Patriots 20-12 Lions (28 Nov, 2002) Box Score

New England Patriots

7-5, 4-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	10	7	0	3	20
DET	3	3	3	3	12

Detroit Lions

3-9, 3-3 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/30	210	7.0	0	1	0-0	67.4
18/30	210	7.0	0	1	0-0	67.4

Detroit Passing


Joey Harrington
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/44	210	4.8	0	3	0-0	35.2
22/44	210	4.8	0	3	0-0	35.2

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
Marc Edwards
Kevin Faulk
Tom Brady
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25	80	3.2	1	10
4	31	7.8	0	17
5	16	3.2	0	7
4	12	3.0	0	8
38	139	3.7	1	17

Detroit Rushing


James Stewart
Eddie Drummond
Mike McMahon
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	57	4.4	21
1	23	23.0	23
1	2	2.0	2
15	82	5.5	23

New England Receiving


Troy Brown
David Patten
Christian Fauria
Kevin Faulk
Daniel Graham
Antowain Smith
Marc Edwards
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
10	111	11.1	24
2	36	18.0	28
2	19	9.5	15
1	17	17.0	17
1	16	16.0	16
1	9	9.0	9
1	2	2.0	2
18	210	11.7	28

Detroit Receiving


Germane Crowell
Scotty Anderson
Larry Foster
Bill Schroeder
James Stewart
Mikhael Ricks
Stephen Trejo
Mike McMahon
Eddie Drummond
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	46	9.2	19
2	40	20.0	27
2	38	19.0	22
2	27	13.5	23
5	23	4.6	7
2	18	9.0	9
2	13	6.5	8
1	7	7.0	7
1	-2	-2.0	-2
22	210	9.5	27

New England Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No New England Fumbles

Detroit Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Detroit Fumbles

New England Defense



Victor Green
Lawyer Milloy
Otis Smith
Mike Vrabel
Roman Phifer
Ted Johnson
Ty Law
Anthony Pleasant
Je'Rod Cherry
Larry Izzo
Bobby Hamilton
Antwan Harris
Matt Chatham
Matt Light
Jarvis Green
Willie McGinest
Tedy Bruschi
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	1
50	37	0	0	8	0	2

Detroit Defense



Donte' Curry
Bracy Walker
Chris Cash
Shaun Rogers
Todd Lyght
Luther Elliss
Chris Claiborne
Kalimba Edwards
Jeff Gooch
Kelvin Pritchett
Eric Davis
Travis Kirschke
Robert Porcher
Corey Harris
James Stewart
James Hall
Larry Foster
Eddie Drummond
Rafael Cooper
Clint Kriewaldt
Andre' Goodman
team

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

New England Interceptions


Tedy Bruschi
Willie McGinest
Bobby Hamilton
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	27	1
1	2	0
1	0	0
3	29	1

Detroit Interceptions


Chris Cash
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	11	0
1	11	0

New England Kick Returns


Deion Branch
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	141	28.2	63	0
5	141	28.2	63	0

Detroit Kick Returns


Eddie Drummond
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	42	14.0	23	0
3	42	14.0	23	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	2	1.0	2	0
2	2	1.0	2	0

Detroit Punt Returns


Eddie Drummond
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	31	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	31	2/2	8

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	46	0/0	12
4/4	100.0	46	0/0	12

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	107	35.7	0	3	45
3	107	35.7	0	3	45

Detroit Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	135	45.0	1	0	57
3	135	45.0	1	0	57

5:30 PM, 28 November 2002

Attendance: 62,109

Referees:
Larry Nemmers

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
Detroit	13	2	.867	493	299
Minnesota	13	2	.867	396	276
Green Bay	10	4	.714	379	287
Chicago	4	11	.267	283	342

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