REGULAR SEASON WEEK 17 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at Miami dolphins MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (13-2) at MIAMI DOLPHINS (10-5) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 Sunday Jan. 1, 2017 • Hard Rock Stadium (64,500) • 1:00 p.m. ET 8:15 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and The New England Patriots can clinch the top seed in the AFC playoff field with a victory this Media Workroom Opens Sunday over Miami or a loss by the Oakland Raiders. The Patriots have earned five number 9:00-9:15 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference one seeds (2014, 2011, 2010, 2007 and 2003). They are currently tied with Denver (5) 12:00-12:45 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) with the most top seeds since the current playoff format was instituted in 1990. Tom Brady Media Availability New England enters this week with a 7-0 road record and will be looking to finish with a Devin McCourty Media Availability perfect road record for the second time in team history. The 2007 Patriots team finished Approx. 1:05 p.m. Media Availability at Practice with an 8-0 road record. Dolphins Conference Calls 11:40 a.m. Adam Gase BROADCAST INFORMATION TBD Dolphins Player TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen locally on WBZ-TV THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 Channel 4 in Boston. Ian Eagle will handle play-by-play duties with Dan Fouts as the color 11:00 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and analyst. Evan Washburn will work the sidelines. The game will be produced by Mark Wolff Media Workroom Opens 11:45 am.-12:30 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) and directed by Bob Fishman. Approx. 12:45 p.m. Media Availability at Practice LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Net- work. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quar- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 terback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. Produced by Marc Cappello. 8:30 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and Media Workroom Opens PATRIOTS SEEK TOP SEED IN THE AFC 9:15-9:30 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference Approx. 11:35 a.m. Media Availability at Practice The Patriots have earned five number one seeds (2014, 2011, 2010, 2007 and 2003) Approx. 1:30 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) in the postseason since 1990. The NFL began playoff seeding in 1975 and the current playoff format was instituted in 1990. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 MOST NO. 1 SEEDS IN THE PLAYOFF FIELD MOST NO. 1 SEEDS OVERALL Team Travel to Miami - No Media Availability (SINCE 1990) (SINCE 1975) New England 5 San Francisco 8 Denver 8 SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 Denver 5 Dallas 6 1:00 p.m. Patriots at Miami Dolpjins Pittsburgh 4 Pittsburgh 6 San Francisco 4 New England 5 Dallas 4 Oakland 5 2016 patriots schedule PATS TAKE AIM AT PERFECT ROAD RECORD REGULAR SEASON (13-2) New England enters Week 17 with a 7-0 record on the road. With a win at Miami on Sun., Sept. 11 at Arizona 23-21 W Sunday, the Patriots will become just the seventh team in NFL history to finish the regular Sun., Sept. 18 Miami 31-24 W season with a perfect 8-0 mark in road games. Thu., Sept. 22 Houston 27-0 W NFL TEAMS THAT HAVE FINISHED WITH AN 8-0 ROAD RECORD Sun., Oct. 2 Buffalo 0-16 L Team Year Sun., Oct. 9 at Cleveland 33-13 W Dallas 2014 New England 2007 Sun., Oct. 16 Cincinnati 35-17 W St. Louis 2001 Sun., Oct. 23 at Pittsburgh 27-16 W San Francisco 1990 Sun., Oct. 30 at Buffalo 41-25 W San Francisco 1989 Sun., Nov. 6 BYE WEEK San Francisco 1984 Sun., Nov. 13 Seattle 24-31 L Sun., Nov. 20 at San Francisco 30-17 W Sun., Nov. 27 at N.Y. Jets 22-17 W Week 17 highlights Sun., Dec. 4 Los Angeles 26-10 W Mon., Dec. 12 Baltimore 30-23 W PAGE 25: The New England Patriots have compiled the NFL’s best Sun., Dec. 18 at Denver 16-3 W intra-division record since 2001. Sat., Dec 24 N.Y. Jets 41-3 W PAGE 33: Bill Belichick looks for his NFL-record extending fifth Sun., Jan. 1 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS 14-win season. *Game time and network subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment PAGE 36: In Miami, Tom Brady can pass Dan Marino for fourth place on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list. 2016 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 Y-NEW ENGLAND 13 2 0 .867 406 236 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 X-Miami Dolphins 10 5 0 .667 349 345 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Buffalo Bills 7 8 0 .467 389 348 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 New York Jets 4 11 0 .267 245 399 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 Y-Clinched Division X-Clinched Playoff Spot 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 13, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/11 W 23-21 at Arizona 64,864 Blount 285 1110 3.9 44 17 09/18 W 31-24 Miami 66,829 Lewis 53 235 4.4 15 0 09/22 W 27- 0 Houston 66,829 J. White 37 157 4.2 16 0 10/02 L 0-16 Buffalo 66,829 Brissett 16 83 5.2 27t 1 10/09 W 33-13 at Cleveland 67,431 Brady 27 58 2.1 15 0 10/16 W 35-17 Cincinnati 66,829 Edelman 11 51 4.6 9 0 10/23 W 27-16 at Pittsburgh 66,009 Foster 7 24 3.4 7 0 10/30 W 41-25 at Buffalo 70,442 Bennett 2 10 5.0 6 0 11/13 L 24-31 Seattle 66,829 Hogan 3 9 3.0 6 0 11/20 W 30-17 at San Francisco 70,178 Garoppolo 10 6 0.6 10 0 11/27 W 22-17 at New York Jets 78,160 Slater 1 5 5.0 5 0 12/04 W 26-10 Los Angeles 66,829 Bolden 1 4 4.0 4 0 12/12 W 30-23 Baltimore 66,829 TEAM 453 1752 3.9 44 18 12/18 W 16- 3 at Denver 76,893 OPPONENTS 345 1342 3.9 45 6 12/24 W 41- 3 New York Jets 66,829 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 01/01 at Miami Edelman 90 955 10.6 35 2 N.E. Opp. J. White 56 530 9.5 61 5 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 329 278 Bennett 52 668 12.8 58 6 Rushing 101 78 Hogan 34 653 19.2 79t 4 Passing 191 177 Floyd LG 34 452 13.3 39 4 Penalty 37 23 Floyd TM 1 6 6.0 6 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 97/215 69/194 Mitchell 32 401 12.5 56t 4 3rd Down Pct. 45.1 35.6 R. Gronkowski 25 540 21.6 53t 3 4th Down: Made/Att 8/12 7/18 Amendola 23 243 10.6 32 4 4th Down Pct. 66.7 38.9 Lewis 15 90 6.0 16 0 POSSESSION AVG. 31:13 28:47 Blount 7 38 5.4 16 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 5784 4943 Develin 3 18 6.0 13 0 Avg. Per Game 385.6 329.5 Whalen LG 2 22 11.0 12 0 Total Plays 993 941 Bolden 2 15 7.5 13 0 Avg. Per Play 5.8 5.3 Lengel LG 1 18 18.0 18t 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 1752 1342 Lengel TM 1 18 18.0 18t 1 Avg. Per Game 116.8 89.5 Garoppolo 1 3 3.0 3 0 Total Rushes 453 345 Foster 1 2 2.0 2 0 NET YARDS PASSING 4032 3601 TEAM 343 4180 12.2 79t 29 Avg. Per Game 268.8 240.1 OPPONENTS 344 3828 11.1 66 19 Sacked/Yards Lost 24/148 34/227 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Gross Yards 4180 3828 Butler 4 28 7.0 21 0 Att./Completions 516/343 562/344 Collins TM 2 31 15.5 18 0 Completion Pct. 66.5 61.2 Ryan 1 46 46.0 46 0 Had Intercepted 2 12 Chung 1 4 4.0 4 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 69/44.5 75/45.8 Harmon 1 0 0.0 0 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 69/41.3 75/41.1 McCourty 1 0 0.0 0 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 86/755 104/857 Rowe 1 0 0.0 0 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 27/9 23/9 Van Noy LG 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS 47 25 Van Noy TM 1 0 0.0 0 0 Rushing 18 6 TEAM 12 109 9.1 46 0 Passing 29 19 OPPONENTS 2 16 8.0 14 0 Returns 0 0 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Allen 69 3071 44.5 41.3 5 23 57 0 TEAM 116 106 99 85 0 406 TEAM 69 3071 44.5 41.3 5 23 57 0 OPPONENTS 32 70 54 80 0 236 OPPONENTS 75 3433 45.8 41.1 2 24 76 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 43/46 25/29 0 118 Amendola 18 7 121 6.7 30 0 Blount 17 17 0 0 0 102 Edelman 14 5 135 9.6 23 0 Bennett 6 0 6 0 0 36 C.