Week 12, 2017

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

New England Patriots	3	7	7	21	-	38
Atlanta Falcons	0	10	3	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:42 NED - Charlie Flannery 47 field goal
2Q: 11:21 ATL - Skip Oukac 1 run (Irv Terry extra point)
2Q: 07:19 NED - Luke Gross 14 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 02:16 ATL - Irv Terry 34 field goal
3Q: 14:33 NED - Byron Lewis 89 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
3Q: 06:21 ATL - Irv Terry 33 field goal
4Q: 11:14 NED - Tony Lyons 85 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 05:28 NED - Byron Lewis 7 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 02:13 NED - Edwin Blair 2 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:42 NED - Charlie Flannery 47 field goal
2Q: 11:21 ATL - Skip Oukac 1 run (Irv Terry extra point)
2Q: 07:19 NED - Luke Gross 14 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 02:16 ATL - Irv Terry 34 field goal
3Q: 14:33 NED - Byron Lewis 89 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
3Q: 06:21 ATL - Irv Terry 33 field goal
4Q: 11:14 NED - Tony Lyons 85 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 05:28 NED - Byron Lewis 7 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 02:13 NED - Edwin Blair 2 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Team Statistics NED ATL
Record 7-4 6-5
First Downs 20 20
- by Rushing 8 5
- by Passing 12 14
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 454 281
- Offensive Plays 62 63
- Yards per Play 7.32 4.46
Net Rushing Yards 219 75
- Rushing Attempts 28 25
- Yards per Rush 7.82 3.00
Net Passing Yards 235 206
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 19 - 1 36 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 284 217
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6/49 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 6.91 5.42
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/14 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.1 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 2/10 5/30
Punt Returns/Yards 4/9 4/5
Kick Returns/Yards 2/29 4/119
Interception Ret./Yards 1/6 1/13
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 28
Time of Possession 30:18 29:42

Team Statistics	NED	ATL
Record	7-4	6-5
First Downs	20	20
- by Rushing	8	5
- by Passing	12	14
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	454	281
- Offensive Plays	62	63
- Yards per Play	7.32	4.46
Net Rushing Yards	219	75
- Rushing Attempts	28	25
- Yards per Rush	7.82	3.00
Net Passing Yards	235	206
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 19 - 1	36 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	284	217
- Sacks/Yards Lost	6/49	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	6.91	5.42
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/14	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.1	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	2/10	5/30
Punt Returns/Yards	4/9	4/5
Kick Returns/Yards	2/29	4/119
Interception Ret./Yards	1/6	1/13
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 28
Time of Possession	30:18	29:42

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:33	1:38	OWN 30	3	-1	Punt
1	10:58	3:24	OWN 40	7	30	Field Goal
1	5:19	3:17	OWN 13	6	20	Punt
2	11:11	3:59	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
2	2:11	1:55	OWN 20	7	7	Punt
3	15:00	0:46	OWN 11	1	89	Touchdown
3	12:12	2:34	OWN 22	5	25	Interception
3	6:14	0:29	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	4:16	2:37	OWN 24	5	31	Punt
4	12:52	1:58	OWN 4	4	96	Touchdown
4	9:45	4:25	OWN 38	7	62	Touchdown
4	4:13	2:07	OPP 25	6	25	Touchdown

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:27	OWN 29	3	-1	Punt
1	11:55	0:57	OWN 25	3	-2	Punt
1	7:34	2:15	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
1	2:02	5:51	OWN 36	11	64	Touchdown
2	7:12	5:01	OWN 32	9	51	Field Goal
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 26	1	-1	Half
3	14:14	2:02	OWN 20	4	12	Punt
3	9:38	3:24	OWN 42	8	42	Field Goal
3	5:45	1:29	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
3	1:39	3:47	OWN 9	7	43	Punt
4	10:54	1:09	OWN 47	2	0	Interception
4	5:20	1:07	OWN 20	4	5	Downs
4	2:06	2:06	OWN 20	5	38	Game

Game MVP: Byron Lewis, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Edwin Blair	17	61	3.59	16	3	1
Byron Lewis	10	154	15.40	89	2	2
Bernard Escalante	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Skip Oukac	13	19	1.46	8	0	1
Jackie Malone	7	42	6.00	18	2	0
Johnny Sanford	4	10	2.50	7	0	0
Bob McNally	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernard Escalante	28	19	284	6/49	2	85	1	109.8

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Johnny Sanford	36	23	217	2/11	0	22	1	68.9

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Roger Daniels	4	8	18	4.50	1	7	0
WR Luke Gross	4	4	55	13.75	11	18	1
WR Tony Lyons	4	8	160	40.00	81	85	1
WR Nathan Osborne	2	3	11	5.50	0	7	0
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Elton Kinney	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Ross Shannon	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Leland Norman	8	10	78	9.75	3	14
WR Randall Humphrey	5	9	73	14.60	0	22
RB Jackie Malone	4	5	32	8.00	16	13
FB Sean Loucks	2	2	7	3.50	1	4
RB Skip Oukac	2	2	10	5.00	10	10
RB Bob McNally	1	2	5	5.00	0	5
WR Brant Shaw	1	5	12	12.00	0	12
WR Marco Bensen	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Freddie Robak	1	6	6.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Seth Levine	1	13	13.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bernard Escalante	1	0	0
Van Perry	0	1	0
Luke Wayne	0	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Skip Oukac	1	0	0
Clay Wallenbrock	0	1	0
Damon Nash	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	5	220	44.0	43.0	51	1

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Nicky Bodenhemer	6	263	43.8	42.3	51	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	1/1	1/1	0/0	47	5/5

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Irv Terry	2/2	0/0	0/0	34	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edwin Blair	3	7	2.3	0
Donnell Crosland	1	2	2.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob McNally	4	5	1.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Earl Shimada	1	18	18.0	0
Dominic Goodwin	1	11	11.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matt Carhart	3	95	31.7	0
Bob McNally	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Luke Wayne	8	4	0.0	22	33
OLB Louis Downs	6	1	0.0	15	18
OLB Christian Howe	6	0	0.0	21	28
DE Kelvin Harbert	4	1	0.5	25	35
CB Freddie Robak	4	2	0.0	24	35
S Heath Hitchcock	3	2	0.0	20	36
DT Colin Bullock	3	2	0.0	16	29
CB Gene Levine	3	0	0.0	23	35
DE Kendrick Fox	2	2	1.0	23	35
CB Fernando Gildon	2	2	0.0	14	33
CB Dominic Goodwin	2	1	0.0	24	34
DE Alan Woodard	1	0	0.5	5	3
DT Vernon Garrett	1	3	0.0	23	31
DE Aaron Piccarreta	1	0	0.0	8	7
ILB Byron Crist	1	0	0.0	2	3
OLB Warren Pharms	1	0	0.0	2	3
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	0	---	---	---
S Earl Shimada	0	1	0.0	6	17

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Seth Levine	8	4	1.0	28	34
S Leslie Ramthun	8	4	0.0	25	34
OLB R.J. Myers	7	0	0.5	23	26
OLB Vernon Douglas	5	1	0.0	16	15
CB Jumbo Clayton	4	4	0.0	23	32
DT Korey Sinclair	3	0	2.0	23	28
DE Dusty Bronson	3	0	0.5	26	33
DE Kendall Hape	2	0	1.0	25	33
CB Damon Nash	2	0	1.0	27	34
S Preston Ackerman	2	2	0.0	18	26
DT Duane Jones	1	2	0.0	21	27
CB Fernando Singleton	1	1	0.0	13	23
S Quinn Crum	1	0	0.0	8	10
WR Randall Humphrey	1	0	---	---	---
DE Herman Long	1	0	0.0	2	2
OLB Alex Shook	0	1	0.0	3	2

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kendrick Fox	1.0	0	1	35
DE Kelvin Harbert	0.5	4	4	35
DE Alan Woodard	0.5	0	0	3

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Korey Sinclair	2.0	1	1	28
DE Kendall Hape	1.0	2	4	33
ILB Seth Levine	1.0	0	1	34
CB Damon Nash	1.0	0	0	34
DE Dusty Bronson	0.5	0	0	33
OLB R.J. Myers	0.5	0	0	26
DE Brent Compton	0.0	1	0	1

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Christian Howe	5	1	0	28
OLB Louis Downs	4	0	0	18
CB Gene Levine	3	0	0	35
S Heath Hitchcock	2	3	0	36
CB Freddie Robak	2	0	1	35
ILB Luke Wayne	2	0	0	33
CB Dominic Goodwin	2	0	0	34
CB Fernando Gildon	1	0	0	33
ILB Byron Crist	1	0	0	3
OLB Warren Pharms	1	0	0	3
DE Kelvin Harbert	0	1	0	35

Atlanta	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Seth Levine	4	1	34
OLB R.J. Myers	4	0	26
CB Jumbo Clayton	4	0	32
S Leslie Ramthun	3	0	34
DE Kendall Hape	1	0	33
CB Damon Nash	1	0	34
DE Herman Long	1	0	2
CB Fernando Singleton	1	0	23

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leonard Lytle	2	6	28	2	34
Van Perry	2	5	26	1	33
Jeremy Hibdon	2	3	11	1	21
Lenny Spindler	1	6	24	1	26
Gerald VanEck	1	2	23	1	27
Lee Attico	1	2	6	0	9
Damon Beede	1	2	17	0	13
Amos Duncan	0	1	6	0	8

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Isaac Whalen	3	7	24	1	31
Harvey Soltis	2	6	24	1	33
Clay Wallenbrock	1	5	25	0	38
Amos Webster	0	1	22	0	35
Daniel Baker	0	1	14	0	18
Junior Roush	0	1	24	0	38

Special Teams Statistics

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Earl Shimada	2	19
Nathan Osborne	1	20
Elton Kinney	1	17
Ross Shannon	1	15
Amos Duncan	1	12
Damon Beede	1	6
Roger Daniels	1	2
Fernando Gildon	0	25
Donnell Crosland	0	18
Darren McKnight	0	15
Tracy Raymond	0	12
Lewis Gredzinski	0	11
Byron Crist	0	10
Colin Bullock	0	8
Mo George	0	7
Gerald VanEck	0	6
Lee Attico	0	6
Wade Robbins	0	6
Freddie Robak	0	6
Dominic Goodwin	0	6
Alan Woodard	0	6
Teddy Rottinghaus	0	5
Robbie Burgess	0	5
Lenny Spindler	0	5
Edwin Blair	0	5
Warren Pharms	0	4
Christian Howe	0	3
Vernon Garrett	0	2
Heath Hitchcock	0	2
Kendrick Fox	0	2
Luke Wayne	0	2
Kelvin Harbert	0	2
Gene Levine	0	2
Juan Getson	0	1
Jeremy Hibdon	0	1
Charlie Flannery	0	1

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Dusty Sampson	5	17
Sean Loucks	1	5
Bob McNally	0	24
Jackie Malone	0	23
Clay Anderson	0	19
Daniel Baker	0	17
Brant Shaw	0	16
Marco Bensen	0	14
Quinn Crum	0	11
Vernon Douglas	0	11
Matt Carhart	0	11
Fernando Singleton	0	11
Harvey Soltis	0	8
Dixon Lofton	0	8
Nicky Bodenhemer	0	8
Eddie Newsome	0	8
Raymond Matos	0	8
Mike Wheeler	0	7
Damon Nash	0	7
Irv Terry	0	6
Herman Long	0	6
Leslie Ramthun	0	6
Jamie Lincoln	0	5
Malcolm Bartholomew	0	4
Brent Compton	0	3
Korey Sinclair	0	2
Randall Humphrey	0	2
Duane Jones	0	2
Preston Ackerman	0	1
Dusty Bronson	0	1
R.J. Myers	0	1
Kendall Hape	0	1
Seth Levine	0	1
Jumbo Clayton	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	86	6.1
Middle	11	23	2.1
Right	3	110	36.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	36	7.2
Middle	19	40	2.1
Right	0	0	0.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernard Escalante	28	19	3	3	1	0	4	6	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Johnny Sanford	36	23	1	2	1	5	4	5	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	24	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	5	25	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	89	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	146	20.9

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	25	6.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	8	52	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	10	118	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	22	2.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roger Daniels	8	4	0	18	0	22
WR Tony Lyons	8	4	1	160	3	25
WR Luke Gross	4	4	0	55	0	19
WR Nathan Osborne	3	2	0	11	0	14
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	1	0	8	0	16
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	0	6	0	5
TE Elton Kinney	1	1	0	1	0	3
TE Ross Shannon	1	1	0	12	0	9
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	1	0	13	0	15

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Leland Norman	10	8	1	78	0	30
WR Randall Humphrey	9	5	0	73	1	26
WR Brant Shaw	5	1	0	12	0	16
RB Jackie Malone	5	4	0	32	0	19
RB Bob McNally	2	1	0	5	0	5
FB Sean Loucks	2	2	0	7	0	18
RB Skip Oukac	2	2	0	10	0	20
WR Marco Bensen	1	0	0	0	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Edwin Blair	5	11	2.20	3.59
Byron Lewis	1	7	7.00	15.40

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Skip Oukac	4	-3	-0.75	1.46
Jackie Malone	3	18	6.00	6.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernard Escalante	1	1	14	14.00	10.14

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Johnny Sanford	3	1	10	3.33	6.03

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Luke Gross	1	1	14	14.00	13.75

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Randall Humphrey	2	0	0	0.00	8.11
WR Leland Norman	1	1	10	10.00	7.80

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Edwin Blair	3	2
Byron Lewis	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Jackie Malone	1	1
Skip Oukac	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	7	5	5

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Johnny Sanford	11	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roger Daniels	4	3	3
WR Tony Lyons	2	1	1
WR Luke Gross	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Randall Humphrey	3	1	1
RB Bob McNally	2	1	1
RB Jackie Malone	2	1	0
WR Leland Norman	2	1	0
FB Sean Loucks	1	1	0
WR Marco Bensen	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,500 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,300 (22,200)
End Zone 11,600 (16,000)
Mezzanine 6,600 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 9,800 (14,100)
Club Seats 3,400 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,500 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,300 (22,200)
End Zone	11,600 (16,000)
Mezzanine	6,600 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	9,800 (14,100)
Club Seats	3,400 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (5,000)