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"Nobody makes all of them. But if you've got to have one kick with everything on the line, he's the one you want kicking it."
-Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, on kicker Adam Vinatieri

Super Bowl XXXVIII

February 1, 2004 - Reliant Stadium - Houston, TX

Carolina Panthers (14-5)		New England Patriots (16-2)

	Carolina -29 New England -32

Super Bowl XXXVIII Quick Stats
Date:	February 1, 2004
Location:	Reliant Stadium - Houston, TX
Surface:	Indoors on grass
Game Weather:	Cloudy (Outdoors)
Conditions:	Temp: 59 F, Humidity: 81%, Wind: E 12 mph (Outdoors)
Attendance:	71,525
Kickoff Time:	5:25 P.M. Central
Commentary:	Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms (CBS)
Officials:	Referee: Ed Hochuli (85), Umpire: Jeff Rice (44), Head Linesman: Mark Hittner (28), Line Judge: Ben Montgomery (117), Side Judge: Laird Hayes (125), Back Judge: Scott Green (19), Field Judge: Tom Sifferman (118), Replay Official: Larry Hill, Video Operator: Gene Cunningham
Pre-Game Show:	Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, and Walter Suhr and Mango Punch Josh Groban performed "You Raise Me Up" in a tribute to the Columbia crew
National Anthem:	Beyonce Knowles Signed: Suzanna Christy
Coin Toss:	Earl Campbell, Ollie Matson, Don Maynard, Mike Singletary, Gene Upshaw, and Y.A. Tittle
Halftime Show:	"The AOL Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show" Ftr: Janet Jackson, P.Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock, Justin Timberlake Producer: MTV: Music Television
Winner Share:	$68,000
Loser Share:	$36,500
Ticket Price:	$400, $500 or $600, depending on seat location (varying ticket colors depending on level)
Favorite:	New England by 7 pts.
TV Rating:	41.3, 69 share (CBS)
Most Valuable Player:	Patriots QB Tom Brady (32/48, 354 yds, 3 TDs, 1 INT; 2 for 12 yds)

* Denotes Division Champion | † Denotes Overtime
2003 NFL Playoffs
AFC Wildcard		AFC Divisional		AFC Conference		NFC Conference		NFC Divisional		NFC Wildcard
5. Tennessee (12-4) at 4. Baltimore* (10-6)	20 17	5. Tennessee (13-4) at 1. New England* (14-2)	14 17	3. Indianapolis (13-4) at 1. New England (15-2)	14 24	3. Carolina (13-5) at 1. Philadelphia (13-4)	14 3	3. Carolina (12-5) at 2. St. Louis* (12-4)	29 23†	6. Dallas (10-6) at 3. Carolina* (11-5)	10 29
6. Denver (10-6) at 3. Indianapolis* (12-4)	10 41	3. Indianapolis (12-4) at 2. Kansas City* (13-3)	38 31					4. Green Bay (11-6) at 1. Philadelphia* (12-4)	17 20†	5. Seattle (10-6) at 4. Green Bay* (10-6)	27 33†

*-Denotes Wildcard Team | Tiebreakers: Buffalo finished ahead of N.Y. Jets based on better division record (2-4 to Jets' 1-5). Indianapolis finished ahead of Tennessee based on head-to-head sweep (2-0). Jacksonville finished ahead of Houston based on better division record (2-4 to Texans' 1-5). Denver finished ahead of Miami based on better conference record (9-3 to Dolphins' 7-5). Oakland finished ahead of San Diego based on better conference record (3-9 to Chargers' 2-10). Philadelphia finished ahead of St. Louis based on better conference record (9-3 to Rams' 8-4). Seattle finished ahead of Dallas based on better strength of victory (65-95 to Cowboys' 62-98).
2003 NFL Standings
American Football Conference
Eastern Division			Northern Division			Southern Division			Western Division
New England Patriots Miami Dolphins Buffalo Bills New York Jets	14-2-0 10-6-0 6-10-0 6-10-0	0.875 0.625 0.375 0.375	Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers Cleveland Browns	10-6-0 8-8-0 6-10-0 5-11-0	0.625 0.500 0.375 0.313	Indianapolis Colts Tennessee Titans* Jacksonville Jaguars Houston Texans	12-4-0 12-4-0 5-11-0 5-11-0	0.750 0.750 0.313 0.313	Kansas City Chiefs Denver Broncos* Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers	13-3-0 10-6-0 4-12-0 4-12-0	0.813 0.625 0.250 0.250
National Football Conference
Eastern Division			Northern Division			Southern Division			Western Division
Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys* Washington Redskins New York Giants	12-4-0 10-6-0 5-11-0 4-12-0	0.750 0.625 0.313 0.250	Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings Chicago Bears Detroit Lions	10-6-0 9-7-0 7-9-0 5-11-0	0.625 0.563 0.438 0.313	Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers Atlanta Falcons	11-5-0 8-8-0 7-9-0 5-11-0	0.688 0.500 0.438 0.313	St. Louis Rams Seattle Seahawks* San Francisco 49ers Arizona Cardinals	12-4-0 10-6-0 7-9-0 4-12-0	0.750 0.625 0.438 0.250

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
Carolina 2003 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (11-5)
Sun	9/7	Jacksonville	W	24-23
Sun	9/14	at Tampa Bay	W	12-9†
Sun	9/21	BYE
Sun	9/28	Atlanta	W	23-3
Sun	10/5	New Orleans	W	19-13
Sun	10/12	at Indianapolis	W	23-20†
Sun	10/19	Tennessee	L	17-37
Sun	10/26	at New Orleans	W	23-20†
Sun	11/2	at Houston	L	10-14
Sun	11/9	Tampa Bay	W	27-24
Sun	11/16	Washington	W	20-17
Sun	11/23	at Dallas	L	20-24
Sun	11/30	Philadelphia	L	16-25
Sun*	12/7	at Atlanta	L	14-20†
Sun	12/14	at Arizona	W	20-17
Sun	12/21	Detroit	W	20-14
Sun	12/28	at N.Y. Giants	W	37-24
Post Season
Sat*	1/3	Dallas	W	29-10
Sat	1/10	at St. Louis	W	29-23††
Sun*	1/18	at Philadelphia	W	14-3

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
New England 2003 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (14-2)
Sun	9/7	at Buffalo	L	0-31
Sun	9/14	at Philadelphia	W	31-10
Sun	9/21	N.Y. Jets	W	23-16
Sun	9/28	at Washington	L	17-20
Sun	10/5	Tennessee	W	38-30
Sun	10/12	N.Y. Giants	W	17-6
Sun	10/19	at Miami	W	19-13†
Sun	10/26	Cleveland	W	9-3
Mon*	11/3	at Denver	W	30-26
Sun	11/9	BYE
Sun*	11/16	Dallas	W	12-0
Sun	11/23	at Houston	W	23-20†
Sun	11/30	at Indianapolis	W	38-34
Sun	12/7	Miami	W	12-0
Sun	12/14	Jacksonville	W	27-13
Sat*	12/20	at N.Y. Jets	W	21-16
Sat	12/27	Buffalo	W	31-0
Post Season
Sat*	1/10	Tennessee	W	17-14
Sun	1/18	Indianapolis	W	24-14

Starting Lineups
CAROLINA				NEW ENGLAND
OFFENSE		DEFENSE		OFFENSE		DEFENSE
M.Muhammad	WR	J.Peppers	LE	D.Branch	WR	B.Hamilton	LE
T.Steussie	LT	B.Buckner	DT	M.Light	LT	T.Washington	NT
J.James	LG	K.Jenkins	DT	R.Hochstein	LG	R.Seymour	RE
J.Mitchell	C	M.Rucker	RE	D.Koppen	C	W.McGinestt	LOLB
K.Donnalley	RG	G.Favors	LLB	J.Andruzzi	RG	T.Bruschi	LILB
J.Gross	RT	D.Morgan	MLB	T.Ashworth	RT	R.Phifer	RILB
J.Wiggins	TE	W.Witherspoon	RLB	D.Graham	TE	M.Vrabel	ROLB
S.Smith	WR	R.Manning	LCB	T.Brown	WR	T.Law	LCB
J.Delhomme	QB	R.Howard	RCB	T.Brady	QB	T.Poole	RCB
B.Hoover	FB	M.Minter	SS	L.Centers	FB	E.Wilson	SS
S.Davis	RB	D.Grant	FS	A.Smith	RB	R.Harrison	FS

Substitutions
CAROLINA		NEW ENGLAND
OFFENSE	DEFENSE	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
D.Foster (RB)	T.Cousin (CB)	D.Ward (WR)	A.Samuel (CB)
R.Smart (RB)	C.Branch (S)	K.Faulk (RB)	J.Cherry (S)
N.Goings (RB)	D.Wesley (CB)	P.Pass (FB)	C.Atkins (S)
M.Willig (T)	J.Cooper (S)	W.Brown (G)	S.Mayer (S)
B.Nelson (G)	V.Ciurciu (LB)	B.Johnson (WR)	T.Banta-Cain (LB)
R.Proehl (WR)	B.Allen (LB)	D.Givens (WR)	D.Davis (LB)
K.Dyson (WR)	J.Kyle (LB)	C.Fauria (TE)	T.Johnson (LB)
K.Mangum (TE)	L.Towns (LB)	B.Kinchen (LS)	L.Izzo (LB)
K.Hankton (WR)	A.Wallace (DE)		M.Chatham (LB)
	K.Rasmussen (DE)		T.Warren (DL)
	S.Burton (DT)		J.Green (DL)
KICKERS		KICKERS
J.Kasay (K)	T.Sauerbrun (P)	A.Vinatieri (K)	K.Walter (P)
DID NOT PLAY		DID NOT PLAY
R.Peete (QB)		D.Huard (QB)	B.Gorin (T)

Team Statistics
	CAR	NE
FIRST DOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Penalty	17 3 12 2	29 7 19 3
TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays Average Gain	387 53 7.3	481 83 5.8
NET RUSH YARDS Rushing Plays Average Gain	92 16 5.8	127 35 3.6
NET PASS YARDS Pass Att-Comp-INT Tackled-Yds Lost Gross Yards Passing	295 33-16-0 4-28 323	354 48-32-1 0-0 354
PUNTS-Yards Average Dist. Blocked	7-310 44.3 0	5-173 34.6 0
RETURN YARDS-Total Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns	130 1-2 6-116 1-12	138 5-42 4-78 0-0
TOTAL TURNOVERS Fumbles-Lost Had Intercepted	1 1-1 0	1 1-0 1
PENALTIES-yards	12-73	8-60
TOTAL POINTS	29	32
TOUCHDOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Returns	4 1 3 0	4 1 3 0
FIELD GOALS-Made/Att Blocked	1/1 0	1/3 1
EXTRA POINTS-Made Kicking-Made/Att Blocked 2-Point-Made/Att	2 2/2 0 0/2	4 3/3 0 1/1
SAFETIES	0	0
Red Zone EFF.	1/1-100%	4/7-57%
3rd DOWN EFF.	4/12-33%	8/17-47%
4th DOWN EFF.	0/0-0%	1/1-100%
T.O.P.	21:02	38:58

Scoring Summary
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
CAROLINA	0	10	0	19	29
NEW ENGLAND	0	14	0	18	32

2nd Quarter

NE - D.Branch, 5 yard pass from T.Brady. A.Vinatieri kick. 4-20, TOP 2:10 (11:55)
CAR - S.Smith, 39 yard pass from J.Delhomme. J.Kasay kick. 8-95, TOP 1:58 (13:53)
NE - D.Givens, 5 yard pass from T.Brady. A.Vinatieri kick. 6-78, TOP 0:49 (14:42)
CAR - J.Kasay, 50-yard FG. 2-21, TOP 0:18 (15:00)

4th Quarter

NE - A.Smith, 2 yard rush. A.Vinatieri kick. 8-71, TOP 4:08 (0:11)
CAR - D.Foster, 33 yard rush. J.Delhomme pass to M.Muhammad incomplete. 6-81, TOP 2:10 (2:21)
CAR - M.Muhammad, 85 yard pass from J.Delhomme. J.Delhomme pass to K.Dyson incomplete. 3-90, TOP 0:45 (8:07)
NE - M.Vrabel, 1 yard pass from T.Brady. K.Faulk rush. 11-68, TOP 4:02 (12:09)
CAR - R.Proehl, 12 yard pass from J.Delhomme. J.Kasay kick. 7-80, TOP 1:43 (13:52)
NE - A.Vinatieri, 41-yard FG. 6-37, TOP 1:04 (14:56)

Carolina vs. New England / Lombardi Trophy (AP)

Individual Statistics

CAROLINA PANTHERS

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD	RT
J.Delhomme	33	16	48.5	323	3	0	20.2	4/28	113.6

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD	RT
T.Brady	48	32	66.6	354	3	1	11.1	0/0	100.5

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
S.Davis	13	49	3.8	21	0
D.Foster	3	43	14.3	33t	1
TOTAL	16	92	5.8	33t	1

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
A.Smith	26	83	3.2	9	1
K.Faulk	6	42	7.0	23	0
T.Brady	2	12	6.0	12	0
T.Brown	1	-10	-10.0	-10	0
TOTAL	35	127	3.6	23	1

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M.Muhammad	4	140	35.0	85t	1
S.Smith	4	80	20.0	39t	1
R.Proehl	4	71	17.8	31	1
J.Wiggins	2	21	10.5	15	0
D.Foster	1	9	9.0	9	0
K.Mangum	1	2	2.0	2	0
TOTAL	16	323	20.2	85t	3

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
D.Branch	10	143	14.3	52	1
T.Brown	8	76	9.5	13	0
D.Givens	5	69	13.8	25	1
D.Graham	4	46	11.5	33	0
K.Faulk	4	19	4.8	7	0
M.Vrabel	1	1	1.0	1t	1
TOTAL	32	354	11.1	52	3

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
T.Sauerbrun	7	310	44.3	0	1	51

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
K.Walter	5	173	34.6	0	2	51

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG	TD
S.Smith	1	2	2.0	1	2	0
[Downed]	3	0	0.0	0	0	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG
T.Brown	4	40	10.0	1	28
D.Branch	1	2	2.0	1	2
TOTAL	5	42	8.4	2	28

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
R.Smart	4	74	18.5	22
S.Smith	1	30	30.0	30
K.Mangum	1	12	12.0	12
TOTAL	6	116	19.3	30

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG	TD
B.Johnson	4	78	19.5	0	29	0
[Out of Bounds]	1	0	0.0	0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
R.Howard	1	12	12.0	12	0

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
TOTAL	0	0	0.0	0	0

FUMBLES

CAROLINA	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
J.Delhomme	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NEW ENGLAND	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
T.Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M.Vrabel	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
R.Seymour	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0

Defensive Statistics

CAROLINA PANTHERS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

D.Morgan

0.0

M.Minter

0.0

W.Witherspoon

0.0

R.Howard

0.0

R.Manning

0.0

A.Wallace

0.0

T.Cousin

0.0

D.Grant

0.0

S.Burton

0.0

G.Favors

0.0

K.Jenkins

0.0

B.Buckner

0.0

J.Peppers

0.0

M.Rucker

0.0

D.Wesley

0.0

V.Ciurciu

0.0

M.Willig

0.0

J.Cooper

0.0

K.Hankton

0.0

T.Sauerbrun

0.0

R.Smart

0.0

B.Hoover

0.0

C.Branch

0.0

K.Rasmussen

0.0

B.Allen

0.0

T.Steussie

0.0

TOTAL

0.0

TKL = Tackle
PD = Pass Defense

AST = Assist
FF = Forced Fumble

COM = Combined
FR = Fumble Recovery

INT = Interception
BL = Blocked

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

R.Harrison

1.0

3.0

M.Vrabel

2.0

14.0

T.Law

0.0

R.Phifer

0.0

B.Hamilton

0.0

T.Bruschi

0.0

W.McGinest

1.0

11.0

T.Poole

0.0

R.Seymour

0.0

S.Mayer

0.0

E.Wilson

0.0

C.Atkins

0.0

J.Green

0.0

T.Warren

0.0

T.Washington

0.0

M.Chatham

0.0

B.Johnson

0.0

J.Cherry

0.0

L.Izzo

0.0

A.Vinatieri

0.0

T.Brown

0.0

D.Koppen

0.0

TOTAL

4.0

28.0

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