National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 24, Buffalo 12
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 23, 2018
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 40°
Head Official: Shawn Smith
Attendance: 65878
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 006612
New England 777324
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:32
New England TD New England 7 - Buffalo 0
Sony Michel 4 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:59
New England TD New England 14 - Buffalo 0
James White 27 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 13:29
Buffalo FG New England 14 - Buffalo 3
Stephen Hauschka 35 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:06
Buffalo FG New England 14 - Buffalo 6
Stephen Hauschka 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:05
New England TD New England 21 - Buffalo 6
Julian Edelman 32 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 7:44
New England FG New England 24 - Buffalo 6
Stephen Gostkowski 24 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 1:08
Buffalo TD New England 24 - Buffalo 12
Zay Jones 31 yd. pass from Josh Allen (pass failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Buffalo New England
1st Downs 14 20
Rushing 3 15
Passing 10 4
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 2-12 3-12
4th Down Conversions 0-1 1-2
Punts-Average 6-38.3 6-43.2
Return Yards 92 87
Punts-Returns 2-12 2-37
Kickoffs-Returns 4-72 3-41
Int - Returns 2-8 2-9
Penalties-Yards 3-29 5-49
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Time of Possession 24:22 35:38
Total Net Yards 289 390
Total Plays 59 73
Average Gain 4.9 5.3
Net Yards Rushing 72 273
Rushes 18 47
Average/Rush 4.0 5.8
Net Yards Passing 217 117
Comp-Att 20-41 13-25
Yards/Pass 5.3 4.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-9
Had Intercepted 2 2
Touchdowns 1 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 1 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-1 3-3
Field Goals 2-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 0-1-0% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Buffalo Bills (5-10)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Allen 20/41 217 1 2
New England Patriots (10-5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 13/24 126 1 2
B. Hoyer 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Ford 7 33 4.7 0 11
J. Allen 5 30 6.0 0 13
L. McCoy 6 9 1.5 0 5
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Michel 18 116 6.4 1 19
C. Patterson 4 66 16.5 0 27
J. White 8 41 5.1 1 27
R. Burkhead 13 39 3.0 0 10
P. Dorsett 2 13 6.5 0 17
B. Hoyer 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
Z. Jones 9 5 67 13.4 1 31
J. Croom 6 4 55 13.8 0 24
R. Foster 7 4 52 13.0 0 25
K. Ford 4 2 14 7.0 0 8
D. Thompson 2 1 11 11.0 0 11
L. McCoy 3 3 10 3.3 0 7
I. McKenzie 8 1 8 8.0 0 8
L. Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Edelman 10 6 70 11.7 1 32
R. Burkhead 5 4 40 10.0 0 25
J. White 4 2 13 6.5 0 9
C. Patterson 2 1 3 3.0 0 3
R. Gronkowski 3 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Alexander 1 8 0
J. Poyer 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Jackson 1 9 0
J. McCourty 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Poyer 1.0 9.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Alexander 7 7
C. Thompson 5 4
L. Wallace 4 4
M. Hyde 4 4
T. Edmunds 3 8
T. White 2 1
S. Lotulelei 2 1
J. Poyer 2 4
H. Phillips 2 4
R. Bush 1 0
J. Hughes 1 1
M. Love 0 1
J. Phillips 0 1
K. Williams 0 1
S. Lawson 0 2
T. Murphy 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
P. Chung 5 2
J. McCourty 3 0
J. Jones 3 0
S. Gilmore 3 0
D. McCourty 2 0
K. Crossen 2 0
M. Brown 2 0
K. Van Noy 2 1
E. Roberts 2 1
T. Flowers 2 4
U. Kamalu 1 0
D. Harmon 1 0
L. Guy 1 2
D. Wise Jr. 0 1
D. Hightower 0 2
J. Simon 0 2
D. Shelton 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Poyer 1.0
C. Thompson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
U. Kamalu 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Croom 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Burkhead 1