 21 31
- Yards per Rush 2.00 2.23
Net Passing Yards 162 260
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 22 - 2 42 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 176 264
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/14 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 3.52 6.05
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/16 6/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 9.4
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/60 5/26
Punt Returns/Yards 4/74 4/11
Kick Returns/Yards 1/20 2/58
Interception Ret./Yards 2/9 2/16
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 29
Time of Possession 26:33 33:27

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	3-11	6-8
First Downs	14	18
- by Rushing	3	4
- by Passing	8	11
- by Penalty	3	3
Total Net Yards	204	329
- Offensive Plays	67	74
- Yards per Play	3.04	4.45
Net Rushing Yards	42	69
- Rushing Attempts	21	31
- Yards per Rush	2.00	2.23
Net Passing Yards	162	260
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 22 - 2	42 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	176	264
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/14	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	3.52	6.05
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/16	6/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	9.4
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/60	5/26
Punt Returns/Yards	4/74	4/11
Kick Returns/Yards	1/20	2/58
Interception Ret./Yards	2/9	2/16
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 29
Time of Possession	26:33	33:27

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:29	5:41	OWN 13	10	45	Interception
1	3:01	0:48	OWN 27	3	1	Punt
1	1:01	4:33	OWN 49	12	51	Touchdown
2	6:10	0:42	OWN 25	2	-1	Interception
2	3:53	2:12	OWN 26	6	-7	Punt
2	1:41	0:37	OPP 25	3	25	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:59	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
3	11:10	1:57	OWN 32	3	6	Punt
3	7:09	1:38	OWN 22	3	8	Punt
3	3:08	0:10	OWN 45	1	4	Fumble
3	0:53	3:30	OWN 25	9	46	Punt
4	10:06	1:21	OPP 47	3	9	Punt
4	2:46	0:55	OWN 25	6	5	Downs
4	0:39	0:39	OWN 19	4	0	Downs

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:31	OWN 37	11	63	Touchdown
1	4:48	1:47	OWN 24	3	8	Punt
1	2:13	1:12	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
2	11:28	5:18	OWN 25	11	75	Touchdown
2	5:28	1:35	OWN 44	4	14	Interception
2	1:04	1:04	OWN 32	6	15	Half
3	13:01	1:51	OWN 19	5	22	Interception
3	9:13	2:04	OWN 6	5	33	Punt
3	5:31	2:23	OWN 18	6	13	Punt
3	2:58	2:05	OPP 49	6	24	Field Goal
4	12:23	2:17	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	8:45	5:59	OWN 20	9	72	Field Goal
4	1:51	1:12	OPP 30	3	5	Field Goal

Game MVP: Terrence Johnstone, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
RB Ron Holmes	12	23	1.92	7	1
RB Les Newsome	6	4	0.67	4	0
QB Taylor Nixon	2	14	7.00	8	0
WR Jamie Lockard	1	1	1.00	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Norbert Bragg	12	-2	-0.17	8	0
RB Dexter Sprehe	11	7	0.64	6	0
QB Stephen Hutchins	6	56	9.33	17	2
FB Gage Holmes	2	8	4.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Taylor Nixon	43	22	176	3/14	1	23	2	50.1

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Stephen Hutchins	42	21	264	1/4	2	33	2	66.0

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jamie Lockard	9	20	47	5.22	1	17	0
TE Ray Dahl	8	14	68	8.50	25	23	0
WR Bert Franz	3	3	40	13.33	12	23	1
WR Rob Buhner	2	2	21	10.50	8	18	0
WR Antonio Schulz	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brian Cavka	5	8	61	12.20	20	27	0
WR Eli Ireland	5	8	82	16.40	25	33	0
TE Dennis Warburton	3	5	44	14.67	2	30	0
WR Wendell Burks	3	12	9	3.00	0	5	1
RB Norbert Bragg	3	4	31	10.33	23	21	0
WR Artie Davison	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
WR Bennett Stras	1	2	25	25.00	0	25	1
RB Dexter Sprehe	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Nicholas Stokes	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Dave Prather	1	4	4.00	0
S Vince Cash	1	5	5.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kelvin Boyd	1	16	16.00	0
ILB Terrence Johnstone	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Les Newsome	1	0	0
DE Cary Rupert	0	1	0
DE Fred Stargell	0	0	1
TE Ray Dahl	0	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
S Kelvin Boyd	1	0	0
QB Stephen Hutchins	1	0	0
DT Tony Grusendorf	0	1	0
C Shaquille Parker	0	1	0
CB Sedrick Fillion	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Ross	7	344	49.1	41.9	63	3

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bubba Graham	5	231	46.2	31.4	53	1

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Antoine Guthrie	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/2

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Daquan Dercher	3/3	2/2	0/0	42	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Emmett Clancy	4	74	18.5	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kelvin Boyd	4	11	2.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Holmes	1	20	20.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donnie Lucas	2	58	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Vince Cash	10	2	0.0	31	42
S Brendan Flannery	8	4	0.0	31	43
OLB Scott Caldwell	6	0	0.0	29	28
OLB Randy Rodgers	4	3	0.0	31	42
CB Dave Prather	4	0	0.0	30	41
DE Fred Stargell	3	0	1.0	30	34
ILB Jon Butcher	3	2	0.0	12	20
DE Butch Hughes	3	1	0.0	31	40
DE Gilbert Conarroe	2	2	0.0	15	16
DT Leonard Mathis	2	0	0.0	15	32
TE Ray Dahl	2	0	---	---	---
CB Arnie McKenna	1	2	0.0	31	43
CB Blaine Williamson	1	0	0.0	2	10
DT Leroy Steward	1	0	0.0	16	11
OLB Bo Mayes	1	0	0.0	18	21
CB Jumbo Aradchi	1	0	0.0	14	28

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Terrence Johnstone	6	3	1.0	19	46
CB Donnie Lucas	6	2	0.0	21	46
OLB Lewis Grant	5	3	1.0	19	29
DT Tony Grusendorf	5	1	0.0	18	28
ILB Angel Sweeney	4	2	0.0	20	45
S Vernon Hargreaves	3	2	0.0	11	32
S Kelvin Boyd	3	1	0.0	19	34
CB Sedrick Fillion	3	0	0.0	19	28
S Ricky Feenstra	3	0	0.0	3	21
DT David Purdy	2	0	1.0	11	32
CB Josue Cochrane	1	2	0.0	12	26
DE Randal Foster	1	0	0.0	18	26
WR Wendell Burks	1	0	---	---	---
DT Dean England	1	0	0.0	13	31
WR Bennett Stras	1	0	---	---	---
CB Taylor Spurrier	0	2	0.0	2	23
DE Stan Ruddick	0	2	0.0	9	30

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Fred Stargell	1.0	0	0	0	34
DE Butch Hughes	0.0	1	4	0	40
DT Leonard Mathis	0.0	0	2	1	32

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT David Purdy	1.0	0	1	32
OLB Lewis Grant	1.0	0	1	29
ILB Terrence Johnstone	1.0	0	0	46
CB Josue Cochrane	0.0	1	0	26
DT Tony Grusendorf	0.0	0	1	28
DT Dean England	0.0	0	1	31
ILB Angel Sweeney	0.0	0	1	45
DE Stan Ruddick	0.0	0	1	30

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Brendan Flannery	5	4	0	43
S Vince Cash	5	0	1	42
CB Dave Prather	4	2	1	41
OLB Randy Rodgers	3	1	0	42
OLB Scott Caldwell	2	0	0	28
CB Arnie McKenna	1	0	0	43
CB Blaine Williamson	1	0	0	10
ILB Jon Butcher	0	1	0	20

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Terrence Johnstone	5	0	1	46
S Vernon Hargreaves	3	0	0	32
CB Donnie Lucas	3	0	0	46
ILB Angel Sweeney	2	1	0	45
S Ricky Feenstra	2	1	0	21
OLB Lewis Grant	2	0	0	29
CB Josue Cochrane	1	2	0	26
CB Taylor Spurrier	1	1	0	23
S Kelvin Boyd	1	0	1	34
CB Sedrick Fillion	1	0	0	28
DT Tony Grusendorf	1	0	0	28
S Tucker Ferguson	0	2	0	26

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Jessie Bouton	1	7	21	1	46
T Jack Conklin	1	5	21	0	46
T Amir King	1	3	21	1	46
G Benjamin Thorne	1	1	21	1	46
T Denzel Duffy	0	2	21	0	46
TE Ray Dahl	0	1	18	0	36

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Shaquille Parker	1	7	1	31	0	43
T Jaylen Buckley	1	7	0	31	0	43
T Troy Rodgers	0	3	0	31	0	43
G Andy Fields	0	3	0	31	0	43
G Skip Lindsay	0	2	0	31	1	43
TE Dennis Warburton	0	2	0	27	0	35
FB Gage Holmes	0	1	0	19	0	11

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Ray Dahl	2	10
Cary Rupert	1	21
Scott Caldwell	1	12
Jack Conklin	1	7
Dave Prather	1	4

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Randal Foster	2	17
Angel Sweeney	1	21
Sedrick Fillion	1	16
Skip Lindsay	1	8

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Brendan Flannery	---	---	31	43	4	78
CB Arnie McKenna	---	---	31	43	3	77
WR Jamie Lockard	21	46	---	---	9	76
OLB Randy Rodgers	---	---	31	42	3	76
S Vince Cash	---	---	31	42	3	76
CB Dave Prather	---	---	30	41	4	75
T Jack Conklin	21	46	---	---	7	74
T Amir King	21	46	---	---	7	74
G Benjamin Thorne	21	46	---	---	7	74
T Denzel Duffy	21	46	---	---	7	74
DE Butch Hughes	---	---	31	40	3	74
OLB Scott Caldwell	---	---	29	28	12	69
C Jessie Bouton	21	46	---	---	---	67
DE Fred Stargell	---	---	30	34	3	67
QB Taylor Nixon	21	46	---	---	---	67
WR Bert Franz	21	46	---	---	---	67
TE Ray Dahl	18	36	---	---	10	64
RB Ron Holmes	14	28	---	---	16	58
WR Antonio Schulz	16	37	---	---	---	53
OLB Bo Mayes	---	---	18	21	14	53
DT Leonard Mathis	---	---	15	32	1	48
CB Jumbo Aradchi	---	---	14	28	1	43
DE Gilbert Conarroe	---	---	15	16	2	33
ILB Jon Butcher	---	---	12	20	---	32
DE Cary Rupert	---	---	3	5	21	29
DT Leroy Steward	---	---	16	11	2	29
RB Les Newsome	7	15	---	---	6	28
CB Blaine Williamson	---	---	2	10	13	25
DE Pat Trippi	---	---	2	14	6	22
TE Rickey Giannetti	0	0	---	---	21	21
FB Bernard Fabini	2	4	---	---	14	20
S Kristopher Von Oelhoffen	---	---	0	2	13	15
WR Rob Buhner	2	13	---	---	---	15
WR Zachery Clancy	0	0	---	---	14	14
RB Emmett Clancy	0	0	---	---	11	11
TE Marlon Thomas	4	5	---	---	---	9
P Luke Ross	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Bryce Tygart	0	0	---	---	7	7
DE Randal Simien	---	---	0	1	5	6
CB Pedro Graham	---	---	0	0	5	5
K Antoine Guthrie	0	0	---	---	3	3
QB Gabe King	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Edgar Floyd	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Abel Oliver	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Mike Bernstein	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Leslie Sodaro	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
ILB Angel Sweeney	---	---	20	45	21	86
C Shaquille Parker	31	43	---	---	11	85
T Troy Rodgers	31	43	---	---	8	82
T Jaylen Buckley	31	43	---	---	8	82
G Skip Lindsay	31	43	---	---	8	82
G Andy Fields	31	43	---	---	8	82
QB Stephen Hutchins	31	43	---	---	---	74
CB Donnie Lucas	---	---	21	46	3	70
S Kelvin Boyd	---	---	19	34	15	68
ILB Terrence Johnstone	---	---	19	46	---	65
WR Brian Cavka	26	37	---	---	---	63
CB Sedrick Fillion	---	---	19	28	16	63
RB Norbert Bragg	18	33	---	---	12	63
TE Dennis Warburton	27	35	---	---	---	62
DE Randal Foster	---	---	18	26	17	61
WR Eli Ireland	23	30	---	---	---	53
DT Tony Grusendorf	---	---	18	28	7	53
OLB Lewis Grant	---	---	19	29	---	48
S Vernon Hargreaves	---	---	11	32	2	45
CB Josue Cochrane	---	---	12	26	7	45
RB Dexter Sprehe	13	8	---	---	24	45
DT Dean England	---	---	13	31	---	44
DT David Purdy	---	---	11	32	---	43
WR Wendell Burks	14	27	---	---	1	42
TE Kris Wiggins	7	10	---	---	24	41
DE Stan Ruddick	---	---	9	30	---	39
S Tucker Ferguson	---	---	12	26	---	38
FB Gage Holmes	19	11	---	---	---	30
WR Artie Davison	0	9	---	---	19	28
WR Bennett Stras	5	12	---	---	8	25
CB Taylor Spurrier	---	---	2	23	---	25
S Ricky Feenstra	---	---	3	21	---	24
ILB Jerry Glenn	---	---	2	1	10	13
K Daquan Dercher	0	0	---	---	9	9
S Peter Roberts	---	---	0	0	9	9
P Bubba Graham	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Christopher Irizarry	0	0	---	---	8	8
TE Nicholas Stokes	3	3	---	---	---	6
DE Luis Donaldson	---	---	1	2	1	4
DE Trey Lymburn	---	---	2	0	---	2
G Dillon Diable	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Aaron Lemoine	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Micah Boese	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Arnold Atkins	---	---	0	0	---	0
OLB Jamie Brown	---	---	0	0	---	0
OLB Michael Conley	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	14	1.4
Middle	8	13	1.6
Right	3	15	5.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	-8	-4.0
Middle	22	70	3.2
Right	7	7	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Taylor Nixon	43	22	2	1	4	7	6	0	2

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Stephen Hutchins	42	21	6	1	3	8	6	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	1	-3	-0.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	15	102	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	6	77	4.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	13	4.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	10	74	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	70	7.0
Long (19+ Yds)	8	4	107	13.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jamie Lockard	20	9	2	47	0	46
TE Ray Dahl	14	8	2	68	1	36
WR Antonio Schulz	4	0	0	0	0	37
WR Bert Franz	3	3	0	40	1	46
WR Rob Buhner	2	2	0	21	0	13

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wendell Burks	12	3	1	9	0	27
WR Brian Cavka	8	5	1	61	1	37
WR Eli Ireland	8	5	0	82	2	30
TE Dennis Warburton	5	3	1	44	1	35
RB Norbert Bragg	4	3	0	31	1	33
WR Bennett Stras	2	1	0	25	1	12
WR Artie Davison	1	1	0	12	0	9
RB Dexter Sprehe	1	0	0	0	0	8
TE Nicholas Stokes	1	0	0	0	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Ron Holmes	4	6	1.50	1.92

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
FB Gage Holmes	2	8	4.00	4.00
RB Dexter Sprehe	2	-1	-0.50	0.64
QB Stephen Hutchins	1	6	6.00	9.33
RB Norbert Bragg	1	-6	-6.00	-0.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Taylor Nixon	1	1	5	5.00	4.09

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Stephen Hutchins	4	2	10	2.50	6.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ray Dahl	1	1	5	5.00	4.86

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Wendell Burks	2	1	5	2.50	0.75
WR Brian Cavka	1	1	5	5.00	7.63
TE Dennis Warburton	1	0	0	0.00	8.80

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Les Newsome	1	0
QB Taylor Nixon	1	0
RB Ron Holmes	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
QB Stephen Hutchins	2	2
FB Gage Holmes	1	0
RB Norbert Bragg	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Taylor Nixon	12	6	4

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Stephen Hutchins	14	8	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Ray Dahl	5	2	1
WR Jamie Lockard	3	2	1
WR Antonio Schulz	2	0	0
WR Bert Franz	2	2	2

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wendell Burks	7	2	0
WR Brian Cavka	3	3	2
WR Bennett Stras	2	1	1
WR Eli Ireland	1	1	0
WR Artie Davison	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,600 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,500 (23,100)
End Zone 14,800 (16,700)
Mezzanine 8,500 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (14,800)
Club Seats 7,800 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,600 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,500 (23,100)
End Zone	14,800 (16,700)
Mezzanine	8,500 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (14,800)
Club Seats	7,800 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (2,200)