Patriots 45-7 Chargers (1 Dec, 1996) Box Score

New England Patriots

9-4, 4-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					45
SD					7

San Diego Chargers

7-6, 4-3 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
19/29	232	8.0	4	0	2-3	129.6
19/29	229	8.0	4	0	2-3	129.6

San Diego Passing


Stan Humphries
Sean Salisbury
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/35	204	5.8	1	3	4-45	38.3
6/16	58	3.6	0	1	2-13	22.4
22/51	204	5.1	1	4	6-58	33.3

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Marrio Grier
David Meggett
Drew Bledsoe
Scott Zolak
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
19	63	3.3	19
12	23	1.9	11
1	2	2.0	2
1	-1	-1.0	-1
3	-3	-1.0	-1
36	84	2.3	19

San Diego Rushing


Leonard Russell
Freddie Lee Bradley Jr.
Terrell Fletcher
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
10	35	3.5	15
1	1	1.0	1
4	-4	-1.0	2
15	32	2.1	15

New England Receiving


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

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	71	11.8	0	22
5	63	12.6	1	25
4	52	13.0	1	23
1	19	19.0	1	19
1	14	14.0	0	14
1	7	7.0	1	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
19	232	12.2	4	25

San Diego Receiving


Tony Martin
Terrell Fletcher
Charlie Jones
Bryan Still
Leonard Russell
Deems May
Andre Coleman
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	84	16.8	1	46
4	49	12.3	0	18
5	44	8.8	0	12
2	34	17.0	0	25
2	27	13.5	0	25
3	16	5.3	0	7
1	8	8.0	0	8
22	262	11.9	1	46

New England Fumbles


Drew Bledsoe
Corwin Brown
Willie McGinest
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	0	2

San Diego Fumbles


Bryan Still
Stan Humphries
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
2	2	0

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Willie McGinest
Otis Smith
Ricky Reynolds
Monty Brown
Tedy Bruschi
Pio Sagapolutele
Dwayne Sabb
Mark Wheeler
Chris Slade
Chad Eaton
Mike D. Jones
Todd Collins
Corwin Brown
Ty Law
Lawyer Milloy
Jerome Henderson
Terry Ray
Mike McGruder
Marrio Grier
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	1
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	34	6	0	8	0	4

San Diego Defense



Junior Seau
Rodney Harrison
Kurt Gouveia
Kevin Ross
Lewis Bush
Dwayne Gordon
Darrien Gordon
Terrance Shaw
Marco Coleman
Chris Mims
John Parrella
Raylee Johnson
Shawn Lee
Willie Clark
Mark Montreuil
David Hendrix
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
14	14	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
8	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	1	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
58	49	2	0	3	0	0

New England Interceptions


Otis Smith
Jerome Henderson
Ted Johnson
Lawyer Milloy
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	9	0
1	7	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
4	16	0

San Diego Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No San Diego Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	38	19.0	26	0
2	38	19.0	26	0

San Diego Kick Returns


Andre Coleman
Bryan Still
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	108	21.6	27
2	57	28.5	37
7	165	23.6	37

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	18	6.0	6	0
3	18	6.0	6	0

San Diego Punt Returns


Darrien Gordon
Bryan Still
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	28	9.3	12
1	1	1.0	1
4	29	7.3	12

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	47	6/6	9
1/1	100.0	47	6/6	9

San Diego Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	324	46.3	0	2	56
7	324	46.3	0	2	56

San Diego Punting


Darren Bennett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	315	45.0	1	2	52
7	315	45.0	1	2	52

5:00 AM, 1 December 1996

Attendance: 59,209

Referees:
Ed Hochuli

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Miami	3	6	.333	147	202
New York	3	7	.300	177	214
New England	3	7	.300	160	220

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