| San Francisco 49ers at New England Patriots |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 16, 2012 Location: Foxborough, MA Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68756 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 36 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Randy Moss 24 pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 32 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Delanie Walker 34 pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | David Akers 20 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frank Gore 9 own fumble recovery (David Akers kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Michael Crabtree 27 pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick) | 31 | 3 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Danny Woodhead 6 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Tom Brady 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Aaron Hernandez 5 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 31 | 24 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Danny Woodhead 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 31 | 31 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Michael Crabtree 38 pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick) | 38 | 31 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | David Akers 28 FG | 41 | 31 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 41 FG | 41 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Michael Crabtree |
| 84 | WR | Randy Moss |
| 74 | LOT | Joe Staley |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Iupati |
| 59 | C | Jonathan Goodwin |
| 75 | ROG | Alex Boone |
| 76 | ROT | Anthony Davis |
| 85 | TE | Vernon Davis |
| 7 | QB | Colin Kaepernick |
| 21 | RB | Frank Gore |
| 49 | FB | Bruce Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ray McDonald |
| 94 | RDE | Justin Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Ahmad Brooks |
| 53 | LILB | NaVorro Bowman |
| 52 | RILB | Patrick Willis |
| 99 | ROLB | Aldon Smith |
| 22 | LCB | Carlos Rogers |
| 31 | SS | Donte Whitner |
| 38 | FS | Dashon Goldson |
| 25 | RCB | Tarell Brown |
| 29 | DB | Chris Culliver |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Brandon Lloyd |
| 83 | WR | Wes Welker |
| 77 | LOT | Nate Solder |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 62 | C | Ryan Wendell |
| 63 | ROG | Dan Connolly |
| 76 | ROT | Sebastian Vollmer |
| 81 | TE | Aaron Hernandez |
| 47 | TE | Michael Hoomanawanui |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 22 | RB | Stevan Ridley |
| Defense | ||
| 50 | LDE | Rob Ninkovich |
| 75 | LDT | Vince Wilfork |
| 71 | RDT | Brandon Deaderick |
| 95 | RDE | Chandler Jones |
| 54 | SLB | Dont'a Hightower |
| 59 | MLB | Mike Rivera |
| 51 | WLB | Jerod Mayo |
| 31 | LCB | Aqib Talib |
| 32 | SS | Devin McCourty |
| 28 | FS | Steve Gregory |
| 37 | RCB | Alfonzo Dennard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frank Gore | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| LaMichael James | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Dashon Goldson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Colin Kaepernick | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Anthony Dixon | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Danny Woodhead | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 15 | 2 |
| Stevan Ridley | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Colin Kaepernick | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 1 | 221 | 8.8 | 38t | 4 | 1 | 13 | 108.5 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 65 | 36 | 55.4 | 2 | 443 | 6.8 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 68.9 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Michael Crabtree | 12 | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 38t | 2 |
| Randy Moss | 4 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Delanie Walker | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Frank Gore | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Vernon Davis | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| LaMichael James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Brandon Lloyd | 16 | 10 | 190 | 19.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 19 | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Wes Welker | 9 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 10 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 5 | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | 1 | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stevan Ridley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Carlos Rogers | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Aldon Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Devin McCourty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Andy Lee | 5 | 283 | 56.6 | 64 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Zoltan Mesko | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ted Ginn | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Wes Welker | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||
| David Akers | 7 | 452 | 64.6 | 2 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 7 | 400 | 57.1 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| LaMichael James | 4 | 0 | 133 | 33.3 | 63 | 0 |
| Delanie Walker | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Devin McCourty | 5 | 0 | 107 | 21.4 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Ray McDonald | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| Ricky Jean Francois | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Rob Ninkovich | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| NaVorro Bowman | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Patrick Willis | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarell Brown | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte Whitner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Culliver | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McDonald | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dashon Goldson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Rogers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tramaine Brock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Jean Francois | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Tukuafu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Wilhoite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delanie Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aldon Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmad Brooks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perrish Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darcel McBath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Spillman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Jerod Mayo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dont'a Hightower | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Spikes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Francis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aqib Talib | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Chung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Love | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Arrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rivera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gregory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alfonzo Dennard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Bolden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquice Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Ebner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Vollmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Deaderick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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