1997 New England Patriots

1997 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Drew Bledsoe	522	314	60.2	3706	7.10	76	28	5.4	15	2.9	30	258	87.7
Scott Zolak	9	6	66.7	67	7.44	20t	2	22.2	0	0.0	0	0	128.2
David Meggett	1	1	100.0	35	35.00	35t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	158.3
TOTALS	532	321	60.3	3808	7.16	76	31	5.8	15	2.8	0	0	89.9

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Ben Coates 66 737 11.2 8 35 Shawn Jefferson 54 841 15.6 2 76 Troy Brown 41 607 14.8 6 67 Curtis Martin 41 296 7.2 1 22 Terry Glenn 27 431 16.0 2 50 Vincent Brisby 23 276 12.0 2 31 Sam Gash 22 154 7.0 3 19 Keith Byars 20 189 9.4 3 51 David Meggett 19 203 10.7 1 49t Lovett Purnell 5 57 11.4 3 20t Derrick Cullors 2 8 4.0 0 6 Dietrich Jells 1 9 9.0 0 9 TOTALS 321 3808 11.9 31 76

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Curtis Martin 274 1160 4.2 4 70t Derrick Cullors 22 101 4.6 0 24 Marrio Grier 33 75 2.3 1 12 David Meggett 20 60 3.0 1 10 Drew Bledsoe 28 55 2.0 0 8 Keith Byars 11 24 2.2 0 5 Sam Gash 6 10 1.7 0 4 Scott Zolak 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1 Troy Brown 1 -18 -18.0 0 -18 TOTALS 398 1464 3.7 6 70t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg David Meggett 33 816 24.7 0 61 Derrick Cullors 15 386 25.7 1 86t Chris Canty 4 115 28.8 0 63 Ben Coates 1 20 20.0 0 20 TOTALS 53 1337 25.2 1 86t

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg David Meggett 45 467 10.4 8 0 47 TOTALS 45 467 10.4 8 0 47

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Tom Tupa	78	3569	45.8	73	14	24	1	38	437	36.1
TOTALS	78	3569	45.8	73	14	24	1	38	437	36.1

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Adam Vinatieri	0/0	11/11	7/9	6/8	1/1	25/29	52	40/40	115
TOTALS	0/0	11/11	7/9	6/8	1/1	25/29	52	40/40	115

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Tedy Bruschi	4.0	21.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Canty	2.0	16.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Willie Clay	0.0	0.0	6	109	18.2	1	53t
Todd Collins	1.5	5.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ferric Collons	1.0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chad Eaton	1.0	4.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Jimmy Hitchcock	0.0	0.0	2	104	52.0	1	100t
Steve Israel	1.0	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ted Johnson	4.0	30.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Jones	4.0	34.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ty Law	0.5	2.5	3	70	23.3	0	40
Willie McGinest	2.0	14.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Michael McGruder	1.0	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Lawyer Milloy	0.0	0.0	3	15	5.0	0	15
Marty Moore	0.0	0.0	2	7	3.5	0	7
Chris Slade	9.0	46.0	1	1	1.0	1	1t
Henry Thomas	7.0	40.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mark Wheeler	4.0	39.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Whigham	2.0	26.0	2	60	30.0	1	60t
Team	1.0	12.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	45.0	303.0	19	366	19.3	4	100t

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.