New England 23, San Diego 17

11-20-94

 San Diego    0  0 10  7--17
 New England  7  3  3 10--23

First Quarter

NE--Thompson 27 pass from Bledsoe (Bahr kick), 9:40. Drive: 67 yards, 8 plays.
Key plays: Bledsoe 9 pass to Turner on 3rd-and-5.
New England 7, San Diego 0.

Second Quarter

NE--FG Bahr 39, 2:32. Drive: 32 yards, 9 plays.
Key play: Butts 8 run.
New England 10, San Diego 0.

Third Quarter

SD--FG Carney 34, 4:14. Drive: 43 yards, 9 plays.
Key plays: Means 12 run on 3rd-and-4.
New England 10, San Diego 3.

NE--FG Bahr 38, 14:22. Drive: 33 yards, 9 plays.
Key plays: Bledsoe 15 pass to Timpson on 3rd-and-6.
New England 13, San Diego 3.

SD--Coleman 80 kickoff return (Carney kick), 14:36.
New England 13, San Diego 10.

Fourth Quarter

NE--Butts 1 run (Bahr kick), 5:41. Drive: 64 yards, 12 plays.
Key plays: Bledsoe 12 pass to Thompson on 3rd-and-11; Butts 11 run.
New England 20, San Diego 10.

NE--FG Bahr 23, 8:43. Drive: 8 yards, 4 plays.
Key play: V.Brown interception and 12 return to Chargers 13.
New England 23, San Diego 10.

SD--Martin 2 pass from Humphries (Carney kick), 14:05. Drive: 92 yards, 14 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 21 pass to Seay on 4th-and-20.
New England 23, San Diego 17.

A--59,690. No-shows--602.


                        SD       NE
FIRST DOWNS              18       21
 Rushing                  5        6
 Passing                 12       12
 Penalty                  1        3
THIRD DOWN EFF         3-12     9-17
FOURTH DOWN EFF         1-2      0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS         241      318
 Total Plays             61       73
 Avg Gain               4.0      4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING        72      101
 Rushes                  19       36
 Avg per rush           3.8      2.8
NET YARDS PASSING       169      217
 Completed-Att.       20-37    21-36
 Yards-Pass Play        4.0      5.9
 Sacked-Yds lost       5-50      1-7
 Had Intercepted          3        2
PUNTS-Avg.             4-37     3-34
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE    167      111
 Punts Returns          0-0     2-10
 Kickoffs Returns     6-174     3-64
 Interceptions        2-(-7)    3-37
PENALTIES-Yds          6-45     2-20
FUMBLES-Lost            2-0      1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION    24:27    35:33

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING
San Diego--Means 15-59, Harmon 1-8, Bieniemy 2-5, Humphries 1-0.
New England--Butts 28-88, Thompson 2-7, Turner 1-4, Bledsoe 4-2, Coates 1-0.

PASSING
San Diego--Humphries 20-37-3-219.
New England--Bledsoe 21-36-2-224.

RECEIVING
San Diego--Jefferson 6-64, Young 4-69, Seay 4-48, Mitchell 2-21, Means 2-5, Harmon 1-10, Martin 1-2.
New England--Timpson 8-82, Thompson 3-45, Turner 3-25, Brisby 2-27, Coates 2-22, Gash 2-19, Butts 1-4.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS
San Diego--Gibson 9-4-0, Carrington 7-4-0, Seau 7-4-0, Gordon 6-3-0, Richard 7-2-0, Griggs 4-4-0, O'Neal 4-3-0, Lee 4-1-1, Harper 3-1-0, Mims 2-1-0, Davis 1-2-0, Castle 2-0-0, Young 0-2-0, Parrella 0-1-0, Bush 1-0-0, Harmon 1-0-0, Harrison 1-0-0, Hendrickson 2-0-0, Jefferson 1-0-0, Swayne 1-0-0.

New England--Guyton 9-1-0, V.Brown 6-1-0, Reynolds 5-0-1, Hurst 3-2-0, Slade 3-2-3 1/2, Smith 3-2-0, Bavaro 4-0-0, McGinest 3-0-0, Goad 1-2-0, Pitts 0-3-0, Agnew 2-0-0, C.Brown 2-2-0, M.Jones 0-2- 1/2, A.Jones 0-1-0, Moore 0-1-0, Timpson 1-0-0, Wren 3-0-0, K.Turner 2-0-0.

INTERCEPTIONS
San Diego--Gordon 2.
New England--Hurst 2, V.Brown.

MISSED FIELD GOALS
San Diego--Carney 48.
New England--Bahr 44, 48.

OFFICIALS--Referee Gordon McCarter, Ump Ed Fiffick, HL John Schleyer, LJ Ben Montgomery, BJ Bob Moore, SJ Tommy Moore, FJ Donnie Hampton.

Time: 3:02.