Week 14, 2012

played in New England, MA

43 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	0	3	0	8	-	11
New England Patriots	6	7	3	3	-	19

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:59 NED - Bryan Baxter 18 field goal
1Q: 00:46 NED - Bryan Baxter 35 field goal
2Q: 10:11 NED - Jeremy Maclin 14 pass from Trent Edwards (Bryan Baxter extra point)
2Q: 02:02 STL - Derek Whaley 33 field goal
3Q: 06:01 NED - Bryan Baxter 36 field goal
4Q: 13:03 NED - Bryan Baxter 38 field goal
4Q: 09:31 STL - Cedric Peerman 1 pass from Alex Smith (Alex Smith pass to Armard Hall for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:59 NED - Bryan Baxter 18 field goal
1Q: 00:46 NED - Bryan Baxter 35 field goal
2Q: 10:11 NED - Jeremy Maclin 14 pass from Trent Edwards (Bryan Baxter extra point)
2Q: 02:02 STL - Derek Whaley 33 field goal
3Q: 06:01 NED - Bryan Baxter 36 field goal
4Q: 13:03 NED - Bryan Baxter 38 field goal
4Q: 09:31 STL - Cedric Peerman 1 pass from Alex Smith (Alex Smith pass to Armard Hall for conversion)

Team Statistics STL NED
Record 5-8 9-4
First Downs 16 22
- by Rushing 8 11
- by Passing 7 9
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 332 372
- Offensive Plays 58 67
- Yards per Play 5.72 5.55
Net Rushing Yards 158 148
- Rushing Attempts 24 34
- Yards per Rush 6.58 4.35
Net Passing Yards 174 224
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 19 - 0 32 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 187 233
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 1/9
- Yards per Pass Play 5.12 6.79
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.9 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 11/80 6/45
Punt Returns/Yards 2/22 2/23
Kick Returns/Yards 1/29 1/22
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 26
Time of Possession 24:27 35:33

Team Statistics	STL	NED
Record	5-8	9-4
First Downs	16	22
- by Rushing	8	11
- by Passing	7	9
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	332	372
- Offensive Plays	58	67
- Yards per Play	5.72	5.55
Net Rushing Yards	158	148
- Rushing Attempts	24	34
- Yards per Rush	6.58	4.35
Net Passing Yards	174	224
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 19 - 0	32 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	187	233
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	1/9
- Yards per Pass Play	5.12	6.79
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.9	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	11/80	6/45
Punt Returns/Yards	2/22	2/23
Kick Returns/Yards	1/29	1/22
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 26
Time of Possession	24:27	35:33

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:51	1:37	OWN 25	3	5	Punt
1	6:36	1:26	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
1	0:39	1:44	OWN 25	4	19	Punt
2	10:04	1:21	OWN 25	3	-4	Punt
2	7:20	5:27	OWN 16	13	68	Field Goal
2	0:41	0:31	OWN 47	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	2:53	OWN 25	6	37	Punt
3	5:56	3:24	OWN 25	7	37	Punt
4	12:25	3:03	OWN 31	6	69	Touchdown
4	7:01	2:01	OWN 24	3	6	Punt
4	2:10	1:02	OWN 28	8	33	Downs

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:09	OWN 25	7	74	Field Goal
1	9:14	2:38	OWN 34	5	18	Punt
1	5:10	4:31	OWN 37	9	45	Field Goal
2	13:55	3:51	OWN 5	8	95	Touchdown
2	8:43	1:23	OWN 45	3	2	Punt
2	1:53	1:12	OWN 25	3	-6	Punt
2	0:10	0:10	OWN 6	1	-2	Half
3	12:07	6:11	OWN 20	12	61	Field Goal
3	2:32	4:34	OWN 20	9	59	Field Goal
4	9:22	2:21	OWN 29	3	8	Punt
4	5:00	2:50	OWN 29	5	11	Punt
4	1:08	1:08	OWN 39	3	-3	Game

Game MVP: Niko Koutouvides, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
QB Alex Smith	13	103	7.92	19	4
RB Daniel Thomas	8	44	5.50	19	2
RB Cedric Peerman	3	11	3.67	6	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Alfred Morris	21	64	3.05	19	5
QB Trent Edwards	10	27	2.70	17	2
RB Xavier Omon	3	57	19.00	45	1

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alex Smith	32	19	187	2/13	1	47	0	86.3

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Trent Edwards	32	23	233	1/9	1	25	0	102.7

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Armard Hall	6	12	61	10.17	5	22	0
WR Michael Clayton	4	4	61	15.25	3	47	0
WR Calvin Johnson	3	7	15	5.00	9	7	0
WR Dexter McCluster	2	2	28	14.00	1	17	0
FB Rhett Ellison	2	3	15	7.50	3	15	0
RB Cedric Peerman	1	1	1	1.00	2	1	1
RB Daniel Thomas	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Brody Eldridge	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jeremy Maclin	8	12	72	9.00	2	14	1
WR Domenik Hixon	4	5	77	19.25	31	25	0
WR Greg Salas	3	3	19	6.33	3	12	0
TE Coby Fleener	3	3	34	11.33	0	15	0
WR Brandon LaFell	2	2	9	4.50	0	6	0
RB Alfred Morris	2	6	19	9.50	9	10	0
FB Justin Green	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
OLB Akeem Jordan	0	0	1	0
WR Donnie Avery	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov
QB Trent Edwards	1	0
S Jamarca Sanford	1	0
ILB Keyaron Fox	0	1
G Adam Koets	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jonathan Ludwig	8	339	42.4	34.5	51	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Flaherty	5	212	42.4	34.0	48	2

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Derek Whaley	1/1	0/0	0/0	33	0/0

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bryan Baxter	4/4	0/0	0/0	38	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Antrel Rolle	2	22	11.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Will Blackmon	2	23	11.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Daniel Thomas	1	29	29.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jamarca Sanford	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Antrel Rolle	9	2	0.0	29	24
OLB Akeem Jordan	8	2	0.0	31	30
ILB Corey Hall	7	5	0.0	34	33
CB Ashton Youboty	7	1	0.0	34	33
DT Mike Patterson	5	2	0.0	32	30
CB Dominique Foxworth	4	1	0.0	34	33
DT Aaron Maybin	3	1	1.0	29	26
CB Ed Reed	3	1	0.0	34	32
S Courtney Greene	3	0	0.0	3	9
DT Osi Umenyiora	2	0	0.0	29	19
CB Janoris Jenkins	2	0	0.0	22	18
OLB Spencer Larson	1	1	0.0	12	12

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Louis Delmas	7	2	0.0	22	32
CB Stephen Hodge	7	0	0.0	21	25
S Andrew Sendejo	6	1	0.0	23	34
S Myron Lewis	5	1	0.0	17	19
OLB Niko Koutouvides	4	1	2.0	21	32
ILB Luke Kuechly	4	3	0.0	22	32
DE LaMarr Woodley	3	0	0.0	21	30
DT Michael Bennett	2	0	0.0	16	22
S Jamarca Sanford	2	0	0.0	11	19
CB Sam Shields	2	0	0.0	15	20
S Brandon Taylor	1	0	0.0	2	9
OLB Lawrence Timmons	0	3	0.0	24	27
ILB Greg Jones	0	2	0.0	1	6
DE Glenn Dorsey	0	1	0.0	22	27

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Aaron Maybin	1.0	0	1	1	26
OLB Ryan Kerrigan	0.0	1	1	0	8
DE Cory Redding	0.0	0	1	1	29
DT Mike Patterson	0.0	0	1	0	30
OLB Akeem Jordan	0.0	0	0	1	30

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Niko Koutouvides	2.0	0	1	0	32
S Louis Delmas	0.0	1	0	0	32
DE Glenn Dorsey	0.0	0	3	3	27
OLB Lawrence Timmons	0.0	0	1	0	27
DE LaMarr Woodley	0.0	0	0	2	30

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Akeem Jordan	6	1	30
CB Ashton Youboty	5	0	33
CB Dominique Foxworth	3	0	33
ILB Corey Hall	3	0	33
CB Ed Reed	2	0	32
CB Janoris Jenkins	2	0	18
S Antrel Rolle	1	0	24
S Courtney Greene	1	0	9
OLB Thomas Howard	0	1	6

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Andrew Sendejo	5	0	34
CB Stephen Hodge	4	0	25
S Jamarca Sanford	2	2	19
S Louis Delmas	2	0	32
S Myron Lewis	2	0	19
OLB Niko Koutouvides	1	2	32
S Brandon Taylor	1	1	9
OLB Lawrence Timmons	1	0	27
ILB Luke Kuechly	1	0	32
ILB Greg Jones	0	1	6

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Christopher Williams	4	4	24	1	34
T Langston Walker	0	3	24	0	34
G Kelechi Osemele	0	2	24	0	34
C Max Unger	0	1	24	1	34
TE Armard Hall	0	1	22	0	32
T George Bussey	0	1	24	0	34
FB Rhett Ellison	0	1	8	0	5

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Tyler Arvold	4	10	34	0	33
G Ryan Durand	2	6	34	0	33
G Myles Page	1	5	34	1	33
T Terrance Pennington	1	3	34	0	33
G Adam Koets	1	2	34	0	33
FB Justin Green	0	1	7	0	8

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Brody Eldridge	1	21
Mike Patterson	1	14
Donnie Avery	1	13

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Glenn Dorsey	2	11
Justin Green	1	21

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
ILB Corey Hall	---	---	34	33	15	82
CB Ed Reed	---	---	34	32	12	78
DT Mike Patterson	---	---	32	30	14	76
CB Dominique Foxworth	---	---	34	33	4	71
CB Ashton Youboty	---	---	34	33	4	71
T Langston Walker	24	34	---	---	9	67
T George Bussey	24	34	---	---	9	67
G Christopher Williams	24	34	---	---	9	67
G Kelechi Osemele	24	34	---	---	9	67
OLB Akeem Jordan	---	---	31	30	4	65
DE Cory Redding	---	---	31	29	4	64
S Antrel Rolle	---	---	29	24	8	61
DT Aaron Maybin	---	---	29	26	4	59
QB Alex Smith	24	34	---	---	---	58
C Max Unger	24	34	---	---	---	58
TE Armard Hall	22	32	---	---	2	56
WR Calvin Johnson	21	29	---	---	2	52
DT Osi Umenyiora	---	---	29	19	3	51
WR Michael Clayton	18	28	---	---	2	48
TE Brody Eldridge	7	14	---	---	21	42
RB Cedric Peerman	10	13	---	---	18	41
CB Janoris Jenkins	---	---	22	18	---	40
RB Daniel Thomas	13	20	---	---	6	39
CB Brandon Flowers	---	---	3	9	23	35
WR Dexter McCluster	14	20	---	---	---	34
OLB Thomas Howard	---	---	4	6	22	32
FB Rhett Ellison	8	5	---	---	15	28
OLB Spencer Larson	---	---	12	12	3	27
DT Marco Mularkey	---	---	5	12	6	23
WR Donnie Avery	3	4	---	---	13	20
OLB Ryan Kerrigan	---	---	4	8	6	18
S Bob Sanders	---	---	2	0	14	16
S Courtney Greene	---	---	3	9	1	13
WR Kyle Williams	2	2	---	---	7	11
C Chad Stott	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Jonathan Ludwig	0	0	---	---	9	9
RB Caleb Stevenson	0	0	---	---	6	6
TE Conrad Rabach	2	3	---	---	---	5
K Derek Whaley	0	0	---	---	4	4
OLB Dustin Farley	---	---	2	0	---	2
QB Glen Campbell	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Sawyer Prescott	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Bradley Crane	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Jeremiah Coffey	0	0	---	---	---	0
TE Devonte McElroy	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Bobby Massie	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
RB Alfred Morris	31	29	---	---	18	78
T Terrance Pennington	34	33	---	---	9	76
G Adam Koets	34	33	---	---	9	76
G Ryan Durand	34	33	---	---	9	76
G Myles Page	34	33	---	---	9	76
QB Trent Edwards	34	33	---	---	---	67
C Tyler Arvold	34	33	---	---	---	67
WR Jeremy Maclin	33	33	---	---	---	66
S Louis Delmas	---	---	22	32	10	64
DE LaMarr Woodley	---	---	21	30	9	60
DE Glenn Dorsey	---	---	22	27	11	60
TE Coby Fleener	32	27	---	---	1	60
S Andrew Sendejo	---	---	23	34	1	58
ILB Luke Kuechly	---	---	22	32	1	55
OLB Niko Koutouvides	---	---	21	32	1	54
S Myron Lewis	---	---	17	19	16	52
OLB Lawrence Timmons	---	---	24	27	---	51
WR Brandon LaFell	23	26	---	---	2	51
WR Domenik Hixon	25	23	---	---	1	49
CB Stephen Hodge	---	---	21	25	---	46
S Jamarca Sanford	---	---	11	19	13	43
DT Michael Bennett	---	---	16	22	---	38
FB Justin Green	7	8	---	---	21	36
CB Sam Shields	---	---	15	20	---	35
ILB Keyaron Fox	---	---	8	15	11	34
WR Freddie Brown	8	5	---	---	21	34
DT Barry Cofield	---	---	9	12	9	30
TE Scott Chandler	3	0	---	---	26	29
OLB Tim Shaw	---	---	3	2	22	27
ILB Greg Jones	---	---	1	6	12	19
S Will Blackmon	---	---	1	0	17	18
WR Greg Salas	1	4	---	---	8	13
DE Jason Hatcher	---	---	2	9	1	12
TE Tanner Diaz	4	8	---	---	---	12
S Brandon Taylor	---	---	2	9	1	12
K Bryan Baxter	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Mike Flaherty	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Donnie Carpenter	0	0	---	---	9	9
RB Xavier Omon	3	2	---	---	---	5
OLB Cliff Avril	---	---	3	2	---	5
RB Domanick Williams	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Jordan Gross	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Bruce Gradkowski	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Will Montgomery	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Danny Newhart	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Derek Sherrod	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	9	3.0
Middle	19	127	6.7
Right	2	22	11.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	-6	-1.5
Middle	25	153	6.1
Right	2	6	3.0
None	3	-5	-1.7

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alex Smith	32	19	2	0	1	6	5	5	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Trent Edwards	32	23	1	1	1	2	4	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	12	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	47	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	81	6.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	47	23.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	10	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	11	82	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	10	141	12.8
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Armard Hall	12	6	0	61	1	32
WR Calvin Johnson	7	3	1	15	0	29
WR Michael Clayton	4	4	0	61	1	28
FB Rhett Ellison	3	2	0	15	0	5
WR Dexter McCluster	2	2	0	28	0	20
RB Daniel Thomas	2	1	0	6	0	20
RB Cedric Peerman	1	1	0	1	0	13
TE Brody Eldridge	1	0	0	0	0	14

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jeremy Maclin	12	8	1	72	0	33
RB Alfred Morris	6	2	0	19	0	29
WR Domenik Hixon	5	4	0	77	1	23
WR Greg Salas	3	3	0	19	0	4
TE Coby Fleener	3	3	0	34	0	27
WR Brandon LaFell	2	2	0	9	0	26
FB Justin Green	1	1	0	3	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Alex Smith	4	29	7.25	7.92

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Alfred Morris	2	-4	-2.00	3.05
RB Xavier Omon	1	7	7.00	19.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alex Smith	1	1	1	1.00	5.84

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Trent Edwards	6	3	27	4.50	7.28

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Cedric Peerman	1	1	1	1.00	1.00

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jeremy Maclin	3	1	14	4.67	6.00
RB Alfred Morris	2	1	10	5.00	3.17
WR Greg Salas	1	1	3	3.00	6.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
QB Alex Smith	2	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
QB Trent Edwards	2	0
RB Alfred Morris	2	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alex Smith	10	5	2

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Trent Edwards	9	5	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Armard Hall	3	1	1
WR Calvin Johnson	3	1	0
WR Michael Clayton	1	1	0
RB Cedric Peerman	1	1	1
TE Brody Eldridge	1	0	0
RB Daniel Thomas	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jeremy Maclin	4	1	0
RB Alfred Morris	2	1	1
FB Justin Green	1	1	0
WR Brandon LaFell	1	1	0
WR Greg Salas	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 19,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 4,200 (21,400)
End Zone 600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 4,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 2,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	19,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	4,200 (21,400)
End Zone	600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	4,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	2,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,200 (3,300)