Coverage: ESPN
8:30 PM ET, December 10, 2012
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Top Performers
Passing: T. Brady (NE) - 296 YDS, 4 TD
Rushing: S. Ridley (NE) - 18 CAR, 72 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: A. Johnson (HOU) - 8 REC, 95 YDS
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | HOU | NE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 09:27 | Aaron Hernandez 7 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| TD | 02:49 | Brandon Lloyd 37 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | HOU | NE | |||
| TD | 11:01 | Aaron Hernandez 4 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | HOU | NE | |||
| TD | 09:49 | Donte Stallworth 63 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 0 | 28 | |
| TD | 06:12 | Arian Foster 1 Yd Run (Shayne Graham Kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | HOU | NE | |||
| TD | 14:15 | Brandon Lloyd Fumble Recovery in End Zone (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 35 | |
| TD | 07:23 | Stevan Ridley 14 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 42 | |
| TD | 02:00 | T.J. Yates 1 Yd Run (Shayne Graham Kick) | 14 | 42 | |
Team Stat Comparison
HOU | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 19 | 27 |
Passing 1st downs | 10 | 15 |
Rushing 1st downs | 7 | 9 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 3 |
3rd down efficiency | 4-14 | 6-12 |
4th down efficiency | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 65 | 70 |
| Total Yards | 323 | 419 |
| Yards per play | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Total Drives | 13 | 13 |
| Passing | 223 | 289 |
Comp - Att | 21-36 | 21-36 |
Yards per pass | 6.2 | 8.0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 2-24 | 1-7 |
| Rushing | 100 | 130 |
Rushing Attempts | 27 | 33 |
Yards per rush | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| Penalties | 7-70 | 6-56 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 29:11 | 30:49 |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 21/35 | 296 | 8.5 | 4 | 0 | 1-7 | 95.6 | 125.4 |
| R. Mallett | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Team | 21/36 | 289 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1-7 | -- | -- |
| Houston Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| A. Foster | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 1 | 15 | |
| B. Tate | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 0 | 23 | |
| J. Forsett | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| T. Yates | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Team | 27 | 100 | 3.7 | 2 | 23 | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| S. Ridley | 18 | 72 | 4.0 | 1 | 14 | |
| S. Vereen | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| B. Bolden | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| T. Brady | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| D. Woodhead | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| R. Mallett | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 33 | 130 | 3.9 | 1 | 14 | |
| Houston Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Johnson | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 0 | 25 | 10 | |
| A. Foster | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 23 | 6 | |
| L. Jean | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |
| J. Casey | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| O. Daniels | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
| D. Posey | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| J. Forsett | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| A. Gardner | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| K. Walter | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| B. Tate | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| K. Martin | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team | 21 | 247 | 11.8 | 0 | 30 | 36 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| B. Lloyd | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 1 | 37 | 9 | |
| D. Stallworth | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 1 | 63 | 2 | |
| A. Hernandez | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |
| W. Welker | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 25 | 9 | |
| D. Woodhead | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
| V. Shiancoe | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| S. Vereen | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 21 | 296 | 14.1 | 4 | 63 | 36 | |
| Houston Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| M. Schaub | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| D. Woodhead | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ridley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| S. Keo | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Houston Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| D. Manning | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Quin | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Joseph | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Sharpton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. James | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Watt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| B. Ruud | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Crick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Mercilus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Dobbins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Barwin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Q. Demps | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Braman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Keo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Harris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cody | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Foster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Posey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 75 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Mayo | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Hightower | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Dennard | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Talib | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Cole | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Rivera | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jones | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 59 | 45 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| K. Martin | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 27 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| W. Welker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| K. Martin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| New England Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| W. Welker | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Houston Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Graham | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 2/2 | 2 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 2/2 | 2 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 6/6 | 6 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 6/6 | 6 |
| Houston Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| D. Jones | 7 | 345 | 49.3 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| Team | 7 | 345 | 49.3 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 5 | 240 | 48.0 | 1 | 2 | 55 |
| Team | 5 | 240 | 48.0 | 1 | 2 | 55 |
Attendance: 68,756



