REGULAR SEASON WEEK 9 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS H IT THE BYE WEEK AT 7-1 NFL RANKINGS PATRIOTS 7-1 AT THE BYE 2016 Regular Season New England The New England Patriots improved to a 7-1 record after avenging a 16-0 loss at home to the Buffalo Bills with a 41-25 victory at Buffalo. Record 7-1 The Buffalo win was highlighted by two major milestones. TE Rob Gronkowski became the Divisional Standings 1st Patriots all-time leader in overall touchdowns (69) as well as receiving touchdowns (68), Total Yards Gained 3,042 surpassing Stanley Morgan in both categories. QB Tom Brady improved to a 26-3 record Total Offense (Rank) 380.3 (8) against Buffalo. His 26 wins tied Brett Favre (26 wins against Detroit) for the most wins against a single opponent. Rush Offense 116.4 (9) The Patriots return to action on Nov. 13 when they host the Seattle Seahawks in a Sun- Pass Offense 263.9 (10) day Night Football game. Points Per Game 27.1 (5) Total Yards Allowed 2,833 Total Defense (Rank) 354.1 (14) STRONG SECOND HALF Rush Defense 101.6 (13) Since Robert Kraft purchased the franchise in 1994, the New England Patriots own the Pass Defense 252.5 (17) NFL’s best record in the second half of the season. The Patriots are the only team with a Points Allowed/Game 16.5 (3) winning percentage over .700 over that span. Possession Avg. 30:24 MOST WINS IN THE SECOND HALF SINCE 1994 Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 17/104 (REGULAR SEASON ONLY) Sacks Made/Yards 13/82 Team G W L T Pct. Total Touchdowns Scored 26 New England 176 127 49 0 .722 Penalties Against/Yards 52/495 Green Bay 176 117 58 1 .688 Punts/Avg. 35/44.0 Pittsburgh 176 111 64 1 .634 Turnover Differential +3 (8t) Indianapolis 176 108 68 0 .614 Denver 176 105 71 0 .597 Seattle 176 100 76 0 .568 2016 patriots schedule REGULAR SEASON (7-1) BRADY APPROACHING WINS RECORD Sun., Sept. 11 at Arizona 23-21 W Sun., Sept. 18 Miami 31-24 W New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is two wins away from tying Peyton Thu., Sept. 22 Houston 27-0 W Sun., Oct. 2 Buffalo 0-16 L Manning and three wins shy of becoming the winningest quarterback in NFL his- Sun., Oct. 9 at Cleveland 33-16 W tory. Sun., Oct. 16 Cincinnati 35-17 W MOST CAREER WINS BY AN NFL QUATERBACK Sun., Oct. 23 at Pittsburgh 27-16 W (REGULAR SEASON AND POSTSEASON) Sun., Oct. 30 at Buffalo 41-25 W Sun., Nov. 6 BYE WEEK Sun., Nov. 13 Seattle 8:30 p.m. NBC* Quarterback Teams Wins Sun., Nov. 20 at San Francisco 4:25 p.m. CBS* Sun., Nov. 27 at N.Y. Jets 8:30 p.m. NBC* Peyton Manning IND/DEN 200 (186 reg. season/14 postseason) Sun., Dec. 4 Los Angeles 1:00 p.m. FOX* Brett Favre ATL/GB/NYJ/MIN 199 (186 reg. season/13 postseason) Mon., Dec. 12 Baltimore 8:30 p.m. ESPN Tom Brady NE 198 (176 reg. season/22 postseason) Sun., Dec. 18 at Denver 4:25 p.m. CBS* Sat., Dec 24 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS John Elway DEN 162 (148 reg. season/14 postseason) Sun., Jan. 1 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* *Game time and network subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment 2016 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 NEW ENGLAND 7 1 0 .875 217 132 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 Buffalo Bills 4 4 0 .500 212 172 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Miami Dolphins 3 4 0 .429 146 159 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 New York Jets 3 5 0 .375 150 208 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 GILLETTE STADIUM • ONE PATRIOT PLACE • FOXBOROUGH, MA 02035 TEL: 508-384-9105 • FAX: 508-543-9053 PATRIOTS.COM • HTTP://MEDIA.PATRIOTS.COM 2016 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 7, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/11 W 23-21 at Arizona 64,864 Blount 161 609 3.8 41t 9 09/18 W 31-24 Miami 66,829 J. White 26 107 4.1 16 0 09/22 W 27- 0 Houston 66,829 Brissett 16 83 5.2 27t 1 10/02 L 0-16 Buffalo 66,829 Brady 10 44 4.4 15 0 10/09 W 33-13 at Cleveland 67,431 Edelman 9 39 4.3 9 0 10/16 W 35-17 Cincinnati 66,829 Foster 7 24 3.4 7 0 10/23 W 27-16 at Pittsburgh 66,009 Garoppolo 7 8 1.1 10 0 10/30 W 41-25 at Buffalo 70,442 Bennett 1 6 6.0 6 0 11/13 Seattle Slater 1 5 5.0 5 0 11/20 at San Francisco Bolden 1 4 4.0 4 0 11/27 at New York Jets Hogan 1 2 2.0 2 0 12/04 Los Angeles TEAM 240 931 3.9 41t 10 12/12 Baltimore OPPONENTS 196 813 4.1 45 6 12/18 at Denver * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/24 New York Jets Edelman 41 358 8.7 23 1 01/01 at Miami Bennett 31 402 13.0 58 4 N.E. Opp. J. White 29 258 8.9 36 3 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 169 166 R. Gronkowski 22 484 22.0 53t 3 Rushing 54 46 Hogan 19 391 20.6 63 2 Passing 96 104 Amendola 16 189 11.8 32 3 Penalty 19 16 Mitchell 6 82 13.7 28 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 51/108 43/106 Blount 6 31 5.2 16 0 3rd Down Pct. 47.2 40.6 Bolden 2 15 7.5 13 0 4th Down: Made/Att 3/5 4/13 Garoppolo 1 3 3.0 3 0 4th Down Pct. 60.0 30.8 Foster 1 2 2.0 2 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:24 29:36 TEAM 174 2215 12.7 63 16 TOTAL NET YARDS 3042 2833 OPPONENTS 197 2102 10.7 51 9 Avg. Per Game 380.3 354.1 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Plays 506 524 Collins 2 31 15.5 18 0 Avg. Per Play 6.0 5.4 Chung 1 4 4.0 4 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 931 813 Butler 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 116.4 101.6 Harmon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total Rushes 240 196 TEAM 5 35 7.0 18 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2111 2020 OPPONENTS 0 0 --- --- 0 Avg. Per Game 263.9 252.5 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Sacked/Yards Lost 17/104 13/82 Allen 35 1540 44.0 41.0 2 13 57 0 Gross Yards 2215 2102 TEAM 35 1540 44.0 41.0 2 13 57 0 Att./Completions 249/174 315/197 OPPONENTS 36 1593 44.3 38.3 1 8 57 0 Completion Pct. 69.9 62.5 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Had Intercepted 0 5 Amendola 9 4 61 6.8 19 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 35/44.0 36/44.3 Edelman 9 2 102 11.3 23 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 35/41.0 36/38.3 C. Jones 4 1 33 8.3 13 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 52/495 57/460 TEAM 22 7 196 8.9 23 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 15/6 11/4 OPPONENTS 10 13 65 6.5 18 0 TOUCHDOWNS 26 15 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Rushing 10 6 C. Jones 4 80 20.0 26 0 Passing 16 9 Amendola 3 103 34.3 73 0 Returns 0 0 Edelman 2 25 12.5 16 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS McCourty 2 9 4.5 9 0 TEAM 74 41 66 36 0 217 Slater 2 33 16.5 18 0 OPPONENTS 17 40 34 41 0 132 Foster 1 30 30.0 30 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS TEAM 14 280 20.0 73 0 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 24/26 11/14 0 57 OPPONENTS 21 396 18.9 35 0 Blount 9 9 0 0 0 54 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Bennett 4 0 4 0 0 24 Gostkowski 0/ 0 2/ 2 5/ 6 2/ 3 2/3 Amendola 3 0 3 0 0 18 TEAM 0/ 0 2/ 2 5/ 6 2/ 3 2/3 R. Gronkowski 3 0 3 0 0 18 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 3/ 3 2/ 2 4/ 8 0/1 J. White 3 0 3 0 0 18 Gostkowski: (47G,53G,32G)(34G,39N)(24G,25G)(48N) Hogan 2 0 2 0 0 12 (50N,31G)(46G,31G)()(51G,32G) Brissett 1 1 0 0 0 6 OPP: (47N)(27G)()(34G,43G,47N,44G)()(25G)(42N, Edelman 1 0 1 0 0 6 32G,46G,44G,54N)(23G,49N) Hightower 0 0 0 0 1 2 TEAM 26 10 16 0 24/26 11/14 2 217 OPPONENTS 15 6 9 0 13/13 9/14 0 132 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-0, OPP 1-2 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brady 134 98 1319 73.1 9.84 12 9.0 0 0.0 63 8/ 43 133.9 Garoppolo 60 42 496 70.0 8.27 4 6.7 0 0.0 37t 3/ 15 117.1 Brissett 55 34 400 61.8 7.27 0 0.0 0 0.0 58 6/ 46 83.9 TEAM 249 174 2215 69.9 8.90 16 6.4 0 0.0 63 17/ 104 118.8 OPPONENTS 315 197 2102 62.5 6.67 9 2.9 5 1.6 51 13/ 82 84.9 2 2016 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Tackle Statistics based on Play-by-Play PLAYER TACKLES SACKS INTERCEPTIONS FUMBLES SP.