Week 17, 2072

played in Buffalo, NY

23 degrees, snow, 18 mph wind

New England Patriots	7	7	7	3	-	24
Buffalo Bills	7	7	0	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:14 NED - J.R. Issa 19 pass from Ken Hoover (Harold Crane extra point)
1Q: 05:07 BUF - Conrad Schneider 18 run (Gustavo Dzwonczyk extra point)
2Q: 11:05 BUF - Caleb Bellando 63 punt return (Gustavo Dzwonczyk extra point)
2Q: 01:26 NED - Ken Hoover 2 run (Harold Crane extra point)
3Q: 07:01 NED - Erick Monroe 26 pass from Ken Hoover (Harold Crane extra point)
4Q: 02:19 NED - Harold Crane 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:14 NED - J.R. Issa 19 pass from Ken Hoover (Harold Crane extra point)
1Q: 05:07 BUF - Conrad Schneider 18 run (Gustavo Dzwonczyk extra point)
2Q: 11:05 BUF - Caleb Bellando 63 punt return (Gustavo Dzwonczyk extra point)
2Q: 01:26 NED - Ken Hoover 2 run (Harold Crane extra point)
3Q: 07:01 NED - Erick Monroe 26 pass from Ken Hoover (Harold Crane extra point)
4Q: 02:19 NED - Harold Crane 38 field goal

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 11-5 6-9-1
First Downs 18 14
- by Rushing 8 6
- by Passing 9 7
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 347 273
- Offensive Plays 63 59
- Yards per Play 5.51 4.63
Net Rushing Yards 142 149
- Rushing Attempts 31 31
- Yards per Rush 4.58 4.81
Net Passing Yards 205 124
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 25 - 1 25 - 13 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 224 141
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/19 3/17
- Yards per Pass Play 6.41 4.43
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 4/3
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.7 9.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/35 4/45
Punt Returns/Yards 4/18 3/74
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/21
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/41
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 33:37 26:23

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	11-5	6-9-1
First Downs	18	14
- by Rushing	8	6
- by Passing	9	7
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	347	273
- Offensive Plays	63	59
- Yards per Play	5.51	4.63
Net Rushing Yards	142	149
- Rushing Attempts	31	31
- Yards per Rush	4.58	4.81
Net Passing Yards	205	124
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 25 - 1	25 - 13 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	224	141
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/19	3/17
- Yards per Pass Play	6.41	4.43
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	4/3
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.7	9.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/35	4/45
Punt Returns/Yards	4/18	3/74
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/21
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/41
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 25
Time of Possession	33:37	26:23

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:55	OWN 25	3	75	Touchdown
1	12:26	3:00	OWN 23	4	21	Punt
1	4:52	3:18	OWN 25	7	23	Punt
2	12:57	2:01	OWN 10	3	8	Punt
2	10:56	2:38	OWN 25	4	38	Punt
2	6:38	2:08	OWN 35	4	22	Interception
2	3:54	1:54	OWN 26	3	9	Punt
2	1:53	0:35	OPP 25	2	25	Touchdown
2	0:02	0:02	OWN 41	1	3	Half
3	13:51	7:00	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown
3	3:39	2:24	OWN 30	3	-5	Punt
4	13:08	1:35	OWN 15	3	3	Punt
4	10:25	4:00	OWN 12	7	39	Punt
4	2:50	0:37	OPP 30	3	9	Field Goal
4	0:53	0:53	OWN 26	2	-2	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:05	1:39	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
1	9:26	4:34	OWN 7	9	93	Touchdown
1	1:34	3:37	OWN 4	7	35	Punt
2	8:18	1:40	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
2	4:30	0:36	OPP 20	2	-6	Fumble
2	2:00	0:07	OWN 23	1	2	Fumble
2	1:18	1:16	OWN 14	3	-4	Punt
3	15:00	1:09	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
3	6:51	3:12	OWN 30	6	40	Fumble
3	1:15	3:07	OWN 22	5	20	Punt
4	11:33	1:08	OWN 49	3	-4	Punt
4	6:25	3:35	OWN 1	9	29	Downs
4	2:13	1:20	OWN 25	5	56	Missed FG

Game MVP: Ken Hoover, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Rodolfo Ogden	14	50	3.57	12	1	0
RB Alfred Castroll	9	18	2.00	10	1	0
QB Ken Hoover	6	17	2.83	8	0	1
WR Logan Alexander	2	57	28.50	56	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Conrad Schneider	18	55	3.06	18	2	1
QB Garrett Wolf	6	79	13.17	38	3	0
RB Marvin Howard	5	5	1.00	9	0	0
RB Wesley Clark	2	10	5.00	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken Hoover	29	25	224	3/19	2	34	1	107.5

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Garrett Wolf	25	13	141	3/17	0	37	0	68.9

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Erick Monroe	6	8	45	7.50	25	26	1
WR J.R. Issa	5	5	52	10.40	9	19	1
TE Axel Melino	5	6	59	11.80	24	34	0
WR Orlando Tylski	3	3	55	18.33	1	23	0
RB Rodolfo Ogden	2	2	9	4.50	0	6	0
WR Ruben Patton	2	2	3	1.50	0	4	0
RB Alfred Castroll	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Alec Dauber	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Corbin Montgomery	4	5	26	6.50	17	11
TE Dalton Wilkes	3	3	32	10.67	0	13
WR Nicholas McIntyre	2	2	23	11.50	0	20
WR Nick Hartwig	1	5	11	11.00	0	11
RB Conrad Schneider	1	4	3	3.00	0	3
FB Wayne Legge	1	1	9	9.00	7	9
WR Weston Nybo	1	3	37	37.00	30	37
WR Matt King	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Marvin Howard	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Sky Dog Nixon	1	41	41.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Recov	Force
DE T.J. Wells	1	1
DT Rodolfo Burks	1	0
DT Fernando Mitchell	1	0
ILB Brendan Lindsay	0	1
OLB Emmanuel Battle	0	1
DE Jeff McClintock	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov
QB Garrett Wolf	3	0
RB Conrad Schneider	1	0
C Ronald Williams	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Moe Simonson	8	366	45.8	36.3	53	4

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shawn Hopper	7	340	48.6	46.0	61	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Harold Crane	1/1	0/0	0/0	38	3/3

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gustavo Dzwonczyk	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edward Ellis	4	18	4.5	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Caleb Bellando	3	74	24.7	1

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matt King	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Fernando Mitchell	6	1	0.0	25	16
OLB Emmanuel Battle	6	1	0.0	27	17
S Joey Stuvaints	4	2	0.0	30	28
DE Jeff McClintock	3	1	1.0	22	14
DT Richard Rochon	3	0	1.0	7	12
CB Tevin Sampson	3	3	0.0	30	27
CB Edward Ellis	3	1	0.0	30	26
S Andrew McIntyre	3	1	0.0	27	16
CB James Adler	3	0	0.0	19	22
S Norm Giles	3	0	0.0	9	15
ILB Brendan Lindsay	2	2	0.0	19	23
DT Rodolfo Burks	2	1	0.0	28	28
DE Pete Barnes	1	1	0.5	24	24
DE T.J. Wells	1	0	0.5	10	7
G Cornelius Terry	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Eli Mathis	1	0	0.0	10	5
OLB Bo Brothers	1	0	0.0	13	16

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Eddie Stenstrom	8	1	0.0	31	32
CB Caleb Bellando	8	1	0.0	29	32
OLB Leo Keck	7	1	2.0	31	32
S Tanner Lewis	7	1	0.0	20	19
CB Rob Anthony	5	0	0.0	21	20
ILB Tracy Reynolds	4	2	0.0	27	32
S Caleb Santagate	4	1	0.0	23	27
OLB Isaac Dunn	4	0	0.0	9	8
CB Sky Dog Nixon	3	1	0.0	22	27
DE Cesar Auyeung	1	1	1.0	19	20
DE Quentin Irwin	1	1	0.0	14	11
ILB Robbie Dillon	1	0	0.0	3	4
DT Doug Givens	1	0	0.0	10	4
CB Devan Bish	0	1	0.0	10	5
DT Elias Nykolaiszyn	0	1	0.0	18	23

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jeff McClintock	1.0	0	4	1	14
DT Richard Rochon	1.0	0	0	1	12
DE T.J. Wells	0.5	1	0	1	7
DE Pete Barnes	0.5	0	0	0	24
DT Fernando Mitchell	0.0	1	0	0	16
DT Rodolfo Burks	0.0	0	1	0	28
DE Cory Mendez	0.0	0	1	0	11

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Leo Keck	2.0	1	0	32
DE Cesar Auyeung	1.0	0	1	20
DE J.J. Brewer	0.0	1	2	32
ILB Tracy Reynolds	0.0	0	1	32

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB James Adler	3	0	22
S Joey Stuvaints	2	1	28
S Norm Giles	2	0	15
CB Edward Ellis	1	0	26
ILB Brendan Lindsay	1	0	23
OLB Emmanuel Battle	1	0	17
CB Tevin Sampson	1	0	27
DE Jeff McClintock	1	0	14
OLB Bo Brothers	1	0	16
S Andrew McIntyre	0	1	16

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Eddie Stenstrom	5	0	0	32
CB Rob Anthony	5	0	0	20
CB Caleb Bellando	4	0	0	32
CB Sky Dog Nixon	3	0	1	27
S Tanner Lewis	3	0	0	19
ILB Tracy Reynolds	2	1	0	32
OLB Leo Keck	2	0	0	32
OLB Isaac Dunn	1	0	0	8

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Sedrick Hancuff	3	7	31	0	32
G Cornelius Terry	2	7	31	0	32
T Gerald Nkwenti	2	3	31	0	32
G Brett Austin	1	5	31	2	32
T Rodney Richmond	1	3	31	1	32

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Ronald Williams	4	5	31	0	28
G Leslie Eriksen	2	9	31	1	28
T Philip Dawson	1	2	31	0	28
G O.J. Van Dam	0	7	31	1	28
T Edward Foley	0	2	31	1	28

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Edward Ellis	2	24
Eli Mathis	1	23

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Sky Dog Nixon	3	24
Conrad Schneider	1	16

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Edward Ellis	---	---	30	26	24	80
DT Rodolfo Burks	---	---	28	28	24	80
T Rodney Richmond	31	32	---	---	9	72
T Gerald Nkwenti	31	32	---	---	9	72
G Cornelius Terry	31	32	---	---	9	72
G Brett Austin	31	32	---	---	9	72
TE Erick Monroe	29	29	---	---	9	67
C Sedrick Hancuff	31	32	---	---	---	63
QB Ken Hoover	31	32	---	---	---	63
RB Rodolfo Ogden	18	21	---	---	24	63
S Joey Stuvaints	---	---	30	28	1	59
CB Tevin Sampson	---	---	30	27	1	58
WR Orlando Tylski	24	26	---	---	---	50
ILB Brendan Lindsay	---	---	19	23	8	50
CB James Adler	---	---	19	22	8	49
TE Axel Melino	8	17	---	---	24	49
DE Pete Barnes	---	---	24	24	1	49
WR Ruben Patton	15	15	---	---	16	46
WR J.R. Issa	23	21	---	---	---	44
OLB Emmanuel Battle	---	---	27	17	---	44
S Andrew McIntyre	---	---	27	16	---	43
DT Fernando Mitchell	---	---	25	16	---	41
S Norm Giles	---	---	9	15	16	40
ILB Eli Mathis	---	---	10	5	23	38
DE Jeff McClintock	---	---	22	14	---	36
RB Alfred Castroll	19	11	---	---	---	30
OLB Bo Brothers	---	---	13	16	1	30
WR Alec Dauber	12	13	---	---	---	25
DE T.J. Wells	---	---	10	7	7	24
DT Richard Rochon	---	---	7	12	1	20
DE Cory Mendez	---	---	6	11	1	18
DT Logan Davis	---	---	0	0	15	15
WR Logan Alexander	3	0	---	---	8	11
TE Jeffrey Sutter	2	5	---	---	3	10
C Brant Ross	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Moe Simonson	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Harold Crane	0	0	---	---	6	6
RB Garrett Irwin	2	2	---	---	---	4
S Efrain Dakis	---	---	1	1	---	2
ILB Randy Bell	---	---	2	0	---	2
DT Bryce Hoover	---	---	2	0	---	2
T Byron Reeves	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Isaac Pearl	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Donny Anglin	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Tony Guthrie	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Corbin Kosier	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
ILB Tracy Reynolds	---	---	27	32	14	73
CB Sky Dog Nixon	---	---	22	27	24	73
CB Caleb Bellando	---	---	29	32	12	73
G O.J. Van Dam	31	28	---	---	8	67
T Edward Foley	31	28	---	---	8	67
T Philip Dawson	31	28	---	---	8	67
G Leslie Eriksen	31	28	---	---	8	67
C Ronald Williams	31	28	---	---	7	66
DE J.J. Brewer	---	---	25	32	9	66
OLB Leo Keck	---	---	31	32	1	64
OLB Eddie Stenstrom	---	---	31	32	1	64
RB Conrad Schneider	24	23	---	---	16	63
QB Garrett Wolf	31	28	---	---	---	59
WR Nick Hartwig	27	27	---	---	1	55
S Caleb Santagate	---	---	23	27	1	51
TE Dalton Wilkes	28	23	---	---	---	51
CB Rob Anthony	---	---	21	20	8	49
WR Weston Nybo	25	20	---	---	---	45
DT Elias Nykolaiszyn	---	---	18	23	1	42
OLB Isaac Dunn	---	---	9	8	24	41
S Tanner Lewis	---	---	20	19	---	39
DE Cesar Auyeung	---	---	19	20	---	39
WR Matt King	17	13	---	---	8	38
FB Wayne Legge	9	5	---	---	24	38
S Stan Swillis	---	---	18	18	1	37
TE Ramon Anthony	3	5	---	---	24	32
CB Devan Bish	---	---	10	5	16	31
WR Nicholas McIntyre	5	7	---	---	17	29
DE Quentin Irwin	---	---	14	11	1	26
TE Corbin Montgomery	10	14	---	---	---	24
DT Doug Givens	---	---	10	4	8	22
RB Marvin Howard	5	3	---	---	6	14
DT Brayden Rzentkowski	---	---	7	6	---	13
P Shawn Hopper	0	0	---	---	8	8
ILB Robbie Dillon	---	---	3	4	---	7
K Gustavo Dzwonczyk	0	0	---	---	4	4
RB Wesley Clark	2	0	---	---	2	4
WR Harold Hill	0	0	---	---	4	4
CB Jalen Monroe	---	---	3	0	---	3
C Roosevelt Alcott	0	0	---	---	1	1
DE Sammie Durham	---	---	1	0	---	1
QB Hardy Tatum	0	0	---	---	---	0
TE Gene Jennings	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Artie Hernandez	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Dixon Lane	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Kerry Lynch	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	63	12.6
Middle	19	86	4.5
Right	5	-5	-1.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	8	2.0
Middle	18	83	4.6
Right	9	58	6.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken Hoover	29	25	5	0	0	1	2	4	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Garrett Wolf	25	13	2	1	1	2	6	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	35	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	11	29	2.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	91	11.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	3	69	23.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	97	6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	1	11	3.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	33	6.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Erick Monroe	8	6	45	1	29
TE Axel Melino	6	5	59	2	17
WR J.R. Issa	5	5	52	0	21
WR Orlando Tylski	3	3	55	2	26
RB Rodolfo Ogden	2	2	9	0	21
WR Alec Dauber	2	1	-1	0	13
WR Ruben Patton	2	2	3	0	15
RB Alfred Castroll	1	1	2	0	11

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nick Hartwig	5	1	0	11	0	27
TE Corbin Montgomery	5	4	1	26	0	14
RB Conrad Schneider	4	1	0	3	0	23
WR Weston Nybo	3	1	0	37	1	20
TE Dalton Wilkes	3	3	0	32	0	23
WR Nicholas McIntyre	2	2	0	23	1	7
WR Matt King	1	0	0	0	0	13
RB Marvin Howard	1	0	0	0	0	3
FB Wayne Legge	1	1	0	9	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Ken Hoover	1	2	2.00	2.83
RB Rodolfo Ogden	1	-7	-7.00	3.57

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Conrad Schneider	2	20	10.00	3.06

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken Hoover	2	1	19	9.50	7.72

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR J.R. Issa	1	1	19	19.00	10.40
WR Alec Dauber	1	0	0	0.00	-0.50

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Rodolfo Ogden	4	2
QB Ken Hoover	3	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
QB Garrett Wolf	2	1
RB Marvin Howard	1	0
RB Conrad Schneider	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken Hoover	7	6	2

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Garrett Wolf	9	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Erick Monroe	3	2	1
WR Orlando Tylski	1	1	1
WR J.R. Issa	1	1	0
RB Rodolfo Ogden	1	1	0
WR Alec Dauber	1	1	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Nick Hartwig	3	0	0
WR Nicholas McIntyre	1	1	1
WR Matt King	1	0	0
RB Conrad Schneider	1	1	0
FB Wayne Legge	1	1	1
WR Weston Nybo	1	1	1
TE Dalton Wilkes	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 95,000 (95,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 23,500 (23,500)
End Zone 16,900 (16,900)
Mezzanine 9,800 (9,800)
Sideline Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	95,000 (95,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	23,500 (23,500)
End Zone	16,900 (16,900)
Mezzanine	9,800 (9,800)
Sideline Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)