Sunday, November 30, 1997
| IND | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Sam Gash 3 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Colts | Cary Blanchard 24 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 32 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 48 yard field goal | 3 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Colts | Aaron Bailey 18 yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Cary Blanchard kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4th | Patriots | Troy Brown 18 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 20 |
| Colts | Sean Dawkins 11 yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Cary Blanchard kick) | 17 | 20 |
| IND | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-118-0 | 25-71-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-41-310-2-0 | 20-33-204-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-25 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 285 | 187 |
| Total yards | 403 | 258 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-34 | 10-65 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Jim Harbaugh | IND | 22 | 41 | 310 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Sean Dawkins | IND | 7 | 120 | 1 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Marshall Faulk | IND | 12 | 44 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Marvin Harrison | IND | 3 | 40 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Lamont Warren | IND | 4 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Brian Stablein | IND | 4 | 36 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Bailey | IND | 2 | 28 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Zack Crockett | IND | 7 | 23 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ken Dilger | IND | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Tarik Glenn | IND | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 20 | 33 | 204 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 20 | 66 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 4 | 74 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 5 | 41 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 3 | 35 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 2 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 Bailey | IND | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Albert Fontenot | IND | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nate Jacquet | IND | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ellis Johnson | IND | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tony McCoy | IND | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike D. Jones | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Henry Thomas | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Cary Blanchard | IND | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Gardocki | IND | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 5 | 256 | 51.2 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |