National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 41, Denver 23
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, December 18, 2011
Where: Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado
Temperature: 63°
Head Official: Mike Carey
Attendance: 76556
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 7207741
Denver 1330723
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:49
Denver TD Denver 6 - New England 0
Tim Tebow 9 yd. run (run failed)
1st Quarter - 7:24
New England TD Denver 6 - New England 7
Chad Ochocinco 33 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 5:01
Denver TD Denver 13 - New England 7
Lance Ball 32 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:47
Denver FG Denver 16 - New England 7
Matt Prater 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:43
New England TD Denver 16 - New England 14
Aaron Hernandez 1 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:49
New England FG Denver 16 - New England 17
Stephen Gostkowski 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:12
New England TD Denver 16 - New England 24
Tom Brady 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New England FG Denver 16 - New England 27
Stephen Gostkowski 34 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:39
New England TD Denver 16 - New England 34
Danny Woodhead 10 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 8:41
Denver TD Denver 23 - New England 34
Tim Tebow 2 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 4:10
New England TD Denver 23 - New England 41
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Denver
1st Downs 26 23
Rushing 8 13
Passing 15 9
Penalty 3 1
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 4-10
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-2
Punts-Average 4-40.5 3-55.0
Return Yards 23 75
Punts-Returns 3-23 2-4
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 4-71
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-30 7-39
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-3
Time of Possession 33:41 26:19
Total Net Yards 451 393
Total Plays 72 58
Average Gain 6.3 6.8
Net Yards Rushing 141 252
Rushes 36 31
Average/Rush 3.9 8.1
Net Yards Passing 310 141
Comp-Att 23-34 11-23
Yards/Pass 8.6 5.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-10 4-53
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 5 3
Rushing 3 3
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 5-5 2-3
Field Goals 2-2 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 4-6-67% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-4-75% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (11-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 23/34 320 2 0
Denver Broncos (8-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Tebow 11/22 194 0 0
D. Thomas 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Ridley 11 65 5.9 0 24
D. Woodhead 7 40 5.7 1 10
B. Green-Ellis 10 17 1.7 1 7
A. Hernandez 1 16 16.0 0 16
T. Brady 6 2 0.3 1 2
K. Faulk 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Tebow 12 93 7.8 2 30
W. McGahee 7 70 10.0 0 29
L. Ball 11 64 5.8 1 32
J. Johnson 1 25 25.0 0 25
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Hernandez 11 9 129 14.3 1 46
R. Gronkowski 5 4 53 13.2 0 38
W. Welker 6 4 41 10.2 0 19
C. Ochocinco 3 1 33 33.0 1 33
B. Green-Ellis 2 2 32 16.0 0 21
T. Underwood 2 1 13 13.0 0 13
D. Woodhead 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
J. Edelman 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
K. Faulk 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Thomas 13 7 116 16.6 0 39
L. Ball 4 2 41 20.5 0 34
E. Decker 2 1 22 22.0 0 22
M. Willis 2 1 15 15.0 0 15
E. Royal 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Anderson 2.0 18.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0 28.0
G. Warren 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Dumervil 1.0 6.0
Q. Carter 1.0 4.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Mayo 7 1
S. Brown 5 1
J. Ihedigbo 5 1
V. Wilfork 3 0
M. Anderson 3 0
R. Ninkovich 3 1
K. Arrington 3 2
T. White 2 0
M. Slater 2 0
D. Fletcher 1 0
N. Jones 1 0
R. Brace 1 0
D. McCourty 1 1
G. Warren 1 1
S. Ellis 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
C. Harris 9 0
R. Moore 6 1
M. Thomas 6 3
Q. Carter 5 2
W. Woodyard 5 3
D. Williams 4 2
B. Bunkley 3 1
R. Ayers 2 0
K. McCarthy 2 0
A. Goodman 2 1
J. Hunter 1 0
V. Miller 1 0
E. Dumervil 1 1
R. McBean 0 1
J. Mays 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Anderson 2.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0
V. Wilfork 1.0
G. Warren 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. Ayers 1.0
Q. Carter 1.0
V. Miller 1.0
C. Harris 1.0
E. Dumervil 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Brady 1
Fumbles
  NO.
L. Ball 1
T. Tebow 2
Q. Cosby 1