2011 · Week 2
Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots
Sep 18, 2011 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots defeated Los Angeles Chargers 35–21. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Patriots (69%). Patriots improve to 2-0; Chargers fall to 1-1. Tom Brady paced the offense with 423 passing yards and 3 TDs; 3 rushing yards. Chargers turned it over 3 times to Patriots's 0.
Team stats
| LAC | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | First downs | 27 |
| 476 | Total yards | 517 |
| 378 | Passing yards | 423 |
| 98 | Rushing yards | 94 |
| 29/40 | Comp / Att | 31/40 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 29/40 | 378 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Ryan Mathews | 12 | 64 | 1 |
| Jacob Hester | 1 | 12 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Jackson | 10 | 15 | 172 | 2 |
| Mike Tolbert | 8 | 9 | 73 | 0 |
| Ryan Mathews | 7 | 9 | 62 | 0 |
| Malcom Floyd | 2 | 2 | 59 | 0 |
| Bryan Walters | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Randy McMichael | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Richard Goodman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 31/40 | 423 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 17 | 70 | 1 |
| Danny Woodhead | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Stevan Ridley | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deion Branch | 8 | 10 | 129 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 4 | 6 | 86 | 2 |
| Wes Welker | 7 | 11 | 81 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 7 | 8 | 62 | 1 |
| Chad Johnson | 2 | 2 | 45 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |