REGULAR SEASON WEEK 15 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT DENVER BRONCOS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (11-2) at DENVER BRONCOS (8-5) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 • Spots Authority Field at Mile High (76,125) • 4:25 p.m. ET 8:15 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and The New England Patriots will play against the Denver Broncos this week in a rematch of Media Workroom Opens the 2015 AFC Championship Game. The Patriots and Broncos will play in the regular season 9:00-9:15 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference for the sixth year in a row. The Patriots are 4-1 in the previous five meetings. Last season, 12:00 p.m.-12:45 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) the Patriots lost, 30-24, at Denver in overtime on Nov. 29. The Patriots and Broncos then Tom Brady Media Availability faced each other in the AFC Title Game with Denver winning, 20-18, on Jan. 24, 2016. Devin McCourty Media Availability A victory over Denver will secure the Patriots an NFL-record eighth straight division title Approx. 1:05 p.m. Media Availability at Practice and a first-round playoff bye for the seventh consecutive season. 2:35 p.m. Trevor Siemian Conference Call 2:45 p.m. Gary Kubiak Conference Call BROADCAST INFORMATION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen locally on WBZ-TV 11: 00 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and Channel 4 in Boston. Jim Nantz will handle play-by-play duties with Phil Simms as the color Media Workroom Opens analyst. Tracy Wolfson will work the sidelines. The game will be produced by Lance Barrow 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) Approx. 12:45 p.m. Media Availability at Practice and directed by Mike Arnold. NATIONAL RADIO: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience on ESPN Radio. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 Adam Amin and Bill Polian will call the game. Ian Fitzsimmons will work the sidelines. 6:00 a.m. Media Check-In at Blue Gate and LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Net- Media Workroom Opens work. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quar- 6:45 a.m.-7:30 am. Player Availability terback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. Produced by Marc Cappello. (Open Locker Room) 8:15 am.-8:30 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference Approx. 11:00 a.m. Player Availability (Open Locker Room) PATS CAN CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH The New England Patriots have qualified for the playoffs 23 times in their 56-year his- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 tory. Seventeen of those playoff berths have come in the 22 seasons since Robert Kraft pur- No Media Availability chased the team in 1994, a dramatic contrast to the six total playoff berths the team earned in its first 34 years of existence. The Patriots have won 18 division crowns, including 13 in SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 the last 15 seasons, and have qualified as a Wild Card team four times (1976, 1985, 1994 4:25 p.m. Patriots at Denver Broncos and 1998). The Patriots also qualified for the playoffs in 1982 during the strike season. The Patriots can clinch another AFC East Division and earn a first-round bye with a win 2016 patriots schedule in Denver on Sunday. REGULAR SEASON (11-2) PLAYOFF SEASONS SINCE 1994 Sun., Sept. 11 at Arizona 23-21 W New England Patriots......17 Green Bay Packers.........17 Sun., Sept. 18 Miami 31-24 W Indianapolis Colts ..........16 Thu., Sept. 22 Houston 27-0 W Pittsburgh Steelers ........14 Sun., Oct. 2 Buffalo 0-16 L Philadelphia Eagles .........12 Sun., Oct. 9 at Cleveland 33-16 W Denver Broncos ...........12 Sun., Oct. 16 Cincinnati 35-17 W Sun., Oct. 23 at Pittsburgh 27-16 W Sun., Oct. 30 at Buffalo 41-25 W Week 15 highlights Sun., Nov. 6 BYE WEEK Sun., Nov. 13 Seattle 24-31 L PAGE 22: The Patriots and Broncos will meet five years to the day Sun., Nov. 20 at San Francisco 30-17 W after a memorable New England win in Denver. Sun., Nov. 27 at N.Y. Jets 22-17 W PAGE 24: Sun., Dec. 4 Los Angeles 26-10 W The Patriots are seeking their 11th 12-win season since Mon., Dec. 12 Baltimore 30-23 W the 1970 AFL-NFL merger Sun., Dec. 18 at Denver 4:25 p.m. CBS PAGE 31: Bill Belichick owns the NFL record among head coaches Sat., Dec 24 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS with 10 seasons of 12 or more wins. Sun., Jan. 1 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* *Game time and network subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment PAGE 42: LeGarrette Blount is one rushing TD away from becoming the franchise’s all-time single season leader. 2016 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 NEW ENGLAND 11 2 0 .846 349 230 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 Miami Dolphins 8 5 0 .615 281 301 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 6 7 0 .462 325 301 Cecily Faenza, Social Media Manager, [email protected], 774-254-7917 New York Jets 4 9 0 .308 229 324 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 11, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/11 W 23-21 at Arizona 64,864 Blount 248 1029 4.1 44 14 09/18 W 31-24 Miami 66,829 J. White 33 132 4.0 16 0 09/22 W 27- 0 Houston 66,829 Lewis 19 88 4.6 15 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 26 59 2.3 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 7 8 1.1 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 374 1502 4.0 44 15 12/18 at Denver OPPONENTS 299 1173 3.9 45 6 12/24 New York Jets * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 01/01 at Miami Edelman 79 791 10.0 33 2 N.E. Opp. J. White 50 474 9.5 61 4 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 288 249 Bennett 48 614 12.8 58 5 Rushing 89 67 Hogan 32 613 19.2 79t 4 Passing 168 161 Mitchell 28 358 12.8 56t 4 Penalty 31 21 R. Gronkowski 25 540 21.6 53t 3 3rd Down: Made/Att 81/180 66/171 Amendola 23 243 10.6 32 4 3rd Down Pct. 45.0 38.6 Lewis 12 76 6.3 16 0 4th Down: Made/Att 8/11 5/14 Blount 7 38 5.4 16 0 4th Down Pct. 72.7 35.7 Whalen LG 2 22 11.0 12 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:45 29:15 Bolden 2 15 7.5 13 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 5146 4395 Develin 1 5 5.0 5 0 Avg. Per Game 395.8 338.1 Garoppolo 1 3 3.0 3 0 Total Plays 850 825 Foster 1 2 2.0 2 0 Avg. Per Play 6.1 5.3 TEAM 309 3772 12.2 79t 26 NET YARDS RUSHING 1502 1173 OPPONENTS 311 3410 11.0 66 19 Avg. Per Game 115.5 90.2 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Rushes 374 299 Collins TM 2 31 15.5 18 0 NET YARDS PASSING 3644 3222 Butler 2 7 3.5 7 0 Avg. Per Game 280.3 247.8 Chung 1 4 4.0 4 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 21/128 28/188 Harmon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gross Yards 3772 3410 McCourty 1 0 0.0 0 0 Att./Completions 455/309 498/311 Van Noy LG 1 0 0.0 0 0 Completion Pct. 67.9 62.4 Van Noy TM 1 0 0.0 0 0 Had Intercepted 2 8 TEAM 8 42 5.3 18 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 58/44.3 64/45.8 OPPONENTS 2 16 8.0 14 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 58/41.1 64/40.9 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B PENALTIES/YARDS 79/705 93/731 Allen 58 2572 44.3 41.1 4 19 57 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 23/9 20/6 TEAM 58 2572 44.3 41.1 4 19 57 0 TOUCHDOWNS 41 25 OPPONENTS 64 2928 45.8 40.9 2 19 76 0 Rushing 15 6 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Passing 26 19 Amendola 18 7 121 6.7 30 0 Returns 0 0 C.