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REGULAR SEASON WEEK 3 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. houston texans MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1-1) vs.HOUSTON TEXANS (1-1) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 • Gillette Stadium (65,878) • 1:00 p.m. ET 8:00 a.m. Media Workroom Opens The New England Patriots will return to Gillette Stadium this week when they face the 8:45-9:00 a.m. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick Press Availability Houston Texans. The Patriots and Texans spent two days conducting joint practice ses- Approx. 12:00 p.m. Media Availability at Practice sions at the Texans summer training camp facility at The Greenbrier in West Virgina prior (Lower Practice Field – Park in Lot to facing each other in the Week 2 preseason game at NRG Stadium. 6 and Enter South End of Field) 2017 marks the second season in a row that the Patriots and Texans will pay two times 3:30-4:15 p.m. Player Availability in a season. Last year, the Patriots faced Houston in a Thursday Night game at Gillette (Open Locker Room) Stadium on Sept. 22 and won, 27-0. The two teams met at Gillette Stadium in a 2016 Approx. 3:30 p.m. Tom Brady Press Availability AFC Divisional Playoff Game with the Patriots advancing to the AFC Championship after a 34-16 victory. The Patriots and Texans will be playing in the regular season for the third THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 11:00 a.m. Media Workroom Opens straight season. The Patriots won 27-6 in 2015 and 27-0 in 2016. Approx. 12:00 p.m. Media Availability at Practice (Lower Practice Field – Park in Lot BROADCAST INFORMATION 6 and Enter South End of Field) TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen on WBZ-TV 3:30-4:15 p.m. Patriots player availability (Open Locker Room) Channel 4. Ian Eagle will handle play-by-play duties with Dan Fouts as the color analyst. Evan Washburn will work from the sidelines. The game will be produced by Mark Wolff and FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 directed by Bob Fishman. 8:00 a.m. Media Workroom Opens NATIONAL RADIO: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience on Westwood 8:45-9:00 a.m. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick One Sports. John Sadak and Al Groh will call the game. Press Availability RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A Approx. 11:30 a.m. Media Availability at Practice complete listing of the network’s 40 stations can be found in this press release. Play-by-play (Lower Practice Field – Park in Lot broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott 6 and Enter South End of Field) 1:30-2:15 p.m. Player Availability Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello. (Open Locker Room) CLAYBORN TO BE HONORED AT HALFTIME SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 The New England Patriots will honor former cornerback Raymond Clayborn during a spe- Team Walkthrough - No Media Availability cial ceremony during halftime of Sunday’s game vs. the Houston Texans. Clayborn was voted by the fans as the 26th person to be inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame earlier this year. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Clayborn was a three-time Pro Bowl player (1983, 1985, 1986) during his 13-year 1:00 p.m. Patriots vs. Houston Texans Patriots career that extended from 1977 through 1989. He was drafted by the Patriots in the first round (16th overall) out of Texas in 1977 and quickly established himself as one of the game’s best cornerbacks, as well as a superb kickoff returner. 2017 patriots schedule He set a franchise record with 36 career interceptions, a record which Ty Law tied in 2004 and remains today, 28 years after Clayborn finished his Patriots career. REGULAR SEASON (1-1) Thu, Sept. 7 Kansas City 27-42 L Sun, Sept. 17 at New Orleans 36-20 W Sun, Sept. 24 Houston 1:00 p.m. CBS week 3 highlights Sun, Oct. 1 Carolina 1:00 p.m. FOX Thu, Oct. 5 at Tampa Bay 8:25 p.m. PAGE 10: New England Patriots versus Houston Texans CBS/NFLN/AMAZON matchup notes Sun, Oct. 15 at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* Sun, Oct. 22 Atlanta 8:30 p.m. NBC* PAGE 33: Since 2007, Brady is 64-7 overall at home in the Sun, Oct. 29 L.A. Chargers 1:00 p.m. CBS* regular season. That is more wins than four teams have (home Sun, Nov. 5 BYE WEEK and away) combined during that span. Sun, Nov. 12 at Denver 8:30 p.m. NBC* Sun, Nov. 19 at Oakland (Mexico City) 4:25 p.m. CBS PAGE 40: Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski’s on field connec- Sun, Nov. 26 Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* tion is approaching a new personal mark. Sun, Dec. 3 at Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS* Mon, Dec. 11 at Miami 8:30 p.m. ESPN Sun, Dec. 17 at Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m. CBS* Sun, Dec. 24 Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS Sun, Dec. 31 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* MEDIA CONTACTS PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 2017 AFC EAST final STANDINGS Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Miami Dolphins 1 0 0 1.000 19 17 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Buffalo Bills 1 1 0 .500 24 21 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 NEW ENGLAND 1 1 0 .500 63 62 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 New York Jets 0 2 0 .000 32 66 Anne Noland, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7773 GILLETTE STADIUM • ONE PATRIOT PLACE • FOXBOROUGH, MA 02035 TEL: 508-384-9105 • FAX: 508-543-9053 PATRIOTS.COM • HTTP://MEDIA.PATRIOTS.COM 2017 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 1, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/07 L 27-42 Kansas City 65,878 Gillislee 33 114 3.5 16 4 09/17 W 36-20 at New Orleans 73,168 White 12 49 4.1 10 0 09/24 Houston D. Lewis 6 23 3.8 13 0 10/01 Carolina Burkhead 5 18 3.6 14 0 10/05 at Tampa Bay Hogan 3 17 5.7 13 0 10/15 at N.Y. Jets Brady 4 9 2.3 7 0 10/22 Atlanta Dorsett 1 7 7.0 7 0 10/29 L.A. Chargers Cooks 2 6 3.0 13 0 11/12 at Denver TEAM 66 243 3.7 16 4 11/19 at Oakland OPPONENTS 44 266 6.0 58 2 11/26 Miami * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/03 at Buffalo White 11 115 10.5 26 0 12/11 at Miami Gronkowski 8 149 18.6 53t 1 12/17 at Pittsburgh Amendola 6 100 16.7 27 0 12/24 Buffalo Hogan 6 86 14.3 27 1 12/31 N.Y. Jets Cooks 5 125 25.0 54 0 N.E. Opp. Burkhead 4 49 12.3 19t 1 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 54 46 Dorsett 3 68 22.7 38 0 Rushing 18 13 D. Lewis 1 11 11.0 11 0 Passing 30 32 Develin 1 6 6.0 6 0 Penalty 6 1 J. Hollister 1 5 5.0 5 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 11/27 8/23 TEAM 46 714 15.5 54 3 3rd Down Pct. 40.7 34.8 OPPONENTS 55 724 13.2 78t 6 4th Down: Made/Att 0/2 1/2 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD 4th Down Pct. 0.0 50.0 TEAM 0 0 --- --- 0 POSSESSION AVG. 32:26 27:34 OPPONENTS 0 0 --- --- 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 926 966 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Avg. Per Game 463.0 483.0 R. Allen 9 353 39.2 36.3 0 3 57 0 Total Plays 146 128 TEAM 9 353 39.2 36.3 0 3 57 0 Avg. Per Play 6.3 7.5 OPPONENTS 9 383 42.6 41.7 0 5 59 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 243 266 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Game 121.5 133.0 Amendola 1 3 8 8.0 8 0 Total Rushes 66 44 Chung 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 NET YARDS PASSING 683 700 TEAM 2 6 8 4.0 8 0 Avg. Per Game 341.5 350.0 OPPONENTS 5 0 26 5.2 16 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 5/31 4/24 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Gross Yards 714 724 D. Lewis 3 49 16.3 26 0 Att./Completions 75/46 80/55 TEAM 3 49 16.3 26 0 Completion Pct. 61.3 68.8 OPPONENTS 9 200 22.2 34 0 Had Intercepted 0 0 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ PUNTS/AVERAGE 9/39.2 9/42.6 Gostkowski 0/ 0 4/ 4 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 9/36.3 9/41.7 TEAM 0/ 0 4/ 4 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 15/121 20/174 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1/ 2 0/ 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 1/0 3/1 Gostkowski: (25G,32G)(28G,24G,27G) TOUCHDOWNS 7 8 OPP: ()(46G,35G,49N) Rushing 4 2 Passing 3 6 Returns 0 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS TEAM 27 20 13 3 0 63 OPPONENTS 10 17 7 28 0 62 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Gillislee 4 4 0 0 0 24 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 6/ 7 5/ 5 0 21 Burkhead 1 0 1 0 0 6 Gronkowski 1 0 1 0 0 6 Hogan 1 0 1 0 0 6 TEAM 7 4 3 0 6/ 7 5/ 5 0 63 OPPONENTS 8 2 6 0 8/ 8 2/ 3 0 62 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-0, OPP 0-0 SACKS: T.