Coverage: CBS
1:00 PM ET, September 9, 2012
LP Field, Nashville, TN
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | NE | TEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 08:43 | Rob Bironas 28 Yd | 0 | 3 | |
| TD | 01:59 | Aaron Hernandez 23 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | NE | TEN | |||
| TD | 11:07 | Dont'a Hightower 6 Yd Fumble Return (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| TD | 02:00 | Rob Gronkowski 2 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 3 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | NE | TEN | |||
| TD | 10:17 | Nate Washington 29 Yd Pass From Jake Locker (Rob Bironas Kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| TD | 01:04 | Stevan Ridley 1 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 28 | 10 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | NE | TEN | |||
| FG | 09:17 | Rob Bironas 24 Yd | 28 | 13 | |
| FG | 04:15 | Stephen Gostkowski 25 Yd | 31 | 13 | |
| FG | 00:31 | Stephen Gostkowski 31 Yd | 34 | 13 | |
Team Stat Comparison
NE | TEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 25 | 16 |
Passing 1st downs | 12 | 13 |
Rushing 1st downs | 13 | 1 |
1st downs from Penalties | 0 | 2 |
3rd down efficiency | 6-12 | 5-14 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Total Plays | 67 | 61 |
| Total Yards | 390 | 284 |
| Yards per play | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| Total Drives | 10 | 11 |
| Passing | 228 | 264 |
Comp - Att | 23-31 | 29-43 |
Yards per pass | 7.4 | 6.1 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-8 | 2-8 |
| Rushing | 162 | 20 |
Rushing Attempts | 35 | 16 |
Yards per rush | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-4 | 0-2 |
| Penalties | 3-20 | 3-30 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 31:01 | 28:59 |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 23/31 | 236 | 7.6 | 2 | 0 | 1-8 | 90.4 | 117.1 |
| Team | 23/31 | 228 | 7.4 | 2 | 0 | 1-8 | -- | -- |
| Tennessee Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| J. Locker | 23/32 | 229 | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | 59.7 | 89.2 |
| M. Hasselbeck | 6/11 | 43 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 20.3 | 63.8 |
| Team | 29/43 | 264 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | -- | -- |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| S. Ridley | 21 | 125 | 6.0 | 1 | 17 | |
| D. Woodhead | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| B. Bolden | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| A. Hernandez | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| T. Brady | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team | 35 | 162 | 4.6 | 1 | 17 | |
| Tennessee Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| J. Locker | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| C. Johnson | 11 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| J. Harper | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| D. Reynaud | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| B. Lloyd | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 0 | 27 | 8 | |
| R. Gronkowski | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | |
| A. Hernandez | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 1 | 23 | 7 | |
| S. Ridley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| W. Welker | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |
| J. Edelman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Team | 23 | 236 | 10.3 | 2 | 28 | 31 | |
| Tennessee Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| J. Cook | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | |
| N. Washington | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | 29 | 8 | |
| C. Johnson | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |
| K. Wright | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |
| D. Williams | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| D. Reynaud | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| L. Hawkins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| J. Harper | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| C. Stevens | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Team | 29 | 272 | 9.4 | 1 | 35 | 43 | |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| D. Hightower | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennessee Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| J. Locker | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| T. Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Mayo | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Hightower | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Jones | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Dowling | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wilson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cunningham | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ebner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Love | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gostkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 58 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Tennessee Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Ayers | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Verner | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Morgan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Mouton | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Johnson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Babineaux | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Wimbley | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Griffin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. McCarthy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Martin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Witherspoon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Campbell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. McCourty | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Sensabaugh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Casey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Bailey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Dawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 69 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Tennessee Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Reynaud | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 30 | 0 |
| New England Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Edelman | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 2/2 | 100.0 | 31 | 4/4 | 10 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 31 | 4/4 | 10 |
| Tennessee Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| R. Bironas | 2/2 | 100.0 | 28 | 1/1 | 7 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 28 | 1/1 | 7 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 1 | 3 | 51 |
| Team | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 1 | 3 | 51 |
| Tennessee Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Kern | 4 | 209 | 52.3 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
| Team | 4 | 209 | 52.3 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
Attendance: 69,143



