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  FINAL
New England 24, Denver 23
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Denver 0 10 3 10 23
New England 10 7 7 0 24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NWE   TD   KEVIN FAULK 15 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:33. Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards in 3:02. Key plays: Bledsoe 20-yard pass to Coates on 3rd-and-7 to Denver 37; Bledsoe 20-yard pass to Carter to Denver 15. NEW ENGLAND 7-0
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 28 YD, 12:23. Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards in 3:23. Key plays: Bledsoe 16-yard pass to Coates to Denver 28; Allen 11-yard run to Denver 17. NEW ENGLAND 10-0
2ND QUARTER
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 40 YD, 3:49. Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:26. Key plays: Griese 14 yard run to Denver 25; Griese 35-yard pass to McCaffrey to New England 41; Griese 16-yard pass to Cooper to Denver 32. NEW ENGLAND 10-3
DEN   TD   ROD SMITH 28 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (JASON ELAM KICK), 7:08. Drive: 3 plays, 88 yards in 0:58. Key plays: Gary 60-yard run to New England 28. DENVER 10, NEW ENGLAND 10
NWE   TD   TERRY ALLEN 1 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 14:34. Drive: 4 plays, 66 yards in 1:14. Key plays: Bledsoe 67-yard pass to Glenn to New England 1. NEW ENGLAND 17-10
3RD QUARTER
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 28 YD, 3:27. Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards in 3:27. Key plays: Griese 14-yard pass to Chamberlain to Denver 43. Griese 41-yard pass to McCaffery to New England 16. NEW ENGLAND 17-13
NWE   TD   TERRY ALLEN 1 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 6:35. Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards in 3:08. Key plays: Allen 39-yard run to Denver 30; Allen 18-yard run to Denver 1. NEW ENGLAND 24-13
4TH QUARTER
DEN   TD   BRIAN GRIESE 7 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 0:45. Drive: 12 plays, 85 yards in 6:01. Key plays: Griese 12-yard pass to Smith to Denver 27; Griese 14-yard pass to Smith to Denver 41; Slade roughing the passer penalty on 3rd-and-6 to New England 17. NEW ENGLAND 24-20
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 30 YD, 8:50. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards in 4:25. Key plays: Griese 11-yass to Miller to Denver 40; Griese 20-pass to Carswell to New England 28. NEW ENGLAND 24-23

TEAM STATISTICS
  DEN NWE
FIRST DOWNS
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
23
4-13
0-0
442
68
6.5
133
27
4.9
309
25-38
7.5
3-7
5-53.0
132
3-25
5-107
0-0
10-70
1-0
31:39
15
2-11
0-0
325
54
6.0
133
28
4.8
192
13-22
7.4
4-22
7-45.6
210
4-70
6-140
0-0
5-34
0-0
28:21

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Denver (Jason Elam 59).
Denver rushing
Olandis Gary 19-90, Brian Griese 3-23, John Avery 2-13, Howard Griffith 2-7, Tom Rouen 1-0.
New England rushing
Terry Allen 17-106, Kevin Faulk 5-24, Tony Carter 1-6, Lamont Warren 2-minus 1, Drew Bledsoe 3-minus 2.
Denver passing
Brian Griese 25-38 for 316 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 13-22 for 214 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Denver receiving
Ed Mccaffrey 5-111, Byron Chamberlain 4-46, Olandis Gary 4-39, Rod Smith 3-44, Dwayne Carswell 3-31, John Avery 3-13, Andre Cooper 2-21, Billy Miller 1-11.
New England receiving
Ben Coates 3-40, Terry Glenn 2-80, Tony Carter 2-31, Lamont Warren 2-21, Shawn Jefferson 2-11, Vincent Brisby 1-27, Kevin Faulk 1-4.
Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Eric Brown 9-1-1, Al Wilson 4-5-0, Tyrone Braxton 4-3-0, Bill Romanowski 3-2-0, Dale Carter 3-1-0, Trevor Pryce 2-2-0, Maa Tanuvasa 3-0-0, Ray Crockett 2-0-0, Harald Hasselbach 2-0-1, Glenn Cadrez 1-1-0, Darrius Johnson 1-1-0, Mike Lodish 1-1-0, Alfred Williams 1-0-0, David Bowens 1-0-1, Neil Smith 1-0-1.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Lawyer Milloy 12-2-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 8-1-0, Chris Slade 3-6-2, Ty Law 6-0-0, Chad Eaton 4-1-1, Vernon Crawford 2-3-0, Chris Carter 3-1-0, Willie Mcginest 2-2-0, Larry Whigham 2-2-0, Henry Thomas 1-3-0, Steve Israel 2-0-0, Bob Kuberski 1-1-0, Brandon Mitchell 1-1-0, Kato Serwanga 1-0-0, Greg Spires 1-0-0, Ferric Collons 1-0-0, Sterling Palmer 1-0-0, Marty Moore 0-1-0.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Jim Duke, Head linesman-John Schleyer, Line judge-Ron Baynes, Field judge-Keven Mack, Side judge-Rick Patterson, Back judge-Jack Vaughan.
A: 60,011; T: 3:05.

 


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