National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 52, Buffalo 28
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 30, 2012
Where: Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Temperature: 58°
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 70684
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 70143152
Buffalo 0147728
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:49
New England TD Buffalo 0 - New England 7
Stevan Ridley 6 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:43
Buffalo TD Buffalo 7 - New England 7
Scott Chandler 24 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:30
Buffalo TD Buffalo 14 - New England 7
Scott Chandler 20 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:08
Buffalo TD Buffalo 21 - New England 7
Donald Jones 68 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:10
New England TD Buffalo 21 - New England 14
Danny Woodhead 17 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:53
New England TD Buffalo 21 - New England 21
Tom Brady 4 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 14:55
New England TD Buffalo 21 - New England 28
Rob Gronkowski 28 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 11:42
New England TD Buffalo 21 - New England 35
Stevan Ridley 2 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 10:29
New England TD Buffalo 21 - New England 42
Brandon Bolden 7 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 6:32
Buffalo TD Buffalo 28 - New England 42
Brad Smith 35 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell kick)
4th Quarter - 4:02
New England TD Buffalo 28 - New England 49
Brandon Lloyd 25 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 1:56
New England FG Buffalo 28 - New England 52
Stephen Gostkowski 30 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Buffalo
1st Downs 33 19
Rushing 19 4
Passing 13 15
Penalty 1 0
3rd Down Conversions 4-11 8-15
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 3-39.7 5-41.8
Return Yards 90 26
Punts-Returns 1-14 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 1-20 1-26
Int - Returns 4-56 0-0
Penalties-Yards 1-10 3-17
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 3-2
Time of Possession 30:47 29:13
Total Net Yards 580 438
Total Plays 77 69
Average Gain 7.5 6.3
Net Yards Rushing 247 98
Rushes 40 27
Average/Rush 6.2 3.6
Net Yards Passing 333 340
Comp-Att 22-36 22-39
Yards/Pass 9.0 8.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 3-10
Had Intercepted 0 4
Touchdowns 7 4
Rushing 4 0
Passing 3 4
Other 0 0
Extra Points 7-7 4-4
Field Goals 1-3 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 5-6-83% 0-1-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 22/36 340 3 0
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Fitzpatrick 22/39 350 4 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Bolden 16 137 8.6 1 27
S. Ridley 22 106 4.8 2 13
T. Brady 1 4 4.0 1 4
S. Vereen 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Spiller 8 33 4.1 0 14
F. Jackson 13 29 2.2 0 11
R. Fitzpatrick 3 14 4.7 0 7
T. Choice 2 14 7.0 0 12
J. White 1 8 8.0 0 8
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
W. Welker 11 9 129 14.3 0 26
R. Gronkowski 11 5 104 20.8 1 41
B. Lloyd 7 3 50 16.7 1 25
D. Woodhead 2 2 23 11.5 1 17
D. Fells 2 1 18 18.0 0 18
B. Bolden 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
S. Vereen 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Jones 3 2 90 45.0 1 68
S. Chandler 8 4 62 15.5 2 24
F. Jackson 3 3 50 16.7 0 34
B. Smith 2 2 49 24.5 1 35
D. Dickerson 2 2 36 18.0 0 24
T. Graham 8 4 34 8.5 0 10
S. Johnson 10 2 23 11.5 0 16
C. Spiller 2 2 5 2.5 0 3
T. Choice 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. McCourty 2 34 0
T. Wilson 1 22 0
J. Mayo 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Ninkovich 1.0 5.0
C. Jones 1.0 5.0
D. Hightower 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Dareus 0.5 3.5
K. Williams 0.5 3.5
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Jones 2.0
D. Hightower 1.0
D. McCourty 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
K. Williams 1.0
A. Carrington 1.0
M. Williams 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Ridley 1
R. Gronkowski 1
W. Welker 1
Fumbles
  NO.
F. Jackson 1
R. Fitzpatrick 1
C. Spiller 1