Coverage: CBS
4:15 PM ET, September 18, 2011
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Top Performers
Passing: T. Brady (NE) - 423 YDS, 3 TD
Rushing: B. Green-Ellis (NE) - 17 CAR, 70 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: V. Jackson (SD) - 10 REC, 172 YDS, 2 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | SD | NE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 06:16 | Aaron Hernandez 14 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| TD | 02:55 | Ryan Mathews 10 Yd Run (Nick Novak Kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | SD | NE | |||
| FG | 13:20 | Stephen Gostkowski 22 Yd | 7 | 10 | |
| TD | 02:49 | Rob Gronkowski 10 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| FG | 00:00 | Stephen Gostkowski 47 Yd | 7 | 20 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | SD | NE | |||
| TD | 13:33 | Vincent Jackson 3 Yd Pass From Philip Rivers (Nick Novak Kick) | 14 | 20 | |
| TD | 08:40 | Rob Gronkowski 17 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Danny Woodhead Run For Two-Point Conversion) | 14 | 28 | |
| TD | 05:40 | Vincent Jackson 26 Yd Pass From Philip Rivers (Nick Novak Kick) | 21 | 28 | |
| TD | 01:54 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis 16 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 21 | 35 | |
Team Stat Comparison
SD | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 29 | 28 |
Passing 1st downs | 20 | 23 |
Rushing 1st downs | 5 | 4 |
1st downs from Penalties | 4 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 10-12 | 7-11 |
4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Total Plays | 66 | 67 |
| Total Yards | 470 | 504 |
| Yards per play | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| Total Drives | 9 | 11 |
| Passing | 372 | 410 |
Comp - Att | 29-40 | 31-40 |
Yards per pass | 9.3 | 10.3 |
Interceptions thrown | 2 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 2-6 | 2-13 |
| Rushing | 98 | 94 |
Rushing Attempts | 24 | 25 |
Yards per rush | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-4 | 4-5 |
| Penalties | 6-44 | 8-80 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 2 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 30:58 | 29:02 |
| San Diego Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| P. Rivers | 29/40 | 378 | 9.5 | 2 | 2 | 2-6 | 68.4 | 97.7 |
| Team | 29/40 | 372 | 9.3 | 2 | 2 | 2-6 | -- | -- |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 31/40 | 423 | 10.6 | 3 | 0 | 2-13 | 93.7 | 135.7 |
| Team | 31/40 | 410 | 10.3 | 3 | 0 | 2-13 | -- | -- |
| San Diego Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| R. Mathews | 12 | 64 | 5.3 | 1 | 14 | |
| P. Rivers | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| J. Hester | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| M. Tolbert | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Team | 24 | 98 | 4.1 | 1 | 14 | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| B. Green-Ellis | 17 | 70 | 4.1 | 1 | 16 | |
| D. Woodhead | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| S. Ridley | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| T. Brady | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Team | 25 | 94 | 3.8 | 1 | 16 | |
| San Diego Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| V. Jackson | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | |
| M. Tolbert | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 0 | 21 | 9 | |
| R. Mathews | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 0 | 14 | 9 | |
| M. Floyd | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| B. Walters | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| R. McMichael | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| A. Gates | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| R. Goodman | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 29 | 378 | 13.0 | 2 | 36 | 40 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| D. Branch | 8 | 129 | 16.1 | 0 | 33 | 10 | |
| R. Gronkowski | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 2 | 30 | 6 | |
| W. Welker | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 0 | 17 | 11 | |
| A. Hernandez | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 1 | 16 | 8 | |
| C. Ochocinco | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| D. Woodhead | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Team | 31 | 423 | 13.6 | 3 | 33 | 40 | |
| San Diego Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| M. Tolbert | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Rivers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| K. Love | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Ninkovich | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| V. Wilfork | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| S. Brown | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| San Diego Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| E. Weddle | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Butler | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Spikes | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Garay | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Sanders | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Jammer | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Phillips | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| V. Martin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. LaBoy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Cason | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Tolbert | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. English | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cesaire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Liuget | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Stuckey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Dielman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 71 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Mayo | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Brown | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Barrett | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Fletcher | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Bodden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. White | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Carter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Ihedigbo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Anderson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Edds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Love | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Dowling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 62 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| R. Goodman | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Edelman | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 |
| San Diego Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| B. Walters | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| N. Novak | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 3/3 | 3 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 3/3 | 3 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 2/2 | 100.0 | 47 | 3/3 | 9 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 47 | 3/3 | 9 |
| San Diego Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| M. Scifres | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| Team | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Team | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
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