Week 8, 1999

played in Denver, CO

73 degrees, rain, 19 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	0	0	8	-	8
Denver Broncos	0	14	7	3	-	24

Scoring Summary
2Q: 00:53 DEN - Peerless Price 3 pass from Johnny Utah (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 00:07 DEN - Jason Mewes 21 fumble return (Jason Hanson extra point)
3Q: 09:00 DEN - Jay Riemersma 22 pass from Johnny Utah (Jason Hanson extra point)
4Q: 03:57 DEN - Jason Hanson 45 field goal
4Q: 01:06 NED - Eddie Vedder 7 pass from Trot Nixon (Nick Luchey run for conversion)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 00:53 DEN - Peerless Price 3 pass from Johnny Utah (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 00:07 DEN - Jason Mewes 21 fumble return (Jason Hanson extra point)
3Q: 09:00 DEN - Jay Riemersma 22 pass from Johnny Utah (Jason Hanson extra point)
4Q: 03:57 DEN - Jason Hanson 45 field goal
4Q: 01:06 NED - Eddie Vedder 7 pass from Trot Nixon (Nick Luchey run for conversion)

Team Statistics NED DEN
Record 4-3 5-2
First Downs 12 18
- by Rushing 2 7
- by Passing 9 10
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 208 373
- Offensive Plays 61 65
- Yards per Play 3.41 5.74
Net Rushing Yards 36 201
- Rushing Attempts 18 41
- Yards per Rush 2.00 4.90
Net Passing Yards 172 172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 23 - 0 23 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 199 175
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/27 1/3
- Yards per Pass Play 4.00 7.17
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/3
Penalties/Yards 5/32 7/72
Punt Returns/Yards 2/7 4/43
Kick Returns/Yards 1/35 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 33
Time of Possession 26:35 33:25

Team Statistics	NED	DEN
Record	4-3	5-2
First Downs	12	18
- by Rushing	2	7
- by Passing	9	10
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	208	373
- Offensive Plays	61	65
- Yards per Play	3.41	5.74
Net Rushing Yards	36	201
- Rushing Attempts	18	41
- Yards per Rush	2.00	4.90
Net Passing Yards	172	172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 23 - 0	23 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	199	175
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/27	1/3
- Yards per Pass Play	4.00	7.17
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	6.1
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/3
Penalties/Yards	5/32	7/72
Punt Returns/Yards	2/7	4/43
Kick Returns/Yards	1/35	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 33
Time of Possession	26:35	33:25

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:02	OWN 20	3	-9	Punt
1	11:47	2:12	OWN 20	5	29	Punt
1	5:07	4:23	OWN 7	8	22	Punt
2	12:04	2:39	OWN 34	5	32	Missed FG
2	7:52	1:21	OWN 33	3	6	Punt
2	0:46	0:46	OWN 20	2	1	Fumble
3	11:37	2:06	OWN 16	3	8	Punt
3	8:45	2:24	OWN 44	3	-7	Punt
3	2:49	0:46	OWN 21	3	0	Punt
3	0:18	3:14	OWN 17	7	24	Punt
4	9:38	2:02	OWN 25	7	27	Downs
4	3:49	2:53	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
4	0:12	0:12	OWN 20	2	0	Game

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:58	1:11	OPP 41	3	3	Punt
1	9:35	4:28	OWN 2	8	40	Punt
1	0:44	3:40	OWN 27	8	39	Downs
2	9:25	1:33	OWN 41	5	26	Downs
2	6:31	5:45	OWN 33	14	67	Touchdown
3	15:00	3:23	OWN 20	5	36	Punt
3	9:31	0:46	OWN 34	2	66	Touchdown
3	6:21	3:32	OWN 23	5	17	Punt
3	2:03	1:45	OWN 38	3	9	Punt
4	12:04	2:26	OWN 20	4	9	Punt
4	7:36	3:47	OWN 48	5	24	Field Goal
4	0:56	0:44	OPP 45	3	5	Punt

Game MVP: Johnny Utah, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Robert Holcombe	12	14	1.17	5
Abraham Marschalk	3	0	0.00	5
Don Majkowski	2	15	7.50	9
Antonio Freeman	1	7	7.00	7

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jamal Anderson	26	97	3.73	22	5	0
Brock Olivo	15	104	6.93	27	5	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Majkowski	33	20	168	3/27	0	34	0	73.8
Trot Nixon	7	3	31	0/0	1	15	0	95.8

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Johnny Utah	23	17	175	1/3	2	44	0	124.3

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Robert Holcombe	9	10	30	3.33	18	10	0
TE Wesley Walls	3	4	34	11.33	5	20	0
TE Jamie Asher	3	3	45	15.00	20	22	0
WR Ed McCaffrey	2	6	10	5.00	0	10	0
WR Antonio Freeman	2	8	32	16.00	5	21	0
WR Eddie Vedder	1	2	7	7.00	1	7	1
FB Mike Alstott	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Eric Moulds	1	4	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Evan Toomer	1	1	34	34.00	7	34	0
RB Ed Toner	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Peerless Price	6	10	67	11.17	2	44	1
WR Isaac Bruce	4	5	34	8.50	0	15	0
TE Jay Riemersma	3	3	44	14.67	0	22	1
WR Darnay Scott	1	1	15	15.00	1	15	0
TE Hunter Goodwin	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
RB Brock Olivo	1	1	3	3.00	3	3	0
TE Billy Miller	1	2	11	11.00	6	11	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov
Don Majkowski	1	0
Robert Holcombe	1	0
Richmond Webb	0	1

Denver	Recov	Force	TD
Jason Mewes	1	0	1
Marco Coleman	0	1	0
Randall Godfrey	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	8	384	48.0	40.1	59	3

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Josh Miller	7	278	39.7	33.0	47	3

Kicking Statistics

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

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Hanson	1/1	1/1	0/0	45	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	2	7	3.5	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charlie Jones	4	43	10.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	1	35	35.0	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Rodney Harrison	10	4	0.0	41	24
ILB Ted Johnson	8	1	0.0	41	24
DE Ben Karpinski	5	1	1.0	34	15
CB Leonard Wheeler	5	0	0.0	35	20
CB James Becker	5	0	0.0	14	7
S Je-rod Rozumek	4	3	0.0	41	24
DT Tony Siragusa	4	1	0.0	35	17
CB Robert Van Winkle	3	1	0.0	35	22
DT Reggie McGrew	3	0	0.0	18	13
DE Jeff Lageman	2	1	0.0	31	18
DE Shawn Sawyda	2	1	0.0	17	12
OLB Nickolas Fox	2	1	0.0	25	12
CB Allen Rossum	2	1	0.0	20	19
DT John Randle	2	0	0.0	21	15
OLB Andy Katzenmoyer	0	3	0.0	34	18
OLB Hannibal Navies	0	1	0.0	6	1

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Chris Draft	6	0	0.0	17	42
ILB Randall Godfrey	5	2	1.0	16	36
CB Dan Taylor	5	2	0.0	17	42
CB Jason Mewes	5	0	0.0	17	43
CB Dale Carter	4	1	0.0	14	39
CB Daylon McCutcheon	4	0	0.0	12	40
DE Marcellus Wiley	3	1	1.0	11	21
S Shawn Wooden	3	3	0.0	16	43
DT Travis Hall	1	1	1.0	9	20
DT Graham Newsome	1	3	0.0	9	23
S Blaine Bishop	1	1	0.0	5	5
ILB Andre Royal	1	1	0.0	11	21
DE Vaughn Booker	1	0	0.0	5	4
DE Jay Williams	1	0	0.0	5	31
S Brian Dawkins	1	0	0.0	3	1
DE Marco Coleman	0	1	0.0	15	30
OLB Zach Walz	0	1	0.0	4	1

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ben Karpinski	1.0	0	0	0	15
DE Shawn Sawyda	0.0	1	0	0	12
DT Tony Siragusa	0.0	0	1	0	17
DE Jeff Lageman	0.0	0	0	1	18

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Randall Godfrey	1.0	2	1	0	36
DT Travis Hall	1.0	0	1	2	20
DE Marcellus Wiley	1.0	0	1	0	21
DE Marco Coleman	0.0	0	1	2	30
ILB Andre Royal	0.0	0	1	0	21
OLB Lorenzo Styles	0.0	0	1	0	2
DE Jay Williams	0.0	0	1	0	31

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	PPlay
CB James Becker	4	7
S Je-rod Rozumek	3	24
CB Leonard Wheeler	3	20
ILB Ted Johnson	2	24
DE Jeff Lageman	1	18
CB Robert Van Winkle	1	22
S Rodney Harrison	1	24
DE Shawn Sawyda	1	12
CB Allen Rossum	1	19

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Chris Draft	5	1	42
CB Daylon McCutcheon	4	0	40
CB Dale Carter	3	0	39
CB Jason Mewes	3	0	43
CB Dan Taylor	2	2	42
DE Marco Coleman	1	0	30
ILB Andre Royal	1	0	21
DE Jay Williams	1	0	31
ILB Randall Godfrey	1	0	36
S Shawn Wooden	1	0	43
DE Marcellus Wiley	1	0	21

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Damien Woody	1	4	18	0	37
Richmond Webb	1	3	18	1	42
Tony Mandarich	1	3	18	0	40
Mo Collins	1	2	18	1	36
Tony Ramirez	0	4	18	1	36

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Semple	4	8	1	41	0	24
Marcus Spears	4	8	0	41	0	23
Billy Miller	2	2	1	20	0	7
Erik Williams	1	6	0	41	1	24
Ron Stone	0	7	0	41	0	24
Obafemi Ayanbadejo	0	5	0	26	0	12
Rich Braham	0	4	0	41	0	24
Jay Riemersma	0	1	0	23	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Greg Myers	3	16
Damian Vaughn	1	15

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
LeShon Johnson	1	14
Chris Draft	1	12
Brian Dawkins	1	3

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rodney Harrison	---	---	41	24	2	67
Je-rod Rozumek	---	---	41	24	1	66
Ted Johnson	---	---	41	24	1	66
Mo Collins	18	36	---	---	9	63
Richmond Webb	18	42	---	---	---	60
Robert Van Winkle	---	---	35	22	3	60
Tony Mandarich	18	40	---	---	---	58
Andy Katzenmoyer	---	---	34	18	5	57
Leonard Wheeler	---	---	35	20	---	55
Damien Woody	18	37	---	---	---	55
Don Majkowski	18	36	---	---	---	54
Tony Ramirez	18	36	---	---	---	54
Tony Siragusa	---	---	35	17	1	53
Eric Moulds	15	27	---	---	11	53
Ben Karpinski	---	---	34	15	3	52
Nickolas Fox	---	---	25	12	15	52
Jeff Lageman	---	---	31	18	1	50
Robert Holcombe	15	32	---	---	---	47
Eddie Vedder	4	29	---	---	13	46
Mike Alstott	15	20	---	---	9	44
Wesley Walls	10	16	---	---	16	42
Allen Rossum	---	---	20	19	1	40
James Becker	---	---	14	7	19	40
John Randle	---	---	21	15	1	37
Shawn Sawyda	---	---	17	12	8	37
Reggie McGrew	---	---	18	13	5	36
Jamie Asher	13	21	---	---	---	34
Antonio Freeman	9	25	---	---	---	34
Ed Toner	0	6	---	---	22	28
Ed McCaffrey	2	17	---	---	8	27
Greg Myers	---	---	3	3	16	22
Nick Luchey	2	11	---	---	6	19
Damian Vaughn	2	1	---	---	15	18
Cameron Spikes	0	9	---	---	9	18
Avery Davidson	0	8	---	---	9	17
Daquan Peterman	0	7	---	---	9	16
Hannibal Navies	---	---	6	1	6	13
Butch Rolle	0	0	---	---	9	9
Evan Toomer	0	5	---	---	4	9
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	8	8
Abraham Marschalk	3	5	---	---	---	8
Trot Nixon	0	7	---	---	---	7
Desmond Grasso	---	---	0	0	4	4
Cole Ford	0	0	---	---	3	3
Trent Dilfer	0	0	---	---	1	1
Balthazar Getty	---	---	0	0	---	0

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Shawn Wooden	---	---	16	43	22	81
Tony Semple	41	24	---	---	8	73
Dale Carter	---	---	14	39	18	71
Chris Draft	---	---	17	42	12	71
Johnny Utah	41	24	---	---	1	66
Erik Williams	41	24	---	---	---	65
Ron Stone	41	24	---	---	---	65
Rich Braham	41	24	---	---	---	65
Marcus Spears	41	23	---	---	---	64
Jason Mewes	---	---	17	43	1	61
Dan Taylor	---	---	17	42	1	60
Isaac Bruce	29	22	---	---	8	59
Daylon McCutcheon	---	---	12	40	6	58
Alcides Cantanho	---	---	6	29	21	56
Randall Godfrey	---	---	16	36	1	53
Obafemi Ayanbadejo	26	12	---	---	14	52
Peerless Price	28	21	---	---	---	49
Marco Coleman	---	---	15	30	1	46
Jay Williams	---	---	5	31	9	45
Jay Riemersma	23	12	---	---	8	43
Jamal Anderson	26	13	---	---	---	39
Billy Miller	20	7	---	---	11	38
Marcellus Wiley	---	---	11	21	4	36
Travis Hall	---	---	9	20	5	34
Andre Royal	---	---	11	21	---	32
Hunter Goodwin	14	4	---	---	14	32
Graham Newsome	---	---	9	23	---	32
Brock Olivo	15	10	---	---	1	26
Darnay Scott	12	12	---	---	1	25
Charlie Jones	7	2	---	---	15	24
LeShon Johnson	0	1	---	---	14	15
Jammi German	5	4	---	---	5	14
Blaine Bishop	---	---	5	5	1	11
Lorenzo Styles	---	---	6	2	2	10
Mike Martin	0	1	---	---	8	9
Vaughn Booker	---	---	5	4	---	9
Jason Layman	0	0	---	---	8	8
Dylan Galloway	0	0	---	---	8	8
Kelvin Garmon	0	0	---	---	8	8
Brian Dawkins	---	---	3	1	3	7
Josh Miller	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jason Hanson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Zach Walz	---	---	4	1	---	5
Larry Smith	---	---	0	0	2	2
Pete Mitchell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dakota Pritchett	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	-14	-3.5
Middle	6	28	4.7
Right	8	22	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	80	7.3
Middle	24	94	3.9
Right	6	27	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Majkowski	33	20	4	0	3	2	6	3	0
Trot Nixon	7	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	0

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Johnny Utah	23	17	2	2	2	0	1	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	18	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	52	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	7	95	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	34	11.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	4	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	9	49	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	22	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	7	4	100	14.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Robert Holcombe	10	9	1	30	0	32
WR Antonio Freeman	8	2	0	32	1	25
WR Ed McCaffrey	6	2	1	10	0	17
TE Wesley Walls	4	3	1	34	1	16
WR Eric Moulds	4	1	1	5	0	27
TE Jamie Asher	3	3	0	45	1	21
WR Eddie Vedder	2	1	0	7	0	29
RB Ed Toner	1	0	0	0	0	6
FB Mike Alstott	1	1	0	2	0	20
WR Evan Toomer	1	1	0	34	1	5

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Peerless Price	10	6	1	67	1	21
WR Isaac Bruce	5	4	1	34	0	22
TE Jay Riemersma	3	3	0	44	1	12
TE Billy Miller	2	1	0	11	0	7
WR Darnay Scott	1	1	0	15	0	12
TE Hunter Goodwin	1	1	0	1	0	4
RB Brock Olivo	1	1	0	3	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jamal Anderson	1	0	0.00	3.73

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Trot Nixon	2	1	7	3.50	4.43

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Johnny Utah	1	1	3	3.00	7.61

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	0	0	0.00	1.67
WR Eddie Vedder	1	1	7	7.00	3.50

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Peerless Price	1	1	3	3.00	6.70

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Holcombe	2	1

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Jamal Anderson	4	1
Brock Olivo	3	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Majkowski	9	4	2

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Johnny Utah	8	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Freeman	2	0	0
RB Robert Holcombe	2	2	0
TE Wesley Walls	1	1	1
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	0	0
WR Eddie Vedder	1	0	0
WR Eric Moulds	1	0	0
WR Evan Toomer	1	1	1

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Peerless Price	3	2	1
TE Billy Miller	2	1	1
WR Isaac Bruce	1	1	0
TE Hunter Goodwin	1	1	0
TE Jay Riemersma	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 85,000 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,800 (20,800)
End Zone 15,000 (15,000)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,600)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,300)
Club Seats 17,400 (17,400)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	85,000 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,800 (20,800)
End Zone	15,000 (15,000)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,600)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,300)
Club Seats	17,400 (17,400)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)