2008 · Week 16
Arizona Cardinals at New England Patriots
Dec 21, 2008 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots blew out Arizona Cardinals 47–7. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (73%) going in. Patriots improve to 10-5; Cardinals fall to 8-7. Matt Cassel paced the offense with 345 passing yards and 3 TDs; 19 rushing yards. Patriots out-gained the opponent 526–212 in total yards.
Team stats
| ARI | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | First downs | 26 |
| 212 | Total yards | 526 |
| 168 | Passing yards | 343 |
| 44 | Rushing yards | 183 |
| 12/32 | Comp / Att | 21/38 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
ARI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Leinart | 6/14 | 138 | 1 | 1 |
| Kurt Warner | 6/18 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Leinart | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Edgerrin James | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 10 | 17 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerrin James | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cassel | 20/36 | 345 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Connell | 1/2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cassel | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 15 | 88 | 0 |
| LaMont Jordan | 20 | 78 | 2 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Connell | 3 | -6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Morris | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 |