National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
New England 23,
San Diego 20
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, October 24, 2010
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 69°
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 68836
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 69°
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 68836
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New England | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| San Diego | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 5:23 | ||
| San Diego | FG |
San Diego 3 - New England 0 Kris Brown 32 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 1:00 | ||
| New England | TD |
San Diego 3 - New England 7 Rob Gronkowski 1 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 6:51 | ||
| New England | FG |
San Diego 3 - New England 10 Stephen Gostkowski 40 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:23 | ||
| New England | FG |
San Diego 3 - New England 13 Stephen Gostkowski 35 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 6:25 | ||
| New England | TD |
San Diego 3 - New England 20 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 14:56 | ||
| San Diego | FG |
San Diego 6 - New England 20 Kris Brown 28 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 11:27 | ||
| New England | FG |
San Diego 6 - New England 23 Stephen Gostkowski 35 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 7:21 | ||
| San Diego | TD |
San Diego 13 - New England 23 Antonio Gates 4 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Kris Brown kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 4:01 | ||
| San Diego | TD |
San Diego 20 - New England 23 Michael Tolbert 1 yd. run (Kris Brown kick) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| New England | San Diego | |
| 1st Downs | 15 | 23 |
| Rushing | 3 | 4 |
| Passing | 8 | 18 |
| Penalty | 4 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 3-12 | 7-15 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Punts-Average | 4-38.3 | 2-48.0 |
| Return Yards | 82 | 148 |
| Punts-Returns | 2-37 | 1-12 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 3-45 | 5-136 |
| Int-Returns | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 7-51 | 6-69 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| Time of Possession | 25:35 | 34:25 |
| Total Net Yards | 179 | 363 |
| Total Plays | 58 | 71 |
| Average Gain | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 51 | 38 |
| Rushes | 22 | 19 |
| Average/Rush | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Net Yards Passing | 128 | 325 |
| Comp-Att | 19-32 | 34-50 |
| Yards/Pass | 3.6 | 6.2 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 4-31 | 2-11 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 1 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Rushing | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Field Goals | 3-3 | 2-3 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 2-5-40% | 2-4-50% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 2-4-50% | 2-2-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots
(5-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| T. Brady | 19/32 | 159 | 1 | 0 |
San Diego Chargers
(2-5)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| P. Rivers | 34/50 | 336 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 1 | 9 |
| D. Woodhead | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 |
| S. Morris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Brady | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| R. Mathews | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | 5 |
| P. Rivers | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Sproles | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Tolbert | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Hester | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| A. Hernandez | 8 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 24 |
| D. Branch | 8 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 17 |
| D. Woodhead | 3 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 16 |
| W. Welker | 6 | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | 12 |
| R. Gronkowski | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 9 |
| B. Tate | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| P. Crayton | 13 | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 | 21 |
| D. Sproles | 9 | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 0 | 14 |
| C. Davis | 10 | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 0 | 15 |
| A. Gates | 5 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | 26 |
| S. Ajirotutu | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 20 |
| R. Goodman | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
| M. Tolbert | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| K. Wilson | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| R. Mathews | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 |
| R. McMichael | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| B. Deaderick | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| M. Wright | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| A. Barnes | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| A. Garay | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| S. Phillips | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| TK | Ast | |
| J. Mayo | 10 | 1 |
| G. Guyton | 6 | 0 |
| B. Meriweather | 5 | 0 |
| S. Brown | 4 | 1 |
| K. Arrington | 3 | 0 |
| M. Pryor | 3 | 0 |
| J. Cunningham | 3 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 2 | 0 |
| J. Sanders | 2 | 0 |
| J. Wilhite | 2 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 2 | 1 |
| D. Fletcher | 2 | 1 |
| B. Spikes | 1 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 1 | 0 |
| P. Chung | 1 | 0 |
| D. Butler | 1 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 1 | 1 |
| M. Wright | 1 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| TK | Ast | |
| S. Cooper | 9 | 0 |
| S. Phillips | 5 | 0 |
| A. Applewhite | 5 | 0 |
| K. Burnett | 4 | 2 |
| Q. Jammer | 3 | 0 |
| A. Garay | 3 | 1 |
| P. Oliver | 3 | 1 |
| E. Weddle | 3 | 2 |
| A. Barnes | 2 | 0 |
| O. Nwagbuo | 2 | 0 |
| A. Cason | 2 | 0 |
| T. Johnson | 1 | 1 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| B. Deaderick | 1.0 |
| G. Guyton | 1.0 |
| P. Chung | 1.0 |
| M. Wright | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| A. Barnes | 2.0 |
| A. Garay | 1.0 |
| S. Phillips | 1.0 |
| A. Applewhite | 1.0 |
| K. Burnett | 1.0 |