Week One Recap
NFL Scoreboard - Cincinnati Bengals (0-0) at New England Patriots (0-0)
| September 12, 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | | Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | | New England Patriots | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
Top Performers | Cincinnati Bengals - Stats | | Reggie Kelley 4 Receptions, 61 Yards, and a Tochdown | | Antwan Odom 7 tackles, 2 sacks | | New England Patriots - Stats | | Tom Brady 21-34 309 yards 3 TD's 1 INT | | Lawrence Maroney 22 caries 108 yards |
| Team Stats Comparison | CIN | NE | | First Downs | 10 | 24 | | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4-10 40% | 8-12 66% | | 4th Down Efficiency | 0-0 0% | 0-0 0% | | Total Yards | 227 | 460 | | Passing Yards | 203 | 287 | | Rushing Yards | 24 | 173 | | Penalties-Penalty Yards | 2-15 | 4-35 | | Turnovers | 0 | 1 | | Time of Possession | 11:25 | 36:35 |
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Scoring Summary | First Quarter | CIN | NE | | CIN | 7:43 | Cedric Benson, 16 Yd run (D.Rayner kick) | 7 | 0 | | NE | 0:39 | Randy Moss 19 Yd pass from Tom Brady (S. Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 7 | | Second Quarter | CIN | NE | | NE | 5:54 | Stephen Gostkowski, 25 yard FG | 7 | 10 | | CIN | 0:51 | Reggie Kelly 22 yard pass from Carson Palmer (D. Rayner kick) | 14 | 10 | | NE | 0:00 | Stephen Gostkowski 28 yard FG | 14 | 13 | | Third Quarter | CIN | NE | | NE | 6:55 | Randy Moss 41 Yd pass from Tom Brady (2pt) | 14 | 21 | | NE | 0:58 | Stephen Gostkowski 45 Yd FG | 14 | 24 | | Fourth Quarter | CIN | NE | | NE | 9:14 | Stephen Gostkowski 50 Yd FG | 14 | 27 | | NE | 6:27 | Aaron Hernandez 29 Yd *** from Tom Brady (S. Gostkowski kick) | 14 | 34 | | CIN | 4:02 | Andre Caldwell 6 Yd pass from Carson Palmer (D. Rayner kick) | 21 | 34 |
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Cincinnati Bengals | Passing | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | | Carson Palmer | 14/21 | 217 | 2 | 0 | | Rushing | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Cedric Benson | 12 | 19 | 1.5 | 1 | | Bernard Scott | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | | Fui Vakapuna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Reggie Kelley | 4 | 81 | 15.2 | 1 | | Terrell Owens | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | | Antonio Bryant | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | | Chad Ochocinco | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 | | Andre Caldwell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | | Defense | TKL | SACK | INT | TD | | Antwan Odom | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Roy Williams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Morgan Trent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dhani Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jonathan Joseph | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Chris Crocker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Keith Rivers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Rashad Jeanty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Domata Peko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Robert Geathers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Tank Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Kick Returning | NO. | YDS | TD | LONG | | Bernard Scott | 5 | 94 | 0 | 22 | | Kicking | FGM/A | XPM/A | PTS | LONG | | Dave Rayner | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3 | 0 | | Punting | NO. | YDS | AVG | IN 20 | | Kevin Huber | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 0 |
New England Patriots | Passing | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | | Tom Brady | 21/34 | 309 | 3 | 1 | | Rushing | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Laurence Maroney | 22 | 108 | 4.9 | 0 | | Fred Taylor | 5 | 28 | 5.2 | 0 | | Julian Edelman | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | | Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Aaron Hernandez | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 1 | | Julian Edelman | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 0 | | Wes Welker | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | | Randy Moss | 3 | 68 | 22.6 | 2 | | Rob Gronkowski | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | | Defense | TKL | SACK | INT | TD | | Brandon Meriweather | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Tuly Banta-Cain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jerod Mayo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Leigh Bodden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Pat Chung | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jermaine Cunnigham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Myron Pryor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Gary Guyton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Brandon McGowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Derick Burgess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Brandon Spikes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kick Returning | NO. | YDS | TD | LONG | | Devin Mccourty | 4 | 73 | 0 | 20 | | Punt Returning | NO. | YDS | TD | LONG | | Julian Edelman | 3 | 28 | 0 | 17 | | Kicking | FGM/A | XPM/A | PTS | LONG | | Stephen Gostkowski | 4/4 | 2/2 | 14 | 50 |
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The Patriots openend up the season on a very strong note today, taking down the Cincinnati Bengals 34-21. The Bengals kept the game close in the first half, actually taking a 14-13 lead into halftime. But the Patriots came out firing on all cylinders on their first drive of the third quarter which ended in a 41 yard touchdown pass to Randy Moss.
The Patriots controlled the game from start to finish holding the ball for nearly 37 minuets of the total 48. This due in part to Laurence Maroney's 108 yards on the ground. With the good you must take the bad, and the bad of this game was that Tom Brady was hit a lot, and was forced to hurry many of his throws, even being sacked 4 times. But possibly the worst news from the game is yet another injury suffered by All-Pro wideout Wes Welker, who tore the same shoulder labrum he tore at some point last season, Welker will miss 3-4 weeks.
The Pats head out to the new staduim in the Meadowlands to face of against division foe the Jet's. New York squeaked out a win against Baltimore 21-20 to start the season 1-0, and are sure to give the Patriots all they can handle next week.