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1982 New England Patriots
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Record: 5-4-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 143 points (15.9/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 157 points (17.4/g), 7th.
Differential of -14 points (-1.6/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 4.0-5.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.7/g), 4th.
Coached by Ron Meyer (5-4-0)
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1982 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 12 | W | 1-0 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 13 | 15 | 330 | 103 | 227 | 1 | 22 | 352 | 221 | 131 | 4 |
| 2 | Sun | September 19 | L | 1-1 | New York Jets | 7 | 31 | 5 | 57 | -4 | 61 | 3 | 30 | 396 | 142 | 254 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | November 21 | L | 1-2 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 10 | 13 | 265 | 96 | 169 | 2 | 19 | 225 | 128 | 97 | |
| 4 | Sun | November 28 | W | 2-2 | Houston Oilers | 29 | 21 | 17 | 378 | 188 | 190 | 3 | 18 | 240 | 169 | 71 | 3 | |
| 5 | Sun | December 5 | L | 2-3 | @ | Chicago Bears | 13 | 26 | 15 | 249 | 203 | 46 | 4 | 23 | 342 | 176 | 166 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | December 12 | W | 3-3 | Miami Dolphins | 3 | 0 | 13 | 212 | 13 | 199 | 1 | 16 | 235 | 59 | 176 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | December 19 | W | 4-3 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 0 | 25 | 393 | 144 | 249 | 1 | 12 | 171 | 118 | 53 | 6 |
| 8 | Sun | December 26 | L | 4-4 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 37 | 14 | 331 | 283 | 48 | 1 | 28 | 494 | 282 | 212 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | January 2 | W | 5-4 | Buffalo Bills | 30 | 19 | 29 | 418 | 260 | 158 | 1 | 17 | 353 | 224 | 129 | 1 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sat | January 8 | L | 5-5 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 28 | ||||||||||
Team Stats and Rankings
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 143 | 2633 | 526 | 5.0 | 146 | 93 | 187 | 1286 | 12 | 9 | 6.4 | 63 | 324 | 1347 | 3 | 4.2 | 74 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| Team Defense | 157 | 2808 | 602 | 4.7 | 283 | 142 | 267 | 1519 | 9 | 12 | 5.3 | 88 | 315 | 1289 | 9 | 4.1 | 185 | 23 | 11 | 10 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 21 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 7 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 7 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Grogan | 29 | QB | 6 | 6 | 66 | 122 | 54.1 | 930 | 7 | 5.7 | 4 | 3.3 | 62 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 14.1 | 155.0 | 84.4 | 8 | 48 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 26 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 60 | 45.0 | 490 | 5 | 8.3 | 5 | 8.3 | 75 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 18.1 | 70.0 | 66.7 | 7 | 86 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 10.4 | |
| Tom Flick | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 9 | 93 | 187 | 49.7 | 1420 | 12 | 6.4 | 9 | 4.8 | 75 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 15.3 | 157.8 | 76.5 | 15 | 134 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Opp Total | 9 | 142 | 267 | 53.2 | 1519 | 9 | 3.4 | 12 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 10.7 | 168.8 | 62.6 | 20 | 172 | 5.3 | 3.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Tony Collins | 23 | RB | 9 | 9 | 164 | 632 | 1 | 54 | 3.9 | 70.2 | 18.2 | 19 | 187 | 9.8 | 2 | 33 | 2.1 | 20.8 | 819 | 3 | 5 |
| Mark van Eeghen | 30 | FB | 9 | 5 | 82 | 386 | 0 | 17 | 4.7 | 42.9 | 9.1 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 9 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 400 | 1 | 2 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 27 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 168 | 0 | 26 | 5.6 | 18.7 | 3.3 | 168 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Weathers | 22 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 83 | 1 | 18 | 3.5 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 22 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 107 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 32 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 29 | QB | 6 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 19 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 42 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 27 | WR | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 28 | 584 | 20.9 | 3 | 75 | 3.1 | 64.9 | 587 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ken Toler | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 2 | 33 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 67 | 2 | 0 | |
| Vagas Ferguson | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | 27 | TE | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 158 | 10.5 | 1 | 41 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 158 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lin Dawson | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 160 | 12.3 | 1 | 26 | 1.6 | 20.0 | 160 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Morris Bradshaw | 30 | WR | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 1 | 48 | 0.8 | 13.9 | 111 | 1 | 1 | |
| Preston Brown | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 1 | 41 | 0.4 | 12.7 | 114 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cedric Jones | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 9 | 324 | 1347 | 3 | 54 | 4.2 | 149.7 | 36.0 | 93 | 1420 | 15.3 | 12 | 75 | 10.3 | 157.8 | 2767 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Opp Total | 9 | 315 | 1289 | 9 | 4.1 | 143.2 | 35.0 | 142 | 1519 | 10.7 | 9 | 15.8 | 168.8 | 2808 | 18 | 19 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Ricky Smith | 22 | RET | 9 | 0 | 16 | 139 | 0 | 19 | 8.7 | 24 | 567 | 1 | 98 | 23.6 | 706 |
| Greg Taylor | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 27 | 23.0 | 46 | ||||||
| Paul Dombroski | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | ||||||
| Keith Lee | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 9 | 16 | 139 | 0 | 19 | 8.7 | 28 | 646 | 1 | 98 | 23.1 | 3552 | ||
| Opp Total | 9 | 26 | 0 | 32 | 614 | 0 | 19.2 | ||||||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Rich Camarillo | 23 | P | 9 | 0 | 49 | 2140 | 76 | 0 | 43.7 | ||||||
| John Smith | 33 | K | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 62.5% | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | |||||
| Dan Miller | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | ||||||
| Rex Robinson | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 61.5% | 17 | 15 | 88.2% | 49 | 2140 | 76 | 0 | 43.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 9 | 15 | 10 | 66.7% | 18 | 17 | 94.4% | 43 | 1707 | 39.7 | |||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Don Blackmon | 24 | ROLB | 9 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Tony Collins | 23 | RB | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roland James | 24 | SS | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ricky Smith | 22 | RET | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Haynes* | 29 | LCB | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Julius Adams | 34 | RDE | 9 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 29 | QB | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rick Sanford | 25 | FS | 9 | 9 | 2 | 105 | 1 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kenneth Sims | 23 | LDE | 9 | 9 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||
| Clayton Weishuhn | 23 | RILB | 9 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lester Williams | 23 | NT | 9 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Raymond Clayborn | 27 | RCB | 9 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 30 | FB | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry McGrew | 25 | LOLB | 8 | 8 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||
| Morris Bradshaw | 30 | WR | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Brock | 28 | C | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Matt Cavanaugh | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| George Crump | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Dombroski | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Luther Henson | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Marion | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Owens | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Andre Tippett | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Weathers | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Zamberlin | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 9 | 20.0 | 12 | 176 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Smith | 33 | K | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |||||||||
| Tony Collins | 23 | RB | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 27 | WR | 9 | 9 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ken Toler | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dan Miller | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rex Robinson | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Morris Bradshaw | 30 | WR | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Preston Brown | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lin Dawson | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 29 | QB | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | 27 | TE | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rick Sanford | 25 | FS | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Smith | 22 | RET | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 30 | FB | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Robert Weathers | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| George Crump | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 143 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 157 |