National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
San Francisco 41, New England 34
When: 8:20 PM ET, Sunday, December 16, 2012
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 34°
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Francisco 710141041
New England 0372434
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:55
San Francisco TD New England 0 - San Francisco 7
Randy Moss 24 yd. pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:31
New England FG New England 3 - San Francisco 7
Stephen Gostkowski 32 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 6:59
San Francisco TD New England 3 - San Francisco 14
Delanie Walker 34 yd. pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
San Francisco FG New England 3 - San Francisco 17
David Akers 20 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:38
San Francisco TD New England 3 - San Francisco 24
Frank Gore 9 yd. fumble recovery (David Akers kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:21
San Francisco TD New England 3 - San Francisco 31
Michael Crabtree 27 yd. pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:59
New England TD New England 10 - San Francisco 31
Danny Woodhead 6 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 14:58
New England TD New England 17 - San Francisco 31
Tom Brady 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 12:13
New England TD New England 24 - San Francisco 31
Aaron Hernandez 5 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 6:43
New England TD New England 31 - San Francisco 31
Danny Woodhead 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 6:25
San Francisco TD New England 31 - San Francisco 38
Michael Crabtree 38 yd. pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick)
4th Quarter - 1:56
San Francisco FG New England 31 - San Francisco 41
David Akers 28 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:38
New England FG New England 34 - San Francisco 41
Stephen Gostkowski 41 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Francisco New England
1st Downs 19 32
Rushing 7 8
Passing 11 22
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 5-14 2-15
4th Down Conversions 1-2 5-6
Punts-Average 5-56.6 5-45.6
Return Yards 238 120
Punts-Returns 3-15 5-13
Kickoffs-Returns 6-154 5-107
Int - Returns 2-69 1-0
Penalties-Yards 6-88 8-73
Fumbles-Lost 6-1 2-2
Time of Possession 30:13 29:47
Total Net Yards 388 520
Total Plays 65 92
Average Gain 6.0 5.7
Net Yards Rushing 180 95
Rushes 39 24
Average/Rush 4.6 4.0
Net Yards Passing 208 425
Comp-Att 14-25 36-65
Yards/Pass 8.0 6.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-13 3-18
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 5 4
Rushing 0 3
Passing 4 1
Other 1 0
Extra Points 5-5 4-4
Field Goals 2-3 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-4-25% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-3-33% 4-5-80%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
San Francisco 49ers (10-3-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Kaepernick 14/25 221 4 1
New England Patriots (10-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 36/65 443 1 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
F. Gore 21 83 4.0 0 15
D. Goldson 1 31 31.0 0 31
L. James 8 31 3.9 0 17
C. Kaepernick 7 28 4.0 0 19
A. Dixon 2 7 3.5 0 5
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Woodhead 12 61 5.1 2 15
S. Ridley 9 23 2.6 0 9
T. Brady 3 11 3.7 1 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Crabtree 12 7 107 15.3 2 38
R. Moss 4 2 36 18.0 1 24
F. Gore 2 2 34 17.0 0 26
D. Walker 2 2 34 17.0 1 34
V. Davis 3 1 10 10.0 0 10
L. James 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Lloyd 16 10 190 19.0 0 53
A. Hernandez 19 10 92 9.2 1 20
W. Welker 9 5 56 11.2 0 15
M. Hoomanawanui 1 1 41 41.0 0 41
D. Branch 5 4 37 9.2 0 13
D. Woodhead 10 5 23 4.6 0 7
S. Vereen 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
S. Ridley 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Rogers 1 63 0
A. Smith 1 6 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. McCourty 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. McDonald 2.0 11.0
R. Jean-Francois 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Ninkovich 1.0 13.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
N. Bowman 8 3
T. Brown 7 1
C. Culliver 6 0
D. Whitner 5 2
P. Willis 5 6
R. McDonald 4 0
D. Goldson 4 0
C. Rogers 3 1
R. Jean-Francois 2 0
J. Smith 1 1
W. Tukuafu 1 1
A. Brooks 0 1
A. Smith 0 1
P. Cox 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
D. Hightower 5 3
J. Mayo 5 7
J. Francis 3 2
B. Spikes 3 3
C. Jones 2 0
K. Arrington 2 0
A. Talib 2 2
R. Ninkovich 2 5
M. Rivera 1 0
W. Welker 1 0
A. Dennard 1 0
D. McCourty 1 1
S. Gregory 1 1
P. Chung 1 2
K. Love 1 2
B. Deaderick 0 1
V. Wilfork 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. McDonald 2.0
N. Bowman 1.0
R. Jean-Francois 1.0
P. Willis 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. Ninkovich 2.0
D. Hightower 2.0
J. Francis 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Walker 1
C. Kaepernick 4
T. Ginn Jr. 1
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Ridley 1
S. Vereen 1