Cincinnati-Judging by Tom Brady’s performance, there’s still room for improvement. The New England Patriots’ signal-caller threw a second quarter interception which set up a Cincinnati touchdown, but otherwise he was excellent in victory as New England decimated the Cincinnati Bengals, 34-13, at Paul Brown Stadium Monday night. Brady proceeded to throw three touchdowns, two of which went to new acquisition Randy Moss and the Patriots’ defense surrendered less than 300 yards of offense to the explosive Bengals. This was a disappointing loss for Cincinnati as they have sunk to the bottom of the AFC North with this defeat at 1-3 as they trail division-leading Pittsburgh by two games. Next week, the Pats return home to battle the Cleveland Browns at Foxboro, Mass., while the Bengals will have a bye. This is essential for Cincinnati as at one point in this game, they only had two healthy linebackers so the rest is much needed.

Box Score (Final)

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score

Patriots............ 10  7  7 10  - 34       Record: (4-0,4-0)
Bengals.............  0  7  3  3  - 13       Record: (1-3,1-2)

Scoring Summary:                                                         NEWENGLD - CINCNATI

1st 10:35 NEWENGLD - Stephen Gostkow 31 yd field goal
                                           11 plays, 66 yards, TOP 4:20         3 - 0
    00:51 NEWENGLD - Mike Vrabel 1 yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkow kick)
                                            5 plays, 66 yards, TOP 2:09        10 - 0
2nd 10:59 CINCNATI - T.J. Houshmandz 1 yd pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick)
                                            5 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:29        10 - 7
    04:11 NEWENGLD - Randy Moss 6 yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkow kick)
                                           12 plays, 62 yards, TOP 6:48        17 - 7
3rd 07:55 NEWENGLD - Sammy Morris 7 yd run (Stephen Gostkow kick)
                                            8 plays, 87 yards, TOP 4:07        24 - 7
    04:10 CINCNATI - Shayne Graham 40 yd field goal
                                            8 plays, 44 yards, TOP 3:45        24 - 10
4th 13:03 NEWENGLD - Stephen Gostkow 36 yd field goal
                                           10 plays, 53 yards, TOP 6:07        27 - 10
    09:04 CINCNATI - Shayne Graham 48 yd field goal
                                           12 plays, 49 yards, TOP 3:59        27 - 13
    03:18 NEWENGLD - Randy Moss 14 yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkow kick)
                                            9 plays, 86 yards, TOP 5:46        34 - 13
FIRST DOWNS...................       26       17
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   34-175    13-57
PASSING YDS (NET).............      232      223
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  31-24-1  36-22-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   66-407   50-280
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     2-16      0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     4-85    6-129
Interception Returns-Yards....      2-2      1-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   1-40.0   4-42.5
Fumbles-Lost..................      0-0      0-0
Penalties-Yards...............     3-20     8-63
Possession Time...............    37:23    22:37
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      1-7      1-9

NEWENGLD CINCNATI

RUSHING: Patriots-Sammy Morris 21-119; Wes Welker 1-27; Kevin Faulk 3-20;
Kyle Eckel 3-10; Heath Evans 2-1; Tom Brady 2-minus 1; Matt Cassel 2-minus
1. Bengals-Kenny Watson 12-53; Jeremi Johnson 1-4.

PASSING: Patriots-Tom Brady 24-31-1-241; TM 0-0-0-minus 9. Bengals-Carson
Palmer 22-36-2-230; TM 0-0-0-minus 7.

RECEIVING: Patriots-Randy Moss 9-101; Donte' Stallwor 4-50; Kevin Faulk
3-39; Wes Welker 3-21; Sammy Morris 2-17; Benjamin Watson 2-12; Mike Vrabel
1-1. Bengals-T.J. Houshmandz 11-97; Chad Johnson 3-53; Kenny Watson 3-20;
Reggie Kelly 2-41; Antonio Chatman 2-15; Jeremi Johnson 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Patriots-Asante Samuel 1-1; Randall Gay 1-1. Bengals-Leon
Hall 1-0.

Stadium: Paul Brown Stadium    Attendance: 66113
Kickoff time: 6:30      End of Game: 9:33      Total elapsed time: 3:03
Officials: Referee: Mike Tirico; Umpire: Tony Kornheiser;
Linesman: Ron Jaworski; Line judge: Michelle Tafoya; Back judge: Suzy Kolber;
Field judge: Chris Berman; Side judge: Tom Jackson; Scorer: Brad James;
Temperature: 74        Wind: Gentle    Weather: Partly cloudy

Patriots vs Bengals (Oct 01, 2007 at Cincinnati)

SACKS (UA-A): Patriots-Adalius Thomas 1-0. Bengals-Justin Smith 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Patriots-Brandon Merriwe 5-1; James Sanders 5-0; Mike Vrabel
4-1; Randall Gay 3-2; Adalius Thomas 4-0; Eugene Wilson 2-0; Ty Warren 2-0;
Larry Izzo 2-0; Junior Seau 1-0; Vince Wilfork 1-0; Rashad Baker 1-0; Jarvis
Green 0-1; Asante Samuel 0-1; Tedy Bruschi 0-1; Ellis Hobbs 0-1.
Bengals-Madieu Williams 6-3; Domata Peko 4-3; Chinedum Ndukwe 4-2; Landon
Johnson 3-1; Deltha O'Neal 2-2; Justin Smith 1-3; Robert Geathers 3-0;
Dexter Jackson 3-0; Herana Daze-Jon 2-1; Dhani Jones 1-2; Leon Hall 1-1;
Johnathan Josep 1-1; John Thornton 0-2; Daniel Coats 1-0; Kenny Watson 1-0;
Frostee Rucker 1-0; Chris Perry 1-0; Reggie Kelly 1-0; Anthony Schlege 1-0;
DeDe Dorsey 0-1; Bryan Robinson 0-1; Michael Myers 0-1.