Denver Broncos at New England Patriots

October 27, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Denver Broncos	7	14	0	3	24
New England Patriots	0	7	3	6	16

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
4:52	Den	TD	Clinton Portis 1 run (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 7, NE 0
2nd Quarter
0:05	Den	TD	Shannon Sharpe 8 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 14, NE 0
7:44	NE	TD	Antowain Smith 3 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	Den 14, NE 7
12:15	Den	TD	Clinton Portis 4 run (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 21, NE 7
3rd Quarter
7:34	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 26	Den 21, NE 10
4th Quarter
0:05	NE	TD	Christian Fauria 8 pass from Tom Brady (Pass failed)	Den 21, NE 16
5:15	Den	FG	FG Jason Elam 19	Den 24, NE 16

Missed Field Goals: Den - Jason Elam 48, 39

Attendance: 68,436

Team Statistics

Denver Broncos New England Patriots

First downs 23 16

Rushes - yards 40 - 136 19 - 69

Passing 215 110

Punt returns 3 - 1 1 - 40

Kickoff returns 4 - 102 5 - 98

Interception returns 0 - 0 1 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 18 - 23 - 1 15 - 29 - 0

Sacked - yards lost 2 - 14 5 - 20

Punts 2 - 36.0 8 - 38.8

Fumbles - lost 2 - 1 1 - 0

Penalties - yards 2 - 51 8 - 83

Time of possession 35:40 24:20

Passing

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

Brian Griese 23 18 229 9.96 1 1 40 2 14 104.5

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

Tom Brady 29 15 130 4.48 1 0 17 5 20 75.4

Rushing

Denver Broncos Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Clinton Portis 26 111 4.3 11 2

Mike Anderson 7 21 3.0 6 0

Ashley Lelie 1 4 4.0 4 0

Rod Smith 1 1 1.0 1 0

Scottie Montgomery 1 0 0.0 0 0

Reuben Droughns 1 0 0.0 0 0

Brian Griese 3 -1 -0.3 1 0

New England Patriots Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Antowain Smith 13 58 4.5 12 1

Marc Edwards 2 6 3.0 4 0

Tom Brady 2 5 2.5 4 0

Kevin Faulk 1 5 5.0 5 0

Troy Brown 1 -5 -5.0 -5 0

Receiving

Denver Broncos Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Ed McCaffrey 8 116 14.5 21 0

Rod Smith 7 54 7.7 21 0

Shannon Sharpe 2 19 9.5 11 1

Ashley Lelie 1 40 40.0 40 0

New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Troy Brown 7 59 8.4 15 0

Christian Fauria 3 23 7.7 9 1

Marc Edwards 2 16 8.0 8 0

Kevin Faulk 1 17 17.0 17 0

Antowain Smith 1 10 10.0 10 0

David Givens 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kickoff Returns

Denver Broncos Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Scottie Montgomery 4 102 25.5 0 32 0

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deion Branch 3 60 20.0 0 27 0

Kevin Faulk 1 21 21.0 0 21 0

Patrick Pass 1 17 17.0 0 17 0

Punt Returns

Denver Broncos Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deltha O'Neal 3 1 0.3 1 1 0

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deion Branch 1 40 40.0 0 40 0

Punting

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

Tom Rouen 2 72 36.0 46 0 0 0 16.0 1 40

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

Ken Walter 8 310 38.8 47 2 1 0 33.6 3 1

Defense

Denver Broncos Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Al Wilson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 8.0

Ian Gold 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 3.0

Trevor Pryce 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

Bertrand Berry 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 2.0

New England Patriots Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Ty Law 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Willie McGinest 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

Tedy Bruschi 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

2002 NFL Scoreboard
Week 8

Sun, Oct 27, 2002

Cleveland
NY Jets 24
21 Final

Atlanta
New Orleans 37
35 Final

Chicago
Minnesota 7
25 Final

Detroit
Buffalo 17
24 Final

Oakland
Kansas City 10
20 Final

Pittsburgh
Baltimore 31
18 Final

Seattle
Dallas 17
14 Final

Tennessee
Cincinnati 30
24 Final

Tampa Bay
Carolina 12
9 Final

Arizona
San Francisco 28
38 Final

Denver
New England 24
16 Final

Houston
Jacksonville 21
19 Final

Indianapolis
Washington 21
26 Final

Mon, Oct 28, 2002

NY Giants
Philadelphia 3
17 Final

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