FOXBORO -- Notes from the first half:

-- The Pats have now scored in 29 consecutive quarters, dating back to last season. Since being shut out in Miami last Dec. 10, the Patriots have scored in 41 of 42 quarters. The last time they were held scoreless in a quarter was the first quarter of the game at Jacksonville last Dec. 24.

-- The Patriots have scored first in six straight regular-season home games.

-- The sack by Ellis Hobbs was the first of his career; the forced fumble on the sack was also a career first.

-- The strip-sack by Hobbs was the Pats' fourth of the season.