Notes from the Patriots' 41-25 victory over the Bills Sunday, courtesy of the Pats' P.R. department:
TEAM NOTES
-- The Patriots have yet to throw an interception in the first eight games this season, one short of the 1960 Browns' NFL record of nine consecutive games without an interception to start a season. The only other team to have at least eight games without a pick at the start of a season is the 2008 Redskins.
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INDIVIDUAL NOTES
-- Bill Belichick now has a 90-45 record in divisional games as a head coach, one of only five coaches in NFL history with 90 or more wins in divisional games. The others are Don Shula (132), Tom Landry (101), Dan Reeves (95) and Marty Schottenheimer (95).
-- Rob Gronkowski set Patriots' franchise records for most touchdowns (69) and most receiving TDs (68) with his 53-yard scoring catch in the second quarter.
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-- Gronkowski now has 402 career receptions, the 35th tight end in NFL history to reach that milestone. He also had 6,039 receiving yards, the 14th-hightest total among tight ends in NFL history.
-- Gronkowski finished with his 23rd career 100-yard game after catching 5 passes for 109 yards. He has moved out of a third-place tie with Jackie Smith for sole possession for the third-most 100-yard games by an NFL tight end with 23, and is now only behind Kellen Winslow (24) and Tony Gonzalez (31).
-- Gronkowski and Tom Brady have now combined for 67 TDs, tying Peyton Manning and Reggie Wayne for sixth-most quarterback-to-receiver touchdown passes in NFL history.
-- Brady completed two 50-yard passes in the game, the 10th time he's done so in his career.
-- Brady now has 26 wins against the Bills, tying him with Brett Favre for most QB wins against an opponent. Favre had 26 wins against the Lions.
-- LeGarrette Blount scored his ninth rushing TD of the season and is on pace for 18 this year, which would break the single-season franchise record of 14 set by Curtis Martin in 1995 and tied by Martin himself in '96.