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Game Averages (2012)
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| Team Statistics | ||
| Patriots | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 52 | 50 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 14 - 34 - 4 | 14 - 34 - 2 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 13/28 | 9/27 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 1/2 | 3/4 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 885 | 781 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 147 - 6.0 | 146 - 5.3 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 230 | 212 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 52 - 4.4 | 56 - 3.8 |
| Total Passing Yds | 655 | 569 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 54 - 94 - 2 - 7.1 | 55 - 87 - 1 - 6.7 |
| Sacks | 3 | 1 |
| Field Goals | 4/4 | 2/2 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 7 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 2 - 4 - 0 - 0 | 2 - 5 - 0 - 0 |
| Time of Possession | 28:45 | 31:15 |
| Turnover Ratio | -2 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 94 | 54 | 664 | 57.4 | 7.1 | 4 | 4.3 | 2 | 2.1 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 84.7 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Stevan Ridley | 33 | 152 | 4.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Shane Vereen | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 22 | 1 |
| Danny Woodhead | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Wes Welker | 16 | 248 | 15.5 | 47 | 1 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 15 | 168 | 11.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Brandon Lloyd | 12 | 102 | 8.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Shane Vereen | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 33 | 2 |
| Deion Branch | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Stevan Ridley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Zoltan Mesko | 10 | 44.3 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 10 | 44.3 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 12 | 41.3 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Wes Welker | 5 | 2 | 11.2 | 28 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 5 | 2 | 11.2 | 28 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 4 | 4 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Devin McCourty | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Matthew Slater | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 8 | 262 | 32.8 | 94 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Devin McCourty | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Spikes | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Aqib Talib | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Steve Gregory | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kyle Arrington | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Justin Francis | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Marquice Cole | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dont'a Hightower | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Alfonzo Dennard | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Vince Wilfork | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tavon Wilson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Deaderick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nate Ebner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chandler Jones | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Trevor Scott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ryan Wendell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Niko Koutouvides | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matthew Slater | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tracy White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Patrick Chung | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kyle Love | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 148 | 96 | 52 | 3 | 2 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 157 | 71 | 86 | 1 | 1 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Rob Ninkovich | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |