National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 35, San Diego 21
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 18, 2011
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 63°
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Diego 7001421
New England 71301535
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:16
New England TD New England 7 - San Diego 0
Aaron Hernandez 14 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 2:55
San Diego TD New England 7 - San Diego 7
Ryan Mathews 10 yd. run (Nick Novak kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:20
New England FG New England 10 - San Diego 7
Stephen Gostkowski 22 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:49
New England TD New England 17 - San Diego 7
Rob Gronkowski 10 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New England FG New England 20 - San Diego 7
Stephen Gostkowski 47 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:33
San Diego TD New England 20 - San Diego 14
Vincent Jackson 3 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick)
4th Quarter - 8:40
New England TD New England 28 - San Diego 14
Rob Gronkowski 17 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Danny Woodhead run)
4th Quarter - 5:40
San Diego TD New England 28 - San Diego 21
Vincent Jackson 26 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick)
4th Quarter - 1:54
New England TD New England 35 - San Diego 21
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 16 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Diego New England
1st Downs 29 28
Rushing 5 4
Passing 20 23
Penalty 4 1
3rd Down Conversions 10-12 7-11
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 1-35.0 2-42.5
Return Yards 61 69
Punts-Returns 1--2 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 3-63 2-39
Int-Returns 0-0 2-30
Penalties-Yards 6-44 8-80
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Time of Possession 30:58 29:02
Total Net Yards 470 504
Total Plays 66 67
Average Gain 7.1 7.5
Net Yards Rushing 98 94
Rushes 24 25
Average/Rush 4.1 3.8
Net Yards Passing 372 410
Comp-Att 29-40 31-40
Yards/Pass 8.9 9.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-6 2-13
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
San Diego Chargers (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 29/40 378 2 2
New England Patriots (2-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 31/40 423 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Mathews 12 64 5.3 1 14
P. Rivers 2 12 6.0 0 11
J. Hester 1 12 12.0 0 12
M. Tolbert 9 10 1.1 0 7
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Green-Ellis 17 70 4.1 1 16
D. Woodhead 4 12 3.0 0 5
S. Ridley 2 9 4.5 0 6
T. Brady 2 3 1.5 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
V. Jackson 15 10 172 17.2 2 29
M. Tolbert 9 8 73 9.1 0 21
R. Mathews 9 7 62 8.9 0 14
M. Floyd 2 2 59 29.5 0 36
B. Walters 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
R. McMichael 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
A. Gates 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Goodman 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Branch 10 8 129 16.1 0 33
R. Gronkowski 6 4 86 21.5 2 30
W. Welker 11 7 81 11.6 0 17
A. Hernandez 8 7 62 8.9 1 16
C. Ochocinco 2 2 45 22.5 0 30
D. Woodhead 2 2 15 7.5 0 9
B. Green-Ellis 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
V. Wilfork 1 28 0
S. Brown 1 2 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Butler 1.0 7.0
S. Phillips 1.0 6.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Anderson 1.0 6.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
E. Weddle 8 3
D. Butler 6 3
Q. Jammer 4 0
B. Sanders 4 2
A. Garay 4 2
S. Phillips 3 1
A. Cason 2 1
V. Martin 2 2
T. LaBoy 2 2
C. Liuget 1 0
S. Gregory 1 0
L. English 1 1
T. Spikes 1 6
C. Thomas 0 1
J. Cesaire 0 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Mayo 8 3
K. Arrington 5 0
S. Brown 5 2
D. Fletcher 4 0
J. Barrett 4 0
P. Chung 4 1
L. Bodden 3 0
R. Ninkovich 3 1
B. Spikes 2 0
D. McCourty 2 0
A. Edds 1 0
S. Ellis 1 0
K. Love 1 0
M. Anderson 1 0
A. Carter 1 1
R. Dowling 0 1
J. Ihedigbo 0 2
V. Wilfork 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Butler 1.0
V. Martin 1.0
S. Phillips 1.0
A. Garay 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. McCourty 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Tolbert 1
P. Rivers 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles