1996 New England Patriots (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 11-5-0 .688

Bill Belichick	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs
Maurice Carthon	Running Backs
Romeo Crennel	Defensive Line
Al Groh	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Fred Hoaglin	Offensive Line
Chris Palmer	Quarterbacks
Johnny Parker	Strength and Conditioning
Ray Perkins	Offensive Coordinator
Mike Pope	Tight Ends
Dante Scarnecchia	Defensive Assistant-Linebackers
Mike Sweatman	Special Teams
Charlie Weis	Wide Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/2/1996	A	Green Bay Packers	7-24	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	57918
Mon	8/12/1996	A	Dallas Cowboys	31-7	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	57874
Sun	8/18/1996	H	Philadelphia Eagles	37-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	55606
Fri	8/23/1996	H	Washington Redskins	27-19	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	48242
Sun	9/1/1996	A	Miami Dolphins	10-24	L		Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Park	71542
Sun	9/8/1996	A	Buffalo Bills	10-17	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78104
Sun	9/15/1996	H	Arizona Cardinals	31-0	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	59118
Sun	9/22/1996	H	Jacksonville Jaguars	28-25	W	OT	Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	59446
Sun	10/6/1996	A	Baltimore Ravens	46-38	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	63569
Sun	10/13/1996	H	Washington Redskins	22-27	L		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	59638
Sun	10/20/1996	A	Indianapolis Colts	27-9	W		Indianapolis, IN	RCA Dome	58725
Sun	10/27/1996	H	Buffalo Bills	28-25	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	58858
Sun	11/3/1996	H	Miami Dolphins	42-23	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	58942
Sun	11/10/1996	A	New York Jets	31-27	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	61843
Sun	11/17/1996	H	Denver Broncos	8-34	L		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	59457
Sun	11/24/1996	H	Indianapolis Colts	27-13	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	58226
Sun	12/1/1996	A	San Diego Chargers	45-7	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	62541
Sun	12/8/1996	H	New York Jets	34-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	54621
Sun	12/15/1996	A	Dallas Cowboys	6-12	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64578
Sat	12/21/1996	A	New York Giants	23-22	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	65387
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/5/1997	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	28-3	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	60188
AFC Championship
Sun	1/12/1997	H	Jacksonville Jaguars	20-6	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	60190
Super Bowl XXXI
Sun	1/26/1997	A	Green Bay Packers	21-35	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	72301

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
78	Bruce Armstrong	LOT	6-4	291	31	Louisville	16	16
98	Troy Barnett	DT	6-4	280	25	North Carolina	1	0
86	Mike Bartrum	TE	6-4	245	26	Marshall	16	0
11	Drew Bledsoe	QB	6-5	238	24	Washington State	16	16
82	Vincent Brisby	WR	6-3	195	25	Louisiana-Monroe	3	0
30	Corwin Brown	S	6-1	203	26	Michigan	14	0
93	Monty Brown	SLB	6-1	240	26	Ferris State	11	7
80	Troy Brown	WR	5-10	193	25	Lees-McRae JC; Marshall	16	0
54	Tedy Bruschi	LB	6-1	246	23	Arizona	16	0
85	John Burke	TE	6-3	249	25	Virginia Tech	11	2
41	Keith Byars	TE	6-1	244	33	Ohio State	10	6
32	Willie Clay	FS	5-10	200	26	Georgia Tech	16	16
87	Ben Coates	TE	6-5	245	27	Livingstone	16	15
59	Todd Collins	SLB	6-2	247	26	Georgia; Tennessee; Carson-Newman	16	9
92	Ferric Collons	LDE-DT	6-7	298	27	California	15	5
66	Jeff Dellenbach	C	6-6	291	33	Wisconsin	2	0
90	Chad Eaton	DT	6-5	300	24	Washington State	4	0
33	Sam Gash	FB	6-0	237	27	Penn State	14	9
67	Mike Gisler	C	6-4	298	27	Houston	14	0
88	Terry Glenn	WR	5-11	191	22	Ohio State	15	15
81	Ha'son Graham	WR	5-10	176	25	Hinds CC; Georgia	9	0
35	Marrio Grier	RB	5-10	229	25	Clemson; Tennessee-Chattanooga	16	0
26	Jerome Henderson	CB	5-10	196	27	Clemson	7	0
31	Jimmy Hitchcock	RCB	5-10	188	26	North Carolina	13	5
84	Shawn Jefferson	WR	5-11	182	27	Central Florida	15	15
18	Dietrich Jells	WR	5-10	185	24	Pittsburgh	7	1
52	Ted Johnson	MLB	6-4	250	24	Colorado	16	16
96	Mike Jones	LDE-RDE	6-4	281	27	North Carolina State	16	12
61	Bob Kratch	ROG	6-3	288	30	Iowa	8	4
68	Max Lane	ROT	6-6	315	25	Navy	16	16
24	Ty Law	LCB	5-11	200	22	Michigan	13	12
43	Vernon Lewis	CB	5-10	192	26	Pittsburgh	7	0
15	Ray Lucas	WR	6-3	216	24	Rutgers	2	0
28	Curtis Martin	RB	5-11	208	23	Pittsburgh	16	15
55	Willie McGinest	RDE-LDE	6-5	267	25	Southern California	16	16
27	Mike McGruder	CB	5-11	185	32	Kent State	14	0
22	Dave Meggett	RB	5-7	185	30	Morgan State; Towson	16	1
36	Lawyer Milloy	SS-RCB	6-0	208	23	Washington	16	10
55	Marty Moore	LB	6-1	245	25	Kentucky	16	0
83	Will Moore	WR	6-1	189	26	Texas Southern	2	1
48	Lovett Purnell	TE	6-3	245	24	West Virginia	2	0
23	Terry Ray	SS	6-1	187	27	Oklahoma	16	7
21	Ricky Reynolds	RCB-LCB	5-11	187	31	Washington State	11	9
62	Dave Richards	OT	6-4	310	30	Southern Methodist; UCLA	5	0
76	Bill Roberts	LOG	6-5	285	34	Ohio State	16	16
71	Todd Rucci	ROG	6-5	296	26	Penn State	16	12
95	Dwayne Sabb	WLB	6-4	248	27	New Hampshire	16	7
75	Pio Sagapolutele	RDT	6-6	297	27	San Diego State	15	10
94	Walter Scott	DE	6-3	285	23	East Carolina	1	0
53	Chris Slade	WLB	6-5	247	25	Virginia	16	9
45	Otis Smith	RCB	5-11	196	31	Southern University; Taft JC; Missouri	11	6
74	Chris Sullivan	DE	6-4	283	23	Boston College	16	0
19	Tom Tupa	P	6-4	224	30	Ohio State	16	0
4	Adam Vinatieri	K	6-0	202	24	South Dakota State	16	0
97	Mark Wheeler	LDT	6-3	285	26	Navarro JC; Texas A&M	16	15
25	Larry Whigham	S	6-2	209	24	Pearl River CC; Louisiana-Monroe	16	1
64	Dave Wohlabaugh	C	6-3	293	24	Syracuse	16	16
72	Devin Wyman	RDT-LDT	6-7	290	23	San Mateo JC; Kentucky State	9	4
16	Scott Zolak	QB	6-5	235	29	Maryland	3	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Terry Glenn	WR	Ohio State
2	36	Lawyer Milloy	DB	Washington
3	86	Tedy Bruschi	LB	Arizona
4	101	Heath Irwin	G	Colorado
4	119	Chris Sullivan	DE	Boston College
4	124	Kantroy Barber	RB	West Virginia
5	139	John Elmore	G	Texas
5	149	Christian Peter	NT	Nebraska
6	173	Chris Griffin	TE	New Mexico
6	195	Marrio Grier	RB	Tennessee-Chattanooga
6	206	Devin Wyman	DT	Kentucky State
7	216	Lovett Purnell	TE	West Virginia
7	247	J.R. Conrad	G	Oklahoma

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	79	123	108	105	3
Opponents Totals	59	105	75	74	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:11	339	103	206	30	84/228 36.8%	19/34 55.9%	97	716
Opponents Totals	29:49	305	102	178	25	82/228 36.0%	12/22 54.5%	139	1189

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Adam Vinatieri	0	39	42	92.9	0	0	27	35	77.1	0	120
Curtis Martin	17	0	0		1	2	0	0		0	104
Ben Coates	9	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	56
Terry Glenn	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
Shawn Jefferson	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Keith Byars	2	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	14
Sam Gash	2	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	14
Willie McGinest	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Mike Bartrum	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Corwin Brown	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Tedy Bruschi	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Marrio Grier	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Ty Law	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Dave Meggett	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Drew Bledsoe	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	0
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	48	39	42	92.9	4	6	27	35	77.1	1	418
Opponents Totals	34	28	28	100.0	4	6	23	29	79.3	1	313

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Adam Vinatieri	27	35	77.1	1/1	9/10	8/8	8/14	1/2
Team Totals	27	35	77.1	1/1	9/10	8/8	8/14	1/2
Opponents Totals	23	29	79.3	0/0	10/10	10/11	2/6	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Curtis Martin	316	1152	3.6	57	14	76	3	1	3
Dave Meggett	40	122	3.1	12	0	8	0	0	0
Marrio Grier	27	105	3.9	26	1	8	1	0	0
Terry Glenn	5	42	8.4	26	0	2	1	0	0
Drew Bledsoe	24	27	1.1	8	0	7	0	0	2
Sam Gash	8	15	1.9	3	0	1	0	0	0
Shawn Jefferson	1	6	6.0	6	0	1	0	0	0
Keith Byars	2	2	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Zolak	4	-3	-0.8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	427	1468	3.4	57	15	103	5	1	5
Opponents Totals	434	1502	3.5	36	14	102	3	0	5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Drew Bledsoe	623	373	59.9	235	4086	6.6	11.0	84t	27	4.3	15	2.4	30	190	3896	206	45	3	83.7
Scott Zolak	1	1	100.0	0	5	5.0	5.0	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	5	0	0	0	87.5
Marrio Grier	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Dave Meggett	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Tom Tupa	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	628	374	59.6	239	4091	6.5	10.9	84t	27	4.3	15	2.4	30	190	3901	206	45	3	83.2
Opponents Totals	596	322	54.0	251	4055	6.8	12.6	63t	17	2.9	23	3.9	33	252	3803	178	47	12	68.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Terry Glenn	90	1132	12.6	37t	6	58	16	0	1
Ben Coates	62	682	11.0	84t	9	37	6	1	1
Shawn Jefferson	50	771	15.4	42	4	39	11	1	2
Curtis Martin	46	333	7.2	41	3	15	5	1	1
Dave Meggett	33	292	8.8	26	0	13	2	0	1
Sam Gash	33	276	8.4	28	2	15	1	0	0
Keith Byars	27	249	9.2	27	2	12	1	0	0
Troy Brown	21	222	10.6	38	0	10	2	0	0
Ha'son Graham	5	64	12.8	23	0	3	1	0	0
Will Moore	3	37	12.3	16	0	2	0	0	0
John Burke	1	19	19.0	19	0	1	0	0	0
Marrio Grier	1	8	8.0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Dietrich Jells	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Bartrum	1	1	1.0	1t	1	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	374	4091	10.9	84t	27	206	45	3	6
Opponents Totals	322	4055	12.6	63t	17	178	47	12	4

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Clay	4	50	12.5	35	0
Ty Law	3	45	15.0	38t	1
Otis Smith	2	20	10.0	11	0
Jimmy Hitchcock	2	14	7.0	14	0
Lawyer Milloy	2	14	7.0	14	0
Jerome Henderson	2	7	3.5	7	0
Ricky Reynolds	2	7	3.5	7	0
Willie McGinest	1	46	46.0	46t	1
Terry Ray	1	43	43.0	43	0
Todd Collins	1	7	7.0	7	0
Chris Slade	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ted Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dwayne Sabb	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	255	11.1	46t	2
Opponents Totals	15	191	12.7	60	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Tupa	63	2739	43.5	62	0	7	14	7	7	334	2265	36.0
Adam Vinatieri	1	27	27.0	27	0	0	1	0	1	0	27	27.0
Team Totals	64	2766	43.2	62	0	7	15	7	8	334	2292	35.8
Opponents Totals	82	3483	42.5	58	1	7	18			588	2755	33.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Dave Meggett	52	9	588	11.3	60t	1	8	2	3
Team Totals	52	9	588	11.3	60t	1	8	2	3
Opponents Totals	34	8	334	9.8	36	0		0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	OSA	OSR
Adam Vinatieri	89	5709	64.1	0	9	80	1667	0	0
Tom Tupa	1	40	40.0	0	0	1	16	0	0
Team Totals	90	5749	63.9	0	9	81	1683	0	0
Opponents Totals						64	1424

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Dave Meggett	34	0	781	23.0	54	22	2	3
Troy Brown	29	0	634	21.9	51	17	1	0
Mike Gisler	1	0	9	9.0	9	0	0	0
Team Totals	64	0	1424	22.3	54	39	3	3
Opponents Totals	81		1683	20.8	70

SACKS	NO	YDS
Willie McGinest	9.5
Chris Slade	7.0
Tedy Bruschi	4.0
Pio Sagapolutele	3.0
Mike Jones	2.0
Chad Eaton	1.0
Lawyer Milloy	1.0
Terry Ray	1.0
Otis Smith	1.0
Mark Wheeler	1.0
Devin Wyman	1.0
Ferric Collons	0.5
Mike McGruder	0.5
Dwayne Sabb	0.5
Team Totals	33.0	252.0
Opponents Totals	30.0	190.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Drew Bledsoe	9		1	0	1	-2	0
Corwin Brown	0	0	0	1	1	42	1
Willie Clay	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
Ben Coates	1		0	0	0	0	0
Terry Glenn	1		0	0	0	0	0
Marrio Grier	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Shawn Jefferson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ted Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Jones	0	0	0	1	1	31	0
Max Lane	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Curtis Martin	4		1	0	1	0	0
Willie McGinest	0	0	0	2	2	0	1
Dave Meggett	7		3	1	4	0	0
Lawyer Milloy	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chris Slade	1		0	0	0	0	0
Chris Sullivan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mark Wheeler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Whigham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Wohlabaugh	0	0	2	0	2	1	0
Team Totals	25	14	11	11	22	93	2
Opponents Totals	23	11	11	12	23		2