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| Date | Team | Opp | Lg | Att | Cmp | Pct | Yds | YPA | TD | TD%T% | Int | Int%I% | Lg | FD | 20+ | Sack | Loss | Rate | Res |
| 09/01/96 | NE | @ MIA | NFL | 38 | 19 | 50.0 | 221 | 5.8 | 1 | 2.6 | 2 | 5.3 | 29t | -- | -- | 4 | 21 | 54.9 | L, 24-10 |
| 09/08/96 | NE | @ BUF | NFL | 46 | 21 | 45.7 | 210 | 4.6 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 37t | -- | -- | 4 | 31 | 66.4 | L, 17-10 |
| 09/15/96 | NE | vs ARI | NFL | 35 | 21 | 60.0 | 221 | 6.3 | 3 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | -- | -- | 2 | 5 | 107.0 | W, 31-0 |
| 09/22/96 | NE | vs JAX | NFL | 44 | 27 | 61.4 | 255 | 5.8 | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 2.3 | 32 | -- | -- | 4 | 25 | 75.5 | W, 28-25 |
| 10/06/96 | NE | @ BAL | NFL | 39 | 25 | 64.1 | 310 | 7.9 | 4 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 35t | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 122.8 | W, 46-38 |
| 10/13/96 | NE | vs WAS | NFL | 48 | 23 | 47.9 | 222 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 34 | -- | -- | 2 | 17 | 52.6 | L, 27-22 |
| 10/20/96 | NE | @ IND | NFL | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 142 | 5.9 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 89.2 | W, 27-9 |
| 10/27/96 | NE | vs BUF | NFL | 45 | 32 | 71.1 | 373 | 8.3 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | -- | -- | 2 | 15 | 103.3 | W, 28-25 |
| 11/03/96 | NE | vs MIA | NFL | 41 | 30 | 73.2 | 419 | 10.2 | 3 | 7.3 | 2 | 4.9 | 84t | -- | -- | 1 | 10 | 109.7 | W, 42-23 |
| 11/10/96 | NE | @ NYJ | NFL | 34 | 24 | 70.6 | 297 | 8.7 | 3 | 8.8 | 2 | 5.9 | 31 | -- | -- | 2 | 22 | 102.2 | W, 31-27 |
| 11/17/96 | NE | vs DEN | NFL | 41 | 22 | 53.7 | 212 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 39 | -- | -- | 2 | 11 | 58.2 | L, 34-8 |
| 11/24/96 | NE | vs IND | NFL | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 242 | 8.1 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | -- | -- | 2 | 8 | 116.2 | W, 27-13 |
| 12/01/96 | NE | @ SD | NFL | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 232 | 8.0 | 4 | 13.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 129.6 | W, 45-7 |
| 12/08/96 | NE | vs NYJ | NFL | 42 | 24 | 57.1 | 251 | 6.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 29 | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 72.6 | W, 34-10 |
| 12/15/96 | NE | @ DAL | NFL | 40 | 20 | 50.0 | 178 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7.5 | 29 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | L, 12-6 |
| 12/21/96 | NE | @ NYG | NFL | 47 | 31 | 66.0 | 301 | 6.4 | 2 | 4.3 | 2 | 4.3 | 38 | -- | -- | 2 | 19 | 80.2 | W, 23-22 |
| 01/05/97 | NE | vs PIT | NFL | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 164 | 6.8 | 1 | 4.2 | 2 | 8.3 | 53 | -- | -- | 2 | 15 | 58.3 | W, 28-3 |
| 01/12/97 | NE | vs JAX | NFL | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 178 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.0 | 38 | -- | -- | 2 | 17 | 62.4 | W, 20-6 |
| 01/26/97 | NE | @ GB | NFL | 48 | 25 | 52.1 | 253 | 5.3 | 2 | 4.2 | 4 | 8.3 | 44 | -- | -- | 5 | 39 | 46.6 | L, 35-21 |
| TOTALS | NFL Regular Season | 623 | 373 | 59.9 | 4,086 | 6.6 | 27 | 4.3 | 15 | 2.4 | 84t | -- | -- | 30 | 190 | 83.7 | |||
| TOTALS | NFL Postseason | 105 | 59 | 56.2 | 595 | 5.7 | 3 | 2.9 | 7 | 6.7 | 53 | -- | -- | 9 | 71 | 54.3 | |||
| TOTALS | NFL Preseason | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||