2012 New England 17, 2012 Denver 31

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
2012 New England

0

7

7

3

0

17
2012 Denver

3

7

7

14

0

31
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Poss Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 3:00 2012 Denver M.Prater 44 yd. field goal 3-0 DNA
2 10:12 2012 Denver E.Decker 13 yd. pass from P.Manning (M.Prater kick) 10-0 DNA
2 0:52 2012 New England S.Ridley 31 yd. run (S.Gostkowski kick) 10-7 DNA
3 6:36 2012 Denver W.McGahee 15 yd. run (M.Prater kick) 17-7 DNA
3 5:24 2012 New England A.Hernandez 57 yd. pass from T.Brady (S.Gostkowski kick) 17-14 DNA
4 12:36 2012 New England S.Gostkowski 29 yd. field goal 17-17 DNA
4 7:30 2012 Denver W.McGahee 1 yd. run (M.Prater kick) 24-17 DNA
4 1:37 2012 Denver J.Hester 4 yd. run (M.Prater kick) 31-17 DNA

Team Statistics
2012 New England 2012 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 5-12-0-17 8-16-3-27
Third Down Efficiency 5-13-38% 10-15-67%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-2-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 3-7-43% 28-28-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 314-58-5.4 447-77-5.8
Total Net Yards Rushing 84 155
Total Rushes 16 41
Average Per Rush 5.3 3.8
Passes Completed/Attempted 18/40 (45.0%) 22/36 (61.1%)
Net Yards Passing 230 292
Avg Yards Per Pass 6.1 8.1
Sacked/Yards Lost 2/14 0/0
Punts/Average 4/43.3 0/0.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 0/0 2/12
Kickoffs/Returns 2/44 2/30
Interceptions/Returns 2/45 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/72 4/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 2/1 4/2
Time of Possession 23 mins 0 secs 37 mins 0 secs
Average Drive Start NEA 29 DNA 22

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
2012 New England
Tom Brady 40 18 244 45.0 6.1 1 2.5 0 0 57 2/14 73.3
2012 Denver
Peyton Manning 36 22 292 61.1 8.1 1 2.8 2 5.6 43 0/0 72.9

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
2012 New England
Stevan Ridley 14 80 5.7 31 1 0 0/0
Brandon Bolden 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 0 0/0
Danny Woodhead 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 0/0
2012 Denver
Willis McGahee 15 69 4.6 19 2 0 2/1
Knowshon Moreno 10 57 5.7 19 0 0 2/1
Ronnie Hillman 8 16 2.0 8 0 0 0/0
Peyton Manning 4 -1 -0.3 1 0 0 0/0
Jacob Hester 4 14 3.5 7 1 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
2012 New England
Wes Welker 4 46 11.5 17 0 0
Rob Gronkowski 4 54 13.5 28 0 0
Danny Woodhead 4 46 11.5 15 0 0
Aaron Hernandez 3 69 23.0 57 1 0
Brandon Lloyd 2 19 9.5 13 0 0
Stevan Ridley 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
2012 Denver
Eric Decker 5 92 18.4 43 1 0
Brandon Stokley 4 70 17.5 28 0 0
Demaryius Thomas 3 30 10.0 13 0 0
Knowshon Moreno 2 16 8.0 8 0 0
Ronnie Hillman 2 13 6.5 7 0 0
Joel Dreessen 2 19 9.5 11 0 0
Jacob Tamme 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
Jacob Hester 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
Willis McGahee 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Matt Willis 1 28 28.0 28 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
2012 New England
Stephen Gostkowski 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/2 50.0
2012 Denver
Matt Prater 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/1 100

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
2012 New England
Zoltan Mesko 4 43.3 40.3 0 2 47 0
2012 Denver

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
2012 New England
Devin McCourty 2 44 22.0 24 0
2012 Denver
Omar Bolden 2 30 15.0 15 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
2012 New England
2012 Denver
Trindon Holliday 2 0 12 6.0 11 0
Jim Leonhard 0 1 0 0 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
2012 New England
Brandon Spikes 11 0 0
Alfonzo Dennard 7 0 0
Vince Wilfork 7 0 2
Jerod Mayo 6 0 0
Dont'a Hightower 5 0 0
Aqib Talib 5 0 0
Patrick Chung 4 0 0
Devin McCourty 4 0 0
Chandler Jones 3 0 0
Kyle Love 3 0 0
Rob Ninkovich 2 0 0
Sebastian Vollmer 0 0 1
2012 Denver
Champ Bailey 7 0 0
Mike Adams 6 0 0
Keith Brooking 6 1 0
Kevin Vickerson 3 0 0
Wesley Woodyard 3 0 0
Christopher Harris 2 0 0
Derek Wolfe 2 0 0
Von Miller 2 1 0
Justin Bannan 2 0 0
Rahim Moore 1 0 0
Jacob Tamme 0 0 1
Manny Ramirez 0 0 1
Peyton Manning 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
2012 New England
Devin McCourty 1 27 27.0 27 0
Aqib Talib 1 18 18.0 18 0
2012 Denver

Game Story
With a solid effort Denver bested New England by the score of 31 to 17. Peyton Manning passed 36 times for 292 yards with a touchdown. Denver consistently beat New England on third down, converting on 10 of 15 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing New England 155 to 84 yards. Denver had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 37:00. Denver took the lead into the locker room at the half 10 to 7. They led after three quarters 17 to 14. A bright spot for New England was a touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez that gained 57 yards with 5:24 left in the 3rd quarter. But in the end that fine effort was wasted..