2010 · Week 1
Cincinnati Bengals at New England Patriots
Sep 12, 2010 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots beat Cincinnati Bengals 38–24. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (66%) going in. Patriots improve to 1-0; Bengals fall to 0-1. Tom Brady led the way with 258 passing yards and 3 TDs. Bengals turned it over 2 times to Patriots's 0.
Team stats
| CIN | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | First downs | 20 |
| 432 | Total yards | 376 |
| 345 | Passing yards | 258 |
| 87 | Rushing yards | 118 |
| 34/50 | Comp / Att | 25/35 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
CIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 34/50 | 345 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Cedric Benson | 15 | 43 | 1 |
| Bernard Scott | 6 | 35 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Johnson | 12 | 13 | 159 | 1 |
| Jordan Shipley | 5 | 7 | 82 | 0 |
| Terrell Owens | 7 | 13 | 53 | 0 |
| Cedric Benson | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Bernard Scott | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Jermaine Gresham | 6 | 10 | 25 | 1 |
| Daniel Coats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 25/35 | 258 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Taylor | 14 | 71 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 5 | 22 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Taylor | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 8 | 11 | 64 | 2 |
| Randy Moss | 5 | 8 | 59 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 6 | 47 | 0 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 1 | 2 | 45 | 0 |
| Brandon Tate | 4 | 5 | 36 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |