New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints
October 4, 1998
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| New England Patriots | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 13:39 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 34 | NE 3, NO 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 1:31 | NO | TD | Keith Mitchell 63 fumble return (Doug Brien Kick) | NO 7, NE 3 |
| 9:35 | NE | TD | Vincent Brisby 6 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 10, NO 7 |
| 12:19 | NE | TD | Robert Edwards 8 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 17, NO 7 |
| 15:00 | NO | TD | Cameron Cleeland 1 pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien Kick) | NE 17, NO 14 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 1:41 | NE | TD | Henry Thomas 24 interception return (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 24, NO 14 |
| 6:34 | NO | FG | FG Doug Brien 21 | NE 24, NO 17 |
| 10:16 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 49 | NE 27, NO 17 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 7:30 | NO | TD | Lamar Smith 7 pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien Kick) | NE 27, NO 24 |
| 13:31 | NO | FG | FG Doug Brien 37 | NO 27, NE 27 |
| 14:57 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 27 | NE 30, NO 27 |
Attendance: 56,172
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| New England Patriots | New Orleans Saints | |
| First downs | 20 | 19 |
| Rushes - yards | 25 - 97 | 18 - 39 |
| Passing | 291 | 237 |
| Punt returns | 5 - 104 | 2 - 86 |
| Kickoff returns | 4 - 63 | 6 - 107 |
| Interception returns | 2 - 24 | 3 - 31 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 21 - 35 - 3 | 25 - 47 - 2 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 3 - 26 | 7 - 41 |
| Punts | 3 - 51.7 | 6 - 38.5 |
| Fumbles - lost | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 3 - 20 | 6 - 41 |
| Time of possession | 29:15 | 30:45 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Drew Bledsoe | 35 | 21 | 317 | 9.06 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 26 | 63.6 |
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Danny Wuerffel | 47 | 25 | 278 | 5.91 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 41 | 67.5 |
| Rushing | |||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Robert Edwards | 22 | 97 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Tony Carter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Derrick Cullors | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Lamar Smith | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Danny Wuerffel | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Receiving | |||||
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Ben Coates | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Terry Glenn | 4 | 105 | 26.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Derrick Cullors | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Vincent Brisby | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Tony Carter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Robert Edwards | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Cameron Cleeland | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Andre Hastings | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Lamar Smith | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Brett Bech | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Aaron Craver | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Troy Davis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Sean Dawkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Keith Poole | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Chris Canty | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Derrick Cullors | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Qadry Ismail | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Troy Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Troy Brown | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Andre Hastings | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Tom Tupa | 3 | 155 | 51.7 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 2 | 86 |
| New Orleans Saints | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Mark Royals | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.4 | 4 | 104 |
| Doug Brien | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defense | |||||||
| New England Patriots | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Henry Thomas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Ty Law | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Sullivan | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Slade | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 2.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Canty | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Tyronne Drakeford | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Alex Molden | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hewitt | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ink Aleaga | 1.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 NFL Scoreboard - Week 5
Sunday, October 4, 1998
| San Diego | 12 |
| Indianapolis | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Miami | 9 |
| NY Jets | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 31 |
| Washington | 10 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Detroit | 27 |
| Chicago | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New England | 30 |
| New Orleans | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 23 |
| Atlanta | 51 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Francisco | 21 |
| Buffalo | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 23 |
| Arizona | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Giants | 3 |
| Tampa Bay | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 16 |
| Denver | 41 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Seattle | 6 |
| Kansas City | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, October 5, 1998
| Minnesota | 37 |
| Green Bay | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
