New England Patriots Vs. Seattle Seahawks Media Schedule Game Summary Tuesday, November 8 New England Patriots (7-1) Vs
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REGULAR SEASON WEEK 9 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-1) VS. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (5-2-1) 11:00 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016 • Gillette Stadium (66,829) • 8:30 p.m. ET Media Workroom Opens The New England Patriots return from the Bye Week to face the Seattle Seahawks in 12:00-12:45 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX. Seattle’s visit to Gillette Stadium will be their first road game Approx. 1:00 p.m. Media Availability at Practice against the Patriots since 2004, the longest current stretch between road games for a team vs. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 New England. The last team to play games at New England longer apart than that was the Carolina 8:15 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and Panthers (Oct. 29, 1995-Dec. 13, 2009). Media Workroom Opens A victory over Seattle will give the Patriots its eighth win of the year and a guaranteed a 9:00-9:15 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference Approx. 11:35 a.m. Tom Brady Media Availability finish with a record of .500 or better for the 16th consecutive year. Each of the other 31 NFL 12:00 p.m.-12:45 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) teams has had at least one losing season since 2001. Matthew Slater Media Availability Devin McCourty Media Availability BROADCAST INFORMATION Approx. 1:00 p.m. Media Availability at Practice TBD Russell Wilson Conference Call TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by NBC and can be seen locally on WH- TBD Pete Carroll Conference Call DH-TV Channel 7 in Boston. Al Michaels will handle play-by-play duties with Cris Collinsworth as the color analyst. Michele Tafoya will work the sidelines. The game will be produced by THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 TBD Media Check-In at Blue Gate and Fred Gaudelli and directed by Drew Esocoff. Media Workroom Opens NATIONAL RADIO: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience on Westwood TBD Player Availability (Open Locker Room) One Sports. Kevin Kugler and James Lofton will call the game. TBD Media Availability at Practice LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Net- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 work. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quar- TBD Media Check-In at Blue Gate and terback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. Produced by Marc Cappello. Media Workroom Opens TBD Bill Belichick Press Conference TBD Media Availability at Practice STRONG SECOND HALF TBD Player Availability (Open Locker Room) Since Robert Kraft purchased the franchise in 1994, the New England Patriots own the NFL’s best record in the second half of the season. The Patriots are the only team with a SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 No Media Availability winning percentage over .700 over that span. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 MOST WINS IN THE SECOND HALF SINCE 1994 8:30 p.m. Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks (REGULAR SEASON ONLY) 2016 patriots schedule Team G W L T Pct. New England 176 127 49 0 .722 REGULAR SEASON (7-1) Green Bay 176 117 58 1 .688 Sun., Sept. 11 at Arizona 23-21 W Pittsburgh 176 111 64 1 .634 Sun., Sept. 18 Miami 31-24 W Indianapolis 177 109 68 0 .616 Thu., Sept. 22 Houston 27-0 W Denver 177 105 72 0 .593 Sun., Oct. 2 Buffalo 0-16 L Seattle 176 100 76 0 .568 Sun., Oct. 9 at Cleveland 33-16 W Sun., Oct. 16 Cincinnati 35-17 W Sun., Oct. 23 at Pittsburgh 27-16 W Sun., Oct. 30 at Buffalo 41-25 W Week 9 highlights Sun., Nov. 6 BYE WEEK Sun., Nov. 13 Seattle 8:30 p.m. NBC* PAGE 22: Revisit the last matchup between the New England Patriots Sun., Nov. 20 at San Francisco 4:25 p.m. CBS* and Seattle Seahawks: Super Bowl XLIX. Sun., Nov. 27 at N.Y. Jets 8:30 p.m. NBC* Sun., Dec. 4 Los Angeles 1:00 p.m. FOX* PAGE 25: New England owns the best inter-conference record in the Mon., Dec. 12 Baltimore 8:30 p.m. ESPN NFL since 2002. Sun., Dec. 18 at Denver 4:25 p.m. CBS* PAGE 33: Tom Brady needs one more victory to tie Brett Favre for Sat., Dec 24 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS Sun., Jan. 1 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* second-most wins in NFL history. *Game time and network subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment PAGE 42: LeGarrette Blount is on a record-setting rushing touchdown pace. 2016 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 NEW ENGLAND 7 1 0 .875 217 132 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 Miami Dolphins 4 4 0 .500 173 182 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Buffalo Bills 4 5 0 .444 237 203 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 New York Jets 3 6 0 .333 173 235 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 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 7, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/11 W 23-21 at Arizona 64,864 Blount 161 609 3.8 41t 9 09/18 W 31-24 Miami 66,829 J. White 26 107 4.1 16 0 09/22 W 27- 0 Houston 66,829 Brissett 16 83 5.2 27t 1 10/02 L 0-16 Buffalo 66,829 Brady 10 44 4.4 15 0 10/09 W 33-13 at Cleveland 67,431 Edelman 9 39 4.3 9 0 10/16 W 35-17 Cincinnati 66,829 Foster 7 24 3.4 7 0 10/23 W 27-16 at Pittsburgh 66,009 Garoppolo 7 8 1.1 10 0 10/30 W 41-25 at Buffalo 70,442 Bennett 1 6 6.0 6 0 11/13 Seattle Slater 1 5 5.0 5 0 11/20 at San Francisco Bolden 1 4 4.0 4 0 11/27 at New York Jets Hogan 1 2 2.0 2 0 12/04 Los Angeles TEAM 240 931 3.9 41t 10 12/12 Baltimore OPPONENTS 196 813 4.1 45 6 12/18 at Denver * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/24 New York Jets Edelman 41 358 8.7 23 1 01/01 at Miami Bennett 31 402 13.0 58 4 N.E. Opp. J. White 29 258 8.9 36 3 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 169 166 R. Gronkowski 22 484 22.0 53t 3 Rushing 54 46 Hogan 19 391 20.6 63 2 Passing 96 104 Amendola 16 189 11.8 32 3 Penalty 19 16 Mitchell 6 82 13.7 28 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 51/108 43/106 Blount 6 31 5.2 16 0 3rd Down Pct. 47.2 40.6 Bolden 2 15 7.5 13 0 4th Down: Made/Att 3/5 4/13 Garoppolo 1 3 3.0 3 0 4th Down Pct. 60.0 30.8 Foster 1 2 2.0 2 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:24 29:36 TEAM 174 2215 12.7 63 16 TOTAL NET YARDS 3042 2833 OPPONENTS 197 2102 10.7 51 9 Avg. Per Game 380.3 354.1 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Plays 506 524 Collins 2 31 15.5 18 0 Avg. Per Play 6.0 5.4 Chung 1 4 4.0 4 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 931 813 Butler 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 116.4 101.6 Harmon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total Rushes 240 196 TEAM 5 35 7.0 18 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2111 2020 OPPONENTS 0 0 --- --- 0 Avg. Per Game 263.9 252.5 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Sacked/Yards Lost 17/104 13/82 Allen 35 1540 44.0 41.0 2 13 57 0 Gross Yards 2215 2102 TEAM 35 1540 44.0 41.0 2 13 57 0 Att./Completions 249/174 315/197 OPPONENTS 36 1593 44.3 38.3 1 8 57 0 Completion Pct. 69.9 62.5 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Had Intercepted 0 5 Amendola 9 4 61 6.8 19 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 35/44.0 36/44.3 Edelman 9 2 102 11.3 23 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 35/41.0 36/38.3 C. Jones 4 1 33 8.3 13 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 52/495 57/460 TEAM 22 7 196 8.9 23 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 15/6 11/4 OPPONENTS 10 13 65 6.5 18 0 TOUCHDOWNS 26 15 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Rushing 10 6 C. Jones 4 80 20.0 26 0 Passing 16 9 Amendola 3 103 34.3 73 0 Returns 0 0 Edelman 2 25 12.5 16 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS McCourty 2 9 4.5 9 0 TEAM 74 41 66 36 0 217 Slater 2 33 16.5 18 0 OPPONENTS 17 40 34 41 0 132 Foster 1 30 30.0 30 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS TEAM 14 280 20.0 73 0 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 24/26 11/14 0 57 OPPONENTS 21 396 18.9 35 0 Blount 9 9 0 0 0 54 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Bennett 4 0 4 0 0 24 Gostkowski 0/ 0 2/ 2 5/ 6 2/ 3 2/3 Amendola 3 0 3 0 0 18 TEAM 0/ 0 2/ 2 5/ 6 2/ 3 2/3 R.