NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Vs NEW YORK JETS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (12-2) Vs
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REGULAR SEASON WEEK 16 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs NEW YORK JETS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (12-2) vs. NEW YORK JETS (4-10) TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016 • Gillette Stadium (66,829) • 1:00 p.m. ET 2:30 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) The New England Patriots secured their NFL-record eighth consecutive AFC East Title 4:00 p.m. Todd Bowles Conference Call and a first-round bye for the seventh straight season following the 16-3 win at Denver last Sunday. The Patriots can clinch the first seed in the playoff field and home-field advantage WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 throughout the playoffs if they win their last two games or if they win one of the last two 8:15 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and games combined with a loss by the Oakland Raiders. Media Workroom Opens This Saturday, the Patriots will attempt to sweep the New York Jets for the 17th time and 9:00-9:15 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference reach 13 wins for the sixth time in team history. 12:00-12:45 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) Tom Brady Media Availability BROADCAST INFORMATION Devin McCourty Media Availability Approx. 1:05 p.m. Media Availability at Practice TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen locally on WBZ-TV 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Jets Player Conference Call Channel 4 in Boston. Ian Eagle will handle play-by-play duties with Dan Fouts as the color analyst. Evan Washburn will work the sidelines. The game will be produced by Mark Wolff THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 and directed by Bob Fishman. 8:30 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and Media Workroom Opens LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Net- 9:15 am.-9:30 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference work. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quar- Approx. 11:35 a.m. Media Availability at Practice terback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. Produced by Marc Cappello. Approx. 1:30 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 No Media Availability PATS SET NFL MARK WITH 8TH STRAIGHT TITLE The Patriots became the first NFL team ever to win eight straight division titles. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 1:00 p.m. Patriots vs. N.Y. Jets MOST CONSECUTIVE DIVISION TITLES Team Division Titles Years SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25 New England Patriots AFC East 8 2009-16 Merry Christmas Los Angeles Rams NFC West 7 1973-79 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC Central 6 1974-79 2016 patriots schedule Minnesota Vikings NFC Central 6 1973-78 REGULAR SEASON (12-2) Dallas Cowboys NFL Capitol/NFC East 6 1966-71 Sun., Sept. 11 at Arizona 23-21 W Cleveland Browns American/Eastern Conf. 6 1950-55 Sun., Sept. 18 Miami 31-24 W Thu., Sept. 22 Houston 27-0 W Sun., Oct. 2 Buffalo 0-16 L Sun., Oct. 9 at Cleveland 33-13 W Sun., Oct. 16 Cincinnati 35-17 W Week 16 highlights Sun., Oct. 23 at Pittsburgh 27-16 W Sun., Oct. 30 at Buffalo 41-25 W PAGE 23: Get into the holiday spirit with a look back at Patriots Sun., Nov. 6 BYE WEEK Christmas Eve games. Sun., Nov. 13 Seattle 24-31 L PAGE 26: New England is seeking its 23rd undefeated month in Sun., Nov. 20 at San Francisco 30-17 W franchise history. Sun., Nov. 27 at N.Y. Jets 22-17 W Sun., Dec. 4 Los Angeles 26-10 W PAGE 36: Tom Brady needs 270 yards to pass Dan Marino Mon., Dec. 12 Baltimore 30-23 W for fourth place on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list. Sun., Dec. 18 at Denver 16-3 W PAGE 49: Nate Ebner leads the team and is tied for the NFL lead in Sat., Dec 24 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS special teams tackles. Sun., Jan. 1 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* *Game time and network subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment 2016 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 NEW ENGLAND 12 2 0 .857 365 233 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 Miami Dolphins 9 5 0 .643 315 314 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Buffalo Bills 7 7 0 .500 358 314 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 New York Jets 4 10 0 .286 242 358 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 GILLETTE STADIUM • ONE PATRIOT PLACE • FOXBOROUGH, MA 02035 TEL: 508-384-9105 • FAX: 508-543-9053 PATRIOTS.COM • HTTP://MEDIA.PATRIOTS.COM 2016 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 12, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/11 W 23-21 at Arizona 64,864 Blount 265 1060 4.0 44 15 09/18 W 31-24 Miami 66,829 Lewis 37 183 4.9 15 0 09/22 W 27- 0 Houston 66,829 J. White 36 143 4.0 16 0 10/02 L 0-16 Buffalo 66,829 Brissett 16 83 5.2 27t 1 10/09 W 33-13 at Cleveland 67,431 Brady 27 58 2.1 15 0 10/16 W 35-17 Cincinnati 66,829 Edelman 11 51 4.6 9 0 10/23 W 27-16 at Pittsburgh 66,009 Foster 7 24 3.4 7 0 10/30 W 41-25 at Buffalo 70,442 Bennett 2 10 5.0 6 0 11/13 L 24-31 Seattle 66,829 Hogan 3 9 3.0 6 0 11/20 W 30-17 at San Francisco 70,178 Garoppolo 7 8 1.1 10 0 11/27 W 22-17 at New York Jets 78,160 Slater 1 5 5.0 5 0 12/04 W 26-10 Los Angeles 66,829 Bolden 1 4 4.0 4 0 12/12 W 30-23 Baltimore 66,829 TEAM 413 1638 4.0 44 16 12/18 W 16- 3 at Denver 76,893 OPPONENTS 316 1231 3.9 45 6 12/24 New York Jets * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 01/01 at Miami Edelman 85 866 10.2 33 2 N.E. Opp. J. White 53 498 9.4 61 4 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 308 264 Bennett 50 649 13.0 58 5 Rushing 95 71 Hogan 33 631 19.1 79t 4 Passing 179 171 Floyd LG 33 446 13.5 39 4 Penalty 34 22 Mitchell 29 372 12.8 56t 4 3rd Down: Made/Att 86/197 68/183 R. Gronkowski 25 540 21.6 53t 3 3rd Down Pct. 43.7 37.2 Amendola 23 243 10.6 32 4 4th Down: Made/Att 8/12 5/15 Lewis 14 85 6.1 16 0 4th Down Pct. 66.7 33.3 Blount 7 38 5.4 16 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:58 29:03 Whalen LG 2 22 11.0 12 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 5459 4704 Develin 2 18 9.0 13 0 Avg. Per Game 389.9 336.0 Bolden 2 15 7.5 13 0 Total Plays 923 886 Garoppolo 1 3 3.0 3 0 Avg. Per Play 5.9 5.3 Foster 1 2 2.0 2 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1638 1231 TEAM 325 3960 12.2 79t 26 Avg. Per Game 117.0 87.9 OPPONENTS 336 3692 11.0 66 19 Total Rushes 413 316 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD NET YARDS PASSING 3821 3473 Collins TM 2 31 15.5 18 0 Avg. Per Game 272.9 248.1 Butler 2 7 3.5 7 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 23/139 32/219 Ryan 1 46 46.0 46 0 Gross Yards 3960 3692 Chung 1 4 4.0 4 0 Att./Completions 487/325 538/336 Harmon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Completion Pct. 66.7 62.5 McCourty 1 0 0.0 0 0 Had Intercepted 2 9 Van Noy LG 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 65/44.4 71/45.8 Van Noy TM 1 0 0.0 0 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 65/41.1 71/41.1 TEAM 9 88 9.8 46 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 83/735 98/780 OPPONENTS 2 16 8.0 14 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 26/9 22/8 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B TOUCHDOWNS 42 25 Allen 65 2884 44.4 41.1 5 22 57 0 Rushing 16 6 TEAM 65 2884 44.4 41.1 5 22 57 0 Passing 26 19 OPPONENTS 71 3253 45.8 41.1 2 22 76 0 Returns 0 0 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Amendola 18 7 121 6.7 30 0 TEAM 106 89 92 78 0 365 Edelman 12 5 123 10.3 23 0 OPPONENTS 32 70 54 77 0 233 C. Jones 10 3 42 4.2 13 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Chung 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 38/41 23/27 0 107 TEAM 41 16 293 7.1 30 0 Blount 15 15 0 0 0 90 OPPONENTS 23 18 113 4.9 18 0 Bennett 5 0 5 0 0 30 * KICKOFF RETURNS No.