PATRIOTS FACE JAGUARS IN FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON MEDIA SCHEDULE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (9-5) vs. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (7-7) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 ¹ Gillette Stadium (68,756) ¹ 1:00 p.m. EDT 10:50 -11:10 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference The New England Patriots will close out the regular-season home schedule when 11:10 -11:55 a.m. Open Locker Room they face the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium this Sunday. A victory or tie or 11:10-11:20 p.m. Tom Brady Availability a Miami loss or tie will give New England its ninth AFC East Division Championship 1:05 p.m. Practice Availability since 1994 and its 12th overall Division Championship. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENTS Approx. 1:00 p.m. Practice Availability The Patriots won their ninth game of the season last Sunday at Buffalo and are the 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Open Locker Room only team in the NFL to have recorded nine or more wins in each of the last nine FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 seasons. Entering 2009, the Patriots had won 10 or more games seven times in the No Media Availability last eight seasons and had won 11 or more games six times in the last eight seasons. 2009 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE MOST SEASONS OF 9+ WINS SINCE 2001 REGULAR SEASON (9-5) New England ................... 9 Mon., Sept. 14 Buffalo W 25-24 Indianapolis ......................... 8 Sun., Sept. 20 at N.Y. Jets L 9-16 Philadelphia ......................... 7 Sun., Sept. 27 Atlanta W 26-10 OFFENSE RANKS HIGH Sun., Oct. 4 Baltimore W 27-21 The Patriots offense is currently ranked second in the NFL and is averaging 398.3 Sun., Oct. 11 at Denver L ot 17-20 yards in total offense. If that pace continues, it will be the second highest offensive Sun., Oct. 18 Tennessee W 59-0 output in team history. Sun., Oct. 25 # Tampa Bay W 35-7 MOST TOTAL NET YARDS PER GAME IN TEAM HISTORY Sun., Nov. 1 BYE WEEK Year Gm Yds/Gm Year Gm Yds/Gm 2007 16 411.3 1994 16 361.0 Sun., Nov. 8 Miami W 27-17 1978 16 372.8 2004 16 357.6 Sun., Nov. 15 at Indianapolis L 34-35 2008 16 365.4 1981 16 351.4 Sun., Nov. 22 N.Y. Jets W 31-14 PATRIOTS ON THE POINT Mon., Nov. 30 at New Orleans L 17-38 The Patriots have scored 365 points so far in 2009 and rank eighth in the NFL with Sun., Dec. 6 at Miami L 21-22 26.1 points per game. They are on pace to finish with 417 points, which would be Sun., Dec. 13 Carolina W 20-10 the fifth most in team history. Sun., Dec. 20 at Buffalo W 17-10 MOST POINTS SCORED IN A SEASON BY THE PATRIOTS Sun., Dec. 27 Jacksonville 1:00 CBS 589 in 2007 Sun., Jan. 3 at Houston 1:00 CBS* 441 in 1980 #Wembley Stadium, London, England *Eligible to be flexed 437 in 2004 AFC STANDINGS AFC East W L T Pct. PF PA 418 in 1996 PATRIOTS 9 5 0 .643 365 244 BROADCAST INFORMATION Miami Dolphins 7 7 0 .500 316 333 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast to a regional audience by CBS New York Jets 7 7 0 .500 282 221 and can be seen in Boston on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Kevin Harlan will handle play- Buffalo Bills 5 9 0 .357 225 288 by-play duties with Solomon Wilcots providing color. AFC North W L T Pct. PF PA NATIONAL RADIO: This week's game will be broadcast to a national audience by Cincinnati Bengals 9 5 0 .643 288 244 Westwood One. Mark Champion and Dan Reeves will call the game with Scott Baltimore Ravens 8 6 0 .571 350 225 Graham handling the sideline reporting. Pittsburgh Steelers 7 7 0 .500 315 280 Cleveland Browns 3 11 0 .214 199 349 RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A complete listing of the network’s 36 stations can be found in this press AFC South W L T Pct. PF PA release. Play-by-play broadcaster Gil Santos is in his 33rd season as the voice of *Indianapolis Colts 14 0 0 1.000 394 248 the Patriots and will call the action along with Patriots Hall of Famer Gino Jacksonville Jaguars 7 7 0 .500 266 322 Tennessee Titans 7 7 0 .500 320 347 Cappelletti. Santos and Cappelletti are celebrating their 26th season as a tandem. Houston Texans 7 7 0 .500 327 286 PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE The Patriots’ media-only website, located at http://media.patriots.com, will be AFC West W L T Pct. PF PA @San Diego Chargers 11 3 0 .786 389 283 updated for registered users throughout the season with all the latest media Denver Broncos 8 6 0 .571 275 250 information, schedules, rosters and press releases. The media site also serves as the Oakland Raiders 5 9 0 .357 175 335 team’s primary credentialing system. Kansas City Chiefs 3 11 0 .214 240 383 MEDIA CONTACTS *Clinched Division and Homefield Advanatge PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 @Clinched Division Title Stacey James ........Vice President of Media Relations .. [email protected] ...... 508-384-9105 Aaron Salkin ........ Asst. Director of Media Relations .. [email protected] ...... 508-326-6870 Scott Barboza .......Media Relations Assistant. ............ [email protected] ...... 508-384-9195 Christy Berkery ....Media Relations Assistant .......... [email protected] ...... 508-549-0518 Tara Bertrand .......Administrative Assistant................. [email protected] ...... 508-384-4311 Jeff Cournoyer ......Dir. of Corporate Communications ... [email protected] PATRIOTS VS. JAGUARS SERIES HISTORY TALE OF THE TAPE The Patriots and Jaguars will 2009 Regular Season New England Jacksonville meet for the ninth time overall and Record 9-5 7-7 for the first time since New England Divisional Standings 1st 2nd claimed a 31-20 victory in a Total Yards Gained 5,576 4,782 Divisional Playoff game at Gillette Total Offense (Rank) 398.3 (2) 341.6 (15) Stadium on January 12, 2008. Rush Offense 117.9 (14) 128.6 (8) The Patriots have won all four of Pass Offense 280.4 (4) 213.0 (18) the regular-season games between Points Per Game 26.1 (8) 19.0 (21) the clubs. The two teams have Touchdowns Scored 42 31 faced each other four times in the playoffs, including the 1996 AFC Third Down Conversion Pct. 43.0 44.9 Championship Game at Foxboro Stadium, a 20-6 New England Team Passer Rating 93.4 84.8 win. The Patriots lead the Jaguars 3-1 in postseason games. Total Yards Allowed 4,409 4,873 The Jaguars will visit Foxborough for the sixth time overall, with Total Defense (Rank) 314.9 (10) 348.1 (20) the Patriots having won all five previous games against the team Rush Defense 109.9 (15) 103.7 (12) in New England. Two of the wins were in the regular-season and Pass Defense 205.9 (9) 244.4 (27) three were postseason wins. Points Allowed/Game 17.4 (3t) 23.0 (21t) Three of the six previous games between the teams in Touchdowns Allowed 29 37 Foxborough have been playoff games. Third Down Defense (Pct.) 36.9 44.9 The first playoff game was the 1996 Field Goals Made/Attempted 24/29 17/26 AFC Championship Game at Foxboro Possession Avg. 33:16 30:31 Stadium. In that contest, the Patriots Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 16/90 39/230 beat the Jaguars 20-6 to advance to Sacks Made/Yards 28/213 14/79 Super Bowl XXXI. The Jaguars claimed Interceptions For/Against 15/12 14/7 a 25-10 win in the 1998 Wild Card Penalties Against/Yards 75/678 66/517 playoffs. The Patriots won 28-3 in a Punts/Avg. 53/39.1 64/42.5 2005 Divisional Playoff game and 31-20 Takeaway/Giveaway Ratio +6 +3 in a 2007 Divisional Playoff game. QUICK HITS Regular Season – Patriots 4, Jaguars 0 ¾ In winning seven of eight total contests in the series, the Date Result Score H/A Stadium Patriots have won 88 percent of their games against the 09/22/96 W (OT) 28-25 H Foxboro Stad. Jaguars. The only other teams against which the Patriots have 12/07/97 W 26-20 A Alltel Stadium won at least 80 percent of their games are the Baltimore 12/14/03 W 27-13 H Gillette Stadium Ravens (5-0) and Houston Texans (2-0). 12/24/06 W 24-21 H Gillette Stadium ¾ The Jaguars are one of just four teams against which the Patriots own an undefeated home record (6-0). The Patriots Playoffs – Patriots 3, Jaguars 1 Date Result Score H/A Stadium are 3-0 at home against Baltimore, 3-0 against Chicago and 1- 01/12/97* W 20-6 H Foxboro Stad. 0 against Houston. 01/03/99 L 10-25 A Alltel Stadium PASSING PERFORMANCES 01/07/06 W 28-3 H Gillette Stadium Tom Brady will face off against the Jaguars for the third time in 01/12/08 W 31-20 H Gillette Stadium his career in the regular-season. Brady has also played *-AFC Championship Game Jacksonville two times in the postseason. SERIES TRENDS Tom Brady vs. Jacksonville (2-0) (regular season) Date A C Yd % TD I Rating W/L Score Overall Record (including 3-1 in playoffs) ........................