Patriots-Giants Week 10 Stats & Fun Facts
BOSTON (CBS) -- The Patriots and Giants square off in the Meadowlands Sunday afternoon, as New England looks to improve to 9-0 on the season.
Here's some stats and fun facts to get you ready for Sunday's tilt:
- This will be the 12th meeting between the Patriots and the Giants. The Pats have a 5-4 edge in the regular season series, but have dropped both postseason matchups (we won't get into that).
- The last time these teams played in the regular season was in 2011 at Gillette Stadium. The Giants snapped New England's 20-game regular season home winning streak with the win.
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- With a victory on Sunday, the Pats will secure a winning season for the 15th straight year.
- The Patriots are an NFL-best 41-15 in the month of November since 2001.
- The Pats are the fourth defending Super Bowl Champs to start a season 8-0.
- The Pats have now won 11 straight games dating back to the 2014 playoffs.
- Tom Brady is 12-2 as a starter against the NFC East in the regular season.
- Brady has opened the season with eight straight games with at least two touchdowns.
- Julian Edelman already has seven touchdowns this season -- a personal best for him.
- Brady and Rob Gronkowski have connected on 60 career touchdowns. Gronk has a catch in all 76 regular season games he's played in.
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- The New England defense is tied for second in the NFL with 27 sacks. The Denver Broncos lead the way with 30.
- Chandler Jones leads the NFL with 9.5 sacks, and is looking for his second career 10-plus sack season.
- Stephen Gostkowski is 19-for-19 on the season on field goal attempts.
You can catch Sunday's Patriots-Giants game on WBZ-TV and 98.5 The Sports Hub — the flagship stations on the New England Patriots. Pregame coverage begins on WBZ-TV at 11:30am with Patriots GameDay, and on 98.5FM at 1:30pm. Following the game, stayed tuned for three hours of postgame coverage on the Hub, and switch over to myTV38 for Patriots 5th Quarter!
