how many times have the patriots had a top 10 defense

The New England Patriots have played 1,004 games all-time.

Interpreted as:
How many times in the regular season have the patriots had a top 10 defense?
TEAM GP SEASON W L T TD PTS PPG OPP PTS OPP PPG 1DWN 3DWN% 4DWN%
1 Patriots
Patriots
14
1960
5
9
0
37
286
20.4
349
24.9
234
2 Patriots
Patriots
14
1961
9
4
1
52
413
29.5
313
22.4
238
3 Patriots
Patriots
14
1962
9
4
1
41
346
24.7
295
21.1
230
4 Patriots
Patriots
14
1963
7
6
1
37
327
23.4
257
18.4
227
5 Patriots
Patriots
14
1964
10
3
1
41
365
26.1
297
21.2
226
6 Patriots
Patriots
14
1965
4
8
2
27
244
17.4
302
21.6
214
7 Patriots
Patriots
14
1966
8
4
2
38
315
22.5
283
20.2
243
8 Patriots
Patriots
14
1967
3
10
1
33
280
20.0
389
27.8
219
9 Patriots
Patriots
14
1968
4
10
0
26
229
16.4
406
29.0
181
10 Patriots
Patriots
14
1969
4
10
0
32
266
19.0
316
22.6
166
11 Patriots
Patriots
14
1970
2
12
0
18
149
10.6
361
25.8
184
12 Patriots
Patriots
14
1971
6
8
0
29
238
17.0
325
23.2
190
13 Patriots
Patriots
14
1972
3
11
0
24
192
13.7
446
31.9
236
14 Patriots
Patriots
14
1973
5
9
0
31
258
18.4
300
21.4
237
15 Patriots
Patriots
14
1974
7
7
0
43
348
24.9
289
20.6
255
16 Patriots
Patriots
14
1975
3
11
0
33
258
18.4
358
25.6
253
17 Patriots
Patriots
14
1976
11
3
0
48
376
26.9
236
16.9
260
18 Patriots
Patriots
14
1977
9
5
0
33
278
19.9
217
15.5
247
19 Patriots
Patriots
16
1978
11
5
0
46
358
22.4
286
17.9
322
20 Patriots
Patriots
16
1979
9
7
0
49
411
25.7
326
20.4
318
21 Patriots
Patriots
16
1980
10
6
0
52
441
27.6
325
20.3
319
22 Patriots
Patriots
16
1981
2
14
0
40
322
20.1
370
23.1
306
23 Patriots
Patriots
9
1982
5
4
0
17
143
15.9
157
17.4
146
24 Patriots
Patriots
16
1983
8
8
0
36
274
17.1
289
18.1
284
25 Patriots
Patriots
16
1984
9
7
0
42
362
22.6
352
22.0
315
Average 15.2 8.3 6.8 0.1 39.6 341.3 22.4 311.0 20.4 288.4
Total 1,004 547 448 9 2,613 22,525 22.4 20,525 20.4 19,033

More Patriots Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

25.5

10th

OPP PPG

20.3

9th

RUSH YDS/G

101.3

25th

PASS YDS/G

247.0

8th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
Jets Jets
0
3
0
.000
Dolphins Dolphins
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Last Game
NE Patriots

2 - 2 - 0

42

Final

13

CAR Panthers

1 - 3 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
9/29
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
7:15 PM
Mon
9/29
CIN CIN
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM