2016 Divisional Round · Sat, Jan 14, 2017 · Gillette Stadium
Houston Texans
16
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New England PatriotsWinner
34
NE -16 ✓O 44 ✓28°F
New England Patriots 34–16 — never really in doubt late.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · NE
18/38, 287 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
-0.1 expected points added · -7.1% completion over expected
Passing · HOU
23/40, 197 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT
-19.0 expected points added · -5.1% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
Houston Texans
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Osweiler | 23/40 | 197 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -19.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Miller | 19 | 74 | 3.9 | 0 | -2.1 |
| Brock Osweiler | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Jonathan Grimes | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | -0.0 |
| Alfred Blue | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -0.2 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Hopkins | 6 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 23% | -4.8 |
| Jonathan Grimes | 4 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 10% | 3.8 |
| C.J. Fiedorowicz | 3 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 13% | 4.3 |
| Will Fuller | 3 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 15% | -3.0 |
| Lamar Miller | 4 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 18% | -2.8 |
| Akeem Hunt | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 5% | -0.9 |
| Keith Mumphery | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8% | -1.1 |
| Stephen Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | -1.1 |
| Ryan Griffin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8% | -8.5 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Moore | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Hal | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Benardrick McKinney | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| A.J. Bouye | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Cushing | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kareem Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Joseph | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Mercilus | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Akeem Dent | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Reader | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
New England Patriots
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 18/38 | 287 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -0.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dion Lewis | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 1 | -2.1 |
| LeGarrette Blount | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | -3.4 |
| Danny Amendola | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Tom Brady | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | -2.6 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Edelman | 8 | 13 | 137 | 0 | 36% | 2.2 |
| Chris Hogan | 4 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 11% | 8.3 |
| Dion Lewis | 2 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 19% | 0.5 |
| James White | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3% | 3.0 |
| Michael Floyd | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8% | -4.5 |
| Martellus Bennett | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11% | -1.5 |
| Danny Amendola | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6% | -1.8 |
| James Develin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6% | -1.4 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dont'a Hightower | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Flowers | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Branch | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Ryan | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Patrick Chung | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcom Brown | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Malcolm Butler | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Rowe | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elandon Roberts | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- NE -16
- Closing total
- 44
- HOU moneyline
- +887
- NE moneyline
- -1200
Patriots closed -16 and covered, winning by 18.
Total closed 44; the game landed 50 — over by 6.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Gillette Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- 28°F, wind 6 mph
- Referee
- Peter Morelli
- Rest
- HOU 7 days · NE 13 days
- Coaches
- Bill O'Brien vs Bill Belichick