| New England Patriots at Carolina Panthers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 6, 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC |
| Venue: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 21070 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 37 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 10 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| Carolina Panthers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | CAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 19 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Ty Law 46 interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Carolina Panthers | John Kasay 29 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Troy Brown 68 punt return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | Carolina Panthers | John Kasay 40 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Antowain Smith 32 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 6 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Jermaine Wiggins 5 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 6 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Otis Smith 76 interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 38 | 6 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Antowain Smith | 21 | 81 | 3.9 | 32t | 1 |
| NE | J.R. Redmond | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Troy Brown | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NE | Marc Edwards | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NE | Tom Brady | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NE | Kevin Faulk | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| CAR | Richard Huntley | 21 | 168 | 8.0 | 25 | 0 |
| CAR | Nick Goings | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| CAR | Chris Weinke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Tom Brady | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 2 | 198 | 6.8 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62.1 |
| CAR | Chris Weinke | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 3 | 144 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 18.8 |
| CAR | Richard Huntley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| RECEIVING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | TAR | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Troy Brown | 12 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 |
| NE | David Patten | 6 | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 |
| NE | J.R. Redmond | 4 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| NE | Jermaine Wiggins | 3 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 31 | 1 |
| NE | Marc Edwards | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| NE | Fred Coleman | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| CAR | Brad Hoover | 6 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| CAR | Steve Smith | 7 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| CAR | Kris Mangum | 5 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| CAR | Richard Huntley | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| CAR | Donald Hayes | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| CAR | Patrick Jeffers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| CAR | Nick Goings | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| CAR | Chris Hetherington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Otis Smith | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 76t | 1 |
| NE | Ty Law | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46t | 1 |
| CAR | Deon Grant | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Ken Walter | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 46 | 0 |
| CAR | Todd Sauerbrun | 4 | 193 | 48.3 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Troy Brown | 2 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 68t | 1 |
| CAR | Steve Smith | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| NE | Adam Vinatieri | 7 | 390 | 55.7 | 0 |
| CAR | Todd Sauerbrun | 3 | 169 | 56.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Patrick Pass | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 33 | 0 |
| NE | Kevin Faulk | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| CAR | Steve Smith | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 |
| CAR | Luther Broughton | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS |
| NE | Willie McGinest | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| NE | Otis Smith | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| CAR | Mike Rucker | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| DEFENSE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
| NE | Tebucky Jones | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Lawyer Milloy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Otis Smith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Mike Vrabel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Willie McGinest | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NE | Ty Law | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Roman Phifer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Je'rod Cherry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Terrance Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Matt Chatham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Tedy Bruschi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Richard Seymour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Marc Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Bryan Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | J.R. Redmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Tom Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Ted Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Terrell Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Matt Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Antwan Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Brandon Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Bobby Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Dan Morgan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Jimmy Hitchcock | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Mike Minter | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Lester Towns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CAR | Darren Hambrick | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Doug Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Kris Jenkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Deon Grant | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Mike Rucker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CAR | Rashard Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Brentson Buckner | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Reggie Howard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Al Lucas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Chris Slade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Kory Minor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Dean Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Casey Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Jeff Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Gillis Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Kris Mangum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | Jay Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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