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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots vs. Green Bay Packers - January 26th, 1997
New England Patriots 21 vs. Green Bay Packers 35
Sunday, January 26, 1997
New England Patriots 21, Green Bay Packers 35| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (13-6-0) | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Green Bay Packers (16-3-0) | 10 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 35 |
Scoring
| NWE | GNB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | GNB | Andre Rison 54 yard pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick) | 0 | 7 |
| GNB | Chris Jacke 37 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| NWE | Keith Byars 1 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| NWE | Ben Coates 4 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| 2nd | GNB | Antonio Freeman 81 yard pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick) | 14 | 17 |
| GNB | Chris Jacke 31 yard field goal | 14 | 20 | |
| GNB | Brett Favre 2 yard rush (Chris Jacke kick) | 14 | 27 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Curtis Martin 18 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 27 |
| GNB | Desmond Howard 99 yard kickoff return (Mark Chmura pass from Brett Favre) | 21 | 35 |
Team Stats
| NWE | GNB | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 13-43-1 | 36-115-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-48-253-2-4 | 14-27-246-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-39 | 5-38 |
| Net pass yards | 214 | 208 |
| Total yards | 257 | 323 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-22 | 3-41 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 25 | 48 | 253 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 11 | 42 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 6 | 67 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 4 | 62 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 4 | 42 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 3 | 34 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brett Favre | GNB | 14 | 27 | 246 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Antonio Freeman | GNB | 3 | 105 | 1 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Dorsey Levens | GNB | 14 | 61 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Andre Rison | GNB | 2 | 77 | 1 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Edgar Bennett | GNB | 17 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| William Henderson | GNB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Mark Chmura | GNB | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Keith Jackson | GNB | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ferric Collons | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hason Graham | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Otis Smith | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| LeRoy Butler | GNB | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Santana Dotson | GNB | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Evans | GNB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Desmond Howard | GNB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 1 | 99 | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Craig Newsome | GNB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Prior | GNB | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggie White | GNB | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brian M. Williams | GNB | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
New England Patriots Starting Lineup
| Drew Bledsoe | QB |
| Curtis Martin | RB |
| Shawn Jefferson | WR |
| Terry Glenn | WR |
| Keith Byars | TE |
| Ben Coates | TE |
| Bruce Armstrong | LT |
| William Roberts | LG |
| Dave Wohlabaugh | C |
| Todd Rucci | RG |
| Max Lane | RT |
| Ferric Collons | LDE |
| Mark Wheeler | LDT |
| Pio Sagapolutele | RDT |
| Willie McGinest | RDE |
| Chris Slade | LLB |
| Ted Johnson | MLB |
| Todd F. Collins | RLB |
| Ty Law | LCB |
| Otis Smith | RCB |
| Lawyer Milloy | SS |
| Willie Clay | FS |
Green Bay Packers Starting Lineup
| Brett Favre | QB |
| Edgar Bennett | RB |
| William Henderson | FB |
| Antonio Freeman | WR |
| Andre Rison | WR |
| Mark Chmura | TE |
| Bruce Wilkerson | LT |
| Aaron Taylor | LG |
| Frank Winters | C |
| Adam Timmerman | RG |
| Earl Dotson | RT |
| Reggie White | LDE |
| Santana Dotson | LDT |
| Gilbert Brown | RDT |
| Sean Jones | RDE |
| Wayne Simmons | LLB |
| Ron Cox | MLB |
| Brian M. Williams | RLB |
| Craig Newsome | LCB |
| Doug Evans | RCB |
| LeRoy Butler | SS |
| Eugene Robinson | FS |