Week 2, 2015

played in Buffalo, NY

68 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New England Patriots	3	10	7	13	-	33
Buffalo Bills	0	13	3	0	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:29 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 22 field goal
2Q: 13:00 BUF - Mario Butler 93 interception return (Dan Carpenter extra point)
2Q: 07:32 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 45 field goal
2Q: 03:11 BUF - LeSean McCoy 3 run (Dan Carpenter extra point failed)
2Q: 01:27 NED - Calvin Johnson 56 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 10:55 BUF - Dan Carpenter 50 field goal
3Q: 00:19 NED - Rob Gronkowski 28 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 04:48 NED - Aaron Dobson 29 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 02:40 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 24 field goal
4Q: 00:49 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 29 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:29 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 22 field goal
2Q: 13:00 BUF - Mario Butler 93 interception return (Dan Carpenter extra point)
2Q: 07:32 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 45 field goal
2Q: 03:11 BUF - LeSean McCoy 3 run (Dan Carpenter extra point failed)
2Q: 01:27 NED - Calvin Johnson 56 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 10:55 BUF - Dan Carpenter 50 field goal
3Q: 00:19 NED - Rob Gronkowski 28 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 04:48 NED - Aaron Dobson 29 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 02:40 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 24 field goal
4Q: 00:49 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 29 field goal

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 23 14
- by Rushing 4 3
- by Passing 18 8
- by Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 495 204
- Offensive Plays 68 55
- Yards per Play 7.28 3.71
Net Rushing Yards 76 74
- Rushing Attempts 27 28
- Yards per Rush 2.81 2.64
Net Passing Yards 419 130
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 30 - 1 25 - 13 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 426 146
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/7 2/16
- Yards per Pass Play 10.22 4.81
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 9/65 5/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/28 1/9
Kick Returns/Yards 3/90 3/57
Interception Ret./Yards 2/46 1/93
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/3 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:08 25:52

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	23	14
- by Rushing	4	3
- by Passing	18	8
- by Penalty	1	3
Total Net Yards	495	204
- Offensive Plays	68	55
- Yards per Play	7.28	3.71
Net Rushing Yards	76	74
- Rushing Attempts	27	28
- Yards per Rush	2.81	2.64
Net Passing Yards	419	130
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 30 - 1	25 - 13 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	426	146
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/7	2/16
- Yards per Pass Play	10.22	4.81
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	9.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	9/65	5/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/28	1/9
Kick Returns/Yards	3/90	3/57
Interception Ret./Yards	2/46	1/93
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/3	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 39	OWN 24
Time of Possession	34:08	25:52

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:36	OWN 30	11	65	Field Goal
1	5:54	3:01	OWN 47	6	39	Missed FG
1	1:11	3:19	OWN 33	6	62	Interception
2	12:52	5:27	OWN 20	10	52	Field Goal
2	3:05	1:53	OWN 28	5	72	Touchdown
3	10:48	2:36	OWN 42	3	4	Punt
3	2:38	2:33	OWN 28	6	72	Touchdown
4	13:54	1:22	OWN 40	3	0	Punt
4	11:12	0:44	OWN 18	3	5	Punt
4	8:58	4:22	OWN 3	9	97	Touchdown
4	4:19	1:44	OPP 10	3	3	Field Goal
4	1:56	1:15	OPP 11	3	-1	Field Goal

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:24	2:30	OWN 24	3	5	Punt
1	2:53	1:42	OWN 35	3	-4	Punt
2	7:25	4:20	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
2	1:12	1:12	OWN 23	2	6	Half
3	15:00	4:12	OWN 27	5	40	Field Goal
3	8:12	5:34	OWN 21	14	69	Interception
3	0:05	1:11	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	12:32	1:20	OWN 24	3	4	Punt
4	10:28	1:30	OWN 45	5	18	Punt
4	4:36	0:17	OWN 20	2	0	Interception
4	2:35	0:39	OWN 20	4	-9	Downs
4	0:41	0:41	OWN 20	3	-6	Game

Game MVP: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dion Lewis	16	49	3.06	16	2
LeGarrette Blount	10	19	1.90	7	0
Tom Brady	1	8	8.00	8	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
LeSean McCoy	13	35	2.69	12	2	1
Tyrod Taylor	8	46	5.75	28	1	0
Karlos Williams	7	-7	-1.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	40	30	426	1/7	3	56	1	123.5

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tyrod Taylor	25	13	146	2/16	0	27	2	36.4

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Julian Edelman	9	11	134	14.89	33	35	0
WR Calvin Johnson	8	10	118	14.75	62	56	1
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	5	51	17.00	23	28	1
RB Dion Lewis	3	5	29	9.67	14	18	0
RB LeGarrette Blount	2	2	18	9.00	6	13	0
WR Brandon LaFell	2	3	36	18.00	24	33	0
WR Aaron Dobson	2	3	44	22.00	2	29	1
TE Eric Ebron	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Robert Woods	4	4	68	17.00	27	27
FB Jerome Felton	2	2	14	7.00	1	8
WR Percy Harvin	2	4	12	6.00	0	9
RB LeSean McCoy	2	5	20	10.00	22	21
FB Charles Clay	1	3	14	14.00	4	14
WR Marquise Goodwin	1	3	6	6.00	4	6
TE Chris Gragg	1	1	12	12.00	12	12
WR Marcus Easley	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
RB Dan Herron	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Logan Ryan	1	24	24.00	0
S Jordan Richards	1	22	22.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Mario Butler	1	93	93.00	1

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ryan Allen	3	110	36.7	33.7	41	0

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colton Schmidt	5	215	43.0	37.4	54	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	4/5	1/1	0/0	45	3/3

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dan Carpenter	1/1	1/1	1/1	50	1/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dion Lewis	2	28	14.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stephon Gilmore	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Julian Edelman	2	61	30.5	0
Matthew Slater	1	29	29.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mario Butler	3	57	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jordan Richards	6	0	0.0	28	26
DE Jabaal Sheard	5	0	1.0	24	23
ILB Jerod Mayo	4	1	0.0	23	19
S Duron Harmon	4	0	0.0	21	27
CB Tarell Brown	3	1	0.0	24	25
CB Rashaan Melvin	3	0	0.0	25	22
ILB Dane Fletcher	2	0	0.5	5	7
OLB Dont'a Hightower	2	2	0.0	8	14
OLB Jamie Collins	2	2	0.0	18	14
CB Logan Ryan	2	1	0.0	26	27
DT Malcom Brown	2	1	0.0	23	18
S Patrick Chung	2	0	0.0	10	14
S Devin McCourty	2	0	0.0	7	1
DT Sealver Siliga	1	0	0.0	14	10
OLB Jon Bostic	1	0	0.0	6	4
DT Chris Jones	1	0	0.0	9	6
DE Chandler Jones	0	1	0.5	25	21
DE Geneo Grissom	0	1	0.0	7	10

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Corey Graham	9	4	0.0	27	41
ILB Luke Kuechly	8	4	0.0	27	41
DT Marcell Dareus	6	1	1.0	20	32
CB Ronald Darby	6	2	0.0	27	40
CB Stephon Gilmore	5	0	0.0	27	41
CB Nickell Robey	4	1	0.0	13	26
OLB Preston Brown	4	1	0.0	23	33
S Mario Butler	4	0	0.0	26	39
DT Kyle Williams	2	1	0.0	21	30
DE Jerry Hughes	2	0	0.0	18	29
OLB Nigel Bradham	1	1	0.0	13	10
DT Corbin Bryant	1	1	0.0	11	16
RB LeSean McCoy	1	0	---	---	---
DE Alex Carrington	1	0	0.0	3	5
S Aaron Williams	1	0	0.0	2	4
WR Robert Woods	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Jeffrey McCauley	1	0	0.0	4	8
DE Mario Williams	0	1	0.0	24	36

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jabaal Sheard	1.0	1	0	1	23
ILB Dane Fletcher	0.5	0	0	0	7
DE Chandler Jones	0.5	0	0	0	21
DT Dominique Easley	0.0	0	1	0	9

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Marcell Dareus	1.0	1	1	32
DE Mario Williams	0.0	2	1	36
DE Jerry Hughes	0.0	1	1	29

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Jordan Richards	4	1	1	26
OLB Jamie Collins	2	0	0	14
CB Rashaan Melvin	2	0	0	22
CB Logan Ryan	1	1	1	27
CB Tarell Brown	1	1	0	25
ILB Dane Fletcher	1	0	0	7
S Devin McCourty	1	0	0	1
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1	0	0	14
ILB Jerod Mayo	0	1	0	19
S Duron Harmon	0	1	0	27

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Corey Graham	5	1	0	41
CB Ronald Darby	5	0	0	40
CB Stephon Gilmore	4	1	0	41
ILB Luke Kuechly	4	0	0	41
CB Nickell Robey	4	0	0	26
S Mario Butler	3	1	1	39
OLB Preston Brown	2	0	0	33
DE Alex Carrington	1	0	0	5
DT Corbin Bryant	1	0	0	16
OLB Jeffrey McCauley	1	0	0	8
S Aaron Williams	0	1	0	4

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Sebastian Vollmer	3	3	27	0	41
Derek Newton	2	8	27	0	41
Rob Gronkowski	2	3	19	0	30
Bryan Stork	1	5	27	0	41
Tre Jackson	1	3	27	1	41
Nate Solder	0	4	27	0	41

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Cordy Glenn	1	6	0	28	0	26
Richie Incognito	1	5	0	27	0	26
Charles Clay	1	3	1	24	0	14
Eric Wood	1	3	0	27	0	26
Seantrel Henderson	0	3	0	27	0	27
John Miller	0	2	0	28	2	26
Chris Gragg	0	1	0	8	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Patrick Chung	1	22
Scott Chandler	1	20
Duron Harmon	1	16
Jordan Richards	1	11

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Nickell Robey	4	25
Charles Clay	1	9

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Derek Newton	27	41	---	---	8	76
Tom Brady	27	41	---	---	---	68
Sebastian Vollmer	27	41	---	---	---	68
Nate Solder	27	41	---	---	---	68
Bryan Stork	27	41	---	---	---	68
Tre Jackson	27	41	---	---	---	68
Julian Edelman	24	37	---	---	4	65
Jordan Richards	---	---	28	26	11	65
Duron Harmon	---	---	21	27	16	64
Tarell Brown	---	---	24	25	13	62
Calvin Johnson	24	35	---	---	1	60
LeGarrette Blount	11	21	---	---	25	57
Rob Gronkowski	19	30	---	---	5	54
Logan Ryan	---	---	26	27	1	54
Brandon LaFell	12	21	---	---	17	50
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	24	23	1	48
Chandler Jones	---	---	25	21	2	48
Rashaan Melvin	---	---	25	22	1	48
Patrick Chung	---	---	10	14	22	46
Dion Lewis	16	25	---	---	5	46
Jerod Mayo	---	---	23	19	3	45
Malcom Brown	---	---	23	18	1	42
Eric Ebron	15	20	---	---	---	35
Jamie Collins	---	---	18	14	1	33
Sealver Siliga	---	---	14	10	3	27
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	8	14	4	26
Joey Iosefa	3	3	---	---	20	26
Aaron Dobson	8	13	---	---	3	24
Dane Fletcher	---	---	5	7	11	23
Geneo Grissom	---	---	7	10	5	22
Scott Chandler	1	0	---	---	20	21
Jon Bostic	---	---	6	4	10	20
Matthew Slater	2	0	---	---	17	19
Chris Jones	---	---	9	6	1	16
Dominique Easley	---	---	5	9	2	16
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	13	13
Ryan Wendell	0	0	---	---	8	8
Devin McCourty	---	---	7	1	---	8
Josh Kline	0	0	---	---	8	8
Cameron Fleming	0	0	---	---	8	8
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	8	8
Hunter Pieters	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ryan Allen	0	0	---	---	3	3
Brandon Bolden	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jimmy Garoppolo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shaq Mason	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Stephon Gilmore	---	---	27	41	17	85
Mario Butler	---	---	26	39	13	78
Corey Graham	---	---	27	41	6	74
Luke Kuechly	---	---	27	41	5	73
Ronald Darby	---	---	27	40	5	72
Mario Williams	---	---	24	36	4	64
Nickell Robey	---	---	13	26	25	64
Preston Brown	---	---	23	33	4	60
John Miller	28	26	---	---	6	60
Marcell Dareus	---	---	20	32	5	57
Kyle Williams	---	---	21	30	5	56
Tyrod Taylor	28	27	---	---	---	55
Cordy Glenn	28	26	---	---	---	54
Seantrel Henderson	27	27	---	---	---	54
Richie Incognito	27	26	---	---	---	53
Eric Wood	27	26	---	---	---	53
Robert Woods	27	24	---	---	---	51
Jerry Hughes	---	---	18	29	3	50
Charles Clay	24	14	---	---	9	47
Jerome Felton	19	17	---	---	6	42
Percy Harvin	6	20	---	---	15	41
LeSean McCoy	16	18	---	---	2	36
Marquise Goodwin	19	17	---	---	---	36
Corbin Bryant	---	---	11	16	2	29
Nigel Bradham	---	---	13	10	4	27
Rick Blake	---	---	9	12	6	27
Jeffrey McCauley	---	---	4	8	15	27
Chris Gragg	8	5	---	---	10	23
Dan Herron	1	2	---	---	19	22
Lucky Whitehead	1	2	---	---	18	21
Aaron Williams	---	---	2	4	14	20
Karlos Williams	11	7	---	---	---	18
Richie Whalen	0	0	---	---	18	18
Marcus Easley	8	9	---	---	---	17
Giovanni Kafka	---	---	0	3	11	14
Drake Butterfield	---	---	2	5	3	10
Alex Carrington	---	---	3	5	1	9
Horace Wilder	1	2	---	---	6	9
Jackie Ramirez	1	1	---	---	6	8
Cristian Humphrey	0	1	---	---	6	7
Garrison Sanborn	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dan Carpenter	0	0	---	---	5	5
Colton Schmidt	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bruce Gradkowski	0	0	---	---	1	1
Ray Keck	1	0	---	---	---	1
Josh Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	40	4.0
Middle	12	21	1.8
Right	5	15	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	11	1.0
Middle	9	15	1.7
Right	8	48	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	40	30	7	1	0	4	4	3	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tyrod Taylor	25	13	2	2	1	5	1	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	21	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	16	193	9.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	126	15.8
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	86	21.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	4	38	5.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	49	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	59	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Julian Edelman	11	9	134	3	37
WR Calvin Johnson	10	8	118	1	35
TE Rob Gronkowski	5	3	51	1	30
RB Dion Lewis	5	3	29	0	25
WR Brandon LaFell	3	2	36	1	21
WR Aaron Dobson	3	2	44	1	13
RB LeGarrette Blount	2	2	18	0	21
TE Eric Ebron	1	1	-4	0	20

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB LeSean McCoy	5	2	0	20	1	18
WR Percy Harvin	4	2	0	12	0	20
WR Robert Woods	4	4	0	68	1	24
FB Charles Clay	3	1	0	14	0	14
WR Marquise Goodwin	3	1	1	6	0	17
FB Jerome Felton	2	2	0	14	0	17
WR Marcus Easley	2	0	0	0	0	9
TE Chris Gragg	1	1	0	12	0	5
RB Dan Herron	1	0	0	0	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dion Lewis	5	2	0.40	3.06
LeGarrette Blount	4	4	1.00	1.90

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
LeSean McCoy	3	11	3.67	2.69
Karlos Williams	1	0	0.00	-1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	2	0	0	0.00	10.65

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tyrod Taylor	1	0	0	0.00	5.84

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	0	0	0.00	10.20
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0	0.00	12.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB LeSean McCoy	1	0	0	0.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
LeGarrette Blount	2	0
Tom Brady	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
LeSean McCoy	2	1
Tyrod Taylor	2	0
Karlos Williams	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	11	7	5

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tyrod Taylor	7	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Calvin Johnson	4	3	2
WR Julian Edelman	3	3	2
TE Rob Gronkowski	2	1	1
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0
WR Aaron Dobson	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Robert Woods	3	3	3
WR Marquise Goodwin	2	1	1
FB Jerome Felton	1	1	0
RB Dan Herron	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,600 (21,400)
End Zone 12,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,400 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,600 (21,400)
End Zone	12,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,400 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)