Patriots 40-23 Titans (31 Dec, 2006) Box Score

New England Patriots

12-4, 7-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	9	10	7	14	40
TEN	3	7	13	0	23

Tennessee Titans

8-8, 4-4 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Vinny Testaverde
Matt Cassel
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	QBR	RTG
15/24	225	9.4	1	1-5	79.3	107.1
2/3	29	9.7	1	0-0	99.9	137.5
0/1	0	0.0	0	1-6	2.2	39.6
17/28	243	9.1	2	2-11	--	114.3

Tennessee Passing


Vince Young
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
15/36	227	6.3	0	2	5-20	34.0	39.9
15/36	207	6.3	0	2	5-20	--	39.9

New England Rushing


Laurence Maroney
Corey Dillon
Heath Evans
Kelvin Kight
Chad Jackson
Matt Cassel
Vinny Testaverde
Tom Brady
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	73	5.6	1	31
12	67	5.6	2	21
1	14	14.0	0	14
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
31	171	5.5	3	31

Tennessee Rushing


Travis Henry
Vince Young
LenDale White
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	102	4.9	0	34
2	29	14.5	1	28
2	4	2.0	0	2
25	135	5.4	1	34

New England Receiving


Reche Caldwell
Corey Dillon
Chad Jackson
Heath Evans
Troy Brown
Jabar Gaffney
Daniel Graham
Laurence Maroney
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	134	33.5	1	62
2	59	29.5	0	52
2	23	11.5	0	23
2	14	7.0	0	11
3	13	4.3	1	6
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	6	6.0	0	6
2	-4	-2.0	0	1
17	254	14.9	2	62

Tennessee Receiving


Drew Bennett
Brandon Jones
Bobby Wade
Roydell Williams
Ben Hartsock
Travis Henry
Ahmard Hall
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	75	18.8	27
1	53	53.0	53
4	33	8.3	16
2	32	16.0	17
2	28	14.0	23
1	3	3.0	3
1	3	3.0	3
15	227	15.1	53

New England Fumbles


Rosevelt Colvin
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Tennessee Fumbles


Vince Young
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
2	1	0

New England Defense



Mike Wright
Artrell Hawkins
Ty Warren
James Sanders
Tedy Bruschi
Rosevelt Colvin
Tully Banta-Cain
Mike Vrabel
Eric Alexander
Ellis Hobbs
Richard Seymour
Jarvis Green
Rodney Harrison
Larry Izzo
Asante Samuel
Pierre Woods
Willie Andrews
Rashad Baker
Antwain Spann
Kelvin Kight
Stephen Gostkowski
Le Kevin Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	1	0	0	0	0
7	5	1	0	0	0	0
7	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	4	0	0
2	2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	51	5	0	7	0	0

Tennessee Defense



Lamont Thompson
Kyle Vanden Bosch
Keith Bulluck
Peter Sirmon
David Thornton
Cortland Finnegan
Chris Hope
Albert Haynesworth
Randy Starks
Reynaldo Hill
Tony Brown
Craig Hentrich
Adam Jones
Vincent Fuller
Robaire Smith
Courtney Roby
Eric King
Rob Bironas
Vince Young
Calvin Lowry
LeVar Woods
Josh Savage
Stephen Tulloch
Sean Conover
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	1	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	1	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	50	2	0	3	0	1

New England Interceptions


Asante Samuel
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	28	0
2	28	0

Tennessee Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Tennessee Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Ellis Hobbs
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	133	26.6	40	0
5	133	26.6	40	0

Tennessee Kick Returns


Adam Jones
Ben Hartsock
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	158	22.6	47
1	5	5.0	5
8	163	20.4	47

New England Punt Returns


Chad Jackson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	65	32.5	39	0
2	65	32.5	39	0

Tennessee Punt Returns


Adam Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	101	50.5	81	1
2	101	50.5	81	1

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	28	4/5	10
2/3	66.7	28	4/5	10

Tennessee Kicking


Rob Bironas
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/4	75.0	27	2/2	11
3/4	75.0	27	2/2	11

New England Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	233	46.6	0	0	58
5	233	46.6	0	0	58

Tennessee Punting


Craig Hentrich
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	165	41.3	0	1	51
4	165	41.3	0	1	51

Nissan Stadium

6:00 PM, 31 December 2006

Nashville, TN

Attendance: 69,143

Referees:
Ed Hochuli

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
Houston	9	6	.600	347	327
Indianapolis	7	8	.467	318	359
Jacksonville	3	12	.200	277	396
Tennessee	3	12	.200	284	417

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