New England Patriots7–40Los Angeles Chargers

Total yards: New England Patriots 211, Los Angeles Chargers 428. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: New England Patriots 115, Los Angeles Chargers 281. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: New England Patriots 96, Los Angeles Chargers 147. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: New England Patriots 8, Los Angeles Chargers 26. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: New England Patriots 0.0, Los Angeles Chargers 4.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: New England Patriots 4, Los Angeles Chargers 5. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: New England Patriots 1, Los Angeles Chargers 7. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: New England Patriots 0, Los Angeles Chargers 1. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: New England Patriots 7, Los Angeles Chargers 6. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: New England Patriots 60, Los Angeles Chargers 54. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: New England Patriots -17.2, Los Angeles Chargers 17.6. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: New England Patriots -9.3, Los Angeles Chargers 4.8. The same for the running game.