Sunday, October 4, 1998
| NWE | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 34 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Saints | Keith Mitchell 63 yard fumble return (Doug Brien kick) | 3 | 7 |
| Patriots | Vincent Brisby 6 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| Patriots | Robert Edwards 8 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| Saints | Cam Cleeland 1 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 17 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Henry Thomas 24 yard interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 14 |
| Saints | Doug Brien 21 yard field goal | 24 | 17 | |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 49 yard field goal | 27 | 17 | |
| 4th | Saints | Lamar Smith 7 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 27 | 24 |
| Saints | Doug Brien 37 yard field goal | 27 | 27 | |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 27 yard field goal | 30 | 27 |
| NWE | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-97-1 | 18-39-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-35-317-1-3 | 25-47-278-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-26 | 7-41 |
| Net pass yards | 291 | 237 |
| Total yards | 388 | 276 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-20 | 6-41 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 21 | 35 | 317 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 4 | 105 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Robert Edwards | NWE | 22 | 97 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 7 | 78 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 43 | ||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 2 | 33 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 3 | 32 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Tony Carter | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Danny Wuerffel | NOR | 25 | 47 | 278 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 6 | 73 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Lamar Smith | NOR | 13 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Cam Cleeland | NOR | 8 | 64 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Brett Bech | NOR | 2 | 52 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Troy Davis | NOR | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Sean Dawkins | NOR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Keith Poole | NOR | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Craver | NOR | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ray Zellars | NOR | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Canty | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ted Johnson | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ty Law | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Sullivan | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Henry Thomas | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ink Aleaga | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Troy Davis | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tyronne Drakeford | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| La'Roi Glover | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Hewitt | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Qadry Ismail | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Joe Johnson | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Molden | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 3 | 155 | 51.7 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Brien | NOR | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 |
| Mark Royals | NOR | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 0 | ||||