PRESEASON WEEK 4 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at new york giants MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (2-1) at New York Giants (2-1) Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 • MetLife Stadium (82,500) • 7:00 p.m. ET MONDAY, AUGUST 27 11:30 a.m. Media check-in at blue gate and The New England Patriots will close out the 2018 preseason against the New York media workroom opens Giants for the 14th consecutive season when they square off on Thursday at MetLife 12:30 p.m. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick Stadium. The clubs have been frequent preseason opponents recently, squaring off in the press availability (media workroom) preseason openers for three straight years from 2001-03 and resuming the series in 1:15 p.m. Media availability at practice 2005 when they started to meet in the preseason finale. 3:15 p.m. Approximate time for player The Patriots have faced the Giants more than any other team in the preseason with availability (Patriots locker room) 27 matchups. Philadelphia is second with 23 preseason games. The Giants have won 18 of the preseason matchups, including wins in the last four preseason meetings. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 Both teams enter the final week of the preseason with matching 2-1 records. 10:30 a.m. Media check-in at blue gate and media workroom opens BROADCAST INFORMATION 11:30 a.m. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick press availability (media workroom) TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by the Patriots Preseason Television Net- 12:15 p.m. Media availability at practice work and can be seen in every New England state, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. The pre- TBD Approximate time for player season network’s flagship station is WBZ-TV CBS in Boston. Bob Socci provides play-by-play and is joined by former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak in the broadcast booth. Former availability (Patriots locker room) Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich will provide sideline analysis along with WBZ-TV’s Steve Burton. Patriots Football Weekly’s beat writers Paul Perillo and Andy Hart will also provide WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 insight and analysis. Team walkthrough & travel to New Jersey PATRIOTS PRESEASON TELEVISION NETWORK No media availability Massachusetts Rhode Island Boston, Mass. WBZ-TV Ch. 4 Providence, R.I. WPRI-TV Ch. 12 THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 Springfield, Mass. WWLP-TV Ch. 22 Vermont 7:00 p.m. Patriots at New York Giants Connecticut Burlington, Vt. WCAX-TV Ch. 3 Hartford, Conn. WCTX-TV Ch. 9 Alaska Maine Anchorage, Alaska KYUR-TV Ch. 13 Portland, Maine WMTW-TV Ch. 8 Fairbanks, Alaska KATN-TV Ch. 2 2018 patriots schedule Bangor, Maine WVII-TV Ch. 7 Juneau, Alaska KJUD-TV Ch. 8 New Hampshire Hawaii PRESEASON (2-1) Manchester, N.H. WMUR-TV Ch. 9 Honolulu, Hawaii KFVE-TV Ch. 5 Thu., Aug. 9 Washington 26-17 W Thu., Aug 16 Philadelphia 37-20 W RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A Fri., Aug. 24 at Carolina 14-25. L complete listing of the network’s 41 stations can be found in this press release. Play-by-play Thu., Aug. 30 at N.Y. Giants 7:00 p.m. WBZ broadcaster Dan Roche will call the action along with former Patriots linebacker Matt Cha- REGULAR SEASON (0-0) tham, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello. Sun., Sept. 9 Houston 1:00 p.m. CBS Sun., Sept. 16 at Jacksonville 4:25 p.m. CBS PATRIOTS LOOK TO KICK OFF Sun., Sept. 23 at Detroit 8:20 p.m. NBC ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON Sun., Sept. 30 Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS Thu., Oct. 4 Indianapolis 8:20 p.m. FOX The 2018 New England Patriots have a chance to set or tie several NFL team Sun., Oct. 14 Kansas City 8:20 p.m. NBC* records, including: Sun., Oct. 21 at Chicago 1:00 p.m. CBS* • The Patriots have made the playoffs for nine straight seasons (2009-17), tied Mon., Oct. 29 at Buffalo 8:15 p.m. ESPN Sun., Nov. 4 Green Bay 8:20 p.m. NBC* with Dallas (1975-83) and Indianapolis (2002-10) for the most in NFL history. Sun., Nov. 11 at Tennessee 1:00 p.m. CBS* • The New England Patriots enter the 2018 season with 34 postseason wins Sun., Nov. 18 BYE WEEK and need two more playoff victories to tie Pittsburgh for the most postsea- Sun., Nov. 25 at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* son wins all-time. Sun., Dec. 2 Minnesota 4:25 p.m. FOX* • The Patriots enter this season with 214 regular season wins since 2000. Sun., Dec. 9 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* The NFL record for most regular season wins over two consecutive de- Sun., Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m. CBS* cades is 217 by the San Francisco 49ers (1970s/1980s). The Patriots Sun., Dec. 23 Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS* need just four more wins to surpass the 49ers for the most regular season Sun., Dec. 30 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* wins in two consecutive decades. MEDIA CONTACTS 2017 AFC EAST FINAL STANDINGS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 Y-NEW ENGLAND 13 3 0 .813 458 296 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 X-Buffalo Bills 9 7 0 .563 302 359 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Miami Dolphins 6 10 0 .375 281 393 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 New York Jets 5 11 0 .313 298 382 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 Y-Clinched Division X-Clinched Playoff Berth Anne Noland, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7773 2018 PRESEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 2, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 08/09 W 26-17 Washington 65,878 Hill 26 107 4.1 12 1 08/16 W 37-20 Philadelphia 65,878 Gillislee 33 100 3.0 15 1 08/24 L 14-25 at Carolina 73,880 Webb 19 61 3.2 9 2 08/30 at N.Y. Giants Bolden 3 35 11.7 16 0 N.E. Opp. White 4 31 7.8 22 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 65 57 Etling 3 7 2.3 8 0 Rushing 25 13 Hoyer 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Passing 28 36 TEAM 89 340 3.8 22 4 Penalty 12 8 OPPONENTS 72 261 3.6 41 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 17/44 16/44 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 3rd Down Pct. 38.6 36.4 Patterson 11 126 11.5 23 1 4th Down: Made/Att 3/4 2/5 White 8 78 9.8 20t 1 4th Down Pct. 75.0 40.0 Edelman 7 49 7.0 9 0 POSSESSION AVG. 29:39 30:21 Hogan 6 35 5.8 10 1 TOTAL NET YARDS 906 1025 Bolden 6 18 3.0 9 0 Avg. Per Game 302.0 341.7 McCarron 5 55 11.0 21 0 Total Plays 201 194 Dorsett 5 40 8.0 16 0 Avg. Per Play 4.5 5.3 Lucien 4 71 17.8 25 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 340 261 J. Hollister 3 29 9.7 22 0 Avg. Per Game 113.3 87.0 Tye 3 17 5.7 11 0 Total Rushes 89 72 Izzo 3 15 5.0 7 0 NET YARDS PASSING 566 764 Hill 2 14 7.0 12 0 Avg. Per Game 188.7 254.7 Poggi 2 14 7.0 12 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 2/14 11/66 Decker 2 12 6.0 11 0 Gross Yards 580 830 Gillislee 1 6 6.0 6 0 Att./Completions 110/70 111/68 Berrios 1 3 3.0 3 0 Completion Pct. 63.6 61.3 Webb 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 Had Intercepted 0 1 TEAM 70 580 8.3 25 3 PUNTS/AVERAGE 16/49.2 15/44.9 OPPONENTS 68 830 12.2 57 6 NET PUNTING AVG. 16/40.7 15/43.9 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD PENALTIES/YARDS 16/188 25/269 Sam 1 11 11.0 11 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 2/2 4/2 TEAM 1 11 11.0 11 0 TOUCHDOWNS 8 7 OPPONENTS 0 0 --- --- 0 Rushing 4 1 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Passing 3 6 R. Allen 16 787 49.2 40.7 0 4 58 0 Returns 1 0 TEAM 16 787 49.2 40.7 0 4 58 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS OPPONENTS 15 674 44.9 43.9 0 6 57 0 TEAM 10 23 14 30 0 77 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD OPPONENTS 16 17 22 7 0 62 McCarron 4 5 15 3.8 7 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Berrios 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 5/ 5 6/ 7 0 23 C. Jones 1 1 1 1.0 1 0 Webb 2 2 0 0 0 16 TEAM 6 8 16 2.7 7 0 Gillislee 1 1 0 0 0 8 OPPONENTS 14 1 136 9.7 30 0 Bentley 1 0 0 1 0 6 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Hill 1 1 0 0 0 6 C.