NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Vs. WASHINGTON REDSKINS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-0) Vs
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REGULAR SEASON WEEK 9 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. WASHINGTON REDSKINS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-0) vs. WASHINGTON REDSKINS (3-4) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 • Gillette Stadium (66,829) • 1:00 p.m. ET 9:00 a.m. Media Check-In and Media Workroom 9:45-10:00 a.m. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick The New England Patriots will begin the month of November with two straight games Press Availability (Media Workroom) against NFC East opponents when they host the Washington Redskins on Sunday followed 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Media Availability (Open Locker Room) by a road trip to face the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium the week after. TBD Patriots QB Tom Brady Press Availability Since realignment in 2002, the Patriots are 43-10 (.811) vs. NFC teams, the best in- Approx. 12:30 p.m. Media Meal Provided ter-conference record in the NFL during that time. Approx. 1:00 p.m. Media Access to Practice (Upper Grass The Patriots begin the month with a 40-15 November record since 2001 for a .727 Fields. Access limited until team drills begin.) Washington Redskins Conference Calls to New England winning percentage, the best in the NFL during that time. 2:15 p.m. Redskins head coach Jay Gruden With a win on Sunday against Washington, the Patriots are guaranteed to finish the (Media Workroom) season with a record of .500 or better for the 15th consecutive year. Each of the other 2:25 p.m. Redskins Quarterback Kirk Cousins 31 NFL teams had at least one losing season between 2001 and 2014. (Media Workroom) BROADCAST INFORMATION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by FOX and can be seen locally on WFXT 10:45 a.m. Media Check-In and Media Workroom 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Media Availability (Open Locker Room) Channel 25 in Boston. Kevin Burkhardt will handle play-by-play duties with John Lynch as Approx. 1:00 p.m. Media Access to Practice (Upper Grass the color analyst. Pam Oilver will work the sidelines. The game will be produced by Pete Fields. Access limited until team drills begin.) Macheska and directed by Artie Kempner. NATIONAL RADIO: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience on Sports FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 8:30 a.m. Media Check-In and Media Workroom USA Radio. Larry Kahn and Hank Bauer will call the game. Troy West will work the side- 9:00-9:10 a.m. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick lines. Press Availability (Media Workroom) LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Approx. 11:30 a.m. Media Access to Practice (Upper Grass Network. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots Fields. Access limited until team drills begin.) quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. Produced by Marc Cappello. 1:15-2:00 p.m. Media Availability (Open Locker Room) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 No media availability INTER-CONFERENCE SUCCESS The New England Patriots own a 43-10 (.811) vs. NFC teams since realignment in 2002, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 the best inter-conference record in the NFL during that time. 1:00 p.m. ET Patriots vs. Washington Redskins 2015 patriots schedule NFL’S BEST INTER-CONFERENCE RECORD SINCE 2002 PREGULAR SEASON (7-0) Team W L T Pct. Thurs., Sept. 10 Pittsburgh 28-21 W New England 43 10 0 .811 Pittsburgh 38 16 1 .700 Sun., Sept. 20 at Buffalo 40-32 W Indianapolis 34 20 0 .630 Sun., Sept. 27 Jacksonville 51-17 W Baltimore 33 21 0 .611 Sun., Oct. 4 BYE WEEK Denver 33 22 0 .600 Sun., Oct. 11 at Dallas 30-6 W Sun., Oct. 18 at Indianapolis 34-27 W week 9 highlights Sun., Oct. 25 N.Y. Jets 30-23 W Thurs., Oct. 29 Miami 36-7 W PAGE 24: The Washington franchise originated in Boston. Sun., Nov. 8 Washington 1:00 p.m. FOX PAGE 27: The New England Patriots defense is on pace to break the Sun., Nov. 15 at N.Y. Giants 4:25 p.m. CBS* single-season team sack record. Mon., Nov. 23 Buffalo 8:30 p.m. ESPN Sun., Nov. 29 at Denver 8:30 p.m. NBC* PAGE 28: The Patriots are on pace for near record numbers in touch- Sun., Dec. 6 Philadelphia 4:25 p.m. FOX* downs and points scored. Sun., Dec. 13 at Houston 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 57: Stephen Gostkowski is now the NFL’s all-time leader in field goal Sun., Dec. 20 Tennessee 1:00 p.m. CBS* conversion rate from attempts of 50 yards or longer. Sun., Dec. 27 at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* Sun., Jan. 3 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* *Game time and network subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment MEDIA CONTACTS 2015 AFC EAST STANDINGS PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 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 NEW ENGLAND 7 0 0 1.000 249 133 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 New York Jets 4 3 0 .571 172 139 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 Buffalo Bills 3 4 0 .429 176 173 Travis Basciotta, Media Relations Coor., [email protected], 508-431-7773 Miami Dolphins 3 4 0 .429 154 173 Jeremie Smith, Corporate Communications Coor., [email protected], 508-549-0492 GILLETTE STADIUM • ONE PATRIOT PLACE • FOXBOROUGH, MA 02035 TEL: 508-384-9105 • FAX: 508-543-9053 PATRIOTS.COM • HTTP://MEDIA.PATRIOTS.COM 2015 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 7, LOST 0 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/10 W 28-21 Pittsburgh 66,829 Blount 69 318 4.6 38t 4 09/20 W 40-32 at Buffalo 70,858 Lewis 45 220 4.9 13 2 09/27 W 51-17 Jacksonville 66,829 Edelman 3 23 7.7 12 0 10/11 W 30- 6 at Dallas 93,054 Brady 19 20 1.1 11 2 10/18 W 34-27 at Indianapolis 66,726 White 7 15 2.1 5 0 10/25 W 30-23 New York Jets 66,829 Amendola 1 3 3.0 3 0 10/29 W 36- 7 Miami 66,829 Bolden 6 2 0.3 3 0 11/08 Washington Garoppolo 4 -4 -1.0 -1 0 11/15 at New York Giants TEAM 154 597 3.9 38t 8 11/23 Buffalo OPPONENTS 160 677 4.2 28 4 11/29 at Denver * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/06 Philadelphia Edelman 52 584 11.2 59t 6 12/13 at Houston Gronkowski 40 646 16.2 52 7 12/20 Tennessee Lewis 32 349 10.9 40 2 12/27 at New York Jets Amendola 26 300 11.5 35 2 01/03 at Miami Chandler 11 131 11.9 26 1 N.E. Opp. Dobson 11 119 10.8 24 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 174 146 White 7 52 7.4 12 0 Rushing 42 36 K. Martin LG 6 95 15.8 39 1 Passing 117 99 K. Martin TM 6 95 15.8 39 1 Penalty 15 11 LaFell 6 72 12.0 25 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 40/85 38/95 Blount 3 27 9.0 14 1 3rd Down Pct. 47.1 40.0 M. Williams 2 19 9.5 15 0 4th Down: Made/Att 3/6 6/11 Bolden 2 14 7.0 12 0 4th Down Pct. 50.0 54.5 Cadet 1 2 2.0 2 0 POSSESSION AVG. 29:29 30:31 TEAM 199 2410 12.1 59t 20 TOTAL NET YARDS 2902 2422 OPPONENTS 172 1929 11.2 59t 11 Avg. Per Game 414.6 346.0 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Plays 461 459 Harmon 3 50 16.7 30 0 Avg. Per Play 6.3 5.3 Ryan 3 26 8.7 25 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 597 677 McCourty 1 27 27.0 27 0 Avg. Per Game 85.3 96.7 Butler 1 9 9.0 9 0 Total Rushes 154 160 TEAM 8 112 14.0 30 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2305 1745 OPPONENTS 1 14 14.0 14t 1 Avg. Per Game 329.3 249.3 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Sacked/Yards Lost 18/105 26/184 Allen 23 1057 46.0 42.8 1 13 67 0 Gross Yards 2410 1929 TEAM 23 1057 46.0 42.8 1 13 67 0 Att./Completions 289/199 273/172 OPPONENTS 34 1626 47.8 40.6 2 8 70 0 Completion Pct. 68.9 63.0 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Had Intercepted 1 8 Amendola 12 5 121 10.1 28 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 23/46.0 34/47.8 Edelman 9 1 83 9.2 19 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 23/42.8 34/40.6 TEAM 21 6 204 9.7 28 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 51/456 58/553 OPPONENTS 12 8 53 4.4 14 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 5/2 8/2 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD TOUCHDOWNS 28 16 Amendola 3 83 27.7 29 0 Rushing 8 4 Chung 1 17 17.0 17 0 Passing 20 11 Gronkowski 1 5 5.0 5 0 Returns 0 1 M.