New England Patriots

11-5-0 1st in AFC East
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PPG

22.4

4th

OPP PPG

17.9

13th

RUSH YDS/G

197.8

1st

PASS YDS/G

187.9

11th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

Team Regular Season

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 358 5,965 1,085 5.5 3,165 671 4.7 3,006 390 7.7 24 206 322 181 125 16 92 852
Team Rank 4th 1st 5th 1st 1st 1st 1st 11th 17th 2nd 4th 24th 3rd 1st 18th 26th 3rd 10th
Opponent 16 286 4,615 971 4.8 1,852 511 3.6 3,059 425 7.2 35 296 258 100 143 15 81 683
Opponent Rank 13th 9th 4th 19th 4th 5th 6th 23rd 11th 23rd 12th 18th 6th 4th 22nd 1st 28th 28th
Net +72 +1,350 +114 +0.7 +1,313 +160 +1.1 -53 -35 +0.5 -11 -90 +64 +81 -18 +1 +11 +169
Net Rank 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 16th 17th 9th 8th 20th 3rd 1st 17th 11th 21st 26th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Steve Grogan Steve Grogan 16 181 362 50.0 22.6 2,824 7.8 176.5 15 4.1 23 6.4 75 21 184 63.6
Tom Owen Tom Owen 2 15 26 57.7 13.0 182 7.0 91.0 0 0.0 2 7.7 23 3 22 47.3
Andy Johnson Andy Johnson 15 0 2 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Team Playoffs

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 1 14 263 59 4.5 83 20 4.2 206 35 5.9 4 26 15 8 92
Team Rank 6th 6th 7th 5th 8th 9th 2nd 7th 7th 7th 5th 6th 6th 4th 5th
Opponent 1 31 344 72 4.8 174 54 3.2 200 15 13.3 3 30 21 2 25
Opponent Rank 3rd 2nd 3rd 6th 5th 6th 3rd 1st 1st 10th 6th 6th 2nd 10th 10th
Net -17 -81 -13 -0.3 -91 -34 +0.9 +6 +20 -7.4 +1 -4 -6 +6 +67
Net Rank 8th 6th 6th 6th 9th 10th 1st 5th 1st 10th 5th 8th 6th 9th 9th

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Sam Cunningham Sam Cunningham 16 199 12.4 768 3.9 48.0 8 52 230 1,065
Andy Johnson Andy Johnson 15 147 9.8 675 4.6 45.0 3 52 173 942
Horace Ivory Horace Ivory 15 141 9.4 693 4.9 46.2 11 28 155 815
Steve Grogan Steve Grogan 16 81 5.1 539 6.7 33.7 5 31 81 539
Don Calhoun Don Calhoun 14 76 5.4 391 5.1 27.9 1 73 79 420
James McAlister James McAlister 16 19 1.2 77 4.1 4.8 2 16 20 89
Mosi Tatupu Mosi Tatupu 16 3 0.2 6 2.0 0.4 0 3 3 6
Stanley Morgan Stanley Morgan 16 2 0.1 11 5.5 0.7 0 6 36 831
Harold Jackson Harold Jackson 16 1 0.1 7 7.0 0.4 0 7 38 750
Jerrel Wilson Jerrel Wilson 14 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Donald Westbrook Donald Westbrook 16 1 0.1 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0 -2 4 36

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Russ Francis Russ Francis 15 39 2.6 543 13.9 36.2 4 53 39 543
Harold Jackson Harold Jackson 16 37 2.3 743 20.1 46.4 6 57 38 750
Stanley Morgan Stanley Morgan 16 34 2.1 820 24.1 51.3 5 75 36 831
Sam Cunningham Sam Cunningham 16 31 1.9 297 9.6 18.6 0 31 230 1,065
Andy Johnson Andy Johnson 15 26 1.7 267 10.3 17.8 0 31 173 942
Horace Ivory Horace Ivory 15 14 0.9 122 8.7 8.1 0 18 155 815
Don Hasselbeck Don Hasselbeck 16 7 0.4 107 15.3 6.7 0 24 7 107
Donald Westbrook Donald Westbrook 16 3 0.2 38 12.7 2.4 0 19 4 36
Don Calhoun Don Calhoun 14 3 0.2 29 9.7 2.1 0 15 79 420
Carlos Pennywell Carlos Pennywell 16 1 0.1 28 28.0 1.8 0 28 1 28
James McAlister James McAlister 16 1 0.1 12 12.0 0.8 0 12 20 89

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Mike Haynes Mike Haynes 16 6 123 20.5 1 50
Steve Nelson Steve Nelson 14 5 104 20.8 0 37
Raymond Clayborn Raymond Clayborn 16 4 72 18 0 44
Doug Beaudoin Doug Beaudoin 15 3 25 8.3 0 13
Tim Fox Tim Fox 16 2 10 5 0 10
Dick Conn Dick Conn 15 1 24 24 0 24
Steve Zabel Steve Zabel 11 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Horace Ivory Horace Ivory 15 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 66
David Posey David Posey 11 0 0 0 0 11 29 0 62
Sam Cunningham Sam Cunningham 16 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 48
Harold Jackson Harold Jackson 16 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 36
Steve Grogan Steve Grogan 16 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 30
Stanley Morgan Stanley Morgan 16 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 30
Russ Francis Russ Francis 15 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 24
Andy Johnson Andy Johnson 15 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 18
James McAlister James McAlister 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
John Smith John Smith 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 9
Nick Lowery Nick Lowery 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
Don Calhoun Don Calhoun 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Mike Haynes Mike Haynes 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Richard Bishop Richard Bishop 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Tim Fox Tim Fox 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Stanley Morgan Stanley Morgan 16 1 17 17.0 0 32 335 10.5 0 48
Raymond Clayborn Raymond Clayborn 16 27 636 23.6 0 0 0 0
Mike Haynes Mike Haynes 16 0 0 0 14 183 13.1 0 35
James McAlister James McAlister 16 10 186 18.6 0 0 0 0
Horace Ivory Horace Ivory 15 7 165 23.6 0 0 0 0
Donald Westbrook Donald Westbrook 16 7 125 17.9 0 0 0 0
Dick Conn Dick Conn 15 1 26 26.0 0 1 2 2.0 0 2
Mosi Tatupu Mosi Tatupu 16 1 17 17.0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Wheeler Dwight Wheeler 2 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
David Posey David Posey 11 11 22 50.0 1-1 3-4 5-11 2-6 0-0 29 31 93.5 62
John Smith John Smith 3 1 1 100.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6 7 85.7 9
Nick Lowery Nick Lowery 2 0 1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 7 7 100.0 7
Jerrel Wilson Jerrel Wilson 14 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0.0 0

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Jerrel Wilson Jerrel Wilson 14 54 1,921 35.6 57 0
Mike Patrick Mike Patrick 1 7 216 30.9 47 0

Player Playoffs

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Tom Owen Tom Owen 1 12 22 54.5 22.0 144 6.5 144.0 1 4.5 1 4.5 24 3 23 71.0
Steve Grogan Steve Grogan 1 3 12 25.0 12.0 38 3.2 38.0 0 0.0 2 16.7 18 1 3 0.7
Andy Johnson Andy Johnson 1 1 1 100.0 1.0 24 24.0 24.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 24 0 0 158.3

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Sam Cunningham Sam Cunningham 1 10 10.0 42 4.2 42.0 0 8 13 70
Andy Johnson Andy Johnson 1 6 6.0 14 2.3 14.0 0 4 8 30
Horace Ivory Horace Ivory 1 3 3.0 11 3.7 11.0 0 6 3 11
Steve Grogan Steve Grogan 1 1 1.0 16 16.0 16.0 0 16 1 16

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Russ Francis Russ Francis 1 8 8.0 101 12.6 101.0 1 24 8 101
Sam Cunningham Sam Cunningham 1 3 3.0 28 9.3 28.0 0 15 13 70
Stanley Morgan Stanley Morgan 1 2 2.0 37 18.5 37.0 0 19 2 37
Andy Johnson Andy Johnson 1 2 2.0 16 8.0 16.0 0 11 8 30
Harold Jackson Harold Jackson 1 1 1.0 24 24.0 24.0 1 24 1 24

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Tim Fox Tim Fox 1 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Russ Francis Russ Francis 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Harold Jackson Harold Jackson 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
David Posey David Posey 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
James McAlister James McAlister 1 3 68 22.7 0 0 0 0
Raymond Clayborn Raymond Clayborn 1 2 68 34.0 0 0 0 0
Stanley Morgan Stanley Morgan 1 0 0 0 2 6 3.0 0 6
Mike Haynes Mike Haynes 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
David Posey David Posey 1 0 1 0.0 2 2 100.0 2

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Jerrel Wilson Jerrel Wilson 1 4 173 43.3 55 0

NFL 2023 Leaders

NFL 2023 Rankings

NFL 2023 Betting

NFL 2023 Division Standings

AFC North W L T PCT
1
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
2
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
1
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
2
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
1
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
2
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
1
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
1
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
2
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
1
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
1
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
2
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
1
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
2/10
SF SF
@
KC KC
22-25
Sat
1/27
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
17-10
Sat
1/27
DET DET
@
SF SF
31-34
Sat
1/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
23-31
Sat
1/20
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
27-24

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
9/6
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM