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Box Score: New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints
Posted: Sun October 4, 1998 at 7:13 p.m. EDT
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
NEW ENGLAND 3 14 10 3 30
NEW ORLEANS 0 14 3 10 27 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 34 YD, 13:39. Drive: 7 plays, 21
yards in 3:25. Key plays: Brown 39-yard punt
return to New Orleans 37. Bledsoe 10-yard pass
to Coates on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 21. NEW
ENGLAND 3-0
2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, KEITH MITCHELL 63 YD FUMBLE RETURN (DOUG BRIEN
KICK), 1:31. NEW ORLEANS 7-3
NWE - TD, VINCENT BRISBY 6 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE
(ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 9:35. Drive: 8 plays, 84
yards in 4:03. Key plays: Bledsoe 43-yard pass
to Cullors on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 38;
Bledsoe 15-yard pass to Glenn to New Orleans
23; Edwards 8-yard run to New Orleans 11. NEW
ENGLAND 10-7
NWE - TD, ROBERT EDWARDS 8 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK),
12:19. Drive: 2 plays, 26 yards in 0:46. Key
plays: New England takes over at New Orleans 26
after Patriots' Whigham partially blocks Royals
punt; Bledsoe 18-yard pass to Coates to New
Orleans 8. NEW ENGLAND 17-7
NOR - TD, CAMERON CLEELAND 1 YD PASS FROM DANNY WUERFFEL
(DOUG BRIEN KICK), 15:00. Drive: 11 plays, 80
yards in 2:41. Key plays: Wuerffel 17-yard pass
to L Smith to New Orleans 37; Wuerffel 21-yard
pass to L Smith on 3rd-and-14 to New England
46; Wuerffel 23-yard pass to Hastings to New
England 1; Wuerffel 5-for-8 for 75 yards on
drive. NEW ENGLAND 17-14
3RD QUARTER: NWE - TD, HENRY THOMAS 24 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ADAM
VINATIERI KICK), 1:41. NEW ENGLAND 24-14
NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 21 YD, 6:34. Drive: 11 plays, 63
yards in 4:53. Key plays: Wuerffel 12-yard pass
to Cleeland to New Orleans 46; Wuerffel 32-yard
pass to Bach to New England 28; Wuerffel
11-yard pass to Dawkins to New England 17; L
Smith 11-yard run to New England 6. NEW ENGLAND
24-17
NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 49 YD, 10:16. Drive: 8 plays, 48
yards in 3:42. Key plays: Edwards 5-yard run to
New England 25; Bledsoe 5-yard pass to Coates
on 3rd-and-3 to New England 32; Bledsoe 35-yard
pass to Glenn to New Orleans 33. NEW ENGLAND
27-17
4TH QUARTER: NOR - TD, LAMAR SMITH 7 YD PASS FROM DANNY WUERFFEL (DOUG
BRIEN KICK), 7:30. Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards in
5:21. Key plays: Wuerffel 19-yard pass to Davis
to New England 46; Wuerffel 4-yard pass to
Hastings on 3rd-and-1 to New England 42;
Wuerffel 22-yard pass to Hastings on 3rd-and-10
to New England 20; Wuerffel 20-yard pass to
Bech to New England 7. NEW ENGLAND 27-24
NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 37 YD, 13:31. Drive: 4 plays, 6
yards in 0:31. Key plays: Hasting 76-yard punt
return to New England 26. NEW ENGLAND 27, NEW
ORLEANS 27
NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 27 YD, 14:57. Drive: 8 plays, 70
yards in 1:26. Key plays: Bledsoe 16-yard pass
to Brown to New England 45; Bledsoe 10-yard
pass to Coates to New Orleans 45; Bledsoe
27-yard pass to Brisby to New Orleans 18. NEW
ENGLAND 30-27
TEAM STATISTICS
NWE NOR
FIRST DOWNS 20 19
Rushing 4 1
Passing 15 17
Penalty 1 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-12 9-18
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 388 276
Total plays 63 72
Average gain 6.2 3.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 97 39
Rushes 25 18
Average per rush 3.9 2.2
NET YARDS PASSING 291 237
Completed-attempted 21-35 25-47
Yards per pass 7.7 4.4
Sacked-yards lost 3-26 7-41
Had intercepted 3 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 3-51.7 6-38.5
RETURN YARDAGE 191 224
Punts-returns 5-104 2-86
Kickoffs-returns 4-63 6-107
Interceptions-returns 2-24 3-31
PENALTIES-YARDS 3-20 6-41
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:15 30:45
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
New England rushing: Robert Edwards 22-97, Tony Carter 1-3, Drew
Bledsoe 1-minus 1, Derick Cullors 1-minus 2.
New Orleans rushing: Lamar Smith 13-22, Danny Wuerffel 3-13, Ray
Zellars 2-4.
New England passing: Drew Bledsoe 21-35 for 317 yards, 3 INT, 1 TD.
New Orleans passing: Danny Wuerffel 25-47 for 278 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
New England receiving: Ben Coates 7-78, Terry Glenn 4-105, Troy Brown
3-32, Derick Cullors 2-56, Vincent Brisby 2-33, Tony Carter 2-9,
Robert Edwards 1-4.
New Orleans receiving: Cameron Cleeland 8-64, Andre Hastings 6-73,
Lamar Smith 4-44, Brett Bech 2-52, Aaron Craver 2-6, Troy Davis 1-19,
Sean Dawkins 1-11, Keith Poole 1-9.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Lawyer Milloy 7-3-0,
Ted Johnson 6-2-1.5, Chris Slade 3-5-1, Chris Canty 5-0-1, Willie
Clay 3-1-0, Tedy Bruschi 3-1-1, Todd Collins 3-1-0, Henry Thomas
3-1-0.5, Ty Law 3-0-0, Chris Sullivan 2-0-1, Chris Carter 2-0-0, Chad
Eaton 1-1-0, Brandon Mitchell 1-1-0, Willie Mcginest 1-1-1, Mark
Wheeler 1-0-0, Larry Whigham 1-0-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chad Cota 11-3-0, Rob
Kelly 4-4-0, Joe Johnson 4-3-1, Ink Aleaga 4-3-1, Mark Fields 4-2-0,
Keith Mitchell 2-3-0, Tyronne Drakeford 3-1-0, Alex Molden 3-1-0,
La'roi Glover 3-0-0, Chris Hewitt 3-0-1, Don Davis 1-2-0, Wayne
Martin 1-1-0, Brady Smith 1-0-0, Troy Wilson 1-0-0.
Interceptions: New England (Ty Law 1 for 0 yards, Henry Thomas 1 for
24 yards); New Orleans (La'roi Glover 1 for 0 yards, Tyronne
Drakeford 1 for 20 yards, Alex Molden 1 for 11 yards).
Fumbles lost: New England (Drew Bledsoe).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: New Orleans (Keith Mitchell).
Officials: Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head
linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Back judge-Don Dorkowski,
Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Field judge-Paul Baetz.
A: 56,172; T: 3:12.
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