FINAL
New England 24, Indianapolis 16
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Indianapolis 0 10 3 3 16
New England 3 7 0 14 24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 21 YD, 4:59. Drive: 10 plays, 73 yards in 4:59. Key plays: Bledsoe 16-yard run on 3rd-and-11 to New England 39; Bledsoe 28-yard pass to Calloway to Indianapolis 23; 16-yard pass interference penalty on Colts' Poole at Indianapolis 7. NEW ENGLAND 3-0
2ND QUARTER
IND   TD   MARVIN HARRISON 17 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 6:36. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 3:46. Key plays: Manning 12-yard pass to Harrison to New England 45; James 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 17. INDIANAPOLIS 7-3
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 33 YD, 14:50. Drive: 14 plays, 77 yards in 6:28. Key plays: Manning 12-yard pass to Harrison to Indianapolis 32; Manning 13-yard pass to Wilkins to New England 40; Manning 16-yard pass to Dilger to New England 24. INDIANAPOLIS 10-3
NWE   TD   TONY SIMMONS 44 YD PASS FROM MICHAEL BISHOP (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 15:00. Drive: 1 play, 44 yards in 0:10. Key plays: Simmons 39-yard kickoff return to Indianapolis 44. INDIANAPOLIS 10, NEW ENGLAND 10
3RD QUARTER
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 33 YD, 10:19. Drive: 22 plays, 65 yards in 10:19. Key plays: Manning 10-yard pass to Pathon on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis 37; Manning 10-yard pass to Harrison on 3rd-and-8 to Indianapolis 49; Manning 19-yard pass to Harrison on 3rd-and-9 to New England 31; James 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to New England 21. INDIANAPOLIS 13-10
4TH QUARTER
NWE   TD   ERIC BJORNSON 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 0:04. Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 4:45. Key plays: Bledsoe 4-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-1 to New England 36; Faulk 18-yard run to Indianapolis 37; Bledsoe 10-yard pass to Brown on 3rd-and-5 to Indianapolis 22; Bledsoe 20-yard pass to Redmond to Indianapolis 2. NEW ENGLAND 17-13
NWE   TD   TERRY GLENN 4 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:34. Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards in 3:10. Key plays: Law interception at New England 39; Bledsoe 14-yard pass to Glenn to Indianapolis 47; Bledsoe 16-yard pass to Glenn to Indianapolis 30; Johnson 18-yard pass to Bjornson on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 4. NEW ENGLAND 24-13
IND   FG   MIKE VANDERJAGT 34 YD, 14:24. Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards in 1:10. Key plays: Manning 12-yard pass to Harrison to Indianapolis 33; James 11-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 47; Manning 21-yard pass to Harrison to New England 26. NEW ENGLAND 24-16

TEAM STATISTICS
  IND NWE
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
27
17
9-17
1-1
408
82
5.0
84
26
3.2
324
31-54
6.0
2-10
3-41.7
68
2-6
3-62
0-0
5-52
1-0
33:10
19
12
5-13
1-1
301
57
5.3
124
28
4.4
177
17-25
7.1
4-27
6-43.5
129
1-15
4-83
3-31
7-34
0-0
26:50

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Indianapolis rushing
Edgerrin James 24-75, Peyton Manning 1-7, Terrence Wilkins 1-2.
New England rushing
Kevin Faulk 12-64, Jr Redmond 14-45, Drew Bledsoe 2-15.
Indianapolis passing
Peyton Manning 31-54 for 334 yards, 3 INT, 1 TD.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 15-23 for 142 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD, Michael Bishop 1-1 for 44 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Lee Johnson 1-1 for 18 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Indianapolis receiving
Marvin Harrison 13-159, Terrence Wilkins 6-78, Jerome Pathon 6-42, Edgerrin James 3-34, Ken Dilger 2-17, Marcus Pollard 1-4.
New England receiving
Terry Glenn 5-51, Kevin Faulk 4-25, Eric Bjornson 3-22, Tony Simmons 1-44, Jr Redmond 1-20, Troy Brown 1-10, Tony Carter 1-4, Chris Calloway 1-28.
Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mike Peterson 4-6-0, Jeff Burris 6-2-0.5, Chad Cota 6-1-0, Chad Bratzke 6-1-0, Jason Belser 5-2-0, Dwight Hollier 3-2-0, Ellis Johnson 2-3-0.5, Tony Blevins 3-1-0, Cornelius Bennett 1-3-0.5, David Macklin 3-0-0, Bernard Whittington 1-2-0, Josh Williams 0-3-0.5, Bernard Holsey 1-1-1, Tyrone Poole 1-1-0, Marcus Washington 1-0-1, Larry Chester 0-1-0, Mark Thomas 0-1-0.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Tedy Bruschi 5-4-0, Larry Whigham 6-2-0, Lawyer Milloy 6-1-0, Otis Smith 5-2-0, Ted Johnson 3-3-0, Chad Eaton 5-0-0, Kato Serwanga 5-0-0, Chris Slade 4-1-0, Brandon Mitchell 2-3-0, Antwan Harris 4-0-0, Henry Thomas 3-1-0, Bobby Hamilton 2-1-0, Tebucky Jones 2-1-0, Greg Spires 2-0-2, Andy Katzenmoyer 1-1-0, Willie Mcginest 0-2-0, Ty Law 0-1-0.
Interceptions
New England (Antwan Harris 1 for 11 yards, Ty Law 1 for 0 yards, Troy Brown 1 for 20 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Undrey Wash, Head linesman-John Schleyer, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Field judge-Scott Steenson, Side judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Ron Spitler.
A: 60,001; T: 3:08.

 


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Indianapolis Clubhouse

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