Patriots 38-6 Panthers (6 Jan, 2002) Box Score

New England Patriots

11-5, 5-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	10	0	14	14	38
CAR	0	3	3	0	6

Carolina Panthers

1-15, 0-8 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/29	198	6.8	1	2	1-2	62.1
17/29	196	6.8	1	2	1-2	62.1

Carolina Passing


Chris Weinke
Richard Huntley
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/36	144	4.0	3	2-15	18.8
0/0	0	0.0	0	1-0	0.0
15/36	129	4.0	3	3-15	18.7

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
J.R. Redmond
Troy Brown
Marc Edwards
Tom Brady
Kevin Faulk
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	81	3.9	1	32
8	15	1.9	0	6
1	4	4.0	0	4
3	3	1.0	0	2
1	2	2.0	0	2
2	-3	-1.5	0	-1
36	102	2.8	1	32

Carolina Rushing


Richard Huntley
Nick Goings
Chris Weinke
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
21	168	8.0	25
4	25	6.3	16
1	0	0.0	0
26	193	7.4	25

New England Receiving


David Patten
Troy Brown
J.R. Redmond
Jermaine Wiggins
Marc Edwards
Fred Coleman
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	54	13.5	0	25
6	45	7.5	0	17
3	42	14.0	0	17
2	36	18.0	1	31
1	17	17.0	0	17
1	4	4.0	0	4
17	198	11.6	1	31

Carolina Receiving


Brad Hoover
Steve Smith Sr.
Richard Huntley
Kris Mangum
Donald Hayes
Patrick Jeffers
Nick Goings
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	44	11.0	19
3	36	12.0	19
2	23	11.5	23
3	22	7.3	11
1	14	14.0	14
1	3	3.0	3
1	2	2.0	2
15	144	9.6	23

New England Fumbles


Antowain Smith
Tom Brady
Riddick Parker
Patrick Pass
Richard Seymour
team

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

Carolina Fumbles


Steve Smith Sr.
Richard Huntley
Chris Weinke
Mike Minter
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
0	0	1
4	3	1

New England Defensive



Lawyer Milloy
Tebucky Jones
Otis Smith
Mike Vrabel
Willie McGinest
Roman Phifer
Ty Law
Je'Rod Cherry
Terrance Shaw
Tedy Bruschi
Matt Chatham
Richard Seymour
Bryan Cox
Marc Edwards
Terrell Buckley
Troy Brown
Ted Johnson
Matt Stevens
J.R. Redmond
Tom Brady
Patrick Pass
Brandon Mitchell
Antwan Harris
Bobby Hamilton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	1	0	5	0	1
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	2	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	1
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	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
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	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
0	0	0	0	2	0	0
61	51	3	0	13	0	5

Carolina Defensive



Dan Morgan
Jimmy Hitchcock
Mike Minter
Darren Hambrick
Doug Evans
Lester Towns
Kris Jenkins
Deon Grant
Mike Rucker
Brentson Buckner
Rashard Anderson
Reggie Howard
Chris Slade
Al Lucas
Dean Wells
Jeff Mitchell
Kory Minor
Gillis Wilson
Casey Crawford
Jay Williams
Kris Mangum
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	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
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	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	52	1	0	4	0	0

New England Interceptions


Otis Smith
Ty Law
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	85	1
1	46	1
3	131	2

Carolina Interceptions


Deon Grant
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	57	0
2	57	0

New England Kick Returns


Patrick Pass
Kevin Faulk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	59	29.5	33
1	14	14.0	14
3	73	24.3	33

Carolina Kick Returns


Steve Smith Sr.
Luther Broughton
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	96	16.0	25
1	26	26.0	26
7	122	17.4	26

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	70	35.0	68	1
2	70	35.0	68	1

Carolina Punt Returns


Steve Smith Sr.
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	9	3.0	8	0
3	9	3.0	8	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	19	5/5	8
1/1	100.0	19	5/5	8

Carolina Kicking


John Kasay
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	40	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	40	0/0	6

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	227	37.8	0	4	46
6	227	37.8	0	4	46

Carolina Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	193	48.3	0	2	61
4	193	48.3	0	2	61

6:00 PM, 6 January 2002

Attendance: 71,907

Referees:
Thomas White

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
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

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
San Francisco	12	5	.706	491	298
Los Angeles	10	7	.588	404	377
Seattle	9	8	.529	364	402
Arizona	4	13	.235	330	455

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