2001 New England Patriots (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 11-5-0 .688 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 1/19/2002 | H | Oakland Raiders | 16-13 | W | OT | Foxborough, MA | Foxboro Stadium | 60020 |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/27/2002 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-17 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Heinz Field | 64704 | |
| Super Bowl XXXVI | |||||||||
| Sun | 2/3/2002 | H | St. Louis Rams | 20-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 72922 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Andruzzi | 63 | ROG | 6-3 | 312 | 26 | Southern Connecticut State | 3 | 3 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 11 | QB | 6-5 | 238 | 29 | Washington State | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 223 | 24 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| Troy Brown | 80 | WR | 5-10 | 193 | 30 | Lees-McRae JC; Marshall | 3 | 3 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 54 | MLB | 6-1 | 246 | 28 | Arizona | 3 | 3 |
| Terrell Buckley | 27 | CB | 5-10 | 179 | 30 | Florida State | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Chatham | 58 | LB | 6-4 | 249 | 24 | South Dakota | 3 | 0 |
| Je'rod Cherry | 30 | S | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | California | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Coleman | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Washington | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Compton | 77 | LOG | 6-6 | 304 | 31 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 |
| Bryan Cox | 51 | LB | 6-4 | 248 | 33 | Western Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 44 | FB | 6-0 | 241 | 27 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 |
| Kevin Faulk | 33 | RB | 5-8 | 201 | 25 | Louisiana State | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 91 | LDE | 6-5 | 282 | 30 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 3 |
| Antwan Harris | 23 | S | 5-9 | 192 | 24 | Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 53 | LB | 5-10 | 227 | 27 | Rice | 3 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 202 | 29 | Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 52 | LB | 6-4 | 250 | 29 | Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 34 | FS | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 |
| Ty Law | 24 | LCB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| Matt Light | 72 | LOT | 6-4 | 305 | 23 | Purdue | 3 | 3 |
| Willie McGinest | 55 | DE-LB | 6-5 | 267 | 30 | Southern California | 3 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 36 | SS | 6-0 | 208 | 28 | Washington | 3 | 3 |
| Brandon Mitchell | 96 | LDT | 6-3 | 287 | 26 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 |
| Riddick Parker | 97 | RDT | 6-3 | 283 | 29 | North Carolina | 2 | 1 |
| Patrick Pass | 35 | FB | 5-10 | 217 | 24 | Georgia | 3 | 0 |
| David Patten | 86 | WR | 5-10 | 189 | 27 | Western Carolina | 3 | 3 |
| Lonie Paxton | 66 | C | 6-2 | 262 | 23 | Sacramento State | 3 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 95 | RLB | 6-4 | 243 | 33 | UCLA | 3 | 3 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 98 | RDE | 6-5 | 279 | 33 | Tennessee State | 3 | 3 |
| Greg Randall [Robinson-Randall] | 64 | ROT | 6-5 | 320 | 23 | Coffeyville CC; Michigan State | 3 | 3 |
| J.R. Redmond | 21 | RB | 5-11 | 214 | 24 | Arizona State | 3 | 0 |
| Grey Ruegamer | 67 | C-OG | 6-5 | 303 | 25 | Arizona State | 3 | 0 |
| Rod Rutledge | 83 | TE | 6-5 | 265 | 26 | Alabama | 3 | 2 |
| Richard Seymour | 93 | RDT | 6-6 | 310 | 22 | Georgia | 3 | 2 |
| Terrance Shaw | 22 | CB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Stephen F. Austin State | 3 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 32 | RB | 6-2 | 229 | 29 | East Mississippi CC; Houston | 3 | 3 |
| Otis Smith | 45 | RCB | 5-11 | 196 | 36 | Southern University; Taft JC; Missouri | 3 | 3 |
| Matt Stevens | 26 | S | 6-0 | 206 | 28 | Appalachian State | 3 | 0 |
| Adam Vinatieri | 4 | K | 6-0 | 202 | 29 | South Dakota State | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 50 | LLB | 6-4 | 263 | 26 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 |
| Ken Walter | 13 | P | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | Kent State | 3 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 85 | TE | 6-2 | 258 | 26 | Marshall; Georgia | 3 | 1 |
| Grant Williams | 76 | OT | 6-7 | 322 | 27 | Hinds CC; Louisiana Tech | 3 | 0 |
| Damien Woody | 65 | C | 6-3 | 327 | 24 | Boston College | 3 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 60 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 47 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31:02 | 52 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 12/44 27.3% | 1/3 33.3% | 1 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 28:58 | 63 | 15 | 40 | 8 | 13/42 31.0% | 0/0 % | 13 | 84 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Vinatieri | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 24 |
| David Patten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Antwan Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ty Law | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 60 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 47 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Vinatieri | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 0/1 |
| OWN | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 0/1 |
| OPP | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antowain Smith | 53 | 204 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 |
| David Patten | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 6t | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 268 | 3.4 | 22 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 225 | 3.0 | 34 | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 97 | 60 | 61.9 | 36 | 572 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 29 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 36 | 536 | 77.3 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 11 | 102 | 4.9 | 10.2 | 18 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 91 | 77.9 |
| Kevin Faulk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -4 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 118 | 70 | 59.3 | 47 | 674 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 29 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 8 | 51 | 623 | 74.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 117 | 69 | 59.0 | 43 | 779 | 6.7 | 11.3 | 30 | 2 | 1.7 | 5 | 4.3 | 7 | 41 | 738 | 66.9 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Patten | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 154 | 11.8 | 25 | 2 |
| Troy Brown | 24 | 18 | 75.0 | 253 | 14.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 89 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 69 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 62 | 6.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 21 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Coleman | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antowain Smith | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 94 | 70 | 74.5 | 674 | 9.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 102 | 69 | 67.6 | 779 | 11.3 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Law | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47t | 1 |
| Otis Smith | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 47t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Walter | 23 | 899 | 39.1 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 787 | 34.2 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 899 | 39.1 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 787 | 34.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 769 | 40.5 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 133 | 576 | 30.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Brown | 9 | 2 | 133 | 14.8 | 55t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 2 | 133 | 14.8 | 55t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 5 | 32 | 4.6 | 28 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | OB | TB | OSA | OSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Vinatieri | 13 | 808 | 62.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 808 | 62.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 854 | 65.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Pass | 11 | 0 | 263 | 23.9 | 35 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 0 | 278 | 23.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 0 | 259 | 19.9 | 38 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Willie McGinest | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| Richard Seymour | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Ted Johnson | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Team Totals | 7.0 | 41.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8.0 | 51.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TT | TA | DT | DA | STT | STA | MT | MA | PD | QH | TFL | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Law | 27 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 19 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 18 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 17 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 16 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 16 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Je'rod Cherry | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Harris | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Stevens | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Shaw | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chatham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Coleman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Walter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 206 | 150 | 56 | 130 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 256 | 175 | 81 | 149 | 77 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Andruzzi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Je'Rod Cherry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Compton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Law | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Light | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willie McGinest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Randall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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