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National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 49, Buffalo 21
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 1, 2012
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 51°
Head Official: Bill Leavy
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 2100021
New England 014142149
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:18
Buffalo TD New England 0 - Buffalo 7
Tashard Choice 4 yd. run (Brandon Coutu kick)
1st Quarter - 5:19
Buffalo TD New England 0 - Buffalo 14
Steve Johnson 18 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Brandon Coutu kick)
1st Quarter - 0:48
Buffalo TD New England 0 - Buffalo 21
C.J. Spiller 15 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Brandon Coutu kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:58
New England TD New England 7 - Buffalo 21
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:42
New England TD New England 14 - Buffalo 21
Aaron Hernandez 39 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:19
New England FG New England 17 - Buffalo 21
Stephen Gostkowski 47 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:13
New England FG New England 20 - Buffalo 21
Stephen Gostkowski 20 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 1:32
New England TD New England 28 - Buffalo 21
Rob Gronkowski 17 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Danny Woodhead run)
4th Quarter - 11:16
New England TD New England 35 - Buffalo 21
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 3:02
New England TD New England 42 - Buffalo 21
Rob Gronkowski 7 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 2:55
New England TD New England 49 - Buffalo 21
Sterling Moore 21 yd. interception return (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Buffalo New England
1st Downs 26 28
Rushing 7 9
Passing 16 17
Penalty 3 2
3rd Down Conversions 1-7 6-12
4th Down Conversions 2-3 0-0
Punts-Average 3-41.3 2-48.5
Return Yards 80 154
Punts-Returns 1-5 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-42 4-77
Int-Returns 1-33 4-77
Penalties-Yards 5-45 4-77
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0
Time of Possession 30:22 29:38
Total Net Yards 402 480
Total Plays 68 69
Average Gain 5.9 7.0
Net Yards Rushing 106 138
Rushes 20 29
Average/Rush 5.3 4.8
Net Yards Passing 296 342
Comp-Att 29-46 24-36
Yards/Pass 6.2 8.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 4-18
Had Intercepted 4 1
Touchdowns 3 6
Rushing 1 2
Passing 2 3
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 6-6
Field Goals 0-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 3-4-75%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Buffalo Bills (6-10)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Fitzpatrick 29/46 307 2 4
New England Patriots (13-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 23/35 338 3 1
B. Hoyer 1/1 22 0 0
Rushing
  ATT 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
Rushing
  ATT 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
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Hagan 10 7 89 12.7 0 29
R. Martin 5 4 42 10.5 0 14
C. Spiller 8 4 40 10.0 1 15
S. Johnson 7 4 40 10.0 1 18
N. Roosevelt 6 3 29 9.7 0 21
S. Chandler 3 3 29 9.7 0 19
D. Nelson 4 2 23 11.5 0 14
T. Choice 2 1 9 9.0 0 9
K. Brock 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Hernandez 11 7 138 19.7 1 44
R. Gronkowski 10 8 108 13.5 2 22
B. Green-Ellis 1 1 53 53.0 0 53
W. Welker 11 6 51 8.5 0 15
D. Woodhead 2 2 10 5.0 0 6
C. Ochocinco 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
N. Barnett 1 33 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. McCourty 1 38 0
S. Moore 2 26 1
A. Molden 1 13 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Heard 2.0 8.0
A. Moats 1.0 10.0
D. Edwards 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Anderson 1.0 8.0
K. Love 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
G. Wilson 6 4
A. Williams 3 0
J. Rogers 3 1
K. Heard 3 2
B. Scott 3 4
N. Barnett 3 8
K. Moore 2 0
K. Sheppard 2 1
A. Davis 1 0
M. Dareus 1 0
D. Florence 1 0
D. Edwards 1 0
K. Morrison 1 1
J. Byrd 1 2
A. Moats 1 2
C. Kelsay 1 3
A. Carrington 0 1
L. Dotson 0 1
S. Johnson 0 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
A. Molden 6 0
J. Edelman 4 1
J. Mayo 4 3
K. Arrington 3 3
M. Anderson 3 4
D. McCourty 2 3
D. Fletcher 2 4
B. Deaderick 1 0
K. Love 1 0
N. Jones 1 3
P. Chung 1 6
L. Polite 0 1
N. Koutouvides 0 1
S. Moore 0 1
V. Wilfork 0 2
R. Ninkovich 0 3
B. Spikes 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
K. Heard 2.0
A. Davis 1.0
A. Moats 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Anderson 2.0
K. Love 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Brown 1
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Ridley 1
T. Brady 1