12. 1965 AFL CHAMPION BUFFALO BILLS at 5. 2011 AFC CHAMPION NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
5. 2011 AFC CHAMPION NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Record: 13-3
Pythag: 12-4
Off: 3rd
Def: 15th
1st AFC East
d. Div Rnd Broncos 45-10
d. AFC Title Ravens 23-20
Lost Giants Super Bowl 21-17
HC: Bill Belichick OC Bill O'Brien
Gillette Stadium: 50 degrees
Gil Santos/Gino Cappelletti
Offense
QB Tom Brady 34 Michigan
RB BenJarvus Green Ellis 26 Ole Miss
WE Deion Branch 32 Louisville
WR Wes Welker 30 TTech
TE Rob Gronkowski 22 All Pro Arizona
TE Aaron Hernandez 22 Florida
LT Matt Light 33 Purdue
LG Logan Mankins 29 Fresno St
C Dan Connolly 29 SE Missouri St
RG Brian Waters 34 N Texas
RT Nate Solder 23-R Colorado
Defense
LDE Shaun Ellis 34 Tenn
LDT Vince Wilfork 30 Miami
RDT Kyle Love 25 Miss St
RDE Andre Carter 32 Cal
LLB Rob Ninkovich 27 Purdue
MLB Jerod Mayo 25 Tenn
RLB Brandon Spikes 24 Florida
LCB Devin McCourty 24 Rutgers
RCB Kyle Arrington 25 Hofstra
SS James Ihedigbo 28 Mass
FS Patrick Chung 24 Oregon
K Stephen Gostkowski 27 Memphis
P Zoltan Mesko 25 Michigan
KR Danny Woodhead 26 Chadron St
PR Julian Edelman 25 Kent St
The '07 Patriots, '06 Patriots, '14 Patriots, '04 Patriots -- are all moving on from the first half of Round 1 -- in Region 9, the 5th seed is the '11 Patriots with the third best offense in the league. Brady's 34 - 42 scores and a dozen picks and that '65 Bills defense might be in over its head. BenJarvus Green Ellis is 26, he scored 11 times. 30 year old All Pro Wes Welker caught 122 balls for over 1500 yards. 22 year old All Pro Rob Gronkowski had 90 catches for 1300 yards and scored 18 touchdowns. The defense doesn't help much, 32 year old Andre Carter had 10 sacks, 25 year old Kyle Arrington had 7 picks.
12. 1965 AFL CHAMPION BUFFALO BILLS
Record: 10-3-1
Pythag: 10-4
Off: 3rd
Def: 1st
1st AFL East
d. Chargers AFL Title 23-0
HC Lou Saban
Offense
QB Jack Kemp 30 All Pro Occidental
RB Wray Carlton 28 Duke
FB Billy Joe 25 Nova
WR Bill Roberson 30 Cornell
WR Charley Ferguson 26 Tenn St
TE Paul Costa 24-R N Dame
LT Stew Barber 26 Penn St
LG Billy Shaw 27 All Pro Geo T
C Dave Behrman 24 Mich St
RG Al Bemiller 27 Syracuse
RT Dick Hudson 25 Memphis
Defense
LDE Ron McDole 26 Nebraska
LDT Jim Dunaway 24 Ole Miss
RDT Tom Stesak 29 All Pro McNeese
RDE Tom Day 30 NC A&T
LLB Jim Tracey 32 Tex A&M
MLB Harry Jacobs 28 Bradley
RLB Mike Stratton 24 All Pro Tenn
LCB Booker Edgerson 26 W Illinois
RCB Butch Byrd 24 All Pro Boston
LS Hagood Clarke 23 Florida
RS George Saimes 24 All Pro Mich St
K Pete Gogolak 23 Cornell
P Paul Maguire 27 Citadell
KR Charley Warner 25 Prairie View
PR Butch Byrd 24 Boston
Lot of bold there - that's because the '65 AFL Champion Bills all played in the All Star Game, the Bills lost to the AFL All Stars in the All Star game. There isn't a Bills team that has advanced; this '65 team had the best defense in the AFL with 4 All Pros - 29 year old Tom Stesak, 24 year old Mike Stratton, 24 year old Butch Byrd, 24 year old George Saimes. The offense is okay, 14 scores for 30 year old All Pro Jack Kemp, the other All Pro on offense is 27 year old Billy Shaw. Couple of northeast rivals hooking up here - the Bills, who, as of this game, have never won a SB head to NE to face the team which has dominated the 21st cenury. You know who is on this Bills team? A rookie linebacker from Pitt named Marty Schottenheimer. Let's go to the kick.
1st Qtr
Bills open at the 33.
3 and out. Patriots will start at the 23.
3 and out. Bills at the 32.
1/10 - Billy Joe picks up the game's first first down - 11 yards.
1/10 - Jack Kemp's first completion is to Paul Costa, 15 yards and Buffalo crosses midfield.
1/10 - Wray Carlton loses 1.
2/11 - Incomplete.
3/11 - Kemp - Over the Top of the Defense -- Glenn Bass -- Caught! Glenn Bass catches the big strike from Jack Kemp and he is gonna roll into the endzone - TOUCHDOWN BILLS - Jack Kemp stuns this New England crowd, 57 yard bomb to Glenn Bass and it's quickly 7-0.
Patriots at the 22.
They get a first down - Brady to Green Ellis out of the backfield - he turns it into a 28 yard gain. But - that's all -- and after the punt, Buffalo starts at the 19.
They get a first down, Kemp to Ed Rutkowski, 19 yards - but the drive ends with an Andre Carter sack. Patriots start at the 27.
1/10 - Brady goes 11 to Deion Branch.
1/10 - Give to BGE, he gets 9, that's the last play of the quarter.
2nd Qtr: Bills 7 Patriots 0
Kemp with the deep ball to Bass for the game's only score - Pats have second and 1 at their own 47.
2/1 - Danny Woodhead gets 7.
1/10 - Brady hits Wes Welker, 14 to the 32.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Incomplete
3/10 - Brady to BGE out of the backfield and he's got some room to roll - BGE will take it all the way to the Buffalo 2 yard line until he's knocked out of bounds.
1/goal - Incomplete
2/goal - Incomplete
3/goal - Give to BGE -- and he's into the endzone -- TOUCHDOWN PATRIOTS - Green Ellis with a couple of big gainers out of the backfield to lead the drive and he punches it home to tie the game.
Bills at the 21.
1/10 - Carlton gets 7.
2/3 - Carlton gets 1.
3/2 - Bobby Smith picks it up and the chains move.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Joe gets a yard.
3/9 - Kemp - hits Carlton - 15 yards and the Bills near midfield with a first down.
1/10 - Carlton loses a couple yards.
2/12 - Kemp - Joe -- Joe's gonna be just short of the sticks at the Patriot 42.
3/1 - Carlton picks it up - again, chains keep moving.
1/10 - Give to Joe - Joe's got a hole - Joe's got 19 to the 22.
1/10 - Smith loses 3.
2/13 - Donnie Stone gets back to the original line of scrimmage.
3/10 - Kemp to Carlton -- he's right at the sticks, it's gonna be 4th and inches at the 13..Lou Saban keeps the offense on the field, they're gonna go for it.
4/1 - Kemp - play action - short over the middle to Carlton and he's got 3 yards and it's a first and goal at the 10.
1/goal - Give to Carlton -- Carlton -- Carlton rolls his way into the endzone == TOUCHDOWN BILLS - 79 yard 8 minute Buffalo drive culminates in the 10 yard Wray Carlton score - Buffalo with the 14-7 lead with 4 minutes left in the half.
Patriots at the 31.
1/10 - BGE gets 1.
2/9 - Woodhead gets 4.
3/5 - Brady finds Chad Johnson, it's Ochocinco's first catch of the day - he's got 11 and a first down.
1/10 Incomplete
2/10 - Brady pitch to Woodhead - Woodhead rolling for 18 yards - we are at the 2 minute warning, Patriots at the 35.
1/10 - BGE gets 4.
2/6 - It's an end around to Wes Welker - he's got 8 yards, out of bounds, Pats at the 23, still 1:36 left in the half.
The drive dies here - Gostkowski with a FG with 1:13 left. 14-10 Bills.
Bills at the 34.
1/10 - Kemp, in trouble - Kemp runs out of bounds.
2/10 - Give to Joe - he's got a dozen yards, Bills call time out at the 46. 54 seconds left.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Kemp to Charley Ferguson, 7 yards, Bills stop the clock again.
3/3 - Kemp - over the middle -- Costa -- a dozen yards - Bills are at the New England 35, 33 seconds left, Kemp spikes the ball on first down to stop the clock.
The drive will end here - at the whistle - Gogolak FG makes it 17-10 at the half.
3rd Qtr: Bills 17 Patriots 10
Buffalo's offense was 3rd best out of 8 teams in '65 - but they are doing a great job today against a mediocre NE defense, it is 17-10 Bills. Patriots to start at the 18.
3 and out. And Butch Byrd with the big return -all the way to the NE 34, Bills up a touchdown and now with great field position.
They get one first down - Carlton with a 13 yard run - but a Vince Wilfork sack means the Bills have a 43 yard FG attempt.....which Gogolak....misses....
The Patriots turn Buffalo back - they take over at their own 33 midway through the third.
1/10 - Stevan Ridley's first carry, 6 yards.
2/4 - Brady to Gronk - his first catch, neither of the Patriot TE have been involved at all today, he's got a dozen.
1/10 - Woodhead gets 1
2/9 - Brady - Welker -- Brady hits Welker for 23, that's a good shot - Pats all the way to the Bills 25.
But that's it - a Tom Stesak sack ends the drive -- Gostkowski has a long FG attempt....and he misses it...the sides swapping missed FGs. Bills will open at the 39.
3 and out. Patriots start at the 36.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - BGE is stacked up.
3/10 - Brady picks it up - 18 to Welker, down a score near the end of the qtr, that could be a big pick up for Brady.
1/10 - Ridley busts up the gut for a big 33 yard gainer all the way to the Bills 13 yard line.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - George Saimes comes through on a safety blitz and absolutely levels Brady - just drops him - that's the end of the quarter.
4th Qtr: Bills 17 Patriots 10
Scoreless quarter, both teams missing FGs - the Patriots are still down a score but it's now third and 17 at the 20.
3/17 - Brady. Welker. Welker makes his way for a 15 yard gain -- Welker all the way to the 5 - it's gonna be 4th and 2 for the Patriots at the Bills 5 yard line, Pats down by 7. So - here's a big spot.
Belichick's gonna go for it. Well, here we go. 4th and 2 at the 5.
4/2 - BGE picks it up - 2 yards, there's a measurement - the Pats just do get the first down - big time spot there and it is first and goal.
1/goal - Brady - fade pattern - Branch. TOUCHDOWN PATRIOTS - The Pats had a 3rd and 17, then a 4th and 2 - and now the game is all tied up at 17.
Bills to start at the 23 with less than 13 minutes to play in the ballgame.
They get one first down, 10 yard Stone run. But that's it - and when Julian Edelman gets a nice return, the Patriots will start at their own 43, less than 10 minutes left.
They get one first down - 15 yards Brady to Gronk. Belichick decides to pass up a long Gostkowski FG - instead there's a short punt -- Bills take over at their own 18 with 7 minutes to go.
3 and out - including Rob Ninkovich sacking Kemp - that's a great defensive series - Bills punt deep in their own end, Pats will open at the Buffalo 49 yard line, little over 5 minutes left in the game. 17-17.
1/10 - BGE gets 4.
2/6 - Brady picks it up - 8 yards to Woodhead, Pats at the 37.
1/10 - Brady to Chad Johnson - 11 yards and the Patriots are now in FG range, clock ticking, little over 3 minutes left.
1/10 - BGE gets 3 yards.
2/7 - Incomplete. Okay - two and a half minutes left in the football game, 17 all, Patriots have a third and 7 at the Bill 23. Big play.
3/7 - Brady - Welker -- 13 yard gain - just a huge, huge clutch play, it's the 2 minute warning and NE has a first and goal.
1/goal - Brady. Endzone. Welker. TOUCHDOWN PATRIOTS - 10 yard Brady to Welker, New England takes the lead at a little less than 2 minutes to go - 7 point Patriot lead.
Bills at the 19.
1/10 - Kemp short to Carlton, 4 yards, out of bounds.
2/6 - Incomplete.
3/6 - Incomplete.
Well, this is it. 4th and 6 - Bills still need to go 77 yards to tie this up.
4/6 - Kemp picks it up - he hits Bobby Smith for an 8 yard gain to the 31, Bills use their first timeout at 1:20 left.
1/10 - Kemp finds Paul Costa - 16 yards, out of bounds - Bills at the 47 with 1:08 to go in the game.
1/10 - Kemp in trouble - has to run out of bounds for a 3 yard loss, 58 seconds left, Bills at their own 44 down 7.
2/13 - Incomplete
3/13 - Kemp's gotta dump it off to Joe, he gets 5 yards and is out of bounds at the 49, Bills have another 4th down -- it's 4th and 8, 44 seconds to go.
4/8 - Kemp - Kemp - over the middle -- Bo Roberson comes down with it -- Roberson is all the way at the 31 yard line! Huge, huge 20 yard gain for Kemp on 4th down, his second 4th down conversion on the drive and now with 31 seconds left, the Bills stop the clock, they still have a timeout left.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Kemp has to dump it off again, Joe is out of bounds with a 4 yard gain to the 27 with only 16 seconds to go.
3/6 - Kemp. Over the Middle -- knocked down by Patrick Chung -- there's just 9 seconds left.
4th down. Bills at the 27. 9 seconds to go in the game. Bills down by a score.
4/6 - Kemp. He's gotta get it now. Kemp. Endzone -- and the pass sails incomplete --
---and that's it - one Brady kneeldown and the game is over.
Final: Patriots 24 Bills 17
The Pats score two 4th quarter touchdowns, Brady with a couple late TD passes - and they move on.
Brady: 18 for 31, 291 yds, 2 TD
Kemp: 13 for 27, 177 yds, 1 TD
BGE 13 carries, 29 yds, 1 TD
Carlton: 14 carries, 49 yds, 1 TD
Welker: 7 catches, 101 yds 1 TD
Costa: 3 catches, 43 yds
Player of the Game: Tom Brady
