The New England Patriots handily defeated the Atlanta Falcons, 26 to 10, on September 27, 2009.

2009 New England Patriots

Final

ATL

Falcons

2-1-0

10

NE

26

1

3

3

2

7

10

3

0

3

4

0

10

Total

10

26

1st quarter

ATL

NE

Falcons

Jason Elam 26-yard field goal

3

0

Patriots

Stephen Gostkowski 21-yard field goal

3

3

2nd quarter

ATL

NE

Patriots

Fred Taylor 8-yard run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)

3

10

Falcons

Michael Turner 2-yard run (Jason Elam kick)

10

10

Patriots

Stephen Gostkowski 33-yard field goal

10

13

3rd quarter

ATL

NE

Patriots

Stephen Gostkowski 22-yard field goal

10

16

4th quarter

ATL

NE

Patriots

Stephen Gostkowski 33-yard field goal

10

19

Patriots

Chris Baker 36-yard pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)

10

26

Falcons

Patriots

1st Downs

13

28

Passing 1st Downs

11

15

Rushing 1st Downs

2

10

1st downs from penalties

0

3

3rd down efficiency

2 - 9

8 - 18

4th down efficiency

1 - 1

3 - 3

Total Plays

45

81

Total Yards

257

445

Yards per play

5.7

5.5

Passing

199

277

Comp - Att

17 - 28

25 - 42

Yards per pass

7.1

6.6

Interceptions thrown

0

0

Sacks - Yards lost

0 - 0

0 - 0

Rushing

58

168

Rushing Attempts

17

39

Yards per rush

3.4

4.3

Penalties

7

2

Turnovers

1

0

Fumbles lost

1

0

Interceptions

0

0

Possession

20:11

39:49

Passing

NAME CMP ATT YDS AVG TD INT SCK RATE
Matt Ryan 17 28 199 7.1 0 0 0 82.3
Team 17 28 199 7.1 0 0 0 82.3

Rushing

NAME ATT YDS YPC TD
Michael Turner 15 56 3.7 1
Jason Snelling 1 3 3.0 0
Matt Ryan 1 -1 -1.0 0
Team 17 58 3.4 1

Receiving

NAME REC YDS AVG TD TRG
Michael Jenkins 5 78 15.6 0 8
Jason Snelling 3 41 13.7 0 4
Roddy White 4 24 6.0 0 6
Brian Finneran 2 23 11.5 0 3
Marty Booker 2 17 8.5 0 5
Tony Gonzalez 1 16 16.0 0 2
Team 17 199 7.1 0 28

Fumbles

NAME FUM LOST FR
Michael Koenen 1 0 1
Michael Turner 1 1 0
Team 2 1 0

Defense

NAME COMB TKL SCK TFL PDEF QBH
Curtis Lofton 19 13 0.0 0 0 0
Brian Williams 8 7 0.0 0 1 0
Thomas DeCoud 5 5 0.0 0 1 0
Trey Lewis 6 5 0.0 0 0 1
Stephen Nicholas 9 5 0.0 0 0 0
Mike Peterson 11 5 0.0 2 0 0
Erik Coleman 9 4 0.0 0 0 0
Kroy Biermann 6 3 0.0 0 0 1
Chris Houston 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
John Abraham 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Jamaal Anderson 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
Chauncey Davis 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
Eric Weems 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Jonathan Babineaux 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
Justin Blalock 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Brent Grimes 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Thomas Johnson 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
Lawrence Sidbury 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Brian Finneran 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Antoine Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Jason Snelling 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Team 103 63 0.0 2 2 2

Kicking

NAME FGM FGA LNG XPM PTS
Jason Elam 1 1 1 4
Team 1 1 1 4

Punting

NAME PUNT YDS AVG LNG
Michael Koenen 5 188 37.6
Team 5 188 37.6

Kick Return

NAME KR YDS AVG TD LNG
Eric Weems 5 139 27.8 0
Team 5 139 27.8 0

Punt Return

NAME PR YDS AVG TD LNG
Team 0 0 0

Passing

NAME CMP ATT YDS AVG TD INT SCK RATE
Tom Brady 25 42 277 6.6 1 0 0 87.1
Team 25 42 277 6.6 1 0 0 87.1

Rushing

NAME ATT YDS YPC TD
Fred Taylor 21 105 5.0 1
Kevin Faulk 5 25 5.0 0
Laurence Maroney 4 17 4.3 0
Sammy Morris 5 16 3.2 0
Julian Edelman 1 5 5.0 0
Tom Brady 3 0 0.0 0
Team 39 168 4.3 1

Receiving

NAME REC YDS AVG TD TRG
Randy Moss 10 116 11.6 0 16
Sammy Morris 3 46 15.3 0 3
Chris Baker 2 42 21.0 1 3
Benjamin Watson 1 23 23.0 0 3
Julian Edelman 3 20 6.7 0 5
Joey Galloway 2 14 7.0 0 5
Kevin Faulk 3 12 4.0 0 4
Fred Taylor 1 4 4.0 0 1
Sam Aiken 0 0 0 2
Team 25 277 6.6 1 42

Fumbles

NAME FUM LOST FR
James Sanders 0 0 1
Team 0 0 1

Defense

NAME COMB TKL SCK TFL PDEF QBH
Leigh Bodden 5 5 0.0 0 1 0
Brandon McGowan 5 5 0.0 0 0 1
Adalius Thomas 5 4 0.0 1 0 0
Gary Guyton 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
Brandon Meriweather 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
Patrick Chung 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
James Sanders 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
Shawn Springs 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Mike Wright 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Sam Aiken 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
Jarvis Green 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
Rob Ninkovich 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Ty Warren 1 1 0.0 0 0 1
Terrence Wheatley 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Vince Wilfork 2 1 0.0 1 1 0
Pierre Woods 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
Eric Alexander 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Tully Banta-Cain 1 0 0.0 0 0 1
Myron Pryor 3 0 0.0 0 1 0
Team 56 35 0.0 2 3 3

Kicking

NAME FGM FGA LNG XPM PTS
Stephen Gostkowski 4 4 2 14
Team 4 4 2 14

Punting

NAME PUNT YDS AVG LNG
Chris Hanson 2 87 43.5
Team 2 87 43.5

Kick Return

NAME KR YDS AVG TD LNG
Kevin Faulk 2 49 24.5 0
Laurence Maroney 1 21 21.0 0
Team 3 70 23.3 0

Punt Return

NAME PR YDS AVG TD LNG
Kevin Faulk 2 17 8.5 0
Team 2 17 8.5 0

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