2017 · Week 7
Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots
Oct 22, 2017 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots topped Atlanta Falcons 23–7. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (66%) going in. Patriots improve to 5-2; Falcons fall to 3-3. Tom Brady was the story of the game with 249 passing yards and 2 TDs; 5 rushing yards.
Team stats
| ATL | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 22 |
| 353 | Total yards | 411 |
| 233 | Passing yards | 249 |
| 120 | Rushing yards | 162 |
| 23/33 | Comp / Att | 21/29 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 23/33 | 233 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 3 | 37 | 0 |
| Devonta Freeman | 12 | 72 | 0 |
| Taylor Gabriel | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| Tevin Coleman | 6 | 16 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Jones | 9 | 13 | 99 | 1 |
| Devonta Freeman | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Mohamed Sanu | 6 | 10 | 65 | 0 |
| Taylor Gabriel | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Justin Hardy | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Tevin Coleman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hooper | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Andre Roberts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 21/29 | 249 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dion Lewis | 13 | 76 | 0 |
| Rex Burkhead | 6 | 31 | 0 |
| Mike Gillislee | 8 | 31 | 0 |
| James White | 4 | 19 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dion Lewis | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Hogan | 4 | 6 | 71 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 4 | 5 | 65 | 1 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 3 | 7 | 51 | 0 |
| Rex Burkhead | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| James White | 5 | 5 | 28 | 1 |
| Danny Amendola | 3 | 4 | 17 | 0 |