Patriots 41-7 Chargers (31 Aug, 1997) Box Score

San Diego Chargers

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SD					7
NE					41

New England Patriots

1-0, 1-0 home

San Diego Passing


Stan Humphries
Jim Everett
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/26	131	5.0	1	0	4-52	74.4
6/12	63	5.3	0	1	0-0	30.9
18/38	142	5.1	1	1	4-52	60.6

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
26/39	340	8.7	4	0	0-0	128.2
26/39	340	8.7	4	0	0-0	128.2

San Diego Rushing


Gary Brown
Terrell Fletcher
Stan Humphries
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	49	4.1	10
7	31	4.4	7
1	5	5.0	5
20	85	4.3	10

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Drew Bledsoe
David Meggett
Scott Zolak
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
22	75	3.4	9
2	8	4.0	4
1	2	2.0	2
1	-1	-1.0	-1
26	84	3.2	9

San Diego Receiving


Freddie Jones
Charlie Jones
Terrell Fletcher
Tony Martin
Bryan Still
Frank Hartley
Gary Brown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	73	18.3	1	44
4	55	13.8	0	24
3	32	10.7	0	18
2	18	9.0	0	13
2	10	5.0	0	5
1	6	6.0	0	6
2	0	0.0	0	2
18	194	10.8	1	44

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Terry Glenn
Ben Coates
Vincent Brisby
Sam Gash
Troy Brown
Curtis Martin
Keith Byars
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	82	16.4	0	35
3	74	24.7	1	40
4	60	15.0	1	35
3	51	17.0	0	24
2	31	15.5	1	19
4	24	6.0	0	8
4	16	4.0	0	5
1	2	2.0	1	2
26	340	13.1	4	40

San Diego Fumbles


Stan Humphries
Terrell Fletcher
team

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

New England Fumbles


Henry Thomas
Lawyer Milloy
team

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

San Diego Defensive



Rodney Harrison
Mark Montreuil
Mike Dumas
Shawn Lee
Kurt Gouveia
Lewis Bush
Terrance Shaw
Dwayne Harper
John Parrella
Patrick Sapp
Raylee Johnson
William Fuller
Marco Coleman
Norman Hand
Michael Hamilton
David Binn
Paul Bradford
Toran James
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	9	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	46	0	0	3	0	0

New England Defensive



Lawyer Milloy
Willie Clay
Ted Johnson
Mike D. Jones
Chris Slade
Ty Law
Tedy Bruschi
Chris Canty
Henry Thomas
Marty Moore
Jimmy Hitchcock
Todd Collins
Mark Wheeler
Ferric Collons
Larry Whigham
Chad Eaton
Chris Sullivan
Vernon Crawford
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0	1	0	1
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	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	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	40	4	0	5	0	2

San Diego Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No San Diego Interceptions

New England Interceptions


Willie Clay
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	53	1
1	53	1

San Diego Kick Returns


Eric Metcalf
Latario Rachal
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	88	22.0	23
4	88	22.0	29
8	176	22.0	29

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	55	27.5	29	0
2	55	27.5	29	0

San Diego Punt Returns


Eric Metcalf
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	19	9.5	11	0
2	19	9.5	11	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	99	16.5	35	0
6	99	16.5	35	0

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 Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	26	5/5	11
2/2	100.0	26	5/5	11

San Diego Punting


Darren Bennett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	365	52.1	0	1	66
7	365	52.1	0	1	66

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	205	51.3	2	0	56
4	205	51.3	2	0	56

5:00 AM, 31 August 1997

Attendance: 60,190

Referees:
Bernie Kukar

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Buffalo	11	6	.647	451	311
Miami	11	6	.647	496	391
New York	7	10	.412	268	355
New England	4	13	.235	236	366

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