| Chicago Bears at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1997 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 59873 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 59 F Humidty: % Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Vincent Brisby 7 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Troy Brown 52 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Jeff Jaeger 38 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 27 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Curtis Martin 70 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Lovett Purnell 20 pass from Scott Zolak (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Raymont Harris | 21 | 63 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| CHIB | Rick Mirer | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| CHIB | Darnell Autry | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NE | Curtis Martin | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 70t | 1 |
| NE | Marrio Grier | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| NE | Keith Byars | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NE | Sam Gash | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CHIB | Rick Mirer | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 2 | 154 | 6.2 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 51.1 |
| NE | Drew Bledsoe | 37 | 24 | 64.9 | 1 | 301 | 8.1 | 52t | 2 | 2 | 19 | 96.8 |
| NE | Scott Zolak | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 | 11.0 | 20t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Bobby Engram | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 11 | 0 |
| CHIB | Ryan Wetnight | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 34 | 0 |
| CHIB | Chris Penn | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| CHIB | Raymont Harris | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| CHIB | Ricky Proehl | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CHIB | Keith Jennings | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| CHIB | Tony Carter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NE | Troy Brown | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 52t | 1 |
| NE | Ben Coates | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 |
| NE | Shawn Jefferson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| NE | Vincent Brisby | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 1 |
| NE | Curtis Martin | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| NE | Sam Gash | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| NE | Lovett Purnell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| NE | Keith Byars | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Anthony Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Ty Law | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| NE | Marty Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| CHIB | Todd Sauerbrun | 10 | 413 | 41.3 | 66 | 0 |
| NE | Tom Tupa | 5 | 238 | 47.6 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Tyrone Hughes | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 5 | 0 | 30 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| CHIB | Todd Sauerbrun | 2 | 136 | 68.0 | 0 |
| NE | Adam Vinatieri | 6 | 393 | 65.5 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Tyrone Hughes | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 27 | 0 |
| CHIB | Fabien Bownes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 33 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| CHIB | Jim Flanigan | 1.0 |
| CHIB | Alonzo Spellman | 1.0 |
| NE | Henry Thomas | 2.0 |
| NE | Larry Whigham | 2.0 |
| NE | Tedy Bruschi | 1.0 |
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