| New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1997 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 70479 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 68 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Errict Rhett 1 run (Michael Husted kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Michael Husted 44 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Dave Moore 7 pass from Trent Dilfer (Michael Husted kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Mike Alstott 1 run (Michael Husted kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Michael Husted 44 FG | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Lovett Purnell 6 pass from Scott Zolak (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Derrick Cullors | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Curtis Martin | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Keith Byars | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Gash | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mike Alstott | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Warrick Dunn | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Errict Rhett | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 7 | 1 |
| Karl Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Walsh | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 2 | 117 | 4.7 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 31.6 |
| Scott Zolak | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 34 | 5.7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106.9 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Trent Dilfer | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 0 | 209 | 7.2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 104.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Troy Brown | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Curtis Martin | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Ben Coates | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dietrich Jells | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lovett Purnell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Sam Gash | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Warrick Dunn | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jackie Harris | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Reidel Anthony | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Horace Copeland | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Moore | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Derrick Brooks | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Donnie Abraham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tom Tupa | 7 | 293 | 41.9 | 54 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Karl Williams | 2 | 0 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Michael Husted | 6 | 415 | 69.2 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| Derrick Cullors | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Warrick Dunn | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Chris Canty | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Brad Culpepper | 1.0 |
| Tyoka Jackson | 1.0 |
| Anthony Parker | 1.0 |
| Warren Sapp | 1.0 |
| Regan Upshaw | 1.0 |
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