Patriots 31-0 Cardinals (15 Sep, 1996) Box Score

Arizona Cardinals

0-3, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ARI					0
NE					31

New England Patriots

1-2, 1-0 home

Arizona Passing


Kent Graham
Boomer Esiason
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
9/19	111	5.8	1	1-9	44.0
4/12	22	1.8	2	0-0	2.8
13/31	124	4.3	3	1-9	15.3

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
Scott Zolak
David Meggett
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
21/35	221	6.3	3	2-5	107.0
1/1	5	5.0	0	0-0	87.5
0/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	39.6
22/37	221	6.1	3	2-5	104.1

Arizona Rushing


Larry Centers
Leeland McElroy
Kent Graham
Cedric Smith
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	31	5.2	14
8	11	1.4	7
1	2	2.0	2
1	2	2.0	2
16	46	2.9	14

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Marrio Grier
David Meggett
Terry Glenn
Drew Bledsoe
Sam Gash
Scott Zolak
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
27	92	3.4	1	11
5	28	5.6	0	16
7	26	3.7	0	9
1	14	14.0	0	14
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	1	1.0	0	1
1	0	0.0	0	0
43	163	3.8	1	16

Arizona Receiving


Larry Centers
Anthony Edwards
Pat Carter
Frank Sanders
Rob Moore
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	56	11.2	18
2	33	16.5	25
3	30	10.0	20
2	10	5.0	7
1	4	4.0	4
13	133	10.2	25

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Ben Coates
Curtis Martin
Sam Gash
Shawn Jefferson
Hason Aaron Graham
Dietrich Jells
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	66	13.2	0	23
6	61	10.2	1	13
5	33	6.6	2	13
3	32	10.7	0	15
1	19	19.0	0	19
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	5	5.0	0	5
22	226	10.3	3	23

Arizona Fumbles


Kent Graham
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

New England Fumbles


Michael David Jones
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Arizona Defense



Matt Darby
Ronnie Bradford
Terry Hoage
Eric Hill
Seth Joyner
Michael Bankston
Jamir Miller
Aeneas Williams
Eric England
Eric Swann
Terry Irving
Simeon Rice
Bernard Wilson
Kwamie Lassiter
Tommy Bennett
Devon McDonald
Jeff Feagles
Jerry Drake
Ronald McKinnon
Ryan Terry
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
15	10	0	0	0	0	0
14	8	0	0	0	0	0
11	6	0	0	0	0	0
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	1	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	2	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	63	2	0	4	0	0

New England Defense



Chris Slade
Larry Whigham
Ted Johnson
Lawyer Milloy
Willie Clay
Todd Collins
Ty Law
Willie McGinest
Terry Ray
Michael David Jones
Ferric Collons
Monty Brown
Tedy Bruschi
Jimmy Hitchcock
Chris Sullivan
Mark Wheeler
Troy Brown
Ricky Reynolds
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	1	0	0	0	0
6	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	1	0	0
53	30	1	0	6	0	0

Arizona Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Arizona Interceptions

New England Interceptions


Todd Collins
Willie Clay
Ricky Reynolds
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	7	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
3	7	0

Arizona Kick Returns


Leeland McElroy
Ryan Terry
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	59	19.7	22
2	25	12.5	25
5	84	16.8	25

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	19	19.0	19	0
1	19	19.0	19	0

Arizona Punt Returns


Marcus Dowdell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	27	13.5	15	0
2	27	13.5	15	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	87	17.4	36	0
5	87	17.4	36	0

Arizona Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
No Arizona Kicking

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	31	2/3	5
1/2	50.0	31	2/3	5

Arizona Punting


Jeff Feagles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	300	42.9	0	0	58
7	300	42.9	0	0	58

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	220	44.0	3	0	55
5	220	44.0	3	0	55

5:00 AM, 15 September 1996

Attendance: 59,118

Referees:
Walt Coleman

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	12	3	.800	402	283
Washington	10	5	.667	432	348
Dallas	7	8	.467	324	404
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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