CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Fatherhood apparentlyagrees with Tom Brady. Playing just two days after flying coast-to-coast for the birthof his son, Brady was steely efficient in leading the NewEngland Patriots to a 24-7 preseason victory over the CarolinaPanthers on Friday. Brady finished 17-of-22 for 167 yards and two touchdowns,playing one series into the third quarter. He hit backup tightend Marcellus Rivers for a six-yard TD pass and 10-0 lead with5:42 left in the first half. After the Panthers closed to within 10-7 on Jake Delhomme's48-yard scoring pass to Keary Colbert with 43 seconds left inthe half, Brady drove the Patriots to another touchdown to openthe third quarter. Brady directed an eight-play, 77-yard drive and capped it offwith an eight-yard TD pass to backup running back Heath Evansfor a 17-7 lead before calling it a night. Evans added a two-yard touchdown run late in the third quarterfor a 24-7 lead. Second-year back Laurence Maroney, seeing his first action ofthe preseason, rushed for 58 yards on 15 carries for thePatriots. Delhomme finished 11-of-18 for 162 yards and a touchdown for thePanthers, who got a minimal contribution from their runninggame. DeAngelo Williams had 29 yards on nine carries andDeShaun Foster rushed three times for zero yards. Drew Carter, battling Colbert for a starting wide receiver berthopposite Steve Smith, had three receptions for 52 yards forCarolina.
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ENGLAND 3 7 14 0 24 CAROLINA 0 7 0 0 7 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 14:58 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 23 YD. NEW ENGLAND 3-0. 2ND QUARTER: 9:23 NWE - TD, MARCELLUS RIVERS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). NEW ENGLAND 10-0. 14:26 CAR - TD, KEARY COLBERT 48 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). NEW ENGLAND 10-7. 3RD QUARTER: 2:28 NWE - TD, HEATH EVANS 8 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). NEW ENGLAND 17-7. 12:25 NWE - TD, HEATH EVANS 2 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). NEW ENGLAND 24-7. 4TH QUARTER: NONE NEW ENGLAND - CAROLINA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND CAROLINA FIRST DOWNS 22 13 Rushing 9 2 Passing 13 11 Penalty 0 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-14-43% 6-14-43% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 384 279 Total offensive plays 69 56 Average gain per play 5.6 5.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 148 57 Rushing attempts 36 18 Average gain per rush 4.1 3.2 Tackles for loss-yards 2-4 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 236 222 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-21 Gross passing yards 236 243 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 33-22-0 36-23-1 Avg gain per pass play 7.2 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-2 2-2-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-40.7 5-50.2 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 34.0 46.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 33 18 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-20 2-18 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-49 3-60 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-13 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-40 5-30 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 Rushing 1 0 Passing 2 1 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-3 0-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 2-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 0-1-0% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:40 27:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND CAROLINA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MARONEY 15 58 3.9 12 0 D WILLIAMS 9 29 3.2 9 0 H EVANS 7 58 8.3 43 1 E SHELTON 2 11 5.5 8 0 S MORRIS 7 27 3.9 7 0 A HAYNES 1 9 9.0 9 0 Q SMITH 4 8 2.0 6 0 N GOINGS 2 8 4.0 5 0 T BRADY 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 D FOSTER 3 0 0.0 4 0 M GUTIERRE 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 D BELL 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T BRADY 17-22-167 0 2 37 J DELHOMME 11-18-162 0 1 48 M CASSEL 3- 6- 43 0 0 22 D CARR 8-11- 58 1 0 18 M GUTIERRE 2- 3- 26 0 0 21 D BELL 3- 5- 19 0 0 7 V TESTAVER 0- 2- 0 0 0 0 B BASANEZ 1- 2- 4 0 0 4 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: D CARR 1-7. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B WATSON 4 26 6.5 9 0 D CARTER 3 52 17.3 24 0 D STALLWOR 3 45 15.0 37 0 J KING 3 25 8.3 12 0 K WASHINGT 3 37 12.3 22 0 D JARRETT 2 24 12.0 18 0 W WELKER 3 30 10.0 10 0 S SMITH 2 20 10.0 15 0 M RIVERS 2 27 13.5 21 1 T BIDDLE 2 18 9.0 14 0 R CALDWELL 2 24 12.0 15 0 A HAYNES 2 15 7.5 8 0 S MORRIS 2 23 11.5 13 0 C HORN 2 14 7.0 7 0 H EVANS 2 19 9.5 11 1 K COLBERT 1 48 48.0 48 1 Q SMITH 1 5 5.0 5 0 D WILLIAMS 1 9 9.0 9 0 D FOSTER 1 8 8.0 8 0 D ROSARIO 1 6 6.0 6 0 E SHELTON 1 5 5.0 5 0 R ROBINSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 B LATSKO 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- O LUA 1 13 13.0 13 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BAUGHER 3 122 40.7 0 0 47 J BAKER 5 251 50.2 0 1 56 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B JONES 2 20 10.0 19 0 R ROBINSON 2 18 9.0 12 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B JONES 1 29 29.0 29 0 N GOINGS 2 39 19.5 24 0 E HOBBS 1 20 20.0 20 0 R ROBINSON 1 21 21.0 21 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GOSTKOWS 3/3 1/3 J KASAY 1/1 0/2 Dist.: 23 (52) (46) Dist.: (49) (43) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Fumbles: None DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B MERIWEATHER 5 5 0 0-0 C GAMBLE 6 6 0 0-0 R HARRISON 4 4 0 0-0 J DAVIS 6 5 1 0-0 K BROWN 4 4 0 0-0 J BEASON 6 4 2 0-0 T BRUSCHI 3 3 0 0-0 A SEWARD 5 4 1 0-0 L SMITH 3 3 0 0-0 K LUCAS 3 3 0 0-0 A THOMAS 3 3 0 0-0 D COOPER 3 3 0 0-0 M VRABEL 2 2 0 1-7 R MARSHALL 3 3 0 0-0 E WILSON 2 2 0 0-0 D MORGAN 3 3 0 0-0 M RICHARDSON 2 2 0 0-0 M RUCKER 3 3 0 0-0 E HOBBS 2 2 0 0-0 K JENKINS 2 2 0 0-0 R GAY 2 1 1 0-0 C NEWTON 2 2 0 0-0 O LUA 2 1 1 0-0 M PIMENTEL 2 2 0 0-0 W ANDREWS 2 1 1 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 2 2 0 0-0 J SANDERS 2 1 1 0-0 C HARRIS 2 1 1 0-0 E ALEXANDER 2 1 1 0-0 D BALL 1 1 0 0-0 J ROGERS 1 1 0 1-14 J ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 T JAMES 1 1 0 0-0 C JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 R COLVIN 1 1 0 0-0 T SHAW 1 1 0 0-0 P WOODS 1 1 0 0-0 M KEMOEATU 1 1 0 0-0 D WESLEY 1 0 1 0-0 D STRAIT 1 1 0 0-0 M MITCHELL 1 0 1 0-0 K GARRETT 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 62,894 Time of Game: 2:48</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ENGLAND 3 7 14 0 24 CAROLINA 0 7 0 0 7 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 23 YD, 14:58. NEW ENGLAND 3-0 2ND QUARTER: NWE - TD, MARCELLUS RIVERS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 9:23. NEW ENGLAND 10-0 CAR - TD, KEARY COLBERT 48 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 14:26. NEW ENGLAND 10-7 3RD QUARTER: NWE - TD, HEATH EVANS 8 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 2:28. NEW ENGLAND 17-7 NWE - TD, HEATH EVANS 2 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 12:25. NEW ENGLAND 24-7 4TH QUARTER: NONE ATT: 62,894</div>
