This is Hussey’s 12th postseason assignment, including 5 Wild Card Playoffs, 4 Divisional Playoffs, 2 Conference Championships, and
Super Bowl XLV. His Super Bowl assignment was as a line judge.
Hussey has worked three Patriots games since being promoted to referee in 2015: he called the team’s 33-8 win over the
Oakland Raiders in 2017, the 43-40 victory against the
Kansas City Chiefs last season, and New England’s 24-17 win versus the
Buffalo Bills — arguably the Patriots’ best game of the season — earlier this year. And in all three games, Hussey and his crew did not have too big an impact on the outcome.