2001 · Week 5
Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots
Oct 14, 2001 · Foxboro Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New England Patriots escaped with a 29–26 win over Los Angeles Chargers. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (57%) going in. Patriots improve to 2-3; Chargers fall to 3-2. Tom Brady was the story of the game with 364 passing yards and 2 TDs.
Team stats
| LAC | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | First downs | 26 |
| 355 | Total yards | 393 |
| 270 | Passing yards | 364 |
| 85 | Rushing yards | 29 |
| 20/32 | Comp / Att | 33/54 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 20/32 | 270 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 24 | 74 | 1 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Fred McCrary | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Conway | 4 | 7 | 117 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | 3 | 6 | 54 | 0 |
| Jeff Graham | 4 | 9 | 43 | 0 |
| Freddie Jones | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Reggie Jones | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Heiden | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Fred McCrary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 33/54 | 364 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 15 | 36 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Lee Johnson | 1 | -19 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Brown | 11 | 15 | 117 | 0 |
| Terry Glenn | 7 | 14 | 110 | 1 |
| David Patten | 7 | 11 | 73 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |