2007 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · Giants Stadium
New England PatriotsWinner
38
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New York Jets
14
NE -6 ✓O 41.5 ✓
New England Patriots 38–14 — never really in doubt late.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · NE
22/28, 297 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT
27.4 expected points added · +15.5% completion over expected
Passing · NYJ
16/21, 167 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
10.2 expected points added · +10.2% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
New England Patriots
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 22/28 | 297 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.4 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Maroney | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Sammy Morris | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Heath Evans | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Matt Cassel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | -3.7 |
| Matt Gutierrez | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1.7 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Wilson | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adalius Thomas | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jarvis Green | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Meriweather | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Seau | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Jets
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Pennington | 16/21 | 167 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10.2 |
| Kellen Clemens | 5/10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jones | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | -2.7 |
| Leon Washington | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Chad Pennington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -0.9 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrelle Revis | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenyon Coleman | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Coleman | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Barrett | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hobson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Rhodes | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shaun Ellis | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne Robertson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Miller | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- NE -6
- Closing total
- 41.5
- NE moneyline
- -265
- NYJ moneyline
- +245
Patriots closed -6 and covered, winning by 24.
Total closed 41.5; the game landed 52 — over by 10.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Giants Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- 84°F, wind 10 mph
- Referee
- Jeff Triplette
- Rest
- NE 7 days · NYJ 7 days
- Coaches
- Bill Belichick vs Eric Mangini
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.