BUFFALO 2014 WEEKLY RELEASE AT REGULAR SEASON WEEK 17: BUFFALO BILLS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS | Sunday, December 28 | 1:00 PM | CBS-TV BUFFALO 2014 WEEKLY RELEASE REGULAR SEASON WEEK 17: BUFFALO BILLS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS | Sunday, Dec. 28 | 1:00 PM | CBS-TV BUFFALO BILLS (8-7) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (12-3) BILLS WRAP UP SEASON AT NEW ENGLAND BROADCAST INFO The Buffalo Bills will face the New England Patriots in Week 17 on Sunday, December 28th TELEVISION: CBS-TV with kickoff scheduled for 1:00 PM EST. PRODUCER: Victor Frank DIRECTOR: Chris Svendsen Sunday’s game will mark the 109th regular season meeting between Buffalo and the Patri- PLAY-BY-PLAY: Spero Dedes ots, with the Bills trailing in the overall series 41-66-1. COLOR ANALYST: Solomon Wilcots With a win over New England on Sunday, the Bills will: • Win at least nine games for the first time since 2004 BILLS RADIO NETWORK FLAGSHIP: Buffalo – WGR550 (550AM); Toronto • Win at least four road games for the first time since 2008 - Fan 590; Rochester - WCMF (96.5) and WROC • Win their first game at Gillette Stadium (950AM); Syracuse - WKRL (100.9/WKLL 94.9) PLAY-BY-PLAY: John Murphy (27th year, 11th as BILLS-PATRIOTS REGULAR SEASON SERIES play-by-play) • Overall regular season record: 41-66-1 COLOR ANALYST: Mark Kelso (9th year) • Bills on the road at Patriots: 19-35 SIDELINE: Sal Capaccio (1st Year) • Last meeting at Patriots: 12/29/2013, L 20-34 • First regular season meeting: 9/23/1960, W 13-0 at Boston • Last regular season meeting: 10/12/2014, L 22-37 at Ralph Wilson Stadium UPCOMING WEEK’S SCHEDULE Tues, Dec. 23 Weds, Dec. 24 Thurs, Dec. 25 Fri, Dec. 26 Sat, Dec. 27 Sun, Dec. 28 Mon, Dec. 29 9:25 AM 12:15 PM Patriots HC Practice (Open for No Media 12:15 PM No Media 1:00 PM TBD Bill Belichick Stretch & Availability Practice (Open Availability Conference Calll Individual) for Stretch & Bills 12:15 PM Coach Marrone Individual) Patriots TE Post-Practice & at Rob Gronkowski Open Locker Room Coach Marrone Patriots Conference Call Post-Practice & Open Locker Gillette Stadium 12:00 - 12:45 PM Room Open Locker Room 4:10 PM Coordinator/Asst. Coach Marrone Coach Available (By Request Only) Scott Berchtold - Senior Vice President/Communications Kevin Kearns - Media Relations Assistant Kristy Boncal - Assistant to the Chief Marketing Officer & [email protected] :: 716-312-8701 [email protected] :: 716-312-8704 Media Relations Dept. [email protected] :: 716-312-8620 Chris Jenkins - Executive Director of Media Relations Chris Fanelli - Media Relations Assistant [email protected] :: 716-312-8702 [email protected] :: 716-312-8717 BuffaloBills.com/media 1 @BuffaloBillsPR BUFFALOBILLS.COM/MEDIA REGULAR SEASON WEEK 17: BUFFALO BILLS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS | Sunday, Dec. 28 | 1:00 PM | CBS-TV BILLS 2014 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS - THROUGH WEEK 16 BUFFALO BILLS / WEEK 16 / THROUGH MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2014 WON 8, LOST 7 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/07 W 23-20 OT at Chicago 62,425 Jackson 123 467 3.8 38 2 09/14 W 29-10 Miami 69,954 Dixon 98 405 4.1 47 1 09/21 L 10-22 San Diego 68,611 Spiller 73 283 3.9 53 0 09/28 L 17-23 at Houston 71,756 B. Brown 36 126 3.5 14 0 10/05 W 17-14 at Detroit 62,775 Manuel 16 52 3.3 8 1 10/12 L 22-37 New England 70,185 Orton 13 17 1.3 10 1 10/19 W 17-16 Minnesota 68,477 Summers 6 17 2.8 4 1 10/26 W 43-23 at New York Jets 78,160 Goodwin 3 8 2.7 12 0 11/09 L 13-17 Kansas City 68,119 Watkins 1 3 3.0 3 0 11/13 L 9-22 at Miami 71,573 TEAM 369 1378 3.7 53 6 11/24 W 38- 3 New York Jets 56,044 OPPONENTS 389 1587 4.1 47 10 11/30 W 26-10 Cleveland 68,576 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/07 L 17-24 at Denver 76,913 Jackson 65 497 7.6 34 1 12/14 W 21-13 Green Bay 70,214 Watkins 62 925 14.9 84 6 12/21 L 24-26 at Oakland 53,436 Woods 61 660 10.8 37 4 12/28 at New England Chandler 46 477 10.4 37 3 Buff. Opp. Hogan 40 423 10.6 31 4 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 257 288 Spiller 18 123 6.8 25 1 Rushing 60 85 B. Brown 16 176 11.0 40 0 Passing 176 164 Mi. Williams 8 142 17.8 80t 1 Penalty 21 39 Gragg 7 48 6.9 14 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 79/218 68/205 Dixon 7 41 5.9 10 0 3rd Down Pct. 36.2 33.2 Gray LG 6 109 18.2 41 0 4th Down: Made/Att 6/14 4/8 Gray TM 5 93 18.6 41 0 4th Down Pct. 42.9 50.0 L. Smith 6 24 4.0 12 1 POSSESSION AVG. 29:37 30:23 Summers 5 9 1.8 4 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 4828 4735 Goodwin 1 42 42.0 42 0 Avg. Per Game 321.9 315.7 TEAM 347 3680 10.6 84 22 Total Plays 962 965 OPPONENTS 319 3430 10.8 56t 16 Avg. Per Play 5.0 4.9 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD NET YARDS RUSHING 1378 1587 McKelvin 4 10 2.5 9 0 Avg. Per Game 91.9 105.8 Searcy 3 70 23.3 32 0 Total Rushes 369 389 Gilmore 3 61 20.3 27 0 NET YARDS PASSING 3450 3148 Graham 2 75 37.5 45 0 Avg. Per Game 230.0 209.9 Rambo LG 2 44 22.0 28 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 37/230 50/282 Rambo TM 2 44 22.0 28 0 Gross Yards 3680 3430 D. Williams 1 34 34.0 34 0 Att./Completions 556/347 526/319 A. Williams 1 26 26.0 26 0 Completion Pct. 62.4 60.6 K. Williams 1 2 2.0 2 0 Had Intercepted 13 19 Bradham 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 81/43.3 84/43.6 P. Brown 1 0 0.0 0 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 81/39.1 84/37.2 TEAM 19 322 16.9 45 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 119/987 99/794 OPPONENTS 13 172 13.2 80t 2 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 21/9 20/11 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B TOUCHDOWNS 32 28 Schmidt 81 3509 43.3 39.1 6 29 67 0 Rushing 6 10 TEAM 81 3509 43.3 39.1 6 29 67 0 Passing 22 16 OPPONENTS 84 3660 43.6 37.2 10 24 72 2 Returns 4 2 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS McKelvin 21 8 183 8.7 24 0 TEAM 58 78 80 107 3 326 Thigpen LG 13 12 198 15.2 75t 1 OPPONENTS 46 87 72 75 0 280 Thigpen TM 9 4 133 14.8 75t 1 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Jackson 3 5 5 1.7 5 0 Carpenter 0 0 0 0 29/30 33/37 0 128 Woods 1 0 11 11.0 11 0 Watkins 6 0 6 0 0 36 TEAM 34 17 332 9.8 75t 1 Woods 4 0 4 0 0 26 OPPONENTS 35 19 218 6.2 41 0 Hogan 4 0 4 0 0 24 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Jackson 3 2 1 0 0 20 Spiller 10 306 30.6 102t 1 Chandler 3 0 3 0 0 18 Thigpen LG 10 212 21.2 28 0 Spiller 2 0 1 1 0 12 Thigpen TM 4 92 23.0 27 0 Dixon 1 1 0 0 0 6 Dixon 4 52 13.0 15 0 Gragg 1 0 1 0 0 6 Goodwin 4 84 21.0 24 0 Hughes 1 0 0 1 0 6 McKelvin 4 64 16.0 30 0 Lawson 1 0 0 1 0 6 B. Brown 3 75 25.0 32 0 Manuel 1 1 0 0 0 6 Easley 1 13 13.0 13 0 Orton 1 1 0 0 0 6 Gray LG 1 14 14.0 14 0 L. Smith 1 0 1 0 0 6 Summers 1 11 11.0 11 0 Summers 1 1 0 0 0 6 TEAM 31 697 22.5 102t 1 Thigpen LG 1 0 0 1 0 6 OPPONENTS 32 639 20.0 41 0 Thigpen TM 1 0 0 1 0 6 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Mi. Williams 1 0 1 0 0 6 Carpenter 0/ 0 9/ 9 12/13 6/ 7 6/8 TEAM 32 6 22 4 29/30 33/37 1 326 TEAM 0/ 0 9/ 9 12/13 6/ 7 6/8 OPPONENTS 28 10 16 2 27/27 27/34 2 280 OPPONENTS 1/ 1 2/ 2 10/12 8/11 6/8 2-Pt Conv: Jackson, Woods, TM 2-2, OPP 0-1 Carpenter: (50G,33G,27G)(27G,27G,31G,32G,31N, SACKS: Ma. Williams 13.5, Dareus 10, 38G)(45G)(31G)(45G,50N,25G,58G)()(31G)(53G,36G, Hughes 9.5, K.