National Football League
BOXSCORE
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| RECAP
New England 37,
Buffalo 16
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 24, 2017
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 35°
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 65878
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 35°
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 65878
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Buffalo | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| New England | 0 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 5:30 | ||
| Buffalo | FG |
New England 0 - Buffalo 3 Stephen Hauschka 41 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 14:14 | ||
| New England | FG |
New England 3 - Buffalo 3 Stephen Gostkowski 21 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 10:28 | ||
| Buffalo | TD |
New England 3 - Buffalo 10 Jordan Poyer 19 yd. interception return (Stephen Hauschka kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 7:06 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 10 - Buffalo 10 Rob Gronkowski 17 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 1:55 | ||
| New England | FG |
New England 13 - Buffalo 10 Stephen Gostkowski 40 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:00 | ||
| Buffalo | FG |
New England 13 - Buffalo 13 Stephen Hauschka 23 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 10:21 | ||
| Buffalo | FG |
New England 13 - Buffalo 16 Stephen Hauschka 30 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 5:08 | ||
| New England | FG |
New England 16 - Buffalo 16 Stephen Gostkowski 34 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 0:55 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 23 - Buffalo 16 Mike Gillislee 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 9:27 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 30 - Buffalo 16 Dion Lewis 12 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 3:58 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 37 - Buffalo 16 Dion Lewis 4 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Buffalo | New England | |
| 1st Downs | 17 | 28 |
| Rushing | 4 | 13 |
| Passing | 12 | 13 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 8-17 | 5-11 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| Punts-Average | 3-48.0 | 1-44.0 |
| Return Yards | 51 | 62 |
| Punts-Returns | 0-0 | 2-19 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 2-32 | 2-43 |
| Int - Returns | 1-19 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 4-83 | 2-10 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Time of Possession | 28:16 | 31:44 |
| Total Net Yards | 326 | 411 |
| Total Plays | 68 | 68 |
| Average Gain | 4.8 | 6.0 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 84 | 193 |
| Rushes | 24 | 38 |
| Average/Rush | 3.5 | 5.1 |
| Net Yards Passing | 242 | 218 |
| Comp-Att | 21-38 | 21-28 |
| Yards/Pass | 5.5 | 7.3 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 6-39 | 2-6 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 1 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Rushing | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 1-1 | 4-4 |
| Field Goals | 3-4 | 3-3 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 0-4-0% | 4-6-67% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 0-2-0% | 2-2-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Buffalo Bills
(8-7)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| T. Taylor | 21/38 | 281 | 0 | 0 |
New England Patriots
(12-3)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| T. Brady | 21/28 | 224 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| L. McCoy | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 0 | 18 |
| T. Taylor | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Cadet | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Tolbert | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Lewis | 24 | 129 | 5.4 | 1 | 16 |
| M. Gillislee | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | 12 |
| B. Bolden | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 |
| T. Brady | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 |
| B. Cooks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Hollister | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Hoyer | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Thompson | 5 | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 0 | 46 |
| L. McCoy | 7 | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 0 | 39 |
| K. Benjamin | 7 | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 0 | 35 |
| C. Clay | 10 | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 0 | 15 |
| M. Tolbert | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| B. Tate | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Cadet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. O'Leary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. DiMarco | 1 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | -8 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| R. Gronkowski | 7 | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 1 | 18 |
| D. Amendola | 3 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 13 |
| D. Allen | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 22 |
| D. Lewis | 5 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 1 | 12 |
| P. Dorsett | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
| B. Cooks | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 |
| K. Britt | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| M. Gillislee | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| J. Hollister | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| J. Poyer | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| K. Williams | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| J. Hughes | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| M. Flowers | 2.5 | 7.0 |
| D. Wise | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| M. Brown | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| M. Butler | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| P. Brown | 10 | 5 |
| S. Wright | 7 | 2 |
| T. White | 3 | 2 |
| L. Johnson | 2 | 1 |
| L. Alexander | 2 | 1 |
| K. Williams | 2 | 2 |
| R. Humber | 2 | 3 |
| J. Poyer | 2 | 4 |
| M. Hyde | 2 | 4 |
| J. Hughes | 1 | 0 |
| D. Coleman | 1 | 0 |
| R. Davis | 1 | 0 |
| A. Washington | 1 | 1 |
| C. Thornton | 1 | 1 |
| M. Milano | 1 | 4 |
| E. Yarbrough | 0 | 1 |
| C. Capi | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| T. Flowers | 7 | 1 |
| S. Gilmore | 5 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 5 | 1 |
| M. Flowers | 5 | 5 |
| P. Chung | 4 | 2 |
| M. Butler | 3 | 0 |
| M. Brown | 3 | 3 |
| E. Roberts | 2 | 4 |
| J. Richards | 1 | 0 |
| L. Guy | 1 | 0 |
| D. Wise | 1 | 1 |
| D. Harmon | 1 | 1 |
| R. Jean Francois | 0 | 1 |
| E. Lee | 0 | 3 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| P. Brown | 2.0 |
| K. Williams | 1.0 |
| T. White | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| T. Flowers | 3.0 |
| M. Flowers | 3.0 |
| M. Brown | 1.0 |
| D. Wise | 1.0 |
| L. Guy | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| T. Taylor | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |