PHOTO: New England Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick looks down
as the Jacksonville Jaguars drive toward a touch down in the fourth quarter
of pre-season play, in Foxboro, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004. The Jaguars
beat the Patriots, 31-0.
(AP Photo/Steven Senne)
None of the Patriots offensive and defensive first-stringers played, yet the
team was down just 3-0 heading towards the fourth quarter. It was a testament
to how well the team's defense played, and how unimpressive Jacksonville's first-string
offense has performed this preseason.
The Jaguars finished their exhibition season without scoring a touchdown with
their first-string offense. Coach Jack Del Rio doesn't seem to be overly worried
about that minor issue.
"I'm not really concerned," he said. "You would like to
be a little more explosive in these preseason games, but overall I think we're
going to have a good offense."
Coach Bill Belichick on the other hand, had words of support for his QB, Rohan Davey. " We missed a couple scoring opportunities, Didn't get the stops,
and in the second half the game kinda got out of hand"
When asked about Davey, "He looked ok out there, I thought he managed
the game pretty well." Belichick responded.
"We got to look at a lot of people. We did that." Beleichick
said. "We'll have to make some decisions here in the next few days.
In terms of our roster, and this will be a good game to evaluate them."
While Jacksonville's first-string offense wasn't very effective, their backups
had greater success. Quinn Gray threw 3 touchdown passes, while fellow backup
David Garrard added another. Two of those touchdowns came off of turnovers by
the Patriots, a Michael Jennings fumble on a kick off return, and a Rohan Davey
fumble on a sack, both deep in Patriots territory.
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Game Recap
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Jaguars
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Patriots
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1st Downs
|
20
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13
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Rushing
|
7
|
5
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Passing
|
13
|
7
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Penalty
|
0
|
1
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3rd-Down Conversions
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11-19
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5-13
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4th-Down Conversions
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0-0
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0-0
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Punts-Average
|
7-38.3
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7-43.9
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Return Yards
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39
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116
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Punts-Returns
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3-23
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2-6
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Kickoffs-Returns
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1-30
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5-110
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Int.-Returns
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2 -14
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0-0
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Penalties-Yards
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6-40
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0-0
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Fumbles-Lost
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4-0
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3-3
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Time Of Pos.
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37:14
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22:46
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| TEAM Stats |
Jaguars
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Patriots
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| Total Net Yards |
451
|
222
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| Total Plays |
74
|
53
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| Average Gain |
6.1
|
4.2
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| Net Yards Rushing |
134
|
127
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| Rushes |
32
|
26
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| Avg. Per Rush |
4.2
|
4.9
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| Net Yards Passing |
317
|
95
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| Comp.-Att. |
25-40
|
13-25
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| Yards Per Pass |
7.5
|
3.5
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| Sacked-Yards Lost |
2-6
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2-9
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| Had Intercepted |
0
|
2
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| Touchdowns |
4
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0
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| Rushing |
0
|
0
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| Passing |
4
|
0
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| Other |
0
|
0
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| Extra Points |
4-4
|
0-0
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| Field Goals |
1-1
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0-0
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| Red Zone Efficiency |
3-4 = 75%
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0-0 = 0%
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| Goal To Go Efficiency |
1-1 = 100%
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0-0 = 0%
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stats: compilation of online services
and NFL.com
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