Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 35-yard field goal in overtime to give the New England Patriots a 23-20 victory over the visiting Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
New acquisition Deion Branch caught nine passes for 98 yards and a touchdown in his return for the Patriots (4-1) and Tom Brady improved his regular-season home winning streak to 23 games.
New England grabbed the lead briefly at the end of the first quarter when BenJarvus Green-Ellis capped a six-play drive with a 2-yard touchdown run.
But Joe Flacco and the Ravens responded right away, marching 73 yards down the field and hitting Todd Heap with a 16-yard pass to take a 10-7 lead.
Baltimore (4-2) took advantage of a Patriots turnover early in the third. After Chris Carr picked off Brady in New England territory, Flacco needed only three plays to find Anquan Boldin with a 25-yard touchdown pass, making it 17-7.
It was 20-10 before Brady found a groove, leading an eight-play drive capped by a 5-yard touchdown pass to Branch to pull within 20-17 with 11:02 left.
The Patriots forced a punt and got the ball back on their own 14 before embarking on another drive that ended in a 24-yard field goal by Gostkowski to tie it with 1:51 left in regulation.
Baltimore | New England | |
Ray Rice | Player | Danny Woodhead |
28 | Attempts | 11 |
88 | Yards | 63 |
3.1 | Avg Yards | 5.7 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
8 | Long | 14 |
Baltimore | New England | |
Derrick Mason | Player | Deion Branch |
8 | Receptions | 9 |
100 | Yards | 98 |
12.5 | Avg Yards | 10.9 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
20 | Long | 23 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Baltimore | 377 | 99 | 278 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 |
New England | 394 | 127 | 267 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 |