Sunday, 09/12/10
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| New England | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Time and Attendance | |
|---|---|
| Time | 3:06 |
| Attendance | 68,756 |
Play-by-Play
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England - 15:00 | ||
| 0-0, NE30 | 15:00 | Stephen Gostkowski kicks 67 yards from NE30 to Cin3, Bernard Scott returns to Cin18 for 15 yards |
| Cincinnati - 14:56 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin18 | 14:56 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Terrell Owens |
| 2nd-10, Cin18 | 14:50 | Carson Palmer Pass to Terrell Owens to Cin32 for 14 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin32 | 14:21 | Cedric Benson Off Left Tackle to Cin38 for 6 yards |
| 2nd-4, Cin38 | 13:40 | Cedric Benson Off Left Tackle to Cin40 for 2 yards |
| 3rd-2, Cin40 | 13:00 | Carson Palmer sacked at Cin36 for -4 yards |
| 4th-6, Cin36 | 12:44 | Kevin Huber punts 36 yards to NE28, Out of Bounds |
| New England - 12:38 | ||
| 1st-10, NE28 | 12:38 | Tom Brady Pass to Wes Welker to NE33 for 5 yards |
| 2nd-5, NE33 | 11:59 | Fred Taylor up the Middle to NE41 for 8 yards |
| 1st-10, NE41 | 11:27 | Tom Brady Pass to Aaron Hernandez to Cin14 for 45 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin14 | 10:34 | Fred Taylor Off Right Guard to Cin9 for 5 yards |
| 2nd-5, Cin9 | 9:52 | Tom Brady Pass to Wes Welker for 9 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 0-0, Cin2 | 9:47 | Stephen Gostkowski extra point is GOOD. Holder-Zoltan Mesko |
| 0-0, NE30 | 9:47 | Stephen Gostkowski kicks 69 yards from NE30 to Cin1, Adam Jones returns to Cin20 for 19 yards |
| Cincinnati - 9:40 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin20 | 9:40 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to Cin29 for 9 yards |
| 2nd-1, Cin29 | 8:55 | Cedric Benson Off Left End to Cin28 for -1 yards |
| 3rd-2, Cin28 | 8:12 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Daniel Coats |
| 4th-2, Cin28 | 8:09 | Kevin Huber punts 46 yards to NE26, Brandon Tate returns to NE30 for 4 yards |
| New England - 7:59 | ||
| 1st-10, NE30 | 7:59 | Kevin Faulk Off Left Guard to NE39 for 9 yards |
| 2nd-1, NE39 | 7:18 | Fred Taylor Off Left End to NE39 for no gain |
| 3rd-1, NE39 | 6:42 | Sammy Morris up the Middle to NE41 for 2 yards |
| 1st-10, NE41 | 6:06 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Randy Moss |
| 2nd-10, NE41 | 6:00 | Fred Taylor Off Left Tackle to NE46 for 5 yards |
| 3rd-5, NE46 | 5:13 | Tom Brady Pass to Randy Moss to Cin45 for 9 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin45 | 4:45 | Fred Taylor Off Right Tackle to Cin21 for 24 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin21 | 3:56 | Tom Brady Pass to Randy Moss to Cin16 for 5 yards |
| 2nd-5, Cin16 | 3:23 | Fred Taylor up the Middle to Cin14 for 2 yards |
| 3rd-3, Cin14 | 2:37 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Kevin Faulk |
| 4th-3, Cin14 | 2:33 | Stephen Gostkowski 32 yard field goal is GOOD. Holder-Zoltan Mesko |
| 0-0, NE30 | 2:29 | Stephen Gostkowski kicks 70 yards from NE30 to Cin0, TOUCHBACK. |
| Cincinnati - 2:29 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin20 | 2:29 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to Cin34 for 14 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin34 | 1:53 | Cedric Benson Off Left Tackle to Cin38 for 4 yards |
| 2nd-6, Cin38 | 1:12 | Cedric Benson Off Left Guard to Cin28 for -10 yards. Cedric Benson FUMBLES (FF-James Sanders), recovered at Cin28 by Rob Ninkovich RETURNED for 0 yards. |
| New England - 1:05 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin28 | 1:05 | NE-Alge Crumpler PENALIZED -5 yards for False Start |
| 1st-15, Cin33 | 1:05 | Tom Brady Pass to Brandon Tate to Cin29 for 4 yards |
| 2nd-11, Cin29 | 0:29 | Tom Brady Pass to Wes Welker to Cin29 for no gain |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England - 15:00 | ||
| 3rd-11, Cin29 | 15:00 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Kevin Faulk |
| 4th-11, Cin29 | 14:56 | Stephen Gostkowski 47 yard field goal is MISSED. Holder-Zoltan Mesko |
| Cincinnati - 14:51 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin38 | 14:51 | Cedric Benson Off Right Guard to Cin37 for -1 yards |
| 2nd-11, Cin37 | 14:17 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jermaine Gresham to Cin42 for 5 yards |
| 3rd-6, Cin42 | 13:44 | Carson Palmer Pass to Terrell Owens to Cin43 for 1 yard |
| 4th-5, Cin43 | 13:07 | Kevin Huber punts 57 yards to NE0, TOUCHBACK. |
| New England - 12:59 | ||
| 1st-10, NE20 | 12:59 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis up the Middle to NE24 for 4 yards |
| 2nd-6, NE24 | 12:28 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Randy Moss |
| 3rd-6, NE24 | 12:19 | Tom Brady Pass to Brandon Tate to NE44 for 20 yards |
| 1st-10, NE44 | 11:43 | Tom Brady Pass to Randy Moss to Cin24 for 32 yards |
| 0-0, Cin24 | 11:05 | NE-Brandon Tate PENALIZED -5 yards for Illegal Shift |
| 1st-15, Cin29 | 10:39 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Wes Welker |
| 2nd-15, Cin29 | 10:34 | Tom Brady Pass to Randy Moss to Cin25 for 4 yards |
| 3rd-11, Cin25 | 9:48 | Tom Brady Pass to Kevin Faulk to Cin4 for 21 yards |
| 1st-4, Cin4 | 9:13 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Aaron Hernandez |
| 2nd-4, Cin4 | 9:08 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Wes Welker |
| 3rd-4, Cin4 | 9:04 | Tom Brady Pass to Wes Welker for 4 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. Replay challenge - ruling upheld. |
| 0-0, Cin2 | 9:04 | Cincinnati Bengals timeout. |
| 0-0, Cin2 | 8:58 | Stephen Gostkowski extra point is GOOD. Holder-Zoltan Mesko |
| 0-0, NE30 | 8:58 | Stephen Gostkowski kicks 70 yards from NE30 to Cin0, TOUCHBACK. |
| Cincinnati - 8:58 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin20 | 8:58 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Terrell Owens |
| 2nd-10, Cin20 | 8:54 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jermaine Gresham to Cin27 for 7 yards |
| 3rd-3, Cin27 | 8:15 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jordan Shipley to Cin30 for 3 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin30 | 7:38 | New England Patriots timeout. |
| 1st-10, Cin30 | 7:38 | Carson Palmer Pass to Cedric Benson to Cin41 for 11 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin41 | 6:54 | Carson Palmer Pass to Terrell Owens to Cin48 for 7 yards |
| 2nd-3, Cin48 | 6:31 | Carson Palmer Pass to Terrell Owens to NE48 for 4 yards |
| 1st-10, NE48 | 5:49 | Carson Palmer pass intended for Jermaine Gresham intercepted by Gary Guyton RETURNED for 59 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| New England - 5:38 | ||
| 0-0, Cin2 | 5:38 | Stephen Gostkowski extra point is GOOD. Holder-Zoltan Mesko |
| 0-0, NE30 | 5:38 | Stephen Gostkowski kicks 60 yards from NE30 to Cin10, Quan Cosby returns to Cin28 for 18 yards |
| Cincinnati - 5:34 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin28 | 5:34 | Carson Palmer Aborted/Dropped Snap to Cin28 for no gain. Carson Palmer FUMBLES, recovered at Cin28 by Carson Palmer RETURNED for -2 yards. |
| 2nd-12, Cin26 | 5:00 | Cedric Benson up the Middle to Cin32 for 6 yards |
| 0-0, Cin32 | 4:16 | NE-Gary Guyton PENALIZED 5 yards for Offside |
| 3rd-1, Cin37 | 4:08 | Carson Palmer Pass to Terrell Owens to Cin41 for 4 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin41 | 3:32 | Cedric Benson Off Left Tackle to NE49 for 10 yards |
| 1st-10, NE49 | 2:59 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Jermaine Gresham |
| 2nd-10, NE49 | 2:53 | Cedric Benson Off Left Tackle to NE40 for 9 yards |
| 3rd-1, NE40 | 2:32 | Carson Palmer up the Middle to NE40 for no gain |
| 4th-1, NE40 | 2:12 | New England Patriots timeout. |
| 4th-1, NE40 | 2:12 | Carson Palmer up the Middle to NE38 for 2 yards |
| 1st-10, NE38 | 2:00 | Two-Minute Warning |
| 1st-10, NE38 | 2:00 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Cedric Benson |
| 2nd-10, NE38 | 1:56 | Cedric Benson Off Left End to NE35 for 3 yards |
| 3rd-7, NE35 | 1:25 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Terrell Owens |
| 4th-7, NE35 | 1:19 | Mike Nugent 54 yard field goal is GOOD. Holder-Kevin Huber |
| 0-0, Cin30 | 1:14 | Mike Nugent kicks 76 yards from Cin30 to NE-6, Brandon Tate returns to NE32 for 38 yards |
| New England - 1:08 | ||
| 1st-10, NE32 | 1:08 | Tom Brady Pass to Kevin Faulk to NE39 for 7 yards |
| 2nd-3, NE39 | 0:42 | Tom Brady Pass to Kevin Faulk to Cin50 for 11 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin50 | 0:34 | New England Patriots timeout. |
| 1st-10, Cin50 | 0:34 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Randy Moss. Replay challenge - ruling upheld. |
| 2nd-10, Cin50 | 0:28 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Brandon Tate |
| 3rd-10, Cin50 | 0:24 | Kevin Faulk up the Middle to Cin39 for 11 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin39 | 0:07 | Tom Brady Pass to Brandon Tate to Cin37 for 2 yards |
| 2nd-8, Cin37 | 0:06 | Stephen Gostkowski 56 yard field goal is MISSED. Holder-Zoltan Mesko |
| Cincinnati - 0:01 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin46 | 0:01 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jordan Shipley to NE3 for 51 yards |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati - 15:00 | ||
| 0-0, Cin30 | 15:00 | Mike Nugent kicks 67 yards from Cin30 to NE3, Brandon Tate returns for 97 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| New England - 14:48 | ||
| 0-0, Cin2 | 14:48 | Stephen Gostkowski extra point is GOOD. Holder-Zoltan Mesko |
| 0-0, NE30 | 14:48 | Stephen Gostkowski kicks 70 yards from NE30 to Cin0, TOUCHBACK. |
| Cincinnati - 14:48 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin20 | 14:48 | Carson Palmer Pass to Terrell Owens to Cin30 for 10 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin30 | 14:12 | Cedric Benson Off Left Guard to Cin37 for 7 yards |
| 2nd-3, Cin37 | 13:33 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to NE50 for 13 yards |
| 1st-10, NE50 | 13:12 | Cin-Dennis Roland PENALIZED -5 yards for False Start |
| 1st-15, Cin45 | 12:48 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to Cin49 for 4 yards |
| 2nd-11, Cin49 | 12:15 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Jordan Shipley |
| 3rd-11, Cin49 | 12:10 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jordan Shipley to NE40 for 11 yards |
| 1st-10, NE40 | 11:24 | Cedric Benson Off Right Tackle to NE39 for 1 yard |
| 2nd-9, NE39 | 10:43 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to NE20 for 19 yards |
| 1st-10, NE20 | 10:01 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jermaine Gresham to NE12 for 8 yards |
| 2nd-2, NE12 | 9:20 | Cedric Benson Off Left Tackle to NE8 for 4 yards |
| 1st-8, NE8 | 8:38 | Carson Palmer Off Right End to NE1 for 7 yards |
| 2nd-1, NE1 | 7:58 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jermaine Gresham for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 0-0, NE2 | 7:54 | Mike Nugent extra point is GOOD. Holder-Kevin Huber |
| 0-0, Cin30 | 7:54 | Mike Nugent kicks 74 yards from Cin30 to NE-4, Brandon Tate returns to NE28 for 32 yards |
| New England - 7:49 | ||
| 1st-10, NE28 | 7:49 | Tom Brady Pass to Fred Taylor to NE27 for -1 yards |
| 2nd-11, NE27 | 7:15 | Kevin Faulk up the Middle to NE30 for 3 yards |
| 0-0, NE30 | 6:32 | NE-Dan Koppen PENALIZED -10 yards for Holding |
| 3rd-18, NE20 | 6:07 | Tom Brady Pass to Brandon Tate to NE30 for 10 yards |
| 4th-8, NE30 | 5:25 | Zoltan Mesko punts 43 yards to Cin27, Downed |
| Cincinnati - 5:13 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin27 | 5:13 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Terrell Owens |
| 2nd-10, Cin27 | 5:09 | Carson Palmer Pass to Bernard Scott to Cin29 for 2 yards |
| 3rd-8, Cin29 | 4:38 | Carson Palmer Pass to Terrell Owens to Cin42 for 13 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin42 | 4:03 | Bernard Scott Off Right Tackle to NE49 for 9 yards |
| 2nd-1, NE49 | 3:28 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Terrell Owens |
| 3rd-1, NE49 | 3:24 | Carson Palmer Pass to Bernard Scott to NE45 for 4 yards |
| 1st-10, NE45 | 3:02 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Jordan Shipley |
| 2nd-10, NE45 | 2:59 | Bernard Scott up the Middle to NE40 for 5 yards |
| 3rd-5, NE40 | 2:14 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to NE36 for 4 yards |
| 4th-1, NE36 | 1:28 | Cedric Benson Off Right Guard to NE34 for 2 yards |
| 1st-10, NE34 | 0:59 | Bernard Scott Off Left End to NE28 for 6 yards |
| 2nd-4, NE28 | 0:28 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco for 28 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 0-0, NE2 | 0:22 | Mike Nugent extra point is GOOD. Holder-Kevin Huber |
| 0-0, Cin30 | 0:22 | Mike Nugent kicks 68 yards from Cin30 to NE2, Brandon Tate returns to NE19 for 17 yards |
| New England - 0:17 | ||
| 1st-10, NE19 | 0:17 | Tom Brady Pass to Wes Welker to NE31 for 12 yards |
| 4th Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England - 15:00 | ||
| 1st-10, NE31 | 15:00 | Tom Brady Pass to Randy Moss to NE40 for 9 yards |
| 2nd-1, NE40 | 14:28 | Fred Taylor Off Left Guard to NE45 for 5 yards |
| 1st-10, NE45 | 13:54 | Fred Taylor Off Right End to NE45 for no gain |
| 2nd-10, NE45 | 13:07 | New England Patriots timeout. |
| 2nd-10, NE45 | 13:07 | Tom Brady Pass to Fred Taylor to Cin48 for 7 yards |
| 3rd-3, Cin48 | 12:41 | Tom Brady Pass to Wes Welker to Cin37 for 11 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin37 | 12:04 | Tom Brady Pass to Kevin Faulk to Cin29 for 8 yards |
| 2nd-2, Cin29 | 11:34 | Fred Taylor Off Right Tackle to Cin31 for -2 yards |
| 3rd-4, Cin31 | 10:50 | Tom Brady Pass to Wes Welker to Cin19 for 12 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin19 | 10:18 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis Off Right End to Cin15 for 4 yards |
| 2nd-6, Cin15 | 9:41 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis Off Right End to Cin8 for 7 yards |
| 1st-8, Cin8 | 8:59 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis Off Right Guard to Cin2 for 6 yards |
| 2nd-2, Cin2 | 8:22 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis Off Right Guard to Cin1 for 1 yard |
| 3rd-1, Cin1 | 7:45 | Tom Brady Pass to Rob Gronkowski for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 0-0, Cin2 | 7:41 | Stephen Gostkowski extra point is GOOD. Holder-Zoltan Mesko |
| 0-0, NE30 | 7:41 | Stephen Gostkowski kicks 64 yards from NE30 to Cin6, Adam Jones returns to Cin24 for 18 yards |
| Cincinnati - 7:36 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin24 | 7:36 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jermaine Gresham to Cin22 for -2 yards |
| 2nd-12, Cin22 | 7:08 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Jermaine Gresham |
| 3rd-12, Cin22 | 7:04 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to Cin47 for 25 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin47 | 6:47 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Bernard Scott |
| 2nd-10, Cin47 | 6:42 | Bernard Scott up the Middle to NE49 for 4 yards |
| 3rd-6, NE49 | 6:04 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Terrell Owens |
| 4th-6, NE49 | 5:59 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to NE39 for 10 yards |
| 1st-10, NE39 | 5:48 | Bernard Scott up the Middle to NE37 for 2 yards |
| 2nd-8, NE37 | 5:24 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to NE27 for 10 yards |
| 1st-10, NE27 | 4:54 | New England Patriots timeout. |
| 1st-10, NE27 | 4:54 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to NE20 for 7 yards |
| 2nd-3, NE20 | 4:50 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Chad Ochocinco |
| 3rd-3, NE20 | 4:45 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jordan Shipley to NE7 for 13 yards |
| 1st-7, NE7 | 4:16 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jermaine Gresham to NE1 for 6 yards |
| 2nd-1, NE1 | 4:04 | Cincinnati Bengals timeout. |
| 0-0, NE1 | 4:04 | NE-Mike Wright PENALIZED 0 yards for Offside |
| 2nd-1, NE1 | 4:00 | Cedric Benson up the Middle for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 0-0, NE2 | 3:57 | Mike Nugent extra point is GOOD. Holder-Kevin Huber |
| 0-0, Cin30 | 3:57 | Mike Nugent ONSIDE kicks 7 yards from Cin30 to Cin37, Downed |
| New England - 3:57 | ||
| 0-0, NE30 | 3:57 | Cin-Michael Johnson PENALIZED 0 yards for Illegal Touch |
| 1st-10, Cin37 | 3:57 | Tom Brady Pass to Wes Welker to Cin26 for 11 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin26 | 3:11 | Fred Taylor up the Middle to Cin23 for 3 yards |
| 2nd-7, Cin23 | 3:00 | Cincinnati Bengals timeout. |
| 2nd-7, Cin23 | 3:00 | Fred Taylor Off Left End to Cin15 for 8 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin15 | 2:14 | Fred Taylor up the Middle to Cin15 for no gain |
| 2nd-10, Cin15 | 2:08 | Cincinnati Bengals timeout. |
| 2nd-10, Cin15 | 2:08 | NE-Rob Gronkowski PENALIZED -5 yards for False Start |
| 2nd-15, Cin20 | 2:08 | Fred Taylor Off Right Tackle to Cin14 for 6 yards |
| 3rd-9, Cin14 | 2:00 | Two-Minute Warning |
| 3rd-9, Cin14 | 2:00 | Fred Taylor up the Middle to Cin7 for 7 yards |
| 4th-2, Cin7 | 1:14 | Tom Brady Pass Incomplete to Wes Welker |
| Cincinnati - 1:10 | ||
| 1st-10, Cin7 | 1:10 | Carson Palmer Pass Incomplete to Jermaine Gresham |
| 2nd-10, Cin7 | 1:06 | Carson Palmer Pass to Bernard Scott to Cin16 for 9 yards |
| 3rd-1, Cin16 | 0:38 | Carson Palmer Pass to Jordan Shipley to Cin20 for 4 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin20 | 0:16 | Carson Palmer Pass to Chad Ochocinco to Cin36 for 16 yards |
| 1st-10, Cin36 | 0:11 | Bernard Scott Off Left Guard to Cin45 for 9 yards |
