Coverage: CBS
8:00 PM ET, January 14, 2012
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Top Performers
Passing: T. Brady (NE) - 363 YDS, 6 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: W. McGahee (DEN) - 17 CAR, 76 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: R. Gronkowski (NE) - 10 REC, 145 YDS, 3 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | DEN | NE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 13:09 | Wes Welker 7 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| TD | 06:42 | Rob Gronkowski 10 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | DEN | NE | |||
| TD | 14:54 | Willis McGahee 5 Yd Run (Matt Prater Kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| TD | 07:42 | Rob Gronkowski 12 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| TD | 01:57 | Deion Branch 61 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| TD | 00:05 | Rob Gronkowski 19 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 35 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | DEN | NE | |||
| TD | 11:46 | Aaron Hernandez 17 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 42 | |
| FG | 02:14 | Matt Prater 41 Yd | 10 | 42 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | DEN | NE | |||
| FG | 12:39 | Stephen Gostkowski 20 Yd | 10 | 45 | |
Team Stat Comparison
DEN | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 15 | 31 |
Passing 1st downs | 7 | 19 |
Rushing 1st downs | 7 | 9 |
1st downs from Penalties | 1 | 3 |
3rd down efficiency | 7-18 | 3-6 |
4th down efficiency | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 71 | 64 |
| Total Yards | 252 | 509 |
| Yards per play | 3.5 | 8.0 |
| Total Drives | 13 | 12 |
| Passing | 108 | 363 |
Comp - Att | 9-26 | 26-34 |
Yards per pass | 4.2 | 10.7 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 5-28 | 0-0 |
| Rushing | 144 | 146 |
Rushing Attempts | 40 | 30 |
Yards per rush | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 1-3 | 5-6 |
| Penalties | 5-55 | 2-20 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 33:23 | 26:37 |
| Denver Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Tebow | 9/26 | 136 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 5-28 | 12.8 | 52.7 |
| Team | 9/26 | 108 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 5-28 | -- | -- |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 26/34 | 363 | 10.7 | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | 94.7 | 137.6 |
| Team | 26/34 | 363 | 10.7 | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| Denver Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| W. McGahee | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 1 | 19 | |
| L. Ball | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 0 | 13 | |
| T. Tebow | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 14 | |
| J. Johnson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| E. Royal | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 40 | 144 | 3.6 | 1 | 19 | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| A. Hernandez | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | 43 | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| D. Woodhead | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| S. Ridley | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| T. Brady | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| L. Polite | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team | 30 | 146 | 4.9 | 0 | 43 | |
| Denver Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| D. Thomas | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 0 | 41 | 10 | |
| E. Royal | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |
| M. Willis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
| W. McGahee | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D. Rosario | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| L. Ball | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 9 | 136 | 15.1 | 0 | 41 | 26 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| R. Gronkowski | 10 | 145 | 14.5 | 3 | 28 | 12 | |
| D. Branch | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 1 | 61 | 4 | |
| W. Welker | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |
| A. Hernandez | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | 20 | 6 | |
| J. Edelman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| S. Ridley | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Team | 26 | 363 | 14.0 | 6 | 61 | 34 | |
| Denver Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| Q. Carter | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Denver Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Mays | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Harris | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Bush | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Bruton | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. McBean | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Carter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Bunkley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Thomas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Moore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Hunter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Goodman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ayers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Franklin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Woodyard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Willis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Irving | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Dumervil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Unrein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 77 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| K. Arrington | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Mayo | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Ihedigbo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Fletcher | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Love | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Warren | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Edelman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. White | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Hernandez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Molden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Koutouvides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 76 | 40 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| M. Willis | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Woodhead | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| New England Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Edelman | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Denver Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| M. Prater | 1/1 | 100.0 | 41 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 41 | 1/1 | 4 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 1/1 | 100.0 | 20 | 6/6 | 9 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 20 | 6/6 | 9 |
| Denver Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Colquitt | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Team | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
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