| San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: August 31, 1997 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 60190 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: % Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New England Patriots | 14 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Ben Coates 4 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Terry Glenn 25 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 21 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Sam Gash 12 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Keith Byars 2 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Freddie Jones 44 pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 26 FG | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Willie Clay 53 interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 41 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Gary Brown | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| SD | Terrell Fletcher | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 7 | 0 |
| SD | Stan Humphries | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NE | Curtis Martin | 22 | 75 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| NE | Drew Bledsoe | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NE | Scott Zolak | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SD | Stan Humphries | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 0 | 131 | 5.0 | 44t | 1 | 4 | 52 | 74.4 |
| SD | Jim Everett | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 63 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.9 |
| NE | Drew Bledsoe | 39 | 26 | 66.7 | 0 | 340 | 8.7 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 128.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Freddie Jones | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 44t | 1 |
| SD | Charlie Jones | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 24 | 0 |
| SD | Terrell Fletcher | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
| SD | Tony Martin | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| SD | Bryan Still | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| SD | Gary Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| SD | Frank Hartley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Shawn Jefferson | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 35 | 0 |
| NE | Ben Coates | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 35 | 1 |
| NE | Troy Brown | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NE | Curtis Martin | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NE | Terry Glenn | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 40 | 1 |
| NE | Vincent Brisby | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 |
| NE | Sam Gash | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 1 |
| NE | Keith Byars | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Willie Clay | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SD | Darren Bennett | 7 | 365 | 52.1 | 66 | 0 |
| NE | Tom Tupa | 4 | 205 | 51.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Eric Metcalf | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 6 | 0 | 99 | 16.5 | 35 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| SD | John Carney | 2 | 141 | 70.5 | 0 |
| NE | Adam Vinatieri | 8 | 533 | 66.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Eric Metcalf | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| SD | Latario Rachal | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 29 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NE | Mike Jones | 2.0 |
| NE | Henry Thomas | 1.0 |
| NE | Mark Wheeler | 1.0 |
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