TEAM NOTES
• Eighth meeting between two head coaches under 40.
• Patriots rush for 185 yards for a 5.1-yard average.
• QB Jacoby Brissett throws first TD as a member of the Patriots.
• TE Hunter Henry has career-high with second career 100-yard game.
• RB Antonio Gibson sets career-high with an 8.7-yard average.
THE TWO YOUNGEST HEAD COACHES
The game featured a meeting between the two youngest active coaches in the NFL with Jerod Mayo (38) and Mike Macdonald (37). It marked the eighth matchup between first-year head coaches both under the age of 40 since 2000, joining DeMeco Ryans (Houston) and Shane Steichen (Indianapolis) in 2023 (twice), Mike McDaniel (Miami) and Kevin O'Connell (Minnesota) in 2022, Joe Judge (NY Giants) and Kevin Stefanski (Cleveland) in 2020, Brian Flores (Miami) and Zac Taylor (Cincinnati) in 2019, and Sean McVay (LA Rams) and Kyle Shanahan (San Francisco) in 2017 (twice).