Week 12, 2012

played in San Francisco, CA

70 degrees, fair, calm

New England Patriots	7	13	7	3	-	30
San Francisco 49ers	7	0	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:57 SFO - Antonio Cato 2 pass from Al An (Karl Schulz extra point)
1Q: 01:38 NED - Byron Lewis 5 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 13:01 NED - Randal Meadows 19 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 03:28 NED - Charlie Flannery 44 field goal
2Q: 00:06 NED - Charlie Flannery 32 field goal
3Q: 02:23 NED - Ben Watson 15 pass from Tom Brady (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 14:27 SFO - J.T. Wielechowski 32 pass from Al An (Karl Schulz extra point)
4Q: 05:24 NED - Charlie Flannery 27 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:57 SFO - Antonio Cato 2 pass from Al An (Karl Schulz extra point)
1Q: 01:38 NED - Byron Lewis 5 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 13:01 NED - Randal Meadows 19 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 03:28 NED - Charlie Flannery 44 field goal
2Q: 00:06 NED - Charlie Flannery 32 field goal
3Q: 02:23 NED - Ben Watson 15 pass from Tom Brady (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 14:27 SFO - J.T. Wielechowski 32 pass from Al An (Karl Schulz extra point)
4Q: 05:24 NED - Charlie Flannery 27 field goal

Team Statistics NED SFO
Record 8-3 7-4
First Downs 26 19
- by Rushing 9 6
- by Passing 17 12
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 440 268
- Offensive Plays 71 51
- Yards per Play 6.20 5.25
Net Rushing Yards 175 79
- Rushing Attempts 41 21
- Yards per Rush 4.27 3.76
Net Passing Yards 265 189
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 25 - 0 30 - 15 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 265 189
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 8.83 6.30
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/16 1/6
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.8 9.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 5/30 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/17 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/26 4/74
Interception Ret./Yards 3/33 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 28
Time of Possession 37:18 22:42

Team Statistics	NED	SFO
Record	8-3	7-4
First Downs	26	19
- by Rushing	9	6
- by Passing	17	12
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	440	268
- Offensive Plays	71	51
- Yards per Play	6.20	5.25
Net Rushing Yards	175	79
- Rushing Attempts	41	21
- Yards per Rush	4.27	3.76
Net Passing Yards	265	189
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 25 - 0	30 - 15 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	265	189
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	8.83	6.30
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/16	1/6
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.8	9.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	5/30	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/17	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/26	4/74
Interception Ret./Yards	3/33	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 28
Time of Possession	37:18	22:42

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:09	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	6:51	5:23	OWN 30	9	70	Touchdown
1	0:03	2:14	OWN 31	6	69	Touchdown
2	9:18	5:58	OWN 7	11	66	Field Goal
2	2:23	2:23	OWN 35	7	50	Field Goal
3	11:07	4:20	OWN 29	9	36	Punt
3	3:47	1:34	OPP 25	3	25	Touchdown
4	14:14	8:55	OWN 20	14	70	Field Goal
4	4:21	1:50	OWN 42	4	23	Missed FG
4	2:10	2:10	OWN 14	5	13	Game

San Francisco 49ers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:51	7:00	OWN 25	12	75	Touchdown
1	1:28	1:25	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
2	12:49	3:31	OWN 32	6	32	Punt
2	3:20	0:57	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
3	15:00	3:53	OWN 39	7	39	Missed FG
3	6:47	3:00	OWN 20	8	24	Interception
3	2:13	2:59	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
4	5:19	0:58	OWN 32	2	9	Interception
4	2:31	0:21	OWN 42	2	0	Interception

Game MVP: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Byron Lewis	32	116	3.63	19	2	1
Randal Meadows	6	46	7.67	19	2	1
Tom Brady	3	13	4.33	9	0	0

San Francisco	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Kennedy Hanes	15	53	3.53	14	3
Lorenzo Crane	4	15	3.75	5	0
Al An	2	11	5.50	6	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	30	25	265	0/0	1	23	0	114.6

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Al An	30	15	189	0/0	2	32	3	52.6

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Ben Watson	8	8	92	11.50	17	19	1
WR Eddie Bunker	5	7	62	12.40	15	23	0
WR Bethel Johnson	3	4	34	11.33	10	17	0
RB Byron Lewis	3	3	22	7.33	16	11	0
RB Randal Meadows	2	2	15	7.50	6	12	0
WR Luke Gross	2	3	22	11.00	7	17	0
FB Thomas Tapeh	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
WR Nathan Osborne	1	1	17	17.00	3	17	0
TE Elton Kinney	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

San Francisco	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR J.T. Wielechowski	5	10	81	16.20	4	32	1
TE Antonio Cato	4	4	30	7.50	2	14	1
WR Broderick Lowrey	3	4	39	13.00	0	16	0
WR Derrick Hamilton	2	4	24	12.00	0	12	0
WR Wesley Stone	1	6	15	15.00	0	15	0
WR Bennie Covington	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Lorenzo Crane	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg
OLB Lance Briggs	1	0	0.00
S Sean Taylor	1	33	33.00
CB Brant Norton	1	0	0.00

San Francisco	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Howie Hoffman	0	0	1	0

San Francisco	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Kennedy Hanes	1	0	0	0
Tom Gaffney	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	2	87	43.5	33.5	52	0

San Francisco	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rodney Bynum	3	128	42.7	37.0	50	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	3/4	1/2	0/1	44	3/3

San Francisco	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Karl Schulz	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ahmad Carroll	2	17	8.5	0

San Francisco	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bethel Johnson	1	26	26.0	0

San Francisco	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kennedy Hanes	4	74	18.5	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Lance Briggs	11	1	21	30
CB Calvin Bauer	4	0	20	30
DT Richard Seymour	3	2	21	30
S Sean Taylor	3	2	16	23
S Eugene Wilson	3	1	21	30
DT Vince Wilfork	2	0	16	23
ILB Jerris Yoder	2	0	19	28
OLB Lamar Marshall	2	0	7	9
DE Perry Grider	1	1	15	26
CB Fernando Gildon	1	0	4	3
CB Brant Norton	1	0	20	30
DE Freddie Preston	1	0	7	8
DE Ty Warren	0	1	20	29
CB Tito Mallard	0	1	11	18

San Francisco	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ed Reed	8	4	0.0	39	29
OLB Roderick Green	7	2	0.0	41	30
ILB Adrian Kolker	6	3	0.0	16	12
CB Brett Parrish	5	2	0.0	29	29
CB Frank Bailey	5	1	0.0	35	25
ILB Chester Evans	5	0	0.0	25	18
DT Shaun Rogers	4	5	0.0	37	29
DT Isaac Sopoaga	4	2	0.0	31	25
S Anthony Harmon	4	2	0.0	32	22
DE Leonard Gardener	4	1	0.0	24	26
S Shane Calmus	3	1	0.0	36	27
DE Lawrence Craig	2	1	0.0	21	6
OLB Joe Odom	2	0	0.0	18	12
DE Buddy Morton	1	1	0.0	33	26
WR Derrick Hamilton	1	0	---	---	---
WR Wesley Stone	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Troy Anthony	1	0	0.0	9	4
RB Lorenzo Crane	1	0	---	---	---
S Edward Evans	1	0	0.0	6	4

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Richard Seymour	1	1	30
DE Ty Warren	0	3	29
DE Perry Grider	0	2	26

San Francisco	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Isaac Sopoaga	0.0	0	1	1	25
DE Buddy Morton	0.0	0	1	1	26

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Lance Briggs	4	0	1	30
S Sean Taylor	3	0	1	23
CB Calvin Bauer	2	2	0	30
S Eugene Wilson	2	0	0	30
OLB Lamar Marshall	2	0	0	9
CB Brant Norton	1	1	1	30
ILB Jerris Yoder	1	0	0	28

San Francisco	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Ed Reed	5	0	29
CB Frank Bailey	3	1	25
CB Brett Parrish	3	0	29
S Shane Calmus	3	0	27
ILB Chester Evans	3	0	18
OLB Roderick Green	2	1	30
S Anthony Harmon	2	0	22
OLB Joe Odom	1	0	12
DT Shaun Rogers	1	0	29
ILB Adrian Kolker	1	0	12
S Edward Evans	1	0	4

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Leonard Lytle	3	6	37	29
Les Leskun	3	5	39	26
Gilbert Conway	2	9	38	26
Thomas Tapeh	2	6	28	12
Bryant Torres	2	2	16	7
John St. Clair	1	2	29	24
Jared Merrifield	1	2	11	8
Jeremy Hibdon	0	3	32	26
Ben Watson	0	2	32	21
Elton Kinney	0	1	10	6

San Francisco	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Lorenzo McGee	3	4	0	20	27
J.B. Mejia	2	3	0	21	27
Willie Ferguson	1	6	0	20	27
Justin Smiley	1	2	1	15	22
Antonio Cato	0	1	0	17	19
Mel Gabberty	0	1	0	2	5
Harry Whetstone	0	1	0	19	25
Alfred Conover	0	1	0	6	8

Special Teams Statistics

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Ahmad Carroll	1	14
Howie Hoffman	1	13
Jim Borders	1	10
Fernando Gildon	1	9
Randal Meadows	0	18
Brian Oxley	0	15
Charlie Flannery	0	10
Bethel Johnson	0	9
Lamar Marshall	0	9
Heath Hitchcock	0	8
Kendall Flickinger	0	8
Christian Howe	0	8
Elton Kinney	0	7
Les Leskun	0	6
Eddie Bunker	0	6
Bryant Torres	0	6
Jared Merrifield	0	6
Thomas Tapeh	0	5
Eugene Polasek	0	5
Ben Watson	0	4
Vince Wilfork	0	4
Rene Wingo	0	4
Luke Gross	0	3
Freddie Preston	0	3
Eugene Wilson	0	2
Sean Taylor	0	2
Jerris Yoder	0	2
Robbie Burgess	0	2
Terrell Terry	0	2
Tito Mallard	0	2
Lance Briggs	0	1
John St. Clair	0	1
Richard Seymour	0	1
Ty Warren	0	1
Perry Grider	0	1
Calvin Bauer	0	1
Brant Norton	0	1

San Francisco	Tackles	STPlays
Bennie Covington	1	13
Tom Gaffney	1	11
Broderick Lowrey	1	5
Cris Nixon	0	14
Lorenzo Crane	0	13
Anthony Harmon	0	13
Ed Reed	0	11
Derrick Hamilton	0	11
Chester Evans	0	10
Kennedy Hanes	0	7
Troy Anthony	0	7
Britt Stanton	0	6
Edward Evans	0	6
Roderick Green	0	5
Brett Parrish	0	5
Cory Withrow	0	4
Justin Smiley	0	4
Rodney Bynum	0	4
Karl Schulz	0	4
Daryl Shelton	0	4
Shane Calmus	0	4
Antonio Cato	0	4
Mel Gabberty	0	4
Buddy Morton	0	4
Lawrence Craig	0	4
Leonard Gardener	0	4
Frank Bailey	0	4
Shaun Rogers	0	3
Isaac Sopoaga	0	3
Dean Lutey	0	3
Stanley Meyer	0	3
Joe Odom	0	2
Adrian Kolker	0	2
Willie Ferguson	0	2
Alfred Conover	0	2
C.J. Cofield	0	2
Leo Sheldon	0	1
J.T. Wielechowski	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	30	3.8
Middle	22	101	4.6
Right	10	46	4.6
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	14	2.8
Middle	11	41	3.7
Right	5	24	4.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	30	25	1	0	1	2	2	2	0

San Francisco	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Al An	30	15	1	1	1	3	6	0	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	22	7.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	98	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	10	145	13.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	3	14	2.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	10	128	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	47	5.9

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Ben Watson	8	8	0	92	0	21
WR Eddie Bunker	7	5	1	62	1	19
WR Bethel Johnson	4	3	0	34	0	23
WR Luke Gross	3	2	0	22	0	16
RB Byron Lewis	3	3	0	22	0	23
RB Randal Meadows	2	2	0	15	0	7
FB Thomas Tapeh	1	1	0	1	0	12
TE Elton Kinney	1	0	0	0	0	6
WR Nathan Osborne	1	1	0	17	0	14

San Francisco	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR J.T. Wielechowski	10	5	1	81	1	20
WR Wesley Stone	6	1	0	15	0	21
WR Derrick Hamilton	4	2	0	24	0	15
TE Antonio Cato	4	4	0	30	0	19
WR Broderick Lowrey	4	3	0	39	0	21
WR Bennie Covington	1	0	0	0	0	4
RB Lorenzo Crane	1	0	0	0	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Byron Lewis	6	15	2.50	3.63
Randal Meadows	1	19	19.00	7.67

San Francisco	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kennedy Hanes	3	5	1.67	3.53

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	3	3	32	10.67	8.83

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Al An	2	2	14	7.00	6.30

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ben Watson	2	2	29	14.50	11.50
RB Randal Meadows	1	1	3	3.00	7.50

San Francisco	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Derrick Hamilton	1	1	12	12.00	6.00
TE Antonio Cato	1	1	2	2.00	7.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Tom Brady	2	1
Byron Lewis	2	0

San Francisco	Rushes	Conversions
Al An	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	12	10	9

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Conversions
Al An	5	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Eddie Bunker	4	2	2
TE Ben Watson	2	2	2
WR Bethel Johnson	2	2	2
FB Thomas Tapeh	1	1	0
RB Randal Meadows	1	1	1
WR Luke Gross	1	1	1
RB Byron Lewis	1	1	1

San Francisco	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wesley Stone	2	0	0
WR Broderick Lowrey	2	1	0
WR J.T. Wielechowski	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 69,500 (71,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,300 (18,900)
End Zone 13,600 (13,600)
Mezzanine 7,700 (7,900)
Sideline Seats 12,000 (12,000)
Club Seats 14,500 (14,500)
Luxury Boxes 4,400 (4,400)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	69,500 (71,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,300 (18,900)
End Zone	13,600 (13,600)
Mezzanine	7,700 (7,900)
Sideline Seats	12,000 (12,000)
Club Seats	14,500 (14,500)
Luxury Boxes	4,400 (4,400)