Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 34, Tennessee 13
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 9, 2012
Where: LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee
Temperature: 74°
Head Official: Jerry Frump
Attendance: 69143
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 7147634
Tennessee 307313
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:43
Tennessee FG Tennessee 3 - New England 0
Rob Bironas 28 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:59
New England TD Tennessee 3 - New England 7
Aaron Hernandez 23 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:07
New England TD Tennessee 3 - New England 14
Dont'a Hightower 6 yd. fumble recovery (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:00
New England TD Tennessee 3 - New England 21
Rob Gronkowski 2 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:17
Tennessee TD Tennessee 10 - New England 21
Nate Washington 29 yd. pass from Jake Locker (Rob Bironas kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:04
New England TD Tennessee 10 - New England 28
Stevan Ridley 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 9:17
Tennessee FG Tennessee 13 - New England 28
Rob Bironas 24 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 4:15
New England FG Tennessee 13 - New England 31
Stephen Gostkowski 25 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:31
New England FG Tennessee 13 - New England 34
Stephen Gostkowski 31 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Tennessee
1st Downs 25 16
Rushing 13 1
Passing 12 13
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 6-12 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Punts-Average 4-38.5 4-52.3
Return Yards 74 98
Punts-Returns 3-27 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-47 4-98
Int-Returns 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-20 3-30
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Time of Possession 31:01 28:59
Total Net Yards 390 284
Total Plays 67 61
Average Gain 5.8 4.7
Net Yards Rushing 162 20
Rushes 35 16
Average/Rush 4.6 1.2
Net Yards Passing 228 264
Comp-Att 23-31 29-43
Yards/Pass 7.1 5.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 2-8
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 4 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 1
Other 1 0
Extra Points 4-4 1-1
Field Goals 2-2 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 0-2-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 23/31 236 2 0
Tennessee Titans (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Locker 23/32 229 1 1
M. Hasselbeck 6/11 43 0 0
Rushing
  ATT 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
Rushing
  ATT 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
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Lloyd 8 5 69 13.8 0 27
R. Gronkowski 6 6 60 10.0 1 28
A. Hernandez 7 6 59 9.8 1 23
S. Ridley 3 2 27 13.5 0 20
W. Welker 5 3 14 4.7 0 8
J. Edelman 2 1 7 7.0 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Cook 6 4 64 16.0 0 35
N. Washington 8 2 53 26.5 1 29
C. Johnson 7 6 47 7.8 0 16
K. Wright 6 5 37 7.4 0 17
D. Williams 6 5 33 6.6 0 12
D. Reynaud 4 3 17 5.7 0 7
J. Harper 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
L. Hawkins 4 2 8 4.0 0 6
C. Stevens 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Wilson 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Cunningham 1.0 7.0
C. Jones 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Wimbley 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Mayo 9 4
D. McCourty 5 2
D. Hightower 4 1
R. Dowling 3 1
T. Wilson 3 1
C. Jones 3 2
K. Arrington 2 0
J. Cunningham 2 1
P. Chung 2 2
V. Wilfork 1 0
B. Deaderick 1 0
B. Spikes 1 0
S. Gregory 1 1
K. Love 1 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
D. Morgan 6 1
A. Verner 6 3
A. Ayers 6 5
C. McCarthy 3 0
R. Johnson 3 2
R. Mouton 3 3
J. McCourty 2 0
J. Babineaux 2 0
M. Griffin 2 2
K. Wimbley 2 2
J. Casey 1 0
M. Martin 1 2
W. Witherspoon 1 2
Z. Brown 1 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. Dowling 1.0
V. Wilfork 1.0
C. Jones 1.0
J. Cunningham 1.0
D. Hightower 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. McCourty 1.0
K. Wimbley 1.0
A. Ayers 1.0
Z. Brown 1.0
D. Morgan 1.0
A. Verner 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Edelman 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Locker 1