Patriots 24-21 49ers (20 Dec, 1998) Box Score

San Francisco 49ers

11-4, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SF					21
NE					24

New England Patriots

9-6, 6-2 home

San Francisco Passing


Steve Young
Ty Detmer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/23	267	11.6	2	2	5-33	107.8
1/1	25	25.0	1	0	0-0	158.3
19/24	259	12.2	3	2	5-33	122.2

New England Passing


Scott Zolak
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/30	205	6.8	2	2	1-5	63.9
14/30	200	6.8	2	2	1-5	63.9

San Francisco Rushing


Garrison Hearst
Terry Kirby
Marc Edwards
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
27	107	4.0	14
5	37	7.4	19
2	7	3.5	6
34	151	4.4	19

New England Rushing


Robert Edwards
Shawn Jefferson
Chris Floyd
Scott Zolak
Derick Cullors
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
24	101	4.2	1	12
1	15	15.0	0	15
2	14	7.0	0	10
2	3	1.5	0	4
2	-1	-0.5	0	6
31	132	4.3	1	15

San Francisco Receiving


Jerry Rice
Terrell Owens
J.J. Stokes
Irv Smith
Garrison Hearst
Terry Kirby
Marc Edwards
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	115	23.0	1	75
3	61	20.3	1	42
4	59	14.8	0	22
1	25	25.0	1	25
3	17	5.7	0	11
2	13	6.5	0	7
1	2	2.0	0	2
19	292	15.4	3	75

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Tony Simmons
Robert Edwards
Ben Coates
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	72	36.0	1	61
5	56	11.2	0	20
4	52	13.0	1	20
3	25	8.3	0	11
14	205	14.6	2	61

San Francisco Fumbles


Jerry Rice
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

New England Fumbles


Ty Law
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

San Francisco Defense



Ken Norton
Winfred Tubbs
Lee Woodall
Chris Doleman
Lance Schulters
Roy Barker
Antonio Langham
Brentson Buckner
Tim McDonald
R.W. McQuarters
Gabe Wilkins
Junior Bryant
Darnell Walker
Merton Hanks
Ray Brown
Terry Kirby
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
15	9	0	0	0	0	0
12	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	2	1	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	2	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	3	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	41	1	0	7	0	0

New England Defense



Lawyer Milloy
Willie Clay
Chris Slade
Todd Collins
Tedy Bruschi
Henry Thomas
Steve Israel
Greg Spires
Ferric Collons
Ty Law
Chad Eaton
Tebucky Jones
Larry Whigham
Chris Canty
Harold Shaw
Chris Carter
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
14	10	0	0	0	0	0
9	4	0	0	1	0	0
9	3	1	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	1	0	0	0	0
5	4	1	0	1	0	0
5	3	1	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
86	51	5	0	3	0	0

San Francisco Interceptions


Tim McDonald
Merton Hanks
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	18	0
1	0	0
2	18	0

New England Interceptions


Ty Law
Willie Clay
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	30	0
1	0	0
2	30	0

San Francisco Kick Returns


Terry Kirby
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	84	16.8	24	0
5	84	16.8	24	0

New England Kick Returns


Derick Cullors
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	44	22.0	22	0
2	44	22.0	22	0

San Francisco Punt Returns


R.W. McQuarters
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	5	2.5	5	0
2	5	2.5	5	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	24	12.0	14	0
2	24	12.0	14	0

San Francisco Kicking


Wade Richey
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	35	3/3	6
1/2	50.0	35	3/3	6

San Francisco Punting


Reggie Roby
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	148	37.0	0	1	45
4	148	37.0	0	1	45

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	198	39.6	1	1	48
5	198	39.6	1	1	48

5:00 AM, 20 December 1998

Attendance: 59,153

Referees:
Robert McElwee

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Arizona	5	4	.556	207	214
Los Angeles	4	4	.500	170	194
San Francisco	4	4	.500	210	182
Seattle	4	5	.444	210	221

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	7	2	.778	260	173
New York	3	6	.333	171	183
Miami	2	6	.250	124	187
New England	2	7	.222	141	217

Bill Belichick gives DeAndre Hopkins his flowers after 1st Chiefs TD

Bill Belichick sings DeAndre Hopkins' praises on "ManningCast," referencing the many times his New England Patriots faced the star WR.

Mayfield's lob finds Otton for a Bucs score

Baker Mayfield lobs it into the end zone, where Cade Otton makes the grab for a Buccaneers touchdown.

Travis Kelce loses the football late in the 1st half

Patrick Mahomes finds Travis Kelce for a short gain, but Kelce loses the ball as the Buccaneers take over.

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