Patriots 42-15 Browns (5 Dec, 2004) Box Score

New England Patriots

11-1, 5-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	14	7	21	0	42
CLE	0	7	0	8	15

Cleveland Browns

3-9, 3-4 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Rohan Davey
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
11/20	157	7.9	1	1	2-14	76.5
3/6	44	7.3	0	0	0-0	74.3
14/26	187	7.7	1	1	2-14	76.0

Cleveland Passing


Luke McCown
Frisman Jackson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
20/34	277	8.1	2	2	3-36	80.1
0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	39.6
20/35	241	7.9	2	2	3-36	77.9

New England Rushing


Corey Dillon
Kevin Faulk
Cedric Cobbs
Tom Brady
Patrick Pass
Rohan Davey
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
18	100	5.6	2	21
13	87	6.7	1	20
16	29	1.8	0	6
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	1	1.0	0	1
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
50	225	4.5	3	21

Cleveland Rushing


William Green
Adimchinobe Echemandu
Luke McCown
Dennis Northcutt
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	15	1.3	6
3	12	4.0	6
1	11	11.0	11
1	8	8.0	8
17	46	2.7	11

New England Receiving


David Patten
Christian Fauria
David Givens
Bethel Johnson
Patrick Pass
Daniel Graham
Deion Branch
Jed Weaver
Kevin Faulk
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	74	24.7	1	44
1	25	25.0	0	25
3	25	8.3	0	16
1	20	20.0	0	20
2	19	9.5	0	17
1	14	14.0	0	14
1	13	13.0	0	13
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	4	4.0	0	4
14	201	14.4	1	44

Cleveland Receiving


Antonio Bryant
Dennis Northcutt
Adimchinobe Echemandu
William Green
Steve Heiden
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	115	16.4	2	40
5	93	18.6	0	53
3	25	8.3	0	19
3	24	8.0	0	17
2	20	10.0	0	12
20	277	13.9	2	53

New England Fumbles


Corey Dillon
Cedric Cobbs
Tom Brady
Randall Gay
Eugene Wilson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	1
0	0	1
4	2	2

Cleveland Fumbles


Steve Heiden
William Green
Alvin McKinley
Michael Jameson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
2	2	2

New England Defense



Tedy Bruschi
Willie McGinest
Richard Seymour
Mike Vrabel
Rodney Harrison
Dexter Reid
Troy Brown
Don Davis
Ty Warren
Earthwind Moreland
Eugene Wilson
Tully Banta-Cain
Vince Wilfork
Ted Johnson
Kevin Faulk
Patrick Pass
Randall Gay
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
5	4	1	0	1	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	1
46	42	3	0	4	0	3

Cleveland Defense



Robert Griffith
Lewis Sanders
Warrick Holdman
Chris Crocker
Barry Gardner
Kenard Lang
Kevin Bentley
Michael Myers
Alvin McKinley
Orpheus Roye
Eric Westmoreland
Anthony Henry
Earl Little
Tyrone Rogers
Dennis Northcutt
Chaun Thompson
Ebenezer Ekuban
Michael Jameson
Steve Heiden
Gerard Warren
Mason Unck
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	3	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	2	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
85	66	2	0	5	0	0

New England Interceptions


Troy Brown
Rodney Harrison
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0
2	0	0

Cleveland Interceptions


Lewis Sanders
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	12	0
1	12	0

New England Kick Returns


Bethel Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	134	44.7	93	1
3	134	44.7	93	1

Cleveland Kick Returns


Richard Alston
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	137	22.8	30	0
6	137	22.8	30	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
Randall Gay
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	5	2.5	4
1	0	0.0	0
3	5	1.7	4

Cleveland Punt Returns


Dennis Northcutt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	12	12.0	12	0
1	12	12.0	12	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

Cleveland Kicking


Phil Dawson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

New England Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	101	33.7	1	1	40
3	101	33.7	1	1	40

Cleveland Punting


Derrick Frost
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	147	36.8	0	0	42
4	147	36.8	0	0	42

6:00 PM, 5 December 2004

Attendance: 73,028

Referees:
Bill Carollo

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Pittsburgh	10	5	.667	353	299
Baltimore	10	5	.667	452	349
Cincinnati	7	8	.467	423	393
Cleveland	3	12	.200	245	380

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