1983 New England Patriots (NFL) |
2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 8-8-0 .500 |
Head Coach: Ron Meyer |
Tommy Brasher | Defensive Line |
Cleve Bryant | Offensive Backs |
LeBaron Caruthers | Strength and Conditioning |
Steve Endicott | Receivers |
Lew Erber | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
Bill Muir | Offensive Line |
Rod Rust | Defensive Coordinator |
Dante Scarnecchia | Special Teams/Tight Ends |
Steve Sidwell | Linebackers |
Steve Walters | Defensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/6/1983 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-27 | L | Knoxville, TN | Neyland Stadium | 42816 | |
Sun | 8/14/1983 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 15-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 50043 | |
Sat | 8/20/1983 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-13 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 40190 | |
Fri | 8/26/1983 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21-41 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 52108 | |
Sun | 9/4/1983 | H | Baltimore Colts | 23-29 | L | OT | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 45526 |
Sun | 9/11/1983 | A | Miami Dolphins | 24-34 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 59343 | |
Sun | 9/18/1983 | H | New York Jets | 23-13 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 43182 | |
Sun | 9/25/1983 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-23 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 58282 | |
Sun | 10/2/1983 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 13-33 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 54293 | |
Sun | 10/9/1983 | A | Baltimore Colts | 7-12 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 37013 | |
Sun | 10/16/1983 | H | San Diego Chargers | 37-21 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 59016 | |
Sun | 10/23/1983 | A | Buffalo Bills | 31-0 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 60424 | |
Sun | 10/30/1983 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 13-24 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 47546 | |
Sun | 11/6/1983 | H | Buffalo Bills | 21-7 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 42604 | |
Sun | 11/13/1983 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-6 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 60771 | |
Sun | 11/20/1983 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-30 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 40987 | |
Sun | 11/27/1983 | A | New York Jets | 3-26 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 48620 | |
Sun | 12/4/1983 | H | New Orleans Saints | 7-0 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 24579 | |
Sun | 12/11/1983 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-7 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 46503 | |
Sun | 12/18/1983 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 6-24 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 59688 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Julius Adams | 85 | RDE | 6-3 | 262 | 35 | Texas Southern | 16 | 16 |
Don Blackmon | 55 | ROLB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Tulsa | 15 | 14 |
Pete Brock | 58 | C | 6-5 | 270 | 29 | Colorado | 13 | 13 |
Dave Browning | 74 | DE | 6-5 | 245 | 27 | Spokane Falls CC; Washington | 12 | 0 |
Rich Camarillo | 3 | P | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Cerritos JC; Washington | 16 | 0 |
Ray Clayborn | 26 | RCB | 6-0 | 186 | 28 | Texas | 16 | 16 |
Tony Collins | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | East Carolina | 16 | 16 |
Bob Cryder | 75 | ROT | 6-4 | 275 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
Lin Dawson | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | North Carolina State | 13 | 10 |
Paul Dombroski | 47 | CB-S | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Linfield; Hawaii; Linfield | 7 | 0 |
Tony Eason | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 212 | 24 | American River JC; Illinois | 16 | 4 |
John Gillen | 54 | LB | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | Illinois | 8 | 0 |
Tim Golden | 59 | LILB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Florida | 16 | 1 |
Steve Grogan | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 30 | Kansas State | 12 | 12 |
Darryl Haley | 68 | ROT | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Utah | 16 | 2 |
John Hannah | 73 | LOG | 6-3 | 265 | 32 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
Marshall Harris | 78 | LDE | 6-6 | 261 | 28 | Texas Christian | 6 | 2 |
Don Hasselbeck | 80 | TE | 6-7 | 244 | 28 | Colorado | 1 | 0 |
Luther Henson | 70 | NT | 6-0 | 275 | 24 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 |
Brian Holloway | 76 | LOT | 6-7 | 280 | 24 | Stanford | 16 | 16 |
Brian Ingram | 51 | LB | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Tennessee | 4 | 0 |
Roland James | 38 | SS | 6-2 | 191 | 25 | Tennessee | 16 | 16 |
Cedric Jones | 83 | WR | 6-1 | 184 | 23 | Duke | 15 | 11 |
Mike Kerrigan | 19 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
Art Kuehn | 78 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 30 | UCLA | 2 | 0 |
Keith Lee | 22 | CB-S | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | Colorado State | 15 | 0 |
Ronnie Lippett | 42 | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
Fred Marion | 31 | CB-S | 6-2 | 191 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 0 |
Larry McGrew | 50 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-5 | 233 | 26 | Contra Costa JC; Southern California | 16 | 5 |
Steve Moore | 67 | OT | 6-4 | 295 | 23 | Tennessee State | 4 | 0 |
Stanley Morgan | 86 | WR | 5-11 | 181 | 28 | Tennessee | 16 | 16 |
Steve Nelson | 57 | LILB | 6-2 | 230 | 32 | Augsburg; North Dakota State | 8 | 7 |
Dennis Owens | 98 | NT | 6-1 | 258 | 23 | North Carolina State | 16 | 14 |
George Peoples | 35 | RB | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | Auburn | 16 | 0 |
Derrick Ramsey | 88 | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | 7 |
Johnny Rembert | 52 | LILB | 6-3 | 234 | 22 | Cowley County JC; Clemson | 15 | 8 |
Ed Reynolds | 95 | LB | 6-5 | 243 | 22 | Virginia | 12 | 0 |
Doug Rogers | 65 | DE | 6-5 | 268 | 23 | Stanford | 10 | 0 |
Rick Sanford | 25 | FS | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | South Carolina | 16 | 16 |
Kenneth Sims | 77 | LDE | 6-5 | 271 | 24 | Texas | 5 | 2 |
John Smith | 1 | K | 6-0 | 172 | 34 | King Alfred's; Southampton (England) | 5 | 0 |
Ricky Smith | 27 | CB-S | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Alabama State | 16 | 0 |
Ron Spears | 78 | LDE | 6-6 | 254 | 24 | East Los Angeles JC; San Diego State | 1 | 1 |
Stephen Starring | 81 | WR | 5-10 | 172 | 22 | McNeese State | 15 | 3 |
Fred Steinfort | 5 | K | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Boston College | 9 | 0 |
Mosi Tatupu | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 227 | 28 | Southern California | 16 | 1 |
Andre Tippett | 56 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-3 | 241 | 24 | Iowa | 15 | 13 |
Mark Van Eeghen | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 31 | Colgate | 15 | 11 |
Clarence Weathers | 82 | WR | 5-9 | 179 | 21 | Delaware State | 16 | 0 |
Robert Weathers | 24 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Arizona State | 15 | 4 |
Clayton Weishuhn | 53 | RILB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Angelo State | 16 | 16 |
Dwight Wheeler | 62 | C | 6-3 | 270 | 28 | Tennessee State | 16 | 3 |
Brooks Williams | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 226 | 29 | North Carolina | 13 | 1 |
Lester Williams | 72 | LDE | 6-3 | 272 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 15 | 1 |
Toby Williams | 90 | LDE | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Nebraska | 16 | 10 |
Darryal Wilson | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | Tennessee | 9 | 0 |
Ron Wooten | 61 | ROG | 6-4 | 273 | 24 | North Carolina | 16 | 16 |
Joaquin Zendejas | 2 | K | 5-11 | 176 | 23 | La Verne | 2 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 15 | Tony Eason | QB | Illinois |
2 | 47 | Darryal Wilson | WR | Tennessee |
3 | 74 | Stephen Starring | WR | McNeese State |
3 | 80 | Steve Moore | G | Tennessee State |
4 | 101 | Johnny Rembert | LB | Clemson |
5 | 118 | Smiley Creswell | DE | Michigan State |
5 | 128 | Darryl Lewis | TE | Texas-Arlington |
6 | 155 | Mike Bass | K | Illinois |
7 | 187 | Craig James | RB | Southern Methodist |
8 | 214 | Ronnie Lippett | DB | Miami (Florida) |
9 | 233 | Ricky Williams | RB | Langston |
9 | 240 | Mark Keel | TE | Arizona |
10 | 264 | James Williams | TE | Wyoming |
10 | 265 | Toby Williams | DE | Nebraska |
10 | 267 | Tom Ramsey | QB | UCLA |
11 | 292 | Steve Parker | WR | Abilene Christian |
11 | 294 | Calvin Eason | DB | Houston |
12 | 319 | Waddell Kelly | RB | Arkansas State |
12 | 326 | Andy Ekern | T | Missouri |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 53 | 71 | 40 | 110 | 0 | 274 |
Opponents Totals | 47 | 110 | 67 | 59 | 6 | 289 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 29:21 | 284 | 130 | 138 | 16 | 82/206 39.8% | / % | 90 | 815 |
Opponents Totals | 30:39 | 326 | 129 | 172 | 25 | 102/235 43.4% | / % | 84 | 674 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Collins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Derrick Ramsey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Fred Steinfort | 0 | 16 | 17 | 94.1 | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 0 | 34 |
Mosi Tatupu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
John Smith | 0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 21 |
Clarence Weathers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Steve Grogan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Stanley Morgan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Stephen Starring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Mark Van Eeghen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Lin Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Cedric Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Robert Weathers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Clayton Weishuhn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Joaquin Zendejas | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
Team Totals | 36 | 31 | 36 | 86.1 | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 0 | 274 |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 1 | 289 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Steinfort | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 1 | 35 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 0/6 | 0/0 |
John Smith | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 43 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
Joaquin Zendejas | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
Team Totals | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 1 | 43 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 4/9 | 1/8 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 2/2 | 12/13 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 3/6 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Collins | 219 | 1049 | 4.8 | 50t | 10 |
Mosi Tatupu | 106 | 578 | 5.5 | 55 | 4 |
Robert Weathers | 73 | 418 | 5.7 | 77 | 1 |
Mark Van Eeghen | 95 | 358 | 3.8 | 11 | 2 |
Steve Grogan | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 17 | 2 |
Tony Eason | 19 | 39 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 |
Clarence Weathers | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Mike Kerrigan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Stanley Morgan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 538 | 2605 | 4.8 | 77 | 19 |
Opponents Totals | 549 | 2281 | 4.2 | 29 | 9 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Grogan | 303 | 168 | 55.4 | 123 | 2411 | 8.0 | 14.4 | 76t | 15 | 5.0 | 12 | 4.0 | 29 | 195 | 2216 | 81.4 |
Tony Eason | 95 | 46 | 48.4 | 44 | 557 | 5.9 | 12.1 | 35 | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 5.3 | 16 | 139 | 418 | 48.4 |
Mike Kerrigan | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 7 | 72 | 5.1 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 29.5 |
Team Totals | 412 | 220 | 53.4 | 174 | 3040 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 76t | 16 | 3.9 | 18 | 4.4 | 45 | 334 | 2706 | 72.1 |
Opponents Totals | 514 | 277 | 53.9 | 220 | 3565 | 6.9 | 12.9 | 68t | 19 | 3.7 | 17 | 3.3 | 39 | 270 | 3295 | 74.4 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanley Morgan | 58 | 863 | 14.9 | 50t | 2 |
Tony Collins | 27 | 257 | 9.5 | 20 | 0 |
Derrick Ramsey | 24 | 335 | 14.0 | 39 | 6 |
Robert Weathers | 23 | 212 | 9.2 | 19 | 0 |
Cedric Jones | 20 | 323 | 16.2 | 30 | 1 |
Clarence Weathers | 19 | 379 | 19.9 | 58t | 3 |
Stephen Starring | 17 | 389 | 22.9 | 76t | 2 |
Mark Van Eeghen | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 |
Mosi Tatupu | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 17 | 1 |
Lin Dawson | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 14 | 1 |
Don Hasselbeck | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Brooks Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Grogan | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
Team Totals | 220 | 3040 | 13.8 | 76t | 16 |
Opponents Totals | 277 | 3565 | 12.9 | 68t | 19 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Sanford | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
Roland James | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 46 | 0 |
Fred Marion | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Don Blackmon | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
Steve Nelson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Larry McGrew | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Clayton Weishuhn | 0 | 27 | 27Lt | 1 | |
Team Totals | 17 | 202 | 11.9 | 46 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 18 | 361 | 20.1 | 65t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rich Camarillo | 81 | 3615 | 44.6 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 392 | 3003 | 37.1 |
Team Totals | 81 | 3615 | 44.6 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 392 | 3003 | 37.1 |
Opponents Totals | 78 | 3273 | 42.0 | 62 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 399 | 2714 | 34.8 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ricky Smith | 38 | 12 | 398 | 10.5 | 55 | 0 |
Clarence Weathers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
Rick Sanford | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 44 | 14 | 399 | 9.1 | 55 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 48 | 6 | 392 | 8.2 | 22 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ricky Smith | 42 | 0 | 916 | 21.8 | 53 | 0 |
Cedric Jones | 4 | 1 | 63 | 15.8 | 23 | 0 |
Keith Lee | 4 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
Robert Weathers | 3 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 | 29 | 0 |
Clarence Weathers | 3 | 0 | 58 | 19.3 | 33 | 0 |
Tim Golden | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 57 | 1 | 1155 | 20.3 | 53 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 55 | 1082 | 19.7 | 60 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Andre Tippett | 8.5 | |
Julius Adams | 8.0 | |
Dennis Owens | 4.0 | |
Don Blackmon | 3.5 | |
Toby Williams | 2.0 | |
Clayton Weishuhn | 2.0 | |
Johnny Rembert | 2.0 | |
Larry McGrew | 2.0 | |
Roland James | 2.0 | |
Lester Williams | 1.0 | |
Steve Nelson | 1.0 | |
Doug Rogers | 0.5 | |
Marshall Harris | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 39.0 | 270.0 |
Opponents Totals | 45.0 | 334.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julius Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Collins | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Cryder | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Eason | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Golden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Grogan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
John Hannah | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Roland James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Cedric Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Keith Lee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Ronnie Lippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry McGrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Stanley Morgan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
George Peoples | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Rembert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Sanford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | |
Ricky Smith | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Stephen Starring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Tippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Van Eeghen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Clarence Weathers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Robert Weathers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Clayton Weishuhn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 47 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 30 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 30 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 2 |
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