National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 31, Atlanta 28
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 9, 2005
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 71079
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 14014331
Atlanta 01301528
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:05
New England TD Atlanta 0 - New England 7
Patrick Pass 6 yd. run (Adam Vinatieri kick)
1st Quarter - 1:03
New England TD Atlanta 0 - New England 14
Daniel Graham 45 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:24
Atlanta TD Atlanta 7 - New England 14
Justin Griffith 2 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Todd Peterson kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:25
Atlanta FG Atlanta 10 - New England 14
Todd Peterson 33 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:01
Atlanta FG Atlanta 13 - New England 14
Michael Koenen 58 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 13:59
New England TD Atlanta 13 - New England 21
Benjamin Watson 33 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:50
New England TD Atlanta 13 - New England 28
Bethel Johnson 55 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick)
4th Quarter - 14:23
Atlanta TD Atlanta 20 - New England 28
Alge Crumpler 25 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Todd Peterson kick)
4th Quarter - 3:52
Atlanta TD Atlanta 28 - New England 28
Dez White 14 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Brian Finneran pass from Matt Schaub)
4th Quarter - 0:17
New England FG Atlanta 28 - New England 31
Adam Vinatieri 29 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Atlanta
1st Downs 20 22
Rushing 8 5
Passing 11 14
Penalty 1 3
3rd Down Conversions 3-10 5-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 6-43.5 7-45.6
Return Yards 91 127
Punts-Returns 2-5 1-8
Kickoffs-Returns 5-86 6-119
Int-Returns 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 11-83 8-84
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 32:25 27:35
Total Net Yards 483 400
Total Plays 58 63
Average Gain 8.3 6.3
Net Yards Rushing 141 116
Rushes 30 26
Average/Rush 4.7 4.5
Net Yards Passing 342 284
Comp-Att 22-27 18-34
Yards/Pass 12.2 7.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 3-14
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 4 3
Rushing 1 0
Passing 3 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 3-3
Field Goals 1-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 22/27 350 3 1
Atlanta Falcons (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 18/34 298 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Dillon 23 106 4.6 0 12
P. Pass 6 34 5.7 1 15
T. Brady 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Dunn 19 83 4.4 0 13
T. Duckett 5 30 6.0 0 18
M. Schaub 2 3 1.5 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Graham 5 119 23.8 1 45
D. Branch 8 107 13.4 0 51
B. Johnson 1 55 55.0 1 55
B. Watson 1 33 33.0 1 33
D. Givens 2 14 7.0 0 9
C. Dillon 2 13 6.5 0 8
P. Pass 1 6 6.0 0 6
T. Brown 1 2 2.0 0 2
T. Dwight 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Finneran 5 103 20.6 0 53
A. Crumpler 6 99 16.5 1 28
M. Jenkins 3 55 18.3 0 19
W. Dunn 2 23 11.5 0 12
D. White 1 14 14.0 1 14
R. White 0 2 ∞ 0 2
J. Griffith 1 2 2.0 1 2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Williams 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. McGinest 1.5 2.0
J. Green 1.5 1.0
M. Beisel 1.0 0.0
M. Vrabel 0.5 1.0
T. Warren 0.5 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Smith 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Warren 6 0
W. McGinest 5 0
G. Scott 5 1
V. Wilfork 4 0
A. Samuel 3 0
D. Starks 3 0
J. Green 3 2
R. Colvin 2 0
M. Wright 2 0
E. Wilson 2 0
C. Brown 2 0
M. Beisel 2 1
J. Sanders 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Hall 10 0
K. Brooking 9 1
J. Webster 7 0
K. Carpenter 5 2
I. Reese 4 0
E. Hartwell 3 0
B. Smith 3 0
C. Cash 2 0
D. Williams 2 3
R. Coleman 1 0
C. Davis 1 0
A. Lake 1 1
P. Kerney 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles