1997 New England Patriots Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Pete Carroll (10-6)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts

1997 New England Patriots Roster
1997 New England Patriots Results

The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

New England ran up 369 points, while the defense gave up 289. Drew Bledsoe led the charge, throwing for 3,706 yards. Ben Coates caught 66 passes, while Shawn Jefferson accumulated 841 receiving yards.

Curtis Martin rushed for a team-best 1,160 yards for the Patriots.

The ball-hawking defense led the way with 32 turnovers. Willie Clay picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Chris Slade sacked opposing passers 9 times, part of an overall team total of 44 sacks.

Pete Carroll coached the team. The 1997 New England Patriots lost in the Division Playoff.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Drew Bledsoe	522	314	60.2	3706	7.1	28	5.4	15	2.9	76	30	258	87.7
Scott Zolak	9	6	66.7	67	7.4	2	22.2	0	0.0	20	0	0	128.2
Dave Meggett	1	1	100.0	35	35.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	35	0	0	158.3
Totals	532	321	60.3	3808	7.2	31	5.8	15	2.8	76	30	258

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Curtis Martin	274	1160	4.2	70	4
Derrick Cullors	22	101	4.6	24	0
Marrio Grier	33	75	2.3	12	1
Dave Meggett	20	60	3.0	10	1
Drew Bledsoe	28	55	2.0	8	0
Keith Byars	11	24	2.2	5	0
Sam Gash	6	10	1.7	4	0
Scott Zolak	3	-3	-1.0	-1	0
Troy Brown	1	-18	-18.0	-18	0
Totals	398	1464	3.7	70	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ben Coates	66	737	11.2	35	8
Shawn Jefferson	54	841	15.6	76	2
Troy Brown	41	607	14.8	67	6
Curtis Martin	41	296	7.2	22	1
Terry Glenn	27	431	16.0	50	2
Vincent Brisby	23	276	12.0	31	2
Sam Gash	22	154	7.0	19	3
Keith Byars	20	189	9.4	51	3
Dave Meggett	19	203	10.7	49	1
Lovett Purnell	5	57	11.4	20	3
Derrick Cullors	2	8	4.0	6	0
Dietrich Jells	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	321	3808	11.9	76	31

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Adam Vinatieri	40	40	100.0	29	25	86.2	115
Totals	40	40	100.0	29	25	86.2	115

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Tupa	78	3569	45.8	73
Totals	78	3569	45.8	73

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Meggett	45	467	10.4	47	0
Totals	45	467	10.4	47	0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Meggett	33	816	24.7	61	0
Derrick Cullors	15	386	25.7	86	1
Chris Canty	4	115	28.8	63	0
Ben Coates	1	20	20.0	20	0
Totals	53	1337	25.2	86	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Willie Clay	6	109	18.2	53	1
Ty Law	3	70	23.3	40	0
Lawyer Milloy	3	15	5.0	15	0
Jimmy Hitchcock	2	104	52.0	100	1
Larry Whigham	2	60	30.0	60	1
Marty Moore	2	7	3.5	7	0
Chris Slade	1	1	1.0	1	1
Totals	19	366	19.3	100	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Chris Slade	9.0
Henry Thomas	7.0
Mark Wheeler	4.0
Tedy Bruschi	4.0
Ted Johnson	4.0
Mike Jones	4.0
Willie McGinest	2.0
Chris Canty	2.0
Larry Whigham	2.0
Todd Collins	1.5
Mike McGruder	1.0
Steve Israel	1.0
Ferric Collons	1.0
Chad Eaton	1.0
Ty Law	0.5
Totals	44.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ted Johnson	111	95	32		0	0	0	0	1
Lawyer Milloy	97	82	30	0	0	2	0	0	2
Mike Jones	79.5	70	19		0	1	0	0	0
Ty Law	73	69	8	0	1	1	0	0	0
Willie Clay	81.5	68	27	0	0	2	0		1
Jimmy Hitchcock	74	65	18	0	0	0	0		1
Todd Collins	81.5	64	35		0	0	0	0	2
Chris Slade	75	62	26	0	0	0	0		2
Henry Thomas	56.5	44	25		0	1	0	0	2
Mark Wheeler	31	26	10		0	0	0	0	1
Willie McGinest	30	25	10		0	3	0	0	0
Tedy Bruschi	27.5	25	5		0	2	0	0	2
Chris Canty	25	24	2		0	2	9	0	1
Chris Sullivan	20.5	16	9
Larry Whigham	17	15	4	0	0	0	0		1
Chad Eaton	17	13	8
Ferric Collons	13	11	4		0	1	5	0	0
Brandon Mitchell	7.5	6	3
Marty Moore	7	6	2	0
Mike McGruder	4	4	0
Devin Wyman	2	1	2
Chris Carter	1	1	0
Drew Bledsoe					4	3	-4	0	0
Vernon Crawford					0	1	0	0	0
Max Lane					0	1	0	0	0
Lovett Purnell					0	1	0		0
Dave Meggett					2	1	0		0
Derrick Cullors					3	0	0		0
Shawn Jefferson					2	0	0		0
Terry Glenn					1	0	0		0
Keith Byars					1	0	0		0
Curtis Martin					3	0	0		0
Totals	931.5	792	279	0	17	22	10	0	16

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Adam Vinatieri									25	40	0			115
Ben Coates		8		0					0	0	0			48
Troy Brown	0	6							0	0	0			36
Curtis Martin	4	1							0	0	0			30
Sam Gash	0	3							0	0	0			18
Lovett Purnell		3							0	0	0			18
Keith Byars	0	3							0	0	0			18
Vincent Brisby		2							0	0	0			12
Shawn Jefferson		2							0	0	0			12
Terry Glenn		2							0	0	0			12
Dave Meggett	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			12
Derrick Cullors	0	0		1					0	0	0			6
Larry Whigham						1			0	0	0			6
Jimmy Hitchcock						1			0	0	0			6
Willie Clay						1			0	0	0			6
Marrio Grier	1								0	0	0			6
Chris Slade						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	6	31	0	1	0	4	0	0	25	40	0	0	0	367