New England Patriots at Carolina Panthers

January 6, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New England Patriots	10	0	14	14	38
Carolina Panthers	0	3	3	0	6

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
4:56	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 19	NE 3, Car 0
7:02	NE	TD	Ty Law 46 interception return (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 10, Car 0
2nd Quarter
8:35	Car	FG	FG John Kasay 29	NE 10, Car 3
3rd Quarter
6:30	NE	TD	Troy Brown 68 punt return (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 17, Car 3
10:14	Car	FG	FG John Kasay 40	NE 17, Car 6
13:31	NE	TD	Antowain Smith 32 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 24, Car 6
4th Quarter
4:22	NE	TD	Jermaine Wiggins 5 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 31, Car 6
9:15	NE	TD	Otis Smith 76 interception return (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 38, Car 6

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 71,907

Team Statistics

New England Patriots Carolina Panthers

First downs 16 18

Rushes - yards 36 - 102 26 - 193

Passing 196 129

Punt returns 2 - 70 3 - 9

Kickoff returns 3 - 73 7 - 122

Interception returns 3 - 131 2 - 57

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 17 - 29 - 2 15 - 36 - 3

Sacked - yards lost 1 - 2 3 - 15

Punts 6 - 37.8 4 - 48.3

Fumbles - lost 2 - 1 4 - 3

Penalties - yards 6 - 70 4 - 37

Time of possession 33:21 26:39

Passing

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

Tom Brady 29 17 198 6.83 1 2 31 1 2 62.1

Carolina Panthers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Chris Weinke 36 15 144 4.00 0 3 23 2 15 18.8

Richard Huntley 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0.0

Rushing

New England Patriots Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Antowain Smith 21 81 3.9 32t 1

J.R. Redmond 8 15 1.9 6 0

Troy Brown 1 4 4.0 4 0

Marc Edwards 3 3 1.0 2 0

Tom Brady 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kevin Faulk 2 -3 -1.5 -1 0

Carolina Panthers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Richard Huntley 21 168 8.0 25 0

Nick Goings 4 25 6.3 16 0

Chris Weinke 1 0 0.0 0 0

Receiving

New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Troy Brown 6 45 7.5 17 0

David Patten 4 54 13.5 25 0

J.R. Redmond 3 42 14.0 17 0

Jermaine Wiggins 2 36 18.0 31 1

Marc Edwards 1 17 17.0 17 0

Fred Coleman 1 4 4.0 4 0

Carolina Panthers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Brad Hoover 4 44 11.0 19 0

Steve Smith 3 36 12.0 19 0

Kris Mangum 3 22 7.3 11 0

Richard Huntley 2 23 11.5 23 0

Donald Hayes 1 14 14.0 14 0

Patrick Jeffers 1 3 3.0 3 0

Nick Goings 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kickoff Returns

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Patrick Pass 2 59 29.5 0 33 0

Kevin Faulk 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Steve Smith 6 96 16.0 0 25 0

Luther Broughton 1 26 26.0 0 26 0

Punt Returns

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Troy Brown 2 70 35.0 2 68t 1

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Steve Smith 3 9 3.0 2 8 0

Punting

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

Ken Walter 6 227 37.8 46 0 4 0 36.3 3 9

Carolina Panthers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Todd Sauerbrun 4 193 48.3 61 0 2 0 30.8 2 70

Defense

New England Patriots Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Otis Smith 2 85 42.5 76t 1 1.0 6.0

Ty Law 1 46 46.0 46t 1 0.0 0.0

Willie McGinest 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 9.0

Carolina Panthers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Deon Grant 2 57 28.5 43 0 0.0 0.0

Mike Rucker 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 2.0

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 17

Sun, Jan 6, 2002

Jacksonville
Chicago 13
33 Final

Dallas
Detroit 10
15 Final

Cincinnati
Tennessee 23
21 Final

Denver
Indianapolis 10
29 Final

San Francisco
New Orleans 38
0 Final

Green Bay
NY Giants 34
25 Final

Cleveland
Pittsburgh 7
28 Final

Arizona
Washington 17
20 Final

New England
Carolina 38
6 Final

Atlanta
St. Louis 13
31 Final

Buffalo
Miami 7
34 Final

NY Jets
Oakland 24
22 Final

Kansas City
Seattle 18
21 Final

Philadelphia
Tampa Bay 17
13 Final

Mon, Jan 7, 2002

Minnesota
Baltimore 3
19 Final

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