NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Vs. PITTSBURGH STEELERS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (14-2) Vs
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2016 AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. PITTSBURGH STEELERS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (14-2) vs. PITTSBURGH STEELERS (11-5) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 Sunday Jan. 22, 2017 • Gillette Stadium (66,829) • 6:40 p.m. ET 8:15 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and The New England Patriots advanced to their record sixth Media Workroom Opens straight AFC Championship Game. The Patriots have advanced in the postseason for six straight seasons (2001-2016) to tie Dallas 11:45 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference (1991-1996) for the most consecutive seasons advancing in the followed by Tom Brady, Devin Mc postseason. Courty, Dont’a Hightower and Mat Bill Belichick will coach in his NFL-record 11th Conference Title thew Slater Game,while Tom Brady will play in his NFL-record 11th Conference 12:00 p.m.-12:45 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) Title Game. Approx. 1:00 p.m. Media Availability at Practice BROADCAST INFORMATION THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen locally on WBZ-TV 11:00 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and Media Workroom Opens Channel 4 in Boston. Jim Nantz will handle play-by-play duties with Phil Simms as the color TBD. Media Availability at Practice analyst. Tracy Wolfson will work the sidelines. The game will be produced by Lance Barrow Approx. 3:00p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) and directed by Mike Arnold. 2-3 players at the Podium NATIONAL RADIO: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience on Westwood FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 One. Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts will call the game with Ross Tucker providing sideline 8:30 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and analysis. Media Workroom Opens LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Net- 9:00-9:15 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference Approx. 11:30 a.m. Media Availability at Practice work. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quar- Approx. 1:15 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) terback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. Produced by Marc Cappello. Tom Brady and 2-3 players at the Podium. PATRIOTS IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 Patriots are 8-4 in the AFC Championship Game, including a 5-1 record at home and a 4-1 No Media Availability Scheduled mark at Gillette Stadium. AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RESULTS (8-4) SUNDAY, JANUARY22 Date Opponent W/L Score 6:40 p.m. New England vs. Pittsburgh 01/24/16 at Denver L 18-20 MOST APPEARANCES IN CONF. CHAMP GAME 01/18/15 Indianapolis W 45-7 Pittsburgh ..............................16 01/29/14 at Denver L 16-26 San Francisco ...........................15 2016 patriots schedule 01/20/13 Baltimore L 13-28 Dallas ..................................14 REGULAR SEASON (14-2) 01/22/12 Baltimore W 23-20 01/20/08 San Diego W 21-12 New England ..........................13 Sun., Sept. 11 at Arizona 23-21 W 01/21/07 at Indianapolis L 34-38 Oakland.................................11 Sun., Sept. 18 Miami 31-24 W 01/23/05 at Pittsburgh W 41-27 Denver .................................10 Thu., Sept. 22 Houston 27-0 W 01/18/04 Indianapolis W 24-14 L.A./St. Louis Rams ......................9 Sun., Oct. 2 Buffalo 0-16 L 01/27/02 at Pittsburgh W 24-17 Sun., Oct. 9 at Cleveland 33-13 W 01/12/97 Jacksonville W 20-6 Sun., Oct. 16 Cincinnati 35-17 W 01/12/86 at Miami W 31-14 Sun., Oct. 23 at Pittsburgh 27-16 W Sun., Oct. 30 at Buffalo 41-25 W PATS LOCK UP TOP SEED IN AFC Sun., Nov. 6 BYE WEEK The Patriots have now earned six number one seeds (2016, 2014, 2011, 2010, 2007 Sun., Nov. 13 Seattle 24-31 L and 2003) in the postseason since 1990, the most in the NFL under that system. The NFL Sun., Nov. 20 at San Francisco 30-17 W Sun., Nov. 27 at N.Y. Jets 22-17 W began playoff seeding in 1975 and the current playoff format was instituted in 1990. Sun., Dec. 4 Los Angeles 26-10 W Mon., Dec. 12 Baltimore 30-23 W MOST NO. 1 SEEDS IN THE PLAYOFF FIELD MOST NO. 1 SEEDS OVERALL Sun., Dec. 18 at Denver 16-3 W (SINCE 1990) (SINCE 1975) Sat., Dec 24 N.Y. Jets 41-3 W New England 6 San Francisco 8 Sun., Jan. 1 at Miami 35-14 W Denver 5 Denver 8 AFC Playoff (1-0) Dallas 4 New England 6 Sat., Jan. 14 Houston 34-16 W Pittsburgh 6 Pittsburgh 4 Dallas 6 San Francisco 4 Oakland 5 2016 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 Y-NEW ENGLAND 14 2 0 .875 441 250 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 X-Miami Dolphins 10 6 0 .625 363 380 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 9 0 .438 399 378 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 New York Jets 5 11 0 .313 275 409 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 Y-Clinched Division X-Clinched Playoff Spot GILLETTE STADIUM • ONE PATRIOT PLACE • FOXBOROUGH, MA 02035 TEL: 508-384-9105 • FAX: 508-543-9053 PATRIOTS.COM • HTTP://MEDIA.PATRIOTS.COM 2016 REGULAR SEASON FINAL OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 14, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/11 W 23-21 at Arizona 64,864 Blount 299 1161 3.9 44 18 09/18 W 31-24 Miami 66,829 Lewis 64 283 4.4 15 0 09/22 W 27- 0 Houston 66,829 J. White 39 166 4.3 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 28 64 2.3 15 0 10/16 W 35-17 Cincinnati 66,829 Edelman 12 57 4.8 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 10 6 0.6 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 482 1872 3.9 44 19 12/18 W 16- 3 at Denver 76,893 OPPONENTS 368 1417 3.9 45 6 12/24 W 41- 3 New York Jets 66,829 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 01/01 W 35-14 at Miami 66,163 Edelman 98 1106 11.3 77t 3 N.E. Opp. J. White 60 551 9.2 61 5 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 351 294 Bennett 55 701 12.7 58 7 Rushing 109 81 Hogan 38 680 17.9 79t 4 Passing 203 190 Floyd LG 37 488 13.2 39 5 Penalty 39 23 Floyd TM 4 42 10.5 14t 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 104/227 76/206 Mitchell 32 401 12.5 56t 4 3rd Down Pct. 45.8 36.9 R. Gronkowski 25 540 21.6 53t 3 4th Down: Made/Att 8/12 7/18 Amendola 23 243 10.6 32 4 4th Down Pct. 66.7 38.9 Lewis 17 94 5.5 16 0 POSSESSION AVG. 31:13 28:47 Blount 7 38 5.4 16 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 6180 5223 Develin 3 18 6.0 13 0 Avg. Per Game 386.3 326.4 Lengel LG 2 22 11.0 18t 1 Total Plays 1056 998 Lengel TM 2 22 11.0 18t 1 Avg. Per Play 5.9 5.2 Whalen LG 2 22 11.0 12 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1872 1417 Bolden 2 15 7.5 13 0 Avg. Per Game 117.0 88.6 Garoppolo 1 3 3.0 3 0 Total Rushes 482 368 Foster 1 2 2.0 2 0 NET YARDS PASSING 4308 3806 TEAM 368 4456 12.1 79t 32 Avg. Per Game 269.3 237.9 OPPONENTS 368 4033 11.0 66 21 Sacked/Yards Lost 24/148 34/227 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Gross Yards 4456 4033 Butler 4 28 7.0 21 0 Att./Completions 550/368 596/368 Ryan 2 44 22.0 46 0 Completion Pct. 66.9 61.7 Collins TM 2 31 15.5 18 0 Had Intercepted 2 13 Chung 1 4 4.0 4 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 72/44.7 80/45.5 Harmon 1 0 0.0 0 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 72/41.4 80/41.1 McCourty 1 0 0.0 0 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 93/819 113/930 Rowe 1 0 0.0 0 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 27/9 26/10 Van Noy LG 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS 51 27 Van Noy TM 1 0 0.0 0 0 Rushing 19 6 TEAM 13 107 8.2 46 0 Passing 32 21 OPPONENTS 2 16 8.0 14 0 Returns 0 0 * PUNTING No.