Sunday, December 1, 1996
| NWE | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Terry Glenn 8 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Patriots | Keith Byars 19 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| Chargers | Tony Martin 46 yard pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Sam Gash 7 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 7 |
| Patriots | Willie McGinest 0 yard fumble return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 28 | 7 | |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 47 yard field goal | 31 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Shawn Jefferson 11 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 38 | 7 |
| Patriots | Corwin Brown 42 yard fumble return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 45 | 7 |
| NWE | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-84-0 | 15-32-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-29-232-4-0 | 22-51-262-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-3 | 6-58 |
| Net pass yards | 229 | 204 |
| Total yards | 313 | 236 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-65 | 6-48 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 19 | 29 | 232 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 19 | 63 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 6 | 71 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 5 | 63 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 4 | 52 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 12 | 23 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Scott Zolak | NWE | 3 | -3 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Stan Humphries | SDG | 16 | 35 | 204 | 1 | 3 | 46 | ||||||||
| Tony Martin | SDG | 5 | 84 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Russell | SDG | 10 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Terrell Fletcher | SDG | 4 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Charlie Jones | SDG | 5 | 44 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bryan Still | SDG | 2 | 34 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Sean Salisbury | SDG | 6 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Deems May | SDG | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Andre Coleman | SDG | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Bradley | SDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chad Eaton | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jerome Henderson | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ted Johnson | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Michael McGruder | NWE | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Pio Sagapolutele | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Otis Smith | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Wheeler | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Coleman | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Darrien Gordon | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Mims | SDG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrella | SDG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bryan Still | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 7 | 324 | 46.3 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Bennett | SDG | 7 | 315 | 45.0 | 0 | ||||