National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 37, Buffalo 16
Sunday, December 24, 2017 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 24, 2017
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 35°
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 65878
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 3103016
New England 013101437
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
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
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
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Poyer 1 19 1
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Williams 1.0 6.0
J. Hughes 1.0 0.0
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
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Taylor 1
New England Patriots (12-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 21/28 224 2 1
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
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
No interceptions
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
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
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles