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1988 New England Patriots

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 250 points (15.6/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 284 points (17.8/g), 5th.
 Differential of -34 points (-2.1/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-9.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 19th.

Coached by Raymond Berry (9-7-0)

1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 4 box W 1-0 New York Jets 28 3 20 343 249 94 2 16 179 92 87 2
2 Sun September 11 box L 1-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 6 36 12 214 111 103 5 24 415 265 150 2
3 Sun September 18 box L 1-2 Buffalo Bills 14 16 14 264 159 105 3 18 254 149 105 2
4 Sun September 25 box L 1-3 @ Houston Oilers 6 31 13 184 133 51 6 17 328 156 172 3
5 Sun October 2 box W 2-3 Indianapolis Colts 21 17 19 298 193 105 2 15 267 164 103 1
6 Sun October 9 box L 2-4 @ Green Bay Packers 3 45 14 267 191 76 5 23 399 192 207
7 Sun October 16 box W 3-4 Cincinnati Bengals 27 21 22 311 153 158 23 365 225 140 6
8 Sun October 23 box L 3-5 @ Buffalo Bills 20 23 20 223 47 176 18 339 149 190 4
9 Sun October 30 box W 4-5 Chicago Bears 30 7 19 350 165 185 1 11 208 74 134 3
10 Sun November 6 box W 5-5 Miami Dolphins 21 10 18 277 74 203 1 23 437 359 78 2
11 Sun November 13 box W 6-5 @ New York Jets 14 13 13 255 78 177 3 17 298 109 189 3
12 Sun November 20 box W 7-5 @ Miami Dolphins 6 3 17 236 66 170 15 293 169 124
13 Sun November 27 box L 7-6 @ Indianapolis Colts 21 24 18 285 180 105 3 16 241 160 81 2
14 Sun December 4 box W 8-6 Seattle Seahawks 13 7 16 212 41 171 3 2 65 45 20 1
15 Sun December 11 box W 9-6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 7 11 223 147 76 2 14 262 131 131 2
16 Sat December 17 box L 9-7 @ Denver Broncos 10 21 18 351 186 165 2 20 331 143 188 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 250 4293 1000 4.3 264 199 389 2173 12 28 5.3 112 588 2120 17 3.6 126 38 10 26
Team Defense 284 4681 961 4.9 272 234 436 2582 13 20 5.6 138 496 2099 20 4.2 119 35 15 15
Lg Rank Offense 24 27 25 28 27 27 27 24 1 9 8 21 23 3
Lg Rank Defense 5 5 3 2 3 4 12 9 16 19 22 23 12 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
2 Doug Flutie 26 QB 11 9 6-3-0 92 179 51.4 1150 8 4.5 10 5.6 80 6.4 4.8 12.5 104.5 63.3 11 65 5.7 4.2 5.8
14 Steve Grogan 35 6 4 1-3-0 67 140 47.9 834 4 2.9 13 9.3 41 6.0 2.4 12.4 139.0 37.6 8 77 5.1 1.7 5.4
11 Tony Eason 29 2 2 1-1-0 28 43 65.1 249 0 0.0 2 4.7 26 5.8 3.7 8.9 124.5 61.1 2 12 5.3 3.3 4.4
12 Tom Ramsey 27 7 1 1-0-0 12 27 44.4 100 0 0.0 3 11.1 23 3.7 -1.3 8.3 14.3 15.0 2 6 3.2 -1.4 6.9
Team Total 26.7 16 9-7-0 199 389 51.2 2333 12 3.1 28 7.2 80 6.0 3.4 11.7 145.8 50.0 23 160 5.3 2.8 5.6
Opp Total 16 234 436 53.7 2801 13 3.0 20 4.6 6.4 5.0 12.0 175.1 64.4 29 219 5.6 4.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
44 John Stephens* 22 RB 16 14 297 1168 4 52 3.9 73.0 18.6 14 98 7.0 0 17 0.9 6.1 1266 4 3
34 Bob Perryman 24 FB 16 16 146 448 6 16 3.1 28.0 9.1 17 134 7.9 0 18 1.1 8.4 582 6 4
21 Reggie Dupard 25 16 2 52 151 2 15 2.9 9.4 3.3 34 232 6.8 0 15 2.1 14.5 383 2 1
2 Doug Flutie 26 QB 11 9 38 179 1 16 4.7 16.3 3.5 179 1 3
30 Mosi Tatupu 33 16 0 22 75 2 22 3.4 4.7 1.4 8 58 7.3 0 17 0.5 3.6 133 2 0
39 Marvin Allen 23 11 0 7 40 0 12 5.7 3.6 0.6 40 0 0
80 Irving Fryar 26 WR 15 14 6 12 0 6 2.0 0.8 0.4 33 490 14.8 5 80 2.2 32.7 502 5 2
14 Steve Grogan 35 6 4 6 12 1 6 2.0 2.0 1.0 12 1 2
11 Tony Eason 29 2 2 5 18 0 10 3.6 9.0 2.5 18 0 0
32 Craig James 27 6 0 4 15 1 8 3.8 2.5 0.7 14 171 12.2 0 32 2.3 28.5 186 1 0
12 Tom Ramsey 27 7 1 3 8 0 9 2.7 1.1 0.4 8 0 0
86 Stanley Morgan 33 WR 16 14 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.4 0.1 31 502 16.2 4 32 1.9 31.4 496 4 1
6 Jeff Feagles 22 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
83 Cedric Jones 28 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 313 14.2 1 41 1.4 19.6 313 1 1
81 Russ Francis 35 TE 12 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 161 14.6 0 51 0.9 13.4 161 0 0
87 Lin Dawson 29 te 6 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 106 13.3 2 38 1.3 17.7 106 2 0
82 Sammy Martin 23 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 51 12.8 0 21 0.3 3.2 51 0 0
62 Sean Farrell 28 LG 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 4 0 0
85 Steve Johnson 23 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 5 0 0
88 Willie Scott 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.3 2.7 8 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 588 2120 17 52 3.6 132.5 36.8 199 2333 11.7 12 80 12.4 145.8 4453 29 19
Opp Total 16 496 2099 20 4.2 131.2 31.0 234 2582 11.0 13 14.6 161.4 4681 33 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
80 Irving Fryar 26 WR 15 14 38 398 0 30 10.5 1 3 0 3 3.0 903
82 Sammy Martin 23 RET 16 0 31 735 1 95 23.7 786
39 Marvin Allen 23 11 0 18 391 0 30 21.7 431
40 Elgin Davis 23 5 0 6 106 0 24 17.7 106
30 Mosi Tatupu 33 16 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 146
Team Total 26.7 16 38 398 0 30 10.5 57 1248 1 95 21.9 6099
Opp Total 16 37 0 45 888 0 19.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
6 Jeff Feagles 22 P 16 0 91 3482 74 0 38.3
7 Teddy Garcia 24 K 16 0 3 2 3 1 5 2 2 1 13 6 46.2% 16 11 68.8%
4 Jason Staurovsky 25 8 0 4 3 5 4 2 11 7 63.6% 15 14 93.3%
Team Total 26.7 16 7 5 8 5 7 2 2 1 24 13 54.2% 31 25 80.6% 91 3482 74 0 38.3
Opp Total 16 26 17 65.4% 33 33 100.0% 86 3629 42.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
96 Brent Williams 24 LDE 16 16 8.0 0 0 1 0 0 58
72 Tim Goad 22 NT 16 14 2.0 42
59 Vincent Brown 23 16 3 35
52 Johnny Rembert* 27 RILB 16 15 3.0 2 10 0 6 0 3 10 0
56 Andre Tippett* 29 LOLB 12 11 7.0
31 Fred Marion 29 FS 16 16 4 47 0 22 0 2 16 0
44 John Stephens* 22 RB 16 14 3 3 4 1
38 Roland James 30 SS 15 15 4 30 0 22 0 1 0 0
93 Tim Jordan 24 lolb 16 6 3.0 1 31 0 31 0 1 0 0
26 Raymond Clayborn 33 RCB 16 16 4 65 0 31
34 Bob Perryman 24 FB 16 16 4 0 0 0
2 Doug Flutie 26 QB 11 9 3 0 0 0
14 Steve Grogan 35 6 4 2 1 0 0
50 Larry McGrew 31 ROLB 16 15 2.0 1 6 0 6
60 Garin Veris 25 RDE 11 9 2.0 0 1 0 0
39 Marvin Allen 23 11 0 0 2 0 0
28 Jim Bowman 25 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 Reggie Dupard 25 16 2 1 1 0 0
80 Irving Fryar 26 WR 15 14 2 0 0 0
97 Milford Hodge 27 rde 15 7 1.0 0 1 2 0
42 Ronnie Lippett 28 LCB 15 15 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 0
23 Rod McSwain 26 16 1 2 51 0 42
86 Stanley Morgan 33 WR 16 14 1 1 0 0
40 Elgin Davis 23 5 0 1 0 0 0
11 Tony Eason 29 2 2 0 1 2 0
6 Jeff Feagles 22 P 16 0 0 1 0 0
41 Darryl Holmes 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
83 Cedric Jones 28 16 2 1 0 0 0
77 Kenneth Sims 29 1 1 0 1 0 0
73 Danny Villa 24 LT 16 14 1 0 -39 0
Team Total 26.7 16 28.0 20 244 0 42 0 19 24 -5 1 135
Opp Total 16 23 29 14 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
34 Bob Perryman 24 FB 16 16 6 6 36
4 Jason Staurovsky 25 8 0 14 7 35
80 Irving Fryar 26 WR 15 14 5 5 30
44 John Stephens* 22 RB 16 14 4 1 5 30
7 Teddy Garcia 24 K 16 0 11 6 29
86 Stanley Morgan 33 WR 16 14 4 4 24
87 Lin Dawson 29 te 6 6 2 2 12
21 Reggie Dupard 25 16 2 2 2 12
30 Mosi Tatupu 33 16 0 2 2 12
2 Doug Flutie 26 QB 11 9 1 1 6
14 Steve Grogan 35 6 4 1 1 6
32 Craig James 27 6 0 1 1 6
83 Cedric Jones 28 16 2 1 1 6
82 Sammy Martin 23 RET 16 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.7 16 17 12 1 1 31 25 13 250
Opp Total 16 20 13 33 17 1 284