1998 New England Patriots

1998 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Drew Bledsoe	481	263	54.7	3633	7.55	86t	20	4.2	14	2.9	36	295	80.9
Scott Zolak	75	32	42.7	371	4.95	61t	3	4.0	3	4.0	4	49	54.9
TOTALS	556	295	53.1	4004	7.20	86t	23	4.1	17	3.1	0	0	77.4

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Ben Coates 67 668 10.0 6 33 Terry Glenn 50 792 15.8 3 86t Robert Edwards 35 331 9.5 3 46 Shawn Jefferson 34 771 22.7 2 61t Tony Simmons 23 474 20.6 3 63t Troy Brown 23 346 15.0 1 52 Tony Carter 18 166 9.2 0 49 Derrick Cullors 14 146 10.4 1 43 Lovett Purnell 12 92 7.7 2 22 Vincent Brisby 7 96 13.7 2 27 Sedrick Shaw 6 30 5.0 0 11 Henry Ellard 5 86 17.2 0 19 Chris Floyd 1 6 6.0 0 6 TOTALS 295 4004 13.6 23 86t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Robert Edwards 291 1115 3.8 9 53 Sedrick Shaw 48 236 4.9 0 71 Derrick Cullors 18 48 2.7 0 15 Drew Bledsoe 28 44 1.6 0 10 Chris Floyd 6 22 3.7 0 10 Shawn Jefferson 1 15 15.0 0 15 Tony Carter 2 3 1.5 0 3 Scott Zolak 5 0 0.0 0 4 Terry Glenn 2 -1 -0.5 0 7 Tom Tupa 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1 TOTALS 403 1480 3.7 9 71

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Derrick Cullors 45 1085 24.1 0 68 Chris Canty 11 198 18.0 0 29 Sedrick Shaw 1 16 16.0 0 16 Chris Sullivan 2 14 7.0 0 9 Chad Eaton 1 13 13.0 0 13 Tedy Bruschi 1 4 4.0 0 4 Larry Whigham 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 62 1330 21.5 0 68

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Troy Brown 17 225 13.2 8 0 39 Chris Canty 16 170 10.6 7 0 36 Willie Clay 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 TOTALS 33 395 12.0 17 0 39

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Tom Tupa	74	3294	44.5	64	9	13	0	43	493	35.4
TOTALS	74	3294	44.5	64	9	13	0	43	493	35.4

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Adam Vinatieri	3/3	8/8	9/14	9/12	2/2	31/39	55	32/32	125
TOTALS	3/3	8/8	9/14	9/12	2/2	31/39	55	32/32	125

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Tedy Bruschi	2.0	15.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Canty	1.0	10.0	1	12	12.0	0	12
Chris Carter	1.0	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Willie Clay	0.0	0.0	3	19	6.3	0	19
Chad Eaton	6.0	22.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Israel	2.0	12.0	3	13	4.3	0	12
Ted Johnson	2.0	11.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ty Law	0.0	0.0	9	133	14.8	1	59t
Willie McGinest	3.5	23.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Lawyer Milloy	1.0	8.0	6	54	9.0	1	30t
Brandon Mitchell	2.0	15.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Slade	4.0	23.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Spires	3.0	26.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Sullivan	2.0	4.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Henry Thomas	6.5	48.0	1	24	24.0	1	24t
Larry Whigham	0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	36.0	222.0	24	255	10.6	3	59t

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.