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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Tom Brady | NWE | 36 | 53 | 353 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Deion Branch | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 128 | 0 | |||||
| David Patten | NWE | 7 | 95 | 0 | ||||||||
| Antowain Smith | NWE | 16 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Christian Fauria | NWE | 4 | 39 | 1 | ||||||||
| Donald Hayes | NWE | 2 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||
| Marc Edwards | NWE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Daniel Graham | NWE | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| J.R. Redmond | NWE | 1 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | SDG | 27 | 217 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | |||||
| Curtis Conway | SDG | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 1 | |||||
| Drew Brees | SDG | 10 | 18 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Terrell Fletcher | SDG | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tim Dwight | SDG | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fred McCrary | SDG | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||