New England Patriots at Denver Broncos

October 28, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New England Patriots	10	7	3	0	20
Denver Broncos	7	3	14	7	31

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
5:54	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 24	NE 3, Den 0
10:03	NE	TD	David Patten 30 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 10, Den 0
14:03	Den	TD	Mike Anderson 8 run (Jason Elam Kick)	NE 10, Den 7
2nd Quarter
10:57	Den	FG	FG Jason Elam 50	Den 10, NE 10
13:39	NE	TD	Troy Brown 5 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 17, Den 10
3rd Quarter
4:01	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 44	NE 20, Den 10
4:25	Den	TD	Rod Smith 65 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam Kick)	NE 20, Den 17
11:25	Den	TD	Dwayne Carswell 6 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 24, NE 20
4th Quarter
12:36	Den	TD	Denard Walker 39 interception return (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 31, NE 20

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 74,750

Team Statistics

New England Patriots Denver Broncos

First downs 21 18

Rushes - yards 24 - 117 29 - 86

Passing 183 269

Punt returns 2 - 9 0 - 0

Kickoff returns 6 - 135 3 - 87

Interception returns 2 - 12 5 - 70

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 25 - 39 - 5 19 - 30 - 2

Sacked - yards lost 2 - 20 2 - 14

Punts 2 - 45.5 4 - 45.5

Fumbles - lost 3 - 0 0 - 0

Penalties - yards 7 - 53 6 - 66

Time of possession 30:51 29:09

Passing

New England Patriots Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Tom Brady 38 25 203 5.34 2 4 30t 2 20 57.1

David Patten 1 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.0

Denver Broncos Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Brian Griese 30 19 283 9.43 2 2 65t 2 14 88.6

Rushing

New England Patriots Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Antowain Smith 12 56 4.7 15 0

Troy Brown 1 31 31.0 31 0

David Patten 1 13 13.0 13 0

Kevin Faulk 5 12 2.4 4 0

Marc Edwards 2 6 3.0 3 0

J.R. Redmond 1 0 0.0 0 0

Tom Brady 2 -1 -0.5 0 0

Denver Broncos Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Mike Anderson 14 40 2.9 16 1

Olandis Gary 10 37 3.7 9 0

Eddie Kennison 1 10 10.0 10 0

Brian Griese 4 -1 -0.3 2 0

Receiving

New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Troy Brown 9 86 9.6 18 1

David Patten 5 62 12.4 30t 1

Kevin Faulk 4 26 6.5 8 0

Charles Johnson 2 11 5.5 9 0

Antowain Smith 2 11 5.5 7 0

Marc Edwards 1 6 6.0 6 0

Curtis Jackson 1 4 4.0 4 0

J.R. Redmond 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0

Denver Broncos Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Rod Smith 6 159 26.5 65t 1

Desmond Clark 6 94 15.7 35 0

Dwayne Carswell 3 21 7.0 10 1

Scottie Montgomery 2 15 7.5 18 0

Patrick Hape 1 0 0.0 0 0

Brian Griese 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0

Kickoff Returns

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Kevin Faulk 6 135 22.5 0 42 0

Denver Broncos Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Chris Cole 3 87 29.0 0 33 0

Punt Returns

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Troy Brown 1 7 7.0 1 7 0

Kevin Faulk 1 2 2.0 0 2 0

Punting

New England Patriots Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Ken Walter 2 91 45.5 54 1 1 0 35.5 0 0

Denver Broncos Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Tom Rouen 4 182 45.5 54 1 1 0 38.3 2 9

Defense

New England Patriots Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Matt Stevens 1 9 9.0 9 0 0.0 0.0

Tedy Bruschi 1 3 3.0 3 0 0.0 0.0

Willie McGinest 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 14.0

Denver Broncos Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Denard Walker 2 39 19.5 39t 1 0.0 0.0

Deltha O'Neal 2 31 15.5 31 0 0.0 0.0

Eric Brown 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Trevor Pryce 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6.0

Kavika Pittman 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 14.0

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 7

Thu, Oct 25, 2001

Indianapolis
Kansas City 35
28 Final

Sun, Oct 28, 2001

Cincinnati
Detroit 31
27 Final

San Francisco
Chicago 31
37 F/OT

New Orleans
St. Louis 34
31 Final

NY Jets
Carolina 13
12 Final

Jacksonville
Baltimore 17
18 Final

Minnesota
Tampa Bay 14
41 Final

NY Giants
Washington 21
35 Final

Arizona
Dallas 3
17 Final

New England
Denver 20
31 Final

Oakland
Philadelphia 20
10 Final

Buffalo
San Diego 24
27 Final

Miami
Seattle 24
20 Final

Mon, Oct 29, 2001

Tennessee
Pittsburgh 7
34 Final

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