2009 · Week 3
Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots
Sep 27, 2009 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots topped Atlanta Falcons 26–10. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (59%) going in. Patriots improve to 2-1; Falcons fall to 2-1. Tom Brady was the story of the game with 277 passing yards and 1 TD. Patriots out-gained the opponent 445–257 in total yards.
Team stats
| ATL | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | First downs | 25 |
| 257 | Total yards | 445 |
| 199 | Passing yards | 277 |
| 58 | Rushing yards | 168 |
| 17/28 | Comp / Att | 25/42 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 17/28 | 199 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 15 | 56 | 1 |
| Jason Snelling | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jenkins | 5 | 8 | 78 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 3 | 4 | 41 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 4 | 6 | 24 | 0 |
| Brian Finneran | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Marty Booker | 2 | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 25/42 | 277 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Taylor | 21 | 105 | 1 |
| Sammy Morris | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 5 | 25 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 4 | 17 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Moss | 10 | 16 | 116 | 0 |
| Fred Taylor | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 3 | 46 | 0 |
| Chris Baker | 2 | 3 | 42 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 3 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| Joey Galloway | 2 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Sam Aiken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |