Coverage: CBS
1:00 PM ET, December 26, 2010
Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo, NY
Top Performers
Passing: R. Fitzpatrick (BUF) - 251 YDS, 3 INT
Rushing: B. Green-Ellis (NE) - 19 CAR, 104 YDS
Receiving: N. Roosevelt (BUF) - 4 REC, 74 YDS
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | NE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 10:08 | Rian Lindell 26 Yd | 0 | 3 | |
| TD | 03:46 | Danny Woodhead 29 Yd Run (Shayne Graham Kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | NE | BUF | |||
| TD | 12:27 | Rob Gronkowski 8 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Shayne Graham Kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| FG | 03:57 | Shayne Graham 34 Yd | 17 | 3 | |
| TD | 00:33 | Alge Crumpler 4 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Shayne Graham Kick) | 24 | 3 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | NE | BUF | |||
| TD | 11:27 | Rob Gronkowski 8 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Shayne Graham Kick) | 31 | 3 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | NE | BUF | |||
| FG | 10:15 | Shayne Graham 26 Yd | 34 | 3 | |
Team Stat Comparison
NE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 20 | 16 |
Passing 1st downs | 7 | 12 |
Rushing 1st downs | 12 | 3 |
1st downs from Penalties | 1 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 8-17 | 3-10 |
4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| Total Plays | 69 | 60 |
| Total Yards | 348 | 369 |
| Yards per play | 5.0 | 6.2 |
| Total Drives | 12 | 12 |
| Passing | 131 | 244 |
Comp - Att | 15-27 | 18-37 |
Yards per pass | 4.9 | 6.6 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 3 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-9 | 2-7 |
| Rushing | 217 | 125 |
Rushing Attempts | 41 | 21 |
Yards per rush | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-5 | 0-3 |
| Penalties | 6-40 | 6-40 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 7 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 4 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 3 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 32:30 | 27:30 |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 15/27 | 140 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 1-9 | 71.7 | 107.0 |
| Team | 15/27 | 131 | 4.9 | 3 | 0 | 1-9 | -- | -- |
| Buffalo Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 18/37 | 251 | 6.8 | 0 | 3 | 2-7 | 6.6 | 37.1 |
| Team | 18/37 | 244 | 6.6 | 0 | 3 | 2-7 | -- | -- |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| B. Green-Ellis | 19 | 104 | 5.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| D. Woodhead | 13 | 93 | 7.2 | 1 | 29 | |
| T. Brady | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| B. Tate | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| B. Hoyer | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| F. Taylor | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 41 | 217 | 5.3 | 1 | 29 | |
| Buffalo Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| F. Jackson | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 0 | 27 | |
| C. Spiller | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Team | 21 | 125 | 6.0 | 0 | 27 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| R. Gronkowski | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 2 | 23 | 7 | |
| D. Woodhead | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |
| D. Branch | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| W. Welker | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |
| A. Crumpler | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| S. Morris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| B. Tate | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| F. Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 15 | 140 | 9.3 | 3 | 23 | 27 | |
| Buffalo Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| N. Roosevelt | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | 30 | 8 | |
| S. Johnson | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | 16 | 10 | |
| D. Jones | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 40 | 12 | |
| C. Spiller | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | |
| F. Jackson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| D. Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 18 | 251 | 13.9 | 0 | 41 | 37 | |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| J. Mayo | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Buffalo Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Spiller | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| P. Chung | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| J. Page | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| P. Chung | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Banta-Cain | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Guyton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Meriweather | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Mayo | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Moore | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Morris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Love | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. White | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Cohen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Warren | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Fletcher | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Brace | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 66 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Buffalo Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Ayodele | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Posluszny | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Whitner | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Johnson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Florence | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Williams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Stroud | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Kelsay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. McIntyre | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Spiller | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Moats | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Carrington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Stupar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Chandler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 85 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| C. Spiller | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 22 | 0 |
| N. Roosevelt | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Team | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Buffalo Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| C. Spiller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Graham | 2/2 | 100.0 | 34 | 4/4 | 10 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 34 | 4/4 | 10 |
| Buffalo Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| R. Lindell | 1/1 | 100.0 | 26 | 0/0 | 3 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 26 | 0/0 | 3 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| Team | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| Buffalo Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Moorman | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Team | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
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