Sunday, December 1, 1996
New England Patriots 45, San Diego Chargers 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (9-4-0) | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| San Diego Chargers (7-6-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| NWE | SDG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NWE | Terry Glenn 8 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NWE | Keith Byars 19 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 0 |
| SDG | Tony Martin 46 yard pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) | 14 | 7 |
| NWE | Sam Gash 7 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 7 |
| NWE | Willie McGinest 0 yard fumble return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 28 | 7 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 47 yard field goal | 31 | 7 |
| NWE | Shawn Jefferson 11 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 38 | 7 |
| NWE | Corwin Brown 42 yard fumble return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 45 | 7 |
| NWE | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-84-0 | 15-32-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-29-232-4-0 | 22-51-262-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-3 | 6-58 |
| Net pass yards | 229 | 204 |
| Total yards | 313 | 236 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-65 | 6-48 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 19 | 29 | 232 | 4 | 1 | -1 | |||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 19 | 63 | 14 | ||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 6 | 71 | |||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 5 | 63 | 1 | ||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 4 | 52 | 1 | ||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 12 | 23 | |||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 19 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| Scott Zolak | NWE | 3 | -3 | |||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Stan Humphries | SDG | 16 | 35 | 204 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Tony Martin | SDG | 5 | 84 | 1 | ||||||||
| Leonard Russell | SDG | 10 | 35 | 27 | ||||||||
| Terrell Fletcher | SDG | 4 | -4 | 49 | ||||||||
| Charlie Jones | SDG | 5 | 44 | |||||||||
| Bryan Still | SDG | 2 | 34 | |||||||||
| Sean Salisbury | SDG | 6 | 16 | 58 | 1 | |||||||
| Deems May | SDG | 3 | 16 | |||||||||
| Andre Coleman | SDG | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Freddie Bradley | SDG | 1 | 1 | |||||||||