National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 38, San Diego 14
When: 8:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 16, 2007
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 55°
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Diego 007714
New England 14107738
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:14
New England TD New England 7 - San Diego 0
Benjamin Watson 7 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 3:55
New England TD New England 14 - San Diego 0
Randy Moss 23 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:01
New England FG New England 17 - San Diego 0
Stephen Gostkowski 24 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 5:17
New England TD New England 24 - San Diego 0
Adalius Thomas 65 yd. interception return (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:43
San Diego TD New England 24 - San Diego 7
Lorenzo Neal 1 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:56
New England TD New England 31 - San Diego 7
Randy Moss 24 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 14:48
San Diego TD New England 31 - San Diego 14
Antonio Gates 12 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 3:18
New England TD New England 38 - San Diego 14
Sammy Morris 3 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Diego New England
1st Downs 14 25
Rushing 3 10
Passing 10 13
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 4-11 3-8
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-1
Punts-Average 5-49.6 1-34.0
Return Yards 138 148
Punts-Returns 1-0 2-13
Kickoffs-Returns 5-118 3-66
Int-Returns 1-20 2-69
Penalties-Yards 7-75 6-67
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1
Time of Possession 24:14 35:46
Total Net Yards 201 407
Total Plays 53 65
Average Gain 3.8 6.3
Net Yards Rushing 52 144
Rushes 20 32
Average/Rush 2.6 4.5
Net Yards Passing 149 263
Comp-Att 19-30 25-31
Yards/Pass 4.5 8.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-30 2-16
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 2 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 2 3
Other 0 1
Extra Points 2-2 5-5
Field Goals 0-0 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
San Diego Chargers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 19/30 179 2 2
New England Patriots (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 25/31 279 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Tomlinson 18 43 2.4 0 11
P. Rivers 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Turner 1 3 3.0 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Maroney 15 77 5.1 0 14
S. Morris 10 51 5.1 1 14
H. Evans 2 6 3.0 0 4
W. Welker 1 6 6.0 0 6
K. Faulk 1 4 4.0 0 4
T. Brady 1 2 2.0 0 2
M. Gutierrez 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Gates 7 77 11.0 1 22
V. Jackson 4 53 13.2 0 21
M. Floyd 1 19 19.0 0 19
L. Tomlinson 4 15 3.8 0 6
M. Turner 2 14 7.0 0 12
L. Neal 1 1 1.0 1 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Moss 8 105 13.1 2 24
W. Welker 8 91 11.4 0 34
B. Watson 5 49 9.8 1 14
D. Stallworth 2 19 9.5 0 11
K. Faulk 1 9 9.0 0 9
J. Gaffney 1 6 6.0 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Hart 1 20 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Thomas 1 65 1
R. Colvin 1 4 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
S. Merriman 2.0 16.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
R. Colvin 2.0 20.0
M. Vrabel 1.0 10.0
Tackles
  TK AST
Q. Jammer 7 0
S. Cooper 6 6
S. Phillips 5 0
D. Florence 5 2
R. Bingham 5 2
M. McCree 5 4
S. Merriman 4 1
T. Dobbins 3 1
E. Weddle 3 2
C. Hart 3 3
J. Williams 2 0
L. Castillo 2 1
I. Olshansky 2 2
M. Wilhelm 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
R. Colvin 5 0
T. Warren 5 0
J. Seau 5 1
E. Wilson 4 1
R. Gay 3 0
E. Hobbs 3 0
M. Vrabel 3 2
A. Samuel 2 1
J. Sanders 2 2
B. Meriweather 1 0
J. Green 1 0
S. Thomas 1 0
V. Wilfork 1 2
A. Thomas 1 2
T. Bruschi 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Rivers 2
Fumbles
  NO.
W. Welker 1
E. Hobbs 1
T. Brady 1