Coverage: CBS
4:25 PM ET, November 18, 2012
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Top Performers
Passing: A. Luck (IND) - 334 YDS, 2 TD, 3 INT
Rushing: V. Ballard (IND) - 16 CAR, 72 YDS
Receiving: R. Gronkowski (NE) - 7 REC, 137 YDS, 2 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | IND | NE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 10:49 | Delone Carter 1 Yd Run (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| TD | 07:07 | Rob Gronkowski 4 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| TD | 01:44 | T.Y. Hilton 14 Yd Pass From Andrew Luck (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | IND | NE | |||
| TD | 12:00 | Julian Edelman 68 Yd Punt Return (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| TD | 10:59 | Aqib Talib 59 Yd Interception Return (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| FG | 05:46 | Adam Vinatieri 47 Yd | 17 | 21 | |
| FG | 01:54 | Stephen Gostkowski 31 Yd | 17 | 24 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | IND | NE | |||
| TD | 11:07 | Julian Edelman 2 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 17 | 31 | |
| TD | 03:22 | Rob Gronkowski 24 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 17 | 38 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | IND | NE | |||
| TD | 14:47 | Alfonzo Dennard 87 Yd Interception Return (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 17 | 45 | |
| TD | 12:32 | T.Y. Hilton 43 Yd Pass From Andrew Luck (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | 24 | 45 | |
| TD | 09:05 | Stevan Ridley 3 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 24 | 52 | |
| TD | 03:55 | Shane Vereen 4 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 24 | 59 | |
Team Stat Comparison
IND | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 28 | 25 |
Passing 1st downs | 16 | 20 |
Rushing 1st downs | 9 | 5 |
1st downs from Penalties | 3 | 0 |
3rd down efficiency | 8-14 | 8-12 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 75 | 60 |
| Total Yards | 448 | 446 |
| Yards per play | 6.0 | 7.4 |
| Total Drives | 13 | 10 |
| Passing | 329 | 331 |
Comp - Att | 27-50 | 24-35 |
Yards per pass | 6.6 | 9.5 |
Interceptions thrown | 3 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| Rushing | 119 | 115 |
Rushing Attempts | 24 | 25 |
Yards per rush | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-2 | 4-6 |
| Penalties | 1-5 | 4-70 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 3 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 3 |
| Possession | 32:55 | 27:05 |
| Indianapolis Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| A. Luck | 27/50 | 334 | 6.7 | 2 | 3 | 1-5 | 47.2 | 63.3 |
| Team | 27/50 | 329 | 6.6 | 2 | 3 | 1-5 | -- | -- |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 24/35 | 331 | 9.5 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 93.9 | 127.2 |
| Team | 24/35 | 331 | 9.5 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| Indianapolis Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| V. Ballard | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| D. Carter | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | 20 | |
| D. Brown | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| R. Hughes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| A. Luck | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Team | 24 | 119 | 5.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| J. Edelman | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0 | 47 | |
| S. Vereen | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 1 | 13 | |
| S. Ridley | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Team | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 2 | 47 | |
| Indianapolis Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| T. Hilton | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 2 | 43 | 9 | |
| R. Wayne | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 0 | 21 | 18 | |
| D. Allen | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | |
| L. Brazill | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |
| D. Avery | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| V. Ballard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| D. Brown | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| N. Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 27 | 334 | 12.4 | 2 | 43 | 50 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| R. Gronkowski | 7 | 137 | 19.6 | 2 | 36 | 7 | |
| W. Welker | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 0 | 18 | 11 | |
| J. Edelman | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |
| B. Lloyd | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |
| S. Vereen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| Team | 24 | 331 | 13.8 | 3 | 36 | 35 | |
| Indianapolis Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| A. Luck | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Hilton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Ballard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| W. Welker | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| A. Dennard | 1 | 87 | 1 |
| A. Talib | 1 | 59 | 1 |
| T. Wilson | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 166 | 2 |
| Indianapolis Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Freeman | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Bethea | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Butler | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Gordy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Zbikowski | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Angerer | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Redding | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Vaughn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Conner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Mathis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Fokou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Moala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hughes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. McAfee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Guy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Brazill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Freeney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Wayne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Reitz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Geathers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 67 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Mayo | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Spikes | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Talib | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D. McCourty | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Dennard | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Cole | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ebner | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Koutouvides | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cunningham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Slater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Hightower | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Edelman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Rivera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Love | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 81 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| Indianapolis Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| T. Hilton | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 20 | 0 |
| T. Zbikowski | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Team | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 20 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| T. Hilton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New England Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Edelman | 2 | 117 | 58.5 | 68 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | 117 | 58.5 | 68 | 1 |
| Indianapolis Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| A. Vinatieri | 1/2 | 50.0 | 47 | 3/3 | 6 |
| Team | 1/2 | 50.0 | 47 | 3/3 | 6 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 1/2 | 50.0 | 31 | 8/8 | 11 |
| Team | 1/2 | 50.0 | 31 | 8/8 | 11 |
| Indianapolis Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| P. McAfee | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
| Team | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 0 | 1 | 61 |
| Team | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 0 | 1 | 61 |
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