Week 9, 1999

played in New England, MA

53 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

San Diego Chargers	0	0	0	6	-	6
New England Patriots	0	0	3	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
3Q: 03:01 NED - Cole Ford 23 field goal
4Q: 03:07 SDO - Tommy Pickles 25 field goal
4Q: 00:03 SDO - Tommy Pickles 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
3Q: 03:01 NED - Cole Ford 23 field goal
4Q: 03:07 SDO - Tommy Pickles 25 field goal
4Q: 00:03 SDO - Tommy Pickles 19 field goal

Team Statistics SDO NED
Record 3-5 4-4
First Downs 22 8
- by Rushing 10 1
- by Passing 11 7
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 312 174
- Offensive Plays 76 47
- Yards per Play 4.11 3.70
Net Rushing Yards 125 41
- Rushing Attempts 40 14
- Yards per Rush 3.13 2.93
Net Passing Yards 187 133
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 25 - 1 31 - 17 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 193 142
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/6 2/9
- Yards per Pass Play 5.19 4.03
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/15 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 9.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/55 6/34
Punt Returns/Yards 3/11 3/16
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 22
Time of Possession 39:06 20:54

Team Statistics	SDO	NED
Record	3-5	4-4
First Downs	22	8
- by Rushing	10	1
- by Passing	11	7
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	312	174
- Offensive Plays	76	47
- Yards per Play	4.11	3.70
Net Rushing Yards	125	41
- Rushing Attempts	40	14
- Yards per Rush	3.13	2.93
Net Passing Yards	187	133
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 25 - 1	31 - 17 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	193	142
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/6	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	5.19	4.03
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/15	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	9.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/55	6/34
Punt Returns/Yards	3/11	3/16
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 22
Time of Possession	39:06	20:54

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:25	5:14	OWN 6	10	44	Punt
1	5:21	1:48	OWN 44	3	9	Punt
1	1:29	4:29	OWN 36	8	21	Punt
2	9:42	3:19	OWN 33	6	18	Punt
2	3:05	2:38	OWN 15	7	21	Punt
3	15:00	4:40	OWN 20	8	41	Punt
3	8:56	2:15	OWN 24	5	11	Interception
3	2:54	2:54	OWN 20	5	18	Punt
4	13:10	6:09	OWN 21	11	49	Missed FG
4	6:43	3:44	OPP 40	7	32	Field Goal
4	1:56	1:56	OPP 45	6	43	Field Goal

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:35	OWN 20	6	20	Punt
1	7:11	1:50	OWN 4	3	7	Punt
1	3:33	2:04	OWN 29	3	-8	Punt
2	12:00	2:18	OWN 3	3	-1	Punt
2	6:23	3:18	OWN 20	7	33	Punt
2	0:27	0:27	OWN 23	1	3	Half
3	10:20	1:24	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
3	6:41	3:47	OWN 45	8	49	Field Goal
4	15:00	1:50	OWN 25	5	18	Punt
4	7:01	0:18	OWN 37	2	0	Interception
4	2:59	1:03	OWN 20	6	25	Fumble

Game MVP: Garrison Hearst, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Garrison Hearst	32	101	3.16	13	1
Chad Levitt	6	18	3.00	12	1
Heath Shuler	1	4	4.00	4	0
Marty Booker	1	2	2.00	2	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Robert Holcombe	12	37	3.08	14	1
Mike Alstott	1	1	1.00	1	0
Eric Moulds	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Heath Shuler	34	25	193	2/6	0	17	1	74.7

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Majkowski	31	17	142	2/9	0	25	1	53.4

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Marty Booker	7	9	37	5.29	19	16
WR Michael Irvin	5	5	39	7.80	6	12
WR Robert Brooks	4	7	48	12.00	4	17
RB Garrison Hearst	3	4	14	4.67	3	7
TE Andrew Jordan	3	4	27	9.00	0	13
TE Tony McGee	2	4	11	5.50	0	8
WR Kenny Lofton	1	1	17	17.00	8	17

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Robert Holcombe	7	11	44	6.29	10	25
TE Jamie Asher	3	6	40	13.33	23	17
WR Ed McCaffrey	2	2	32	16.00	6	17
FB Mike Alstott	2	3	13	6.50	15	16
WR Eric Moulds	2	5	11	5.50	0	8
RB Abraham Marschalk	1	1	2	2.00	0	2
TE Wesley Walls	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Antonio Freeman	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Darryl Henley	1	0	0.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB James Becker	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Brian Washington	0	1	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ed McCaffrey	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Deon Lucas	7	286	40.9	32.9	49	3

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	7	308	44.0	42.4	54	3

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tommy Pickles	2/3	0/1	0/0	25	0/0

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cole Ford	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pat Tillman	3	11	3.7	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	3	16	5.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Willie Williams	6	0	0.0	14	33
OLB Bill Romanowski	5	0	0.0	10	28
ILB Rick Vaughn	3	2	0.0	13	32
S David Terrell	3	1	0.0	14	33
S Pat Tillman	3	1	0.0	11	32
DT Russell Davis	2	0	1.0	4	20
S Brian Washington	2	0	0.0	5	3
CB Corey Fuller	2	0	0.0	9	22
DT Ed Jasper	2	0	0.0	10	13
DT Mark Campbell	1	0	1.0	4	19
CB Darryl Henley	1	2	0.0	13	33
OLB Marvcus Patton	1	2	0.0	6	8
DT Larry Chester	1	0	0.0	10	21
WR Marty Booker	1	0	---	---	---
DE Melvin Donnalley	0	2	0.0	12	26

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Rodney Harrison	12	7	0.0	40	36
ILB Ted Johnson	9	2	0.0	37	36
OLB Andy Katzenmoyer	7	0	0.0	34	29
DT Tony Siragusa	6	0	1.0	24	26
CB Braden Wiggins	5	4	0.0	22	30
CB Allen Rossum	5	2	0.0	38	31
DT Reggie McGrew	5	0	0.0	20	14
S Je-rod Rozumek	4	0	0.0	40	36
DE Ben Karpinski	3	1	0.0	29	30
DE Jeff Lageman	2	1	1.0	27	27
CB Leonard Wheeler	2	1	0.0	13	20
DE Shawn Sawyda	2	1	0.0	24	14
DT John Randle	2	0	0.0	26	15
CB James Becker	1	4	0.0	37	30
S Greg Myers	1	0	0.0	2	6
RB Robert Holcombe	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Nickolas Fox	1	0	0.0	21	13

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Russell Davis	1.0	0	1	20
DT Mark Campbell	1.0	0	0	19
DT Larry Chester	0.0	3	1	21
DE Melvin Donnalley	0.0	0	1	26

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jeff Lageman	1.0	1	1	27
DT Tony Siragusa	1.0	1	0	26
DT John Randle	0.0	1	0	15
DE Shawn Sawyda	0.0	1	0	14
DE Ben Karpinski	0.0	0	1	30

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Willie Williams	5	0	0	33
OLB Bill Romanowski	4	1	0	28
CB Corey Fuller	2	0	0	22
S David Terrell	1	2	0	33
CB Darryl Henley	1	0	1	33
S Brian Washington	1	0	0	3
ILB Rick Vaughn	1	0	0	32
OLB Marvcus Patton	1	0	0	8
DT Russell Davis	1	0	0	20
S Pat Tillman	0	1	0	32

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Andy Katzenmoyer	6	0	0	29
CB Allen Rossum	4	1	0	31
S Rodney Harrison	4	0	0	36
S Je-rod Rozumek	3	1	0	36
CB Braden Wiggins	3	1	0	30
CB Leonard Wheeler	2	0	0	20
CB James Becker	1	0	1	30
DT Tony Siragusa	1	0	0	26
ILB Ted Johnson	1	0	0	36

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Pete Kendall	5	7	40	1	36
Ed King	4	7	40	1	36
Matt Lepsis	3	5	40	0	36
Jeff Saturday	2	10	40	0	36
Ephraim Salaam	2	7	40	0	36
Reggie Cobb	1	2	18	0	9
Andrew Jordan	0	1	30	0	23

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Damien Woody	1	4	14	0	33
Richmond Webb	1	3	14	1	33
Tony Ramirez	1	1	14	0	33
Tony Mandarich	0	3	14	1	33
Mo Collins	0	2	14	0	33
Mike Alstott	0	1	14	0	25

Special Teams Tackles

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Chad Levitt	1	19
Tony McGee	1	13
Corey Fuller	1	10

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Greg Myers	1	16
Nick Luchey	1	12
Butch Rolle	1	8

Participation

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ed King	40	36	---	---	10	86
Pete Kendall	40	36	---	---	10	86
Heath Shuler	40	36	---	---	---	76
Matt Lepsis	40	36	---	---	---	76
Jeff Saturday	40	36	---	---	---	76
Ephraim Salaam	40	36	---	---	---	76
Marty Booker	37	34	---	---	2	73
Robert Brooks	33	34	---	---	4	71
Garrison Hearst	33	28	---	---	1	62
Andrew Jordan	30	23	---	---	5	58
Pat Tillman	---	---	11	32	8	51
Willie Williams	---	---	14	33	2	49
David Terrell	---	---	14	33	1	48
Darryl Henley	---	---	13	33	1	47
Rick Vaughn	---	---	13	32	1	46
Bill Romanowski	---	---	10	28	5	43
Reggie Cobb	18	9	---	---	15	42
Corey Fuller	---	---	9	22	10	41
Melvin Donnalley	---	---	12	26	1	39
Michael Irvin	17	18	---	---	1	36
Vera De Milo	---	---	12	24	---	36
Chad Levitt	7	8	---	---	19	34
Tony McGee	11	9	---	---	13	33
Larry Chester	---	---	10	21	1	32
Mark Campbell	---	---	4	19	8	31
Kenny Lofton	4	6	---	---	18	28
Russell Davis	---	---	4	20	1	25
Ed Jasper	---	---	10	13	---	23
Roberto Fabrizio	---	---	2	5	15	22
Autry Denson	9	10	---	---	2	21
Marvcus Patton	---	---	6	8	5	19
Shannon Clavelle	---	---	2	7	7	16
Tory James	---	---	0	1	14	15
DeShaun Smith	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brent Van Pelt	0	0	---	---	10	10
John Welbourn	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brian Washington	---	---	5	3	1	9
Patrick Jeffers	1	1	---	---	7	9
Clyde Bernard	---	---	3	3	1	7
Deon Lucas	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tommy Pickles	0	0	---	---	5	5
Sam Garnes	---	---	0	0	5	5
Ralph Story	0	0	---	---	3	3
Alex Bondy	---	---	0	0	3	3
Jerry Fontenot	0	0	---	---	---	0
Scott Mitchell	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rodney Harrison	---	---	40	36	4	80
Je-rod Rozumek	---	---	40	36	3	79
Ted Johnson	---	---	37	36	3	76
Allen Rossum	---	---	38	31	3	72
James Becker	---	---	37	30	5	72
Braden Wiggins	---	---	22	30	16	68
Andy Katzenmoyer	---	---	34	29	4	67
Ben Karpinski	---	---	29	30	5	64
Jeff Lageman	---	---	27	27	3	57
Tony Siragusa	---	---	24	26	5	55
Mo Collins	14	33	---	---	8	55
Robert Holcombe	14	31	---	---	4	49
Nickolas Fox	---	---	21	13	15	49
Don Majkowski	14	33	---	---	---	47
Tony Mandarich	14	33	---	---	---	47
Richmond Webb	14	33	---	---	---	47
Mike Alstott	14	25	---	---	8	47
Tony Ramirez	14	33	---	---	---	47
Damien Woody	14	33	---	---	---	47
Shawn Sawyda	---	---	24	14	8	46
John Randle	---	---	26	15	2	43
Eric Moulds	9	26	---	---	8	43
Leonard Wheeler	---	---	13	20	5	38
Jamie Asher	8	23	---	---	7	38
Reggie McGrew	---	---	20	14	3	37
Wesley Walls	5	13	---	---	16	34
Antonio Freeman	9	22	---	---	---	31
Ed McCaffrey	7	17	---	---	5	29
Greg Myers	---	---	2	6	16	24
Eddie Vedder	3	3	---	---	11	17
Damian Vaughn	1	1	---	---	12	14
Nick Luchey	0	2	---	---	12	14
Butch Rolle	0	0	---	---	8	8
Daquan Peterman	0	0	---	---	8	8
Balthazar Getty	---	---	3	0	5	8
Cameron Spikes	0	0	---	---	8	8
Avery Davidson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	7	7
Hannibal Navies	---	---	3	3	1	7
Cole Ford	0	0	---	---	3	3
Evan Toomer	0	0	---	---	2	2
Abraham Marschalk	0	2	---	---	---	2
Mike Cherry	0	0	---	---	1	1
Robert Van Winkle	---	---	0	0	---	0
Ed Toner	0	0	---	---	---	0
Trot Nixon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	35	3.2
Middle	20	41	2.1
Right	9	49	5.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	38	7.6
Middle	1	3	3.0
Right	8	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Heath Shuler	34	25	0	0	1	3	4	2	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Majkowski	31	17	1	1	2	4	3	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	12	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	12	72	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	8	92	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	17	5.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	7	43	3.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	24	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	4	50	5.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	25	8.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Marty Booker	9	7	0	37	34
WR Robert Brooks	7	4	0	48	34
WR Michael Irvin	5	5	0	39	18
RB Garrison Hearst	4	3	0	14	28
TE Tony McGee	4	2	0	11	9
TE Andrew Jordan	4	3	1	27	23
WR Kenny Lofton	1	1	0	17	6

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Robert Holcombe	11	7	1	44	1	31
TE Jamie Asher	6	3	1	40	0	23
WR Eric Moulds	5	2	0	11	0	26
FB Mike Alstott	3	2	0	13	0	25
WR Ed McCaffrey	2	2	0	32	0	17
WR Antonio Freeman	2	0	0	0	0	22
TE Wesley Walls	1	0	0	0	0	13
RB Abraham Marschalk	1	1	0	2	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Garrison Hearst	3	9	3.00	3.16
Chad Levitt	1	0	0.00	3.00

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Robert Holcombe	2	0	0.00	3.08

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Heath Shuler	1	0	0	0.00	5.68

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Majkowski	1	1	6	6.00	4.58

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Marty Booker	1	0	0	0.00	4.11

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Robert Holcombe	1	1	6	6.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Garrison Hearst	3	0
Marty Booker	1	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Holcombe	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Heath Shuler	9	4	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Majkowski	10	8	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Tony McGee	3	1	1
RB Garrison Hearst	2	1	0
WR Michael Irvin	1	1	1
WR Robert Brooks	1	1	1
TE Andrew Jordan	1	0	0
WR Marty Booker	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Robert Holcombe	5	5	2
TE Jamie Asher	2	1	1
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	1	0
WR Antonio Freeman	1	0	0
WR Eric Moulds	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,900 (21,400)
End Zone 14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,900 (21,400)
End Zone	14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)