1988 New England Patriots (NFL) |
| 3rd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Raymond Berry |
| Don Blackmon | Staff Assistant |
| Jimmy Carr | Defensive Backs |
| Bobby Grier | Offensive Backs/Running Game Coordinator |
| Ray Hamilton | Assistant Defensive Line |
| Rod Humeniuk | Assistant Head Coach-Offense/Offensive Line |
| Harold Jackson | Receivers |
| Eddie Khayat | Defensive Line |
| John Polonchek | Special Assistant to the Head Coach |
| Dante Scarnecchia | Special Teams/Tight Ends |
| Don Shinnick | Linebackers |
| Les Steckel | Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1988 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 30-34 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 32949 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1988 | N | Houston Oilers | 14-27 | L | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 48113 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1988 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 41502 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1988 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-27 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 30941 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1988 | H | New York Jets | 28-3 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 44027 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1988 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 6-36 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 55545 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1988 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-16 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 55945 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1988 | A | Houston Oilers | 6-31 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 38636 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1988 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 21-17 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 58050 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1988 | A | Green Bay Packers | 3-45 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 51932 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1988 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 27-21 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 59969 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1988 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20-23 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 76824 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1988 | H | Chicago Bears | 30-7 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 60821 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1988 | H | Miami Dolphins | 21-10 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 60840 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1988 | A | New York Jets | 14-13 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 48358 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1988 | A | Miami Dolphins | 6-3 | W | Miami-Dade County, FL | Joe Robbie Stadium | 53526 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1988 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 21-24 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 58157 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1988 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 13-7 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 59068 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1988 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-7 | W | OT | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 39889 |
| Sat | 12/17/1988 | A | Denver Broncos | 10-21 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 70910 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 39 | Marvin Allen | RB | 5-10 | 208 | 23 | Tyler JC; Tulane | 11 | 0 |
| 78 | Bruce Armstrong | ROT | 6-4 | 291 | 23 | Louisville | 16 | 16 |
| 68 | Mike Baab | C | 6-4 | 271 | 29 | Tarrant County JC; Austin JC (Minnesota); Texas | 15 | 12 |
| 53 | Tom Benson | LB | 6-2 | 237 | 27 | Oklahoma | 12 | 0 |
| 28 | Jim Bowman | S | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Central Michigan | 16 | 1 |
| 59 | Vincent Brown | LB | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Mississippi Valley State | 16 | 3 |
| 26 | Raymond Clayborn | RCB | 6-0 | 186 | 33 | Texas | 16 | 16 |
| 40 | Elgin Davis | RB | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Central Florida | 5 | 0 |
| 87 | Lin Dawson | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | North Carolina State | 6 | 6 |
| 21 | Reggie Dupard | HB | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 16 | 2 |
| 11 | Tony Eason | QB | 6-4 | 212 | 29 | American River JC; Illinois | 2 | 2 |
| 66 | Paul Fairchild | OG-C | 6-4 | 270 | 27 | Ellsworth CC; Kansas | 16 | 3 |
| 62 | Sean Farrell | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 28 | Penn State | 15 | 15 |
| 6 | Jeff Feagles | P | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Scottsdale CC; Miami (Florida) | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Doug Flutie | QB | 5-10 | 178 | 26 | Boston College | 11 | 9 |
| 81 | Russ Francis | TE | 6-6 | 242 | 35 | Oregon | 12 | 8 |
| 80 | Irving Fryar | WR | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Nebraska | 15 | 14 |
| 48 | Dennis Gadbois | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 25 | Boston University | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Teddy Garcia | K | 5-10 | 187 | 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 16 | 0 |
| 43 | Ernest Gibson | CB | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | Furman | 16 | 0 |
| 72 | Tim Goad | NT | 6-3 | 280 | 22 | North Carolina | 16 | 14 |
| 14 | Steve Grogan | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 35 | Kansas State | 6 | 4 |
| 97 | Milford Hodge | DE-NT | 6-3 | 278 | 27 | Washington State | 15 | 7 |
| 41 | Darryl Holmes | S | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Fort Valley State | 16 | 0 |
| 32 | Craig James | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 6 | 0 |
| 38 | Roland James | SS | 6-2 | 191 | 30 | Tennessee | 15 | 15 |
| 85 | Steve Johnson | TE | 6-6 | 245 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 3 |
| 83 | Cedric Jones | WR | 6-1 | 184 | 28 | Duke | 16 | 2 |
| 93 | Tim Jordan | ROLB | 6-3 | 221 | 24 | Wisconsin | 16 | 6 |
| 42 | Ronnie Lippett | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 15 | 15 |
| 31 | Fred Marion | FS | 6-2 | 191 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| 82 | Sammy Martin | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Louisiana State | 16 | 0 |
| 64 | Trevor Matich | C | 6-4 | 279 | 27 | Brigham Young | 8 | 6 |
| 50 | Larry McGrew | ROLB | 6-5 | 233 | 31 | Contra Costa JC; Southern California | 16 | 15 |
| 23 | Rod McSwain | CB | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | Clemson | 16 | 1 |
| 86 | Stanley Morgan | WR | 5-11 | 181 | 33 | Tennessee | 16 | 14 |
| 91 | Eric Naposki | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Connecticut | 3 | 0 |
| 65 | Edmund Nelson | DE | 6-3 | 270 | 28 | Auburn | 12 | 1 |
| 34 | Bob Perryman | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Michigan | 16 | 16 |
| 22 | Eugene Profit | CB | 5-10 | 165 | 24 | Yale | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Tom Ramsey | QB | 6-1 | 187 | 27 | UCLA | 7 | 1 |
| 76 | Tom Rehder | OT | 6-7 | 280 | 23 | Notre Dame | 16 | 0 |
| 52 | Johnny Rembert | RILB | 6-3 | 234 | 27 | Cowley County JC; Clemson | 16 | 15 |
| 95 | Ed Reynolds | LILB | 6-5 | 243 | 27 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Willie Scott | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | South Carolina | 3 | 1 |
| 73 | Kenneth Sims | lDE | 6-5 | 271 | 29 | Texas | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Jason Staurovsky | K | 5-9 | 172 | 25 | Tulsa | 8 | 0 |
| 44 | John Stephens | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 16 | 14 |
| 30 | Mosi Tatupu | RB | 6-0 | 227 | 33 | Southern California | 16 | 0 |
| 56 | Andre Tippett | LOLB | 6-3 | 241 | 29 | Iowa | 12 | 11 |
| 60 | Garin Veris | RDE | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Stanford | 11 | 9 |
| 73 | Danny Villa | LOT | 6-5 | 307 | 24 | Arizona State | 16 | 14 |
| 96 | Brent Williams | NT | 6-3 | 277 | 24 | Toledo | 16 | 16 |
| 90 | Toby Williams | NT | 6-4 | 270 | 29 | Nebraska | 15 | 0 |
| 61 | Ron Wooten | ROG | 6-4 | 273 | 29 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 17 | John Stephens | RB | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 2 | 43 | Vincent Brown | LB | Mississippi Valley State |
| 3 | 69 | Tom Rehder | T | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 87 | Tim Goad | NT | North Carolina |
| 4 | 97 | Sammy Martin | WR | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 100 | Teddy Garcia | K | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 5 | 115 | Troy Wolkow | G | Minnesota |
| 6 | 154 | Steve Johnson | TE | Virginia Tech |
| 7 | 181 | Darryl Usher | WR | Illinois |
| 9 | 240 | Neil Galbraith | DB | Central Oklahoma |
| 10 | 267 | Rod Lossow | C | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 294 | Marvin Allen | RB | Tulane |
| 12 | 321 | Dave Nugent | NT | Boston College |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 87 | 50 | 61 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 77 | 57 | 102 | 0 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31:04 | 264 | 126 | 112 | 26 | 79/219 36.1% | 9/14 64.3% | 87 | 665 |
| Opponents Totals | 28:56 | 272 | 119 | 138 | 15 | 58/199 29.1% | 9/18 50.0% | 108 | 858 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Perryman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jason Staurovsky | 0 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 0 | 35 |
| Irving Fryar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| John Stephens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Teddy Garcia | 0 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 29 |
| Stanley Morgan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Lin Dawson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Reggie Dupard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mosi Tatupu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Doug Flutie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Grogan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Craig James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cedric Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sammy Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 25 | 31 | 80.6 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 250 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 1 | 284 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Staurovsky | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 0 | 35 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Teddy Garcia | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1 | 50 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 1 | 50 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 5/8 | 2/7 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0/0 | 6/7 | 5/5 | 5/11 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Stephens | 297 | 1168 | 3.9 | 52 | 4 |
| Bob Perryman | 146 | 448 | 3.1 | 16 | 6 |
| Doug Flutie | 38 | 179 | 4.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Reggie Dupard | 52 | 151 | 2.9 | 15 | 2 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 22 | 75 | 3.4 | 22 | 2 |
| Marvin Allen | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Eason | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Craig James | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8t | 1 |
| Steve Grogan | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Irving Fryar | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Ramsey | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Feagles | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 588 | 2120 | 3.6 | 52 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 496 | 2099 | 4.2 | 36 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 179 | 92 | 51.4 | 77 | 1150 | 6.4 | 12.5 | 80t | 8 | 4.5 | 10 | 5.6 | 11 | 65 | 1085 | 63.3 |
| Tony Eason | 43 | 28 | 65.1 | 13 | 249 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 2 | 12 | 237 | 61.1 |
| Steve Grogan | 140 | 67 | 47.9 | 60 | 834 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 41t | 4 | 2.9 | 13 | 9.3 | 8 | 77 | 757 | 37.6 |
| Tom Ramsey | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 12 | 100 | 3.7 | 8.3 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11.1 | 2 | 6 | 94 | 15.0 |
| Team Totals | 389 | 199 | 51.2 | 162 | 2333 | 6.0 | 11.7 | 80t | 12 | 3.1 | 28 | 7.2 | 23 | 160 | 2173 | 50.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 436 | 234 | 53.7 | 182 | 2801 | 6.4 | 12.0 | 51t | 13 | 3.0 | 20 | 4.6 | 29 | 219 | 2582 | 64.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Dupard | 34 | 232 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 33 | 490 | 14.8 | 80t | 5 |
| Stanley Morgan | 31 | 502 | 16.2 | 32 | 4 |
| Cedric Jones | 22 | 313 | 14.2 | 41t | 1 |
| Bob Perryman | 17 | 134 | 7.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Craig James | 14 | 171 | 12.2 | 32 | 0 |
| John Stephens | 14 | 98 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 11 | 161 | 14.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Lin Dawson | 8 | 106 | 13.3 | 38 | 2 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Sammy Martin | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Willie Scott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sean Farrell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 199 | 2333 | 11.7 | 80t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 234 | 2801 | 12.0 | 51t | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Clayborn | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Fred Marion | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Roland James | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Rod McSwain | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Johnny Rembert | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Jordan | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Larry McGrew | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lippett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 244 | 12.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 286 | 10.2 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Feagles | 91 | 3482 | 38.3 | 74 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 217 | 3105 | 34.1 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 3482 | 38.3 | 74 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 217 | 3105 | 34.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 3633 | 42.2 | 70 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 398 | 3055 | 35.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Fryar | 38 | 8 | 398 | 10.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Bowman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 9 | 398 | 10.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 17 | 217 | 5.9 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Martin | 31 | 0 | 735 | 23.7 | 95t | 1 |
| Marvin Allen | 18 | 0 | 391 | 21.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Elgin Davis | 6 | 0 | 106 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 0 | 1248 | 21.9 | 95t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 888 | 19.7 | 51 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Williams | 8.0 | |
| Andre Tippett | 7.0 | |
| Tim Jordan | 3.0 | |
| Johnny Rembert | 3.0 | |
| Larry McGrew | 2.0 | |
| Garin Veris | 2.0 | |
| Milford Hodge | 1.0 | |
| Tim Goad | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 29.0 | 219.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 160.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bowman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elgin Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Dupard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Eason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Feagles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Flutie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irving Fryar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milford Hodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Darryl Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roland James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Marion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Perryman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Rembert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Kenneth Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Stephens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Garin Veris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -39 | 0 | |
| Brent Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 0 |
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