| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| Houston Touchdown - 25-yard pass from Matt Schaub to Joel Dreessen. (Kris Brown extra point is good). 11:19 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 76 yards. Time of Drive: 3:41). |
| New England Touchdown - 4-yard run by Fred Taylor. (Stephen Gostkowski extra point is good). 0:50 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 63 yards. Time of Drive: 4:39). |
| 2nd Quarter |
| New England Field Goal - 51-yarder by Stephen Gostkowski. 9:51 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 58 yards. Time of Drive: 4:47). |
| Houston Touchdown - Bernard Pollard recovered fumble in end zone. (Kris Brown extra point missed). 4:41 Time Remaining. |
| New England Field Goal - 43-yarder by Stephen Gostkowski. 0:46 Time Remaining. (10 plays, 66 yards. Time of Drive: 3:55). |
| 3rd Quarter |
| New England Touchdown - 91-yard interception return by Darius Butler. (Stephen Gostkowski extra point is good). 7:43 Time Remaining. |
| 4th Quarter |
| New England Touchdown - 11-yard run by Fred Taylor. (Stephen Gostkowski extra point is good). 14:04 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 71 yards. Time of Drive: 3:53). |
| Houston Touchdown - 8-yard pass from Matt Schaub to Jacoby Jones. (Kris Brown extra point is good). 9:41 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 69 yards. Time of Drive: 4:23). |
| Houston Touchdown - 1-yard run by Arian Foster. (Kris Brown extra point is good). 4:43 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 34 yards. Time of Drive: 2:47). |
| Houston Touchdown - 3-yard run by Arian Foster. (Kris Brown extra point is good). 1:54 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 28 yards. Time of Drive: 1:55). |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | New England | Houston |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 29 |
| By Rushing | 4 | 9 |
| By Passing | 14 | 18 |
| By Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4-10-40 | 3-7-43 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 317 | 439 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 59 | 67 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 74 | 144 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 19 | 27 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 243 | 295 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 2-14 | 1-8 |
| Gross yards passing | 257 | 303 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 38-25-1 | 39-24-1 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 6.1 | 7.4 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 3-36.3 | 2-40.0 |
| Net Punting Average | 26.0 | 40.0 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 91 | 46 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 0-0 | 1-31 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 6-154 | 5-141 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 1-91 | 1-15 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 4-55 | 5-35 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 3 | 5 |
| Rushing | 2 | 2 |
| Passing | 0 | 2 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 3-3 | 4-5 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 2-2 | 0-2 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 27 | 34 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 28:26 | 31:34 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| New England | Houston |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| T.Brady | 26 | 17 | 186 | 1/4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | | B.Hoyer | 12 | 8 | 71 | 1/10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | | Total | 38 | 25 | 257 | 2/14 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| M.Schaub | 39 | 24 | 303 | 1/8 | 2 | 26 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 39 | 24 | 303 | 1/8 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Butler | 1 | 91 | 91 | 1 | | Total | 1 | 91 | 91 | 1 |
| | INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| B.Pollard | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | | Total | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| C.Hanson | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | | Total | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| M.Turk | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | | Total | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| DOWNED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J.Edelman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| J.Jones | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | | DOWNED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | OUT OF BOUNDS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 3 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
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| | KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| A.Davis | 5 | 0 | 141 | 36 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Total | 6 | 0 | 141 | 36 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| S.Gostkowski | 2/2 | 100.0 | 51 | 3/3 | 9 | | Total | 2/2 | 100.0 | 51 | 3/3 | 9 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| | | | | | | | Total | 0/2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/5 | 4 |
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