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Patriots 23, Cardinals 21

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PATRIOTS 10 0 7 6 23

CARDINALS 0 7 7 7 21

At University of Phoenix Stadium. Attendance: 64,864. Time: 3:03.

  Net yards rushing  

NE   106

ARI   92

  Net yards passing  

NE   257

ARI   252

  Total net yards offense  

NE   363

ARI   344

  Time of possession  

NE   33:59

ARI   26:01

NE ARI

First downs Total 19 21

  Rushing 7 6

  Passing 11 14

  Penalties 1 1

Conversions Third down 10-16 6-12

  Fourth down 0-0 0-0

  Red zone efficiency 1-2 3-3

Rushing Attempts 31 19

  Average gain 3.4 4.8

Passing Att.-comp.-int. 33-24-0 37-24-0

  Avg. gain per pass play 7.3 6.3

  Sacked-yards lost 2-7 3-19

Total offense Plays, pass and rush 66 59

  Avg. gain per play 5.5 5.8

Punting Number-average 2-44.5 5-36.0

  Had blocked 0 0

  Returned-yards 2-18 1-8

Kickoffs Returned-yards 1-26 4-61

Interceptions Returned-yards 0-0 0-0

Penalties No.-yards 8-69 6-58

Fumbles No.-lost 3-2 1-0

Scoring summary

FIRST QUARTER

Patriots 7, Cardinals 0

 Hogan 37 yd. pass from Garoppolo (Gostkowski kick) (8-74, 4:13). Time: 7:34

Patriots 10, Cardinals 0

 Gostkowski 47 yd. field goal (12-63, 5:12). Time: 1:00

SECOND QUARTER

Patriots 10, Cardinals 7

 Fitzgerald 3 yd. pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) (11-54, 6:20). Time: 4:06

THIRD QUARTER

Patriots 17, Cardinals 7

 Blount 8 yd. run (Gostkowski kick) (9-75, 5:00). Time: 10:00

Patriots 17, Cardinals 14

 Johnson 1 yd. run (Catanzaro kick) (5-33, 1:51). Time: 4:29

FOURTH QUARTER

Patriots 20, Cardinals 14

 Gostkowski 53 yd. field goal (11-40, 6:54). Time: 12:35

Cardinals 21, Patriots 20

 Fitzgerald 1 yd. pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) (7-79, 2:49). Time: 9:46

Patriots 23, Cardinals 21

 Gostkowski 32 yd. field goal (13-61, 6:02). Time: 3:44

Patriots statistics

Rushing

Att. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Blount 22 70 3.2 13 1

Edelman 3 16 5.3 9 0

Garoppolo 4 12 3.0 10 0

White 1 4 4.0 4 0

Bolden 1 4 4.0 4 0

 Total 31 106 3.4 13 1

Passing

Att. Com. Yds. TD Int Lg

Garoppolo 33 24 264 1 0 37t

 Total 33 24 264 1 0 37t

Pass receiving

Tar. No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Edelman 7 7 66 9.4 19 0

White 7 5 40 8.0 21 0

Hogan 4 3 60 20.0 37t 1

Amendola 4 3 48 16.0 32 0

Bennett 5 3 14 4.7 5 0

Mitchell 5 2 33 16.5 28 0

Garoppolo 1 1 3 3.0 3 0

 Total 33 24 264 11.0 37t 1

Interceptions

No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0

Punting

In

No. Avg. Lg 20 TB

Allen 2 44.5 45 0 0

 Total 0 0.0 45 0 0

Punt returns

No. Avg. FC Lg TD

Jones 1 10.0 1 10 0

Amendola 1 8.0 2 8 0

 Total 2 9.0 3 10 0

Kickoff returns

No. Avg. FC Lg TD

Jones 1 26.0 0 26 0

 Total 1 26.0 0 26 0

Fumbles

 Own   Opp. 

No. Rec. Yds. TD Rec. Yds. TD

Garoppolo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Blount 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bolden 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

 Total 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

Tackles-assists-sacks

 McCourty 8-1-0, Ryan 4-2-0, Chung 2-3-0, Sheard 4-0-0, Collins 3-1-1, Butler 3-1-0, Valentine 3-0-1, Long 3-0-1, McClellin 2-0-0, Branch 1-1-0, Hightower 1-0-0, Brown 1-0-0, Johnson 1-0-0, Harmon 1-0-0, Flowers 0-1-0. Total 37-10-3.

Cardinals statistics

Rushing

Att. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Johnson 16 89 5.6 45 1

Johnson 1 2 2.0 2 0

Palmer 2 1 0.5 1 0

 Total 19 92 4.8 45 1

Passing

Att. Com. Yds. TD Int Lg

Palmer 37 24 271 2 0 39

 Total 37 24 271 2 0 39

Pass receiving

Tar. No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Fitzgerald 10 8 81 10.1 21 2

Johnson 6 4 43 10.8 26 0

Gresham 4 4 41 10.3 15 0

Floyd 7 3 61 20.3 39 0

Ellington 2 2 8 4.0 12 0

Ja.Brown 2 1 18 18.0 18 0

Nelson 2 1 11 11.0 11 0

Brown 4 1 8 8.0 8 0

 Total 37 24 271 11.3 39 2

Interceptions

No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0

Punting

In

No. Avg. Lg 20 TB

Butler 5 36.0 41 2 0

 Total 0 0.0 41 2 0

Punt returns

No. Avg. FC Lg TD

Peterson 1 8.0 1 8 0

 Total 1 8.0 1 8 0

Kickoff returns

No. Avg. FC Lg TD

Ellington 4 15.3 0 21 0

 Total 4 15.3 0 21 0

Fumbles

 Own   Opp. 

No. Rec. Yds. TD Rec. Yds. TD

Palmer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Golden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rucker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Campbell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Jones 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

 Total 1 1 0 0 2 0 0

Tackles-assists-sacks

 Jefferson 9-1-0, Branch 7-0-0, Mathieu 7-0-0, Minter 6-1-0, Bucannon 5-0-0, Jones 3-2-1, Peterson 4-0-0, Campbell 2-1-0, Rucker 1-2-0, Golden 2-0-1, Williams 2-0-0, Peters 0-2-0, Swearinger 1-0-0, Mauro 1-0-0. Total 50-9-2.