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Box Score: New England Patriots at Jacksonville Jaguars

Posted: Sun January 3, 1999 at 4:40 p.m. EST

NFL     PLAYOFFS 

        FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

NEW ENGLAND 0 0 7 3 10 JACKSONVILLE 6 6 0 13 25 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: JAC - FG, MIKE HOLLIS 35 YD, 6:03. Drive: 8 plays, 22 yards in 3:51. Key plays: Tupa 34-yard punt plus 5-yard return by Jaguars' Barlow to New England 40; Taylor 7-yard run to New England 31; Taylor 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 30; Brunell 14-yard pass to McCardell to New England 16. JACKSONVILLE 3-0 JAC - FG, MIKE HOLLIS 24 YD, 12:59. Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards in 3:19. Key plays: Taylor 46-yard run to New England 20; Brunell 7-yard pass to J Smith on 3rd-and-1 to New England 4. Taylor 3 carries for 55 yards. JACKSONVILLE 6-0 2ND QUARTER: JAC - TD, FRED TAYLOR 13 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 9:02. Drive: 9 plays, 68 yards in 4:21. Key plays: Brunell 6-yard pass to McCardell on 3rd-and-3 to Jacksonville 45; Taylor 21-yard run to New England 34; Brunell 13-yard pass to McCardell to New England 21. JACKSONVILLE 12-0 3RD QUARTER: NWE - TD, ROBERT EDWARDS 1 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 10:33. Drive: 17 plays, 85 yards in 8:48. Key plays: Zolak 13-yard pass to Brown on 3rd-and-9 to New England 29; Zolak 21-yard pass to Brown on 3rd-and-9 to Jacksonville 36; Zolak 8-yard pass to Coates on 3rd-and-5 to Jacksonville 1; Zolak 8-for-10 for 72 yards. JACKSONVILLE 12-7 4TH QUARTER: NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 27 YD, 0:12. Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards in 3:03. Key plays: Brown 17-yard punt return to New England 46; Zolak 16-yard pass to Simmons to Jacksonville 28; Zolak 15-yard pass to Edwards to Jacksonville 13. JACKSONVILLE 12-10 JAC - TD, JIMMY SMITH 37 YD PASS FROM MARK BRUNELL (MIKE HOLLIS KICK), 2:36. Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards in 2:24. Key plays: Brunell 22-yard pass to Mitchell on 3rd-and-10 to New England 48; Taylor 8-yard run to New England 37. JACKSONVILLE 19-10 JAC - FG, MIKE HOLLIS 34 YD, 9:08. Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards in 1:30. Key plays: Brackens recovery of Zolak fumble at New England 25. JACKSONVILLE 22-10 JAC - FG, MIKE HOLLIS 21 YD, 13:16. Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards in 2:39. Key plays: Jacksonville takes over on downs at New England 20; Taylor 11-yard run on 3rd-and-11 to New England 10. JACKSONVILLE 25-10 TEAM STATISTICS NWE JAC
FIRST DOWNS 14 17 Rushing 3 6 Passing 11 9 Penalty 0 2 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-15 7-18 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 206 308 Total plays 65 73 Average gain 3.2 4.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 35 160 Rushes 19 37 Average per rush 1.8 4.3 NET YARDS PASSING 171 148 Completed-attempted 21-44 14-34 Yards per pass 3.7 4.1 Sacked-yards lost 2-19 2-13 Had intercepted 1 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 8-47.3 6-44.8 RETURN YARDAGE 105 155 Punts-returns 4-27 7-72 Kickoffs-returns 7-78 3-66 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-17 PENALTIES-YARDS 6-50 4-35 FUMBLES-LOST 4-2 1-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 28:00 32:00 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: None. New England rushing: Robert Edwards 17-28, Sedrick Shaw 1-4, Tony Carter 1-3. Jacksonville rushing: Fred Taylor 33-162, Mark Brunell 4-minus 2. New England passing: Scott Zolak 21-44 for 190 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD. Jacksonville passing: Mark Brunell 14-34 for 161 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. New England receiving: Troy Brown 4-46, Shawn Jefferson 4-30, Tony Simmons 3-42, Robert Edwards 3-33, Derick Cullors 2-17, Ben Coates 2-10, Tony Carter 2-3, Lovett Purnell 1-9. Jacksonville receiving: Keenan Mccardell 6-72, Jimmy Smith 5-56, Pete Mitchell 1-22, Damon Jones 1-8, Daimon Shelton 1-3. New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Lawyer Milloy 8-0-0, Willie Clay 7-0-0, Tedy Bruschi 7-0-0, Marty Moore 4-0-0, Henry Thomas 4-0-0, Chris Slade 3-0-0, Greg Spires 3-0-2, Willie Mcginest 3-0-0, Ty Law 2-1-0, Ferric Collons 2-0-0, Chad Eaton 2-0-0, Steve Israel 1-0-0, Mark Wheeler 1-0-0. Jacksonville tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Kevin Hardy 7-1-0, Bryan Schwartz 5-2-0, Aaron Beasley 4-2-0, Bryce Paup 5-0-0, Dave Thomas 4-0-0, Eric Curry 3-0-0, Kelvin Pritchett 2-0-0, Donovin Darius 2-0-0, Tony Brackens 2-0-1, Chris Hudson 0-2-0, John Jurkovic 1-0-0, Tom Mcmanus 1-0-0, Joel Smeenge 1-0-1, Travis Davis 1-0-0. Interceptions: Jacksonville (Chris Hudson 1 for 17 yards). Fumbles lost: New England (Robert Edwards, Scott Zolak). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Jacksonville (Tony Brackens, Aaron Beasley). Officials: Referee-Ron Blum, Umpire-Hendi Ancich, Head linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Ron Spitler, Side judge-Gary Lane, Field judge-Pete Morelli. A: 71,139; T: 3:22.

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