Sunday, November 1, 1998
| NWE | IND | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Ben Coates 2 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Colts | Lamont Warren 4 yard pass from Peyton Manning (Mike Vanderjagt kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Robert Edwards 1 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 7 |
| Colts | Mike Vanderjagt 49 yard field goal | 14 | 10 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Tony Simmons 63 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 10 |
| Colts | Marcus Pollard 15 yard pass from Peyton Manning (run failed) | 21 | 16 |
| NWE | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-77-1 | 14-32-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-35-306-2-1 | 30-52-278-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-13 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 293 | 278 |
| Total yards | 370 | 310 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-45 | 8-72 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 22 | 35 | 306 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 10 | 109 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Tony Simmons | NWE | 4 | 109 | 1 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Robert Edwards | NWE | 23 | 70 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Henry Ellard | NWE | 3 | 52 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Sedrick Shaw | NWE | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Marshall Faulk | IND | 11 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 119 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Peyton Manning | IND | 30 | 52 | 278 | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
| Jerome Pathon | IND | 7 | 56 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Marcus Pollard | IND | 5 | 40 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Harrison | IND | 5 | 34 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Torrance Small | IND | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Lamont Warren | IND | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Bradford Banta | IND | 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 | ||
| Chris Canty | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | NWE | 0.0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Belser | IND | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Blackmon | IND | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Elias | IND | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tyrone Poole | IND | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 7 | 284 | 40.6 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Gardocki | IND | 7 | 304 | 43.4 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Vanderjagt | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |