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1997 New England Patriots

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 369 points (23.1/g), 8th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 289 points (18.1/g), 8th.
 Differential of 80 points (5.0/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 4th.

Coached by Pete Carroll (10-6-0)

1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 box W 1-0 San Diego Chargers 41 7 22 424 340 84 14 227 142 85 3
2 Sun September 7 box W 2-0 @ Indianapolis Colts 31 6 15 382 260 122 19 255 214 41 1
3 Sun September 14 box W 3-0 New York Jets 27 24 23 375 162 213 3 22 355 225 130 3
4 Sun September 21 box W 4-0 Chicago Bears 31 3 23 402 315 87 3 9 199 120 79 3
5 Bye Week
6 Mon October 6 box L 4-1 @ Denver Broncos 13 34 13 262 211 51 2 25 380 188 192 2
7 Sun October 12 box W 5-1 Buffalo Bills 33 6 19 310 171 139 1 13 242 148 94 4
8 Sun October 19 box L 5-2 @ New York Jets 19 24 19 372 267 105 1 22 330 254 76
9 Mon October 27 box L 5-3 Green Bay Packers 10 28 18 324 255 69 4 27 371 227 144 1
10 Sun November 2 box L 5-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 18 23 21 410 293 117 1 18 288 222 66
11 Sun November 9 box W 6-4 @ Buffalo Bills 31 10 11 267 164 103 14 241 119 122 4
12 Sun November 16 box L 6-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 27 10 168 93 75 3 21 348 202 146 2
13 Sun November 23 box W 7-5 Miami Dolphins 27 24 15 318 234 84 33 406 370 36 3
14 Sun November 30 box W 8-5 Indianapolis Colts 20 17 17 258 187 71 23 403 285 118 1
15 Sun December 7 box W 9-5 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 26 20 16 282 227 55 23 341 234 107 2
16 Sat December 13 box L 9-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 21 24 15 253 211 42 2 22 404 266 138 2
17 Mon December 22 box W 10-6 @ Miami Dolphins 14 12 10 207 160 47 2 17 295 253 42 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 28 box W 11-6 Miami Dolphins 17 3
Division Sat January 3 box L 11-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 6 7

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 369 5014 960 5.2 267 321 532 3550 31 15 6.3 173 398 1464 6 3.7 71 22 7 23
Team Defense 289 5085 1100 4.6 530 368 619 3469 14 19 5.2 183 436 1616 16 3.7 322 32 13 25
Lg Rank Offense 8 15 26 15 7 2 14 7 28 26 28 22 7 2
Lg Rank Defense 8 19 26 30 23 4 7 7 10 5 22 7 6 13

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Drew Bledsoe* 25 QB 16 16 314 522 60.2 3706 28 5.4 15 2.9 76 7.1 6.3 11.8 231.6 87.7 30 258 6.2 5.5 5.4
Scott Zolak 30 4 0 6 9 66.7 67 2 22.2 0 0.0 20 7.4 9.7 11.2 16.8 128.2 0 0 7.4 9.7 0.0
Dave Meggett 31 RET 16 2 1 1 100.0 35 1 100.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 45.0 35.0 2.2 158.3 0 0 35.0 45.0 0.0
Team Total 26.3 16 321 532 60.3 3808 31 5.8 15 2.8 76 7.2 6.5 11.9 238.0 89.9 30 258 6.3 5.7 5.3
Opp Total 16 368 619 59.5 3469 14 2.3 19 3.1 5.6 4.4 9.4 216.8 69.7 45 303 5.2 3.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Curtis Martin 24 RB 13 13 274 1160 4 70 4.2 89.2 21.1 41 296 7.2 1 22 3.2 22.8 1456 5 3
Marrio Grier 26 16 0 33 75 1 12 2.3 4.7 2.1 75 1 0
Drew Bledsoe* 25 QB 16 16 28 55 0 8 2.0 3.4 1.8 55 0 4
Derrick Cullors 25 15 1 22 101 0 24 4.6 6.7 1.5 2 8 4.0 0 6 0.1 0.5 109 0 3
Dave Meggett 31 RET 16 2 20 60 1 10 3.0 3.8 1.3 19 203 10.7 1 49 1.2 12.7 263 2 2
Keith Byars 34 FB 16 8 11 24 0 5 2.2 1.5 0.7 20 189 9.5 3 51 1.3 11.8 213 3 1
Sam Gash 28 fb 16 5 6 10 0 4 1.7 0.6 0.4 22 154 7.0 3 19 1.4 9.6 164 3 0
Scott Zolak 30 4 0 3 -3 0 -1 -1.0 -0.8 0.8 -3 0 0
Troy Brown 26 wr 16 6 1 -18 0 -18 -18.0 -1.1 0.1 41 607 14.8 6 67 2.6 37.9 589 6 0
Ben Coates* 28 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 66 737 11.2 8 35 4.1 46.1 737 8 0
Shawn Jefferson 28 WR 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 841 15.6 2 76 3.4 52.6 841 2 2
Terry Glenn 23 WR 9 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 431 16.0 2 50 3.0 47.9 431 2 1
Vincent Brisby 26 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 276 12.0 2 31 1.4 17.3 276 2 0
Lovett Purnell 25 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 57 11.4 3 20 0.3 3.6 57 3 0
Dietrich Jells 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.8 9 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 398 1464 6 70 3.7 91.5 24.9 321 3808 11.9 31 76 20.1 238.0 5272 37 17
Opp Total 16 436 1616 16 3.7 101.0 27.3 368 3469 9.4 14 23.0 216.8 5085 30 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Dave Meggett 31 RET 16 2 45 467 0 47 10.4 33 816 0 61 24.7 1546
Derrick Cullors 25 15 1 15 386 1 86 25.7 495
Chris Canty 21 16 1 4 115 0 63 28.8 115
Ben Coates* 28 TE 16 16 1 20 0 20 20.0 757
Team Total 26.3 16 45 467 0 47 10.4 53 1337 1 86 25.2 7076
Opp Total 16 38 0 75 1651 1 22.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Tom Tupa 31 P 16 0 78 3569 73 1 45.8
Adam Vinatieri 25 K 16 0 11 11 9 7 8 6 1 1 29 25 86.2% 40 40 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 16 11 11 9 7 8 6 1 1 29 25 86.2% 40 40 100.0% 78 3569 73 1 45.8
Opp Total 16 29 20 69.0% 29 29 100.0% 74 3286 44.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Chris Slade* 26 LLB 16 16 9.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 62 26
Willie Clay 27 FS 16 16 6 109 1 53 1 0 2 0 0 68 27
Henry Thomas 32 RDT 16 16 7.0 2 0 1 0 0 44 25
Drew Bledsoe* 25 QB 16 16 4 3 -4 0
Tedy Bruschi 24 16 1 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 25 5
Ty Law 23 LCB 16 16 0.5 3 70 0 40 0 1 1 0 0 69 8
Mike D. Jones 28 lde 16 7 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 70 19
Willie McGinest 26 RDE 11 11 2.0 0 0 3 0 0 25 10
Lawyer Milloy 24 SS 16 16 3 15 0 15 2 0 2 0 0 82 30
Chris Canty 21 16 1 2.0 1 0 2 9 0 24 2
Ted Johnson 25 MLB 16 16 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 95 32
Mark Wheeler 27 LDT 14 14 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 26 10
Larry Whigham* 25 16 0 2.0 2 60 1 60 1 0 0 0 0 15 4
Derrick Cullors 25 15 1 3 0 0 0
Curtis Martin 24 RB 13 13 3 0 0 0
Dave Meggett 31 RET 16 2 2 1 0 0
Ferric Collons 28 lde 5 5 1.0 0 0 1 5 0 11 4
Jimmy Hitchcock 27 RCB 15 15 2 104 1 100 1 0 0 0 0 65 18
Shawn Jefferson 28 WR 16 14 2 0 0 0
Marty Moore 26 16 0 2 7 0 7 6 2
Todd F. Collins 27 RLB 15 15 1.5 2 0 0 0 0 64 35
Keith Byars 34 FB 16 8 1 0 0 0
Vernon Crawford 23 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chad Eaton 25 16 1 1.0 13 8
Terry Glenn 23 WR 9 9 1 0 0 0
Steve Israel 28 5 0 1.0
Max Lane 26 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Michael McGruder 33 3 0 1.0 4 0
Lovett Purnell 25 16 2 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 44.0 19 366 4 100 16 17 22 10 0 792 279
Opp Total 16 30 29 16

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Adam Vinatieri 25 K 16 0 40 25 115
Ben Coates* 28 TE 16 16 8 48
Troy Brown 26 wr 16 6 6 36
Curtis Martin 24 RB 13 13 4 1 30
Keith Byars 34 FB 16 8 3 18
Sam Gash 28 fb 16 5 3 18
Lovett Purnell 25 16 2 3 18
Vincent Brisby 26 16 4 2 12
Terry Glenn 23 WR 9 9 2 12
Shawn Jefferson 28 WR 16 14 2 12
Dave Meggett 31 RET 16 2 1 1 12
Willie Clay 27 FS 16 16 1 6
Derrick Cullors 25 15 1 1 6
Marrio Grier 26 16 0 1 6
Jimmy Hitchcock 27 RCB 15 15 1 6
Chris Slade* 26 LLB 16 16 1 6
Larry Whigham* 25 16 0 1 6
Team Total 26.3 16 6 31 1 4 40 25 367
Opp Total 16 16 14 1 1 29 20 289