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New England 27, Cleveland 16

Posted: Sunday December 09, 2001 05:29 PM

	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
Cleveland	10	0	3	3	16
New England	3	17	0	7	27	FINAL

Team Stats
	CLEVELAND	NEW ENGLAND
First Downs	17	18
Rushing	6	5
Passing	10	12
Penalty	1	1
3rd-Down Efficiency	6-14	4-14
4th-Down Efficiency	0-0	1-2
Total Net Yards	277	290
Total plays	61	64
Average gain	4.5	4.5
Net Yards Rushing	50	81
Rushes	19	33
Average per rush	2.6	2.5
Net Yards Passing	227	209
Completed-attempted	20-39	19-28
Yards per pass	5.4	6.7
Sacked-yards lost	3-17	3-9
Had intercepted	3	2
Punts-Average	5-45.4	4-41.0
Return Yardage	165	235
Punts-returns	1-0	5-133
Kickoffs-returns	6-107	5-82
Interceptions-returns	2-58	3-20
Penalties-Yards	2-21	5-31
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	1-0
Time Of Possession	27:40	32:20

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Cleveland Player Statistics

Rushing

James Jackson 16-34, Tim Couch 1-9, Jamel White 2-7.

Passing

Tim Couch 20-39 for 244 yards, 3 INT, 0 TD.

Receiving

Kevin Johnson 8-95, Jamel White 3-57, Dennis Northcutt 2-29, Jajuan Dawson 2-26, James Jackson 2-15, Oj Santiago 2-11, Aaron Shea 1-11.

Tackles (tackles-assists-sacks)

Wali Rainer 5-6-0, Anthony Henry 7-1-0, Jamir Miller 6-2-2, Corey Fuller 5-3-0, Gerard Warren 6-1-1, Devin Bush 4-3-0, Brant Boyer 5-0-0, Mark Smith 3-1-0, Dwayne Rudd 2-2-0, Greg Spires 1-3-0, Tyrone Rogers 1-2-0, Earl Little 0-3-0, Daylon Mccutcheon 2-0-0, Raymond Jackson 1-1-0, Scott Frost 1-0-0.

Fumbles Lost

Dennis Northcutt

Opponent Fumbles Recovered

None

New England Player Statistics

Rushing

Antowain Smith 21-76, David Patten 1-7, Marc Edwards 4-3, Kevin Faulk 2-0, Troy Brown 1-minus 2, Tom Brady 4-minus 3.

Passing

Tom Brady 19-28 for 218 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD.

Receiving

Troy Brown 7-89, Terry Glenn 4-67, David Patten 3-41, Kevin Faulk 3-11, Jr Redmond 1-8, Marc Edwards 1-2.

Tackles (tackles-assists-sacks)

Roman Phifer 9-2-1, Tedy Bruschi 8-2-0, Lawyer Milloy 4-5-0.5, Richard Seymour 1-4-1, Bobby Hamilton 3-1-0, Ty Law 3-0-0, Brandon Mitchell 2-1-0, Matt Stevens 1-2-0, Otis Smith 2-0-0, Tebucky Jones 2-0-0, Mike Vrabel 0-0-0.5.

Fumbles Lost

None

Opponent Fumbles Recovered

Lawyer Milloy

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

NEW ENGLAND - FIELD GOAL (5:19)
Play: Adam Vinatieri 54 Yard
Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards in 4:27
Key Plays:
• Jones interception at New England 47
• Brady 9-yard pass to T Brown on 3rd-and-8 to Cleveland 42
NEW ENGLAND 3-0

CLEVELAND - FIELD GOAL (13:39)
Play: Phil Dawson 27 Yard
Drive: 16 plays, 59 yards in 8:20
Key Plays:
• Jackson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Cleveland 44
• Couch 11-yard pass to Shea to New England 45
• Couch 11-yard pass to Northcutt to New England 36
• Couch 6-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-2 to New England 20
CLEVELAND 3, NEW ENGLAND 3

CLEVELAND - TOUCHDOWN (13:58)
Play: Corey Fuller 49 Yard Interception Return (Phil Dawson Kick)
CLEVELAND 10-3

Second Quarter

NEW ENGLAND - TOUCHDOWN (5:21)
Play: Antowain Smith 1 Yard Run (Adam Vinatieri Kick)
Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards in 6:23
Key Plays:
• Brady 22-yard pass to Patten to Cleveland 41
• Brady 18-yard pass to T Brown to Cleveland 23
• A Smith 2-yard run on 4th-and- 1 to Cleveland 1
CLEVELAND 10, NEW ENGLAND 10

NEW ENGLAND - TOUCHDOWN (11:32)
Play: Troy Brown 85 Yard Punt Return (Adam Vinatieri Kick)
NEW ENGLAND 17-10

NEW ENGLAND - FIELD GOAL (14:57)
Play: Adam Vinatieri 38 Yard
Drive: 8 plays, 51 yards in 1:14
Key Plays:
• Brady 2-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-2 to New England 39
• Brady 21-yard pass to Glenn to Cleveland 40
• Brady 14-yard pass to T Brown to Cleveland 31
NEW ENGLAND 20-10

Third Quarter

CLEVELAND - FIELD GOAL (4:15)
Play: Phil Dawson 39 Yard
Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards in 3:07
Key Plays:
• Little interception at New England 36
NEW ENGLAND 20-13

Fourth Quarter

CLEVELAND - FIELD GOAL (2:21)
Play: Phil Dawson 22 Yard
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 2:21
Key Plays:
• Couch 36-yard pass to White to New England 26
• Couch 22-yard pass to Johnson to New England 4
NEW ENGLAND 20-16

NEW ENGLAND - TOUCHDOWN (12:17)
Play: Antowain Smith 5 Yard Run (Adam Vinatieri Kick)
Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards in 3:21
Key Plays:
• T Brown 20-yard punt return to Cleveland 36
• A Smith 18-yard run to Cleveland 16
• A Smith 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Cleveland 5
NEW ENGLAND 27-16

Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Undrey Wash, Head linesman-Paul Weidner, Line judge-Don Phares, Field judge-Keven Mack, Side judge-Dave Wyant, Back judge-Ron Spitler.

Attendence: 60,292

Time: 3:15

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