New England beat the Giants 33-15 at Gillette Stadium on December 1, 2025. Drake Maye went 24-of-31 for 282 yards and two touchdowns. Marcus Jones returned a punt for a 94-yard touchdown. The Patriots won their 10th straight and moved to 11-2, claiming the AFC’s top seed heading into the bye week. The Giants fell to 2-11, losers of seven in a row.
Jaxson Dart went 17-of-24 for 139 yards in his return from concussion protocol. Devin Singletary rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown for the Giants.
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First Half Sets The Tone
A field goal on the opening drive gave New England an early lead. Jones then returned a punt for a touchdown on the next Giants possession. Three drives later, Maye found Boutte for a 3-yard score. New England led 17-0 after one quarter.
Dart connected with Darius Slayton for 30 yards and a touchdown to cut it to 17-7. New England answered with 13 straight points and led 30-7 at the break after scoring on five of six possessions.
Singletary scored on a 22-yard run early in the fourth, and Dart converted a two-point conversion to make it 30-15. Henderson broke loose for 26 yards with four minutes left. Borregales tacked on a late field goal.
Quarterback Statistics
Passing Performance
| Quarterback | Comp/Att | Yards | TD | INT | Rating | QBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Maye (NE) | 24/31 | 282 | 2 | 0 | 126.0 | 70.8 |
| Jaxson Dart (NYG) | 17/24 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 99.1 | — |
Maye hit eight different receivers. He threw a 3-yard fade to Boutte in the first quarter, then connected with Kyle Williams before halftime on a 33-yard touchdown pass, per Pro Football Focus.
“Just trying to be the face, trying to be the conductor,” Maye said after the game. “You want the pressure. You want the ball in my hands.”
Backup left tackle Vederian Lowe and left guard Ben Brown replaced injured starters Will Campbell and Jared Wilson. Both held up against Giants pass rushers Brian Burns and Abdul Carter. Maye was pressured on just 25 percent of his dropbacks.
“It is unbelievable,” Williams said about Maye’s ball placement. “Sometimes you just sit there and be like, that is too good to be true.”
Dart took two sacks and several hard hits. Christian Elliss delivered a legal hit near the sideline in the first quarter when Dart tried to stay in bounds while scrambling. Giants tight end Theo Johnson drew a flag for unnecessary roughness after the play.
“I saw the scramble,” Elliss said. “He started tiptoeing on the sideline. I thought he was just going to go out of bounds. When I saw he was going to stay in bounds, what am I supposed to do?”
Running Back Production
Leading Rushers
| Player | Team | Carries | Yards | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Singletary | NYG | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 1 | 22 |
| TreVeyon Henderson | NE | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 0 | 26 |
| Rhamondre Stevenson | NE | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Tyrone Tracy Jr. | NYG | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | 9 |
Henderson averaged 6.1 per carry with three runs of 10-plus yards. His 26-yard gain in the fourth came with New England up 15 and four minutes remaining. Stevenson carried 12 times and added three receptions for 40 yards.
Singletary rushed for 68 yards on 12 attempts. He scored on a 22-yard wildcat run early in the fourth. Tracy left late with a hip injury after gaining 36 yards on 10 carries.
New England rushed for 119 yards on 29 attempts (4.1 average). The Giants gained 111 yards on 27 carries (4.1 average).
Pass Catching Statistics
Top Receivers
| Player | Team | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | Long | Tgts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Henry | NE | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | 36 | 6 |
| Darius Slayton | NYG | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| Rhamondre Stevenson | NE | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| Kayshon Boutte | NE | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| Wan’Dale Robinson | NYG | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Henry’s 36-yard reception on the opening drive set up first-and-goal. Three plays later, Boutte scored on a fade. Williams hauled in one pass for 33 yards and a touchdown. Douglas had three catches for 33 yards. Diggs added three for 26 yards, and Hollins grabbed three for 23 yards.
Robinson led the Giants with seven catches but averaged just 4.9 yards per reception. Johnson had three on eight targets for 29 yards. Slayton’s score against an all-out blitz in the second quarter was the Giants’ lone explosive play.
Defensive Statistics
Leading Tacklers
| Player | Team | Total | Solo | Sacks | TFL | QB Hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaire Barnes | NYG | 13 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Elliss | NE | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paulson Adebo | NYG | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Belton | NYG | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Okereke | NYG | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Barnes paced all defenders with 13 tackles and a sack. Belton recorded eight tackles, a sack, and broke up a pass. Carter notched his first career sack after being benched for the opening series, then generated five pressures. The benching was a coach’s decision, the second time in three weeks Carter missed the start.
Elliss had 10 tackles on defense and four more on special teams. Landry brought down Dart once. Davis broke up two passes. New England held the Giants to 239 yards, zero red zone trips, and three stops on fourth down.
Special Teams Performance
Jones returned three punts for 124 yards and a touchdown. He fielded the ball at his 6-yard line in the first quarter and brought it 94 yards for the score.
“My main thing was, do not get tackled by the punter,” Jones said. “The field was kind of shrinking, so I was trying to stay up and do my guys right.”
His 94-yard return tied Julian Edelman’s franchise record from January 2, 2011. Jones became the fourth Patriots player to return two punts for touchdowns in one season, joining Troy Brown (2001), Irving Fryar (1985), and Mike Haynes (1976).
Jones now qualifies for the highest punt return average in NFL history at 14.6 yards per attempt, per NFL Research.
Gunner Olszewski fumbled a kickoff after taking a hit from Elliss and Marte Mapu. New England recovered at the Giants 27. Olszewski left with a concussion.
Borregales made four of five field goal attempts, with his longest from 30 yards. He missed once from 45 yards. Younghoe Koo attempted a 47-yard field goal in the second quarter, but his cleat stuck in the turf before contact with the ball. Holder Jamie Gillan was tackled for a 13-yard loss while trying to advance the ball.
Statistical Comparison
| Category | Giants | Patriots |
|---|---|---|
| Total Yards | 239 | 395 |
| Yards Per Play | 4.5 | 6.3 |
| First Downs | 14 | 21 |
| Third Down | 4-11 | 6-13 |
| Fourth Down | 0-3 | 1-1 |
| Possession | 26:34 | 33:26 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
New England outgained the Giants by 156 yards and averaged 1.8 more yards per play. The Patriots converted 46 percent of third downs against 36 percent for the Giants. New England went 1-for-1 on fourth down while the Giants went 0-for-3. New England controlled possession for nearly seven more minutes.
The Patriots posted +0.31 EPA per play while the Giants finished at -0.08 EPA per play. Maye’s +0.27 EPA per dropback ranks second among all qualified passers through 13 weeks.
Maye’s Season Performance
Maye has thrown for 200-plus yards in every game this season. No other NFL quarterback has done that. He posted a 126.0 passer rating, his 10th game with 200-plus yards and a rating above 100. Patrick Mahomes and Matthew Stafford are the only other quarterbacks under 24 to hit this mark 10 times since 1950.
“I think he’s realizing what he can be and the impact that he makes on this offense being the conductor,” Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said. “He means a great deal to this football team.”
Maye has thrown 11 touchdowns against the blitz this season, tying Tom Brady’s 2016 total for most by a Patriots quarterback over the past decade. He ranks in the top five among all NFL quarterbacks in passing yards, total EPA, EPA per dropback, QBR, and passer rating.
This was Maye’s 10th straight win with a passer rating above 80. That ties Dan Marino’s 1984 mark for the longest such streak by a player under 24, per ESPN Stats & Information. Marino won MVP that season.
Giants’ Seventh Straight Loss
The Giants have dropped seven straight. They fired head coach Brian Daboll two weeks before Monday’s game and dismissed defensive coordinator Shane Bowen last week. Outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen called defensive plays for the first time in his career, and the Patriots scored 30 first-half points. The Giants hadn’t allowed that many before the break since December 2009. The Giants never reached the red zone and went 0-for-3 on fourth down. Both touchdowns came on single plays, not sustained drives.
The Giants have matched their win total from the 2024 season with four games remaining. Three of their final four games are at home.
Win Streak and Historical Marks
The Patriots extended their winning streak to 10 games. Their streak ties the 2015 Patriots for the sixth such run in franchise history. New England has scored 23 or more while allowing 23 or fewer in 10 consecutive games, the longest such streak in NFL history. The 1961 Houston Oilers held the previous record with nine.
Vrabel became the third head coach since 1970 to win 10 consecutive games in his first season with a team. Jim Caldwell won 14 straight with Indianapolis in 2009. Steve Mariucci won 11 with San Francisco in 1997.
The Patriots improved to 8-5 all-time against the Giants in regular season games, per Pro Football Reference. This marked their 22nd season with 11 or more wins since 1970, the most in the NFL during that span.
“I’m happy to be at the bye,” Vrabel said. “We focused on being aggressive and attacking and keeping that mindset.”
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