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  FINAL
New England 27, Arizona 3
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
New England 14 6 0 7 27
Arizona 0 0 3 0 3

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NWE   TD   LAMONT WARREN 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 6:04. Drive: 5 plays, 53 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Bledsoe 38-yard pass to Allen to Arizona 10. NEW ENGLAND 7-0
NWE   TD   SHAWN JEFFERSON 64 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 13:47. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Allen 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 32. NEW ENGLAND 14-0
2ND QUARTER
NWE   TD   SHAWN JEFFERSON 35 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (PAT BLOCKED), 10:15. Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards in 2:30. Key plays: Faulk 8-yard run to New England 47; Allen 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to midfield; Bledsoe 19-yard pass to Brisby to Arizona 35. NEW ENGLAND 20-0
3RD QUARTER
ARI   FG   CHRIS JACKE 24 YD, 5:03. Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards in 5:03. Key plays: Brown 21-yard pass to Moore to New England 43; Brown 10-yard pass to Sanders on 3rd-and-8 to New England 31; Murrell 20-yard run to New England 11; Murrell 5 carries 34 yards. NEW ENGLAND 20-3
4TH QUARTER
NWE   TD   TERRY GLENN 36 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 0:40. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 3:52. Key plays: Allen 17-yard run to New England 42; Bledsoe 22-yard pass to Brisby to Arizona 41. NEW ENGLAND 27-3

TEAM STATISTICS
  NWE ARI
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
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
8-18
0-0
386
70
5.5
142
43
3.3
244
14-22
9.0
5-32
10-37.6
13
2-4
1-14
4-36
3-0
36:04
3-16
0-2
166
61
2.7
76
19
4.0
90
13-39
2.1
3-21
9-43.3
188
3-49
5-139
5-30
0-0
23:56

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New England rushing
Terry Allen 21-88, Kevin Faulk 17-42, Jerry Ellison 1-8, Tony Carter 2-6, John Friesz 2-minus 2.
Arizona rushing
Adrian Murrell 13-47, Michael Pittman 4-29, Joel Makovicka 2-0.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 14-22 for 276 yards, 0 INT, 4 TD.
Arizona passing
Dave Brown 12-33 for 107 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD, Chris Greisen 1-6 for 4 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New England receiving
Terry Glenn 4-63, Shawn Jefferson 3-113, Vincent Brisby 2-41, Tony Carter 2-8, Terry Allen 1-38, Rod Rutledge 1-10, Lamont Warren 1-3.
Arizona receiving
Frank Sanders 4-34, Adrian Murrell 3-29, Rob Moore 2-27, David Boston 2-14, Dennis Mckinley 1-4, Terry Hardy 1-3.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ty Law 6-0-0, Willie Mcginest 5-1-0, Chris Slade 1-4-1, Steve Israel 4-0-0, Kato Serwanga 4-0-0, Tedy Bruschi 3-1-0, Chad Eaton 2-1-0, Chris Carter 1-2-0, Lawyer Milloy 2-0-0, Jeff Kopp 2-0-0, Henry Thomas 2-0-1, Ferric Collons 1-1-0, Brandon Mitchell 1-1-1, Sterling Palmer 1-1-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 1-0-0.
Arizona tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Rashod Swinger 8-5-1, Rob Fredrickson 9-1-0, Jerry Drake 6-3-0, Zack Walz 4-5-1, Ronald Mckinnon 6-2-0, Tommy Bennett 5-1-0, Brad Ottis 4-2-1, Simeon Rice 4-0-2, Corey Chavous 2-2-0, Aeneas Williams 3-0-0, Kwamie Lassiter 2-1-0, Thomas Burke 1-2-0, Tom Knight 2-0-0.
Interceptions
New England (Kato Serwanga 1 for 2 yards, Ty Law 1 for minus 7 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Johnny Grier, Umpire-Brian Balliet, Head linesman-Tom Stabile, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Field judge-Dave Carroll, Side judge-Dean Look, Back judge-Scott Green.
A: 55,830; T: 3:03.

 


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Arizona Clubhouse