1985 New England Patriots (NFL) |
| 3rd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 11-5-0 .688 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/28/1985 | A | New York Jets | 26-14 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70958 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/5/1986 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 27-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 88936 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/12/1986 | A | Miami Dolphins | 31-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 74978 | |
| Super Bowl XX | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/26/1986 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-46 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 73818 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Julius Adams | 85 | RDE | 6-3 | 262 | 37 | Texas Southern | 4 | 4 |
| Don Blackmon | 55 | ROLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Tulsa | 4 | 4 |
| Jim Bowman | 28 | S | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | Central Michigan | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Brock | 58 | C | 6-5 | 270 | 31 | Colorado | 4 | 4 |
| Rich Camarillo | 3 | P | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | Cerritos JC; Washington | 4 | 0 |
| Raymond Clayborn | 26 | RCB | 6-0 | 186 | 30 | Texas | 4 | 4 |
| Tony Collins | 33 | HB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | East Carolina | 4 | 4 |
| Smiley Creswell | 92 | DE | 6-4 | 251 | 26 | Columbia Basin JC; Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Lin Dawson | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | North Carolina State | 4 | 4 |
| Tony Eason | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 212 | 26 | American River JC; Illinois | 4 | 4 |
| Paul Fairchild | 66 | OG | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Ellsworth CC; Kansas | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Franklin | 1 | K | 5-8 | 182 | 29 | Texas A&M | 4 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 80 | WR | 6-0 | 199 | 23 | Nebraska | 3 | 2 |
| Ernest Gibson | 43 | CB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Furman | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 32 | Kansas State | 1 | 0 |
| John Hannah | 73 | LOG | 6-3 | 265 | 34 | Alabama | 4 | 4 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 27 | RB-WR | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Baylor | 4 | 0 |
| Brian Holloway | 76 | LOT | 6-7 | 280 | 26 | Stanford | 4 | 4 |
| Brian Ingram | 51 | LB | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Tennessee | 4 | 0 |
| Craig James | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 4 | 4 |
| Roland James | 38 | SS | 6-2 | 191 | 27 | Tennessee | 4 | 4 |
| Cedric Jones | 83 | WR | 6-1 | 184 | 25 | Duke | 4 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lippett | 42 | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 4 |
| Fred Marion | 31 | FS | 6-2 | 191 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 4 |
| Larry McGrew | 50 | RILB | 6-5 | 233 | 28 | Contra Costa JC; Southern California | 4 | 4 |
| Rod McSwain | 23 | CB | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Clemson | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Moore | 67 | ROT | 6-4 | 295 | 25 | Tennessee State | 4 | 4 |
| Stanley Morgan | 86 | WR | 5-11 | 181 | 30 | Tennessee | 4 | 4 |
| Guy Morriss | 75 | C | 6-4 | 275 | 34 | Texas Christian | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Nelson | 57 | LILB | 6-2 | 230 | 34 | Augsburg; North Dakota State | 4 | 4 |
| Dennis Owens | 98 | NT | 6-1 | 258 | 25 | North Carolina State | 3 | 0 |
| Art Plunkett | 70 | OT | 6-7 | 262 | 26 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 4 | 0 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 88 | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 29 | Kentucky | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Rembert | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 234 | 24 | Cowley County JC; Clemson | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Reynolds | 95 | LB | 6-5 | 243 | 24 | Virginia | 4 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 81 | WR | 5-10 | 172 | 24 | McNeese State | 4 | 2 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 227 | 30 | Southern California | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Thomas | 99 | DE | 6-4 | 277 | 24 | Auburn | 4 | 0 |
| Andre Tippett | 66 | LOLB | 6-3 | 241 | 26 | Iowa | 4 | 4 |
| Garin Veris | 60 | LDE | 6-4 | 255 | 22 | Stanford | 4 | 4 |
| Robert Weathers | 24 | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Arizona State | 4 | 0 |
| Derwin Williams | 82 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | New Mexico | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 54 | LB | 6-4 | 244 | 24 | Texas | 4 | 0 |
| Lester Williams | 72 | NT | 6-3 | 272 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 4 |
| Ron Wooten | 61 | ROG | 6-4 | 273 | 26 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 16 | 34 | 27 | 17 | 94 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 41 | 28 | 9 | 94 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 32:21 | 60 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 19/56 33.9% | 3/3 100.0% | 1 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 27:39 | 73 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 18/46 39.1% | 1/7 14.3% | 23 | 176 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Franklin | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 0 | 34 |
| Jim Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lin Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Craig James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Rembert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Weathers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 0 | 94 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 1 | 94 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Franklin | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 2/4 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 2/4 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland James | 72 | 259 | 3.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Tony Collins | 35 | 119 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert Weathers | 26 | 108 | 4.2 | 45 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Eason | 12 | 3 | 0.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 158 | 517 | 3.3 | 45 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 110 | 456 | 4.1 | 23 | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Eason | 48 | 29 | 60.4 | 19 | 367 | 7.6 | 12.7 | 39 | 5 | 10.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 75 | 292 | 119.0 |
| Steve Grogan | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 11 | 177 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 24 | 1 | 3.3 | 2 | 6.7 | 4 | 33 | 144 | 57.2 |
| Craig James | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 |
| Team Totals | 79 | 47 | 59.5 | 30 | 552 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 39 | 6 | 7.6 | 2 | 2.5 | 13 | 108 | 444 | 95.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 133 | 66 | 49.6 | 60 | 872 | 6.6 | 13.2 | 60 | 5 | 3.8 | 7 | 5.3 | 11 | 91 | 781 | 61.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Morgan | 13 | 165 | 12.7 | 36t | 1 | ||
| Tony Collins | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Derrick Ramsey | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Craig James | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Irving Fryar | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 39 | 1 | ||
| Lin Dawson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 13t | 1 | ||
| Stephen Starring | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Robert Weathers | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Cedric Jones | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 47 | 552 | 11.7 | 39 | 6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 872 | 13.2 | 5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Marion | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lippett | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Garin Veris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Raymond Clayborn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 47 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Camarillo | 21 | 889 | 42.3 | 62 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 722 | 32.8 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 889 | 42.3 | 62 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 722 | 34.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 598 | 39.9 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 542 | 36.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Fryar | 6 | 0 | 34 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Roland James | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Marion | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 8 | 3 | 36 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 3 | 67 | 8.4 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Starring | 13 | 284 | 21.8 | 37 | 0 | |
| Cedric Jones | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 16 | 304 | 19.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 371 | 16.9 | 50 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Garin Veris | 4.0 | 49.0 |
| Don Blackmon | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| Dennis Owens | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Ben Thomas | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Andre Tippett | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Team Totals | 11.0 | 91.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13.0 | 108.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Raymond Clayborn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Eason | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig James | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roland James | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Marion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry McGrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Rembert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Garin Veris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lester Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 0 |
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