Chargers 21-14 Patriots (29 Sep, 2002) Box Score

New England Patriots

3-1, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	7	7	0	0	14
SD	7	7	7	0	21

San Diego Chargers

4-0, 2-0 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
36/53	353	6.7	2	2	0-0	83.3
36/53	353	6.7	2	2	0-0	83.3

San Diego Passing


Drew Brees
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
10/18	104	5.8	1	0	0-0	91.0
10/18	104	5.8	1	0	0-0	91.0

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
Deion Branch
Kevin Faulk
Tom Brady
Marc Edwards
J.R. Redmond
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
16	78	4.9	11
1	4	4.0	4
1	3	3.0	3
1	3	3.0	3
3	3	1.0	2
1	-4	-4.0	-4
23	87	3.8	11

San Diego Rushing


LaDainian Tomlinson
Terrell Fletcher
Curtis Conway
Drew Brees
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
27	217	8.0	2	58
2	12	6.0	0	8
1	5	5.0	0	5
4	4	1.0	0	10
34	238	7.0	2	58

New England Receiving


Deion Branch
David Patten
Christian Fauria
Donald Hayes
Daniel Graham
Marc Edwards
Kevin Faulk
Antowain Smith
J.R. Redmond
Mike Vrabel
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	128	9.8	0	18
7	95	13.6	0	26
4	39	9.8	1	24
2	23	11.5	0	12
2	20	10.0	0	15
2	18	9.0	0	9
2	15	7.5	0	13
2	12	6.0	0	7
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	1	1.0	1	1
36	353	9.8	2	26

San Diego Receiving


Curtis Conway
LaDainian Tomlinson
Tim Dwight
Fred McCrary
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	69	23.0	1	52
4	20	5.0	0	8
1	11	11.0	0	11
2	4	2.0	0	2
10	104	10.4	1	52

New England Fumbles


Kevin Faulk
Marc Edwards
Mike Vrabel
team

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

San Diego Fumbles


Fred McCrary
Alex Molden
team

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

New England Defense



Tedy Bruschi
Victor Green
Richard Seymour
Roman Phifer
Ty Law
Tebucky Jones
Mike Vrabel
Bobby Hamilton
Jarvis Green
Willie McGinest
Otis Smith
Steve Martin
Anthony Pleasant
Christian Fauria
Lawyer Milloy
Donald Hayes
Grey Ruegamer
Matt Chatham
Daniel Graham
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
56	44	0	0	1	0	0

San Diego Defense



Junior Seau
Donnie Edwards
Rodney Harrison
Alex Molden
Ryan McNeil
Jamal Williams
Quentin Jammer
Ben Leber
Rogers Beckett
Marcellus Wiley
Raylee Johnson
Jason Fisk
Zeke Moreno
Vernon Fox
Keith Lyle
Leonardo Carson
Terrell Fletcher
Justin Peelle
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	0	0	1	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	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	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
69	58	0	0	5	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

San Diego Interceptions


Donnie Edwards
Ryan McNeil
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	46	0
1	16	0
2	62	0

New England Kick Returns


Patrick Pass
Deion Branch
Kevin Faulk
Marc Edwards
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	28	28.0	28
1	26	26.0	26
1	20	20.0	20
1	15	15.0	15
4	89	22.3	28

San Diego Kick Returns


Ronney Jenkins
Tamarick Vanover
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	50	25.0	26
1	20	20.0	20
3	70	23.3	26

New England Punt Returns


Kevin Faulk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	6	6.0	6	0
1	6	6.0	6	0

San Diego Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No San Diego Punt Returns

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

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

San Diego Kicking


Steve Christie
team

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

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	70	23.3	0	2	30
3	70	23.3	0	2	30

San Diego Punting


Darren Bennett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	120	40.0	0	2	52
3	120	40.0	0	2	52

SDCCU Stadium

9:15 PM, 29 September 2002

San Diego, CA

Attendance: 66,463

Referees:
Ron Blum

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

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