Patriots 23-22 Giants (21 Dec, 1996) Box Score

New England Patriots

11-5, 5-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					23
NYG					22

New York Giants

6-10, 3-5 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
31/47	301	6.4	2	2	2-19	80.2
31/47	282	6.4	2	2	2-19	80.2

New York Passing


Dave Brown
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/34	215	6.3	0	1	2-16	50.5
14/34	199	6.3	0	1	2-16	50.5

New England Rushing


David Meggett
Curtis Martin
Drew Bledsoe
Terry Glenn
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	20	2.9	11
8	9	1.1	5
2	-1	-0.5	0
1	-2	-2.0	-2
18	26	1.4	11

New York Rushing


Gary Downs
Charles Way
Dave Brown
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
22	52	2.4	0	9
7	36	5.1	1	18
3	9	3.0	0	7
32	97	3.0	1	18

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Troy Brown
David Meggett
Keith Byars
Shawn Jefferson
Ben Coates
Marrio Grier
Curtis Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	124	15.5	1	31
7	75	10.7	0	38
6	28	4.7	0	7
3	24	8.0	0	17
1	22	22.0	0	22
3	19	6.3	1	13
1	8	8.0	0	8
2	1	0.5	0	4
31	301	9.7	2	38

New York Receiving


Thomas Lewis
Charles Way
Kevin Alexander
Lawrence Dawsey
Chris Calloway
Howard Cross
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	84	16.8	34
3	50	16.7	22
1	35	35.0	35
2	23	11.5	15
2	21	10.5	12
1	2	2.0	2
14	215	15.4	35

New England Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No New England Fumbles

New York Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No New York Fumbles

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Willie Clay
Ty Law
Otis Smith
Mark Wheeler
Lawyer Milloy
Todd Collins
Chris Slade
Ferric Collons
Willie McGinest
Pio Sagapolutele
Michael David Jones
Marty Moore
Chad Eaton
Tedy Bruschi
Ray Lucas
Dwayne Sabb
Marrio Grier
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	9	0	0	1	0	0
8	5	0	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	1	0	2	0	0
6	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	45	2	0	5	0	1

New York Defense



Jason Sehorn
Conrad Hamilton
Corey Miller
Tito Wooten
Corey Widmer
Chad Bratzke
Ray Agnew
Robert Harris
Jessie Armstead
Jesse Campbell
Phillippi Sparks
Percy Ellsworth
Coleman Rudolph
Robert Walker
Michael Strahan
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	0	0	1	0	1
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	1	0	1	0	0
5	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
5	2	0.5	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	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
67	47	2	0	6	0	2

New England Interceptions


Otis Smith
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	11	0
1	11	0

New York Interceptions


Jason Sehorn
Phillippi Sparks
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	23	1
1	4	0
2	27	1

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	76	25.3	36
2	42	21.0	28
5	118	23.6	36

New York Kick Returns


Conrad Hamilton
Kevin Alexander
Brian Kozlowski
Brian Saxton
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	41	20.5	21
2	27	13.5	14
1	16	16.0	16
1	10	10.0	10
6	94	15.7	21

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	62	20.7	60	1
3	62	20.7	60	1

New York Punt Returns


Arthur Marshall
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	43	14.3	36	0
3	43	14.3	36	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	40	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	40	2/2	5

New York Kicking


Brad Daluiso
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	30	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	30	2/2	8

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	217	36.2	0	0	53
6	217	36.2	0	0	53

New York Punting


Mike Horan
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	240	40.0	0	4	58
6	240	40.0	0	4	58

5:00 AM, 21 December 1996

Attendance: 65,387

Referees:
Walt Coleman

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	9	2	.818	320	214
Miami	5	6	.455	215	236
New York	3	8	.273	204	242
New England	3	9	.250	197	282

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	9	2	.818	296	199
Washington	7	5	.583	334	277
Dallas	4	7	.364	221	319
New York	2	9	.182	163	252

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