Patriots 49-21 Bills (1 Jan, 2012) Box Score

Buffalo Bills

6-10, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BUF	21	0	0	0	21
NE	0	14	14	21	49

New England Patriots

13-3, 7-1 home

Buffalo Passing


Ryan Fitzpatrick
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
29/46	307	6.7	2	4	2-11	57.7	60.7
29/46	296	6.7	2	4	2-11	--	60.7

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Brian Hoyer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
23/35	338	9.7	3	1	4-18	59.5	113.8
1/1	22	22.0	0	0	0-0	87.4	118.8
24/36	342	10.0	3	1	4-18	--	115.5

Buffalo Rushing


C.J. Spiller
Ryan Fitzpatrick
George Wilson
Tashard Choice
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	60	4.6	0	12
5	36	7.2	0	16
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	4	4.0	1	4
20	106	5.3	1	16

New England Rushing


Stevan Ridley
Aaron Hernandez
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Julian Edelman
Danny Woodhead
Brian Hoyer
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	81	5.4	0	21
2	26	13.0	0	19
7	22	3.1	2	11
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	-2	-0.7	0	0
29	138	4.8	2	21

Buffalo Receiving


Derek Hagan
Ruvell Martin
Stevie Johnson
C.J. Spiller
Scott Chandler
Naaman Roosevelt
David Nelson
Tashard Choice
Kevin Brock
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7	89	12.7	0	29	10
4	42	10.5	0	14	5
4	40	10.0	1	18	7
4	40	10.0	1	15	8
3	29	9.7	0	19	3
3	29	9.7	0	21	6
2	23	11.5	0	14	4
1	9	9.0	0	9	2
1	6	6.0	0	6	1
29	307	10.6	2	29	46

New England Receiving


Aaron Hernandez
Rob Gronkowski
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Wes Welker
Danny Woodhead
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7	138	19.7	1	44	11
8	108	13.5	2	22	10
1	53	53.0	0	53	1
6	51	8.5	0	15	11
2	10	5.0	0	6	2
24	360	15.0	3	53	35

Buffalo Fumbles


Colin Brown
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Fumbles


Tom Brady
Stevan Ridley
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
2	0	0

Buffalo Defense



Nick Barnett
George Wilson
Bryan Scott
Kelvin Sheppard
Kellen Heard
Justin Rogers
Chris Kelsay
Aaron Williams
Arthur Moats
Jairus Byrd
Kyle Moore
Kirk Morrison
Ruvell Martin
Spencer Johnson
Dwan Edwards
Andra Davis
Drayton Florence
Chad Rinehart
David Nelson
Marcell Dareus
Derek Hagan
Lionel Dotson
Alex Carrington
Danny Batten
Da'Norris Searcy
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	3	0	0	2	0	0
10	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	2	0	0	2	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	1	0	0	1	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	1	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	37	4	0	2	0	0

New England Defense



Antwaun Molden
Jerod Mayo
Mark Anderson
Patrick Chung
Kyle Arrington
Dane Fletcher
Julian Edelman
Devin McCourty
Nate Jones
Rob Ninkovich
Brandon Spikes
Sergio Brown
Vince Wilfork
Kyle Love
Wes Welker
Brandon Deaderick
Niko Koutouvides
Lousaka Polite
Sterling Moore
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	4	0	0	1	0	0
7	3	1	0	0	1	0
7	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	1	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	1	1	0	0	1	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	2	0	1
70	32	2	0	5	0	2

Buffalo Interceptions


Nick Barnett
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	33	0
1	33	0

New England Interceptions


Sterling Moore
Devin McCourty
Antwaun Molden
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	26	1
1	38	0
1	13	0
4	77	1

Buffalo Kick Returns


Justin Rogers
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	42	21.0	22	0
2	42	21.0	22	0

New England Kick Returns


Danny Woodhead
Matthew Slater
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	63	21.0	23
1	14	14.0	14
4	77	19.3	23

Buffalo Punt Returns


Leodis McKelvin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	5	5.0	5	0
1	5	5.0	5	0

New England Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New England Punt Returns

Buffalo Kicking


Brandon Coutu
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	47	5/5	11
2/2	100.0	47	5/5	11

Buffalo Punting


Brian Moorman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	124	41.3	0	2	61
3	124	41.3	0	2	61

New England Punting


Zoltan Mesko
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	97	48.5	0	1	51
2	97	48.5	0	1	51

Gillette Stadium

6:00 PM, 1 January 2012

Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 68,756

Referees:
Bill Leavy

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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