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October 14, 2007

First Possession Success

AP photo / Matt Slocum
Randy Moss and Donte Stallworth celebrate Moss' first-quarter touchdown today in Texas.

IRVING, Texas -- As they have in every game so far this season, the Patriots scored on their first possession.
Converting four times on third down, the Pats drove 74 yards to a touchdown in 14 plays and 5:29, the score coming on a 6-yard pass from Tom Brady to Randy Moss -- his league-leading, 8th TD catch of the year.
Brady and Moss just missed connecting on a TD bomb on the first play of the game, when, after faking a handoff on a reverse to Wes Welker, Brady overthrew Moss going deep down the middle of the field.
The Pats scored TDs on their opening drives in their first two games, against the Jets and Chargers, and have kicked field goals on their opening drives in the past three games.

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