| New England Patriots at Carolina Panthers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: January 6, 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Venue: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 71907 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 37 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 10 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| Carolina PanthersCAR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | CAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 19 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Ty Law 46 interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | John Kasay 29 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Troy Brown 68 punt return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | Carolina PanthersCAR | John Kasay 40 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Antowain Smith 32 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 6 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Jermaine Wiggins 5 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 6 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Otis Smith 76 interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 38 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Troy Brown |
| 86 | WR | David Patten |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Compton |
| 65 | C | Damien Woody |
| 63 | ROG | Joe Andruzzi |
| 64 | ROT | Greg Randall |
| 83 | TE | Rod Rutledge |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 32 | RB | Antowain Smith |
| 44 | FB | Marc Edwards |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Bobby Hamilton |
| 96 | LDT | Brandon Mitchell |
| 93 | RDT | Richard Seymour |
| 98 | RDE | Anthony Pleasant |
| 50 | LOLB | Mike Vrabel |
| 54 | MLB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 95 | ROLB | Roman Phifer |
| 24 | LCB | Ty Law |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 34 | FS | Tebucky Jones |
| 45 | RCB | Otis Smith |
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Donald Hayes |
| 89 | WR | Steve Smith |
| 75 | LOT | Todd Steussie |
| 63 | LOG | Jamar Nesbit |
| 60 | C | Jeff Mitchell |
| 78 | ROG | Jeno James |
| 70 | ROT | Chris Terry |
| 84 | TE | Casey Crawford |
| 86 | TE | Kris Mangum |
| 16 | QB | Chris Weinke |
| 34 | RB | Richard Huntley |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Jay Williams |
| 99 | LDT | Brentson Buckner |
| 77 | RDT | Kris Jenkins |
| 93 | RDE | Mike Rucker |
| 55 | SLB | Dan Morgan |
| 57 | MLB | Lester Towns |
| 59 | WLB | Darren Hambrick |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Hitchcock |
| 30 | SS | Mike Minter |
| 27 | FS | Deon Grant |
| 33 | RCB | Doug Evans |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Richard Huntley | 21 | 168 | 8.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Chris Weinke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 2 | 198 | 6.8 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62.1 |
| Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
| Chris Weinke | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 3 | 144 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 18.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Troy Brown | 12 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| David Patten | 6 | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| J.R. Redmond | 4 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Jermaine Wiggins | 3 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 31 | 1 | |||||
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Fred Coleman | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
| Brad Hoover | 6 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Richard Huntley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 7 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Kris Mangum | 5 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Richard Huntley | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| Donald Hayes | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Patrick Jeffers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Nick Goings | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Chris Hetherington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Otis Smith | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 76t | 1 |
| Ty Law | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Deon Grant | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ken Walter | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 4 | 193 | 48.3 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 2 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 68t | 1 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Steve Smith | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 7 | 390 | 55.7 | 0 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 3 | 169 | 56.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Patrick Pass | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Steve Smith | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Luther Broughton | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Willie McGinest | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| Otis Smith | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Mike Rucker | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ty Law | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Je'rod Cherry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chatham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Dan Morgan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Minter | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lester Towns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Hambrick | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Jenkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deon Grant | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rucker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brentson Buckner | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashard Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Howard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Lucas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Slade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gillis Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kory Minor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Mangum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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