Coverage: CBS
1:00 PM ET, November 11, 2012
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Top Performers
Passing: R. Fitzpatrick (BUF) - 337 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: S. Ridley (NE) - 22 CAR, 98 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: S. Johnson (BUF) - 6 REC, 86 YDS
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | BUF | NE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 06:04 | Stephen Gostkowski 43 Yd | 0 | 3 | |
| TD | 03:54 | Stevan Ridley 1 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | BUF | NE | |||
| FG | 12:07 | Rian Lindell 41 Yd | 3 | 10 | |
| TD | 09:09 | Danny Woodhead 15 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 3 | 17 | |
| TD | 06:03 | Fred Jackson 14 Yd Run (Rian Lindell Kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| TD | 03:54 | Rob Gronkowski 2 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 10 | 24 | |
| TD | 00:31 | Scott Chandler 3 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell Kick) | 17 | 24 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | BUF | NE | |||
| TD | 07:06 | Danny Woodhead 18 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 17 | 31 | |
| TD | 01:37 | Fred Jackson 1 Yd Run (Rian Lindell Kick) | 24 | 31 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | BUF | NE | |||
| FG | 14:10 | Stephen Gostkowski 48 Yd | 24 | 34 | |
| TD | 07:47 | Donald Jones 2 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell Kick) | 31 | 34 | |
| FG | 02:06 | Stephen Gostkowski 27 Yd | 31 | 37 | |
Team Stat Comparison
BUF | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 35 | 27 |
Passing 1st downs | 20 | 14 |
Rushing 1st downs | 11 | 8 |
1st downs from Penalties | 4 | 5 |
3rd down efficiency | 7-11 | 7-12 |
4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 71 | 68 |
| Total Yards | 481 | 347 |
| Yards per play | 6.8 | 5.1 |
| Total Drives | 10 | 11 |
| Passing | 319 | 230 |
Comp - Att | 27-40 | 23-38 |
Yards per pass | 8.0 | 6.1 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 3-18 | 1-7 |
| Rushing | 162 | 117 |
Rushing Attempts | 28 | 29 |
Yards per rush | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 4-7 | 4-5 |
| Penalties | 14-148 | 7-73 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 33:50 | 26:10 |
| Buffalo Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 27/40 | 337 | 8.4 | 2 | 1 | 3-18 | 53.0 | 99.7 |
| Team | 27/40 | 319 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 3-18 | -- | -- |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 23/38 | 237 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 1-7 | 87.5 | 96.1 |
| Team | 23/38 | 230 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 1-7 | -- | -- |
| Buffalo Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| F. Jackson | 16 | 80 | 5.0 | 2 | 14 | |
| C. Spiller | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Team | 28 | 162 | 5.8 | 2 | 14 | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| S. Ridley | 22 | 98 | 4.5 | 1 | 24 | |
| D. Woodhead | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 15 | |
| S. Vereen | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| T. Brady | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 29 | 117 | 4.0 | 2 | 24 | |
| Buffalo Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| S. Johnson | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | |
| D. Jones | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | |
| S. Chandler | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | |
| C. Spiller | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |
| F. Jackson | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| T. Graham | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| L. Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| B. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 27 | 337 | 12.5 | 2 | 25 | 40 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| W. Welker | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 0 | 23 | 11 | |
| D. Woodhead | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 1 | 18 | 6 | |
| B. Lloyd | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| R. Gronkowski | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |
| D. Branch | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |
| S. Vereen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| S. Ridley | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| M. Hoomanawanui | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 23 | 237 | 10.3 | 2 | 24 | 38 | |
| Buffalo Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| F. Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Wood | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| J. Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Arrington | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| S. Gilmore | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Barnett | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Rogers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Dareus | 5 | 4 | .5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Wilson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. McKelvin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Scott | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Brooks | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Searcy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Williams | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Moore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Carrington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Williams | 2 | 1 | .5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| S. Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Levitre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. McIntyre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Moats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 65 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Mayo | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Dennard | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Hightower | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ebner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Love | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 69 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Buffalo Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| L. McKelvin | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| B. Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
| J. Edelman | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 32 | 0 |
| New England Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Edelman | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Buffalo Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| R. Lindell | 1/1 | 100.0 | 41 | 4/4 | 7 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 41 | 4/4 | 7 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 3/3 | 100.0 | 48 | 4/4 | 13 |
| Team | 3/3 | 100.0 | 48 | 4/4 | 13 |
| Buffalo Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| S. Powell | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Team | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Team | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
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