The New England Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills, 49 to 21, on January 1, 2012.

Final

Bills

6-10-0

21

Patriots

13-3-0

49

Team

BUF

NE

1

21

0

2

0

14

3

0

14

4

0

21

Total

21

49

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st quarter

BUF

NE

Tashard Choice 4-yard run (Brandon Coutu kick)

7

0

Steve Johnson 18-yard pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Brandon Coutu kick)

14

0

C.J. Spiller 15-yard pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Brandon Coutu kick)

21

0

2nd quarter

BUF

NE

BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1-yard run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)

21

7

Aaron Hernandez 39-yard pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)

21

14

3rd quarter

BUF

NE

Stephen Gostkowski 47-yard field goal

21

17

Stephen Gostkowski 20-yard field goal

21

20

Rob Gronkowski 17-yard pass from Tom Brady (Danny Woodhead rush for two-point conversion)

21

28

4th quarter

BUF

NE

BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3-yard run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)

21

35

Rob Gronkowski 7-yard pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)

21

42

Sterling Moore 21-yard interception return (Stephen Gostkowski kick)

21

49

Bills

Patriots

1st Downs

26

28

Passing 1st Downs

16

17

Rushing 1st Downs

7

9

1st downs from penalties

3

2

3rd down efficiency

1 - 7

6 - 12

4th down efficiency

2 - 3

0 - 0

Total Plays

68

69

Total Yards

402

480

Yards per play

5.9

7.0

Passing

296

342

Comp - Att

29 - 46

24 - 36

Yards per pass

6.2

8.6

Interceptions thrown

4

1

Sacks - Yards lost

2 - 11

4 - 18

Rushing

106

138

Rushing Attempts

20

29

Yards per rush

5.3

4.8

Penalties

5

4

Turnovers

4

1

Fumbles lost

0

Interceptions

4

1

Possession

30:22

29:38

Bills

Patriots

Passing

NAME	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SCK	RATE
Ryan Fitzpatrick	29	46	307	6.7	2	4	2	60.7
Team	29	46	296	6.7	2	4	2	60.7

Rushing

NAME	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD
C.J. Spiller	13	60	4.6	0
Ryan Fitzpatrick	5	36	7.2	0
George Wilson	1	6	6.0	0
Tashard Choice	1	4	4.0	1
Team	20	106	5.3	1

Receiving

NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	TRG
Derek Hagan	7	89	12.7	0	10
Ruvell Martin	4	42	10.5	0	5
Steve Johnson	4	40	10.0	1	7
C.J. Spiller	4	40	10.0	1	8
Scott Chandler	3	29	9.7	0	3
Naaman Roosevelt	3	29	9.7	0	6
David Nelson	2	23	11.5	0	4
Tashard Choice	1	9	9.0	0	2
Kevin Brock	1	6	6.0	0	1
Team	29	307	6.7	2	46

Fumbles

NAME	FUM	FR
Colin Brown	1	0
Ryan Fitzpatrick	0	1
Team	1	0

Defense

NAME	COMB	TKL	SCK	TFL	PDEF	QBH
George Wilson	10	6	0.0	0	0	0
Nick Barnett	11	3	0.0	0	2	0
Kellen Heard	5	3	2.0	2	0	1
Justin Rogers	4	3	0.0	0	0	0
Bryan Scott	7	3	0.0	0	0	0
Kelvin Sheppard	6	3	0.0	0	0	0
Aaron Williams	3	3	0.0	0	0	0
Kyle Moore	2	2	0.0	0	0	0
Jairus Byrd	3	1	0.0	0	0	0
Marcell Dareus	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Andra Davis	1	1	0.0	1	0	0
Dwan Edwards	1	1	1.0	0	0	1
Drayton Florence	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Chris Kelsay	4	1	0.0	0	0	0
Ruvell Martin	2	1	0.0	0	0	0
Arthur Moats	3	1	1.0	1	0	1
Kirk Morrison	2	1	0.0	0	0	0
David Nelson	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Chad Rinehart	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Danny Batten	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex Carrington	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Lionel Dotson	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Derek Hagan	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Spencer Johnson	2	0	0.0	0	0	0
Da'Norris Searcy	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Team	75	37	4.0	4	2	3

Kicking

NAME	FGM	FGA	LNG	XPM	PTS
Brandon Coutu	0	1		3	3
Team	0	1		3	3

Punting

NAME	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Brian Moorman	3	124	41.3
Team	3	124	41.3

Kick Return

NAME	KR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Justin Rogers	2	42	21.0	0
Team	2	42	21.0	0

Punt Return

NAME	PR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Leodis McKelvin	1	5	5.0	0
Team	1	5	5.0	0

Passing

NAME	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SCK	RATE
Tom Brady	23	35	338	9.7	3	1	4	113.8
Brian Hoyer	1	1	22	22.0	0	0	0	118.8
Team	24	36	342	10.0	3	1	4	115.5

Rushing

NAME	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD
Stevan Ridley	15	81	5.4	0
Aaron Hernandez	2	26	13.0	0
BenJarvus Green-Ellis	7	22	3.1	2
Julian Edelman	1	6	6.0	0
Danny Woodhead	1	5	5.0	0
Brian Hoyer	3	-2	-0.7	0
Team	29	138	4.8	2

Receiving

NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	TRG
Aaron Hernandez	7	138	19.7	1	11
Rob Gronkowski	8	108	13.5	2	10
BenJarvus Green-Ellis	1	53	53.0	0	1
Wes Welker	6	51	8.5	0	11
Danny Woodhead	2	10	5.0	0	2
Chad Johnson	0	0		0	1
Team	24	360	10.0	3	36

Fumbles

NAME	FUM	FR
Tom Brady	1	1
Stevan Ridley	1	0
Team	2	0

Defense

NAME	COMB	TKL	SCK	TFL	PDEF	QBH
Antwaun Molden	7	7	0.0	0	1	0
Julian Edelman	5	4	0.0	0	0	0
Jerod Mayo	7	4	0.0	0	1	0
Mark Anderson	7	3	1.0	2	0	1
Kyle Arrington	6	3	0.0	0	0	0
Sergio Brown	2	2	0.0	0	0	0
Dane Fletcher	6	2	0.0	0	0	0
Devin McCourty	5	2	0.0	0	1	0
Patrick Chung	7	1	0.0	0	0	1
Brandon Deaderick	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Nate Jones	4	1	0.0	0	0	0
Kyle Love	1	1	1.0	1	0	1
Wes Welker	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Niko Koutouvides	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Sterling Moore	1	0	0.0	0	2	0
Rob Ninkovich	3	0	0.0	0	0	0
Lousaka Polite	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Brandon Spikes	3	0	0.0	0	0	0
Vince Wilfork	2	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	70	32	2.0	3	5	4

Kicking

NAME	FGM	FGA	LNG	XPM	PTS
Stephen Gostkowski	2	2		5	11
Team	2	2		5	11

Punting

NAME	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Zoltan Mesko	2	97	48.5
Team	2	97	48.5

Kick Return

NAME	KR	YDS	AVG
Danny Woodhead	3	63	21.0
Matthew Slater	1	14	14.0
Team	4	77	19.3

Punt Return

NAME	PR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Team	0	0		0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,120

Jones

RUSH

642

Elliott

REC

561

Douglas

Team Rankings

PPG

13.9

31st

OPP PPG

21.5

15th

RUSH YDS/G

95.7

26th

PASS YDS/G

199.5

29th

2023 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	11	6	.647
Dolphins	11	6	.647
Jets	7	10	.412
Patriots	4	13	.235

Last Game

Patriots

4-13-0

3

Final

17

Jets

7-10-0

Sun 7 Jan 2024

NFL 2023 Leaders

Playoff Pass Yards Leaders

1,051

Mahomes

837

Goff

774

Purdy

Playoff Rush Yards Leaders

313

Pacheco

268

McCaffrey

226

Jones

Playoff Rec Yards Leaders

355

Kelce

274

Brown

262

Rice

Playoff Pass TD Leaders

6

Mayfield

6

Mahomes

5

Love

Playoff Rush TD Leaders

4

McCaffrey

3

Gibbs

3

Pacheco

Playoff Rec TD Leaders

3

Ferguson

3

Kelce

2

Shakir

Playoff QB Rating Leaders

120.9

Stafford

109.3

Stroud

108.6

Love

Playoff Sack Leaders

3.0

Hutchinson

3.0

Karlaftis

2.0

Hinish

NFL 2023 Rankings

Playoff PPG Rankings

34.5

32.0

28.7

27.5

27.5

27.5

Playoff Opp PPG Rankings

13.5

15.8

20.0

22.0

24.0

24.0

Playoff Total Yards Rankings

510.0

425.0

417.0

389.0

386.0

383.7

Playoff Rush Yards Rankings

180.5

155.0

139.5

128.0

125.3

125.0

Playoff Pass Yards Rankings

403.0

367.0

343.0

307.0

279.0

265.0

Playoff Sack Leaders

8.0

7.0

5.0

NFL 2023 Betting

Best Record ATS

14-6

13-7-1

11-6-1

12-7

10-6-1

Worst Record ATS

5-12

5-11-1

5-11-1

6-11

6-10-1

6-10-1

NFL 2023 Division Standings

	AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
1	Ravens	13	4	0	.765
2	Browns	11	6	0	.647
	AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
1	Bills	11	6	0	.647
2	Dolphins	11	6	0	.647
	AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
1	Chiefs	11	6	0	.647
2	Raiders	8	9	0	.471
	AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
1	Texans	10	7	0	.588
2	Jaguars	9	8	0	.529

	NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
1	Lions	12	5	0	.706
2	Packers	9	8	0	.529
	NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
1	49ers	12	5	0	.706
2	Rams	10	7	0	.588
	NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
1	Cowboys	12	5	0	.706
2	Eagles	11	6	0	.647
	NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
1	Buccaneers	9	8	0	.529
2	Saints	9	8	0	.529

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 2/10	SF	@	KC	22-25
Sat 1/27	KC	@	BAL	17-10
Sat 1/27	DET	@	SF	31-34
Sat 1/20	TB	@	DET	23-31
Sat 1/20	KC	@	BUF	27-24

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/6	GB	@	PHI	1:00 PM

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The New England Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills, 49 to 21, on January 1, 2012.

Final

Bills

21

Patriots

49

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Fumbles

Defense

Kicking

Punting

Kick Return

Punt Return

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Fumbles

Defense

Kicking

Punting

Kick Return

Punt Return

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More Patriots Stats

2,120

642

561

NFL 2023 Leaders

1,051

837

774

313

268

226

355

274

262

6

6

5

4

3

3

3

3

2

120.9

109.3

108.6

3.0

3.0

2.0

NFL 2023 Rankings

NFL 2023 Betting

NFL 2023 Division Standings

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule