Patriots 27-9 Colts (20 Oct, 1996) Box Score

New England Patriots

4-3, 2-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					27
IND					9

Indianapolis Colts

5-2, 3-1 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/24	142	5.9	1	0	0-0	89.2
14/24	142	5.9	1	0	0-0	89.2

Indianapolis Passing


Jim Harbaugh
Paul Justin
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	SACKS	RTG
26/43	223	5.2	3-14	74.1
10/12	119	9.9	1-9	108.0
36/55	319	6.2	4-23	82.5

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Sam Gash
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25	75	3.0	2	19
1	3	3.0	0	3
5	2	0.4	0	6
31	80	2.6	2	19

Indianapolis Rushing


Clif Groce
Lamont Warren
Jim Harbaugh
Vince Workman
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	16	2.7	5
10	16	1.6	8
1	10	10.0	10
1	3	3.0	3
18	45	2.5	10

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Terry Glenn
David Meggett
Sam Gash
Ben Coates
Curtis Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	79	15.8	0	24
3	29	9.7	1	14
2	16	8.0	0	9
2	12	6.0	0	7
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
14	142	10.1	1	24

Indianapolis Receiving


Sean Dawkins
Lamont Warren
Aaron Bailey
Brian Stablein
Marvin Harrison
Clif Groce
Ken Dilger
Vince Workman
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	84	10.5	16
7	50	7.1	12
4	48	12.0	17
5	47	9.4	13
4	42	10.5	14
4	28	7.0	13
3	25	8.3	13
1	18	18.0	18
36	342	9.5	18

New England Fumbles


Drew Bledsoe
Curtis Martin
David Meggett
Willie Clay
Willie McGinest
Larry Whigham
Marrio Grier
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
3	2	4

Indianapolis Fumbles


Lamont Warren
Clif Groce
Marvin Harrison
Aaron Bailey
Ken Dilger
Tony Siragusa
Steve Morrison
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
5	4	2

New England Defense



Ty Law
Willie Clay
Lawyer Milloy
Otis Smith
Willie McGinest
Monty Brown
Todd Collins
Ted Johnson
Larry Whigham
Chris Slade
Michael David Jones
Mark Wheeler
Terry Ray
Pio Sagapolutele
Ferric Collons
Tedy Bruschi
Mike McGruder
Dwayne Sabb
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	10	0	0	2	0	0
8	8	0	0	1	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	2	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
70	55	4	0	5	0	0

Indianapolis Defense



Ray Buchanan
Bernard Whittington
Jeff Herrod
Tony Siragusa
Steve Grant
Trev Kendall Alberts
Steve Morrison
Tony Bennett
David Tate
Sammy Burroughs
Jason Belser
Ellis Johnson
Eugene Daniel
Dedric Mathis
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
52	37	0	0	5	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Indianapolis Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Indianapolis Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	55	27.5	28
2	53	26.5	34
4	108	27.0	34

Indianapolis Kick Returns


Aaron Bailey
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	75	25.0	32	0
3	75	25.0	32	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	46	23.0	28	0
2	46	23.0	28	0

Indianapolis Punt Returns


Marvin Harrison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	24	6.0	11	0
4	24	6.0	11	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	44	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	44	3/3	9

Indianapolis Kicking


Cary Blanchard
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	38	0/0	9
3/3	100.0	38	0/0	9

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	276	46.0	0	2	58
6	276	46.0	0	2	58

Indianapolis Punting


Chris Gardocki
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	99	49.5	0	0	57
2	99	49.5	0	0	57

5:00 AM, 20 October 1996

Attendance: 58,725

Referees:
Mike Carey

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	11	3	.786	445	310
Miami	6	8	.429	276	312
New York	4	10	.286	283	325
New England	3	11	.214	238	337

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