| AFC Championship - San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: January 20, 2008 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68576 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 23 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Nate Kaeding 26 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Laurence Maroney 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Nate Kaeding 23 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Jabar Gaffney 12 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Nate Kaeding 40 FG | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Nate Kaeding 24 FG | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Wes Welker 6 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 12 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Michael Turner | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 26 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Laurence Maroney | 25 | 122 | 4.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Randy Moss | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Philip Rivers | 37 | 19 | 51.4 | 2 | 211 | 5.7 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 46.1 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 33 | 22 | 66.7 | 3 | 209 | 6.3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 66.4 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Chambers | 12 | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 9 | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 6 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Manumaleuna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Legedu Naanee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lorenzo Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 8 | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 9 | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Donte' Stallworth | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Randy Moss | 5 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Laurence Maroney | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ben Watson | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kyle Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Antonio Cromartie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Drayton Florence | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Asante Samuel | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Scifres | 5 | 190 | 38.0 | 49 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Chris Hanson | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wes Welker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| Nate Kaeding | 5 | 274 | 54.8 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 4 | 267 | 66.8 | 0 |