Coverage: CBS
1:00 PM ET, September 30, 2012
Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo, NY
Top Performers
Passing: R. Fitzpatrick (BUF) - 350 YDS, 4 TD, 4 INT
Rushing: B. Bolden (NE) - 16 CAR, 137 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: W. Welker (NE) - 9 REC, 129 YDS
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | NE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 06:49 | Stevan Ridley 6 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | NE | BUF | |||
| TD | 09:43 | Scott Chandler 24 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell Kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| TD | 03:30 | Scott Chandler 20 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell Kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | NE | BUF | |||
| TD | 11:08 | Donald Jones 68 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell Kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| TD | 08:10 | Danny Woodhead 17 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| TD | 03:53 | Tom Brady 4 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 21 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | NE | BUF | |||
| TD | 14:55 | Rob Gronkowski 28 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 28 | 21 | |
| TD | 11:42 | Stevan Ridley 2 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 35 | 21 | |
| TD | 10:29 | Brandon Bolden 7 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 42 | 21 | |
| TD | 06:32 | Brad Smith 35 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell Kick) | 42 | 28 | |
| TD | 04:02 | Brandon Lloyd 25 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 49 | 28 | |
| FG | 01:56 | Stephen Gostkowski 30 Yd | 52 | 28 | |
Team Stat Comparison
NE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 33 | 19 |
Passing 1st downs | 13 | 15 |
Rushing 1st downs | 19 | 4 |
1st downs from Penalties | 1 | 0 |
3rd down efficiency | 4-11 | 8-15 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 77 | 69 |
| Total Yards | 580 | 438 |
| Yards per play | 7.5 | 6.3 |
| Total Drives | 16 | 16 |
| Passing | 333 | 340 |
Comp - Att | 22-36 | 22-39 |
Yards per pass | 9.3 | 8.7 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 4 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-7 | 3-10 |
| Rushing | 247 | 98 |
Rushing Attempts | 40 | 27 |
Yards per rush | 6.2 | 3.6 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 5-6 | 0-1 |
| Penalties | 1-10 | 3-17 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 6 |
Fumbles lost | 2 | 2 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 4 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 30:47 | 29:13 |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 22/36 | 340 | 9.4 | 3 | 0 | 1-7 | 96.5 | 120.1 |
| Team | 22/36 | 333 | 9.3 | 3 | 0 | 1-7 | -- | -- |
| Buffalo Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 22/39 | 350 | 9.0 | 4 | 4 | 3-10 | 59.1 | 81.1 |
| Team | 22/39 | 340 | 8.7 | 4 | 4 | 3-10 | -- | -- |
| Buffalo Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| C. Spiller | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | 14 | |
| F. Jackson | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 0 | 11 | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| T. Choice | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| J. White | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Team | 27 | 98 | 3.6 | 0 | 14 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| W. Welker | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | |
| R. Gronkowski | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 1 | 41 | 11 | |
| B. Lloyd | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | 25 | 7 | |
| D. Woodhead | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | |
| D. Fells | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| B. Bolden | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| S. Vereen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Team | 22 | 340 | 15.5 | 3 | 41 | 36 | |
| Buffalo Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| D. Jones | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 1 | 68 | 3 | |
| S. Chandler | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 2 | 24 | 8 | |
| F. Jackson | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| B. Smith | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 1 | 35 | 2 | |
| D. Dickerson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| T. Graham | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | |
| S. Johnson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 16 | 10 | |
| C. Spiller | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| T. Choice | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Team | 22 | 350 | 15.9 | 4 | 68 | 39 | |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| W. Welker | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Gronkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Ridley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Buffalo Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Spiller | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| T. Wilson | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| J. Mayo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 56 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| R. Ninkovich | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Mayo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jones | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wilson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Hightower | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Love | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ridley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Wendell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Dowling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gronkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ebner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 62 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Buffalo Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| N. Barnett | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Scott | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Wilson | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gilmore | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Rogers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Williams | 5 | 3 | .5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Carrington | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Dareus | 3 | 0 | .5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Searcy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Anderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Moats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Graham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Pears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Sheppard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 90 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Buffalo Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| L. McKelvin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| New England Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| W. Welker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 1/3 | 33.3 | 30 | 7/7 | 10 |
| Team | 1/3 | 33.3 | 30 | 7/7 | 10 |
| Buffalo Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| R. Lindell | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 4/4 | 4 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 4/4 | 4 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | 3 | 49 |
| Team | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | 3 | 49 |
| Buffalo Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| S. Powell | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
| Team | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
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