Patriots fan who died after stadium fight didn't suffer traumatic injury, had 'medical issue'

A New England Patriots fan didn't suffer from "traumatic" injuries when he collapsed at a game and later died, officials said Wednesday, suggesting his death may not be linked to a fight at the stadium.

A New England Patriots fan didn't suffer from "traumatic" injuries when he collapsed at a game and later died, officials said Wednesday, suggesting his death may not be linked to a fight at the stadium.

Dale Mooney, a 53-year-old New Hampshire resident, fell unconscious in the fourth quarter of New England's "Sunday Night Football" game against the Miami Dolphins in the upper deck of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough and could not be revived, officials said.

He was punched by a Miami Dolphins fan and fell unconscious, witnesses said, but that blow might not have been the cause of Mooney's death.

"Preliminary autopsy results did not suggest traumatic injury, but did identify a medical issue," according to a statement Wednesday from the Norfolk District Attorney's Office. "Cause and manner of death remain undetermined pending further testing."

The DA's statement did not elaborate on the "medical issue" Mooney was enduring at the time of his death.