PATRIOTS TOP TITANS AS "NFL FEVER ON MONDAY NIGHT" CONTINUES ON
XBOX.COM
Today, Microsoft announced
the results of Week 15 of “NFL Fever on Monday Night.”
“NFL Fever on Monday Night”
is a simulated highlight reel, game summary and statistics which appears every
Friday on
www.xbox.com previewing the upcoming Monday Night game. All games are
played in incredibly realistic replicas of NFL stadiums, using Microsoft Game
Studios’ “NFL Fever 2003” for Xbox.
Last week, “NFL Fever on
Monday Night” continued to build on its impressive record this year correctly
predicting the Miami Dolphins over the Chicago Bears. Fever’s simulation called
for the Dolphins Running back Ricky Williams to run wild against the banged up
Bears defense. In the actual game, Ricky Williams ran for 216 yards and 2 TD’s. “NFL
Fever on Monday Night has now correctly predicted ten of the last eleven Monday
Night contests, including a current five game winning streak.
This week “NFL Fever on
Monday Night” features the Super Bowl Champion and AFC East leading New England
Patriots traveling to Music City to battle Steve McNair and the AFC South
leading Tennessee Titans.
The first quarter was a
nightmare for the Patriots. First they fell behind 7-0 when Steve McNair hit
Derrick Mason on a 39-yard TD strike and then they lost star running Antowain
Smith to a season ending injury.
With Smith out the Pats
turned to Kevin Faulk. Early in the second quarter, Faulk responded by taking a
Tom Brady screen pass the distance for a 66-yard tying score. At the half, the
score was knotted at 7.
In the third defense took
over the game. “The Freak” Jevon Kearse chipped in with 2 sacks in his first
action since a Week One foot injury and the Titans defense was able to intercept
a Tom Brady pass which set up the quarter’s only score an 18-yard Joe Nedney
field goal.
But in the end, Titan’s
coach Jeff Fischer’s decision to kick a chip shot field goal rather than attempt
a fourth-and less-than-a-yard play from the one would loom large in this game’s
outcome. With only 50 seconds to play in the game Tom Brady hit super-sub Kevin
Faulk again for an 8 yard TD pass to give the Pats there first lead of the game
14-10.
After a Ted Johnson sack, a
clock-stopping spike, an incomplete pass and batted pass the game was over, and
Patriots were victorious.
Kevin Faulk was named this
week’s Player of the Game finishing with 115 all-purpose yards and two
touchdowns. The win was a big one for New England but the loss of Antowain Smith
is huge with the playoffs just a few weeks away. The win upped the Pats record
to 9-5 the loss dropped the Titans to 8-6.
To see this week’s simulated
highlight reel, game summary and statistics visit
www.xbox.com. Be sure to check back in Week 16 when the Pittsburgh Steelers
travel to the “Big Sombrero” to battle the white hot Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a
pivotal game with serious AFC and NFC playoff implications.
“NFL Fever 2003”, which
features cover athlete and spokesperson Peyton Manning, is available in where
fine video games are sold exclusively for Xbox.
“NFL Fever 2003” is an
Officially Licensed Product of PLAYERS INC. The PLAYERS INC. logo is a
registered trademark of the NFL players. 2002 NFLP. Team names and logos are
trademarks of the teams indicated. All other (NFL-related marks) are trademarks
of the National Football League and NFL Properties. 2002 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved.
MONDAY
NIGHT AND PLAYOFF FEVER FAST FACTS
-
Correctly
predicted the exact Super Bowl XXXVI score (20-17 Patriots). -
Correctly
predicted 10 out of the last 11 Monday Night games this season. -
Correctly
predicted the winner of all five NFC Playoff games in 2002. -
Posted a
6-0 record last season when predicting games including the Rams. -
Came
within ten or fewer points of predicting the game’s exact final score eight
times -
Predicted
the winner of eight straight Monday Night football games last season and five
straight games twice this season.
2001-2002
MONDAY NIGHT AND PLAYOFF FEVER RESULTS
WEEK PREDICTION ACTUAL
SCORE RESULT
(Games within 10
points in Italics)
WEEK
1 Rams 28-0 Rams
35-0 W
WEEK 2 Redskins 7-3 Cowboys
9-7 L
WEEK 3 Eagles 21-14 Eagles
10-9 W
WEEK 4 Titans 27-21
Steelers 34-7 L
WEEK 5 Raiders 17-13 Raiders
38-28 W
WEEK
6 Ravens 12-6 Ravens
16-10 W
WEEK 7 Vikings 31-0 Vikings
28-16 W
WEEK
8 Bucs 20-17 Bucs
24-17 W
WEEK 9 Packers
17-8 Packers 28-21 W
WEEK
10 Dolphins 7-6 Dolphins
41-6 W
WEEK
11 Rams 14-11 Rams
34-21 W
WEEK 12 Titans 24-7 Titans
13-10 W
WEEK
13 Ravens 14-0 Bucs
22-10 L
WEEK
14 Vikings 12-7 Ravens
19-3 L
WILD
CARD Eagles 24-21 Eagles
31-9 W
WILD CARD Jets 20-17 Raiders
38-24 L
WILD
CARD Packers 34-28 Packers 25-15 W
WILD
CARD Ravens 13-10 Ravens
20-3 W
DIVISIONAL Eagles 27-24 Eagles
33-19 W
DIVISIONAL Raiders 28-13 Patriots
16-13 L
DIVISIONAL Ravens 17-14 Steelers
27-10 L
DIVISIONAL Rams 17-13 Rams
45-17 W
CHAMPIONSHIP Steelers 14-7 Patriots
24-17 L
CHAMPIONSHIP Rams 28-10 Rams
29-24 W
SUPER BOWL XXXVI Patriots 20-17 Patriots
20-17 W
2002-2003
NFL FEVER ON MONDAY NIGHT RESULTS
WEEK PREDICTION ACTUAL
SCORE RESULT
(Games within 10
points in Italics)
Week
1 Patriots 28-21 Patriots
30-14 W
Week 2 Redskins 21-17 Eagles
37-7 L
Week
3 Rams 38-21 Bucs
26-14 L
Week
4 Ravens 27-21 Ravens
34-23 W
Week
5 Packers 35-14 Packers
34-21 W
Week
6 49ers 20-13 49ers
28-21 W
Week
7 Steelers 45-24 Steelers
28-10 W
Week
8 Eagles 31-14 Eagles
17-3 W
Week
9 Dolphins 27-14 Packers
24-10 L
Week
10 Raiders 23-17 Raiders
34-10 W
Week
11 Rams 23-20 Rams
21-16 W
Week
12 Eagles 27-24 Eagles
38-17 W
Week
13 Raiders 31-24 Raiders
26-20 W
Week
14 Dolphins 39-27 Dolphins
27-9 W
Week
15 Patriots 14-10
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NFL Fever
on Monday Night – Season Two
Week 15 –
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans
1 2 3
4 F
NEW
ENGLAND PATRIOTS 0 7 0 7 14
TENNESSEE
TITANS 7 0 3 0 10
PLAYER OF
THE GAME
Kevin Faulk – New England Patriots
5 rushes for 14
yards and 5 receptions for 101 yards and 2 TD
GAME
BREAKDOWN
1st
QUARTER
TITANS:
Steve McNair 39-yard TD pass to Derrick Mason (Nedney kick) 7-0 TITANS
2nd
QUARTER
PATRIOTS:
Tom Brady 66-yard TD pass to Kevin Faulk (Vinatieri kick) 7-7 TIE
3rd
QUARTER
TITANS:
Joe Nedney 18-yard field goal 10-7 TITANS
4th
QUARTER
PATRIOTS:
Tom Brady 8-yard TD pass to Kevin Faulk (Vinatieri kick) 14-7 PATRIOTS
OTHER
NOTABLES
PATRIOTS:
Antowain Smith
left the game in the first quarter with a season ending knee injury
Tom Brady 18-29
for 235 yards and 2 TD’s and 1 INT passing
Donald Hayes 5
catches for 38 yards
Ted Johnson 7
tackles and 1 sack
TITANS
Steve McNair 14-25
for 152 yards and 1 TD passing
Eddie George 13
carries for 41 yards
Derrick Mason 4
catches for 81 yards and 1 TD
Jevon Kearse 2
sacks in his return from the injured list
GAME
STATS NE TEN
First
Downs 10 8
Total
Offense 231 183
Rushing
Offense 13 41
Passing
Offense 218 142
Turnovers 1 0
