National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 37, Buffalo 16
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 24, 2017
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 35°
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 65878
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 3103016
New England 013101437
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:30
Buffalo FG New England 0 - Buffalo 3
Stephen Hauschka 41 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 14:14
New England FG New England 3 - Buffalo 3
Stephen Gostkowski 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 10:28
Buffalo TD New England 3 - Buffalo 10
Jordan Poyer 19 yd. interception return (Stephen Hauschka kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:06
New England TD New England 10 - Buffalo 10
Rob Gronkowski 17 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:55
New England FG New England 13 - Buffalo 10
Stephen Gostkowski 40 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Buffalo FG New England 13 - Buffalo 13
Stephen Hauschka 23 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:21
Buffalo FG New England 13 - Buffalo 16
Stephen Hauschka 30 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:08
New England FG New England 16 - Buffalo 16
Stephen Gostkowski 34 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:55
New England TD New England 23 - Buffalo 16
Mike Gillislee 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 9:27
New England TD New England 30 - Buffalo 16
Dion Lewis 12 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 3:58
New England TD New England 37 - Buffalo 16
Dion Lewis 4 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Buffalo New England
1st Downs 17 28
Rushing 4 13
Passing 12 13
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 8-17 5-11
4th Down Conversions 0-2 1-1
Punts-Average 3-48.0 1-44.0
Return Yards 51 62
Punts-Returns 0-0 2-19
Kickoffs-Returns 2-32 2-43
Int - Returns 1-19 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-83 2-10
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 28:16 31:44
Total Net Yards 326 411
Total Plays 68 68
Average Gain 4.8 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 84 193
Rushes 24 38
Average/Rush 3.5 5.1
Net Yards Passing 242 218
Comp-Att 21-38 21-28
Yards/Pass 5.5 7.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-39 2-6
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 1 4
Rushing 0 2
Passing 0 2
Other 1 0
Extra Points 1-1 4-4
Field Goals 3-4 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 0-4-0% 4-6-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-2-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Buffalo Bills (8-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Taylor 21/38 281 0 0
New England Patriots (12-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 21/28 224 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. McCoy 17 71 4.2 0 18
T. Taylor 3 16 5.3 0 6
T. Cadet 1 0 0.0 0 0
M. Tolbert 3 -3 -1.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Lewis 24 129 5.4 1 16
M. Gillislee 6 28 4.7 1 12
B. Bolden 2 20 10.0 0 12
T. Brady 2 6 3.0 0 4
B. Cooks 1 6 6.0 0 6
J. Hollister 1 5 5.0 0 5
B. Hoyer 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Thompson 5 4 91 22.8 0 46
L. McCoy 7 5 76 15.2 0 39
K. Benjamin 7 5 70 14.0 0 35
C. Clay 10 4 37 9.2 0 15
M. Tolbert 2 1 11 11.0 0 11
B. Tate 3 1 4 4.0 0 4
T. Cadet 1 0 0 0 0 0
Z. Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0
N. O'Leary 1 0 0 0 0 0
P. DiMarco 1 1 -8 -8.0 0 -8
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Gronkowski 7 5 67 13.4 1 18
D. Amendola 3 3 28 9.3 0 13
D. Allen 2 2 26 13.0 0 22
D. Lewis 5 5 24 4.8 1 12
P. Dorsett 1 1 24 24.0 0 24
B. Cooks 5 2 19 9.5 0 14
K. Britt 2 1 16 16.0 0 16
M. Gillislee 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
J. Hollister 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Poyer 1 19 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Williams 1.0 6.0
J. Hughes 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Flowers 2.5 7.0
D. Wise 1.5 4.0
M. Brown 1.0 15.0
M. Butler 1.0 13.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
P. Brown 10 5
S. Wright 7 2
T. White 3 2
L. Johnson 2 1
L. Alexander 2 1
K. Williams 2 2
R. Humber 2 3
J. Poyer 2 4
M. Hyde 2 4
J. Hughes 1 0
D. Coleman 1 0
R. Davis 1 0
A. Washington 1 1
C. Thornton 1 1
M. Milano 1 4
E. Yarbrough 0 1
C. Capi 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Flowers 7 1
S. Gilmore 5 0
D. McCourty 5 1
M. Flowers 5 5
P. Chung 4 2
M. Butler 3 0
M. Brown 3 3
E. Roberts 2 4
J. Richards 1 0
L. Guy 1 0
D. Wise 1 1
D. Harmon 1 1
R. Jean Francois 0 1
E. Lee 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
P. Brown 2.0
K. Williams 1.0
T. White 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Flowers 3.0
M. Flowers 3.0
M. Brown 1.0
D. Wise 1.0
L. Guy 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Taylor 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles