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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Chicago Bears at New England Patriots - September 21st, 1997
Chicago Bears 3 at New England Patriots 31
Sunday, September 21, 1997
Chicago Bears 3, New England Patriots 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (0-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| New England Patriots (4-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 31 |
Scoring
| CHI | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Vincent Brisby 7 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NWE | Troy Brown 52 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3rd | CHI | Jeff Jaeger 38 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| 4th | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 27 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| NWE | Curtis Martin 70 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 24 | |
| NWE | Lovett Purnell 20 yard pass from Scott Zolak (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 31 |
Team Stats
| CHI | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 9 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-79-0 | 21-87-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-25-154-0-2 | 27-40-334-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-34 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 120 | 315 |
| Total yards | 199 | 402 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-75 | 6-44 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rick Mirer | CHI | 17 | 25 | 154 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Raymont Harris | CHI | 21 | 63 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Bobby Engram | CHI | 5 | 47 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ryan Wetnight | CHI | 3 | 46 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Chris Penn | CHI | 3 | 30 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Proehl | CHI | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Keith Jennings | CHI | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Darnell Autry | CHI | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| CHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tony Carter | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 24 | 37 | 301 | 2 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 6 | 124 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 14 | 79 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 6 | 61 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 5 | 55 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 3 | 29 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lovett Purnell | NWE | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Scott Zolak | NWE | 3 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 4 | 10 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Fabien Bownes | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Flanigan | CHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Marshall | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alonzo Spellman | CHI | 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 | |||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ty Law | NWE | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marty Moore | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry Thomas | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Larry Whigham | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||