Sunday, February 1, 2004
| NWE | CAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Patriots | Deion Branch 5 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Panthers | Steve Smith 39 yard pass from Jake Delhomme (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Patriots | David Givens 5 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| Panthers | John Kasay 50 yard field goal | 14 | 10 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Antowain Smith 2 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 10 |
| Panthers | DeShaun Foster 33 yard rush (pass failed) | 21 | 16 | |
| Panthers | Muhsin Muhammad 85 yard pass from Jake Delhomme (pass failed) | 21 | 22 | |
| Patriots | Mike Vrabel 1 yard pass from Tom Brady (Kevin Faulk run) | 29 | 22 | |
| Panthers | Ricky Proehl 12 yard pass from Jake Delhomme (John Kasay kick) | 29 | 29 | |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 41 yard field goal | 32 | 29 |
| NWE | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 29 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-127-1 | 16-92-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 32-48-354-3-1 | 16-33-323-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-28 |
| Net pass yards | 354 | 295 |
| Total yards | 481 | 387 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-60 | 12-73 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Tom Brady | NWE | 32 | 48 | 354 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Deion Branch | NWE | 10 | 143 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Antowain Smith | NWE | 26 | 83 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| David Givens | NWE | 5 | 69 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | 8 | 76 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 6 | 42 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Daniel Graham | NWE | 4 | 46 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Mike Vrabel | NWE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jake Delhomme | CAR | 16 | 33 | 323 | 3 | 0 | 85 | ||||||||
| Muhsin Muhammad | CAR | 4 | 140 | 1 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Steve Smith | CAR | 4 | 80 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Proehl | CAR | 4 | 71 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| DeShaun Foster | CAR | 3 | 43 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Stephen Davis | CAR | 13 | 49 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Jermaine Wiggins | CAR | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Kris Mangum | CAR | 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 | ||
| Deion Branch | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 28 | |||||
| Rodney Harrison | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bethel Johnson | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Richard Seymour | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Vrabel | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Howard | CAR | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Kris Mangum | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Rod Smart | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||
| Steve Smith | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Walter | NWE | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 51 | ||||
| John Kasay | CAR | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Sauerbrun | CAR | 7 | 310 | 44.3 | 51 | ||||