| AFC Divisional Playoff - Denver Broncos at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: January 14, 2012 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68756 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Wes Welker 7 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Rob Gronkowski 10 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Willis McGahee 5 run (Matt Prater kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Rob Gronkowski 12 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Deion Branch 61 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Rob Gronkowski 19 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Aaron Hernandez 17 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 41 FG | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 20 FG | 10 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Demaryius Thomas |
| 78 | LOT | Ryan Clady |
| 68 | LOG | Zane Beadles |
| 50 | C | J.D. Walton |
| 71 | ROG | Russ Hochstein |
| 74 | ROT | Orlando Franklin |
| 86 | TE | Daniel Fells |
| 85 | TE | Virgil Green |
| 81 | TE | Dante Rosario |
| 15 | QB | Tim Tebow |
| 23 | RB | Willis McGahee |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Ryan McBean |
| 79 | NT | Marcus Thomas |
| 92 | RDE | Elvis Dumervil |
| 58 | SLB | Von Miller |
| 51 | MLB | Joe Mays |
| 55 | WLB | D.J. Williams |
| 24 | LCB | Champ Bailey |
| 28 | SS | Quinton Carter |
| 30 | FS | David Bruton |
| 21 | RCB | Andre' Goodman |
| 25 | DB | Chris Harris |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Deion Branch |
| 83 | WR | Wes Welker |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 63 | C | Dan Connolly |
| 54 | ROG | Brian Waters |
| 77 | ROT | Nate Solder |
| 87 | TE | Rob Gronkowski |
| 81 | TE | Aaron Hernandez |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 42 | RB | BenJarvus Green-Ellis |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Vince Wilfork |
| 74 | LDT | Kyle Love |
| 71 | RDT | Brandon Deaderick |
| 95 | RDE | Mark Anderson |
| 50 | LLB | Rob Ninkovich |
| 51 | MLB | Jerod Mayo |
| 55 | RLB | Brandon Spikes |
| 32 | LCB | Devin McCourty |
| 25 | SS | Patrick Chung |
| 44 | FS | James Ihedigbo |
| 24 | RCB | Kyle Arrington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Willis McGahee | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Lance Ball | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Tim Tebow | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Johnson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Aaron Hernandez | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 43 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Stevan Ridley | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Lousaka Polite | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Tim Tebow | 26 | 9 | 34.6 | 0 | 136 | 5.2 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 52.7 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 34 | 26 | 76.5 | 1 | 363 | 10.7 | 61tt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 137.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Demaryius Thomas | 10 | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 4 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willis McGahee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dante Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Rob Gronkowski | 12 | 10 | 145 | 14.5 | 28 | 3 |
| Wes Welker | 7 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 6 | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Deion Branch | 4 | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 61t | 1 |
| Julian Edelman | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Stevan Ridley | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Quinton Carter | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Matt Bosher | 7 | 322 | 46.0 | 59 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Steve Weatherford | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Eddie Royal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Julian Edelman | 2 | 1 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wes Welker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Matt Bosher | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Lawrence Tynes | 5 | 334 | 66.8 | 2 |
| Steve Weatherford | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Matt Willis | 4 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Danny Woodhead | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| New England Patriots | ||
| Rob Ninkovich | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| Vince Wilfork | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| Shaun Ellis | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Brandon Spikes | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Orlando Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Mays | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Williams | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bruton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McBean | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Carter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahim Moore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hunter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre' Goodman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Ayers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Irving | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley Woodyard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Dumervil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Unrein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Aaron Hernandez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Arrington | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Ihedigbo | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Spikes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Fletcher | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Chung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Love | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Warren | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Deaderick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Ellis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Koutouvides | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwaun Molden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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