REGULAR SEASON WEEK 11 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. BUFFALO BILLS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (9-0) vs. BUFFALO BILLS (5-4) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Monday Nov. 23, 2015 • Gillette Stadium (66,829) • 8:30 p.m. ET 9:00 a.m. Media Check-In and Media Workroom The New England Patriots improved to 9-0 with last week’s win at the New York Giants 9:45-10:00 a.m. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick Press Availability (Media Workroom) and secured a winning record for the 15th consecutive season, joining San Francisco (16) 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Media Availability (Open Locker Room) and Dallas (16) as the only teams with a streak of 15 straight winning seasons since the TBD Patriots QB Tom Brady Press Availability 1970 NFL merger. TBD Media Meal Provided The Patriots will begin a two-game set of nationally televised games when they host the 12:50 p.m. Media Access to Practice (Upper Grass Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football. It will be the second meeting of the two teams this Fields. Access limited until team drills begin.) season. On Sept. 20, the Patriots beat the Bills, 40-32, at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The week after the Buffalo game, the Patriots will travel to Denver to face the Broncos in a Sunday THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Night Football game. TBD Media Check-In and Media Workroom The Patriots are an NFL-best 42-15 in the month of November since 2001 for a .737 TBD Media Availability (Open Locker Room) winning percentage. Also, the Patriots own a 70-19 (.787) record in the regular season TBD Media Access to Practice (Upper Grass Fields. Access limited until team drills begin.) against AFC East opponents, the best intra-division record of any team in the NFL since Buffalo Bills Conference Calls to New England 2001. The Patriots are 3-0 in the AFC East in 2015. TBD Bills Head Coach Rex Ryan TBD Bills Player FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 BROADCAST INFORMATION TBD Media Check-In and Media Workroom TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by ESPN and can be seen locally on TBD Media Access to Practice (Upper Grass WCVB-TV Channel 5 in Boston. Mike Tirico will handle play-by-play duties with John Gruden Fields. Access limited until team drills begin.) as the color analyst. Lisa Salters will work the sidelines. The game will be produced by Jay TBD Media Availability (Open Locker Room) Rothman and directed by Chip Dean. NATIONAL RADIO: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience on West- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 wood One Sports. Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason will call the game. Steve Tasker will TBD Media Check-In and Media Workroom work the sidelines. TBD Media Access to Practice (Upper Grass Fields. Access limited until team drills begin.) LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio TBD Media Availability (Open Locker Room) Network. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. Produced by Marc Cappello. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 No media availability BETTER THAN AVERAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 8:30 p.m. New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills The New England Patriots can reach double-digit wins for for the 13th consecutive season with a win vs. Buffalo on Monday Night Football. San Francisco (16) is the only other team 2015 patriots schedule to accomplish the feat. REGULAR SEASON (9-0) MOST SEASONS OF 10+ WINS SINCE 2001 Thurs., Sept. 10 Pittsburgh 28-21 W Team Years Consecutive Seasons With 10+ Wins Sun., Sept. 20 at Buffalo 40-32 W San Francisco 1983-1998 16 Sun., Sept. 27 Jacksonville 51-17 W New England 2003-2014 12 Sun., Oct. 4 BYE WEEK Sun., Oct. 11 at Dallas 30-6 W Sun., Oct. 18 at Indianapolis 34-27 W Sun., Oct. 25 N.Y. Jets 30-23 W week 11 highlights Thurs., Oct. 29 Miami 36-7 W PAGE 24: Sun., Nov. 8 Washington 27-10 W The storied rivalry between the Patriots and the Bills predates their Sun., Nov. 15 at N.Y. Giants 27-26 W entry into the National Football League. Mon., Nov. 23 Buffalo 8:30 p.m. ESPN PAGE 34: Bill Belichick is one victory away from another 10-win Sun., Nov. 29 at Denver 8:30 p.m. NBC* season. Sun., Dec. 6 Philadelphia 4:25 p.m. FOX* PAGE 47: With one more touchdown reception, Rob Gronkowski will Sun., Dec. 13 at Houston 1:00 p.m. CBS* Sun., Dec. 20 Tennessee 1:00 p.m. CBS* move into sole possession of third place for touchdown catches by a tight end. Sun., Dec. 27 at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 57: Stephen Gostkowski is the most accurate long-distance kicker in Sun., Jan. 3 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* NFL history. *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 9 0 0 1.000 303 169 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Buffalo Bills 5 4 0 .556 231 207 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 New York Jets 5 4 0 .556 217 184 Travis Basciotta, Media Relations Coor., [email protected], 508-431-7773 Miami Dolphins 4 5 0 .444 191 225 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 9, LOST 0 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/10 W 28-21 Pittsburgh 66,829 Blount 117 513 4.4 38t 6 09/20 W 40-32 at Buffalo 70,858 Lewis 49 234 4.8 13 2 09/27 W 51-17 Jacksonville 66,829 Brady 22 28 1.3 11 2 10/11 W 30- 6 at Dallas 93,054 Edelman 3 23 7.7 12 0 10/18 W 34-27 at Indianapolis 66,726 White 8 20 2.5 5 0 10/25 W 30-23 New York Jets 66,829 Amendola 2 11 5.5 8 0 10/29 W 36- 7 Miami 66,829 Bolden 8 11 1.4 12 0 11/08 W 27-10 Washington 66,829 Garoppolo 5 -5 -1.0 -1 0 11/15 W 27-26 at New York Giants 81,061 TEAM 214 835 3.9 38t 10 11/23 Buffalo OPPONENTS 198 794 4.0 28 4 11/29 at Denver * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/06 Philadelphia Edelman 61 692 11.3 59t 7 12/13 at Houston Gronkowski 49 806 16.4 76t 8 12/20 Tennessee Amendola 40 403 10.1 35 2 12/27 at New York Jets Lewis 36 388 10.8 40 2 01/03 at Miami LaFell 13 240 18.5 54 0 N.E. Opp. Chandler 13 137 10.5 26 2 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 223 183 Dobson 12 124 10.3 24 0 Rushing 57 41 White 8 58 7.3 12 0 Passing 147 127 K. Martin LG 6 95 15.8 39 1 Penalty 19 15 K. Martin TM 6 95 15.8 39 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 56/115 52/124 Bolden 5 41 8.2 18t 1 3rd Down Pct. 48.7 41.9 Blount 5 38 7.6 14 1 4th Down: Made/Att 5/8 6/12 M. Williams 2 19 9.5 15 0 4th Down Pct. 62.5 50.0 Cadet TM 1 2 2.0 2 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:34 29:26 TEAM 251 3043 12.1 76t 24 TOTAL NET YARDS 3768 3094 OPPONENTS 218 2507 11.5 87t 14 Avg. Per Game 418.7 343.8 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Plays 605 585 Ryan 4 39 9.8 25 0 Avg. Per Play 6.2 5.3 Harmon 3 50 16.7 30 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 835 794 McCourty 1 27 27.0 27 0 Avg. Per Game 92.8 88.2 Butler 1 9 9.0 9 0 Total Rushes 214 198 TEAM 9 125 13.9 30 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2933 2300 OPPONENTS 3 60 20.0 44 1 Avg. Per Game 325.9 255.6 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Sacked/Yards Lost 21/110 30/207 Allen 29 1326 45.7 41.5 1 15 67 0 Gross Yards 3043 2507 TEAM 29 1326 45.7 41.5 1 15 67 0 Att./Completions 370/251 357/218 OPPONENTS 42 1978 47.1 39.3 2 10 70 0 Completion Pct. 67.8 61.1 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Had Intercepted 3 9 Amendola 15 7 205 13.7 82 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 29/45.7 42/47.1 Edelman 10 1 81 8.1 19 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 29/41.5 42/39.3 TEAM 25 8 286 11.4 82 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 64/592 70/629 OPPONENTS 17 8 103 6.1 17 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 9/4 13/4 * KICKOFF RETURNS No.