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October 13, 2013: Pats win in dramatic fashion
Brady to Thompkins FTW with five second left
70-yard game winning drive in final 73 seconds
October 13, 2013: Pats win in dramatic fashion
Brady to Thompkins FTW with five second left
70-yard game winning drive in final 73 seconds
Sunday October 13, 2013 at 4:25
Week 6, Game 6 at Gillette Stadium
New England Patriots 30, New Orleans Saints 27
Head Coaches: Bill Belichick, Sean Payton
QBs: Tom Brady, Drew Brees
Odds: New England favored by 2½
TV: Fox; Thom Brennaman, Troy Aikman; Pam Oliver
Patriots improve to 5-1, Saints drop to 5-1
As for the comment above, the Sox delivered as well, in equally dramatic fashion. Losing 5-1 to Detroit with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, David Ortiz hit a grand slam to tie the score. The Red Sox went on to defeat the Tigers in the ALCS, and win the world series. October 13 would become known as "Comeback Day" to New England sports fans as a result of the two incredible finishes.
Back to the Patriots game.
It made international headlines.
Patriots steal NFL win over Saints
With five seconds on the clock, Tom Brady's 17-yard touchdown pass has snatched the New England Patriots a 30-27 win over the New Orleans Saints.
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Tom Brady's dramatic drive gives Patriots last-ditch win over Saints
NFL round-up: New England beat New Orleans 30-27 on 73-second drive; Cowboys hand RG3 first defeat in native state; Rodgers' Packers hold off Ravens
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With Gillette Stadium nearly half-empty, the fans assuming the New England Patriots had thrown away their last chance, Tom Brady delivered a drive to savor on Sunday.
Taking over at his 30-yard line with 73 seconds remaining, no timeouts left and the Patriots trailing the unbeaten New Orleans Saints 27-23, a vintage Brady rallied his team to a 30-27 win. Brady's 17-yard touchdown pass to Kenbrell Thompkins with five seconds left capped the 70-yard drive in which the Patriots marched downfield. The Saints (5-1) had taken a 24-23 lead with 3:29 remaining on Drew Brees' 34-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Stills, but couldn't put away New England. The Patriots (5-1) survived an interception by Keenan Lewis on their first snap after Garrett Hartley's 39-yard field goal made it 27-23.
The New England Patriots finally go fast in win over New Orleans Saints
Tom Brady wants to go fast. He just hasn't had the vehicle to do so this season, but it wasn't for a lack of trying.
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Tom Brady wants to go fast. He just hasn't had the vehicle to do so this season, but it wasn't for a lack of trying.
The Patriots spent the first five weeks of the season locked in the garage, trying to tune up the motor and get things running again. They got around the block a few times, but would stall and sputter their way to the finish line.
Sunday's 30-27 win over the New Orleans Saints was almost no different. If Kenbrell Thompkins hadn't reeled in an 17-yard reception that lifted the Patriots out of the depths of despair, this would be another week filled with talk about the inefficiencies of the offense.
The focus would be on drops from Aaron Dobson, Julian Edelman and Brandon Bolden on the third-to-last drive, and the next, which ended when Brady threw an interception on a pass deep down the left sideline intended for Julian Edelman.
Add injuries to Danny Amendola (head), cornerback Aqib Talib (hip), linebacker Jerod Mayo (shoulder) and right guard Dan Connolly (head) and the game may have been a total disaster if not for Thompkins. But before things got ugly, the Patriots went fast, and for a few moments, it was a thing of beauty.
There may have been no other choice. New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan is a master of disguise, and over the years he's dialed up plenty of schemes that have confounded Bill Belichick, Brady and the rest of the Patriots. The worst of those instances may have come in 2010, when his so-called amoeba defense caught the Patriots by surprise and allowed the Cleveland Browns to run away with a 34-14 win.
Patriots stun Saints, 30-27, on late TD by Thompkins / Gallery
Tom Brady found Kenbrell Thompkins for a 17-yard touchdown with 5 seconds remaining as the New England Patriots beat the previously undefeated New Orleans Saints, 30-27, today at Gillette Stadium.
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With one sweet catch in the back of the end zone, Kenbrell Thompkins earned himself a permanent place in New England Patriots lore. And Tom Brady, the guy who threw the ball, added another remarkable chapter to his great history with the team.
Those two combined on a 17-yard touchdown pass with five seconds left to lift the Pats to a dramatic and marvelously exciting 30-27 victory over New Orleans on Sunday at Gillette.
It was such a wild show that a large number of Patriots fans had left the stadium thinking their team had lost, a feeling made all the stronger when the Saints’ Keenan Lewis intercepted a Brady pass with 2:16 left. The Saints had the ball and a 27-23 lead. And the Patriots had only one timeout left.
But the New England defense held and the Pats got the ball back with 73 seconds remaining. Working without any timeouts, Brady completed four passes, two to newcomer Austin Collie, to get the ball to the Saints’ 17. With 10 seconds on the clock, Brady saw Thompkins going down the left side and floated a pretty pass to the rookie deep in the left corner of the end zone. Saints defender Jabari Green was a step behind Thompkins, who went up and made the biggest catch of his life to win the game.
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“We had everybody going to the end zone. He kind of snuck into the corner and I put it up there for him,” Brady said. “He came down and made a great catch.”
“Sorry of you had to rewrite some of those stories at the end,” a smiling Pats coach Bill Belichick told reporters after the game. “What a football game. I feel like that took about five years off my life. I’m really proud of our team. … It was a great 60-minute battle.”
It was the 38th time in his career Brady has led a game-winning drive.
“I’m still shocked to watch Brady play. He’s amazing,’’ said cornerback Alfonzo Dennard, who looked as if he might be the goat when he was beaten by Kenny Stills for a 34-yard touchdown pass with 3:35 remaining, putting the Saints on top, 24-23.
“It’s just incredible, man,” offered Kyle Arrington. “I was jumping for joy on the sideline when KT made a heck of a catch and Tom, of course, a heck of a throw. It was just a great game.”
Tom Brady’s late touchdown pass helps Patriots keep the faith in win over Saints - The Boston Globe
FOXBOROUGH — After the New England Patriots’ loss in Cincinnati in Week 5, and after their Patriotsoffense began to struggle – again – in the second half of Sunday’s night’s game against the New Orleans Saints, there were more than a few people starting to write the epilogue to Tom Brady’s...
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The show was a back-and-forth battle between two of the NFL’s best teams. New England dominated the first half with perhaps its best 30 minutes of football of the season and led 17-7 at the half. The Saints came back after the break and had much the upper hand as they appeared to be on their way to their sixth straight victory.
The Patriots, trailing by a point after Stills’ touchdown, failed on one possession with under three minutes left, going for it on fourth down from their own 24 and failing when Aaron Dobson could not secure a catch. That led to a New Orleans field goal, which upped its lead to 27-23 with 2:34 left.
When Brady was intercepted by Lewis on a deep pass on the first play of the Pats’ subsequent drive, the game appeared over. New England was down to its last timeout. The Pats used that one and the two-minute warning to stop the clock, got the ball back with 1:13 left and did the improbable. Collie, who used to play with Peyton Manning and the Colts, is the new guy in town, but he knows what drives the Patriots.
Patriots stun Saints as Tom Brady hits Kenbrell Tompkins for game-winning touchdown
PATRIOTS 30, SAINTS 27 FOXBOROUGH – Rob Ryan, the Saints’ defensive coordinator, couldn’t believe it, throwing his long headed-mane back in disgust. He should have. You cannot give Tom Brady three chances to win a game…
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After the Lewis interception, the offensive players got together, Thompkins related.
“It’s just believing in the team. We were saying on the sideline all the time that we were going to get another chance,” he said. “When we got it, we had to take full advantage of it.”
“It was a zone coverage,” Thompkins said of his winning catch. “The DB ended up letting me get behind him and I went up and made the catch.”
Patriots 30, Saints 27
Patriots 30, Saints 27: Tom Brady threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Kenbrell Thompkins with five seconds to play and the Patriots handed the visiting Saints their first loss of the season. Brady, who saw his streak of throwing a TD pass in…
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In the first half, the Pats controlled the ball for 18:44 to the Saints’ 11:16, three times forced three-and-outs and piled up 232 yards in offense, only 16 less than they had in the entire game last week. The Saints ran the ball only four times for 11 yards in the half.
The Saints went to their running game in the second half and quickly charged back, tying the score at 17 before falling behind 23-17 and then taking the lead on the 24-yarder from Drew Brees to Stills. Dennard had good coverage on the play and safety Steve Gregory was coming over to help. Dennard actually jumped and waved his hand trying to knock the ball down. But the throw was perfect, just over his hand, and Stills made the catch.
It looked like one of the most dramatic game-winning catches of the season. But it was trumped by the Brady to Thompkins beauty in the final seconds.
Live Game Blogs:
Patriots-Saints Live: Tom Brady Hits Kenbrell Thompkins for 17-Yard Game-Winning Touchdown, New England Wins 30-27 - NESN.com
Final, Patriots 30-27: This one’s over. The Saints tried to get tricky on the kick return and the Patriots recovered it. Patriots win in a crazy one. Fourth quarter, :05, Patriots 30-27: Wow. Tom Brady drove down the field and hit Kenbrell Thompkins for a 17-yard touchdown. Now the Patriots’...
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Patriots Live Blog: Brady Throws TD To Thompkins To Complete Miracle Comeback
The Pats face a tough test at home with the New Orleans Saints in town. Follow the live blog for details and analysis all game long.
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New Orleans Saints 27 at New England Patriots 30 on October 13th, 2013 - Full team and player stats and box score
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