1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
New England	14	7	7	0	28
Denver	0	3	8	8	19

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NWE		TD		TROY BROWN 11 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 3:12. Drive: 4 plays, 29 yards in 1:07. Key plays: McGinest recovery of Griese fumble at Denver 29; Bledsoe 14- yard pass to Glenn to Denver 15. NEW ENGLAND 7-0
NWE		TD		TROY BROWN 44 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:01. Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards in 1:18. Key plays: Bledsoe 14-yard pass to Glenn to New England 43. NEW ENGLAND 14-0
2ND QUARTER
DEN		FG		JOE NEDNEY 20 YD, 4:27. Drive: 16 plays, 88 yards in 8:02. Key plays: Griese 8-yard pass to McCaffrey on 3rd-and-1 to Denver 27; Griese 19-yard pass to R Smith to New England 44; Griese 7-yard pass to R Smith to New England 8. NEW ENGLAND 14-3
NWE		TD		JR REDMOND 12 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 14:35. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 2:02. Key plays: Faulk 13-yard run to New England 33; Bledsoe 16-yard pass to Brown plus 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Broncos' Tanuvasa to Denver 30. NEW ENGLAND 21-3
3RD QUARTER
DEN		SAFETY		DENVER SAFETY OCCURRED WHEN NEW ENGLAND PUNTER LEE JOHNSON STEPPED OUT OF THE END ZONE., 9:46. NEW ENGLAND 21-5
DEN		TD		DELTHA ONEAL 87 YD KICKOFF RETURN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 10:04. NEW ENGLAND 21-11
NWE		TD		TERRY GLENN 9 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 14:17. Drive: 7 plays, 77 yards in 4:13. Key plays: Bledsoe 36-yard pass to Brown to Denver 20. NEW ENGLAND 28-11
4TH QUARTER
DEN		TD		TRAVIS MCGRIFF 43 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (BRIAN GRIESE PASS TO ED MCCAFFREY FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 13:04. Drive: 7 plays, 81 yards in 1:51. Key plays: Griese 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Denver 30; Griese 9-pass to Chamberlain to New England 48. NEW ENGLAND 28-19

TEAM STATISTICS

	NWE	DEN
FIRST DOWNS Passing 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	19 13 5-13 0-1 314 57 5.5 54 27 2.0 260 18-27 8.7 3-11 6-45.3 95 3-22 3-73 1-0 5-17 0-0 27:12	26 19 7-17 1-2 405 75 5.4 79 21 3.8 326 31-50 6.0 4-35 5-49.2 180 2-18 4-153 1-9 7-50 2-1 32:48

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Denver (Joe Nedney 43).
New England rushing
Kevin Faulk 9-40, Jr Redmond 6-15, Harold Shaw 3-3, Drew Bledsoe 4-minus 2, Michael Bishop 2-0, Tony Carter 1-minus 1, Chris Floyd 1-0, Lee Johnson 1-minus 1.
Denver rushing
Brian Griese 6-29, Mike Anderson 6-26, Terrell Davis 9-24.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 18-27 for 271 yards, 1 INT, 4 TD.
Denver passing
Brian Griese 31-50 for 361 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
New England receiving
Troy Brown 6-124, Terry Glenn 5-60, Eric Bjornson 2-20, Jr Redmond 2-17, Kevin Faulk 1-26, Chris Calloway 1-13, Tony Simmons 1-11.
Denver receiving
Rod Smith 13-160, Ed Mccaffrey 9-91, Dwayne Carswell 3-21, Byron Chamberlain 2-35, Travis Mcgriff 1-43, Mike Anderson 1-6, Desmond Clark 1-4, Howard Griffith 1-1.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Antonio Langham 9-0-0, Chris Slade 6-1-1, Ty Law 4-3-0, Tebucky Jones 5-0-0, Lawyer Milloy 5-0-0, Willie Mcginest 4-1-1, Tedy Bruschi 3-2-0, Ted Johnson 4-0-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 3-0-0, Chad Eaton 1-2-0, Bobby Hamilton 2-0-0, Otis Smith 2-2-0, Brandon Mitchell 1-0-0, Kato Serwanga 1-0-1, Greg Spires 1-0-1, Henry Thomas 1-0-0, Tony Carter 1-0-0, Tony George 1-0-0, Terry Glenn 1-0-0, Rob Holmberg 1-0-0, Larry Whigham 1-0-0.
Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
John Mobley 8-2-0, Billy Jenkins Jr 9-0-0, Eric Brown 5-1-0, Al Wilson 4-2-0.5, Bill Romanowski 4-0-0, Keith Traylor 3-0-1, Trevor Pryce 2-1-1.5, Maa Tanuvasa 2-0-0, Ray Crockett 3-0-0, Harald Hasselbach 1-0-0, Mike Lodish 1-0-0, Desmond Clark 1-0-0, Keith Burns 1-0-0, Byron Chamberlain 1-0-0, George Coghill 0-1-0, Travis Mcgriff 1-0-0, Tom Nalen 1-0-0, Rod Smith 1-0-0.
Interceptions
New England (Tebucky Jones 1 for 0 yards); Denver (Terrell Buckley 1 for 9 yards).
Fumbles lost
Denver (Brian Griese).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New England (Willie Mcginest).
Officials
Referee-Ron Blum, Umpire-James Wilson, Head linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Charles Steward, Field judge-Al Jury, Side judge-Ken Baker, Back judge-Kirk Dorman.
A: 72,006; T: 3:05.