National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 40, Tennessee 23
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2006
Where: LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee
Temperature: 63°
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 69143
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 91071440
Tennessee 3713023
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:22
Tennessee FG Tennessee 3 - New England 0
Rob Bironas 25 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:02
New England FG Tennessee 3 - New England 3
Stephen Gostkowski 28 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:48
New England TD Tennessee 3 - New England 9
Corey Dillon 21 yd. run (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 13:27
New England FG Tennessee 3 - New England 12
Stephen Gostkowski 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:59
New England TD Tennessee 3 - New England 19
Corey Dillon 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:32
Tennessee TD Tennessee 10 - New England 19
Adam Jones 81 yd. punt return (Rob Bironas kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:05
Tennessee FG Tennessee 13 - New England 19
Rob Bironas 27 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:49
New England TD Tennessee 13 - New England 26
Reche Caldwell 62 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:26
Tennessee FG Tennessee 16 - New England 26
Rob Bironas 27 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 1:26
Tennessee TD Tennessee 23 - New England 26
Vince Young 28 yd. run (Rob Bironas kick)
4th Quarter - 6:40
New England TD Tennessee 23 - New England 33
Laurence Maroney 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 1:45
New England TD Tennessee 23 - New England 40
Troy Brown 6 yd. pass from Vinny Testaverde (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Tennessee
1st Downs 19 17
Rushing 8 4
Passing 8 9
Penalty 3 4
3rd Down Conversions 5-14 4-14
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-1
Punts-Average 5-46.6 4-41.3
Return Yards 226 264
Punts-Returns 2-65 2-101
Kickoffs-Returns 5-133 8-163
Int-Returns 2-28 0-0
Penalties-Yards 9-129 10-119
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Time of Possession 29:43 30:17
Total Net Yards 414 342
Total Plays 61 66
Average Gain 6.8 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 171 135
Rushes 31 25
Average/Rush 5.5 5.4
Net Yards Passing 243 207
Comp-Att 17-28 15-36
Yards/Pass 8.1 5.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 5-20
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 5 2
Rushing 3 1
Passing 2 0
Other 0 1
Extra Points 4-5 2-2
Field Goals 2-3 3-4
Red Zone Efficiency 3-6-50% 0-4-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 0-2-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 15/24 225 1 0
V. Testaverde 2/3 29 1 0
M. Cassel 0/1 0 0 0
Tennessee Titans (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
V. Young 15/36 227 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Maroney 13 73 5.6 1 31
C. Dillon 12 67 5.6 2 21
H. Evans 1 14 14.0 0 14
K. Kight 1 8 8.0 0 8
C. Jackson 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Cassel 1 5 5.0 0 5
V. Testaverde 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
T. Brady 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Henry 21 102 4.9 0 34
V. Young 2 29 14.5 1 28
L. White 2 4 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Caldwell 4 134 33.5 1 62
C. Dillon 2 59 29.5 0 52
C. Jackson 2 23 11.5 0 23
H. Evans 2 14 7.0 0 11
T. Brown 3 13 4.3 1 6
J. Gaffney 1 9 9.0 0 9
D. Graham 1 6 6.0 0 6
L. Maroney 2 -4 -2.0 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Bennett 4 75 18.8 0 27
B. Jones 1 53 53.0 0 53
B. Wade 4 33 8.2 0 16
R. Williams 2 32 16.0 0 17
B. Hartsock 2 28 14.0 0 23
T. Henry 1 3 3.0 0 3
A. Hall 1 3 3.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Samuel 2 28 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
M. Vrabel 1.0 8.0
J. Sanders 1.0 5.0
J. Green 1.0 3.0
T. Warren 1.0 2.0
R. Colvin 1.0 2.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
K. Vanden Bosch 1.0 6.0
T. Brown 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  TK AST
M. Wright 7 2
A. Hawkins 6 0
J. Sanders 5 2
T. Warren 5 2
R. Colvin 4 0
T. Banta-Cain 3 0
A. Samuel 2 0
J. Green 2 0
M. Vrabel 2 1
E. Alexander 2 1
E. Hobbs 2 1
P. Woods 1 0
R. Harrison 1 0
T. Bruschi 1 6
Tackles
  TK AST
L. Thompson 9 1
K. Vanden Bosch 6 2
D. Thornton 5 0
K. Bulluck 5 3
P. Sirmon 4 2
C. Finnegan 3 0
T. Brown 2 0
A. Haynesworth 2 1
C. Hope 2 2
R. Smith 1 0
V. Fuller 1 1
A. Jones 1 1
R. Starks 1 2
R. Hill 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
V. Young 2