| AFC Championship - New England Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: January 24, 2016 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Sports Authority Field Attendance: 77112 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 46 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Owen Daniels 21 pass from Peyton Manning (Brandon McManus kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Steven Jackson 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick failed) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Owen Daniels 12 pass from Peyton Manning (Brandon McManus kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 46 FG | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Brandon McManus 52 FG | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 38 FG | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Brandon McManus 31 FG | 12 | 20 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Rob Gronkowski 4 pass from Tom Brady (Tom Brady pass failed) | 18 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| Defense | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| Defense |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tom Brady | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Brandon Bolden | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| James White | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Steven Jackson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| C.J. Anderson | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Peyton Manning | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 56 | 27 | 48.2 | 2 | 310 | 5.5 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 56.4 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Peyton Manning | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 0 | 176 | 5.5 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 90.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Rob Gronkowski | 15 | 8 | 144 | 18.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Julian Edelman | 13 | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 19 | 0 |
| James White | 16 | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Brandon Bolden | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Keshawn Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Emmanuel Sanders | 8 | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 34 | 0 |
| C.J. Anderson | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Owen Daniels | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21t | 2 |
| Jordan Norwood | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 7 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Andre Caldwell | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cody Latimer | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Vernon Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Fowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Darian Stewart | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Von Miller | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ryan Allen | 6 | 281 | 46.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Britton Colquitt | 9 | 423 | 47.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Danny Amendola | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Jordan Norwood | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 5 | 266 | 53.2 | 4 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Brandon McManus | 5 | 320 | 64.0 | 4 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Keshawn Martin | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Shiloh Keo | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Jamie Collins | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| Alan Branch | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Von Miller | 2.5 | 13.0 |
| Derek Wolfe | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| DeMarcus Ware | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Collins | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Butler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dont'a Hightower | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabaal Sheard | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Ryan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Chung | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Coleman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akiem Hicks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Branch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcom Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sealver Siliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Derek Wolfe | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Ward | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bush | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Miller | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aqib Talib | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Marshall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Trevathan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shiloh Keo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darian Stewart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Jackson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayvon Webster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Latimer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Ware | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vance Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Caldwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Britton Colquitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaquil Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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