1996 New England Patriots

1996 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Drew Bledsoe	623	373	59.9	4086	6.56	84t	27	4.3	15	2.4	30	190	83.7
Tom Tupa	2	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Marrio Grier	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
David Meggett	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Scott Zolak	1	1	100.0	5	5.00	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	87.5
TOTALS	628	374	59.6	4091	6.51	84t	27	4.3	15	2.4	0	0	83.2

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Terry Glenn 90 1132 12.6 6 37t Ben Coates 62 682 11.0 9 84t Shawn Jefferson 50 771 15.4 4 42 Curtis Martin 46 333 7.2 3 41 David Meggett 33 292 8.8 0 26 Sam Gash 33 276 8.4 2 28 Keith Byars 27 249 9.2 2 27 Troy Brown 21 222 10.6 0 38 Hason Graham 5 64 12.8 0 23 Will Moore 3 37 12.3 0 16 John Burke 1 19 19.0 0 19 Marrio Grier 1 8 8.0 0 8 Dietrich Jells 1 5 5.0 0 5 Mike Bartrum 1 1 1.0 1 1t TOTALS 374 4091 10.9 27 84t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Curtis Martin 316 1152 3.6 14 57 David Meggett 40 122 3.0 0 12 Marrio Grier 27 105 3.9 1 26 Terry Glenn 5 42 8.4 0 26 Drew Bledsoe 24 27 1.1 0 8 Sam Gash 8 15 1.9 0 3 Shawn Jefferson 1 6 6.0 0 6 Keith Byars 2 2 1.0 0 3 Scott Zolak 4 -3 -0.8 0 0 TOTALS 427 1468 3.4 15 57

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg David Meggett 34 781 23.0 0 54 Troy Brown 29 634 21.9 0 51 Mike Gisler 1 9 9.0 0 9 TOTALS 64 1424 22.3 0 54

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg David Meggett 52 588 11.3 9 1 60t TOTALS 52 588 11.3 9 1 60t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Tom Tupa	63	2739	43.5	62	7	14	0	34	334	36.0
Adam Vinatieri	1	27	27.0	27	0	1	0	0	0	27.0
TOTALS	64	2766	43.2	62	7	15	0	34	334	35.8

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Adam Vinatieri	1/1	9/10	8/8	8/14	1/2	27/35	50	39/42	120
TOTALS	1/1	9/10	8/8	8/14	1/2	27/35	50	39/42	120

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Tedy Bruschi	4.0	26.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Willie Clay	0.0	0.0	4	50	12.5	0	35
Todd Collins	0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7
Ferric Collons	0.5	3.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chad Eaton	1.0	4.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Jerome Henderson	0.0	0.0	2	7	3.5	0	7
Jimmy Hitchcock	0.0	0.0	2	14	7.0	0	14
Ted Johnson	0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Jones	2.0	14.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ty Law	0.0	0.0	3	45	15.0	1	38t
Willie McGinest	9.5	62.5	1	46	46.0	1	46t
Michael McGruder	0.5	4.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Lawyer Milloy	1.0	7.0	2	14	7.0	0	14
Terry Ray	1.0	14.0	1	43	43.0	0	43
Ricky Reynolds	0.0	0.0	2	7	3.5	0	7
Dwayne Sabb	0.5	3.5	1	0	0.0	0	0
Pio Sagapolutele	3.0	14.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Slade	7.0	73.0	1	2	2.0	0	2
Otis Smith	1.0	7.0	2	20	10.0	0	11
Mark Wheeler	1.0	8.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Devin Wyman	1.0	11.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	33.0	252.0	23	255	11.1	2	46t

Branch harbors no hard feelings
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
The strained conclusion to Deion Branch's tenure with the Patriots will be forgotten this weekend, Branch said, when his former team travels to Seattle to face the Seahawks for the first time since Branch, the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIX, was traded there early in the 2006 season.

Patriots lure Colvin from civilian comfort
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
Rosevelt Colvin received the phone call Monday from the Patriots. They offered him a return to the NFL, an opportunity he was not seeking. He waited to give his answer.

Welker isn't striking back
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker does not expect any apologies from Steelers safety Ryan Clark , nor does he see why one would be necessary. Clark's vicious hit on Welker last Sunday, for which Clark drew a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty, was, in Welker's mind, merely a part of the sport.