Broncos 28-20 Patriots (16 Oct, 2005) Box Score

New England Patriots

3-3, 2-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	3	0	3	14	20
DEN	0	21	7	0	28

Denver Broncos

5-1, 4-0 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
24/46	299	6.5	1	0	0-0	79.9
24/46	299	6.5	1	0	0-0	79.9

Denver Passing


Jake Plummer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/24	262	10.9	2	0	1-8	134.4
17/24	254	10.9	2	0	1-8	134.4

New England Rushing


Patrick Pass
Amos Zereoue
Tom Brady
Tim Dwight
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
10	64	6.4	1	17
7	14	2.0	0	12
1	12	12.0	0	12
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
19	89	4.7	1	17

Denver Rushing


Tatum Bell
Mike Anderson
Jake Plummer
Kyle Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	114	8.8	1	68
15	57	3.8	1	10
5	6	1.2	0	5
1	1	1.0	0	1
34	178	5.2	2	68

New England Receiving


Patrick Pass
Deion Branch
David Givens
Tim Dwight
Ben Watson
Amos Zereoue
Daniel Graham
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	89	14.8	0	39
7	87	12.4	0	19
7	58	8.3	1	16
1	49	49.0	0	49
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	5	5.0	0	5
24	299	12.5	1	49

Denver Receiving


Rod Smith
Ashley Lelie
Jeb Putzier
Tatum Bell
Stephen Alexander
Kyle Johnson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	123	20.5	1	72
3	81	27.0	0	55
3	32	10.7	0	13
3	20	6.7	0	13
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	1	1.0	1	1
17	262	15.4	2	72

New England Fumbles


Daniel Graham
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

Denver Fumbles


Tatum Bell
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Defense



Mike Vrabel
Chad Brown
Duane Starks
Willie McGinest
Monty Beisel
Asante Samuel
Jarvis Green
Eugene Wilson
Vince Wilfork
Dan Klecko
Arturo Freeman
James Sanders
Don Davis
Rosevelt Colvin
Ty Warren
Daniel Graham
Randall Gay
Larry Izzo
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	8	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0.5	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	1	0	0
2	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	38	1	0	3	0	0

Denver Defense



Domonique Foxworth
Al Wilson
Darrent Williams
Ian Gold
Michael Myers
Lenny Walls
Courtney Brown
Sam Brandon
John Lynch
Keith Burns
Nick Ferguson
Curome Cox
Champ Bailey
Gerard Warren
Karl Paymah
Louis Green
Trevor Pryce
Ebenezer Ekuban
Demetrin Veal
D.J. Williams
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	8	0	0	2	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	4	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	4	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	41	0	0	14	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Denver Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Denver Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Bethel Johnson
Ellis Hobbs
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	20	20.0	20
1	12	12.0	12
2	32	16.0	20

Denver Kick Returns


Darrent Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	30	30.0	30	0
1	30	30.0	30	0

New England Punt Returns


Tim Dwight
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	38	6.3	11	0
6	38	6.3	11	0

Denver Punt Returns


Charlie Adams
Darrent Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	6	6.0	6
2	2	1.0	2
3	8	2.7	6

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	39	2/2	8
2/3	66.7	39	2/2	8

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

New England Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	361	51.6	1	3	58
7	361	51.6	1	3	58

Denver Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	366	52.3	0	2	66
7	366	52.3	0	2	66

9:15 PM, 16 October 2005

Attendance: 76,571

Referees:
Walt Coleman

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
Kansas City	14	1	.933	356	278
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	328	274
Denver	9	6	.600	363	281
Las Vegas	3	12	.200	264	390

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