1987 New England Patriots

1987 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Grogan	161	93	57.8	1183	7.35	40	10	6.2	9	5.6	7	55	78.2
Tom Ramsey	134	71	53.0	898	6.70	40	6	4.5	6	4.5	14	90	70.4
Tony Eason	79	42	53.2	453	5.73	45	3	3.8	2	2.5	8	70	72.4
Bob Bleier	39	14	35.9	181	4.64	35	1	2.6	1	2.6	3	28	49.2
Doug Flutie	25	15	60.0	199	7.96	30	1	4.0	0	0.0	1	3	98.6
Cedric Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Mosi Tatupu	1	1	100.0	15	15.00	15t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	158.3
TOTALS	440	236	53.6	2929	6.66	45	22	5.0	18	4.1	0	0	74.1

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Tony Collins 44 347 7.9 3 29 Stanley Morgan 40 672 16.8 3 45 Irving Fryar 31 467 15.1 5 40 Cedric Jones 25 388 15.5 3 29 Stephen Starring 17 289 17.0 3 34t Greg Baty 15 138 9.2 2 22 Mosi Tatupu 15 136 9.1 0 23 Lin Dawson 12 81 6.8 0 14 Larry Linne 11 158 14.4 2 30 Willie Scott 5 35 7.0 1 15 Wayne Coffey 3 66 22.0 0 35 Dennis Gadbois 3 51 17.0 0 20 Derwin Williams 3 30 10.0 0 12 Bob Perryman 3 13 4.3 0 7 Reggie Dupard 3 1 0.3 0 2 Todd Frain 2 22 11.0 0 11 Michael LeBlanc 2 3 1.5 0 3 Bruce Hansen 1 22 22.0 0 22 Clay Pickering 1 10 10.0 0 10 TOTALS 236 2929 12.4 22 45

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Tony Collins 147 474 3.2 3 19 Reggie Dupard 94 318 3.4 3 49 Mosi Tatupu 79 248 3.1 0 19 Bob Perryman 41 187 4.6 0 48 Michael LeBlanc 49 170 3.5 1 42 Tom Ramsey 13 75 5.8 1 19 Irving Fryar 9 52 5.8 0 16 Bruce Hansen 16 44 2.8 0 7 Elgin Davis 9 43 4.8 0 27 Doug Flutie 6 43 7.2 0 13 Steve Grogan 20 37 1.9 2 8 Tony Eason 3 25 8.3 0 13 Chuck McSwain 9 23 2.6 0 9 Carl Woods 4 20 5.0 1 13 Stephen Starring 2 13 6.5 0 10 Craig James 4 10 2.5 0 5 Rich Camarillo 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Bleier 5 -5 -1.0 1 1t Todd Whitten 2 -6 -3.0 0 -2 TOTALS 513 1771 3.5 12 49

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Stephen Starring 23 445 19.3 0 43 Elgin Davis 5 134 26.8 0 43 Irving Fryar 6 119 19.8 0 31 Reggie Dupard 4 61 15.3 0 21 Bob Perryman 3 43 14.3 0 16 Chuck McSwain 2 32 16.0 0 24 Michael LeBlanc 2 31 15.5 0 24 Tony Collins 1 18 18.0 0 18 Bruce Hansen 1 14 14.0 0 14 Rogers Alexander 1 4 4.0 0 4 TOTALS 48 901 18.8 0 43

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Irving Fryar 18 174 9.7 12 0 36 Larry Linne 5 22 4.4 2 0 16 Stephen Starring 1 17 17.0 1 0 17 Fred Marion 1 0 0.0 2 0 0 TOTALS 25 213 8.5 17 0 36

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Rich Camarillo	62	2489	40.1	73	8	14	1	34	333	31.7
Alan Herline	25	861	34.4	50	4	1	1	7	64	27.6
TOTALS	87	3350	38.5	73	12	15	2	41	397	30.5

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Tony Franklin	0/0	5/5	6/11	3/7	1/3	15/26	50	37/38	82
Eric Schubert	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/1	0/0	1/2	23	1/1	4
TOTALS	0/0	6/6	6/11	3/8	1/3	16/28	50	38/39	86

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Don Blackmon	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Jim Bowman	0.5	--	2	3	1.5	0	3
Raymond Clayborn	0.0	--	2	24	12.0	0	24
Ernest Gibson	0.0	--	2	17	8.5	0	17
Milford Hodge	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Darryl Holmes	0.0	--	1	4	4.0	0	4
Roland James	0.0	--	1	27	27.0	0	27
Ronnie Lippett	1.0	--	3	103	34.3	2	45t
Dino Mangiero	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Fred Marion	0.0	--	4	53	13.3	0	25
Jerry McCabe	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Larry McGrew	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Rod McSwain	0.0	--	1	17	17.0	0	17
Joe Peterson	0.0	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Johnny Rembert	2.0	--	1	1	1.0	0	1
Ed Reynolds	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ron Shegog	0.0	--	1	7	7.0	0	7
Kenneth Sims	1.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Andre Tippett	12.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Garin Veris	7.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Murray Wichard	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Wilburn	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Brent Williams	5.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ed Williams	0.0	--	1	51	51.0	0	51
Perry Williams	0.0	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Toby Williams	4.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	43.0	0.0	21	307	14.6	2	51

He's issuing challenge
Boston Globe | November 22, 2008
FOXBOROUGH - Bill Belichick's chalk talk with the media yesterday at Gillette Stadium revolved around angles, in particular the number of angles provided by instant-replay cameras. The Patriots coach was angling for better coverage, enabling the decision-makers on the field to make a better determination of whether to challenge a play.

Patriots' Koppen front and center
Boston Globe | November 22, 2008
FOXBOROUGH - Dan Koppen is all about the work. He is all about his job, as thankless and tough as it is.

For many Dolphins, big game is oddity
South Florida Sun-Sentinel | November 22, 2008
Sparano asks to not overhype Pats' visit Dolphins cornerback André Goodman makes no bones about it. Sunday's sold-out home game against the New England Patriots is the "biggest" of his seven-year career.