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1987 New England Patriots
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Record: 8-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 320 points (21.3/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 293 points (19.5/g), 9th.
Differential of 27 points (1.8/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 8.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 4th.
Coached by Raymond Berry (8-7-0)
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1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Steve Grogan | 34 | 12 | 6 | 93 for 161, 1,183 yards, 10 td, 9 int, & 20 rushes for 37 yards and 2 td | New England Patriots / 5th / 116th pick / 1975 |
| RB | Tony Collins | 28 | 6 | 11 | 147 rushes for 474 yards, 3 td, & 44 catches for 347 yards and 3 td | New England Patriots / 2nd / 47th pick / 1981 |
| FB | Mosi Tatupu | 32 | 9 | 9 | 79 rushes for 248 yards, 0 td, & 15 catches for 136 yards and 0 td | New England Patriots / 8th / 215th pick / 1978 |
| WR | Irving Fryar | 25 | 3 | 12 | 31 catches for 467 yards, 5 td, & 9 rushes for 52 yards and 0 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 |
| WR | Stanley Morgan* | 32 | 10 | 9 | 40 catches for 672 yards, 3 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 25th pick / 1977 |
| TE | Lin Dawson | 28 | 6 | 11 | 12 catches for 81 yards, 0 td | New England Patriots / 8th / 212th pick / 1981 |
| LT | Danny Villa | 23 | Rook | 7 | New England Patriots / 5th / 113th pick / 1987 |
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| LG | Sean Farrell | 27 | 5 | 14 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 17th pick / 1982 |
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| C | Guy Morriss | 36 | 14 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 28th pick / 1973 |
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| RG | Ron Wooten | 28 | 5 | 13 | New England Patriots / 6th / 157th pick / 1981 |
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| RT | Bruce Armstrong | 22 | Rook | 12 | New England Patriots / 1st / 23rd pick / 1987 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Kenneth Sims | 28 | 5 | 8 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1982 |
| LDE | Brent Williams | 23 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 7th / 192nd pick / 1986 |
| NT | Toby Williams | 28 | 4 | 12 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 10th / 265th pick / 1983 |
| RDE | Garin Veris | 24 | 2 | 12 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 48th pick / 1985 |
| LOLB | Andre Tippett*+ | 28 | 5 | 13 | 12.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 41st pick / 1982 |
| LILB | Steve Nelson | 36 | 13 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 34th pick / 1974 |
| RILB | Larry McGrew | 30 | 7 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 45th pick / 1980 |
| ROLB | Ed Williams | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1984 |
| LCB | Ronnie Lippett | 27 | 4 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 8th / 214th pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Raymond Clayborn | 32 | 10 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1977 |
| RCB | Ernest Gibson | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 6th / 151st pick / 1984 |
| SS | Jim Bowman | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1985 |
| FS | Fred Marion | 28 | 5 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 5th / 112th pick / 1982 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tony Franklin | 31 | 8 | 0 | 15 of 26 field goals & 37 of 38 extra points | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 74th pick / 1979 |
| P | Rich Camarillo | 28 | 6 | 0 | 62 punts for a 40.1 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Irving Fryar | 25 | 3 | 12 | 18 punt returns for a 9.7 average and 0 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 |
| KR | Stephen Starring | 26 | 4 | 1 | 23 kick returns for a 19.3 average and 0 td | New England Patriots / 3rd / 74th pick / 1983 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Julius Adams | 39 | DE-DT | 10 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 4/26/1948 | 16 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 27th pick / 1971 |
| Rogers Alexander | 23 | LB | 3 | 2 | 222 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/11/1964 | 1 | New York Jets / 4th / 105th pick / 1986 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 22 | T-G | 12 | 12 | 295 | 6-4 | Louisville | 9/7/1965 | Rook | New England Patriots / 1st / 23rd pick / 1987 |
| Ricky Atkinson | 22 | DB | 1 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Southern Connecticut State | 8/28/1965 | Rook | |
| Greg Baty | 23 | TE | 5 | 0 | 241 | 6-5 | Stanford | 8/28/1964 | 1 | New England Patriots / 8th / 220th pick / 1986 |
| Frank Bianchini | 26 | RB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-8 | Hofstra | 5/27/1961 | Rook | |
| Mel Black | 25 | LB | 3 | 2 | 228 | 6-2 | Eastern Illinois | 2/2/1962 | 1 | |
| Don Blackmon | 29 | LB | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 3/14/1958 | 6 | New England Patriots / 4th / 102nd pick / 1981 |
| Bob Bleier | 23 | QB | 3 | 2 | 210 | 6-3 | Richmond | 6/1/1964 | Rook | |
| Jim Bowman | 24 | DB | 12 | 8 | 210 | 6-2 | Central Michigan | 10/26/1963 | 2 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1985 |
| Pete Brock | 33 | C-T-G | 4 | 3 | 267 | 6-5 | Colorado | 7/14/1954 | 11 | New England Patriots / 1st / 12th pick / 1976 |
| Rich Camarillo | 28 | P | 12 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Washington | 11/29/1959 | 6 | |
| Brian Carey | 24 | WR | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | American International College | 11/6/1963 | Rook | |
| Raymond Clayborn | 32 | DB | 10 | 10 | 186 | 6-0 | Texas | 1/2/1955 | 10 | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1977 |
| Duffy Cobbs | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Penn State | 1/17/1964 | Rook | |
| Wayne Coffey | 23 | WR | 3 | 2 | 158 | 5-7 | Texas State | 5/30/1964 | Rook | |
| Tony Collins | 28 | RB | 13 | 11 | 208 | 5-11 | East Carolina | 5/27/1959 | 6 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 47th pick / 1981 |
| George Colton | 24 | G | 3 | 3 | 279 | 6-4 | Maryland | 7/28/1963 | Rook | New England Patriots / 9th / 248th pick / 1986 |
| Rico Corsetti | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Bates | 1/13/1963 | Rook | |
| Elgin Davis | 22 | RB | 4 | 0 | 192 | 5-10 | Central Florida | 10/23/1965 | Rook | New England Patriots / 12th / 330th pick / 1987 |
| Lin Dawson | 28 | TE | 12 | 11 | 240 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 6/24/1959 | 6 | New England Patriots / 8th / 212th pick / 1981 |
| Steve Doig | 27 | LB | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | New Hampshire | 3/28/1960 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 69th pick / 1982 |
| Reggie Dupard | 24 | RB | 8 | 3 | 206 | 5-11 | SMU | 10/30/1963 | 1 | New England Patriots / 1st / 26th pick / 1986 |
| Tony Eason | 28 | QB | 4 | 3 | 212 | 6-4 | Illinois | 10/8/1959 | 4 | New England Patriots / 1st / 15th pick / 1983 |
| Paul Fairchild | 26 | G-C | 11 | 2 | 270 | 6-4 | Kansas | 9/14/1961 | 3 | New England Patriots / 5th / 124th pick / 1984 |
| Sean Farrell | 27 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-3 | Penn State | 5/25/1960 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 17th pick / 1982 |
| Doug Flutie | 25 | QB | 1 | 1 | 180 | 5-10 | Boston College | 10/23/1962 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 285th pick / 1985 |
| Todd Frain | 25 | TE | 3 | 2 | 240 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 1/31/1962 | 1 | |
| Russ Francis | 34 | TE | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-6 | Oregon | 4/3/1953 | 12 | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1975 |
| Arnold Franklin | 24 | TE | 3 | 0 | 246 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 12/16/1963 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 11th / 303rd pick / 1986 |
| Tony Franklin | 31 | K | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-8 | Texas A&M | 11/18/1956 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 74th pick / 1979 |
| Irving Fryar | 25 | WR | 12 | 12 | 200 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 9/28/1962 | 3 | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 |
| Dennis Gadbois | 24 | WR | 3 | 1 | 183 | 6-1 | Boston University | 9/18/1963 | Rook | |
| Ernest Gibson | 26 | DB | 12 | 5 | 189 | 5-10 | Furman | 10/3/1961 | 3 | New England Patriots / 6th / 151st pick / 1984 |
| Steve Grogan | 34 | QB | 7 | 6 | 210 | 6-4 | Kansas State | 7/24/1953 | 12 | New England Patriots / 5th / 116th pick / 1975 |
| John Guzik | 25 | NT-DE | 3 | 2 | 270 | 6-4 | Ohio | 9/25/1962 | Rook | |
| Bruce Hansen | 26 | RB | 6 | 2 | 225 | 6-1 | BYU | 9/18/1961 | Rook | |
| David Hendley | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Southern Connecticut State | 6/29/1964 | Rook | |
| Al Herline | 23 | K-P | 3 | 0 | 168 | 6-0 | Vanderbilt | 9/16/1964 | Rook | |
| Milford Hodge | 26 | DE-NT | 12 | 0 | 278 | 6-3 | Washington State | 3/11/1961 | 1 | New England Patriots / 8th / 224th pick / 1985 |
| Darryl Holmes | 23 | DB | 15 | 3 | 190 | 6-2 | Fort Valley State | 9/6/1964 | Rook | |
| Craig James | 26 | RB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | SMU | 1/2/1961 | 3 | New England Patriots / 7th / 187th pick / 1983 |
| Roland James | 29 | DB | 9 | 4 | 191 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 2/18/1958 | 7 | New England Patriots / 1st / 14th pick / 1980 |
| Cedric Jones | 27 | WR | 12 | 4 | 184 | 6-1 | Duke | 6/1/1960 | 5 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 56th pick / 1982 |
| Tim Jordan | 23 | LB | 5 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 4/26/1964 | Rook | New England Patriots / 4th / 107th pick / 1987 |
| Michael LeBlanc | 25 | RB | 4 | 2 | 199 | 5-11 | Stephen F. Austin | 5/5/1962 | Rook | |
| Larry Linne | 25 | WR | 3 | 3 | 185 | 6-1 | Texas,Texas-El Paso | 7/20/1962 | Rook | |
| Ronnie Lippett | 27 | DB | 12 | 12 | 180 | 5-11 | Miami (FL) | 12/10/1960 | 4 | New England Patriots / 8th / 214th pick / 1983 |
| Dino Mangiero | 29 | NT-DE | 2 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Rutgers | 12/19/1958 | 7 | |
| Fred Marion | 28 | DB | 12 | 12 | 192 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/2/1959 | 5 | New England Patriots / 5th / 112th pick / 1982 |
| Trevor Matich | 26 | C-G-T | 6 | 4 | 277 | 6-4 | BYU | 10/9/1961 | 2 | New England Patriots / 1st / 28th pick / 1985 |
| Jerry McCabe | 22 | LB | 3 | 3 | 225 | 6-1 | Holy Cross | 1/25/1965 | Rook | |
| Larry McGrew | 30 | LB | 12 | 12 | 233 | 6-5 | USC | 7/23/1957 | 7 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 45th pick / 1980 |
| Joe McHale | 24 | LB | 3 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Delaware | 9/26/1963 | Rook | |
| Chuck McSwain | 26 | RB | 3 | 1 | 193 | 6-0 | Clemson | 2/21/1961 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 135th pick / 1983 |
| Rod McSwain | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Clemson | 1/28/1962 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1984 |
| Greg Moore | 22 | LB | 3 | 3 | 240 | 6-1 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 3/28/1965 | Rook | |
| Steve Moore | 27 | T | 5 | 4 | 293 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 10/1/1960 | 4 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 80th pick / 1983 |
| Stanley Morgan* | 32 | WR | 10 | 9 | 181 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 2/17/1955 | 10 | New England Patriots / 1st / 25th pick / 1977 |
| Guy Morriss | 36 | C | 11 | 7 | 255 | 6-4 | TCU | 5/13/1951 | 14 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 28th pick / 1973 |
| Steve Nelson | 36 | LB | 11 | 11 | 230 | 6-2 | Augsburg,North Dakota State | 4/26/1951 | 13 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 34th pick / 1974 |
| Bob Perryman | 23 | RB | 9 | 1 | 233 | 6-1 | Michigan | 10/16/1964 | Rook | New England Patriots / 3rd / 79th pick / 1987 |
| Joe Peterson | 23 | DB | 3 | 3 | 185 | 5-10 | Nevada-Reno | 8/15/1964 | Rook | |
| Clay Pickering | 26 | WR | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Maine | 6/2/1961 | 3 | |
| Art Plunkett | 28 | T | 7 | 1 | 269 | 6-7 | UNLV | 3/8/1959 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 216th pick / 1981 |
| Tom Porell | 23 | NT | 1 | 1 | 275 | 6-3 | Boston College | 9/23/1964 | Rook | |
| Gene Profit | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 168 | 5-10 | Yale | 11/11/1964 | 1 | |
| Tom Ramsey | 26 | QB | 9 | 3 | 189 | 6-1 | UCLA | 7/9/1961 | 1 | New England Patriots / 10th / 267th pick / 1983 |
| Ben Reed | 24 | DE | 3 | 3 | 265 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 5/7/1963 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 250th pick / 1986 |
| Johnny Rembert | 26 | LB | 11 | 1 | 234 | 6-3 | Clemson | 1/19/1961 | 4 | New England Patriots / 4th / 101st pick / 1983 |
| Ed Reynolds | 26 | LB | 12 | 1 | 238 | 6-5 | Virginia | 9/23/1961 | 4 | |
| Greg L. Robinson | 25 | T | 3 | 3 | 280 | 6-5 | Nevada-Reno,Sacramento State | 12/25/1962 | 1 | New England Patriots / 5th / 137th pick / 1986 |
| Mike Ruth | 23 | NT | 1 | 0 | 266 | 6-2 | Boston College | 6/25/1964 | 1 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1986 |
| Frank Sacco | 23 | LB | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Fordham | 4/8/1964 | Rook | |
| Todd Sandham | 24 | G | 2 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Northeastern | 12/3/1963 | Rook | |
| Jon Sawyer | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Cincinnati | 4/6/1964 | Rook | |
| Eric Schubert | 25 | K | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-8 | Pittsburgh | 5/28/1962 | 2 | |
| Willie Scott | 28 | TE | 9 | 1 | 245 | 6-4 | South Carolina | 2/13/1959 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 14th pick / 1981 |
| Randy Sealby | 27 | LB | 2 | 1 | 230 | 6-2 | Missouri | 5/16/1960 | Rook | |
| Ron Shegog | 24 | DB | 3 | 3 | 190 | 5-11 | Austin Peay State | 3/2/1963 | Rook | |
| Kenneth Sims | 28 | DE | 12 | 8 | 272 | 6-5 | Texas | 10/31/1959 | 5 | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1982 |
| Stephen Starring | 26 | WR | 11 | 1 | 172 | 5-10 | McNeese State | 7/30/1961 | 4 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 74th pick / 1983 |
| Eric Stokes | 25 | C-G | 1 | 1 | 255 | 6-4 | Northeastern | 1/13/1962 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 148th pick / 1985 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 32 | RB | 12 | 9 | 227 | 6-0 | USC | 4/26/1955 | 9 | New England Patriots / 8th / 215th pick / 1978 |
| Andre Tippett*+ | 28 | LB | 13 | 13 | 240 | 6-3 | Iowa | 12/27/1959 | 5 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 41st pick / 1982 |
| Bill Turner | 27 | G | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Boston College | 3/5/1960 | Rook | |
| Darren Twombly | 22 | C | 1 | 1 | 270 | 6-4 | Boston College | 5/14/1965 | Rook | |
| Garin Veris | 24 | DE | 12 | 12 | 255 | 6-4 | Stanford | 2/27/1963 | 2 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 48th pick / 1985 |
| Danny Villa | 23 | T-C-G | 11 | 7 | 304 | 6-5 | Arizona State | 9/21/1964 | Rook | New England Patriots / 5th / 113th pick / 1987 |
| Todd Whitten | 22 | QB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Stephen F. Austin | 2/16/1965 | Rook | |
| Murray Wichard | 24 | NT-DE | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Frostburg State | 11/16/1963 | Rook | |
| Steve Wilburn | 26 | DE | 3 | 3 | 266 | 6-4 | Illinois State | 2/25/1961 | Rook | |
| Brent Williams | 23 | DE | 12 | 5 | 283 | 6-4 | Toledo | 10/23/1964 | 1 | New England Patriots / 7th / 192nd pick / 1986 |
| Derwin Williams | 26 | WR | 10 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | New Mexico | 5/6/1961 | 2 | New England Patriots / 7th / 192nd pick / 1984 |
| Ed Williams | 26 | LB | 12 | 7 | 244 | 6-4 | Texas | 9/8/1961 | 3 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1984 |
| Perry M. Williams | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Clemson | 4/12/1964 | Rook | |
| Toby Williams | 28 | NT-DE-DT | 12 | 12 | 264 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/19/1959 | 4 | New England Patriots / 10th / 265th pick / 1983 |
| Carl Woods | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Vanderbilt | 10/22/1964 | Rook | |
| Ron Wooten | 28 | G | 13 | 13 | 274 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 6/28/1959 | 5 | New England Patriots / 6th / 157th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 15 | 225.4 | 6-1.7 | 2.8 |