Sunday, January 12, 1997
| JAX | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Curtis Martin 1 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Jaguars | Mike Hollis 32 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 29 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 20 yard field goal | 3 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Jaguars | Mike Hollis 28 yard field goal | 6 | 13 |
| 4th | Patriots | Otis Smith 47 yard fumble return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 6 | 20 |
| JAX | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-101-0 | 24-73-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-38-190-0-2 | 20-33-178-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-2 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 188 | 161 |
| Total yards | 289 | 234 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-23 | 2-5 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Mark Brunell | JAX | 20 | 38 | 190 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Pete Mitchell | JAX | 7 | 63 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Keenan McCardell | JAX | 6 | 62 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| James Stewart | JAX | 7 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Jimmy Smith | JAX | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Natrone Means | JAX | 19 | 43 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Derek V. Brown | JAX | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Barlow | JAX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bryan Barker | JAX | 1 | -16 | 0 | -16 | ||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 20 | 33 | 178 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 4 | 91 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 19 | 59 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 5 | 33 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Aaron Beasley | JAX | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Bucky Brooks | JAX | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
| Mark Brunell | JAX | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Davey | JAX | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Hudson | JAX | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| Eddie Robinson | JAX | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clyde Simmons | JAX | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Bartrum | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Clay | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 12 |
| Chris Slade | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Otis Smith | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bryan Barker | JAX | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 43 | ||||
| Mike Hollis | JAX | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 46 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |