2011 BUFFALO BILLS FOOTBALL BBUFFALOUFFALO BBILLSILLS aatt NNEWEW EENGLANDNGLAND PPATRIOTSATRIOTS (6-9) (12-3) Regular Season Week 17 | January 1, 2012 | 1:00 PM | Gillette Stadium | CBS-TV BILLS CLOSE OUT SEASON AT PATRIOTS BROADCAST INFO TELEVISION: CBS-TV The Buffalo Bills will travel to face the New England Patriots this week PRODUCER: Ken Mack on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 1:00 PM in their 2011 regular season fi nale. DIRECTOR: Chris Svendsen Sunday’s game will mark the 103rd regular season meeting between PLAY-BY-PLAY: Don Criqui COLOR ANALYST: Randy Cross Buffalo and New England. With a win over the Patriots, the Bills will: Sports USA PLAY-BY-PLAY: Tom McCarthy • Sweep the regular season series vs. New England for the fi rst time ANALYST: Ross Tucker since 1999 BILLS RADIO NETWORK • Win on the road at the Patriots for the fi rst time since 2000 FLAGSHIP: Buffalo – 97 Rock (96.9 FM) and The Edge (103.3 FM); Rochester – WHAM (1180 AM); Toronto - FAN (590 AM) BILLS-PATRIOTS REGULAR SEASON SERIES PLAY-BY-PLAY: John Murphy (24th year, 8th as • Overall regular season record: 41-60-1 play-by-play) • Bills on road at Patriots: 19-32 COLOR ANALYST: Mark Kelso (6th year) SIDELINE REPORTER: Rich Gaenzler (11th year; • Last meeting on road: 9/26/2010, L 30-38 3rd year as sideline) • First regular season meeting: 9/23/1960, W 13-0 @ Boston • Last regular season meeting: 9/25/2011, W 34-31 @ Buffalo CONTACT INFO Scott Berchtold - Senior Vice President/Communications BILLS ON JANUARY 1st [email protected]fl .net :: 716-312-8701 This week’s game will be the fourth time the Bills have played a Chris Jenkins - Director of Media Relations contest on January 1st. The last time Buffalo played on this date was in [email protected]fl .net :: 716-312-8702 2006 against the New York Jets, L 26-30. Matt Heidt - Manager of Media Services Sunday’s match-up will mark the fi rst time the Bills and Patriots [email protected]fl .net :: 716-312-8704 have met on the 1st of January. The Bills are 1-2 in their games on January 1st. Below is a list of Dominick Rinelli - Media Relations Asst./ Research Analyst team results on January 1st: [email protected]fl .net :: 716-312-8707 Stephanie King - Media Relations Offi ce Manager JANUARY 1st OVERALL RECORD: 1-2 [email protected]fl .net :: 716-312-8700 • 1966 (Regular Season), Kansas City – Loss 7-31 • 1988 (Regular Season), Houston Oilers – Win 17-10 • 2005 (Regular Season), @ New York Jets – Loss 26-30 UPCOMING WEEK’S SCHEDULE Tues., Dec. 27 Weds., Dec. 28 Thurs, Dec. 29 Fri, Dec. 30 Sat, Dec. 31 Sunday, Jan. 1 Monday, Jan. 2 No Media 11:15AM Patriots HC 11:15AM-12:15PM 11:00AM Prac- No Media Bills at Patriots TBD Availability Belichick Conference Call Open Locker Room tice Open to Availability 1:00 PM Media Player’s Day Off 11:30AM Patriots TE 2:00PM Practice (Stretch/Indiv.) Rob Gronkowski Open to Media Conference Call (Stretch/Indiv.) 12:30-1:15PM Open Locker 11:15AM-12:15PM Head Coach Room Open Locker Room Gailey Coah Gailey Fieldhouse Podium: Post-Practice Post-Practice Fitzpatrick Update Coordinators Noon Available/Asst. Coach Gailey Coaches Upon Fieldhouse Request ALL DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE 2:00PM Practice Open to Media (Stretch/Indiv.) 4:05-4:20PM Open Locker Room 1 2011 BUFFALO BILLS FOOTBALL Regular Season Week 17 | January 1, 2011 | 1:00 PM | Gillette Stadium | CBS-TV BILLS 2011 REGULAR SEASON STATS - THROUGH WEEK 16 WON 6, LOST 9 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/11 W 41- 7 at Kansas City 68,755 Jackson 170 934 5.5 80t 6 09/18 W 38-35 Oakland 68,191 Spiller 94 501 5.3 38 4 09/25 W 34-31 New England 68,174 Fitzpatrick 51 179 3.5 18 0 10/02 L 20-23 at Cincinnati 41,142 Choice LG 56 148 2.6 14 0 10/09 W 31-24 Philadelphia 69,803 Choice TM 22 66 3.0 12 0 10/16 L 24-27 at New York Giants 79,243 B. Smith 20 87 4.4 18 1 10/30 W 23- 0 Washington 51,579 J. White 12 38 3.2 13 0 11/06 L 11-27 New York Jets 70,133 Thigpen 1 8 8.0 8 0 11/13 L 7-44 at Dallas 85,157 Jones 1 2 2.0 2 0 11/20 L 8-35 at Miami 57,531 TEAM 371 1815 4.9 80t 11 11/27 L 24-28 at New York Jets 79,088 OPPONENTS 438 2086 4.8 76t 17 12/04 L 17-23 Tennessee 56,463 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/11 L 10-37 at San Diego 62,494 St. Johnson 72 964 13.4 55 6 12/18 L 23-30 Miami 60,988 Nelson 59 635 10.8 35 5 12/24 W 40-14 Denver 45,112 Jackson 39 442 11.3 49 0 01/01 at New England Chandler 35 360 10.3 31 6 Buff. Opp. Spiller 35 229 6.5 19 1 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 287 312 B. Smith 23 240 10.4 36t 1 Rushing 93 111 Jones 23 231 10.0 48 1 Passing 164 179 Choice LG 18 115 6.4 18 0 Penalty 30 22 Choice TM 6 42 7.0 15 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 61/184 69/177 Hagan LG 17 163 9.6 25 1 3rd Down Pct. 33.2 39.0 Hagan TM 6 49 8.2 17 1 4th Down: Made/Att 7/19 9/13 Roosevelt 13 228 17.5 60t 1 4th Down Pct. 36.8 69.2 Caussin 5 41 8.2 13 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:10 29:50 L. Smith 4 11 2.8 6 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 5222 5466 R. Martin 3 40 13.3 28 0 Avg. Per Game 348.1 364.4 Brock LG 1 21 21.0 21 0 Total Plays 924 934 Brock TM 1 21 21.0 21 0 Avg. Per Play 5.7 5.9 Parrish 1 16 16.0 16 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1815 2086 McIntyre 1 4 4.0 4 0 Avg. Per Game 121.0 139.1 J. White 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 Total Rushes 371 438 TEAM 327 3550 10.9 60t 22 NET YARDS PASSING 3407 3380 OPPONENTS 297 3564 12.0 65t 27 Avg. Per Game 227.1 225.3 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Sacked/Yards Lost 21/143 24/184 Wilson 4 26 6.5 12 0 Gross Yards 3550 3564 Byrd 3 88 29.3 37t 1 Att./Completions 532/327 472/297 Florence 3 64 21.3 30 1 Completion Pct. 61.5 62.9 Barnett 2 47 23.5 31t 1 Had Intercepted 21 20 Scott 2 43 21.5 43t 1 PUNTS/AVERAGE 70/47.8 66/44.6 McKelvin 1 21 21.0 21 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 70/37.9 66/38.5 Sp. Johnson 1 17 17.0 17t 1 PENALTIES/YARDS 81/698 81/794 Justin Rogers 1 15 15.0 15 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 15/5 18/10 Corner 1 4 4.0 4 0 TOUCHDOWNS 40 47 Searcy 1 0 0.0 0 0 Rushing 11 17 A. Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 Passing 22 27 TEAM 20 325 16.3 43t 5 Returns 7 3 OPPONENTS 21 250 11.9 43t 2 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B TEAM 66 96 78 111 0 351 Moorman 69 3348 48.5 37.9 10 18 66 1 OPPONENTS 76 126 95 88 0 385 TEAM 70 3348 47.8 37.9 10 18 66 1 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPPONENTS 66 2942 44.6 38.5 4 26 64 0 Lindell 0 0 0 0 25/25 13/15 0 64 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Rayner LG 0 0 0 0 13/13 10/15 0 43 Spiller 13 8 127 9.8 45 0 Rayner TM 0 0 0 0 13/13 10/15 0 43 McKelvin 7 10 151 21.6 80t 1 Chandler 6 0 6 0 0 36 Parrish 5 2 46 9.2 28 0 Jackson 6 6 0 0 0 36 TEAM 25 20 324 13.0 80t 1 St. Johnson 6 0 6 0 0 36 OPPONENTS 43 7 494 11.5 26 0 Nelson 5 0 5 0 0 30 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Spiller 5 4 1 0 0 30 B. Smith 15 282 18.8 28 0 Scott 2 0 0 2 0 12 Justin Rogers 11 331 30.1 54 0 B. Smith 2 1 1 0 0 12 Spiller 6 143 23.8 35 0 Barnett 1 0 0 1 0 6 McKelvin 2 43 21.5 22 0 Byrd 1 0 0 1 0 6 Caussin 1 12 12.0 12 0 Florence 1 0 0 1 0 6 TEAM 35 811 23.2 54 0 Hagan LG 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPPONENTS 52 1067 20.5 59 0 Hagan TM 1 0 1 0 0 6 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Sp. Johnson 1 0 0 1 0 6 Lindell 0/ 0 6/ 6 2/ 3 5/ 6 0/0 Jones 1 0 1 0 0 6 Rayner LG 0/ 0 5/ 6 3/ 4 0/ 1 2/4 McKelvin 1 0 0 1 0 6 Rayner TM 0/ 0 5/ 6 3/ 4 0/ 1 2/4 Roosevelt 1 0 1 0 0 6 TEAM 0/ 0 11/12 5/ 7 5/ 7 2/4 Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 2 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 8/ 8 4/ 4 6/ 8 1/3 Sheppard 0 0 0 0 1 2 Lindell: (29G,38G)(25G,39B)(42G,28G)(43G,23G) TEAM 40 11 22 7 38/38 23/30 1 351 (25G)(49G)(37G,44G,44N,41G)(24G)()()()()()()() OPPONENTS 47 17 27 3 46/47 19/23 0 385 Rayner:()()()()()()()()(52N)(30G,56G)(53G)(27G) 2-Pt Conv: Fitzpatrick, TM 1-2, OPP 0-0 (53N,37G)(26N,34G)(45N,31N,28G,25G,25G,29G) SACKS: Dareus 5.5, Kelsay 4, Barnett 3, OPP:(49N)()(23G)(31G,21G,43G)(35G)(26G,50B,23G) Sp.