| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: January 1, 2012 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68756 |
| Weather: Sunny Temp: 51 F Wind: SW 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Tashard Choice 4 run (Brandon Coutu kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Spencer Johnson 18 pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Brandon Coutu kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | C.J. Spiller 15 pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Brandon Coutu kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Aaron Hernandez 39 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 47 FG | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 20 FG | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Rob Gronkowski 17 pass from Tom Brady (Danny Woodhead run) | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Rob Gronkowski 7 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Sterling Moore 21 interception return (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 21 | 49 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Derek Hagan |
| 13 | WR | Steve Johnson |
| 75 | LOT | Chris Hairston |
| 67 | LOG | Andy Levitre |
| 74 | C | Colin Brown |
| 76 | ROG | Chad Rinehart |
| 79 | ROT | Erik Pears |
| 84 | TE | Scott Chandler |
| 14 | QB | Ryan Fitzpatrick |
| 28 | HB | C.J. Spiller |
| 38 | FB | Corey McIntyre |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Chris Kelsay |
| 98 | DT | Dwan Edwards |
| 99 | NT | Marcell Dareus |
| 91 | RDE | Spencer Johnson |
| 50 | WLB | Nick Barnett |
| 23 | LCB | Aaron Williams |
| 37 | SS | George Wilson |
| 31 | FS | Jairus Byrd |
| 29 | RCB | Drayton Florence |
| 26 | DB | Justin Rogers |
| 43 | DB | Bryan Scott |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Deion Branch |
| 83 | WR | Wes Welker |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 62 | LOG | Ryan Wendell |
| 63 | C | Dan Connolly |
| 54 | ROG | Brian Waters |
| 77 | ROT | Nate Solder |
| 87 | TE | Rob Gronkowski |
| 81 | TE | Aaron Hernandez |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 22 | FB | Stevan Ridley |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Shaun Ellis |
| 75 | LDT | Vince Wilfork |
| 74 | RDT | Kyle Love |
| 71 | RDE | Brandon Deaderick |
| 50 | LLB | Rob Ninkovich |
| 51 | MLB | Jerod Mayo |
| 52 | RLB | Dane Fletcher |
| 32 | LCB | Devin McCourty |
| 25 | SS | Pat Chung |
| 44 | FS | James Ihedigbo |
| 24 | RCB | Kyle Arrington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| C.J. Spiller | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tashard Choice | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Stevan Ridley | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Benjarvus Green-Ellis | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 11 | 2 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Brian Hoyer | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | 46 | 29 | 63.0 | 4 | 307 | 6.7 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 60.7 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 35 | 23 | 65.7 | 1 | 338 | 9.7 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 113.7 |
| Brian Hoyer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Derek Hagan | 10 | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Ruvell Martin | 5 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| C.J. Spiller | 8 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Steve Johnson | 7 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Naaman Roosevelt | 6 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Scott Chandler | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| David Nelson | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Tashard Choice | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Brock | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Rob Gronkowski | 10 | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 22 | 2 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 11 | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 44 | 1 |
| Wes Welker | 11 | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Benjarvus Green-Ellis | 1 | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Chad Johnson [Ochocinco] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Nick Barnett | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sterling Moore | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Devin McCourty | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Antwaun Molden | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Brian Moorman | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 61 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Zoltan Mesko | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Leodis McKelvin | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Wes Welker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||
| Brandon Coutu | 4 | 246 | 61.5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 9 | 596 | 66.2 | 7 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Justin Rogers | 2 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Danny Woodhead | 3 | 0 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Kellen Heard | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| Arthur Moats | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Dwan Edwards | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Mark Anderson | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Kyle Love | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Nick Barnett | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Scott | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Sheppard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kellen Heard | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Rogers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kelsay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Moats | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jairus Byrd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruvell Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andra Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwan Edwards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcell Dareus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drayton Florence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Rinehart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Carrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lionel Dotson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Batten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Hagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DaĠNorris Searcy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Antwaun Molden | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Anderson | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Chung | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Arrington | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Fletcher | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Spikes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Love | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Deaderick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Koutouvides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lousaka Polite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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