Team		1	2	3	4			SCORE
New England		0	10	0	7			17
Cincinnati		0	10	13	0			23

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter	No scoring.
2nd Quarter	New England Touchdown - 14-yard pass from Drew Bledsoe to Troy Brown. (Adam Vinatieri kick). 14:55 remaining. (11 plays, 68 yards. Time of Drive: 6:44). Cincinnati Field Goal - 36-yarder by Neil Rackers. 11:22 remaining. (8 plays, 12 yards. Time of Drive: 3:33). New England Field Goal - 39-yarder by Adam Vinatieri. 6:04 remaining. (9 plays, 59 yards. Time of Drive: 5:18). Cincinnati Touchdown - 5-yard run by Corey Dillon. (Neil Rackers kick). 2:16 remaining. (7 plays, 71 yards. Time of Drive: 3:48).
3rd Quarter	Cincinnati Field Goal - 47-yarder by Neil Rackers. 12:05 remaining. (5 plays, 42 yards. Time of Drive: 1:49). Cincinnati Field Goal - 33-yarder by Neil Rackers. 6:01 remaining. (9 plays, 44 yards. Time of Drive: 4:23). Cincinnati Touchdown - 25-yard pass from Jon Kitna to Tony McGee. (Neil Rackers kick). 0:06 remaining.
4th Quarter	New England Touchdown - 8-yard pass from Drew Bledsoe to Jermaine Wiggins. (Adam Vinatieri kick). 5:29 remaining. (11 plays, 94 yards. Time of Drive: 3:48).

Final Team Statistics	New England	Cincinnati
First Downs	16	18
Rushes-Yards	21-68	33-157
Passing Yards	224	196
Return Yards	0	4
Passing (Att-Comp-Int)	38-22-0	27-18-0
Punts-Average	5-48.8	4-32.8
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	2-1
Penalties-Yards	3-15	3-20
Time of Possession	29:03	30:57

Rushing
New England	- Smith 11-33, Edwards 4-13, Redmond 3-12, Bledsoe 3-10.
Cincinnati	- Dillon 24-104, Bennett 6-43, Warrick 1-13, Kitna 2-(-3).
Passing
New England	- Bledsoe 22-38-0, 241 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Cincinnati	- Kitna 18-27-0, 204 yards and 1 touchdown.
Receiving
New England	- Brown 7-106, Emanuel 4-25, Patten 3-47, Redmond 3-24, Wiggins 3-24, Pass 1-11, Johnson 1-4.
Cincinnati	- Warrick 7-38, Scott 5-104, Dillon 4-32, McGee 1-25, Dugans 1-5.

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