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  FINAL
New England 31, Indianapolis 28
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Indianapolis 14 14 0 0 28
New England 0 7 7 17 31

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
IND   TD   MARVIN HARRISON 42 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 9:09. Drive: 4 plays, 67 yards in 1:57. Key plays: Manning 16-yard yards to Green to Indianapolis 49; 4-yard pass interference penalty on Patriots' Milloy on 3rd-and-5 to New England 42. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0
IND   TD   MARVIN HARRISON 10 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 14:23. Drive: 8 plays, 88 yards in 4:02. Key plays: Manning 9-yard pass to James on 3-rd-and-6 to Indianapolis 35; 22-yard pass interference penalty on Patriots' Law to New England 34; Manning 24-yard pass to Pollard to New England 10. INDIANAPOLIS 14-0
2ND QUARTER
IND   TD   EDGERRIN JAMES 1 YD RUN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 2:21. Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards in 2:21. Key plays: Bennett recovery of Faulk fumble at New England 39; Manning 23-yard pass to Green to New England 1. INDIANAPOLIS 21-0
NWE   TD   SHAWN JEFFERSON 11 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:16. Drive: 3 plays, 27 yards in 1:13. Key plays: Carter 8-yard interception return to Indianapolis 27; Bledsoe 12-yard pass to Jefferson to Indianapolis 15. INDIANAPOLIS 21-7
IND   TD   MARVIN HARRISON 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 14:12. Drive: 12 plays, 79 yards in 6:56. Key plays: Manning 3-yard run plus 15-yard unsport on New England to Indianpolis 45; Manning 15-yard pass to harrison on 3rd-and-7 to New England 37; Manning 13-yard pass to Pollard to New England 19. INDIANAPOLIS 28-7
3RD QUARTER
NWE   TD   TERRY ALLEN 8 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 10:25. Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards in 3:37. Key plays: Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Glenn to New England 30; Bledsoe 15-yard pass to Carter to New England 45; Bledsoe 7-yard pass to Allen to Indianapolis 31; Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Jefferson to Indianpolis 20. INDIANAPOLIS 28-14
4TH QUARTER
NWE   TD   BEN COATES 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 5:17. Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards in 4:17. Key plays: Law forced fumble and recovery on New England 41; Bledsoe 14-yard pass to Coates to Indianapolis 44; Warren 7-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 31; Bledsoe 24-yard pass to Glenn to Indianapolis 3. INDIANAPOLIS 28-21
NWE   TD   BEN COATES 10 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 11:57. Drive: 10 plays, 78 yards in 4:59. Key plays: Bledsoe 19-yard pass to Glenn to New England 41: Allen 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Indianapolis 48; Bledsoe 14-yard pass to Coates to Indianapolis 34; Allen 21-yard run to Indianapolis 13. INDIANAPOLIS 28, NEW ENGLAND 28
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 26 YD, 14:25. Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards in 1:57. Key plays: Mitchell recovery of James fumble at Indianapolis 37; 5-yard defensive holding penalty on Burris on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis 25: Allen 13-yard run to Indianapolis 12. NEW ENGLAND 31-28

TEAM STATISTICS
  IND NWE
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
23
11
3-9
0-0
344
63
5.5
121
33
3.7
223
18-30
7.4
0-0
5-39.0
158
3-38
6-120
0-0
7-59
2-2
30:57
26
17
6-13
0-0
400
73
5.5
108
27
4.0
292
27-45
6.3
1-7
6-49.2
100
2-5
5-82
2-13
15-135
1-1
29:03

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Indianapolis rushing
Edgerrin James 32-118, Peyton Manning 1-3.
New England rushing
Terry Allen 15-74, Lamont Warren 4-18, Kevin Faulk 5-9, Drew Bledsoe 3-7.
Indianapolis passing
Peyton Manning 18-30 for 223 yards, 2 INT, 3 TD.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 27-45 for 299 yards, 0 INT, 4 TD.
Indianapolis receiving
Marvin Harrison 7-105, E.g. Green 5-61, Marcus Pollard 4-44, Edgerrin James 1-9, Scott Greene 1-4.
New England receiving
Terry Glenn 7-122, Ben Coates 4-34, Tony Carter 4-24, Shawn Jefferson 3-34, Troy Brown 2-37, Tony Simmons 2-16, Terry Allen 2-8, Lamont Warren 1-16, Rod Rutledge 1-7, Kevin Faulk 1-1.
Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Cornelius Bennett 8-4-0, Jeff Burris 4-4-0, Michael Barber 3-5-0, Chad Cota 6-1-0, Andre Royal 6-1-0, Jason Belser 5-1-0, Bernard Whittington 5-1-1, Chad Bratzke 2-2-0, Steve Muhammad 1-2-0, Ellis Johnson 2-0-0, Tito Wooten 1-1-0, Larry Chester 1-0-0, Mike Peterson 1-0-0, Shawn King 1-0-0, Mark Thomas 1-0-0, Monty Montgomery 1-0-0.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Tedy Bruschi 6-4-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 4-4-0, Lawyer Milloy 3-3-0, Chris Slade 3-3-0, Chris Carter 5-0-0, Steve Israel 5-0-0, Chad Eaton 4-1-0, Ty Law 4-1-0, Henry Thomas 3-2-0, Willie Mcginest 4-0-0, Brandon Mitchell 3-1-0, Sterling Palmer 1-0-0.
Interceptions
New England (Chris Carter 2 for 13 yards).
Fumbles lost
Indianapolis (Marcus Pollard, Edgerrin James); New England (Kevin Faulk).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Indianapolis (Cornelius Bennett); New England (Ty Law, Brandon Mitchell).
Officials
Referee-Dick Hantak, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Stephan, Back judge-Don Dorkowski, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Field judge-Scott Steenson.
A: 59,640; T: 3:14.

 


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Indianapolis Clubhouse

New England Clubhouse