TEAM NOTES
âą Patriots set a team record averaging 9.8 yards per rush.
âą Patriots produce season-high 246-yards rushing.
âą Last six Patriots-Bills games decided by one possession.
âą TreVeyon Henderson scores two 50-yard TDs for second time in 2025.
âą Drake Maye scored 2 rushing TDS in the first quarter.
PATRIOTS SET TEAM RECORD WITH A 9.8-YARD RUSHING AVERAGE
The Patriots rushed for 246 yards on 25 carries for a 9.8-yard average, the team's highest rushing average in a game in team history. The previous record with a 7.9-yard average when they rushed 19 times for 151 yards on Oct. 6, 2024, vs. Miami.
PATRIOTS PRODUCE SEASON-HIGH 246 YARDS RUSHING
The Patriots finished the game with a season-high 246 yards rushing. The previous high was 177 yards vs. Cleveland on Oct. 26. It is the first time the Patriots have rushed for 200 yards in a game since gaining 200 yards rushing vs. Indianapolis (12/1/24). The 246 yards rushing was the most since they rushed for 250 yards vs. Las Vegas (9/27/20).
PATRIOTS AND BILLS HAVE SIX STRAIGHT GAMES DECIDED BY ONE POSSESSION
Each of the last six games between the Bills and Patriots have been decided by one possession. That is the longest streak in the annual series. The teams also had six straight games that spanned the 1986 and 1988 seasons.
| Date | Score | W/L |
|---|---|---|
| 10/22/23 | 29-25 | W |
| 12/31/23 | 21-27 | L |
| 12/22/24 | 21-24 | L |
| 01/05/25 | 23-16 | W |
| 10/05/25 | 23-20 | W |
| 12/014/25 | 31-35 | L |
TWO PATRIOTS FINSIH WITH 10 TACKLES
S Jaylinn Hawkins (11) and CB Marcus Jones (10) both finished with at least 10 total tackles. The last time the Patriots had two players finish with at least 10 total tackles was on Jan. 7, 2024, vs. the NY Jets when LB Ja'Whaun Bentley (12) and DL Christian Barmore (10) both reached at least 10 tackles.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
HENDERSON IS THE FIRST PATRIOTS PLAYER WITH FOUR 50-YARD RUNS IN A SEASON
RB TreVeyon Henderson scored on a 52-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and a 65-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Henderson became the first Patriots player with two 50-yard touchdowns in the same game in team history at Tampa Bay (11/9) when he scored on a 55-yard touchdown run and a 69-yard touchdown run. He has now accomplished the feat two times in 2025. He is only the second player in NFL history to have multiple games in a season with two rushing touchdowns of 50-plus yards, joining RB Chris Johnson in 2009 with Tennessee.
HENDERSON HAS FOUR 50-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUNS
Henderson has four touchdown runs of 50-plus yards in 2025. Chris Johnson (2009 with Tennessee) and Jim Brown (1963 with Cleveland) are the only players to have more touchdown runs of 50-plus yards in a single season with five. Henderson is tied for the third-most in NFL history. RB Saquon Barkley (2018 with the Giants and 2024 with Philadelphia), Jim Brown (1958 with Cleveland), Napoleon Kaufman (1997 with Oakland), Lenny Moore (1956 with Baltimore), Adrian Peterson (2012 with Minnesota), Barry Sanders (1997 with Detroit) and Spec Sanders (1947 with the NY Titans) also had four 50-yard rushing touchdowns in a season.
HENDERSON TIES ROOKIE RECORD
Henderson's four rushing touchdowns of 50 yards or more this season ties the NFL record for most rushing touchdowns of 50-plus yards in a season by a rookie with RB Saquon Barkley (2018 with the NY Giants) and RB Lenny Moore (1956 with Baltimore).
HENDERSON IS FIRST PATRIOTS PLAYER WITH FOUR 50-YARD RUNS IN A SEASON
Henderson is the first Patriots player with four 50-yard runs in a season since 1970. Since 2000, the most 50yard runs in a season is seven by Adrian Peterson in 2012 with Minnesota
A PATRIOTS RUNNING BACK HAS NOW HAD TWO 50-YARD RUNS IN A GAME SIX TIMES
It was the sixth time in team history that a Patriots player has had two 50-yard runs in the same game.
Patriots Players with multiple 50-yard runs in a game since 1970
- Craig James in 1985
65-yard TD run vs. Green Bay on Sept. 8, 1985
57-yard run at N.Y. Jets on Nov. 24, 1985 - Robert Edwards in 1998
53-yard run vs. Tennessee on Sept. 20, 1998
53-yard run at St. Louis on Dec. 13, 1998 - Sedrick Shaw in 1998
51-yard run vs. Indianapolis om Sept. 13, 1998
71-yard run at N.Y. Jets on Dec. 27, 1998 - Lawrence Maroney in 2007
59-yard TD run vs. Miami on Dec. 23, 2007
51-yard run vs. Miami on Dec. 23, 2007 - TreVeyon Henderson in 2025
55-yard TD at Tampa Bay on Nov. 9, 2025
69-yard TD at Tampa Bay on Nov. 9, 2025
52-yard TD vs. Buffalo on Dec. 14, 2025
65-yard TD vs. Buffalo on Dec. 14, 2025
HENDERSON HAS SECOND CAREER 100-YARD GAME
Henderson recorded his second career 100-yard game after finishing with 148 yards rushing on 14 carries for a 10.6-yard average. He had 147 yards rushing at Tampa Bay on Nov. 9, 2025.
HENDERSON IS FIRST PATRIOTS PLAYER WITH TWO GAMES WITH A 10.0-YARD AVERAGE IN SAME SEASON
Henderson has two of the team's eight games with a rusher finishing with an average of at least 10.0 yards per carry and the only one to have two games with a 10.0-yard average in the same season. In the game at Tampa Bay on Nov. 9, Henderson finished with a 10.5-yard average (14 rushing attempts for 147 yards). The only other Patriots player with two games with a 10.0-yard average in their career with the team was Larry Garron (1961 and 1962).
DRAKE MAYE HAS FIRST GAME WITH 2 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
QB Drake Maye scored on an 8-yard run and a 7-yard run in the first quarter for his first career game with 2 rushing touchdowns. It is the 17th time in team history that a quarterback has rushed for 2 touchdowns in a game and the first since QB Cam Newton had 2 rushing touchdowns at L.A. Chargers on Dec. 6, 2020.
GIBBENS REGISTERS FIRST SACK AS A PATRIOT
LB Jack Gibbens dropped Buffalo QB Josh Allen for a 6-yard sack in the first quarter, his first as a member of the Patriots. It is his second career full sack. His first came vs. Atlanta on Oct. 29, 2023, when he played for Tennessee.
STEVENSON MOVES UP TO SIXTH
RB Rhamondre Stevenson moved into sixth place on New England's all-time rushing list with a 15-yard run on the game's first play from scrimmage. He entered the game needing 2 yards to move past Don Calhoun (3,391) into sixth place. Stevenson finished the game with 50 yards and now has 3,440 rushing yards.
Most Rushing YDS in Patriots History Player
| Player | Rushing Yards |
|---|---|
| Sam Cunningham | 5,453 |
| Jim Nance | 5,323 |
| Tony Collins | 4,647 |
| Curtis Martin | 3,799 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3,607 |
| Rhamondre Stevenson | 3,340 |
| Don Calhoun | 3,391 |
| John Stephens | 3,249 |
| Corey Dillon | 3,180 |
HAWKINS SETS CAREER HIGH IN TACKLES
S Jaylinn Hawkins recorded a career-high with 11 total tackles. It is his third game reaching double-digit tackles. He had 10 tackles at Tampa Bay on Oct. 9, 2022, and at Cincinnati on Oct. 23, 2022, when he played for Atlanta.
JONES HAS SECOND CAREER 10-TACKLE GAME
CB Marcus Jones had his second career game with at least 10 total tackles. He had 14 total tackles vs. Cincinnati on Dec. 24, 2022.
LINEUP NOTES
âą OG Jared Wilson returned to action and the starting lineup at left guard after missing the Giants game due to injury.
âą DT Khyiris Tonga returned to action after missing one game and was in the starting lineup.
âą S Brenden Schooler returned to action after missing the Giants game due to injury.
âą DL Leonard Taylor III made his debut with New England after being elevated to the active roster from the practice squad. He entered the game on defense for the first time in the second quarter.
âą WR Kyle Williams and RB D'Ernest Johnson lined up to return kicks.
âą LB Anfernee Jennings made his first start of the season.
