Coverage: NBC
8:20 PM ET, December 16, 2012
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | SF | NE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 10:55 | Randy Moss 24 Yd Pass From Colin Kaepernick (David Akers Kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | SF | NE | |||
| FG | 08:31 | Stephen Gostkowski 32 Yd | 7 | 3 | |
| TD | 06:59 | Delanie Walker 34 Yd Pass From Colin Kaepernick (David Akers Kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| FG | 00:00 | David Akers 20 Yd | 17 | 3 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | SF | NE | |||
| TD | 10:38 | Frank Gore 9 Yd Fumble Recovery (David Akers Kick) | 24 | 3 | |
| TD | 10:21 | Michael Crabtree 27 Yd Pass From Colin Kaepernick (David Akers Kick) | 31 | 3 | |
| TD | 05:59 | Danny Woodhead 6 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 31 | 10 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | SF | NE | |||
| TD | 14:58 | Tom Brady 1 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 31 | 17 | |
| TD | 12:13 | Aaron Hernandez 5 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 31 | 24 | |
| TD | 06:43 | Danny Woodhead 1 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 31 | 31 | |
| TD | 06:25 | Michael Crabtree 38 Yd Pass From Colin Kaepernick (David Akers Kick) | 38 | 31 | |
| FG | 01:56 | David Akers 28 Yd | 41 | 31 | |
| FG | 00:38 | Stephen Gostkowski 41 Yd | 41 | 34 | |
Team Stat Comparison
SF | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 19 | 32 |
Passing 1st downs | 11 | 22 |
Rushing 1st downs | 7 | 8 |
1st downs from Penalties | 1 | 2 |
3rd down efficiency | 5-14 | 2-15 |
4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 5-6 |
| Total Plays | 65 | 92 |
| Total Yards | 388 | 520 |
| Yards per play | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| Total Drives | 18 | 16 |
| Passing | 208 | 425 |
Comp - Att | 14-25 | 36-65 |
Yards per pass | 8.3 | 6.5 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 2 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-13 | 3-18 |
| Rushing | 180 | 95 |
Rushing Attempts | 39 | 24 |
Yards per rush | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 1-4 | 4-5 |
| Penalties | 6-88 | 8-73 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 2 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 2 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 30:13 | 29:47 |
| San Francisco Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| C. Kaepernick | 14/25 | 221 | 8.8 | 4 | 1 | 1-13 | 87.7 | 108.5 |
| Team | 14/25 | 208 | 8.3 | 4 | 1 | 1-13 | -- | -- |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 36/65 | 443 | 6.8 | 1 | 2 | 3-18 | 57.0 | 68.9 |
| Team | 36/65 | 425 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | 3-18 | -- | -- |
| San Francisco Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| F. Gore | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| L. James | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | 17 | |
| D. Goldson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 31 | |
| C. Kaepernick | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| A. Dixon | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Team | 39 | 180 | 4.6 | 0 | 31 | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| D. Woodhead | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 2 | 15 | |
| S. Ridley | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| T. Brady | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Team | 24 | 95 | 4.0 | 3 | 15 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| B. Lloyd | 10 | 190 | 19.0 | 0 | 53 | 16 | |
| A. Hernandez | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 1 | 20 | 19 | |
| W. Welker | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | |
| M. Hoomanawanui | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| D. Branch | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |
| D. Woodhead | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 7 | 10 | |
| S. Vereen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| S. Ridley | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team | 36 | 443 | 12.3 | 1 | 53 | 63 | |
| San Francisco Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Kaepernick | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Ginn Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Culliver | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Goldson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| N. Bowman | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Willis | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Brown | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Whitner | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Culliver | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. McDonald | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Goldson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Rogers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Brock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Jean Francois | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Wilhoite | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Tukuafu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Miller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Grant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Spillman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McBath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 77 | 53 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Mayo | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Hightower | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Francis | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Talib | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Love | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Rivera | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ebner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Cole | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Hernandez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Bolden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Brady | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Welker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Vollmer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Dennard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Hoomanawanui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 77 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Team | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 26 | 0 |
| San Francisco Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| T. Ginn Jr. | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New England Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| W. Welker | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Team | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| San Francisco Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| D. Akers | 2/3 | 66.7 | 28 | 5/5 | 11 |
| Team | 2/3 | 66.7 | 28 | 5/5 | 11 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 2/2 | 100.0 | 41 | 4/4 | 10 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 41 | 4/4 | 10 |
| San Francisco Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| A. Lee | 5 | 283 | 56.6 | 0 | 3 | 64 |
| Team | 5 | 283 | 56.6 | 0 | 3 | 64 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
| Team | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
Attendance: 68,756


