Week 15, 2082

played in Buffalo, NY

19 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

New England Patriots	7	17	0	0	-	24
Buffalo Bills	7	7	10	7	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:06 NED - Amos Humphries 2 run (Lewis Barton extra point)
1Q: 06:46 BUF - Tony Fisher 5 run (Alvin Scott extra point)
2Q: 13:56 NED - Taylor Clemons 10 pass from Marty Wait (Lewis Barton extra point)
2Q: 09:44 NED - Lukas Thomason 32 fumble return (Lewis Barton extra point)
2Q: 05:37 BUF - Kyle Hutton 22 pass from Dalton Kaplan (Alvin Scott extra point)
2Q: 00:18 NED - Lewis Barton 55 field goal
3Q: 09:48 BUF - Corwin Abrams 1 pass from Dalton Kaplan (Alvin Scott extra point)
3Q: 01:46 BUF - Alvin Scott 42 field goal
4Q: 07:02 BUF - Dwayne Cheung 1 pass from Dalton Kaplan (Alvin Scott extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:06 NED - Amos Humphries 2 run (Lewis Barton extra point)
1Q: 06:46 BUF - Tony Fisher 5 run (Alvin Scott extra point)
2Q: 13:56 NED - Taylor Clemons 10 pass from Marty Wait (Lewis Barton extra point)
2Q: 09:44 NED - Lukas Thomason 32 fumble return (Lewis Barton extra point)
2Q: 05:37 BUF - Kyle Hutton 22 pass from Dalton Kaplan (Alvin Scott extra point)
2Q: 00:18 NED - Lewis Barton 55 field goal
3Q: 09:48 BUF - Corwin Abrams 1 pass from Dalton Kaplan (Alvin Scott extra point)
3Q: 01:46 BUF - Alvin Scott 42 field goal
4Q: 07:02 BUF - Dwayne Cheung 1 pass from Dalton Kaplan (Alvin Scott extra point)

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 6-8 7-7
First Downs 15 31
- by Rushing 3 7
- by Passing 11 20
- by Penalty 1 4
Total Net Yards 265 514
- Offensive Plays 56 71
- Yards per Play 4.73 7.24
Net Rushing Yards 49 146
- Rushing Attempts 18 31
- Yards per Rush 2.72 4.71
Net Passing Yards 216 368
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 20 - 0 40 - 27 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 227 368
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 5.68 9.20
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 10/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/49 10/76
Punt Returns/Yards 1/9 3/34
Kick Returns/Yards 5/114 2/48
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 23
Time of Possession 25:05 34:55

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	6-8	7-7
First Downs	15	31
- by Rushing	3	7
- by Passing	11	20
- by Penalty	1	4
Total Net Yards	265	514
- Offensive Plays	56	71
- Yards per Play	4.73	7.24
Net Rushing Yards	49	146
- Rushing Attempts	18	31
- Yards per Rush	2.72	4.71
Net Passing Yards	216	368
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 20 - 0	40 - 27 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	227	368
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	5.68	9.20
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	10/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	8.5
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/49	10/76
Punt Returns/Yards	1/9	3/34
Kick Returns/Yards	5/114	2/48
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 23
Time of Possession	25:05	34:55

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:05	OWN 29	7	71	Touchdown
1	6:37	2:48	OWN 21	4	-2	Punt
1	2:37	0:56	OWN 3	3	4	Punt
1	1:41	2:55	OWN 48	6	52	Touchdown
2	11:37	2:02	OWN 12	6	22	Punt
2	5:27	2:21	OWN 31	3	9	Punt
2	0:56	0:45	OWN 42	6	20	Field Goal
3	9:42	3:28	OWN 48	6	-4	Punt
3	1:40	3:09	OWN 25	8	39	Punt
4	6:51	4:07	OWN 35	8	54	Downs

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:55	5:18	OWN 6	10	94	Touchdown
1	3:49	1:12	OWN 48	3	9	Punt
2	13:46	2:09	OWN 34	4	15	Punt
2	9:35	4:08	OWN 19	7	81	Touchdown
2	3:06	2:10	OWN 33	6	32	Missed FG
2	0:11	0:11	OWN 29	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	5:18	OWN 25	9	75	Touchdown
3	6:14	4:34	OWN 6	10	69	Field Goal
4	13:31	6:40	OWN 20	16	80	Touchdown
4	2:44	2:44	OWN 11	7	49	Game

Game MVP: Dalton Kaplan, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Amos Humphries	10	33	3.30	11	2	1
RB Ernest Lyle	5	3	0.60	3	0	0
QB Marty Wait	3	13	4.33	8	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Kyle Reaves	18	65	3.61	11	1	0
RB Tony Fisher	7	40	5.71	16	1	1
QB Dalton Kaplan	3	6	2.00	9	0	0
RB Micah Compton	2	29	14.50	17	2	0
WR Nickolas Porter	1	6	6.00	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Marty Wait	36	20	227	2/11	1	35	0	83.9

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dalton Kaplan	40	27	368	0/0	3	34	0	121.7

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Terrence Osorio	6	6	54	9.00	41	28	0
WR Chase Money	4	6	27	6.75	5	17	0
TE Tyrone Polamalu	3	7	63	21.00	6	28	0
RB Amos Humphries	3	4	46	15.33	32	35	0
WR Jason Floyd	2	3	19	9.50	0	16	0
TE Taylor Clemons	1	4	10	10.00	2	10	1
RB Brock Marsh	1	1	8	8.00	10	8	0
RB Ernest Lyle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Erick Kramer	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Nickolas Porter	5	7	46	9.20	25	27	0
RB Tony Fisher	5	5	106	21.20	69	34	0
TE Kyle Hutton	4	5	60	15.00	38	26	1
TE Corwin Abrams	4	6	46	11.50	4	27	1
WR J.T. Sloan	4	9	76	19.00	32	28	0
WR Dwayne Cheung	2	4	10	5.00	10	9	1
WR Bryce Stephenson	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
RB Kyle Reaves	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Jesse Humphries	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
WR Terrence Osorio	1	0	0	0
OLB Lukas Thomason	0	2	0	1
TE Tyrone Polamalu	0	1	0	0
CB Maurice Finley	0	0	1	0
TE Paul Brinkman	0	0	1	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
WR Bryce Stephenson	2	0	0	0
OLB Tommy Yunker	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
J.T. McDaniel	6	255	42.5	33.5	50	2

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Irv Matsko	2	88	44.0	39.5	48	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lewis Barton	1/1	1/1	1/1	55	3/3

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Alvin Scott	1/2	1/2	0/1	42	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jason Floyd	1	9	9.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bryce Stephenson	3	34	11.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Beach	4	92	23.0	0
Jason Floyd	1	22	22.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ernie Chesnut	2	48	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
CB Melvin Wilkins	9	4	31	40
ILB Sammie Hardy	9	2	31	40
S Carson Schneider	6	1	30	29
S Garrett Becker	5	0	1	11
DT Joey Collins	4	4	26	24
OLB Lukas Thomason	4	0	11	23
CB Eric Beach	3	3	31	38
S Herb Shapiro	3	0	31	39
DE J.B. Garrett	3	0	31	39
DE Norbert Mardeusz	2	0	19	23
OLB Levi Fence	2	0	16	16
CB Rob Bernard	1	0	1	10
OLB Wendell Tucker	1	0	10	13
DT Darien Jamison	0	1	26	27
CB Nicholas Boyd	0	1	20	17

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB J.T. Lofton	6	1	0.0	16	26
S Malachi Tharaldson	5	3	0.0	17	38
OLB Tommy Yunker	5	1	0.0	18	38
DE Al Terry	4	1	0.5	15	33
CB Carl Feazell	4	1	0.0	10	24
CB Dwayne Cochrane	2	1	0.0	16	35
CB Irving McSweeny	2	0	0.0	9	17
OLB Jeremy Mahoney	2	0	0.0	3	14
DE Devin Briggs	1	1	1.0	5	17
DE Josue Dennis	1	2	0.5	18	38
DT Buddy Gidley	1	2	0.0	14	20
S Caleb Meadows	1	2	0.0	17	38
DT Rodolfo Bastianelli	1	1	0.0	5	18
S Perry Vasilatos	1	0	0.0	10	23
S Ernie Chesnut	1	0	0.0	1	3
OLB Denzel Gietka	1	0	0.0	15	24
OLB Donnell Free	0	1	0.0	8	12

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE J.B. Garrett	2	2	39
DE Norbert Mardeusz	1	0	23
ILB Sammie Hardy	1	0	40

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Devin Briggs	1.0	0	0	0	17
DE Josue Dennis	0.5	0	1	1	38
DE Al Terry	0.5	0	0	0	33
OLB Donnell Free	0.0	1	0	0	12
OLB Denzel Gietka	0.0	0	2	0	24
DT Buddy Gidley	0.0	0	1	0	20

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Melvin Wilkins	6	0	40
OLB Lukas Thomason	4	2	23
S Garrett Becker	4	0	11
ILB Sammie Hardy	4	0	40
S Carson Schneider	2	1	29
CB Eric Beach	2	1	38
S Herb Shapiro	1	1	39
DE J.B. Garrett	1	0	39
DT Joey Collins	1	0	24
CB Rob Bernard	1	0	10
OLB Levi Fence	1	0	16
CB Nicholas Boyd	0	2	17

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Tommy Yunker	4	2	38
CB Carl Feazell	4	0	24
OLB J.T. Lofton	3	2	26
CB Irving McSweeny	2	0	17
CB Dwayne Cochrane	2	0	35
S Malachi Tharaldson	1	3	38
S Perry Vasilatos	1	1	23
DT Rodolfo Bastianelli	1	1	18
S Ernie Chesnut	1	0	3
OLB Jeremy Mahoney	1	0	14
S Caleb Meadows	0	1	38

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Andrew Sherrod	2	5	18	0	38
G Santiago Smoot	1	2	18	0	38
C Rickey Hoard	0	4	18	0	38
T Alfred Hoover	0	2	18	1	38
T Cris Feaser	0	2	18	1	38

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
T Brenden Adams	4	10	0	31	40
C Jacob Stevenson	4	7	1	31	40
G Brent Dressel	4	6	0	31	40
G Neal Rasmussen	1	4	0	31	40
TE Kyle Hutton	1	1	0	10	16
T Dean Barrett	0	1	0	31	40

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Maurice Finley	2	19
Paul Brinkman	1	19
Carson Schneider	1	12
Rob Bernard	1	8

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Riddick Milanovich	1	21
Perry Vasilatos	1	18
Gregory Dobson	1	17
Les Kemper	1	10
Fred Jones	1	8
Neal Rasmussen	1	4

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Eric Beach	---	---	31	38	8	77
ILB Sammie Hardy	---	---	31	40	3	74
CB Melvin Wilkins	---	---	31	40	2	73
S Herb Shapiro	---	---	31	39	2	72
DE J.B. Garrett	---	---	31	39	2	72
S Carson Schneider	---	---	30	29	12	71
WR Chase Money	16	35	---	---	11	62
G Santiago Smoot	18	38	---	---	---	56
QB Marty Wait	18	38	---	---	---	56
T Alfred Hoover	18	38	---	---	---	56
G Andrew Sherrod	18	38	---	---	---	56
TE Tyrone Polamalu	18	38	---	---	---	56
T Cris Feaser	18	38	---	---	---	56
C Rickey Hoard	18	38	---	---	---	56
OLB Lukas Thomason	---	---	11	23	21	55
DT Darien Jamison	---	---	26	27	1	54
DT Joey Collins	---	---	26	24	---	50
RB Amos Humphries	12	20	---	---	12	44
DE Norbert Mardeusz	---	---	19	23	1	43
RB Ernest Lyle	6	16	---	---	20	42
WR Terrence Osorio	11	15	---	---	14	40
CB Nicholas Boyd	---	---	20	17	---	37
WR Jason Floyd	10	15	---	---	8	33
OLB Levi Fence	---	---	16	16	---	32
DT Isaac Godfrey	---	---	9	18	4	31
WR Erick Kramer	7	23	---	---	---	30
TE Taylor Clemons	6	22	---	---	1	29
DE Luther Downs	---	---	6	17	3	26
OLB Wendell Tucker	---	---	10	13	1	24
CB Maurice Finley	---	---	0	3	19	22
TE Paul Brinkman	1	1	---	---	19	21
DE Francisco Followay	---	---	7	12	1	20
CB Rob Bernard	---	---	1	10	8	19
S Casey Denyer	---	---	0	1	13	14
S Garrett Becker	---	---	1	11	1	13
ILB Grady Holmes	---	---	4	0	7	11
RB Brock Marsh	3	5	---	---	---	8
P J.T. McDaniel	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Owen Dotson	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Chandler Bridges	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Andy Germaine	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Lamont Bitkowski	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Ruben Dail	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Lewis Barton	0	0	---	---	6	6
QB Devonte Leyes	0	0	---	---	---	0
WR Leonardo Veal	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Neal Rasmussen	31	40	---	---	4	75
T Dean Barrett	31	40	---	---	---	71
G Brent Dressel	31	40	---	---	---	71
T Brenden Adams	31	40	---	---	---	71
C Jacob Stevenson	31	40	---	---	---	71
QB Dalton Kaplan	31	40	---	---	---	71
WR J.T. Sloan	29	36	---	---	5	70
TE Corwin Abrams	29	31	---	---	2	62
WR Nickolas Porter	26	35	---	---	---	61
OLB Tommy Yunker	---	---	18	38	1	57
DE Josue Dennis	---	---	18	38	1	57
S Malachi Tharaldson	---	---	17	38	1	56
S Caleb Meadows	---	---	17	38	1	56
CB Dwayne Cochrane	---	---	16	35	1	52
S Perry Vasilatos	---	---	10	23	18	51
RB Tony Fisher	9	21	---	---	21	51
OLB Denzel Gietka	---	---	15	24	11	50
DE Al Terry	---	---	15	33	---	48
OLB J.T. Lofton	---	---	16	26	1	43
CB Carl Feazell	---	---	10	24	7	41
DT Buddy Gidley	---	---	14	20	6	40
RB Kyle Reaves	22	16	---	---	2	40
OLB Jeremy Mahoney	---	---	3	14	20	37
TE Riddick Milanovich	2	8	---	---	21	31
WR Dwayne Cheung	16	14	---	---	---	30
DE Devin Briggs	---	---	5	17	7	29
TE Kyle Hutton	10	16	---	---	---	26
CB Irving McSweeny	---	---	9	17	---	26
WR Bryce Stephenson	3	2	---	---	19	24
DT Rodolfo Bastianelli	---	---	5	18	1	24
RB Micah Compton	4	7	---	---	11	22
OLB Donnell Free	---	---	8	12	---	20
WR Gregory Dobson	0	1	---	---	17	18
WR Jesse Humphries	5	13	---	---	---	18
CB Bart O'Neill	---	---	1	0	17	18
T Les Kemper	0	0	---	---	10	10
S Ernie Chesnut	---	---	1	3	5	9
C Fred Jones	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Alvin Scott	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Xavier Liles	0	0	---	---	4	4
C Nickolas Clark	0	0	---	---	4	4
P Irv Matsko	0	0	---	---	4	4
T Rodolfo Caldwell	0	0	---	---	4	4
QB Mickey Weaver	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Noah Knight	---	---	0	0	---	0
DE Karl Reilly	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	15	3.0
Middle	12	23	1.9
Right	1	11	11.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	63	6.3
Middle	16	79	4.9
Right	3	7	2.3
None	2	-3	-1.5

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Marty Wait	36	20	3	1	0	10	4	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dalton Kaplan	40	27	8	0	2	7	4	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	45	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	7	86	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	2	34	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	8	3	62	7.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	7	75	7.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	134	8.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	113	16.1
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	46	6.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Tyrone Polamalu	7	3	63	1	38
WR Terrence Osorio	6	6	54	1	15
WR Chase Money	6	4	27	0	35
TE Taylor Clemons	4	1	10	0	22
RB Amos Humphries	4	3	46	1	20
WR Erick Kramer	4	0	0	0	23
WR Jason Floyd	3	2	19	0	15
RB Ernest Lyle	1	0	0	0	16
RB Brock Marsh	1	1	8	0	5

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR J.T. Sloan	9	4	1	76	1	36
WR Nickolas Porter	7	5	0	46	1	35
TE Corwin Abrams	6	4	1	46	1	31
TE Kyle Hutton	5	4	0	60	2	16
RB Tony Fisher	5	5	0	106	3	21
WR Dwayne Cheung	4	2	0	10	0	14
WR Jesse Humphries	2	1	0	-1	0	13
WR Bryce Stephenson	1	1	0	14	0	2
RB Kyle Reaves	1	1	0	11	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Amos Humphries	2	3	1.50	3.30
QB Marty Wait	1	-1	-1.00	4.33
RB Ernest Lyle	1	0	0.00	0.60

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Tony Fisher	2	6	3.00	5.71
QB Dalton Kaplan	1	9	9.00	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Marty Wait	5	4	26	5.20	6.31

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dalton Kaplan	3	3	20	6.67	9.20

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Terrence Osorio	2	2	8	4.00	9.00
RB Ernest Lyle	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
TE Taylor Clemons	1	1	10	10.00	2.50
RB Brock Marsh	1	1	8	8.00	8.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dwayne Cheung	1	1	1	1.00	2.50
TE Corwin Abrams	1	1	1	1.00	7.67
WR J.T. Sloan	1	1	18	18.00	8.44

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
QB Marty Wait	1	0
RB Ernest Lyle	1	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
WR Nickolas Porter	1	1
RB Tony Fisher	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Marty Wait	12	7	7

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dalton Kaplan	12	10	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Chase Money	3	2	2
WR Jason Floyd	2	2	2
TE Taylor Clemons	2	1	1
TE Tyrone Polamalu	2	1	1
RB Ernest Lyle	1	0	0
WR Terrence Osorio	1	1	1
WR Erick Kramer	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Kyle Hutton	2	2	2
WR Nickolas Porter	2	2	2
RB Tony Fisher	2	2	1
TE Corwin Abrams	2	1	1
WR J.T. Sloan	2	1	1
WR Bryce Stephenson	1	1	0
WR Dwayne Cheung	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,000 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,700 (23,100)
End Zone 13,000 (16,700)
Mezzanine 8,000 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 11,800 (14,800)
Club Seats 7,500 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 2,000 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,000 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,700 (23,100)
End Zone	13,000 (16,700)
Mezzanine	8,000 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	11,800 (14,800)
Club Seats	7,500 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	2,000 (2,200)