National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 23, St. Louis 16
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 26, 2008
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 61°
Head Official: Scott Green
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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St. Louis 373316
New England 7601023
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:49
St. Louis FG New England 0 - St. Louis 3
Josh Brown 20 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:43
New England TD New England 7 - St. Louis 3
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 2 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:14
St. Louis TD New England 7 - St. Louis 10
Donnie Avery 69 yd. pass from Marc Bulger (Josh Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:49
New England FG New England 10 - St. Louis 10
Stephen Gostkowski 30 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New England FG New England 13 - St. Louis 10
Stephen Gostkowski 27 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 8:03
St. Louis FG New England 13 - St. Louis 13
Josh Brown 44 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:25
St. Louis FG New England 13 - St. Louis 16
Josh Brown 25 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 8:22
New England FG New England 16 - St. Louis 16
Stephen Gostkowski 41 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:13
New England TD New England 23 - St. Louis 16
Kevin Faulk 15 yd. pass from Matt Cassel (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  St. Louis New England
1st Downs 21 31
Rushing 16 23
Passing 5 8
Penalty 0 0
3rd Down Conversions 5-16 6-12
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-1
Punts-Average 6-40.8 3-49.7
Return Yards 107 198
Punts-Returns 0-0 3-30
Kickoffs-Returns 4-78 4-121
Int-Returns 2-29 1-47
Penalties-Yards 9-63 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 29:25 30:35
Total Net Yards 361 348
Total Plays 64 65
Average Gain 5.6 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 90 98
Rushes 26 29
Average/Rush 3.5 3.4
Net Yards Passing 271 250
Comp-Att 18-34 21-33
Yards/Pass 7.1 6.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-33 3-17
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 1 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-1 2-2
Field Goals 3-3 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 0-2-0% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-2-0% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
St. Louis Rams (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Bulger 18/34 304 1 1
New England Patriots (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Cassel 21/33 267 1 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Pittman 19 83 4.4 0 18
T. Minor 4 8 2.0 0 4
K. Burton 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Kreider 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Avery 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Faulk 13 60 4.6 0 14
M. Cassel 7 22 3.1 0 11
B. Green-Ellis 9 16 1.8 1 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Avery 6 163 27.2 1 69
D. Hall 4 47 11.8 0 19
K. Burton 2 41 20.5 0 27
T. Holt 3 28 9.3 0 11
A. Pittman 3 25 8.3 0 10
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Moss 7 102 14.6 0 30
W. Welker 7 79 11.3 0 20
K. Faulk 4 47 11.8 1 18
J. Gaffney 1 17 17.0 0 17
B. Watson 1 13 13.0 0 13
D. Thomas 1 9 9.0 0 9
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
F. Brown 1 16 0
O. Atogwe 1 13 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. O'Neal 1 47 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
C. Long 2.0 15.0
E. Moore 1.0 2.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
A. Thomas 2.0 26.0
T. Warren 1.0 5.0
R. Seymour 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Craft 8 2
O. Atogwe 6 1
F. Brown 4 0
P. Tinoisamoa 4 1
V. Adeyanju 4 1
E. Moore 4 1
J. Hall 3 0
C. Long 3 1
C. Ryan 2 0
R. Bartell 2 1
L. Glover 2 2
C. Draft 1 0
W. Witherspoon 1 2
C. Chavous 1 4
Tackles
  TK AST
R. Seymour 7 0
T. Bruschi 6 5
J. Wilhite 5 2
T. Warren 4 0
E. Hobbs 4 0
A. Thomas 4 3
M. Richardson 3 0
B. Meriweather 3 3
G. Guyton 2 0
J. Sanders 2 3
M. Wright 1 0
D. O'Neal 1 0
T. Wheatley 1 0
A. Spann 1 0
V. Wilfork 1 1
M. Vrabel 1 3
J. Mayo 1 5
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Pittman 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles