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Super Bowl XXXI
Sun, Jan 26, 1997
at New Orleans
Green Bay Packers 35 · New England Patriots 21

Packers vs. New England Patriots on Jan 26, 1997

Box Score

                   1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     FINAL
                   ---  ---  ---  ---     -----
 NEW ENGLAND        14    0    7    0      21
 GREEN BAY          10   17    8    0      35
 
 Attendance: 72,301
 

Scoring Summary

 1ST QUARTER: GRB - TD, ANDRE RISON 54 YD PASS FROM BRETT
                    FAVRE (CHRIS JACKE KICK), 3:32
              GRB - FG, CHRIS JACKE 37 YD, 6:18
              NWE - TD, KEITH BYARS 1 YD PASS FROM DREW
                    BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 8:25
              NWE - TD, BEN COATES 4 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE
                    (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 12:27
 2ND QUARTER: GRB - TD, ANTONIO FREEMAN 81 YD PASS FROM BRETT
                    FAVRE (CHRIS JACKE KICK), 0:56
              GRB - FG, CHRIS JACKE 31 YD, 6:45
              GRB - TD, BRETT FAVRE 2 YD RUN (CHRIS JACKE
                    KICK), 13:49
 3RD QUARTER: NWE - TD, CURTIS MARTIN 18 YD RUN (ADAM
                    VINATIERI KICK), 11:33
              GRB - TD, DESMOND HOWARD 99 YD KICKOFF RETURN
                    (BRETT FAVRE PASS TO MARK CHMURA FOR
                    TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 11:50
 4TH QUARTER: NONE
 

Team Statistics

                          Patriots        Packers
                          --------       --------
 FIRST DOWNS                    16             16
 Rushing                         3              8
 Passing                        12              6
 Penalty                         1              2
 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY          4-14           3-15
 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY           0-2            0-1
 TOTAL NET YARDS               257            323
 Total plays                    66             68
 Average gain                  3.9            4.8
 NET YARDS RUSHING              43            115
 Rushes                         13             36
 Average per rush              3.3            3.2
 NET YARDS PASSING             214            208
 Completed-attempted         25-48          14-27
 Yards per pass                4.0            6.5
 Sacked-yards lost            5-39           5-38
 Had intercepted                 4              0
 PUNTS-AVERAGE              8-45.1         7-42.7
 RETURN YARDAGE                165            268
 Punts-returns                5-30           7-90
 Kickoffs-returns            7-135          4-154
 Interceptions-returns         0-0           4-24
 PENALTIES-YARDS              2-22           3-41
 FUMBLES-LOST                  0-0            0-0
 TIME OF POSSESSION          25:45          34:15
 

Player Statistics

Missed field goals: Green Bay (Chris Jacke 47).

New England rushing: Curtis Martin 11-42, Drew Bledsoe 1-1, David Meggett 1-0.

Green Bay rushing: Dorsey Levens 14-61, Edgar Bennett 17-40, Brett Favre 4-12, William Henderson 1-2.

New England passing: Drew Bledsoe 25-48-4-253.

Green Bay passing: Brett Favre 14-27-0-246.

New England receiving: Ben Coates 6-67, Terry Glenn 4-62, Keith Byars 4-42, Shawn Jefferson 3-34, Curtis Martin 3-28, David Meggett 3-8, Vincent Brisby 2-12.

Green Bay receiving: Antonio Freeman 3-105, Dorsey Levens 3-23, Andre Rison 2-77, William Henderson 2-14, Mark Chmura 2-13, Keith Jackson 1-10, Edgar Bennett 1-4.

New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chris Slade 10-1-0, Ted Johnson 9-1-0, Lawyer Milloy 4-4-0, Willie McGinest 4-2-1, Todd Collins 3-3-0, Willie Clay 4-1-0, Ferric Collons 3-1-1, Tedy Bruschi 4-0-2, Otis Smith 3-0-1, Ty Law 2-1-0, Mark Wheeler 0-3-0, Jerome Henderson 1-1-0, Mike Jones 1-1-0, Corwin Brown 1-0-0, Dwayne Sabb 2-0-0, Mike McGruder 1-1-0, Terry Ray 2-1-0, Pio Sagapolutele 0-1-0, Mike Bartrum 2-0-0, Larry Whigham 2-0-0, Shawn Jefferson 1-0-0, William Roberts 1-0-0, Todd Rucci 1-0-0.

Green Bay tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Eugene Robinson 6-3-0, Leroy Butler 7-0-1, Craig Newsome 3-3-0, Brian Williams 4-1-0, Gilbert Brown 3-2-0, Santana Dotson 3-1-1, Wayne Simmons 3-1-0, Doug Evans 2-2-0, Ron Cox 1-3-0, Sean Jones 2-0-0, Reggie White 3-0-3, Gabe Wilkins 1-0-0, Tyrone Williams 1-0-0, Mike Prior 1-1-0, Bernardo Harris 2-0-0, Lamont Hollinquest 1-0-0, Travis Jervey 2-0-0, Keith McKenzie 2-0-0, Terry Mickens 1-0-0, Jeff Thomason 1-0-0.

Interceptions: Green Bay (Doug Evans 1 for 0 yards, Mike Prior 1 for 8 yards, Craig Newsome 1 for 0 yards, Brian Williams 1 for 16 yards).

Fumbles lost: None.

Opponent's fumbles recovered: None.

Officials

Referee: Gerard Austin
Umpire: Ron Botchan
Head linesman: Earnie Frantz
Line judge: Jerry Bergman
Back judge: Scott Steenson
Side judge: Tom Fincken
Field judge: Phil Luckett

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Length of Game: 3:21

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