Sunday, December 20, 1998
| SFO | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Robert Edwards 19 yard pass from Scott Zolak (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | 49ers | Jerry Rice 75 yard pass from Steve Young (Wade Richey kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Patriots | Shawn Jefferson 61 yard pass from Scott Zolak (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 49ers | Terrell Owens 7 yard pass from Steve Young (Wade Richey kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| 49ers | Irv Smith 25 yard pass from Ty Detmer (Wade Richey kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Robert Edwards 5 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 21 |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 35 yard field goal | 21 | 24 |
| SFO | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-151-0 | 31-132-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-24-292-3-2 | 14-30-205-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-33 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 259 | 200 |
| Total yards | 410 | 332 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-64 | 5-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Steve Young | SFO | 18 | 23 | 267 | 2 | 2 | 75 | ||||||||
| Garrison Hearst | SFO | 27 | 107 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Jerry Rice | SFO | 5 | 115 | 1 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Terrell Owens | SFO | 3 | 61 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| J.J. Stokes | SFO | 4 | 59 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Terry Kirby | SFO | 5 | 37 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Irv Smith | SFO | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Ty Detmer | SFO | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||
| Marc Edwards | SFO | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Robert Edwards | NWE | 24 | 101 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Scott Zolak | NWE | 14 | 30 | 205 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 72 | 1 | 61 | ||||||
| Tony Simmons | NWE | 5 | 56 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 3 | 25 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Chris Floyd | NWE | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 2 | -1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 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 Doleman | SFO | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Merton Hanks | SFO | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Kirby | SFO | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tim McDonald | SFO | 0.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| R.W. McQuarters | SFO | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Carter | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Clay | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Israel | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ty Law | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Greg Spires | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Henry Thomas | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Wade Richey | SFO | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Roby | SFO | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |