Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 31, Denver 21
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, October 7, 2012
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 54°
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Denver 077721
New England 71014031
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 3:08
New England TD New England 7 - Denver 0
Wes Welker 8 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:05
Denver TD New England 7 - Denver 7
Joel Dreessen 1 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:57
New England TD New England 14 - Denver 7
Shane Vereen 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:02
New England FG New England 17 - Denver 7
Stephen Gostkowski 23 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:00
New England TD New England 24 - Denver 7
Tom Brady 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:42
New England TD New England 31 - Denver 7
Stevan Ridley 8 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:08
Denver TD New England 31 - Denver 14
Eric Decker 2 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 6:43
Denver TD New England 31 - Denver 21
Brandon Stokley 5 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Denver New England
1st Downs 22 35
Rushing 5 18
Passing 16 16
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-13 11-17
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1
Punts-Average 3-45.7 3-43.0
Return Yards 61 28
Punts-Returns 0-0 1-5
Kickoffs-Returns 4-61 2-23
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-21 6-59
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-1
Time of Possession 24:11 35:49
Total Net Yards 394 444
Total Plays 66 89
Average Gain 6.0 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 70 251
Rushes 20 54
Average/Rush 3.5 4.6
Net Yards Passing 324 193
Comp-Att 31-44 23-31
Yards/Pass 7.0 5.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 4-30
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 0 3
Passing 3 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 4-5-80%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Denver Broncos (2-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Manning 31/44 337 3 0
New England Patriots (3-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 23/31 223 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. McGahee 14 51 3.6 0 11
P. Manning 2 9 4.5 0 10
R. Hillman 3 9 3.0 0 7
L. Ball 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Ridley 28 151 5.4 1 20
B. Bolden 14 54 3.9 0 24
D. Woodhead 7 47 6.7 0 19
S. Vereen 1 1 1.0 1 1
T. Brady 4 -2 -0.5 1 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Thomas 11 9 180 20.0 0 43
W. McGahee 6 5 51 10.2 0 22
J. Tamme 11 6 50 8.3 0 17
E. Decker 8 4 21 5.2 1 12
J. Dreessen 4 4 21 5.2 1 9
B. Stokley 3 2 10 5.0 1 5
R. Hillman 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
W. Welker 15 13 104 8.0 1 15
R. Gronkowski 5 4 35 8.8 0 13
B. Lloyd 5 3 34 11.3 0 15
D. Woodhead 1 1 25 25.0 0 25
D. Branch 2 1 25 25.0 0 25
B. Bolden 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Fells 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Miller 2.0 7.0
D. Wolfe 1.0 3.0
E. Dumervil 0.5 10.0
W. Woodyard 0.5 10.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Mayo 1.0 7.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
V. Miller 7 1
M. Adams 6 6
R. Moore 6 6
W. Woodyard 5 6
C. Harris 4 3
C. Bailey 3 1
K. Brooking 3 1
T. Porter 3 3
D. Wolfe 2 2
J. Mays 2 7
M. Jackson 1 0
M. Unrein 1 1
K. Vickerson 1 5
J. Bannan 1 5
D. Trevathan 0 2
E. Dumervil 0 7
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Wilson 5 5
J. Mayo 5 8
D. McCourty 4 0
B. Spikes 4 2
K. Arrington 3 1
P. Chung 3 2
S. Moore 2 1
R. Ninkovich 2 2
A. Dennard 1 0
R. Dowling 1 1
T. White 0 1
C. Jones 0 1
J. Cunningham 0 1
R. Brace 0 1
T. Scott 0 1
V. Wilfork 0 2
K. Love 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
V. Miller 5.0
K. Vickerson 1.0
W. Woodyard 1.0
D. Wolfe 1.0
R. Moore 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Mayo 1.0
B. Spikes 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Manning 1
W. McGahee 1
D. Thomas 1
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Brady 1
S. Ridley 1