Sunday, December 7, 1997
| NWE | JAX | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 44 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Patriots | Troy Brown 9 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 0 | |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 41 yard field goal | 13 | 0 | |
| 2nd | Jaguars | Keenan McCardell 20 yard pass from Mark Brunell (Mike Hollis kick) | 13 | 7 |
| Patriots | Ben Coates 5 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 20 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 33 yard field goal | 23 | 7 |
| 4th | Jaguars | Keenan McCardell 12 yard pass from Mark Brunell (pass failed) | 23 | 13 |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 39 yard field goal | 26 | 13 | |
| Jaguars | Reggie Barlow 92 yard kickoff return (Mike Hollis kick) | 26 | 20 |
| NWE | JAX | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-55-0 | 27-107-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 26-35-234-2-0 | 25-42-251-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-7 | 4-17 |
| Net pass yards | 227 | 234 |
| Total yards | 282 | 341 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-31 | 9-63 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 26 | 35 | 234 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 5 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 4 | 58 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 6 | 54 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 3 | 26 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 10 | 20 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Mark Brunell | JAX | 25 | 42 | 251 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Keenan McCardell | JAX | 11 | 152 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Natrone Means | JAX | 15 | 51 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Jimmy Smith | JAX | 5 | 51 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| James Stewart | JAX | 5 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Pete Mitchell | JAX | 3 | 23 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ty Hallock | JAX | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Willie Jackson | JAX | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Israel | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ted Johnson | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Barlow | JAX | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 157 | 31.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Mitchell | JAX | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Joel Smeenge | JAX | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Barker | JAX | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Hollis | JAX | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||