Sunday, September 29, 2002
New England Patriots 14, San Diego Chargers 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (3-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| San Diego Chargers (4-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| NWE | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Christian Fauria 5 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| SDG | Curtis Conway 52 yard pass from Drew Brees (Steve Christie kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Mike Vrabel 1 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 7 |
| SDG | LaDainian Tomlinson 37 yard rush (Steve Christie kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| 3rd | SDG | LaDainian Tomlinson 58 yard rush (Steve Christie kick) | 14 | 21 |
| NWE | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-87-0 | 34-238-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 36-53-353-2-2 | 10-18-104-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 353 | 104 |
| Total yards | 440 | 342 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-45 | 2-20 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Brady | NWE | 36 | 53 | 353 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Deion Branch | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 128 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| David Patten | NWE | 7 | 95 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Antowain Smith | NWE | 16 | 78 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Christian Fauria | NWE | 4 | 39 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Donald Hayes | NWE | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Marc Edwards | NWE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Daniel Graham | NWE | 2 | 20 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Mike Vrabel | NWE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| J.R. Redmond | NWE | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | SDG | 27 | 217 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Curtis Conway | SDG | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 52 | ||||||
| Drew Brees | SDG | 10 | 18 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Terrell Fletcher | SDG | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Tim Dwight | SDG | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Fred McCrary | SDG | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Deion Branch | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Marc Edwards | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Patrick Pass | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 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 | |||
| Donnie Edwards | SDG | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronney Jenkins | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ryan McNeil | SDG | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tamarick Vanover | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||