| New England Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 2001 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: INVESCO Field Attendance: 72349 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 72 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 24 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | David Patten 30 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mike Anderson 8 run (Jason Elam kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jason Elam 50 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Troy Brown 4 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 44 FG | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rod Smith 65 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dwayne Carswell 6 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Denard Walker 39 interception return (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 38 | 25 | 65.8 | 4 | 203 | 5.3 | 30t | 2 | 2 | 20 | 57.1 |
| David Patten | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Brian Griese | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 2 | 283 | 9.4 | 65t | 2 | 2 | 14 | 88.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 15 | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 18 | 1 |
| David Patten | 7 | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 30t | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 5 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Curtis Jackson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Rod Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rod Smith | 6 | 6 | 159 | 26.5 | 65t | 1 |
| Desmond Clark | 8 | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Scottie Montgomery | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Patrick Hape | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Griese | 1 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Eddie Kennison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Dominguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Matt Stevens | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Denard Walker | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 39t | 1 |
| Deltha O'Neal | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Eric Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ken Walter | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 54 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Rouen | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 5 | 353 | 70.6 | 2 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Jason Elam | 6 | 391 | 65.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Chris Cole | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Willie McGinest | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Kavika Pittman | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Brandon Mitchell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Law | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Shaw | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riddick Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hakim Akbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chatham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Patten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Kenoy Kennedy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mobley | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denard Walker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Deltha O'Neal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Berry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kavika Pittman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Coghill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Lett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chester McGlockton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Romanowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Burns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Griese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Nalen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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