Patriots 41-23 Broncos (18 Dec, 2011) Box Score

New England Patriots

11-3, 6-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	7	20	7	7	41
DEN	13	3	0	7	23

Denver Broncos

8-6, 3-4 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
23/34	320	9.4	2	0	2-10	87.5	117.3
23/34	310	9.4	2	0	2-10	--	117.3

Denver Passing


Tim Tebow
Demaryius Thomas
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	SACKS	QBR	RTG
11/22	194	8.8	4-53	49.1	80.5
0/1	0	0.0	0-0	1.9	39.6
11/23	141	8.4	4-53	--	77.1

New England Rushing


Stevan Ridley
Danny Woodhead
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Aaron Hernandez
Tom Brady
Kevin Faulk
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	65	5.9	0	24
7	40	5.7	1	10
10	17	1.7	1	7
1	16	16.0	0	16
6	2	0.3	1	2
1	1	1.0	0	1
36	141	3.9	3	24

Denver Rushing


Tim Tebow
Willis McGahee
Lance Ball
Jeremiah Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	93	7.8	2	30
7	70	10.0	0	29
11	64	5.8	1	32
1	25	25.0	0	25
31	252	8.1	3	32

New England Receiving


Aaron Hernandez
Rob Gronkowski
Wes Welker
Chad Johnson
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Tiquan Underwood
Danny Woodhead
Julian Edelman
Kevin Faulk
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
9	129	14.3	1	46	11
4	53	13.3	0	38	5
4	41	10.3	0	19	6
1	33	33.0	1	33	3
2	32	16.0	0	21	2
1	13	13.0	0	13	2
1	12	12.0	0	12	1
1	7	7.0	0	7	1
0	0	0.0	0	0	2
23	320	13.9	2	46	33

Denver Receiving


Demaryius Thomas
Lance Ball
Eric Decker
Matt Willis
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
7	116	16.6	39	13
2	41	20.5	34	4
1	22	22.0	22	2
1	15	15.0	15	2
11	194	17.6	39	21

New England Fumbles


Tom Brady
Rob Ninkovich
Mark Anderson
Dane Fletcher
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	0	3

Denver Fumbles


Tim Tebow
Lance Ball
Quan Cosby
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
4	3	0

New England Defense



Jerod Mayo
James Ihedigbo
Sergio Brown
Kyle Arrington
Rob Ninkovich
Matthew Slater
Mark Anderson
Vince Wilfork
Julian Edelman
Tracy White
Gerard Warren
Devin McCourty
Nate Jones
Ron Brace
Dane Fletcher
Shaun Ellis
Antwaun Molden
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	1	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	1	0
2	1	0	0	1	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
53	42	4	0	1	0	0

Denver Defense



Chris Harris Jr.
Marcus Thomas
Wesley Woodyard
Rahim Moore
Quinton Carter
D.J. Williams
Brodrick Bunkley
Andre' Goodman
Matt Willis
Robert Ayers
Kyle McCarthy
Elvis Dumervil
Mario Haggan
Jason Hunter
Daniel Fells
Eddie Royal
Von Miller
Ryan McBean
Joe Mays
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	9	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	1	0	0	1	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	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	1	1	0	0	2	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
69	53	2	0	1	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Denver Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Denver Interceptions

New England Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New England Kick Returns

Denver Kick Returns


Quan Cosby
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	71	17.8	26	0
4	71	17.8	26	0

New England Punt Returns


Julian Edelman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	23	7.7	14	0
3	23	7.7	14	0

Denver Punt Returns


Eddie Royal
Quan Cosby
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	4	4.0	4
1	0	0.0	0
2	4	2.0	4

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	34	5/5	11
2/2	100.0	34	5/5	11

Denver Kicking


Matt Prater
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	26	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	26	2/2	5

New England Punting


Zoltan Mesko
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	162	40.5	0	3	43
4	162	40.5	0	3	43

Denver Punting


Britton Colquitt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	165	55.0	0	1	60
3	165	55.0	0	1	60

Empower Field at Mile High

9:15 PM, 18 December 2011

Denver, CO

Attendance: 76,556

Referees:
Mike Carey

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	11	3	.786	445	310
Miami	6	8	.429	276	312
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	11	.214	238	337

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	2	12	.143	245	376

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