2012 · Week 5
Denver Broncos at New England Patriots
Oct 7, 2012 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots defeated Denver Broncos 31–21. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (77%) going in. Patriots improve to 3-2; Broncos fall to 2-3. Stevan Ridley paced the offense with 151 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD.
Team stats
| DEN | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 34 |
| 407 | Total yards | 474 |
| 337 | Passing yards | 223 |
| 70 | Rushing yards | 251 |
| 31/44 | Comp / Att | 23/31 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 31/44 | 337 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Willis McGahee | 14 | 51 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demaryius Thomas | 9 | 11 | 180 | 0 |
| Willis McGahee | 5 | 6 | 51 | 0 |
| Jacob Tamme | 6 | 11 | 50 | 0 |
| Joel Dreessen | 4 | 4 | 21 | 1 |
| Eric Decker | 4 | 8 | 21 | 1 |
| Brandon Stokley | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 23/31 | 223 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| Stevan Ridley | 28 | 151 | 1 |
| Brandon Bolden | 14 | 54 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 7 | 47 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Welker | 13 | 15 | 104 | 1 |
| Brandon Bolden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 4 | 5 | 35 | 0 |
| Brandon Lloyd | 3 | 5 | 34 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| Daniel Fells | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |