2007 Week 2 · Sun, Sep 16, 2007 · Gillette Stadium
San Diego Chargers
14
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New England PatriotsWinner
38
NE -3.5 ✓O 46 ✓
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
25/31, 279 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
13.2 expected points added · +20.2% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
San Diego Chargers
New England Patriots
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 25/31 | 279 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13.2 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Maroney | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Sammy Morris | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Heath Evans | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Matt Gutierrez | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosevelt Colvin | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
| James Sanders | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eugene Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Gay | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Junior Seau | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adalius Thomas | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eric Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- NE -3.5
- Closing total
- 46
- SD moneyline
- +178
- NE moneyline
- -191
Patriots closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 24.
Total closed 46; the game landed 52 — over by 6.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Gillette Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- 55°F, wind 5 mph
- Referee
- Ed Hochuli
- Rest
- SD 7 days · NE 7 days
- Coaches
- Norv Turner vs Bill Belichick