| 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 ChargersSD | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Nate Kaeding 26 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Laurence Maroney 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Nate Kaeding 23 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Jabar Gaffney 12 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Nate Kaeding 40 FG | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Nate Kaeding 24 FG | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Wes Welker 6 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 12 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Vincent Jackson |
| 73 | LOT | Marcus McNeill |
| 68 | LOG | Kris Dielman |
| 61 | C | Nick Hardwick |
| 79 | ROG | Mike Goff |
| 66 | ROT | Jeromey Clary |
| 85 | TE | Antonio Gates |
| 86 | TE | Brandon Manumaleuna |
| 17 | QB | Philip Rivers |
| 21 | RB | Ladainian Tomlinson |
| 41 | FB | Lorenzo Neal |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Igor Olshansky |
| 76 | DT | Jamal Williams |
| 93 | RDE | Luis Castillo |
| 95 | LOLB | Shaun Phillips |
| 54 | LILB | Stephen Cooper |
| 57 | RILB | Matt Wilhelm |
| 56 | ROLB | Shawne Merriman |
| 23 | LCB | Quentin Jammer |
| 42 | SS | Clinton Hart |
| 20 | FS | Marlon McCree |
| 31 | RCB | Antonio Cromartie |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Randy Moss |
| 83 | WR | Wes Welker |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 67 | C | Dan Koppen |
| 61 | ROG | Stephen Neal |
| 77 | ROT | Nick Kaczur |
| 88 | TE | Kyle Brady |
| 84 | TE | Ben Watson |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 33 | RB | Kevin Faulk |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Ty Warren |
| 75 | NT | Vince Wilfork |
| 93 | RDE | Richard Seymour |
| 50 | LOLB | Mike Vrabel |
| 55 | LILB | Junior Seau |
| 54 | RILB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 96 | ROLB | Adalius Thomas |
| 22 | LCB | Asante Samuel |
| 37 | SS | Rodney Harrison |
| 36 | FS | James Sanders |
| 27 | RCB | Ellis Hobbs |
| 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 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 4 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Laurence Maroney | 2 | 0 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Willie Andrews | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Luis Castillo | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Stephen Cooper | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Igor Olshansky | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Junior Seau | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Chambers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Cromartie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Igor Olshansky | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinton Hart | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Cooper | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryon Bingham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlon McCree | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawne Merriman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drayton Florence | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jyles Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Dobbins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Wilhelm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Siler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marques Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legedu Naanee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Nick Kaczur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte' Stallworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Seau | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Meriweather | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adalius Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Gay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelley Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Eckel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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