Week 7, 1998

played in New England, MA

46 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Cincinnati Bengals	7	7	0	7	-	21
New England Patriots	3	0	3	10	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:47 CIN - Sean Dawkins 3 pass from Kurt Warner (Matt Stover extra point)
1Q: 02:48 NED - Cole Ford 25 field goal
2Q: 04:41 CIN - Tupac Shakur 30 pass from Kurt Warner (Matt Stover extra point)
3Q: 06:15 NED - Cole Ford 38 field goal
4Q: 10:03 CIN - Sean Dawkins 5 pass from Kurt Warner (Matt Stover extra point)
4Q: 07:22 NED - Cole Ford 42 field goal
4Q: 02:00 NED - Robert Holcombe 7 pass from Don Majkowski (Cole Ford extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:47 CIN - Sean Dawkins 3 pass from Kurt Warner (Matt Stover extra point)
1Q: 02:48 NED - Cole Ford 25 field goal
2Q: 04:41 CIN - Tupac Shakur 30 pass from Kurt Warner (Matt Stover extra point)
3Q: 06:15 NED - Cole Ford 38 field goal
4Q: 10:03 CIN - Sean Dawkins 5 pass from Kurt Warner (Matt Stover extra point)
4Q: 07:22 NED - Cole Ford 42 field goal
4Q: 02:00 NED - Robert Holcombe 7 pass from Don Majkowski (Cole Ford extra point)

Team Statistics CIN NED
Record 4-2 3-4
First Downs 18 19
- by Rushing 5 5
- by Passing 11 14
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 236 340
- Offensive Plays 54 68
- Yards per Play 4.37 5.00
Net Rushing Yards 80 86
- Rushing Attempts 30 24
- Yards per Rush 2.67 3.58
Net Passing Yards 156 254
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 23 - 18 - 0 43 - 31 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 163 257
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/7 1/3
- Yards per Pass Play 6.50 5.77
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/10 7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 3/15 6/39
Punt Returns/Yards 2/24 3/33
Kick Returns/Yards 2/27 2/58
Interception Ret./Yards 2/45 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 29
Time of Possession 28:46 31:14

Team Statistics	CIN	NED
Record	4-2	3-4
First Downs	18	19
- by Rushing	5	5
- by Passing	11	14
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	236	340
- Offensive Plays	54	68
- Yards per Play	4.37	5.00
Net Rushing Yards	80	86
- Rushing Attempts	30	24
- Yards per Rush	2.67	3.58
Net Passing Yards	156	254
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	23 - 18 - 0	43 - 31 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	163	257
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/7	1/3
- Yards per Pass Play	6.50	5.77
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/10	7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	5.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	3/15	6/39
Punt Returns/Yards	2/24	3/33
Kick Returns/Yards	2/27	2/58
Interception Ret./Yards	2/45	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 29
Time of Possession	28:46	31:14

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:51	1:15	OPP 15	3	15	Touchdown
1	2:40	4:58	OWN 20	9	42	Punt
2	9:14	1:22	OWN 15	4	15	Punt
2	6:26	1:59	OWN 44	4	56	Touchdown
2	2:21	2:21	OWN 6	4	10	Half
3	15:00	1:09	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
3	11:52	2:31	OWN 16	4	0	Punt
3	6:09	4:15	OWN 18	7	35	Punt
4	14:33	4:40	OWN 42	9	58	Touchdown
4	7:16	2:26	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	1:52	0:42	OWN 24	3	0	Punt
4	0:38	0:38	OPP 38	1	-1	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:09	OWN 20	9	34	Interception
1	9:36	6:56	OWN 39	11	53	Field Goal
2	12:42	3:28	OWN 20	6	51	Interception
2	7:52	1:26	OWN 18	3	4	Punt
2	4:27	2:06	OWN 20	6	23	Punt
3	13:51	1:59	OWN 45	3	-1	Punt
3	9:21	3:12	OPP 44	6	23	Field Goal
3	1:54	2:21	OWN 20	4	15	Punt
4	9:53	2:37	OWN 31	5	44	Field Goal
4	4:50	2:58	OWN 23	11	77	Touchdown
4	1:10	0:32	OWN 31	4	7	Downs

Game MVP: Kurt Warner, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Tupac Shakur	21	34	1.62	11	2
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	6	28	4.67	14	1
Kurt Warner	3	18	6.00	11	1

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Robert Holcombe	14	57	4.07	12	2
John Miller	4	19	4.75	9	0
Mike Alstott	4	-3	-0.75	0	0
Don Majkowski	2	13	6.50	7	0

Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kurt Warner	23	18	163	1/7	3	30	0	135.8

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Majkowski	43	31	257	1/3	1	25	2	75.4

Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Sean Dawkins	7	10	64	9.14	27	20	2
WR Matthew Hatchette	4	5	28	7.00	6	16	0
WR David Kleinfeld	2	2	5	2.50	3	4	0
TE Jeremy Willie	2	2	10	5.00	5	7	0
RB Tupac Shakur	1	1	30	30.00	25	30	1
FB Sebastian Meeker	1	1	19	19.00	10	19	0
WR Tony Simmons	1	1	7	7.00	7	7	0
TE Brett Carolan	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Robert Holcombe	9	11	59	6.56	29	23	1
WR Ed McCaffrey	8	10	76	9.50	4	15	0
WR Charles Davenport	7	10	70	10.00	21	25	0
WR Eric Moulds	4	5	34	8.50	8	24	0
TE Jamie Asher	2	3	9	4.50	0	8	0
FB Mike Alstott	1	1	9	9.00	9	9	0
TE Keith Jackson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Evan Toomer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Troy Vincent	1	45	45.00	0
CB Lenny McGill	1	0	0.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force
David Kleinfeld	1	0	0
Aaron Pierce	0	1	0
Justin Armour	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Evan Toomer	1	0	0
Walter Hemingway	0	1	0
Larry Izzo	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brad Maynard	7	324	46.3	35.9	54	1

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	4	177	44.3	38.3	51	2

Kicking Statistics

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Stover	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cole Ford	3/3	1/1	0/0	42	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
David Kleinfeld	2	24	12.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	2	24	12.0	0
Evan Toomer	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Damon Burgess	2	27	13.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	2	58	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Canute Curtis	8	3	0.0	21	39
CB Lenny McGill	7	1	0.0	24	43
CB Butler By'not'e	7	1	0.0	18	37
DE Bryant Young	4	0	1.0	20	37
S Keith Lyle	4	3	0.0	21	43
OLB John Mobley	4	3	0.0	23	39
S Dedrick Dodge	4	2	0.0	21	37
CB Troy Vincent	4	0	0.0	23	39
DT Warren Sapp	3	2	0.0	16	28
DT Jim Flanagan	3	0	0.0	17	20
OLB William Wallace	2	1	0.0	5	8
DT Keith Hamilton	2	0	0.0	7	8
OLB Jamal Brooks	1	3	0.0	2	6
DE Wayne Martin	1	2	0.0	19	34
DT Sherman Klump	1	0	0.0	8	17
S Damon Burgess	0	3	0.0	6	18
DE Mark Smith	0	1	0.0	4	9

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT John Randle	7	1	0.0	24	17
S Kevin Williams	7	0	0.0	12	18
S Je-rod Rozumek	5	1	0.0	30	23
ILB Ted Johnson	5	1	0.0	30	24
OLB Nickolas Fox	4	2	0.0	29	22
CB Steve Isreal	4	0	0.0	8	12
CB Tom Carter	3	1	0.0	30	23
CB Allen Rossum	3	1	0.0	28	23
DE Jeff Lageman	1	2	0.5	24	18
S Greg Myers	1	2	0.0	30	24
DT Tony Siragusa	1	1	0.0	20	14
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	0	---	---	---
WR Charles Davenport	1	0	---	---	---
DE Ben Karpinski	1	0	0.0	21	17
ILB Ron Johnson	1	0	0.0	10	4
OLB Larry Izzo	1	0	0.0	9	1
DE Shawn Sawyda	1	0	0.0	14	11
DT Walter Hemingway	0	1	0.5	11	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Bryant Young	1.0	0	0	0	37
DE Wayne Martin	0.0	0	0	1	34

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jeff Lageman	0.5	0	1	1	18
DT Walter Hemingway	0.5	0	0	0	11
DE Shawn Sawyda	0.0	1	1	0	11
ILB Ted Johnson	0.0	0	1	0	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Lenny McGill	6	0	1	43
S Dedrick Dodge	4	2	0	37
CB Butler By'not'e	4	1	0	37
ILB Canute Curtis	4	1	0	39
CB Troy Vincent	3	1	1	39
OLB John Mobley	3	0	0	39
S Keith Lyle	2	0	0	43
OLB William Wallace	2	0	0	8
DE Wayne Martin	1	0	0	34
OLB Jamal Brooks	1	0	0	6
DE Bryant Young	1	0	0	37
S Damon Burgess	0	1	0	18

New England	Caught	PPlay
OLB Nickolas Fox	4	22
S Kevin Williams	3	18
CB Steve Isreal	2	12
CB Tom Carter	2	23
CB Allen Rossum	2	23
DT John Randle	1	17
S Je-rod Rozumek	1	23
ILB Bruce Ellerson	1	1
ILB Ted Johnson	1	24
S Greg Myers	1	24

Blocking Statistics

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Roger Duffy	4	8	30	0	24
Jeff Mitchell	1	5	30	1	24
David Williams	1	4	30	0	24
Tra Thomas	0	4	30	0	24
Jeremy Willie	0	2	20	0	15
Aaron Taylor	0	2	30	0	24
Sebastian Meeker	0	1	19	0	6
Mel McCarthy	0	1	4	0	2

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Fred Miller	2	3	0	24	0	44
Brendan Stai	1	5	0	24	1	44
Daquan Peterman	1	3	0	24	0	44
Richmond Webb	1	2	0	24	0	44
Jamie Asher	1	1	0	14	0	27
Mike Alstott	1	1	0	22	0	39
Tony Mandarich	0	6	1	24	0	44
Keith Jackson	0	1	0	11	0	11

Special Teams Tackles

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Brett Carolan	2	16
Justin Armour	2	14
Harold Shaw	1	15

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Izzo	1	27
Steve Isreal	1	19
Evan Toomer	1	18
Brendan Stai	1	7

Participation

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Butler By'not'e	---	---	18	37	17	72
Lenny McGill	---	---	24	43	3	70
Troy Vincent	---	---	23	39	7	69
Keith Lyle	---	---	21	43	3	67
John Mobley	---	---	23	39	3	65
Canute Curtis	---	---	21	39	3	63
Dedrick Dodge	---	---	21	37	4	62
Roger Duffy	30	24	---	---	7	61
Aaron Taylor	30	24	---	---	7	61
Bryant Young	---	---	20	37	3	60
David Kleinfeld	24	22	---	---	10	56
Wayne Martin	---	---	19	34	2	55
David Williams	30	24	---	---	---	54
Kurt Warner	30	24	---	---	---	54
Jeff Mitchell	30	24	---	---	---	54
Tra Thomas	30	24	---	---	---	54
Sean Dawkins	24	22	---	---	1	47
Warren Sapp	---	---	16	28	3	47
Jim Flanagan	---	---	17	20	3	40
Tupac Shakur	24	14	---	---	1	39
Sebastian Meeker	19	6	---	---	14	39
Jeremy Willie	20	15	---	---	3	38
Matthew Hatchette	15	17	---	---	---	32
Damon Burgess	---	---	6	18	8	32
Sherman Klump	---	---	8	17	3	28
Brett Carolan	6	4	---	---	16	26
Tony Simmons	8	7	---	---	11	26
Jamal Brooks	---	---	2	6	17	25
Armon Williams	---	---	1	7	17	25
Jay Williams	---	---	5	10	6	21
Justin Armour	0	3	---	---	14	17
Keith Hamilton	---	---	7	8	1	16
Harold Shaw	0	0	---	---	15	15
William Wallace	---	---	5	8	1	14
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	6	7	---	---	1	14
Mark Smith	---	---	4	9	---	13
Clyde Bernard	---	---	3	5	5	13
Mel McCarthy	4	2	---	---	5	11
Aaron Pierce	0	1	---	---	7	8
Troy Sadowski	0	0	---	---	7	7
Maxwell Fisher	0	0	---	---	7	7
Brad Maynard	0	0	---	---	7	7
Rufus Hanshew	0	0	---	---	7	7
Matt Stover	0	0	---	---	4	4
T.J. Rubley	0	0	---	---	---	0
Frankie Thorp	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brendan Stai	24	44	---	---	7	75
Robert Holcombe	18	34	---	---	23	75
Charles Davenport	23	43	---	---	5	71
Don Majkowski	24	44	---	---	---	68
Tony Mandarich	24	44	---	---	---	68
Richmond Webb	24	44	---	---	---	68
Mike Alstott	22	39	---	---	7	68
Fred Miller	24	44	---	---	---	68
Daquan Peterman	24	44	---	---	---	68
Greg Myers	---	---	30	24	9	63
Ted Johnson	---	---	30	24	---	54
Je-rod Rozumek	---	---	30	23	---	53
Tom Carter	---	---	30	23	---	53
Allen Rossum	---	---	28	23	1	52
Nickolas Fox	---	---	29	22	---	51
Ed McCaffrey	7	25	---	---	13	45
Jamie Asher	14	27	---	---	3	44
Eric Moulds	14	20	---	---	10	44
Jeff Lageman	---	---	24	18	1	43
John Randle	---	---	24	17	1	42
Steve Isreal	---	---	8	12	19	39
Ben Karpinski	---	---	21	17	1	39
Larry Izzo	---	---	9	1	27	37
Tony Siragusa	---	---	20	14	---	34
Keith Jackson	11	11	---	---	10	32
Shawn Sawyda	---	---	14	11	7	32
Kevin Williams	---	---	12	18	---	30
Evan Toomer	0	9	---	---	18	27
Walter Hemingway	---	---	11	11	4	26
Ron Johnson	---	---	10	4	5	19
Damian Vaughn	4	0	---	---	15	19
John Miller	6	10	---	---	---	16
Bob Christian	1	1	---	---	9	11
Bruce Ellerson	---	---	0	1	9	10
Cole Ford	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jeff Dellenbach	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tre Fuller	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tony Ramirez	0	0	---	---	7	7
Glenn Rountree	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	4	4
Desmond Grasso	---	---	0	0	4	4
Mike Cherry	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ron Rogers	---	---	0	0	2	2
Antonio Freeman	0	1	---	---	---	1
Kevin Abrams	---	---	0	1	---	1
Trot Nixon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	13	3.3
Middle	18	39	2.2
Right	7	29	4.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	11	2.2
Middle	17	73	4.3
Right	2	2	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kurt Warner	23	18	2	0	1	0	3	1	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Majkowski	43	31	3	3	0	6	0	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	34	8.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	98	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	31	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	20	2.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	81	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	9	104	8.0
Long (19+ Yds)	6	3	52	8.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Sean Dawkins	10	7	1	64	1	22
WR Matthew Hatchette	5	4	0	28	0	17
WR David Kleinfeld	2	2	0	5	0	22
TE Jeremy Willie	2	2	0	10	0	15
RB Tupac Shakur	1	1	0	30	1	14
TE Brett Carolan	1	0	0	0	0	4
FB Sebastian Meeker	1	1	0	19	0	6
WR Tony Simmons	1	1	0	7	0	7

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Robert Holcombe	11	9	59	1	34
WR Ed McCaffrey	10	8	76	0	25
WR Charles Davenport	10	7	70	1	43
WR Eric Moulds	5	4	34	1	20
TE Jamie Asher	3	2	9	0	27
TE Keith Jackson	1	0	0	0	11
FB Mike Alstott	1	1	9	0	39
WR Evan Toomer	1	0	0	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tupac Shakur	2	-5	-2.50	1.62
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	1	0	0.00	4.67

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Robert Holcombe	2	4	2.00	4.07

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kurt Warner	4	4	35	8.75	7.09

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Majkowski	3	3	9	3.00	5.98

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Sean Dawkins	3	3	19	6.33	6.40
WR Matthew Hatchette	1	1	16	16.00	5.60

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ed McCaffrey	2	2	2	1.00	7.60
RB Robert Holcombe	1	1	7	7.00	5.36

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Tupac Shakur	3	0
Kurt Warner	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Holcombe	4	3
Don Majkowski	1	1
John Miller	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kurt Warner	5	4	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Majkowski	10	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Sean Dawkins	2	1	1
RB Tupac Shakur	1	1	1
WR David Kleinfeld	1	1	0
TE Jeremy Willie	1	1	1

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ed McCaffrey	5	3	2
WR Eric Moulds	2	1	1
RB Robert Holcombe	2	2	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,800 (21,400)
End Zone 12,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,400 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,800 (21,400)
End Zone	12,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,400 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)