2012 New England 23, 2012 Cincinnati 20

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
2012 New England

3

13

7

0

0

23
2012 Cincinnati

7

0

10

3

0

20
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Poss Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 10:12 2012 New England S.Gostkowski 31 yd. field goal 3-0 NEA
1 3:36 2012 Cincinnati B.Green-Ellis 16 yd. run (M.Nugent kick) 7-3 CNA
2 11:42 2012 New England S.Gostkowski 30 yd. field goal 7-6 CNA
2 5:24 2012 New England R.Gronkowski 9 yd. pass from T.Brady (S.Gostkowski kick) 13-7 NEA
2 0:15 2012 New England S.Gostkowski 46 yd. field goal 16-7 NEA
3 6:18 2012 Cincinnati M.Nugent 24 yd. field goal 16-10 NEA
3 1:12 2012 New England S.Gregory 25 yd. intercept (S.Gostkowski kick) 23-10 NEA
3 0:18 2012 Cincinnati A.Green 75 yd. pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) 23-17 NEA
4 9:18 2012 Cincinnati M.Nugent 49 yd. field goal 23-20 NEA

Team Statistics
2012 New England 2012 Cincinnati
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 6-14-0-20 7-10-0-17
Third Down Efficiency 9-16-56% 2-8-25%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 13-28-46% 10-14-71%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 316-69-4.6 350-54-6.5
Total Net Yards Rushing 111 125
Total Rushes 26 24
Average Per Rush 4.3 5.2
Passes Completed/Attempted 20/42 (47.6%) 18/29 (62.1%)
Net Yards Passing 205 225
Avg Yards Per Pass 5.0 7.9
Sacked/Yards Lost 1/7 1/4
Punts/Average 4/47.3 1/49.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 1/16 2/28
Kickoffs/Returns 4/66 4/75
Interceptions/Returns 4/53 0/0
Penalties/Yards 1/5 3/16
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 3/1 2/1
Time of Possession 31 mins 52 secs 28 mins 8 secs
Average Drive Start NEA 35 CNA 22

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
2012 New England
Tom Brady 42 20 212 47.6 5.0 1 2.4 0 0 32 1/7 70.7
2012 Cincinnati
Andy Dalton 29 18 229 62.1 7.9 1 3.4 4 13.8 75 1/4 58.6

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
2012 New England
Stevan Ridley 16 69 4.3 16 0 0 2/0
Tom Brady 4 5 1.3 4 0 0 0/0
Danny Woodhead 4 30 7.5 15 0 0 0/0
Brandon Bolden 2 7 3.5 5 0 0 1/1
2012 Cincinnati
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 22 120 5.5 17 1 0 2/1
Andy Dalton 2 5 2.5 6 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
2012 New England
Rob Gronkowski 12 125 10.4 32 1 0
Danny Woodhead 3 42 14.0 19 0 0
Wes Welker 2 20 10.0 14 0 0
Aaron Hernandez 2 16 8.0 9 0 0
Brandon Lloyd 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
2012 Cincinnati
Andrew Hawkins 4 38 9.5 16 0 0
A.J. Green 4 110 27.5 75 1 0
Jermaine Gresham 4 28 7.0 13 0 0
Chris Pressley 2 16 8.0 10 0 0
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 2 11 5.5 9 0 0
Marvin Jones 1 18 18.0 18 0 0
Mohamed Sanu 1 8 8.0 8 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
2012 New England
Stephen Gostkowski 0/0 0/0 2/2 1/1 0/0 3/3 100
2012 Cincinnati
Mike Nugent 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/1 0/0 2/2 100

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
2012 New England
Zoltan Mesko 4 47.3 30.3 2 2 57 0
2012 Cincinnati
Kevin Huber 1 49.0 33.0 0 0 49 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
2012 New England
Devin McCourty 4 66 16.5 20 0
2012 Cincinnati
Brandon Tate 3 72 24.0 28 0
A.J. Green 1 3 3.0 3 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
2012 New England
Julian Edelman 1 0 16 16.0 16 0
2012 Cincinnati
Pacman Jones 2 0 28 14.0 24 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
2012 New England
Brandon Spikes 13 0 0
Aqib Talib 7 0 0
Jerod Mayo 4 0 0
Devin McCourty 3 0 0
Vince Wilfork 3 0 1
Dont'a Hightower 2 0 0
Chandler Jones 2 0 0
Rob Ninkovich 2 1 0
Alfonzo Dennard 2 0 0
Patrick Chung 1 0 0
Steve Gregory 1 0 0
Brandon Lloyd 0 0 1
Sebastian Vollmer 0 0 1
2012 Cincinnati
Rey Maualuga 10 0 0
Manny Lawson 7 0 0
Reggie Nelson 6 0 0
Vontaze Burfict 5 0 1
Leon Hall 4 0 0
Chris Crocker 4 0 0
Geno Atkins 3 1 0
Domata Peko 3 0 0
Pacman Jones 1 0 0
Terence Newman 1 0 0
Trevor Robinson 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
2012 New England
Devin McCourty 2 28 14.0 14 0
Steve Gregory 1 25 25.0 25 1
Aqib Talib 1 0 0.0 0 0
2012 Cincinnati

Game Story
Rob Gronkowski led the way to victory as the visitors from New England topped Cincinnati by the score of 23 to 20. Gronkowski caught 12 passes for 125 receiving yards and added a touchdown. New England was clutch on third down, converting on 9 of 16 opportunities. New England took the lead into the locker room at the half 16 to 7. They led after three quarters 23 to 17. BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran the ball 22 times gaining 120 yards and added a touchdown for Cincinnati , but it wasn't enough.