Patriots to honor Brown University, Australia terror attack victims

This was supposed to be the day New England Patriots was thinking solely about beating the Buffalo Bills and winning the AFC East division, but tragedy has crept into the picture and the franchise isn't going to ignore what's going on in the rest of the world.

A Patriots spokesperson told OutKick that the club will hold a moment of silence before kickoff against the Buffalo Bills in recognition of the “horrific events” at Brown University on Saturday and in Bondi Beach, Australia, on Sunday.

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Brown University near Patriots facilities

Brown University in Rhode Island is less than 30 miles from where the Patriots practice and play in Foxboro, Massachusetts. It was the scene of a mass shooting in which several people were killed and several people were injured in a mass shooting in a classroom.

The Bills, who will face the Patriots in today's game at 1:00 p.m., were actually in Providence, Rhode Island when the mass shooting occurred.

No one from the Buffalo group was injured, and as a precaution, the team did not allow everyone in the traveling group to stay at the team hotel.

PATRIOTS 'HEARTBROKEN' BECAUSE DEADLY SHOOTING OCCURRED AT BROWN UNIVERSITY

Attack on Hanukkah affects patriots

Emergency personnel transport a man on a stretcher following a report of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, December 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Patriots will also pay tribute to Sunday's mass shooting at the Hanukkah festival in Bondi Beach in Australia.

Australian authorities are calling the attack “terrorism” targeting Jews, including women and children. At least 12 people were killed and at least 28 people were hospitalized when two gunmen opened fire on the crowd from an elevated area.

The shooting is the worst attack on Jews since the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023.

Robert Kraft has spoken out

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on the field before the game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on December 15, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Mike Christie/Getty Images)

And it's felt throughout the Patriots community, as club owner Robert Kraft publicly supports Jewish causes.

Kraft founded Blue Square Alliance Against Hate, which tracks, among other things, the steady rise of anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world.

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Craft spoke exclusively in an interview with OutKick and FOXNews last month about Blue Square, and also shared his concerns about the election of Zoran Mamdani as mayor of New York City.

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