Coverage: CBS
1:00 PM ET, January 1, 2012
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Top Performers
Passing: T. Brady (NE) - 338 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: S. Ridley (NE) - 15 CAR, 81 YDS
Receiving: A. Hernandez (NE) - 7 REC, 138 YDS, 1 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | BUF | NE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 11:18 | Tashard Choice 4 Yd Run (Brandon Coutu Kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| TD | 05:19 | Steve Johnson 18 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Brandon Coutu Kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| TD | 00:48 | C.J. Spiller 15 Yd Pass From Ryan Fitzpatrick (Brandon Coutu Kick) | 21 | 0 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | BUF | NE | |||
| TD | 11:58 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| TD | 05:42 | Aaron Hernandez 39 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | BUF | NE | |||
| FG | 12:19 | Stephen Gostkowski 47 Yd | 21 | 17 | |
| FG | 05:13 | Stephen Gostkowski 20 Yd | 21 | 20 | |
| TD | 01:32 | Rob Gronkowski 17 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Danny Woodhead Run For Two-Point Conversion) | 21 | 28 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | BUF | NE | |||
| TD | 11:16 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 35 | |
| TD | 03:02 | Rob Gronkowski 7 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 42 | |
| TD | 02:55 | Sterling Moore 21 Yd Interception Return (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 49 | |
Team Stat Comparison
BUF | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 26 | 28 |
Passing 1st downs | 16 | 17 |
Rushing 1st downs | 7 | 9 |
1st downs from Penalties | 3 | 2 |
3rd down efficiency | 1-7 | 6-12 |
4th down efficiency | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 68 | 69 |
| Total Yards | 402 | 480 |
| Yards per play | 5.9 | 7.0 |
| Total Drives | 12 | 11 |
| Passing | 296 | 342 |
Comp - Att | 29-46 | 24-36 |
Yards per pass | 6.4 | 9.5 |
Interceptions thrown | 4 | 1 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 2-11 | 4-18 |
| Rushing | 106 | 138 |
Rushing Attempts | 20 | 29 |
Yards per rush | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-3 | 4-5 |
| Penalties | 5-45 | 4-77 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 4 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 30:22 | 29:38 |
| Buffalo Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 29/46 | 307 | 6.7 | 2 | 4 | 2-11 | 42.2 | 60.7 |
| Team | 29/46 | 296 | 6.4 | 2 | 4 | 2-11 | -- | -- |
| Buffalo Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| C. Spiller | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 0 | 12 | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| G. Wilson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| T. Choice | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Team | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 1 | 16 | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| S. Ridley | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 0 | 21 | |
| A. Hernandez | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 2 | 11 | |
| J. Edelman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| D. Woodhead | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| B. Hoyer | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 29 | 138 | 4.8 | 2 | 21 | |
| Buffalo Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| D. Hagan | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 0 | 29 | 10 | |
| R. Martin | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |
| S. Johnson | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |
| C. Spiller | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | |
| S. Chandler | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
| N. Roosevelt | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 21 | 6 | |
| D. Nelson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |
| T. Choice | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| K. Brock | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Team | 29 | 307 | 10.6 | 2 | 29 | 46 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Hernandez | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 1 | 44 | 11 | |
| R. Gronkowski | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 2 | 22 | 10 | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | |
| W. Welker | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | 15 | 11 | |
| D. Woodhead | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| C. Ochocinco | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 24 | 360 | 15.0 | 3 | 53 | 36 | |
| Buffalo Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| N. Barnett | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| S. Moore | 2 | 26 | 1 |
| D. McCourty | 1 | 38 | 0 |
| A. Molden | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 77 | 1 |
| Buffalo Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| N. Barnett | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Wilson | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Scott | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Sheppard | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Heard | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Rogers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Kelsay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Williams | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Moats | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Moore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Morrison | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Martin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Edwards | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Dareus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Rinehart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Nelson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Florence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Batten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Carrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Dotson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Searcy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Hagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 75 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Molden | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Mayo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Anderson | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Fletcher | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Edelman | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Love | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Welker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Polite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Koutouvides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 70 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Buffalo Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Rogers | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Woodhead | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Buffalo Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| L. McKelvin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Buffalo Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| B. Coutu | 0/1 | 0.0 | -- | 3/3 | 3 |
| Team | 0/1 | 0.0 | -- | 3/3 | 3 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 2/2 | 100.0 | 47 | 5/5 | 11 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 47 | 5/5 | 11 |
| Buffalo Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Moorman | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 0 | 2 | 61 |
| Team | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 0 | 2 | 61 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
| Team | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
Attendance: 68,756



