Sunday afternoon in Foxborough saw the New England Patriots pick up their 10th win while holding the Los Angeles Rams to 10 points.

But there were several other numbers of note behind New England’s 26-10 victory over Los Angeles. And before the calendar turns to the final month of the regular season, here’s a glance back through them.

14

Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler notched a sky-scraping pass deflection on 6-foot-3, 223-pound Rams wide receiver Kenny Britt in the first quarter, and finished with two more breakups by game’s conclusion. Butler had entered Sunday in tie with Dolphins corner Byron Maxwell for the most in the NFL, and is now up to 14 on the year.

6

The Patriots’ defense had gone six games in between interceptions. Butler, though, was quick to keep that dry spell from extending to seven, falling under the football after it ricocheted out of Rams tight end Lance Kendricks’ hands to close the first quarter. It was also Butler who reeled in New England’s previous interception, which arrived against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 23.

2013

Logan Ryan hadn’t registered a sack since his rookie season of 2013, when he finished with 1.5. But on a second-and-8 corner blitz in the second quarter versus Los Angeles, he’d get to rookie quarterback Jared Goff for another. It netted a 12-yard loss.

4

In eight games this season, Patriots second-round pick Cyrus Jones has fumbled or muffed four returns. The most recent one hit on a 44-yard punt in the first quarter, which was recovered by safety Patrick Chung. Jones would be supplanted by Danny Amendola as New England’s return man soon after, but made his way back onto the field as Amendola later exited with an ankle injury.

13

The Patriots elected to keep the punt unit on the sidelines on fourth-and-1 to open the first quarter. And the result of the decision was a 43-yard touchdown scamper by running back LeGarrette Blount. For Blount, it checked in as his 13th rushing score of the season, which now ranks him behind only Hall of Famer Curtis Martin for the most in franchise history. Martin crossed into the end zone for 14 TDs in both 1995 and 1996 for New England.

43

Touchdowns aren’t all that Blount is after in the final weeks of the slate. Only 43 yards now separate him from the second 1,000-yard milestone of his career. The seventh-year pro, who collected 88 yards versus the Rams, is up to 957 through 12 games this season. Blount could very well overlap the 1,007-yard output from his rookie year next week.

107

That was the difference in first-half rushing yards between Los Angeles and New England. Goff and Rams running back Todd Gurley combined to rush for 10 yards over the first two quarters. Four Patriots, meanwhile, combined to rack up 117 yards – and the aforementioned touchdown – through that juncture.

5

Rob Ninkovich had gone his first four appearances of the season without a sack, and Chris Long went nine games in between his first and second of the season. But New England’s veteran edge-rushers have begun to hit home. Ninkovich pulled down Goff for a seven-yard loss in the third quarter, and Long, the ex-Ram, did the same for a nine-yard loss in the fourth quarter. They’ve now pieced together five sacks in the Patriots’ last four games.

1

The first interception of Kyle Van Noy’s NFL career would transpire in his 33rd regular-season contest. The 2014 Detroit Lions second-rounder dropped into coverage as the Rams turned to play-action in the third quarter. And as Goff floated one in the direction of tight end Tyler Higbee, the linebacker floated into the air for what was New England’s second pick of the meeting.

1-12

The Los Angeles offense went 1-of-12 on third-down opportunities against New England’s defense, converting its only one on a three-yard run from Gurley with 6:36 remaining. Needless to say, the Patriots got an extended look at the “weapon” that is Rams punter Johnny Hekker, who was called upon eight times.

222

Malcolm Mitchell had 95 receiving yards on is NFL resume through Week 10. Over the three weeks since then, however, the rookie wideout via Georgia has amassed 222 receiving yards for the Patriots. Mitchell, who had a career-high eight catches versus the Rams, has tallied 17 receptions and three touchdowns to go with those 222 yards over that span.

201

Two weeks ago, Tom Brady surpassed Brett Favre for the second-most wins – including postseason – all-time by a starting quarterback. Then last week, the 39-year-old Patriot moved into a tie with Peyton Manning for the most in league history. Brady eclipsed his former rival this week with win No. 201. He’s on his own now, fresh off a 33-of-46 passing day against the Rams that included 269 yards and a strike to wide receiver Chris Hogan.

140

By improving to a record of 201-61 as a starter, Brady is now the first QB in league history to ever reside 140 games over the .500 mark for his career.

130-17

Jeff Fisher-coached teams had been outscored 104-7 over the last two encounters with the Patriots, as his Tennessee Titans were snowballed by a final of 59-0 in 2009 and his then-St. Louis Rams departed from Wembley Stadium with a 45-7 defeat in 2012. But in the third encounter, that ledger moved to 130-17, with a one-yard touchdown pass trimming Los Angeles’ deficit to 16 in the final minutes.

10

With Sunday’s victory, Bill Belichick’s Patriots have secured their 14th consecutive regular season with at least 10 wins. And that continues the second-longest streak of 10-win campaigns in NFL history. Only the San Francisco 49ers, who strung together 16-straight from 1983 through 1998, are situated ahead of New England in that regard.