Sunday, October 28, 2001
New England Patriots 20, Denver Broncos 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (3-4-0) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Denver Broncos (4-3-0) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| NWE | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 24 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NWE | David Patten 30 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 0 | |
| DEN | Mike Anderson 8 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Jason Elam 50 yard field goal | 10 | 10 |
| NWE | Troy Brown 5 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 44 yard field goal | 20 | 10 |
| DEN | Rod Smith 65 yard pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 17 | |
| DEN | Dwayne Carswell 6 yard pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 24 | |
| 4th | DEN | Denard Walker 39 yard interception return (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 31 |
| NWE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-117-0 | 29-86-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-39-203-2-5 | 19-30-283-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 2-14 |
| Net pass yards | 183 | 269 |
| Total yards | 300 | 355 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-53 | 6-66 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Troy Brown | NWE | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 86 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| Tom Brady | NWE | 25 | 38 | 203 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Patten | NWE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 30 |
| Antowain Smith | NWE | 12 | 56 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Marc Edwards | NWE | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Charles Johnson | NWE | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Jackson | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| J.R. Redmond | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rod Smith | DEN | 6 | 159 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Brian Griese | DEN | 19 | 30 | 283 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 |
| Desmond Clark | DEN | 6 | 94 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Mike Anderson | DEN | 14 | 40 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Olandis Gary | DEN | 10 | 37 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Dwayne Carswell | DEN | 3 | 21 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Scottie Montgomery | DEN | 2 | 15 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Kennison | DEN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Hape | DEN | 1 | 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 | |||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tedy Bruschi | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Matt Stevens | NWE | 1 | 9 | 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 | |||
| Eric Brown | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Cole | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Deltha O'Neal | DEN | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kavika Pittman | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Trevor Pryce | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Denard Walker | DEN | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||