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1996 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-5-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Parcells (11-5-0)

Points For: 418 (26.1/g) 2nd of 30

Points Against: 313 (19.6/g) 14th of 30

Expected W-L: 10.6-5.4

SRS: 5.11 (6th of 30), SOS: -1.45

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 28-3 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Won Conference Championship 20-6 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Lost Super Bowl 21-35 vs. Green Bay Packers

Offensive Coordinator: Ray Perkins

Defensive Coordinator: Al Groh

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Belichick (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Backs), Maurice Carthon (Running Backs), Romeo Crennel (Defensive Line), Chris Palmer (Quarterbacks), Mike Pope (Tight Ends) and Charlie Weis (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Foxboro Stadium

Director of Player Personnel: Bobby Grier

Chairman/CEO: Robert Kraft

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Bill Parcells

Offensive Scheme: Erhardt-Perkins

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000; O/U: 8.5

Training Camp: Bryant College (Smithfield, Rhode Island)

1996 AFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	418	5369	1085	4.9	27	12	339	374	628	3901	27	15	5.9	206	427	1468	15	3.4	103	97	716	30
Opp. Stats	313	5305	1063	5.0	34	11	305	322	596	3803	17	23	6.0	178	434	1502	14	3.5	102	139	1189	25
Lg Rank Offense	2	7			10	11	1		2	3	4	8	14		22	26	7	25
Lg Rank Defense	14	19			10	20	17		29	28	6	4	19		11	6	20	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Miami Dolphins	10	24	16	229	200	29	4	19	322	176	146	1	-21.21	7.52	-3.96
2	Sun	September 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Buffalo Bills	10	17	23	293	179	114	2	15	231	154	77	3	-11.69	11.09	-8.00
3	Sun	September 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2		Arizona Cardinals	31	0	26	384	221	163		9	170	124	46	4	8.87	25.28	-7.01
4	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	2-2		Jacksonville Jaguars	28	25	26	353	230	123	2	12	442	413	29	2	2.65	10.36	-9.01
5									Bye Week
6	Sun	October 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Baltimore Ravens	46	38	26	364	310	54		28	463	330	133	1	14.40	-15.81	10.95
7	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3		Washington Redskins	22	27	23	382	205	177	1	22	384	276	108		1.11	-9.85	-0.42
8	Sun	October 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	Indianapolis Colts	27	9	15	222	142	80	2	27	364	319	45	4	-9.69	16.15	9.77
9	Sun	October 27	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Buffalo Bills	28	25	23	417	358	59	1	18	337	196	141	1	-4.44	2.74	7.19
10	Sun	November 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Miami Dolphins	42	23	28	468	409	59	4	22	430	315	115	3	5.70	17.20	-5.80
11	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	New York Jets	31	27	21	343	275	68	3	28	422	280	142	1	10.88	-13.17	8.62
12	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4		Denver Broncos	8	34	12	218	201	17	1	26	422	224	198	1	-12.47	-14.16	3.18
13	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Indianapolis Colts	27	13	25	429	234	195		15	291	247	44	2	16.88	6.37	-4.00
14	Sun	December 1	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4	@	San Diego Chargers	45	7	15	313	229	84		15	236	204	32	6	-1.50	31.48	9.14
15	Sun	December 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4		New York Jets	34	10	27	367	248	119	1	16	244	202	42	2	10.88	15.76	-4.98
16	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-5	@	Dallas Cowboys	6	12	16	279	178	101	4	16	251	144	107	2	-17.89	15.02	-4.59
17	Sat	December 21	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		11-5	@	New York Giants	23	22	17	308	282	26	2	17	296	199	97	1	-15.40	12.92	4.13
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 5	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		12-5		Pittsburgh Steelers	28	3	17	346	152	194	2	12	213	90	123	2	-1.86	25.00	3.98
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-5		Jacksonville Jaguars	20	6	13	234	161	73	2	18	289	188	101	4	-15.83	28.26	1.53
SuperBowl	Sun	January 26	6:30PM ET	boxscore	L		13-6	N	Green Bay Packers	21	35	16	257	214	43	4	16	323	208	115		-13.48	2.10	-4.54

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Drew Bledsoe	24	QB	16	16	11-5-0	373	623	59.9	4086	27	4.3	15	2.4	199	44.1	84	6.6	6.34	11.0	255.4	83.7	30	190	4.59	5.97	5.76	3	4	PB
2	Scott Zolak	29	QB	3	0		1	1	100.0	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		5	5.0	5.00	5.0	1.7	87.5	0	0	0.00	5.00	5.00	0	0
3	Marrio Grier	25	RB	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
4	Dave Meggett	30	RB	16	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Tom Tupa	30	P	16	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11-5-0	374	628	59.6	3901	27	4.3	15	2.4	199	43.8	84	6.5	6.30	10.9	243.8	83.2	30	190	4.56	5.93	5.72	3	4

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Drew Bledsoe	24	QB	3	3	2-1-0	59	105	56.2	595	3	2.9	7	6.7	25	38.6	53	5.7	3.24	10.1	198.3	54.3	9	71	7.89	4.60	2.36
2	Scott Zolak	29	QB	1	0		1	2	50.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		3	1.5	1.50	3.0	3.0	56.2	0	0	0.00	1.50	1.50
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	60	107	56.1	527	3	2.8	7	6.5	25	37.9	53	5.4	3.21	10.0	175.7	62.4	9	71	7.76	4.60	3.31

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Curtis Martin	23	RB	16	15	316	1152	14	79	46.5	57	3.6	72.0	19.8	52	46	333	7.2	3	15	51.9	41	2.9	20.8	88.5	6.4	362	4.1	1485	17	4	PB
2	Terry Glenn	22	WR	15	15	5	42	0	2	60.0	26	8.4	2.8	0.3	167	90	1132	12.6	6	55	44.3	37	6.0	75.5	53.9	6.8	95	12.4	1174	6	1	AP ORoY-2
3	Shawn Jefferson	27	WR	15	15	1	6	0	1	100.0	6	6.0	0.4	0.1	92	50	771	15.4	4	39	52.2	42	3.3	51.4	54.3	8.4	51	15.2	777	4	2
4	Ben Coates	27	TE	16	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	100	62	682	11.0	9	36	47.0	84	3.9	42.6	62.0	6.8	62	11.0	682	9	1	PB
5	Dave Meggett	30	RB	16	1	40	122	0	0	0.0	12	3.1	7.6	2.5	57	33	292	8.8	0	0	0.0	26	2.1	18.3	57.9	5.1	73	5.7	414	0	7	PB,AP-2
6	Sam Gash	27	FB	14	9	8	15	0	1	12.5	3	1.9	1.1	0.6	44	33	276	8.4	2	15	59.1	28	2.4	19.7	75.0	6.3	41	7.1	291	2	0
7	Keith Byars	33	TE	10	6	2	2	0	0	0.0	3	1.0	0.2	0.2	41	27	249	9.2	2	12	53.7	27	2.7	24.9	65.9	6.1	29	8.7	251	2	0
8	Troy Brown	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	27	21	222	10.6	0	10	63.0	38	1.3	13.9	77.8	8.2	21	10.6	222	0	0
9	Marrio Grier	25	RB	16	0	27	105	1	8	33.3	26	3.9	6.6	1.7	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	100.0	8	0.1	0.5	100.0	8.0	28	4.0	113	1	0
10	Hason Graham	25	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	5	64	12.8	0	3	36.4	23	0.6	7.1	45.5	5.8	5	12.8	64	0	0
11	Will Moore	26	WR	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	3	37	12.3	0	0	0.0	16	1.5	18.5	60.0	7.4	3	12.3	37	0	0
12	Drew Bledsoe	24	QB	16	16	24	27	0	7	29.2	8	1.1	1.7	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			24	1.1	27	0	9	PB
13	John Burke	25	TE	11	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	19	19.0	0	1	33.3	19	0.1	1.7	33.3	6.3	1	19.0	19	0	0
14	Dietrich Jells	24	WR	7	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	1	5	5.0	0	0	0.0	5	0.1	0.7	20.0	1.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
15	Mike Bartrum	26	LS	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	1	1.0	1	1	50.0	1	0.1	0.1	50.0	0.5	1	1.0	1	1	0
16	Vincent Brisby	25	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
17	Dave Wohlabaugh	24	C	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
18	Scott Zolak	29	QB	3	0	4	-3	0	0	0.0		-0.8	-1.0	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	-0.8	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	427	1468	15	98	39.3	57	3.4	91.8	26.7	612	374	4091	10.9	27	187	43.8	84	23.4	255.7	61.1	6.7	801	6.9	5559	42	24

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Curtis Martin	23	RB	3	3	49	267	5	17	49.0	78	5.4	89.0	16.3	13	8	55	6.9	0	2	38.5	20	2.7	18.3	61.5	4.2	57	5.6	322	5	0
2	Terry Glenn	22	WR	3	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	12	164	13.7	0	5	34.6	53	4.0	54.7	46.2	6.3	12	13.7	164	0	0
3	Shawn Jefferson	27	WR	3	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	18	10	143	14.3	0	7	50.0	38	3.3	47.7	55.6	7.9	10	14.3	143	0	0
4	Keith Byars	33	TE	3	3	3	9	0	0	33.3	7	3.0	3.0	1.0	16	12	111	9.3	2	4	56.3	34	4.0	37.0	75.0	6.9	15	8.0	120	2	0
5	Ben Coates	27	TE	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	10	90	9.0	1	7	53.3	19	3.3	30.0	66.7	6.0	10	9.0	90	1	0
6	Dave Meggett	30	RB	3	0	6	27	0	0	0.0	14	4.5	9.0	2.0	11	6	23	3.8	0	0	9.1	9	2.0	7.7	54.5	2.1	12	4.2	50	0	0
7	Vincent Brisby	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	12	6.0	0	0	25.0	7	2.0	12.0	50.0	3.0	2	6.0	12	0	0
8	Marrio Grier	25	RB	1	0	5	7	0	0	0.0	4	1.4	7.0	5.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	1.4	7	0	0
9	Drew Bledsoe	24	QB	3	3	3	4	0	0	0.0	4	1.3	1.3	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	1.3	4	0	2
10	Troy Brown	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
11	Dave Wohlabaugh	24	C	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
12	Scott Zolak	29	QB	1	0	3	-4	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.3	-4.0	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-1.3	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	69	310	5	17	36.2	78	4.5	103.3	23.0	105	60	598	10.0	3	25	40.0	53	20.0	199.3	57.1	5.7	129	7.0	908	8	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Drew Bledsoe	24	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
2	Willie Clay	26	FS	16	16	4	50	0	35	1	0	1	17	0	0.0	92	73	19	0
3	Ted Johnson	24	MLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	115	87	28	0
4	Max Lane	25	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Willie McGinest	25	RDE	16	16	1	46	1	46	2	0	2	0	1	9.5	67	49	18	0	PB
6	Dave Wohlabaugh	24	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Ben Coates	27	TE	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
8	Terry Glenn	22	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP ORoY-2
9	Shawn Jefferson	27	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Curtis Martin	23	RB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
11	Mark Wheeler	26	LDT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	62	36	26	0
12	Mike Jones	27	LDE	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	31	0	2.0	36	28	8	0
13	Ty Law	22	LCB	13	12	3	45	1	38	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	62	56	6	0
14	Lawyer Milloy	23	SS	16	10	2	14	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	84	54	30	0
15	Pio Sagapolutele	27	RDT	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	28	20	8	0
16	Todd Collins	26	LLB	16	9	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	65	46	19	0
17	Ricky Reynolds	31	RCB	11	9	2	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	32	25	7	0
18	Chris Slade	25	LLB	16	9	1	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	7.0	69	50	19	0
19	Monty Brown	26	LLB	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	34	20	14	0
20	Terry Ray	27	SS	16	7	1	43	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	44	23	21	0
21	Dwayne Sabb	27	RLB	16	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	17	11	6	0
22	Otis Smith	31	RCB	11	6	2	20	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	31	26	5	0
23	Ferric Collons	27	LDE	15	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.5	19	15	4	0
24	Jimmy Hitchcock	26	RCB	13	5	2	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	32	27	5	0
25	Devin Wyman	23	DT	9	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	15	11	4	0
26	Dave Meggett	30	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
27	Larry Whigham	24	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	15	9	6	0
28	Corwin Brown	26	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	42	1	0.0	12	10	2	0
29	Tedy Bruschi	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	11	10	1	0
30	Chad Eaton	24	DT	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	1	0
31	Marrio Grier	25	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Jerome Henderson	27	DB	7	0	2	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
33	Vernon Lewis	26	DB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
34	Michael McGruder	32	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	21	18	3	0
35	Marty Moore	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
36	Chris Sullivan	23	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	255	2	46	13	25	22	93	2	33.0	979	719	260	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Ferric Collons	27	LDE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0
2	Willie McGinest	25	RDE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	10	6	4	0
3	Otis Smith	31	RCB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	47	1	1.0	5	4	1	0
4	Willie Clay	26	FS	2	2	2	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	3	6	0
5	Todd Collins	26	LLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	15	10	5	0
6	Ted Johnson	24	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	16	12	4	0
7	Ty Law	22	LCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	1	0
8	Lawyer Milloy	23	SS	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	9	3	0
9	Pio Sagapolutele	27	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
10	Chris Slade	25	LLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	12	9	3	0
11	Mark Wheeler	26	LDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	7	3	0
12	Drew Bledsoe	24	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
13	Marrio Grier	25	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
14	Mike Bartrum	26	LS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
15	Corwin Brown	26	DB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	6	1
16	Tedy Bruschi	23	LB	3	0	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	0	0
17	Chad Eaton	24	DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2	2	0	0
18	Jerome Henderson	27	DB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	8	1
19	Mike Jones	27	LDE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	1	0	1	0
20	Ray Lucas	24	QB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
21	Dave Meggett	30	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
22	Dwayne Sabb	27	RLB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1
23	Larry Whigham	24	DB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
	Team Totals			3	3	4	26	0	14	0	0	2	3	47	1	9.0	133	98	35	0