NE 30 @ NO 27 - 1998 NFL

1998 Week 5

New England PatriotsNE

30-27

New Orleans SaintsNO

Sun, October 4, 1998 · 1:00PM · Louisiana Superdome

Attendance: 56,172Surface: astroturfRoof: domeLine: New England Patriots -7.0O/U: 36.0 (over)

NE: Pete Carroll · NO: Mike Ditka

Team Stats

1st Downs

25-97

Rushing

18-39

21-35-317

Passing

25-47-278

388

Scoring

1st Quarter

Adam Vinatieri 34 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

Keith Mitchell 63 yard defensive fumble return (Doug Brien kick)

Vincent Brisby 6 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NE
Passing
Drew Bledsoe	21/35	317	1	3	3	63.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Drew Bledsoe	1	-1	0	-1	1
Robert Edwards	22	97	1	14	0
Tony Carter	1	3	0	3	0
Derrick Cullors	1	-2	0	-2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Robert Edwards	2	1	4	0	4
Tony Carter	4	2	9	0	5
Terry Glenn	9	4	105	0	43
Ben Coates	8	7	78	0	18
Vincent Brisby	4	2	33	1	27
Troy Brown	4	3	32	0	16
Derrick Cullors	2	2	56	0	43
NO
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Danny Wuerffel	25/47	278	2	2	7	67.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Danny Wuerffel	3	13	0	9	0
Lamar Smith	13	22	0	11	0
Ray Zellars	2	4	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Lamar Smith	5	4	44	1	21
Ray Zellars	2	0	0	0
Andre Hastings	11	6	73	0	23
Cam Cleeland	12	8	64	1	15
Brett Bech	2	2	52	0	32
Troy Davis	1	1	19	0	19
Sean Dawkins	6	1	11	0	11
Keith Poole	2	1	9	0	9
Aaron Craver	2	2	6	0	4
Tony Johnson	1	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NE
Ty Law	3	3	0	1			0	0
Henry Thomas	3	3	0	1			0	0
Ted Johnson	9	6	2	0			0	0
Chris Slade	8	3	1	0			0	0
Chris Canty	5	5	1	0			0	0
Tedy Bruschi	4	3	1	0			0	0
Willie McGinest	2	1	1	0			0	0
Chris Sullivan	2	2	1	0			0	0
Lawyer Milloy	10	7	0					0
Chad Eaton	2	1	0					0
Brandon Mitchell	2	1	0					0
Mark Wheeler	1	1	0					0
Larry Whigham	1	1	0					0
Willie Clay	4	3	0					0
Todd Collins	4	3	0					0
Chris Carter	2	2	0
NO
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Tyronne Drakeford	4	3	0	1			0	0
Alex Molden	4	3	0	1			0	0
La'Roi Glover	3	3	0	1			0	0
Ink Aleaga	7	4	1	0			1	0
Joe Johnson	7	4	1	0			0	0
Chris Hewitt	3	3	1	0			0	0
Rob Kelly	8	4	0					0
Mark Fields	6	4	0					0
Keith Mitchell	5	2	0					1
Wayne Martin	2	1	0					0
Brady Smith	1	1	0					0
Troy Wilson	1	1	0					0
Chad Cota	14	11	0					0
Don Davis	3	1	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NE
Adam Vinatieri	3/3	3/3	0	0	-	-
Tom Tupa	-	-	3	155	51.7	64
NO
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Doug Brien	3/3	2/2	1	35	35.0	35
Mark Royals	-	-	5	196	39.2	51

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NE
Troy Brown	0	0	0	5	104	0
Chris Canty	3	48	0	0	0	0
Derrick Cullors	1	15	0	0	0	0
NO
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Andre Hastings	0	0	0	2	86	0
Qadry Ismail	5	105	0	0	0	0
Troy Davis	1	2	0	0	0	0

Drive Summary

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	NWE 17	14	65	6:10	Interception
2	1	NOR 37	7	21	3:25	Field Goal
3	2	NWE 32	3	31	1:20	Fumble

Expected Points Added

0.7Total-0.7

-8.2Off Total-7.5

-5.9Off Pass0.6

-1.4Off Rush-7.0

7.5Def Total8.2

-0.6Def Pass5.9

7.0Def Rush1.4

2.4

Starting Lineups

QBDrew Bledsoe

RBRobert Edwards

FBTony Carter

WRShawn Jefferson

WRTerry Glenn

TEBen Coates

LTBruce Armstrong

LGMax Lane

CDave Wohlabaugh

RGTodd Rucci

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	NOR 11	9	26	4:04	Punt
2	1	NOR 28	3	9	1:32	Punt
3	2	NOR 46	3	-8	1:18	Interception
4	2	NOR 15	3	-2	1:58	Punt
5	2	NOR 20	11	80	2:41	Touchdown
6	3	NOR 17	5	13	1:41	Interception
7	3	NOR 34	11	63	4:53	Field Goal
8	3	NOR 10	6	7	3:09	Punt
9	3	NOR 2	3	7	1:52	Punt
10	4	NOR 25	13	75	5:21	Touchdown
11	4	NOR 30	3	-15	1:42	Punt
12	4	NWE 25	4	6	0:31	Field Goal

NE at NO, 1998 NFL game