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New England Patriots 30 at New Orleans Saints 27
Sunday, October 4, 1998
New England Patriots 30, New Orleans Saints 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (3-1-0) | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| New Orleans Saints (3-1-0) | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| NWE | NOR | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 34 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NOR | Keith Mitchell 63 yard fumble return (Doug Brien kick) | 3 | 7 |
| NWE | Vincent Brisby 6 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 7 |
| NWE | Robert Edwards 8 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 7 |
| NOR | Cam Cleeland 1 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 17 | 14 |
| NWE | Henry Thomas 24 yard interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 14 |
| NOR | Doug Brien 21 yard field goal | 24 | 17 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 49 yard field goal | 27 | 17 |
| NOR | Lamar Smith 7 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 27 | 24 |
| NOR | Doug Brien 37 yard field goal | 27 | 27 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 27 yard field goal | 30 | 27 |
| NWE | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-97-1 | 18-39-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-35-317-1-3 | 25-47-278-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-26 | 7-41 |
| Net pass yards | 291 | 237 |
| Total yards | 388 | 276 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-20 | 6-41 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 21 | 35 | 317 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 4 | 105 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Edwards | NWE | 22 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 7 | 78 | 0 | ||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 2 | 33 | 1 | ||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 3 | 32 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tony Carter | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Danny Wuerffel | NOR | 25 | 47 | 278 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 6 | 73 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lamar Smith | NOR | 13 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 1 | |||||
| Cam Cleeland | NOR | 8 | 64 | 1 | ||||||||
| Brett Bech | NOR | 2 | 52 | 0 | ||||||||
| Troy Davis | NOR | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keith Poole | NOR | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Aaron Craver | NOR | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||