FINAL
New England 30, Kansas City 24
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Kansas City 3 7 0 14 24
New England 10 10 7 3 30

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 48 YD, 2:42. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:42. Key plays: Jackson 47-yard kickoff return to Kansas City 47; Bledsoe 15-yard pass to Rutledge to Kansas City 30. NEW ENGLAND 3-0
KAN   FG   TODD PETERSON 42 YD, 6:33. Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards in 3:51. Key plays: Grbac 15-yard pass to Richardson to Kansas City 48; Grbac 12-yard pass to Alexander on 3rd-and-2 to New England 32. KANSAS CITY 3, NEW ENGLAND 3
NWE   TD   KEVIN FAULK 1 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 13:31. Drive: 15 plays, 67 yards in 6:58. Key plays: Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Faulk to New England 46; Bledsoe 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Kansas City 43; Bledsoe 23-yard pass to Brown on 3rd-and-6 to Kansas City 16; Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Wiggins on 3rd-and-8 to Kansas City 3. NEW ENGLAND 10-3
2ND QUARTER
KAN   TD   DERRICK ALEXANDER 81 YD PASS FROM ELVIS GRBAC (TODD PETERSON KICK), 6:21. Drive: 1 play, 81 yards in 0:10. KANSAS CITY 10, NEW ENGLAND 10
NWE   TD   TROY BROWN 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 13:00. Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards in 0:56. Key plays: Faulk 35-yard punt return to Kansas City 32; Bledsoe 10-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-5 to Kansas City 17. NEW ENGLAND 17-10
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 53 YD, 15:00. Drive: 6 plays, 41 yards in 1:01. Key plays: Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Brown to New England 35; Bledsoe 13-yard pass to Wiggins to New England 48; Bledsoe 12-yard pass to Wiggins to Kansas City 40. NEW ENGLAND 20-10
3RD QUARTER
NWE   TD   JERMAINE WIGGINS 1 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:51. Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards in 3:42. Key plays: Johnson recovery of Grbac fumble at New England 37; Bledsoe 19-yard pass to Glenn to Kansas City 44; Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Faulk to Kansas City 33; Bledsoe 17-yard pass to Brown to Kansas City 9. NEW ENGLAND 27-10
4TH QUARTER
KAN   TD   TONY GONZALEZ 4 YD PASS FROM ELVIS GRBAC (TODD PETERSON KICK), 1:17. Drive: 12 plays, 73 yards in 4:20. Key plays: Grbac 13-yard pass to Alexander on 3rd-and-7 to Kansas City 43; Grbac 14-yard pass to Richardson to New England 34; Grbac 14-yard pass to Gonzalez to New England 20; Grbac 6-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-2 to New England 6. NEW ENGLAND 27-17
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 27 YD, 7:37. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 1:30. Key plays: George 24-yard fumble return to Kansas City 11. NEW ENGLAND 30-17
KAN   TD   KEVIN LOCKETT 19 YD PASS FROM ELVIS GRBAC (TODD PETERSON KICK), 11:02. Drive: 2 plays, 44 yards in 0:28. Key plays: Wesley recovery of Faulk fumble at New England 44; Grbac 25-yard pass to Gonzalez to New England 19. NEW ENGLAND 30-24

TEAM STATISTICS
  KAN 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
18
15
6-15
0-0
418
65
6.4
68
19
3.6
350
25-46
7.6
0-0
6-38.2
189
3-32
6-157
0-0
7-40
2-2
23:18
24
15
6-17
2-2
368
82
4.5
105
31
3.4
263
33-48
5.2
3-19
6-39.0
223
2-34
5-133
1-56
5-65
1-1
36:42

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New England (Adam Vinatieri 37).
Kansas City rushing
Tony Richardson 6-30, Kimble Anders 6-19, Elvis Grbac 4-17, Donnell Bennett 3-2.
New England rushing
Kevin Faulk 22-52, Terry Glenn 2-37, Patrick Pass 2-9, Drew Bledsoe 3-5, Harold Shaw 2-2.
Kansas City passing
Elvis Grbac 25-46 for 350 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 33-48 for 282 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Kansas City receiving
Tony Gonzalez 11-147, Derrick Alexander 5-116, Tony Richardson 3-32, Sylvester Morris 3-17, Kevin Lockett 2-34, Kimble Anders 1-4.
New England receiving
Troy Brown 12-119, Jermaine Wiggins 5-41, Kevin Faulk 5-32, Rod Rutledge 3-27, Curtis Jackson 2-17, Terry Glenn 2-15, Tony Carter 2-10, Tony Simmons 1-14, Patrick Pass 1-7.
Kansas City tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Donnie Edwards 9-6-0, Marvcus Patton 9-5-1, James Hasty 8-2-0, Mike Maslowski 7-2-0, Greg Wesley 4-4-0, Jerome Woods 4-4-0, Chester Mcglockton 7-0-1, Steve Martin 3-4-0, Duane Clemons 3-2-0, William Bartee 3-1-0, Pat Dennis 3-0-0, Tyrone Williams 2-1-0, Eric Hicks 1-2-1, John Browning 0-2-0, Eric Warfield 0-2-0.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Tedy Bruschi 4-3-0, Tebucky Jones 6-0-0, Kato Serwanga 4-1-0, Willie Mcginest 2-3-0, Lonie Paxton 1-3-0, Garrett Johnson 1-3-0, Lawyer Milloy 3-0-0, Chad Eaton 3-0-0, Otis Smith 3-0-0, Tony George 1-2-0, Ty Law 2-0-0, Chris Slade 2-0-0, Bobby Hamilton 1-1-0, Brandon Mitchell 0-2-0, Antonio Langham 1-0-0, Greg Spires 1-0-0, Ted Johnson 1-0-0.
Interceptions
New England (Otis Smith 1 for 56 yards).
Fumbles lost
Kansas City (Elvis Grbac, Sylvester Morris); New England (Kevin Faulk).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Kansas City (Greg Wesley); New England (Tony George, Ted Johnson).
Officials
Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head linesman-Tony Veteri, Line judge-Don Phares, Field judge-Bill Lovett, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Back judge-Tony Steratore.
A: 50,328; T: 3:16.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Kansas City Clubhouse

New England Clubhouse