National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 45, Denver 10
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 14, 2012
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 24°
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Denver 073010
New England 14217345
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:09
New England TD New England 7 - Denver 0
Wes Welker 7 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 6:42
New England TD New England 14 - Denver 0
Rob Gronkowski 10 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:54
Denver TD New England 14 - Denver 7
Willis McGahee 5 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:42
New England TD New England 21 - Denver 7
Rob Gronkowski 12 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:57
New England TD New England 28 - Denver 7
Deion Branch 61 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:05
New England TD New England 35 - Denver 7
Rob Gronkowski 19 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:46
New England TD New England 42 - Denver 7
Aaron Hernandez 17 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:14
Denver FG New England 42 - Denver 10
Matt Prater 41 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:39
New England FG New England 45 - Denver 10
Stephen Gostkowski 20 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Denver New England
1st Downs 15 31
Rushing 7 9
Passing 7 19
Penalty 1 3
3rd Down Conversions 7-18 3-6
4th Down Conversions 2-3 0-0
Punts-Average 7-38.9 3-42.0
Return Yards 85 56
Punts-Returns 0-0 2-28
Kickoffs-Returns 4-68 1-28
Int-Returns 1-17 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-55 2-20
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Time of Possession 33:23 26:37
Total Net Yards 252 509
Total Plays 71 64
Average Gain 3.5 8.0
Net Yards Rushing 144 146
Rushes 40 30
Average/Rush 3.6 4.9
Net Yards Passing 108 363
Comp-Att 9-26 26-34
Yards/Pass 3.5 10.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-28 0-0
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 1 6
Rushing 1 0
Passing 0 6
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-1 6-6
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-3-33% 5-6-83%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Denver Broncos (9-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Tebow 9/26 136 0 0
New England Patriots (14-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 26/34 363 6 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. McGahee 17 76 4.5 1 19
L. Ball 13 44 3.4 0 13
T. Tebow 5 13 2.6 0 14
J. Johnson 4 10 2.5 0 6
E. Royal 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Hernandez 5 61 12.2 0 43
B. Green-Ellis 13 28 2.2 0 9
D. Woodhead 4 25 6.2 0 11
S. Ridley 4 21 5.2 0 11
T. Brady 3 8 2.7 0 4
L. Polite 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Thomas 10 6 93 15.5 0 41
E. Royal 8 2 25 12.5 0 15
M. Willis 4 1 18 18.0 0 18
W. McGahee 2 0 0 0 0 0
L. Ball 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Rosario 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Gronkowski 12 10 145 14.5 3 28
D. Branch 4 3 85 28.3 1 61
A. Hernandez 6 4 55 13.8 1 20
W. Welker 7 6 55 9.2 1 17
J. Edelman 3 1 11 11.0 0 11
B. Green-Ellis 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
S. Ridley 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
Q. Carter 1 17 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Wilfork 1.5 9.5
R. Ninkovich 1.5 9.5
S. Ellis 1.0 5.0
B. Spikes 1.0 4.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
R. McBean 4 1
J. Mays 4 5
D. Bruton 3 4
C. Harris 3 5
A. Goodman 2 0
M. Thomas 2 2
B. Bunkley 2 2
R. Bush 2 6
N. Irving 1 0
R. Moore 1 2
J. Hunter 1 2
Q. Carter 1 4
D. Williams 1 7
E. Dumervil 0 1
M. Unrein 0 1
R. Ayers 0 2
C. Bailey 0 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
K. Arrington 6 4
R. Ninkovich 4 1
D. McCourty 3 1
D. Fletcher 3 2
B. Spikes 3 3
J. Ihedigbo 3 4
J. Mayo 3 6
G. Warren 2 0
K. Love 2 1
S. Ellis 1 0
J. Edelman 1 0
S. Moore 1 0
V. Wilfork 1 2
M. Anderson 1 2
P. Chung 1 3
A. Molden 0 1
N. Koutouvides 0 1
T. White 0 1
B. Deaderick 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. McBean 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
B. Spikes 2.0
V. Wilfork 1.0
M. Anderson 1.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0
J. Mayo 1.0
J. Ihedigbo 1.0
S. Ellis 1.0
D. Fletcher 1.0
G. Warren 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Willis 1
T. Tebow 1
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Ridley 1