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14 numbers to know from Buffalo's dominant victory over the Patriots | Week 16

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12-3 >> Buffalo's won-loss record is the best of any team in the league with a strength of schedule above .500 (opponents have combined winning record). The only other NFL clubs with a strength of schedule above .500 that have double-digit wins are Baltimore (.511) and Tampa Bay (.507) at 10-5.

48.8% >> The Bills now lead the league in scoring drive efficiency. Buffalo is scoring points on almost half of their total possessions this season. Josh Allen and company scored on seven of their nine possessions, not counting their one-play kneel down possession at the end of the first half. Kansas City is right behind them at 48.7 percent.

50.3% >> Buffalo's league-leading third-down conversion percentage is a big reason why the Bills offense is scoring at the rate they are this season. They've ranked number one in the league in this category for six of the 16 regular season weeks that have been played. And they've been ranked in the top five in this category for all but three weeks this season.

445 >> This is Buffalo's point total for the season, which ranks second in team history. It's just 14 points shy of the franchise record 458 scored by the 1991 Bills.

100 x 7 >> Number of 100-yard receiving games by Stefon Diggs this season tying a franchise record (Andre Reed – 1989; Eric Moulds – 2000).

300 x 8 >> Number of 300-yard passing games by Josh Allen setting a team record surpassing Drew Bledsoe's seven 300-yard passing games in 2002.

8 >> Number of consecutive games in which the Bills have scored 24 points or more tying them with the Packers for the longest active streak in the NFL.

120 >> Stefon Diggs' reception total in 2020 with the Bills has broken the record for most catches in a player's first season with a new team (Brandon Marshall, 118 in 2012 with Chicago).

10 years, 37 days >> The length of time between games in which the Bills had a player score three receiving touchdowns in a game. Stefon Diggs' three-TD performance is the first by a Bills receiving target since Stevie Johnson did it against Cincinnati on Nov. 21, 2010.

37 >> With the Bills win in New England, Sean McDermott now has 37 career victories as Bills head coach tying him for third all-time with Chuck Knox.

29 >> Buffalo's 29-point victory over the Patriots on Monday Night Football marked the worst home loss for New England at Gillette Stadium in Bill Belichick's tenure as head coach.

6-2 x 2 >> For the second straight season the Bills compiled a mark of 6-2 on the road. It's the first time in franchise history that Buffalo has posted back-to-back season with 6-2 road records.

10 >> Number of Bills players who caught a pass on Monday night, tying a team record. It was the first time since 2018 that 10 different players pulled in a reception in a single game for Buffalo.

12.2% >> Percentage of teams since 1990 that were 12-3 after 15 games who won the Super Bowl (5 of 41).

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