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1998 New England Patriots

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 337 points (21.1/g), 11th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 329 points (20.6/g), 14th.
 Differential of 8 points (0.5/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 8.2-7.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 9th.

Coached by Pete Carroll (9-7-0)

1998 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 7 box L 0-1 @ Denver Broncos 21 27 17 339 258 81 20 339 248 91
2 Sun September 13 box W 1-1 Indianapolis Colts 29 6 15 321 218 103 20 309 173 136 4
3 Sun September 20 box W 2-1 Tennessee Oilers 27 16 13 322 228 94 18 306 194 112 2
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 4 box W 3-1 @ New Orleans Saints 30 27 20 388 291 97 4 19 276 237 39 2
6 Sun October 11 box W 4-1 Kansas City Chiefs 40 10 31 438 232 206 1 9 134 120 14 2
7 Mon October 19 box L 4-2 New York Jets 14 24 19 291 181 110 1 25 392 271 121
8 Sun October 25 box L 4-3 @ Miami Dolphins 9 12 13 251 225 26 1 18 333 263 70 3
9 Sun November 1 box W 5-3 @ Indianapolis Colts 21 16 20 370 293 77 1 18 310 278 32 2
10 Sun November 8 box L 5-4 Atlanta Falcons 10 41 15 223 205 18 5 22 366 249 117 2
11 Sun November 15 box L 5-5 @ Buffalo Bills 10 13 11 206 158 48 23 391 178 213 3
12 Mon November 23 box W 6-5 Miami Dolphins 26 23 21 455 414 41 2 17 322 289 33 1
13 Sun November 29 box W 7-5 Buffalo Bills 25 21 24 259 215 44 1 23 428 329 99
14 Sun December 6 box W 8-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 23 9 19 377 304 73 3 13 249 195 54 3
15 Sun December 13 box L 8-6 @ St. Louis Rams 18 32 14 319 119 200 2 18 278 162 116 3
16 Sun December 20 box W 9-6 San Francisco 49ers 24 21 20 332 200 132 2 21 410 259 151 3
17 Sun December 27 box L 9-7 @ New York Jets 10 31 9 249 119 130 1 21 339 190 149 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 3 box L 9-8 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 10 25

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 337 5140 999 5.1 281 295 556 3660 23 17 6.1 184 403 1480 9 3.7 68 24 7 29
Team Defense 329 5182 1053 4.9 534 336 570 3635 26 24 6.0 208 447 1547 8 3.5 305 31 7 21
Lg Rank Offense 11 11 15 5 5 12 17 13 26 27 22 23 8 5
Lg Rank Defense 14 20 26 27 25 24 2 21 13 7 4 4 11 23

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Drew Bledsoe 26 QB 14 14 8-6-0 263 481 54.7 3633 20 4.2 14 2.9 86 7.6 6.7 13.8 259.5 80.9 36 295 6.5 5.6 7.0
Scott Zolak 31 6 2 1-1-0 32 75 42.7 371 3 4.0 3 4.0 61 4.9 3.5 11.6 61.8 54.9 4 49 4.1 2.7 5.1
Team Total 26.4 16 9-7-0 295 556 53.1 4004 23 4.1 17 3.1 86 7.2 6.2 13.6 250.3 77.4 40 344 6.1 5.2 6.7
Opp Total 16 336 570 58.9 3635 26 4.6 24 4.2 6.4 4.9 10.8 227.2 75.4 36 222 6.0 4.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Robert Edwards 24 RB 16 15 291 1115 9 53 3.8 69.7 18.2 35 331 9.5 3 46 2.2 20.7 1446 12 5
Sedrick Shaw 25 13 1 48 236 0 71 4.9 18.2 3.7 6 30 5.0 0 11 0.5 2.3 266 0 2
Drew Bledsoe 26 QB 14 14 28 44 0 10 1.6 3.1 2.0 44 0 9
Derrick Cullors 26 RET 16 0 18 48 0 15 2.7 3.0 1.1 14 146 10.4 1 43 0.9 9.1 194 1 1
Chris Floyd 23 16 2 6 22 0 10 3.7 1.4 0.4 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 28 0 0
Scott Zolak 31 6 2 5 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 0.8 0 0 1
Terry Glenn 24 WR 10 9 2 -1 0 7 -0.5 -0.1 0.2 50 792 15.8 3 86 5.0 79.2 791 3 0
Tony Carter 26 FB 11 7 2 3 0 3 1.5 0.3 0.2 18 166 9.2 0 49 1.6 15.1 169 0 0
Tom Tupa 32 P 16 0 2 -2 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
Shawn Jefferson 29 WR 16 16 1 15 0 15 15.0 0.9 0.1 34 771 22.7 2 61 2.1 48.2 786 2 0
Ben Coates* 29 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 67 668 10.0 6 33 4.8 47.7 668 6 0
Troy Brown 27 RET 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 346 15.0 1 52 2.3 34.6 346 1 0
Tony Simmons 24 wr 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 474 20.6 3 63 2.1 43.1 474 3 0
Lovett Purnell 26 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 92 7.7 2 22 0.8 5.8 92 2 0
Vincent Brisby 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 96 13.7 2 27 1.2 16.0 96 2 0
Henry Ellard 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 86 17.2 0 19 1.0 17.2 86 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 403 1480 9 71 3.7 92.5 25.2 295 4004 13.6 23 86 18.4 250.3 5484 32 20
Opp Total 16 447 1547 8 3.5 96.7 27.9 336 3635 10.8 26 21.0 227.2 5182 34 16

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Derrick Cullors 26 RET 16 0 45 1085 0 68 24.1 1279
Chris Canty 22 RCB 16 9 16 170 0 36 10.6 11 198 0 29 18.0 368
Troy Brown 27 RET 10 0 17 225 0 39 13.2 571
Chris Sullivan 25 rde 15 10 2 14 0 9 7.0 14
Tedy Bruschi 25 rlb 16 7 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Chad Eaton 26 LDT 15 14 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Sedrick Shaw 25 13 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 282
Larry Whigham 26 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 33 395 0 39 12.0 62 1330 0 68 21.5 7209
Opp Total 16 43 0 71 1335 0 18.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Tom Tupa 32 P 16 0 74 3294 64 0 44.5
Adam Vinatieri 26 K 16 0 3 3 8 8 14 9 12 9 2 2 39 31 79.5% 32 32 100.0%
Team Total 26.4 16 3 3 8 8 14 9 12 9 2 2 39 31 79.5% 32 32 100.0% 74 3294 64 0 44.5
Opp Total 16 32 27 84.4% 30 30 100.0% 73 3102 42.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Drew Bledsoe 26 QB 14 14 9 4 -10 0
Ty Law*+ 24 LCB 16 16 9 133 1 59 0 0 1 17 0 60 10
Henry Thomas 33 RDT 16 15 6.5 1 24 1 24 2 0 1 0 0 42 22
Lawyer Milloy* 25 SS 16 16 1.0 6 54 1 30 0 0 1 0 0 79 41
Chad Eaton 26 LDT 15 14 6.0 1 0 1 2 0 49 31
Robert Edwards 24 RB 16 15 5 2 0 0
Steve Israel 29 rcb 11 7 2.0 3 13 0 12
Chris Canty 22 RCB 16 9 1.0 1 12 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 43 7
Willie Clay 28 FS 16 16 3 19 0 19 0 0 1 3 0 66 33
Chris Slade 27 LLB 15 15 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 43 29
Willie McGinest 27 RDE 9 8 3.5 1 0 0 0 0 21 8
Bruce Armstrong 33 LT 16 16 0 3 0 0
Sedrick Shaw 25 13 1 2 1 -7 0
Greg Spires 24 15 1 3.0 18 6
Tedy Bruschi 25 rlb 16 7 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 48 26
Ted Johnson 26 MLB 13 13 2.0 64 33
Brandon Mitchell 23 7 1 2.0 14 7
Chris Sullivan 25 rde 15 10 2.0 26 9
Chris Carter 24 16 0 1.0 9 4
Derrick Cullors 26 RET 16 0 1 0 0 0
Shawn Jefferson 29 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0
Tebucky Jones 24 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 3
Marty Moore 27 14 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 6
Shawn Stuckey 23 6 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Whigham 26 16 0 1 0 0 0 22 3
Scott Zolak 31 6 2 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 36.0 24 255 3 59 7 20 19 5 0 701 313
Opp Total 16 40 16 9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Adam Vinatieri 26 K 16 0 1 32 31 127
Robert Edwards 24 RB 16 15 9 3 72
Ben Coates* 29 TE 14 14 6 36
Terry Glenn 24 WR 10 9 3 18
Tony Simmons 24 wr 11 6 3 18
Vincent Brisby 27 6 1 2 12
Shawn Jefferson 29 WR 16 16 2 12
Lovett Purnell 26 te 16 5 2 12
Troy Brown 27 RET 10 0 1 6
Derrick Cullors 26 RET 16 0 1 6
Ty Law*+ 24 LCB 16 16 1 6
Lawyer Milloy* 25 SS 16 16 1 6
Henry Thomas 33 RDT 16 15 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 9 23 3 1 32 31 337
Opp Total 16 8 26 1 30 27 329