| 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 ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 14 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Ben Coates 4 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Terry Glenn 25 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 21 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Gash 12 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Keith Byars 2 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Freddie Jones 44 pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 26 FG | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Willie Clay 53 interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 41 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Charlie Jones |
| 81 | WR | Tony Martin |
| 70 | LOT | Vaughn Parker |
| 65 | LOG | Troy Sienkiewicz |
| 63 | C | Raleigh McKenzie |
| 77 | ROG | Ike Davis |
| 75 | ROT | Tony Berti |
| 89 | TE | Frank Hartley |
| 88 | TE | Freddie Jones |
| 12 | QB | Stan Humphries |
| 33 | RB | Gary Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | William Fuller |
| 97 | LDT | John Parrella |
| 98 | RDT | Shawn Lee |
| 90 | RDE | Marco Coleman |
| 58 | OLB | Lew Bush |
| 54 | LILB | Kurt Gouveia |
| 56 | RILB | Patrick Sapp |
| 28 | LCB | Dwayne Harper |
| 37 | SS | Rodney Harrison |
| 20 | FS | Mike Dumas |
| 29 | RCB | Terrance Shaw |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Terry Glenn |
| 84 | WR | Shawn Jefferson |
| 78 | LOT | Bruce Armstrong |
| 68 | LOG | Max Lane |
| 64 | C | Dave Wohlabaugh |
| 71 | ROG | Todd Rucci |
| 77 | ROT | Zefross Moss |
| 87 | TE | Ben Coates |
| 11 | QB | Drew Bledsoe |
| 28 | RB | Curtis Martin |
| 41 | FB | Keith Byars |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Ferric Collons |
| 97 | LDT | Mark Wheeler |
| 95 | RDT | Henry Thomas |
| 74 | RDE | Chris Sullivan |
| 59 | SLB | Todd Collins |
| 52 | MLB | Ted Johnson |
| 53 | WLB | Chris Slade |
| 24 | LCB | Ty Law |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 32 | FS | Willie Clay |
| 31 | RCB | Jimmy Hitchcock |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Brown | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Stan Humphries | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Curtis Martin | 22 | 75 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Zolak | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Stan Humphries | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 0 | 131 | 5.0 | 44t | 1 | 4 | 52 | 74.4 |
| Jim Everett | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 63 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.9 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | 39 | 26 | 66.7 | 0 | 340 | 8.7 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 128.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Freddie Jones | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 44t | 1 |
| Charlie Jones | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Martin | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bryan Still | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Hartley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Shawn Jefferson | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Ben Coates | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Troy Brown | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Curtis Martin | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Glenn | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Vincent Brisby | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Sam Gash | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Keith Byars | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Willie Clay | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Bennett | 7 | 365 | 52.1 | 66 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tom Tupa | 4 | 205 | 51.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eric Metcalf | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 6 | 0 | 99 | 16.5 | 35 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| John Carney | 2 | 141 | 70.5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 8 | 533 | 66.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eric Metcalf | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Latario Rachal | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| New England Patriots | |
| Mike Jones | 2.0 |
| Henry Thomas | 1.0 |
| Mark Wheeler | 1.0 |
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