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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 379 points (23.7/g), 10th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 338 points (21.1/g), 17th.
Differential of 41 points (2.6/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 9.1-6.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 20th.
Coached by Bill Belichick (10-6-0)
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2005 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Thu | September 8 | W | 1-0 | Oakland Raiders | 30 | 20 | 22 | 379 | 306 | 73 | 19 | 338 | 246 | 92 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 18 | L | 1-1 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 17 | 27 | 14 | 288 | 249 | 39 | 3 | 17 | 250 | 146 | 104 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 25 | W | 2-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23 | 20 | 24 | 426 | 346 | 80 | 3 | 14 | 269 | 190 | 79 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | October 2 | L | 2-2 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 41 | 18 | 303 | 231 | 72 | 2 | 26 | 431 | 248 | 183 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 9 | W | 3-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 31 | 28 | 20 | 483 | 342 | 141 | 1 | 22 | 400 | 284 | 116 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 16 | L | 3-3 | @ | Denver Broncos | 20 | 28 | 22 | 388 | 299 | 89 | 20 | 432 | 254 | 178 | ||
| 7 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 30 | W | 4-3 | Buffalo Bills | 21 | 16 | 18 | 273 | 180 | 93 | 2 | 24 | 394 | 247 | 147 | 2 | |
| 9 | Mon | November 7 | L | 4-4 | Indianapolis Colts | 21 | 40 | 17 | 288 | 254 | 34 | 2 | 28 | 453 | 321 | 132 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 13 | W | 5-4 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 23 | 16 | 19 | 365 | 274 | 91 | 2 | 22 | 437 | 360 | 77 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 20 | W | 6-4 | New Orleans Saints | 24 | 17 | 20 | 326 | 194 | 132 | 1 | 23 | 425 | 338 | 87 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 27 | L | 6-5 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 26 | 20 | 306 | 232 | 74 | 4 | 24 | 420 | 308 | 112 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | December 4 | W | 7-5 | New York Jets | 16 | 3 | 24 | 397 | 251 | 146 | 12 | 164 | 123 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 11 | W | 8-5 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 35 | 7 | 32 | 494 | 335 | 159 | 2 | 8 | 183 | 169 | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | Sat | December 17 | W | 9-5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 28 | 0 | 22 | 336 | 253 | 83 | 12 | 138 | 108 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Mon | December 26 | W | 10-5 | @ | New York Jets | 31 | 21 | 26 | 321 | 170 | 151 | 1 | 10 | 171 | 131 | 40 | 3 |
| 17 | Sun | January 1 | L | 10-6 | Miami Dolphins | 26 | 28 | 16 | 259 | 204 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 378 | 230 | 148 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sat | January 7 | W | 11-6 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 28 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 14 | L | 11-7 | @ | Denver Broncos | 13 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 379 | 5632 | 1031 | 5.5 | 334 | 352 | 564 | 4120 | 28 | 15 | 7.0 | 204 | 439 | 1512 | 16 | 3.4 | 101 | 24 | 9 | 29 |
| Team Defense | 338 | 5283 | 997 | 5.3 | 518 | 296 | 527 | 3703 | 25 | 10 | 6.6 | 179 | 437 | 1580 | 11 | 3.6 | 306 | 18 | 8 | 33 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 17 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 30 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady* | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 334 | 530 | 63.0 | 4110 | 26 | 4.9 | 14 | 2.6 | 71 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 256.9 | 92.3 | 26 | 188 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 4.7 |
| Matt Cassel | 23 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 183 | 2 | 8.3 | 1 | 4.2 | 36 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 14.1 | 91.5 | 89.4 | 1 | 1 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 4.0 | |
| Doug Flutie | 43 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 56.2 | 1 | 13 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 9.1 | |
| Team Total | 27.8 | 16 | 352 | 564 | 62.4 | 4322 | 28 | 5.0 | 15 | 2.7 | 71 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 12.3 | 270.1 | 91.5 | 28 | 202 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 4.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 296 | 527 | 56.2 | 3703 | 25 | 4.7 | 10 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 231.4 | 86.1 | 33 | 223 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Corey Dillon | 31 | RB | 12 | 10 | 209 | 733 | 12 | 29 | 3.5 | 61.1 | 17.4 | 22 | 181 | 8.2 | 1 | 25 | 1.8 | 15.1 | 914 | 13 | 1 |
| Patrick Pass | 28 | 12 | 4 | 54 | 245 | 3 | 31 | 4.5 | 20.4 | 4.5 | 22 | 227 | 10.3 | 0 | 39 | 1.8 | 18.9 | 472 | 3 | 2 | |
| Kevin Faulk | 29 | 8 | 2 | 51 | 145 | 0 | 13 | 2.8 | 18.1 | 6.4 | 29 | 260 | 9.0 | 0 | 23 | 3.6 | 32.5 | 405 | 0 | 3 | |
| Heath Evans | 27 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 192 | 0 | 21 | 3.8 | 32.0 | 8.5 | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 0 | 19 | 1.7 | 14.7 | 280 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brady* | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 27 | 89 | 1 | 15 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 89 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Mike Cloud | 30 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 2.6 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 59 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Amos Zereoue | 29 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Cassel | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Doug Flutie | 43 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 1.0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Tim Dwight | 30 | RET | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 19 | 332 | 17.5 | 3 | 59 | 1.2 | 20.8 | 343 | 3 | 1 |
| David Givens | 25 | WR | 13 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 59 | 738 | 12.5 | 2 | 40 | 4.5 | 56.8 | 751 | 2 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 26 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 78 | 998 | 12.8 | 5 | 51 | 4.9 | 62.4 | 998 | 5 | 0 | |
| Troy Brown | 34 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39 | 466 | 11.9 | 2 | 71 | 3.0 | 35.8 | 466 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ben Watson | 25 | TE | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29 | 441 | 15.2 | 4 | 35 | 1.9 | 29.4 | 441 | 4 | 1 | |
| Daniel Graham | 27 | te | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 235 | 14.7 | 3 | 45 | 1.5 | 21.4 | 235 | 3 | 1 | |
| Andre' Davis | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 190 | 21.1 | 1 | 60 | 1.0 | 21.1 | 190 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Christian Fauria | 34 | TE | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 2 | 18 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 57 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bethel Johnson | 26 | RET | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | 55 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 67 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bam Childress | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 21 | 3.0 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Vrabel | 30 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom Ashworth | 28 | RT | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 27.8 | 16 | 439 | 1512 | 16 | 31 | 3.4 | 94.5 | 27.4 | 352 | 4322 | 12.3 | 28 | 71 | 22.0 | 270.1 | 5834 | 44 | 19 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 437 | 1580 | 11 | 3.6 | 98.8 | 27.3 | 296 | 3703 | 12.5 | 25 | 18.5 | 231.4 | 5283 | 36 | 13 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Tim Dwight | 30 | RET | 16 | 1 | 32 | 273 | 0 | 29 | 8.5 | 10 | 250 | 0 | 38 | 25.0 | 866 |
| Bethel Johnson | 26 | RET | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 31 | 694 | 0 | 54 | 22.4 | 772 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 22 | RCB | 16 | 8 | 15 | 361 | 0 | 37 | 24.1 | 361 | |||||
| Troy Brown | 34 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 4.3 | 496 | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 29 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 26 | 20.3 | 486 | ||||||
| Andre' Davis | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 108 | 0 | 65 | 36.0 | 298 | ||||||
| Patrick Pass | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 15.5 | 503 | ||||||
| Tully Banta-Cain | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | ||||||
| Mike Cloud | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 74 | ||||||
| Larry Izzo | 31 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Michael Stone | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ben Watson | 25 | TE | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 442 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.8 | 16 | 40 | 314 | 0 | 29 | 7.9 | 70 | 1555 | 0 | 65 | 22.2 | 7703 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 42 | 0 | 68 | 1487 | 0 | 21.9 | ||||||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Josh Miller | 35 | P | 16 | 0 | 76 | 3431 | 59 | 1 | 45.1 | ||||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 41 | 40 | 97.6% | |||||
| Doug Flutie | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |||||||||
| Team Total | 27.8 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 42 | 41 | 97.6% | 76 | 3431 | 59 | 1 | 45.1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 30 | 24 | 80.0% | 34 | 34 | 100.0% | 81 | 3540 | 43.7 | |||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 28 | RLB | 16 | 11 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 18 | |
| Willie McGinest | 34 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 44 | 11 | |
| Mike Vrabel | 30 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 4.5 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 35 | |
| Ellis Hobbs | 22 | RCB | 16 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 9 | ||
| Richard Seymour*+ | 26 | RDE | 12 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | |
| Tom Brady* | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Matt Cassel | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Doug Flutie | 43 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Asante Samuel | 24 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 10 | |||||||
| Jarvis Green | 26 | rde | 15 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | ||||||
| Ty Warren | 24 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 27 | |
| Tedy Bruschi | 32 | LILB | 9 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 26 | |
| Tim Dwight | 30 | RET | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Daniel Graham | 27 | te | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bethel Johnson | 26 | RET | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Pass | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Sanders | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |||
| Eugene Wilson | 25 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 24 | ||
| Vince Wilfork | 24 | NT | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13 | |
| Tom Ashworth | 28 | RT | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Monty Beisel | 27 | lilb | 15 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 17 | |
| Matt Chatham | 28 | 15 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | |||||||
| Corey Dillon | 31 | RB | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Artrell Hawkins | 29 | SS | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Logan Mankins | 23 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hank Poteat | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |||||||
| Ben Watson | 25 | TE | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tully Banta-Cain | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0.5 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Dan Klecko | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0.5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.8 | 16 | 33.0 | 10 | 85 | 2 | 39 | 68 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 747 | 292 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Vinatieri | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 100 | |||||||||
| Corey Dillon | 31 | RB | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 78 | |||||||||
| Deion Branch | 26 | WR | 16 | 15 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Mike Vrabel | 30 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| Ben Watson | 25 | TE | 15 | 9 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Tim Dwight | 30 | RET | 16 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Daniel Graham | 27 | te | 11 | 9 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Pass | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Troy Brown | 34 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Christian Fauria | 34 | TE | 16 | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| David Givens | 25 | WR | 13 | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tom Ashworth | 28 | RT | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tom Brady* | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Andre' Davis | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bethel Johnson | 26 | RET | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| James Sanders | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Heath Evans | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Doug Flutie | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.8 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 379 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 338 |