Week 8, 2020

played in Denver, CO

26 degrees, fair, 21 mph wind

New England Patriots	13	10	3	0	-	26
Denver Broncos	7	14	7	7	-	35

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:38 NED - Byron Lewis 7 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
1Q: 09:30 DEN - Ralph Finley 93 kickoff return (Danny Whitfield extra point)
1Q: 07:33 NED - Charlie Flannery 49 field goal
1Q: 03:22 NED - Charlie Flannery 36 field goal
2Q: 07:08 NED - Charlie Flannery 36 field goal
2Q: 07:01 DEN - Ralph Finley 93 kickoff return (Danny Whitfield extra point)
2Q: 02:47 NED - Tony Lyons 25 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 01:04 DEN - Donovan Walsh 12 run (Danny Whitfield extra point)
3Q: 08:08 DEN - Clifton Baxter 1 pass from Lorenzo Capoccia (Danny Whitfield extra point)
3Q: 03:32 NED - Charlie Flannery 34 field goal
4Q: 05:08 DEN - Deron Lane 8 pass from Lorenzo Capoccia (Danny Whitfield extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:38 NED - Byron Lewis 7 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
1Q: 09:30 DEN - Ralph Finley 93 kickoff return (Danny Whitfield extra point)
1Q: 07:33 NED - Charlie Flannery 49 field goal
1Q: 03:22 NED - Charlie Flannery 36 field goal
2Q: 07:08 NED - Charlie Flannery 36 field goal
2Q: 07:01 DEN - Ralph Finley 93 kickoff return (Danny Whitfield extra point)
2Q: 02:47 NED - Tony Lyons 25 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 01:04 DEN - Donovan Walsh 12 run (Danny Whitfield extra point)
3Q: 08:08 DEN - Clifton Baxter 1 pass from Lorenzo Capoccia (Danny Whitfield extra point)
3Q: 03:32 NED - Charlie Flannery 34 field goal
4Q: 05:08 DEN - Deron Lane 8 pass from Lorenzo Capoccia (Danny Whitfield extra point)

Team Statistics NED DEN
Record 3-4 4-3
First Downs 20 14
- by Rushing 5 4
- by Passing 15 10
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 406 243
- Offensive Plays 78 54
- Yards per Play 5.21 4.50
Net Rushing Yards 109 98
- Rushing Attempts 20 25
- Yards per Rush 5.45 3.92
Net Passing Yards 297 145
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 55 - 27 - 2 24 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 323 182
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/26 5/37
- Yards per Pass Play 5.12 5.00
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/16 1/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 11.4 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/60 1/5
Punt Returns/Yards 5/62 4/37
Kick Returns/Yards 3/60 6/261
Interception Ret./Yards 1/8 2/7
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/3 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 28
Time of Possession 33:44 26:16

Team Statistics	NED	DEN
Record	3-4	4-3
First Downs	20	14
- by Rushing	5	4
- by Passing	15	10
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	406	243
- Offensive Plays	78	54
- Yards per Play	5.21	4.50
Net Rushing Yards	109	98
- Rushing Attempts	20	25
- Yards per Rush	5.45	3.92
Net Passing Yards	297	145
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	55 - 27 - 2	24 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	323	182
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/26	5/37
- Yards per Pass Play	5.12	5.00
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/16	1/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	11.4	9.5
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/60	1/5
Punt Returns/Yards	5/62	4/37
Kick Returns/Yards	3/60	6/261
Interception Ret./Yards	1/8	2/7
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/3	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 28
Time of Possession	33:44	26:16

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:50	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
1	11:42	1:24	OWN 16	3	7	Punt
1	9:38	0:08	OPP 7	1	7	Touchdown
1	9:15	1:47	OWN 20	5	48	Field Goal
1	5:26	2:10	OPP 36	5	17	Field Goal
1	1:00	1:38	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
2	12:48	5:47	OWN 38	10	43	Field Goal
2	6:45	4:13	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
2	0:56	0:56	OWN 37	3	17	Half
3	14:05	2:16	OWN 15	5	23	Interception
3	8:01	4:35	OWN 20	8	63	Field Goal
4	14:48	0:34	OWN 38	3	0	Punt
4	12:30	1:04	OWN 22	5	13	Punt
4	9:22	1:18	OWN 40	3	0	Punt
4	4:59	1:05	OWN 33	3	-2	Interception
4	2:11	1:31	OWN 20	9	45	Downs

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:10	1:28	OWN 36	3	7	Punt
1	10:18	0:40	OWN 26	2	-5	Fumble
1	7:28	2:02	OWN 23	3	-14	Punt
1	3:16	2:16	OWN 24	3	9	Punt
2	14:22	1:34	OWN 15	3	0	Punt
2	2:32	1:36	OWN 31	5	69	Touchdown
3	15:00	0:55	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	11:49	3:48	50	7	50	Touchdown
3	3:26	3:38	OWN 20	7	31	Interception
4	14:14	1:44	OWN 31	3	3	Punt
4	11:26	2:04	OWN 19	3	5	Punt
4	8:04	3:05	OWN 16	6	84	Touchdown
4	3:54	1:43	OPP 48	3	7	Punt
4	0:40	0:40	OWN 35	3	-3	Game

Game MVP: Tom Clancy, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Skip Threats	9	38	4.22	8	0	0
Byron Lewis	8	57	7.13	34	1	1
Bernard Escalante	3	14	4.67	6	0	0

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Dwight Shepherd	14	58	4.14	18	2	0
Donovan Walsh	6	30	5.00	12	1	1
Lorenzo Capoccia	5	10	2.00	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernard Escalante	55	27	323	3/26	1	44	2	58.3

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Lorenzo Capoccia	24	16	182	5/37	2	40	1	99.7

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Mack Prescott	7	12	84	12.00	24	22	0
WR Tony Lyons	5	11	120	24.00	18	44	1
WR Jesse Marshall	5	11	69	13.80	8	25	0
WR Nathan Osborne	3	12	15	5.00	2	11	0
RB Byron Lewis	2	2	6	3.00	0	6	0
RB Skip Threats	2	4	10	5.00	0	10	0
WR Terrell Boyd	2	2	10	5.00	4	5	0
FB Jerome Alexander	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Martin Adams	4	7	79	19.75	19	40	0
WR Deron Lane	3	6	50	16.67	4	33	1
RB Donovan Walsh	3	3	5	1.67	3	4	0
WR Kurt Perkins	2	2	16	8.00	2	10	0
RB Dwight Shepherd	2	3	16	8.00	5	12	0
FB Clifton Baxter	2	2	16	8.00	3	15	1
WR Broderick Austin	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Gino Fackleman	1	8	8.00	0

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Chuck Densmore	1	0	0.00	0
CB Tom Clancy	1	7	7.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ronnie Wilson	1	0	0
Bernard Escalante	1	0	0
Van Perry	0	1	0
Kirk Bobro	0	1	0
Darryl Harts	0	1	0
Quentin Davidson	0	0	1

Denver	Fumb	Force
Lorenzo Capoccia	1	0
Arnie Alcott	0	1
J.B. Hock	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lance Summers	6	300	50.0	43.8	59	5

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Christian Cunningham	8	392	49.0	38.8	65	4

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	4/4	1/1	0/0	49	2/2

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Danny Whitfield	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	5/5

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Wilson	5	62	12.4	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ralph Finley	4	37	9.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Wilson	2	42	21.0	0
Jesse Marshall	1	18	18.0	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ralph Finley	4	224	56.0	2
Broderick Austin	2	37	18.5	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Gino Fackleman	7	3	0.0	24	26
ILB Quentin Davidson	6	2	1.0	23	28
DE Kendrick Fox	5	0	1.0	22	27
OLB Warren Stewart	4	1	2.0	18	25
S Cris Farr	4	0	0.0	23	28
CB Gene Levine	3	1	0.0	24	27
DE Kelvin Harbert	2	1	1.0	19	23
CB Kelly Franz	2	2	0.0	24	28
DT Vernon Garrett	2	0	0.0	17	26
OLB Kirk Bobro	1	4	0.0	21	21
S Jon Lynn	1	0	0.0	3	6
WR Nathan Osborne	1	0	---	---	---
TE Mack Prescott	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Luke Wayne	1	0	0.0	11	9
OLB Darryl Harts	1	0	0.0	5	6
CB Donnell Arnold	1	0	0.0	16	21
DT Gus Bensen	0	1	0.0	9	4

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Buddy Fogle	6	2	0.0	20	56
CB Tom Clancy	6	1	0.0	20	57
CB John Echols	5	0	0.0	16	50
ILB Chuck Densmore	5	0	0.0	20	56
DE Lorenzo Johnson	4	1	0.5	15	42
S Bernie Burke	4	1	0.0	18	33
DT J.B. Hock	3	1	1.0	17	43
DE Junior Clancy	3	2	0.5	20	55
S Jerald Thornton	3	0	0.0	3	18
DT Rick Zamora	2	1	0.0	17	42
S Harvey Reeves	2	1	0.0	18	52
CB Dennis Brock	2	0	0.0	20	55
DT Jamie Blair	1	1	1.0	5	18
S Clifton Basford	1	2	0.0	2	23
CB Cornell Shah	1	0	0.0	0	3
RB Dwight Shepherd	1	0	---	---	---
WR Broderick Austin	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Bubba Rhodes	0	1	0.0	4	11

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Warren Stewart	2.0	0	1	1	25
DE Kendrick Fox	1.0	0	2	1	27
DE Kelvin Harbert	1.0	0	0	0	23
ILB Quentin Davidson	1.0	0	0	0	28
OLB Kirk Bobro	0.0	1	1	1	21
DT Vernon Garrett	0.0	1	0	0	26
OLB Alfred Cooley	0.0	0	0	1	3

Denver	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jamie Blair	1.0	0	1	18
DT J.B. Hock	1.0	0	0	43
DE Junior Clancy	0.5	6	1	55
DE Lorenzo Johnson	0.5	2	0	42
DT Rick Zamora	0.0	2	0	42
S Harvey Reeves	0.0	1	0	52

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
S Gino Fackleman	3	1	26
ILB Quentin Davidson	3	0	28
S Cris Farr	3	0	28
OLB Warren Stewart	2	0	25
S Jon Lynn	1	0	6
ILB Luke Wayne	1	0	9
CB Gene Levine	1	0	27
CB Kelly Franz	1	0	28
CB Donnell Arnold	1	0	21

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Tom Clancy	5	3	1	57
CB John Echols	4	1	0	50
OLB Buddy Fogle	4	1	0	56
ILB Chuck Densmore	3	2	1	56
DE Lorenzo Johnson	3	0	0	42
S Jerald Thornton	2	1	0	18
S Harvey Reeves	2	1	0	52
S Bernie Burke	2	0	0	33
CB Cornell Shah	1	0	0	3
DE Junior Clancy	1	0	0	55
CB Dennis Brock	0	2	0	55
S Clifton Basford	0	1	0	23

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Lenny Spindler	3	6	18	0	49
Leonard Lytle	2	3	17	1	49
Van Perry	2	2	20	1	58
Jerome Alexander	1	2	12	0	32
Scott Hastings	0	2	16	0	51
Otis Porter	0	2	7	0	19
Wesley Dayes	0	0	15	1	46

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Arnie Alcott	2	6	20	1	26
Gus Murphy	2	3	25	0	24
Lance Guzowski	1	4	19	0	19
Marcus Farrell	1	2	10	2	18
Pete Herbert	0	2	22	1	26
Jumbo Miller	0	1	19	1	21
Steven Owens	0	1	13	0	13
Richard Wallace	0	1	7	0	8

Special Teams Statistics

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Jerome Alexander	2	15
Will Cave	2	8
Ronnie Wilson	1	30
Skip Threats	1	23
Ken Stone	1	23
Donnell Arnold	1	16
Darryl Harts	0	29
Nathan Osborne	0	20
Lewis Gredzinski	0	16
Kelly Franz	0	16
Terrell Boyd	0	14
Gene Levine	0	13
Charlie Flannery	0	11
Otis Porter	0	10
Kelvin Harbert	0	10
Jesse O'Neill	0	10
Patrick Hamilton	0	10
Heath Hitchcock	0	8
Mack Prescott	0	8
Scott Hastings	0	7
Lenny Spindler	0	7
Jesse Marshall	0	6
Cole Robles	0	6
Lance Summers	0	6
Gus Bensen	0	6
Alfred Cooley	0	5
Reuben Nelson	0	4
Gino Fackleman	0	2
Kirk Bobro	0	1
Dominic Goodwin	0	1

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Lee Rayman	2	21
Clifton Basford	1	23
Deon Brunsvold	1	21
Clifton Baxter	1	12
Dennis Brock	1	9
Dexter Harrison	1	8
Arnie Alcott	1	4
Donovan Walsh	0	27
Cornell Shah	0	23
Broderick Austin	0	18
Bubba Rhodes	0	14
Kurt Perkins	0	14
Otis Boyd	0	14
Ralph Finley	0	13
Roy Guffey	0	13
Christian Cunningham	0	8
Jumbo Miller	0	8
Marcus Farrell	0	7
Richard Wallace	0	7
Charles Fullerton	0	7
Danny Whitfield	0	6
Lance Guzowski	0	5
J.B. Hock	0	5
Will Garner	0	5
Rick Zamora	0	5
Harvey Reeves	0	5
Kris Mesler	0	5
John Echols	0	4
Chuck Densmore	0	4
Tom Clancy	0	4
Junior Clancy	0	4
Brant Humphries	0	4
Buddy Fogle	0	4
Bernie Burke	0	3
Lorenzo Johnson	0	3
Steven Owens	0	1
Jerald Thornton	0	1
Jamie Blair	0	1
Gus Murphy	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	3	3.0
Middle	9	53	5.9
Right	10	53	5.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	7	3.5
Middle	16	77	4.8
Right	4	17	4.3
None	3	-3	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernard Escalante	55	27	6	1	2	12	11	2	2

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Lorenzo Capoccia	24	16	2	0	1	0	4	4	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	17	2.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	10	82	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	25	8	105	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	13	4	119	9.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	9	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	26	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	74	10.6
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	73	12.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nathan Osborne	12	3	0	15	0	42
TE Mack Prescott	12	7	1	84	2	37
WR Tony Lyons	11	5	0	120	3	39
WR Jesse Marshall	11	5	0	69	1	41
RB Skip Threats	4	2	1	10	0	27
RB Byron Lewis	2	2	0	6	0	26
WR Terrell Boyd	2	2	0	10	0	25
FB Jerome Alexander	1	1	0	9	0	32

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Martin Adams	7	4	0	79	1	25
WR Deron Lane	6	3	0	50	1	21
RB Donovan Walsh	3	3	0	5	0	8
RB Dwight Shepherd	3	2	1	16	0	14
WR Kurt Perkins	2	2	0	16	0	18
FB Clifton Baxter	2	2	0	16	0	7
WR Broderick Austin	1	0	0	0	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Byron Lewis	1	7	7.00	7.13

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dwight Shepherd	4	17	4.25	4.14
Donovan Walsh	1	12	12.00	5.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernard Escalante	2	0	0	0.00	5.87

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Lorenzo Capoccia	4	4	23	5.75	7.58

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tony Lyons	1	0	0	0.00	10.91
WR Nathan Osborne	1	0	0	0.00	1.25

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Deron Lane	1	1	8	8.00	8.33
WR Kurt Perkins	1	1	10	10.00	8.00
RB Dwight Shepherd	1	1	4	4.00	5.33
FB Clifton Baxter	1	1	1	1.00	8.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	2	0

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Lorenzo Capoccia	2	0
Donovan Walsh	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	14	8	4

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Lorenzo Capoccia	7	5	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tony Lyons	6	4	3
WR Nathan Osborne	3	1	0
WR Jesse Marshall	2	1	1
RB Byron Lewis	1	1	0
TE Mack Prescott	1	0	0
WR Terrell Boyd	1	1	0

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Donovan Walsh	3	3	0
WR Deron Lane	1	0	0
FB Clifton Baxter	1	1	1
WR Martin Adams	1	1	0
WR Broderick Austin	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 73,100 (76,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 23,000 (23,500)
End Zone 16,500 (16,900)
Mezzanine 9,300 (9,700)
Sideline Seats 14,000 (14,900)
Club Seats 8,300 (8,500)
Luxury Boxes 2,000 (2,600)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	73,100 (76,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	23,000 (23,500)
End Zone	16,500 (16,900)
Mezzanine	9,300 (9,700)
Sideline Seats	14,000 (14,900)
Club Seats	8,300 (8,500)
Luxury Boxes	2,000 (2,600)