Coverage: FOX
8:00 PM ET, August 19, 2010
Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | NE | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 09:28 | Matt Bryant 46 Yd | 0 | 3 | |
| TD | 03:15 | Fred Taylor 28 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | NE | ATL | |||
| TD | 04:45 | Aaron Hernandez 4 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | NE | ATL | |||
| TD | 08:20 | Sammy Morris 20 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 3 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | NE | ATL | |||
| TD | 14:17 | Rob Gronkowski 24 Yd Pass From Brian Hoyer (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 28 | 3 | |
| TD | 05:45 | Troy Bergeron 19 Yd Pass From John Parker Wilson (Matt Bryant Kick) | 28 | 10 | |
Team Stat Comparison
NE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 19 | 17 |
Passing 1st downs | 11 | 10 |
Rushing 1st downs | 7 | 7 |
1st downs from Penalties | 1 | 0 |
3rd down efficiency | 11-17 | 8-15 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Total Plays | 61 | 64 |
| Total Yards | 299 | 266 |
| Yards per play | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| Total Drives | 9 | 9 |
| Passing | 179 | 168 |
Comp - Att | 20-29 | 22-38 |
Yards per pass | 6.2 | 4.4 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 2-17 | 1-6 |
| Rushing | 120 | 98 |
Rushing Attempts | 30 | 25 |
Yards per rush | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Penalties | 5-30 | 2-17 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 31:58 | 28:02 |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| B. Hoyer | 8/15 | 94 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 94.9 | |
| T. Brady | 10/12 | 85 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 1-6 | 124.0 | |
| Z. Robinson | 2/2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 1-11 | 102.1 | |
| Team | 20/29 | 179 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 2-17 | -- | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| F. Taylor | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 1 | 28 | |
| S. Morris | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 1 | 20 | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| K. Faulk | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| B. Hoyer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Clayton | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 30 | 120 | 4.0 | 2 | 28 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Hernandez | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 1 | 21 | 5 | |
| R. Gronkowski | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |
| B. Tate | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |
| R. Moss | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| W. Welker | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| R. Myers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| K. Faulk | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| J. Edelman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| T. Price | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| S. Morris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| S. Aiken | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Team | 20 | 196 | 9.8 | 2 | 24 | 29 | |
| Atlanta Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| J. Peelle | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |
| T. Bergeron | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | |
| R. White | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| T. Gonzalez | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| A. Smith | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |
| H. Douglas | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| M. Turner | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| R. Agnone | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| B. Finneran | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| D. Nance | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |
| K. Meier | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| M. Palmer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| K. Zinger | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| E. Weems | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D. Klecko | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 22 | 174 | 7.9 | 1 | 19 | 38 | |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| T. Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlanta Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| D. Nance | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| J. Wilhite | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Meriweather | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. McGowan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Mayo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Alexander | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McKenzie | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Brace | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Murrell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Butler | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Love | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Pryor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Wheatley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Wright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Woods | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Richard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Weston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 55 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| E. Coleman | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Sidbury | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Lofton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Schillinger | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Biermann | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Nicholas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Lewis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Abraham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Weatherspoon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Franks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Giordano | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. James | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. DeCoud | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Wire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Bush | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Svitek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Peters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Stephens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Adkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Derricks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Woods | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Owens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Weems | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Peterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 57 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| E. Weems | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Atlanta Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Franks | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 4/4 | 4 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 4/4 | 4 |
| Atlanta Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| M. Bryant | 1/2 | 50.0 | 46 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Team | 1/2 | 50.0 | 46 | 1/1 | 4 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| Team | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| Atlanta Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| M. Koenen | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Team | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Attendance: 66,783


