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PATRIOTS HEAD TO WASHINGTON TO FACE THE REDSKINS MEDIA SCHEDULE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (9-3) at WASHINGTON REDSKINS (4-8) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 Sunday, December 11, 2011 FedEx Field (91,704) 1:00 p.m. ET 10:15-11:30 Media Check-In The New England Patriots improved to 9-3 with a 31-24 win over Indianapolis last 10:45-11:00 Bill Belichick Media Availability week. With their ninth win of the 2011 season, the Patriots guaranteed a winning 11:15-12:00 Open Locker Room record for the 11th straight season. The Patriots have now won nine or more games Approx. 11:15 Tom Brady Availability in 15 of the 18 seasons that Robert Kraft has owned the team. They are the first 10:50 Mike Shanahan Conf. Call team to win more than half of their games in 11 straight seasons since free agency 11:00 Jabar Gaffney Conf. Call began in 1993. Approx. 1:15 Local Media Access to Practice This week, the Patriots will be looking for their first ever win in Washington, the THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 only NFL city that the Patriots have never won on the road. Washington is one of 10:45-11:30 Media Check-In three NFL teams that Tom Brady has never won in a road game. In addition to 11:15-12:00 Open Locker Room Washington, Brady has never won at New Orleans and has never played at San Approx. 1:10 Local Media Access to Practice Francisco. (Note: the 2009 victory at Tampa Bay was played in London). FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 The Patriots will be on the road this week at Washington and next week at 10:00-11:00 Media Check-In Denver. It is the second time this season with back-to-back road games. The Patriots 10:30-10:45 Bill Belichick Media Availability played at Buffalo followed by a game at Oakland earlier in the year. 10:45-11:30 Open Locker Room BROADCAST INFORMATION Approx. 11:45 Local Media Access to Practice TELEVISION: This week‘s game will be broadcast to a regional audience by CBS and can be seen in Boston on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Greg Gumbel will handle play- 2011 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE by-play duties with Dan Dierdorf providing color. The game will be produced by REGULAR SEASON (9-3) Mark Wolff and directed by Bob Fishman. Mon., Sept. 12 at Miami 38-24 W RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Sun., Sept. 18 San Diego 35-21 W Network. A complete listing of the network‘s 37 stations can be found in this press Sun., Sept. 25 at Buffalo 31-34 L release. Play-by-play broadcaster Gil Santos is in his 35th season as the voice of the Sun., Oct. 2 at Oakland 31-19 W Patriots and will call the action along with Patriots Hall of Famer Gino Cappelletti. Sun., Oct. 9 N.Y. Jets 30-21 W Scott Zolak will provide sideline analysis. Sun., Oct. 16 Dallas 20-16 W Sun., Oct. 23 BYE WEEK HOME RECORD IN DECEMBER SINCE 2002 Sun., Oct. 30 at Pittsburgh 17-25 L With a 19-1 record, the New England Patriots have the best home record in Sun., Nov. 6 N.Y. Giants 20-24 L December since Gillette Stadium opened in 2002. Sun., Nov. 13 at N.Y. Jets 37-16 W Team W L T Pct. Mon., Nov. 21 Kansas City 34-3 W New England 19 1 0 .950 Sun., Nov. 27 at Philadelphia 38-20 W Green Bay 16 4 0 .800 Sun., Dec. 4 Indianapolis 31-24 W Denver 12 4 0 .750 Sun., Dec. 11 at Washington 1:00 CBS Indianapolis 17 6 0 .739 Sun., Dec. 18 at Denver 4:15 CBS* Philadelphia 13 6 0 .684 Sat., Dec. 24 Miami 1:00 CBS NFL’S TOP DECEMBER RECORD SINCE 2001 Sun., Jan. 1 Buffalo 1:00 CBS* Rk Team Record *Game Time and Network subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment. 1 New England Patriots 38-5 AFC EAST STANDINGS 2 Philadelphia Eagles 32-12 Team W L T Pct. PF PA 3 Pittsburgh Steelers 32-13 NEW ENGLAND 9 3 0 .750 362 247 4 Indianapolis Colts 29-16 New York Jets 7 5 0 .583 290 260 5 San Diego Chargers 29-17 Buffalo Bills 5 7 0 .417 278 304 PATRIOTS DEDICATE 2011 SEASON TO MYRA KRAFT Miami Dolphins 4 8 0 .364 165 216 The Patriots have dedicated the 2011 season to the loving PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE memory of Myra Kraft, who passed away on July 20 after a The Patriots‘ media-only website, located at courageous battle with cancer. Every Patriots player and coach http://media.patriots.com, will also serve as the are honoring Myra‘s memory by wearing a patch with her initials team‘s primary credentialing system in 2011. on it in recognition of her lifelong contributions to the local and global philanthropic Registered users can apply for credentials by community and her influence on the charitable mission of the entire Patriots clicking on the upper right corner of the page. organization. The patch will be worn on the left chest of every player throughout the PATRIOTS 2011 MEDIA GUIDE season. The Patriots 2011 Media Guide is online and MEDIA CONTACTS updated throughout the season. Media can access PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 Stacey James Vice President of Media Relations [email protected] 508-384-9105 the media guide at www.patriots.com by clicking Aaron Salkin Asst. Director of Media Relations [email protected] 508-326-6870 on the team tab. Christy Berkery Media Relations Coordinator [email protected] 508-549-0518 Michael Jurovaty Media Relations Coordinator [email protected] 508-326-6187 Jeff Cournoyer Director of Corporate Comm. [email protected] 508-549-0492 PATRIOTS 2011 TEAM NOTES WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2011 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2011 (CONTINUED) TOM BRADY Welker has 1,253 receiving yards and needs241 more yards to Tom Brady (3,916) is on pace to throw for an NFL-record 5,221 set the franchise record for most receiving yards in a season. yards. Only two NFL players have thrown for 5,000 or more Randy Moss set the record with 1,493 yards in 2007. yards in a season with Dan Marino‘s NFL record 5,084 in 1984 Welker needs 96 yards to set a personal best. His career-high is and Drew Brees‘ 5,069 in 2008. 1,348 yards set in 2009. Brady has 3,916 passing yards through the first 12 weeks of Welker needs seven more receptions to join Marvin Harrison the season. Marino had 3,678 after 12 games in 1984 and and Jerry Rice as the only NFL players with four 100-reception Brees had 3,870 after 12 games in 2008 during their 5,000- seasons. yard seasons. KYLE ARRINGTON Brady has 30 touchdowns, putting him on pace for 40 Kyle Arrington leads the NFL with seven interceptions. The last touchdown passes, which would be his second season with 40 Patriots player to lead the NFL in interceptions was Asante or more touchdowns. He had an NFL-record of 50 touchdowns Samuel with 10 in 2006. in 2007. If Brady reaches 40 touchdowns, he will be just the VINCE WILFORK second NFL player to have two seasons with 40 or more Vince Wilfork has two interceptions so far in 2011 and is one of touchdowns. Dan Marino had 48 touchdowns in 1984 and 44 in four Patriots defensive lineman to ever register two career 1986. interceptions. Anthony Pleasant (2001) is the only other Brady has a current streak of 28 straight games with at least Patriots defensive lineman to record two interceptions in a single season. one touchdown pass, a Patriots team record. Brady has 291 career touchdowns and needs one more to NFL’S BEST AT HOME break out of a tie with warren Moon for sixth place all-time. Since their state-of-the-art facility opened at the beginning of John Elway is fifth with 300 touchdowns. the 2002 season, the Patriots own the NFL‘s best record at home With 30 touchdowns, Brady became the sixth quarterback in overall. The Patriots own an overall record of 65-13 (.833) at NFL history to have 30 or more touchdown passes in at least Gillette Stadium in regular season games and a 72-15 record three seasons. including playoffs. ANDRE CARTER BEST HOME RECORDS SINCE 2002 (including playoffs) Andre Carter pushed his 2011 sack total to 9.0 after getting a Team W L T Pct. share of a sack against Kansas City (11/21). Carter has New England 72 15 0 .828 registered double-digit sacks three times in his career, including Baltimore 59 21 0 .738 a career-high 12.5 in 2002 with San Francisco. The Patriots Pittsburgh 62 23 1 .727 have had a player finish with double digit sack totals 12 times. Indianapolis 63 24 0 .724 Carter tied a franchise record with 4.0 sacks at the NY Jets San Diego 55 28 0 .663 (11/13) and was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week. Seattle 55 29 0 .655 Philadelphia 53 33 0 .616 Carter leads all NFL defensive linemen in consecutive games played with 107. Houston‘s Antonio Smith is second with 104 PATRIOTS ARE SHARP AT GILLETTE consecutive games played. The Patriots concluded a 20-game home winning streak with a JULIAN EDELMAN 24-20 loss to the New York Giants on Nov.