| Super Bowl XXXI |
| New England Patriots at Green Bay Packers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: January 26, 1997 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 72301 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 10 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Andre Rison 54 pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chris Jacke 37 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Keith Byars 1 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Ben Coates 4 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Antonio Freeman 81 pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chris Jacke 31 FG | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Brett Favre 2 run (Chris Jacke kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Curtis Martin 18 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Terry Glenn |
| 84 | WR | Shawn Jefferson |
| 78 | LOT | Bruce Armstrong |
| 76 | LOG | Bill Roberts |
| 64 | C | Dave Wohlabaugh |
| 71 | ROG | Todd Rucci |
| 68 | ROT | Max Lane |
| 41 | TE | Keith Byars |
| 87 | TE | Ben Coates |
| 11 | QB | Drew Bledsoe |
| 28 | RB | Curtis Martin |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Ferric Collons |
| 97 | LDT | Mark Wheeler |
| 75 | RDT | Pio Sagapolutele |
| 55 | RDE | Willie McGinest |
| 59 | SLB | Todd Collins |
| 52 | MLB | Ted Johnson |
| 53 | WLB | Chris Slade |
| 24 | LCB | Ty Law |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 32 | FS | Willie Clay |
| 45 | RCB | Otis Smith |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Antonio Freeman |
| 84 | WR | Andre Rison |
| 64 | LOT | Bruce Wilkerson |
| 73 | LOG | Aaron Taylor |
| 52 | C | Frank Winters |
| 63 | ROG | Adam Timmerman |
| 72 | ROT | Earl Dotson |
| 89 | TE | Mark Chmura |
| 4 | QB | Brett Favre |
| 34 | RB | Edgar Bennett |
| 30 | FB | William Henderson |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Reggie White |
| 71 | DT | Santana Dotson |
| 93 | NT | Gilbert Brown |
| 96 | RDE | Sean Jones |
| 59 | LLB | Wayne Simmons |
| 54 | MLB | Ron Cox |
| 51 | RLB | Brian Williams |
| 21 | LCB | Craig Newsome |
| 36 | SS | LeRoy Butler |
| 41 | FS | Eugene Robinson |
| 33 | RCB | Doug Evans |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Curtis Martin | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 18t | 1 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Dorsey Levens | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Edgar Bennett | 17 | 40 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Brett Favre | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 |
| William Henderson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | 48 | 25 | 52.1 | 4 | 253 | 5.3 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 46.6 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Brett Favre | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 0 | 246 | 9.1 | 81t | 2 | 5 | 38 | 107.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ben Coates | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Terry Glenn | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Keith Byars | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Curtis Martin | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Vincent Brisby | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Antonio Freeman | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 81t | 1 |
| Dorsey Levens | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Andre Rison | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 54t | 1 |
| William Henderson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Chmura | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Keith Jackson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Edgar Bennett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Brian Williams | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Prior | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Newsome | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tom Tupa | 8 | 361 | 45.1 | 53 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Craig Hentrich | 7 | 299 | 42.7 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Desmond Howard | 6 | 1 | 90 | 15.0 | 34 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 4 | 265 | 66.3 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||
| Craig Hentrich | 7 | 489 | 69.9 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 5 | 0 | 117 | 23.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Ha'son Graham | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Desmond Howard | 4 | 0 | 154 | 38.5 | 99t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Tedy Bruschi | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| Ferric Collons | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Willie McGinest | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Otis Smith | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Reggie White | 3.0 | 23.0 |
| LeRoy Butler | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Santana Dotson | 1.0 | 7.0 |
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