| Chicago Bears at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1997 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 59873 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 59 F Humidty: % Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Vincent Brisby 7 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Troy Brown 52 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Jeff Jaeger 38 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 27 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Curtis Martin 70 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Lovett Purnell 20 pass from Scott Zolak (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bobby Engram |
| 87 | WR | Ricky Proehl |
| 64 | LOT | Andy Heck |
| 67 | LOG | Bill Schultz |
| 65 | C | Evan Pilgrim |
| 63 | ROG | Todd Burger |
| 71 | ROT | James Williams |
| 85 | TE | Keith Jennings |
| 13 | QB | Rick Mirer |
| 29 | RB | Raymont Harris |
| 30 | FB | Tony Carter |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | John Thierry |
| 99 | LDT | Jim Flanigan |
| 98 | RDT | Carl Simpson |
| 90 | RDE | Alonzo Spellman |
| 52 | MLB | Bryan Cox |
| 92 | WLB | Barry Minter |
| 25 | LCB | Tom Carter |
| 36 | SS | Anthony Marshall |
| 26 | FS | John Mangum |
| 27 | RCB | Walt Harris |
| 35 | NB | James Burton |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vincent Brisby |
| 88 | WR | Terry Glenn |
| 84 | WR | Shawn Jefferson |
| 78 | LOT | Bruce Armstrong |
| 68 | LOG | Max Lane |
| 64 | C | Dave Wohlabaugh |
| 71 | ROG | Todd Rucci |
| 77 | ROT | Zefross Moss |
| 87 | TE | Ben Coates |
| 11 | QB | Drew Bledsoe |
| 28 | RB | Curtis Martin |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Ferric Collons |
| 97 | LDT | Mark Wheeler |
| 95 | RDT | Henry Thomas |
| 96 | RDE | Mike Jones |
| 59 | SLB | Todd Collins |
| 52 | MLB | Ted Johnson |
| 53 | WLB | Chris Slade |
| 24 | LCB | Ty Law |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 32 | FS | Willie Clay |
| 31 | RCB | Jimmy Hitchcock |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Raymont Harris | 21 | 63 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Mirer | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Darnell Autry | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Curtis Martin | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 70t | 1 |
| Marrio Grier | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Keith Byars | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Gash | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Rick Mirer | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 2 | 154 | 6.2 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 51.1 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | 37 | 24 | 64.9 | 1 | 301 | 8.1 | 52t | 2 | 2 | 19 | 96.8 |
| Scott Zolak | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 | 11.0 | 20t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Engram | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Ryan Wetnight | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Chris Penn | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Raymont Harris | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Ricky Proehl | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Troy Brown | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 52t | 1 |
| Ben Coates | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Vincent Brisby | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Curtis Martin | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Sam Gash | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Lovett Purnell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Keith Byars | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Anthony Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ty Law | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Marty Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 10 | 413 | 41.3 | 66 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tom Tupa | 5 | 238 | 47.6 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 5 | 0 | 30 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 2 | 136 | 68.0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 6 | 393 | 65.5 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Fabien Bownes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Jim Flanigan | 1.0 |
| Alonzo Spellman | 1.0 |
| New England Patriots | |
| Henry Thomas | 2.0 |
| Larry Whigham | 2.0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1.0 |
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