Patriots 30-27 Saints (4 Oct, 1998) Box Score

New England Patriots

3-1, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					30
NO					27

New Orleans Saints

3-1, 1-1 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
21/35	317	9.1	1	3	3-26	63.6
21/35	291	9.1	1	3	3-26	63.6

New Orleans Passing


Danny Wuerffel
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
25/47	278	5.9	2	2	7-41	67.5
25/47	237	5.9	2	2	7-41	67.5

New England Rushing


Robert Edwards
Tony Carter
Drew Bledsoe
Derick Cullors
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
22	97	4.4	1	14
1	3	3.0	0	3
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
25	97	3.9	1	14

New Orleans Rushing


Lamar Smith
Danny Wuerffel
Ray Zellars
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	22	1.7	11
3	13	4.3	9
2	4	2.0	3
18	39	2.2	11

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Ben Coates
Derick Cullors
Vincent Brisby
Troy Brown
Tony Carter
Robert Edwards
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	105	26.3	0	43
7	78	11.1	0	18
2	56	28.0	0	43
2	33	16.5	1	27
3	32	10.7	0	16
2	9	4.5	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
21	317	15.1	1	43

New Orleans Receiving


Andre Hastings
Cameron Cleeland
Brett Bech
Lamar Smith
Troy Davis
Sean Dawkins
Keith Poole
Aaron Craver
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	73	12.2	0	23
8	64	8.0	1	15
2	52	26.0	0	32
4	44	11.0	1	21
1	19	19.0	0	19
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	9	9.0	0	9
2	6	3.0	0	4
25	278	11.1	2	32

New England Fumbles


Drew Bledsoe
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

New Orleans Fumbles


Keith Mitchell
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New England Defense



Lawyer Milloy
Ted Johnson
Chris Slade
Chris Canty
Tedy Bruschi
Willie Clay
Todd Collins
Henry Thomas
Ty Law
Chris Sullivan
Chris Carter
Willie McGinest
Chad Eaton
Brandon Mitchell
Mark Wheeler
Larry Whigham
Steve Lofton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	2	0	0	0	0
7	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	1	0	1	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	1
3	3	0	0	3	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
60	47	7	0	7	0	2

New Orleans Defense



Chad Cota
Rob Kelly
Joe Johnson
Ink Aleaga
Mark Fields
Tyronne Drakeford
Alex Molden
Keith Mitchell
Chris Hewitt
La'Roi Glover
Don Davis
Wayne Martin
Troy Wilson
Brady Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
14	11	0	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	1	0	0
7	4	1	0	0	0	0
7	4	1	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	1
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
67	45	3	0	5	0	2

New England Interceptions


Henry Thomas
Ty Law
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	24	1
1	0	0
2	24	1

New Orleans Interceptions


Tyronne Drakeford
Alex Molden
La'Roi Glover
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	20	0
1	11	0
1	0	0
3	31	0

New England Kick Returns


Chris Canty
Derick Cullors
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	48	16.0	21
1	15	15.0	15
4	63	15.8	21

New Orleans Kick Returns


Qadry Ismail
Troy Davis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	105	21.0	27
1	2	2.0	2
6	107	17.8	27

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	104	20.8	39	0
5	104	20.8	39	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Andre Hastings
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	86	43.0	76	0
2	86	43.0	76	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	49	3/3	12
3/3	100.0	49	3/3	12

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	37	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	37	3/3	9

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	155	51.7	0	1	64
3	155	51.7	0	1	64

New Orleans Punting


Mark Royals
Doug Brien
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	196	39.2	51
1	35	35.0	35
6	231	38.5	51

5:00 AM, 4 October 1998

Attendance: 56,172

Referees:
Tony Corrente

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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