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The New England Patriots will play their last two road games of the 2023 season in back-to-back weeks, starting on Christmas Eve at Denver followed by a trip to Buffalo for a rematch against the Bills. Denver has overcome a 1-5 start to even their record at 7-7 and remain in the hunt for a spot in the AFC postseason field.
The Patriots will play on Christmas Eve for the eighth time in team history. The Patriots own a 5-3 record in those games.
The Patriots will play at Denver for the first time since a 41-16 Patriots win in a Sunday Night Football game on Nov. 12, 2017.
Denver leads the overall series by a 27-22 margin in the regular season and a 4-1 margin in the postseason.
The Patriots and Broncos have played in three Divisional Playoff games and two AFC Championship Games.
The Patriots have played more games against the Broncos than any other team that has never been in New England's division with 54 matchups.
The history between the teams dates back to the initial season of the American Football League in 1960. The Patriots played the Broncos in the inaugural game of each franchise, a 13-10 Denver win on Sept. 9, 1960, at BU Field in Boston. The teams squared off twice a year in the decade prior to the AFL-NFL merger, except for 1967 and 1969.
SERIES TRENDS
DENVER 31, NEW ENGLAND 23
(INCLUDING POSTSEASON)
(INCLUDING POSTSEASON)
- Home Record: 12-10 (1-0 playoffs)
- Road Record: 11-21 (0-4 playoffs)
- Total Points in the Series: Broncos 1,216, Patriots 1,185
- Bill Belichick vs. Denver: 10-14 (10-10 with New England)
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TELEVISION: This week's game will be broadcast by NFL Network and can be seen locally on WCVB-TV Channel 5 and WMUR-TV Channel 9 Rich Eisen will handle play-by-play duties with Kurt Warner as the color analyst. James Palmer and Sherree Burruss will provide analysis from the sidelines. The game will be produced by Jonathan Segal and directed by Chris Svendsen.
NATIONAL RADIO: This week's game will be broadcast to a national audience by Westwood One Sports. John Sadak will call the game with Ryan Harris providing analysis.
LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A complete listing of the network's 33 stations can be found here. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello.
NATIONAL RADIO: This week's game will be broadcast to a national audience by Westwood One Sports. John Sadak will call the game with Ryan Harris providing analysis.
LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A complete listing of the network's 33 stations can be found here. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello.
