National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 31, Denver 21
Sunday, October 7, 2012 4:25 PM
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, October 7, 2012
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 54°
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final1234T
Denver 077721
New England 71014031
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 3:08
New England TD New England 7 - Denver 0
Wes Welker 8 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:05
Denver TD New England 7 - Denver 7
Joel Dreessen 1 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:57
New England TD New England 14 - Denver 7
Shane Vereen 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:02
New England FG New England 17 - Denver 7
Stephen Gostkowski 23 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:00
New England TD New England 24 - Denver 7
Tom Brady 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:42
New England TD New England 31 - Denver 7
Stevan Ridley 8 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:08
Denver TD New England 31 - Denver 14
Eric Decker 2 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 6:43
Denver TD New England 31 - Denver 21
Brandon Stokley 5 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Denver New England
1st Downs 22 35
Rushing 5 18
Passing 16 16
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-13 11-17
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1
Punts-Average 3-45.7 3-43.0
Return Yards 61 28
Punts-Returns 0-0 1-5
Kickoffs-Returns 4-61 2-23
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-21 6-59
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-1
Time of Possession 24:11 35:49
Total Net Yards 394 444
Total Plays 66 89
Average Gain 6.0 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 70 251
Rushes 20 54
Average/Rush 3.5 4.6
Net Yards Passing 324 193
Comp-Att 31-44 23-31
Yards/Pass 7.0 5.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 4-30
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 0 3
Passing 3 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 4-5-80%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Denver Broncos (2-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Manning 31/44 337 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. McGahee 14 51 3.6 0 11
P. Manning 2 9 4.5 0 10
R. Hillman 3 9 3.0 0 7
L. Ball 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Thomas 11 9 180 20.0 0 43
W. McGahee 6 5 51 10.2 0 22
J. Tamme 11 6 50 8.3 0 17
E. Decker 8 4 21 5.2 1 12
J. Dreessen 4 4 21 5.2 1 9
B. Stokley 3 2 10 5.0 1 5
R. Hillman 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Miller 2.0 7.0
D. Wolfe 1.0 3.0
E. Dumervil 0.5 10.0
W. Woodyard 0.5 10.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
V. Miller 7 1
M. Adams 6 6
R. Moore 6 6
W. Woodyard 5 6
C. Harris 4 3
C. Bailey 3 1
K. Brooking 3 1
T. Porter 3 3
D. Wolfe 2 2
J. Mays 2 7
M. Jackson 1 0
M. Unrein 1 1
K. Vickerson 1 5
J. Bannan 1 5
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Manning 1
W. McGahee 1
D. Thomas 1
New England Patriots (3-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 23/31 223 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Ridley 28 151 5.4 1 20
B. Bolden 14 54 3.9 0 24
D. Woodhead 7 47 6.7 0 19
S. Vereen 1 1 1.0 1 1
T. Brady 4 -2 -0.5 1 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
W. Welker 15 13 104 8.0 1 15
R. Gronkowski 5 4 35 8.8 0 13
B. Lloyd 5 3 34 11.3 0 15
D. Woodhead 1 1 25 25.0 0 25
D. Branch 2 1 25 25.0 0 25
B. Bolden 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Fells 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Mayo 1.0 7.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Wilson 5 5
J. Mayo 5 8
D. McCourty 4 0
B. Spikes 4 2
K. Arrington 3 1
P. Chung 3 2
S. Moore 2 1
R. Ninkovich 2 2
A. Dennard 1 0
R. Dowling 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Brady 1
S. Ridley 1