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Main page | November 19, 2007 » November 18, 2007
FINAL: Patriots 56, Bills 10BUFFALO -- The Patriots were almost completely unstoppable Sunday night as they destroyed the Bills, 56-10, and ran their record to 10-0. Tom Brady threw five touchdown passes — four to Randy Moss — as New England ran up more than 500 yards of total offense and put together six scoring drives of 63 or more yards. A complete report will be filed by Shalise Manza Young and Joe McDonald to this blog within the next 90-120 minutes.
Posted by Art Martone Another record brokenThe Patriots have scored eight touchdowns tonight against the Bills and now have a new franchise single-season mark of 53. New England scored 52 in 1961 and in 1980.
Posted by Joe McDonald Maroney injuryLaurence Maroney has a foot injury. His return is probable.
Posted by Shalise Manza Young Photo: What a half for Moss
Posted by Mike McDermott Halftime notesThese are provided by the Patriots' PR department: BRADY SETS FRANCHISE CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASS MARK Tom Brady has passed Steve Grogan to become the Patriots’ career touchdown pass leader. With a 6-yard touchdown pass to Randy Moss in the second quarter – Brady’s third of the night and the 183rd of his career – Brady passed Grogan’s old career record of 182 touchdown passes. With four touchdown passes tonight (as of halftime) Brady has 184 touchdown passes in 106 career games (104 starts), while Grogan totaled his 182 scoring passes in 149 career games (131 starts). Brady’s 37 touchdowns in 2007 (as of halftime) are a Patriots single-season record (Babe Parilli, 31, 1964).
MOSS SETS FRANCHISE SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION RECORD Randy Moss set a new Patriots single-season record with his 13th touchdown reception of the season and his first touchdown of the night, a 43-yard scoring catch in the first quarter to give the Patriots a 14-0 lead. With three more touchdowns in the second quarter, Moss raised his season total to 16 touchdowns (as of halftime). Moss eclipsed the previous team record of 12 touchdown receptions, achieved by Stanley Morgan in 1979. Moss’s 16 touchdown catches (as of halftime) are the third highest single-season total of his career, trailing only his career-high 17 scoring receptions in 1998 and 2003.
MOSS SETS FRANCHISE SINGLE-GAME TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION RECORD With four touchdown receptions (as of halftime), Randy Moss has set the franchise’s single-game touchdown reception record, recording the first four-touchdown catch game in team history. Moss’s four scoring catches set a new single-game career high, topping his previous mark of three, achieved three previous times, most recently while playing for the Minnesota Vikings against San Francisco on Sept. 28, 2003. Moss is the first Patriot to catch at least three touchdown passes in a game since Ben Coates had three scoring grabs on Nov. 26, 1995. Coates’s performance also came in a game against the Bills in Buffalo.
MOSS BREAKS 1,000-YARD MARK FOR THE SEASON With a 5-yard reception with 2:27 remaining in the second quarter, Randy Moss eclipsed the 1,000-yard receiving mark for the year, becoming the first Patriots player to record 1,000 or more receiving yards since Troy Brown had 1,199 receiving yards in 2001. Moss’s 1,000-yard season is the 10th 1,000-yard receiving season in Patriots history and he joins Troy Brown (1), Terry Glenn (2), Ben Coates (1), Stanley Morgan (3), Irving Fryar (1) and Harold Jackson (1) as the only players in team history to achieve the feat. Morgan holds the team’s single-season record with 1,491 receiving yards in 1986. For Moss, the 1,000-yard season is the eighth of his 10-year career and his first since 2005, when he had 1,005 yards for the Oakland Raiders.
MARONEY REACHES END ZONE Laurence Maroney scored his first touchdown of the season on a 6-yard run in the first quarter to give the Patriots a 7-0 lead. The touchdown was Maroney’s first since Dec. 31, 2006, when he scored on a 1-yard run at Tennessee in the 2006 regular-season finale. His touchdown against the Bills was the eighth touchdown of Maroney’s career (7 rush, 1 rec.).
MARONEY BECOMES 19th PATRIOT TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN IN 2007 Laurence Maroney became the 19th player to score a touchdown for the Patriots this season, scoring on a 6-yard run in the first quarter to give the Patriots a 7-0 lead. The NFL record for most players scoring a touchdown in a single season is 21, achieved by the 2000 Denver Broncos and the 1987 Los Angeles Rams.
QUICK HITS Ø Tonight’s kickoff temperature was 36 degrees, making this the Patriots’ coldest game since Nov. 5, 2006, when the temperature was 31 degrees for a Sunday night game against Indianapolis at Gillette Stadium. Ø Jabar Gaffney caught a 31-yard pass from Tom Brady in the catch was Gaffney’s second longest since joining the Patriots in 2006, trailing only his 33-yard catch against the New York Jets on Nov. 12, 2006.
100-YARD GAME FOR MOSS With 112 receiving yards on eight catches (as of halftime), Randy Moss has recorded his seventh 100-yard receiving game of the season and the 53rd 100-yard receiving game of his career. Moss’s 53 career 100-yard receiving games rank third all-time, trailing only Jerry Rice (76) and Marvin Harrison (59). Stanley Morgan holds the Patriots single-season record with nine 100-yard receiving games in 1986.
RANDALL GAY RECORDS THIRD INTERCEPTION OF THE SEASON Randall Gay recorded his third interception of the season when he picked off a J.P. Losman pass on the Bills’ fourth offensive play of the game and returned it 21 yards to Buffalo’s 13-yard line. The interception set up a two-play touchdown drive that ended in a 6-yard scoring run by Laurence Maroney and a 7-0 Patriots lead. Gay’s three interceptions tie Junior Seau for the second highest total on the team, trailing only Asante Samuel’s team-high four interceptions. Gay’s three interceptions establish a new career high, topping his two interceptions as a rookie in 2004. Gay’s interception against Buffalo raised his career total to five interceptions.
VRABEL RAISES SEASON TOTAL TO 9.5 SACKS Mike Vrabel was credited with a zero-yard sack of J.P. Losman in the first quarter. The sack raised Vrabel’s team-high season total to 9.5 sacks, tying his single-season career high, also achieved in 2003. Vrabel’s 9.5 sacks tie the highest total by a Patriots player since Willie McGinest had 11.0 sacks in 1995. Since then, a Patriot has totaled 9.5 sacks four times: Vrabel (2003, 2007), McGinest (1996, 2004).
THOMAS SETS SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGH WITH 2.5 SACKS Adalius Thomas recorded 2.5 sacks in the first half against the Bills, setting a new single-game career high and recording his fourth career game with at least two sacks. Thomas sacked J.P. Losman for a 9-yard loss in the first quarter and later dropped Losman for a 6-yard loss in the second quarter. He then teamed with Tedy Bruschi to drop Losman for a 7-yard loss in the second quarter. The sacks raised Thomas’s season total to 3.0 sacks and his career total to 41.5 sacks. Thomas is the fifth player to record 2.0 or more sacks in a game for the Patriots this season, joining Mike Vrabel (twice), Rosevelt Colvin, Tedy Bruschi and Jarvis Green.
Posted by Shalise Manza Young Running ChadWe have a Chad Jackson sighting. The second-year receiver, activated off the PUP list last week, fielded the short second-half kickoff and returned it 15 yards.
Posted by Shalise Manza Young Anything you can do......I can do better. Earlier today, Dallas' Terrell Owens -- aka the "original 81" -- scored four touchdowns in the Cowboys' win over Washington. In the first half tonight, New England's Randy Moss -- aka the "other 81" as Owens dubbed him before the teams' week 5 showdown -- has four touchdowns, and now has 16 for the season.
Posted by Shalise Manza Young Faulk's injuryIt has just been announced that Kevin Faulk suffered a head injury and his return is questionable. In our experience, that generally means the player won't be back.
Posted by Shalise Manza Young Photo: Maroney on the board
Posted by Mike McDermott Check that last post. . .Tom Brady is the all-time franchise leader with 183 career passing touchdowns. The Pats' QB surpassed Steve Grogan for the mark, which took the former quarterback 14 seasons to reach. Brady has done it in seven. Brady connected with Randy Moss on a six-yard pass to set the new record. Brady has also extended his personal mark of throwing for three or more touchdowns in 10 straight games. --Joe McDonald
Posted by Joe McDonald Brady ties all-time markPatriots quarterback Tom Brady just connected on a touchdown pass with Randy Moss to give New England a 21-7 lead over the Bills. The TD gives Brady 182 in his career to tie former QB Steve Grogan for the all-time franchise mark. It took Grogan 14 seasons to reach that total, while Brady needed just seven. --Joe McDonald
Posted by Joe McDonald Moss sets franchise recordRandy Moss' flat-out abuse of Buffalo safety George Wilson led to a 43-yard touchdown reception, and put New England up by two scored with less than seven minutes gone in the game. The reception was Moss' 13th touchdown of the season, breaking the single-season team record he shared with Stanley Morgan. The Stanley Steamer had 12 TDs in 1979.
Posted by Shalise Manza Young Message from EverettInjured tight end Kevin Everett recorded a message for Bills' fans that was just played on the big board here at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Everett, who suffered a severe spine injury in Buffalo's opening game, has made miraculous progress since then, and thanked the Buffalo fans and fans around the country for their support. He punctuated his message with "Let's beat the New England Patriots!," which set the crowd cheering.
Posted by Shalise Manza Young Photo: Ready to go for 10-0
Posted by Mike McDermott Game inactivesFor the Patriots: QB Matt Gutierrez - third quarterback For the Bills: QB Gibran Hamdan - third quarterback
Posted by Shalise Manza Young Welcome to BuffaloHey all -- We are in Ralph Wilson Stadium, where there isn't a whole lot happening just yet. Just a bunch of kids on the field throwing and punting, warming up for the Punt, Pass and Kick competition. It will likely be around 30 degrees at kickoff tonight, by far the coldest game the Pats have played in this year. And we're told the chill is just here for the weekend -- come Tuesday, it's supposed to back up around 50 degrees here. We'll try to post more as we get closer to game time. shalise
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