Patriots 26-20 Jaguars (7 Dec, 1997) Box Score

New England Patriots

9-5, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					26
JAX					20

Jacksonville Jaguars

9-5, 7-1 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
26/35	234	6.7	2	0	2-7	110.9
26/35	227	6.7	2	0	2-7	110.9

Jacksonville Passing


Mark Brunell
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
25/42	251	6.0	2	0	4-17	92.5
25/42	234	6.0	2	0	4-17	92.5

New England Rushing


David Meggett
Marrio Grier
Derick Cullors
Sam Gash
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	22	4.4	10
10	20	2.0	6
2	9	4.5	5
2	4	2.0	3
1	0	0.0	0
20	55	2.8	10

Jacksonville Rushing


Natrone Means
Mark Brunell
James Stewart
Willie Jackson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
15	51	3.4	10
6	41	6.8	14
5	22	4.4	12
1	-7	-7.0	-7
27	107	4.0	14

New England Receiving


Vincent Brisby
Ben Coates
Sam Gash
David Meggett
Troy Brown
Shawn Jefferson
Keith Byars
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	58	14.5	0	26
6	54	9.0	1	27
6	46	7.7	0	14
5	39	7.8	0	15
3	26	8.7	1	11
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	2	2.0	0	2
26	234	9.0	2	27

Jacksonville Receiving


Keenan McCardell
Jimmy Smith
Pete Mitchell
Ty Hallock
Willie Jackson
Natrone Means
James Stewart
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	152	13.8	2	34
5	51	10.2	0	16
3	23	7.7	0	11
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	5	1.7	0	4
25	251	10.0	2	34

New England Fumbles


Derick Cullors
Willie McGinest
Tedy Bruschi
team

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

Jacksonville Fumbles


Mark Brunell
Reggie Barlow
team

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

New England Defense



Ty Law
Ted Johnson
Lawyer Milloy
Chris Slade
Jimmy Hitchcock
Willie McGinest
Todd Collins
Steve Israel
Tedy Bruschi
Mike D. Jones
Mark Wheeler
Willie Clay
Chris Sullivan
Brandon Mitchell
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	9	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	1	0	0	0	0
8	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	1	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	46	4	0	3	0	0

Jacksonville Defense



Travis Davis
Deon Figures
Kevin Hardy
Joel Smeenge
Eddie Robinson Jr.
Bryan Schwartz
Dave Thomas
Esera Tuaolo
Chris Hudson
Dana Hall
Clyde Simmons
Brant Boyer
Tony Brackens
Jeff Lageman
Aaron Beasley
Renaldo Wynn
Seth Payne
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	4	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	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	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	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
54	40	2	0	1	0	1

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Jacksonville Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Jacksonville Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Derick Cullors
Ben Coates
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	30	15.0	15
1	20	20.0	20
3	50	16.7	20

Jacksonville Kick Returns


Reggie Barlow
Pete Mitchell
Mike Logan
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	157	31.4	92	1
1	12	12.0	12	0
0	7	0.0	7	0
6	176	29.3	92	1

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	2	2.0	2	0
1	2	2.0	2	0

Jacksonville Punt Returns


Reggie Barlow
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	22	11.0	13	0
2	22	11.0	13	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/5	80.0	44	2/2	14
4/5	80.0	44	2/2	14

Jacksonville Kicking


Mike Hollis
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2
0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	166	41.5	0	1	50
4	166	41.5	0	1	50

Jacksonville Punting


Bryan Barker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	115	38.3	0	2	41
3	115	38.3	0	2	41

5:00 AM, 7 December 1997

Attendance: 73,446

Referees:
Dale Hamer

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	9	2	.818	320	214
Miami	4	6	.400	181	221
New York	3	8	.273	204	242
New England	3	8	.273	182	248

Team	W	L

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