| New England Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 2011 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Sports Authority Field Attendance: 76556 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 30 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tim Tebow 9 run (Britton Colquitt run failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Chad Johnson 33 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lance Ball 32 run (Matt Prater kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 26 FG | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Aaron Hernandez 1 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 21 FG | 17 | 16 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tom Brady 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 24 | 16 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 34 FG | 27 | 16 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Danny Woodhead 10 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 34 | 16 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tim Tebow 2 run (Matt Prater kick) | 34 | 23 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 41 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chad Johnson [Ochocinco] |
| 83 | WR | Wes Welker |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 62 | C | Ryan Wendell |
| 54 | ROG | Brian Waters |
| 77 | ROT | Nate Solder |
| 87 | TE | Rob Gronkowski |
| 81 | TE | Aaron Hernandez |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 33 | HB | Kevin Faulk |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Brandon Deaderick |
| 75 | LDT | Vince Wilfork |
| 74 | RDT | Kyle Love |
| 93 | RDE | Andre Carter |
| 50 | LLB | Rob Ninkovich |
| 51 | MLB | Jerod Mayo |
| 52 | RLB | Dane Fletcher |
| 32 | LCB | Devin McCourty |
| 18 | SS | Matt Slater |
| 44 | FS | James Ihedigbo |
| 24 | RCB | Kyle Arrington |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Eric Decker |
| 88 | WR | Demaryius Thomas |
| 78 | LOT | Ryan Clady |
| 68 | LOG | Zane Beadles |
| 50 | C | J.D. Walton |
| 73 | ROG | Chris Kuper |
| 74 | ROT | Orlando Franklin |
| 86 | TE | Daniel Fells |
| 81 | TE | Dante Rosario |
| 15 | QB | Tim Tebow |
| 23 | HB | Willis McGahee |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Ryan McBean |
| 79 | DT | Marcus Thomas |
| 92 | RDE | Elvis Dumervil |
| 58 | SLB | Von Miller |
| 52 | MLB | Wesley Woodyard |
| 55 | WLB | D.J. Williams |
| 24 | LCB | Champ Bailey |
| 28 | SS | Quinton Carter |
| 26 | FS | Rahim Moore |
| 21 | RCB | Andre' Goodman |
| 25 | DB | Chris Harris |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Stevan Ridley | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 10t | 1 |
| Benjarvus Green-Ellis | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tim Tebow | 12 | 93 | 7.8 | 30 | 2 |
| Willis McGahee | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 11 | 64 | 5.8 | 32t | 1 |
| Jeremiah Johnson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 34 | 23 | 67.6 | 0 | 320 | 9.4 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 117.3 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Tim Tebow | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 194 | 8.8 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 80.5 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Aaron Hernandez | 11 | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 5 | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 6 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Benjarvus Green-Ellis | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chad Johnson [Ochocinco] | 3 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Tiquan Underwood | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Demaryius Thomas | 13 | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 4 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Eric Decker | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Zoltan Mesko | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Britton Colquitt | 3 | 165 | 55.0 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Julian Edelman | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Eddie Royal | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Quan Cosby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 7 | 473 | 67.6 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Matt Prater | 5 | 325 | 65.0 | 5 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Quan Cosby | 4 | 0 | 71 | 17.8 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Mark Anderson | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 1.0 | 28.0 |
| Gerard Warren | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Elvis Dumervil | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Quinton Carter | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Jerod Mayo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Ihedigbo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Arrington | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Anderson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Warren | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Brace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dane Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwaun Molden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Chris Harris | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Thomas | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley Woodyard | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahim Moore | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Carter | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Williams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre' Goodman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Ayers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Dumervil | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Haggan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Fells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Mays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McBean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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