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2006 New England Patriots

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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 385 points (24.1/g), 7th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 237 points (14.8/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 148 points (9.2/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 12.2-3.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 4th.

Coached by Bill Belichick (12-4-0)

2006 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 10 box W 1-0 Buffalo Bills 19 17 19 319 136 183 2 12 240 141 99
2 Sun September 17 box W 2-0 @ New York Jets 24 17 24 358 211 147 2 16 338 286 52 1
3 Sun September 24 box L 2-1 Denver Broncos 7 17 22 370 320 50 19 400 256 144
4 Sun October 1 box W 3-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 38 13 26 424 188 236 1 17 279 208 71 2
5 Sun October 8 box W 4-1 Miami Dolphins 20 10 17 213 134 79 1 19 283 221 62 3
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 22 box W 5-1 @ Buffalo Bills 28 6 18 265 171 94 12 255 180 75 4
8 Mon October 30 box W 6-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 31 7 25 430 345 85 2 17 284 239 45 4
9 Sun November 5 box L 6-2 Indianapolis Colts 20 27 24 349 201 148 5 24 354 301 53 2
10 Sun November 12 box L 6-3 New York Jets 14 17 22 377 232 145 2 19 278 161 117 1
11 Sun November 19 box W 7-3 @ Green Bay Packers 35 0 22 357 235 122 1 5 120 76 44 1
12 Sun November 26 box W 8-3 Chicago Bears 17 13 20 352 267 85 5 21 324 171 153 4
13 Sun December 3 box W 9-3 Detroit Lions 28 21 23 363 284 79 3 22 361 284 77 5
14 Sun December 10 box L 9-4 @ Miami Dolphins 0 21 12 189 66 123 3 19 315 184 131
15 Sun December 17 box W 10-4 Houston Texans 40 7 15 230 125 105 13 198 93 105 4
16 Sun December 24 box W 11-4 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 24 21 22 359 242 117 12 339 195 144 1
17 Sun December 31 box W 12-4 @ Tennessee Titans 40 23 19 414 243 171 17 342 207 135 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 7 box W 13-4 New York Jets 37 16
Division Sun January 14 box W 14-4 @ San Diego Chargers 24 21
ConfChamp Sun January 21 box L 14-5 @ Indianapolis Colts 34 38

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 385 5369 1055 5.1 330 326 527 3400 25 12 6.1 181 499 1969 20 3.9 121 27 15 28
Team Defense 237 4710 950 5.0 461 294 518 3203 10 22 5.7 164 388 1507 11 3.9 264 35 13 33
Lg Rank Offense 7 11 4 12 12 7 6 12 6 12 4 18 16 25
Lg Rank Defense 2 6 8 19 12 1 4 11 4 5 9 10 4 10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Tom Brady 29 QB 16 16 12-4-0 319 516 61.8 3529 24 4.7 12 2.3 62 6.8 6.3 11.1 220.6 87.9 26 175 6.2 5.6 4.8
Matt Cassel 24 6 0 5 8 62.5 32 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 4.0 4.0 6.4 5.3 70.8 3 15 1.5 1.5 27.3
Vinny Testaverde 43 3 0 2 3 66.7 29 1 33.3 0 0.0 23 9.7 13.0 14.5 9.7 137.5 0 0 9.7 13.0 0.0
Team Total 27.4 16 12-4-0 326 527 61.9 3590 25 4.7 12 2.3 62 6.8 6.3 11.0 224.4 88.3 29 190 6.1 5.6 5.2
Opp Total 16 294 518 56.8 3203 10 1.9 22 4.2 6.2 4.5 10.9 200.2 63.9 44 281 5.7 3.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Corey Dillon 32 RB 16 13 199 812 13 50 4.1 50.8 12.4 15 147 9.8 0 52 0.9 9.2 959 13 2
Laurence Maroney 21 rb 14 0 175 745 6 41 4.3 53.2 12.5 22 194 8.8 1 31 1.6 13.9 939 7 1
Tom Brady 29 QB 16 16 49 102 0 22 2.1 6.4 3.1 102 0 12
Heath Evans 28 16 3 27 117 0 35 4.3 7.3 1.7 7 34 4.9 1 11 0.4 2.1 151 1 1
Kevin Faulk 30 RET 15 1 25 123 1 11 4.9 8.2 1.7 43 356 8.3 2 43 2.9 23.7 479 3 2
Vinny Testaverde 43 3 0 8 -8 0 -1 -1.0 -2.7 2.7 -8 0 0
Patrick Pass 29 3 0 6 21 0 6 3.5 7.0 2.0 2 24 12.0 0 16 0.7 8.0 45 0 1
Chad Jackson 21 12 1 4 22 0 14 5.5 1.8 0.3 13 152 11.7 3 35 1.1 12.7 174 3 0
Troy Brown 35 WR 16 9 2 18 0 16 9.0 1.1 0.1 43 384 8.9 4 23 2.7 24.0 402 4 0
Matt Cassel 24 6 0 2 4 0 5 2.0 0.7 0.3 4 0 1
Reche Caldwell 27 WR 16 14 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 61 760 12.5 4 62 3.8 47.5 765 4 2
Kelvin Kight 24 4 1 1 8 0 8 8.0 2.0 0.3 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 2.3 17 0 0
Ben Watson 26 TE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 49 643 13.1 3 40 3.8 49.5 643 3 3
Doug Gabriel 26 wr 12 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 344 13.8 3 45 2.1 28.7 344 3 1
Daniel Graham 28 TE 12 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 235 11.2 2 29 1.8 19.6 235 2 1
Jabar Gaffney 26 wr 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 142 12.9 1 33 1.0 12.9 142 1 0
David Thomas 23 15 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 159 14.5 1 36 0.7 10.6 159 1 0
Bam Childress 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 7 3.5 0 5 1.0 3.5 7 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 499 1969 20 50 3.9 123.1 31.2 326 3590 11.0 25 62 20.4 224.4 5559 45 27
Opp Total 16 388 1507 11 3.9 94.2 24.3 294 3203 10.9 10 18.4 200.2 4710 21 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Kevin Faulk 30 RET 15 1 31 330 0 43 10.6 17 364 0 31 21.4 1173
Laurence Maroney 21 rb 14 0 28 783 0 77 28.0 1722
Ellis Hobbs 23 RCB 15 9 10 360 1 93 36.0 360
Chad Jackson 21 12 1 3 76 0 39 25.3 1 21 0 21 21.0 271
Tully Banta-Cain 26 rolb 16 5 2 25 0 16 12.5 25
Troy Brown 35 WR 16 9 2 16 0 12 8.0 418
Team Total 27.4 16 36 422 0 43 11.7 58 1553 1 93 26.8 7534
Opp Total 16 29 2 68 1547 0 22.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Stephen Gostkowski 22 K 16 0 11 10 10 7 4 2 1 1 26 20 76.9% 44 43 97.7%
Josh Miller 36 P 10 0 43 1848 62 0 43.0
Ken Walter 34 4 0 16 591 47 0 36.9
Todd Sauerbrun 33 2 0 10 408 58 0 40.8
Team Total 27.4 16 11 10 10 7 4 2 1 1 26 20 76.9% 44 43 97.7% 69 2847 62 0 41.3
Opp Total 16 30 22 73.3% 23 23 100.0% 79 3286 41.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tom Brady 29 QB 16 16 12 1 -2 0
Asante Samuel 25 LCB/rcb 15 15 10 120 0 33 24 1 0 0 0 0 60 5
Rosevelt Colvin 29 LOLB 16 15 8.5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 43 13
Jarvis Green 27 16 4 7.5 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 26 5
Mike Vrabel 31 ROLB/rilb 16 16 4.5 3 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 55 34
Ty Warren 25 LDE 15 15 7.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 56 28 1
Richard Seymour* 27 RDE 16 15 4.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 24 17
Tully Banta-Cain 26 rolb 16 5 5.5 1 0 0 0 0 31 10
Tedy Bruschi 33 RILB/lilb 15 14 1.5 1 8 0 8 7 0 0 2 0 0 54 59
Ben Watson 26 TE 13 13 0 3 1 0 0
Reche Caldwell 27 WR 16 14 2 1 0 0
Kevin Faulk 30 RET 15 1 0 2 1 0 0
Rodney Harrison 34 SS 10 10 1.0 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 35 15
Ellis Hobbs 23 RCB 15 9 2 79 0 70 6 0 0 1 5 0 37 7
Dan Koppen 27 C 16 16 0 3 0 0
Mike Wright 24 16 4 1.0 1 0 2 0 0 26 8
Corey Dillon 32 RB 16 13 2 0 0 0
Heath Evans 28 16 3 1 1 0 0
Artrell Hawkins 30 FS 14 12 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 54 19
James Sanders 23 ss 16 5 1.0 1 21 0 21 1 26 18
Chad Scott 32 lcb 14 9 2 32 0 32 4 37 9
Vince Wilfork 25 NT 13 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 40 10
Matt Cassel 24 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Gabriel 26 wr 12 5 1 0 0 0
Daniel Graham 28 TE 12 11 0 1 0 0 0
Russ Hochstein 29 13 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Light* 28 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Laurence Maroney 21 rb 14 0 1 0 0 0
Ryan O'Callaghan 23 rt 11 6 0 1 0 0
Patrick Pass 29 3 0 1 0 0 0
Junior Seau 37 LILB 11 10 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 39 30
Team Total 27.4 16 44.0 22 262 0 70 71 14 27 24 3 0 732 322 1
Opp Total 16 29 24 11 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Stephen Gostkowski 22 K 16 0 43 20 103
Corey Dillon 32 RB 16 13 13 78
Laurence Maroney 21 rb 14 0 6 1 42
Troy Brown 35 WR 16 9 4 1 26
Reche Caldwell 27 WR 16 14 4 1 26
Kevin Faulk 30 RET 15 1 1 2 18
Doug Gabriel 26 wr 12 5 3 18
Chad Jackson 21 12 1 3 18
Ben Watson 26 TE 13 13 3 18
Daniel Graham 28 TE 12 11 2 12
Heath Evans 28 16 3 1 6
Jabar Gaffney 26 wr 11 6 1 6
Ellis Hobbs 23 RCB 15 9 1 6
David Thomas 23 15 3 1 6
Ty Warren 25 LDE 15 15 1 2
Team Total 27.4 16 20 25 1 2 43 20 1 385
Opp Total 16 11 10 2 1 23 22 1 237