| Super Bowl XXXI - New England Patriots at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics | 
| 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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