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  FINAL
Miami 27, New England 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
New England 7 3 7 0 17
Miami 3 7 14 3 27

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NWE   TD   TERRY ALLEN 6 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:35. Drive: 2 plays, 7 yards in 0:42. Key plays: Eaton recovery of Huard fumble at Miami 7. NEW ENGLAND 7-0
MIA   FG   OLINDO MARE 19 YD, 12:00. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:32. Key plays: 13-yard interception return by Madison to New England 9. New England 9. NEW ENGLAND 7-3
2ND QUARTER
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 27 YD, 0:52. Drive: 7 plays, 69 yards in 3:52. Key plays: Faulk 43-yard run to Miami 34; Bledsoe 17-yard pass to Coates to Miami 17. NEW ENGLAND 10-3
MIA   TD   ORONDE GADSDEN 4 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (OLINDO MARE KICK), 6:36. Drive: 12 plays, 76 yards in 5:44. Key plays: Huard 15-yard pass to Gadsen on 3rd-and-8 to Miami 41; Huard 14-yard pass to Gadsen on 3rd-and-10 to New England 45; Huard 13-yard pass to Martin to New England 19; Johnson 13-yard run to New England 6. NEW ENGLAND 10, MIAMI 10
3RD QUARTER
MIA   TD   ORONDE GADSDEN 3 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (OLINDO MARE KICK), 6:05. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Patriots' McGinest on 3rd-and-5 to New England 46; Huard 11-yard pass to Martin to New England 35; Johnson 14-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to New England 16; Johnson 13-yard run to New England 3. MIAMI 17-10
MIA   TD   J.J. JOHNSON 1 YD RUN (OLINDO MARE KICK), 11:41. Drive: 3 plays, 10 yards in 1:25. Key plays: Buckley 18-yard interception return to New England 10. MIAMI 24-10
NWE   TD   SHAWN JEFFERSON 68 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 12:10. Drive: 2 plays, 68 yards in 0:29. MIAMI 24-17
4TH QUARTER
MIA   FG   OLINDO MARE 23 YD, 11:49. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards in 2:13. Key plays: Taylor interception at New England 21. MIAMI 27-17

TEAM STATISTICS
  NWE MIA
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
14
9
2-12
0-0
270
58
4.7
102
19
5.4
168
15-34
4.3
5-33
6-38.2
131
3-16
6-115
0-0
5-50
1-0
27:42
19
10
8-17
0-0
229
72
3.2
117
36
3.3
112
18-34
3.1
2-19
7-43.0
156
3-8
3-76
5-72
5-30
2-2
32:18

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New England rushing
Kevin Faulk 5-61, Terry Allen 13-42, Drew Bledsoe 1-minus 1.
Miami rushing
J.j. Johnson 31-106, Damon Huard 3-13, Scott Zolak 2-minus 2.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 15-34 for 201 yards, 5 INT, 1 TD.
Miami passing
Damon Huard 18-30 for 131 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD, Scott Zolak 0-4 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New England receiving
Terry Glenn 3-39, Troy Brown 3-26, Shawn Jefferson 2-86, Ben Coates 2-27, Kevin Faulk 2-6, Terry Allen 1-8, Vincent Brisby 1-7, Tony Carter 1-2.
Miami receiving
Tony Martin 4-44, Oronde Gadsden 4-36, Troy Drayton 4-25, Stanley Pritchett 2-13, Rob Konrad 2-2, J.j. Johnson 1-6, O.j. Mcduffie 1-5.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Lawyer Milloy 5-3-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 5-1-0, Steve Israel 4-2-0, Chris Carter 2-4-0, Tedy Bruschi 3-2-0, Ferric Collons 3-1-0, Sterling Palmer 3-1-0, Henry Thomas 3-1-0, Chris Slade 2-2-0, Ty Law 3-0-0, Willie Mcginest 3-0-1, Chad Eaton 3-0-0, Brandon Mitchell 1-0-0, Tebucky Jones 1-0-0, Larry Whigham 1-0-1.
Miami tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Madison 4-4-0, Zach Thomas 3-5-0, Calvin Jackson 3-2-0, Rich Owens 2-3-1.5, Terrell Buckley 4-0-1, Jason Taylor 0-4-0.5, Robert Jones 1-2-0, Derrick Rodgers 1-1-0, Daryl Gardener 1-1-0.5, Shawn Wooden 1-1-0, Trace Armstrong 0-2-0, Jerry Wilson 1-0-1, Tim Bowens 0-1-0.5, Brock Marion 0-1-0, Kenny Mixon 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Miami (Sam Madison 1 for 13 yards, Brock Marion 1 for 28 yards, Jason Taylor 1 for 0 yards, Jerry Wilson 1 for 13 yards, Terrell Buckley 1 for 18 yards).
Fumbles lost
Miami (Rob Konrad, Damon Huard).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New England (Chad Eaton, Steve Israel).
Officials
Referee-Ron Blum, Umpire-Steve Wilson, Head linesman-Mark Hittner, Line judge-Aaron Pointer, Field judge-Al Jury, Side judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Kirk Dornan.
A: 74,295; T: 3:03.

 


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