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Record: 11 - 5 (pythagorean: 11 - 5, .695) Coaching: Bill Parcells 11 - 5 (playoffs:2 - 1) 1996 Pro Bowl Players: QB - Drew Bledsoe RB - Curtis Martin RB - Dave Meggett TE - Ben Coates T - Bruce Armstrong DE - Willie McGinest 1996 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-7 (7) - Terry Glenn, Ohio State, WR   2-6 (36) - Lawyer Milloy, Washington, DB   3-25 (86) - Tedy Bruschi, Arizona, LB   4-6 (101) - Heath Irwin, Colorado, G   4-24 (119) - Chris Sullivan, Boston College, DT   4-29 (124) - Kantroy Barber, West Virginia, RB   5-7 (139) - John Elmore, Texas, G   5-17 (149) - Christian Peter, Nebraska, DT   6-6 (173) - Chris Griffin, New Mexico, TE   6-28 (195) - Marrio Grier, Tennessee-Chattanooga, RB   6-39 (206) - Devin Wyman, Kentucky State, DE   7-7 (216) - Lovett Purnell, West Virginia, TE   7-38 (247) - J.R. Conrad, Oklahoma, T
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Week Opponent Score   1stDns PaYds RuYds TotYds Sacked-Yds   Penalty-Yds Int FumLost Total TO T.O.P.     Week 1 NWE 10   16 200 29 229 4 - 21   4 - 31 2 2 4 24:01   Full Box Score at MIA 24 19 176 146 322 0 - 0 9 - 55 1 0 1 35:59 Week 2 NWE 10   23 179 114 293 4 - 31   4 - 57 0 2 2 31:53   Full Box Score at BUF 17 15 154 77 231 2 - 19 10 - 109 3 0 3 28:07 Week 3 ARI 0   9 124 46 170 1 - 9   5 - 45 3 1 4 20:39   Full Box Score at NWE 31 26 221 163 384 2 - 5 6 - 45 0 0 0 39:21 Week 4 JAC 25 OT   12 413 29 442 2 - 19   17 - 148 1 1 2 24:58   Full Box Score at NWE 28 26 230 123 353 4 - 25 6 - 30 1 1 2 37:38 Week 6 NWE 46   26 310 54 364 0 - 0   8 - 44 0 0 0 27:39   Full Box Score at BAL 38 28 330 133 463 3 - 23 13 - 146 1 0 1 32:21 Week 7 WAS 27   22 276 108 384 1 - 4   10 - 99 0 0 0 29:25   Full Box Score at NWE 22 23 205 177 382 2 - 17 4 - 24 1 0 1 30:35 Week 8 NWE 27   15 142 80 222 0 - 0   9 - 75 0 2 2 25:56   Full Box Score at IND 9 27 319 49 368 4 - 23 6 - 49 0 4 4 34:04 Week 9 BUF 25   18 196 141 337 1 - 8   9 - 67 1 0 1 26:53   Full Box Score at NWE 28 23 358 59 417 2 - 15 9 - 63 0 1 1 33:07 Week 10 MIA 23   22 315 115 430 2 - 16   14 - 105 1 2 3 35:08   Full Box Score at NWE 42 28 409 59 468 1 - 10 6 - 62 2 2 4 24:52 Week 11 NWE 31   21 275 68 343 2 - 22   7 - 48 2 1 3 24:15   Full Box Score at NYJ 27 28 280 142 422 1 - 1 4 - 35 1 0 1 35:45 Week 12 DEN 34   26 224 198 422 1 - 6   5 - 52 1 0 1 39:00   Full Box Score at NWE 8 11 201 17 218 2 - 11 6 - 34 1 0 1 21:00 Week 13 IND 13   15 247 44 291 0 - 0   5 - 40 1 1 2 21:53   Full Box Score at NWE 27 25 234 195 429 2 - 8 3 - 30 0 0 0 38:07 Week 14 NWE 45   15 229 84 313 2 - 3   8 - 65 0 0 0 36:06   Full Box Score at SDG 7 15 204 32 236 6 - 58 6 - 48 4 2 6 23:54 Week 15 NYJ 10   16 202 42 244 4 - 25   10 - 64 2 0 2 24:38   Full Box Score at NWE 34 27 248 119 367 1 - 3 9 - 55 1 0 1 35:22 Week 16 NWE 6   16 178 101 279 0 - 0   4 - 29 3 1 4 24:57   Full Box Score at DAL 12 16 144 107 251 3 - 25 8 - 67 2 0 2 35:03 Week 17 NWE 23   17 282 26 308 2 - 19   4 - 24 2 0 2 29:25   Full Box Score at NYG 22 17 199 97 296 2 - 16 8 - 56 1 0 1 30:35 AFC Divisional Playoff PIT 3   12 90 123 213 3 - 20   3 - 15 2 0 2 28:39   Full Box Score at NWE 28 17 152 194 346 2 - 15 2 - 21 2 0 2 31:21 AFC Championship JAC 6   18 188 101 289 1 - 2   4 - 23 2 2 4 34:43   Full Box Score at NWE 20 13 161 73 234 2 - 17 2 - 5 1 1 2 25:17 Super Bowl XXXI NWE 21   16 214 43 257 5 - 39   2 - 22 4 0 4 25:45   Full Box Score at GNB 35 16 208 115 323 5 - 38 3 - 41 0 0 0 34:15
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 418 5369 48 103 206 30 339   628 374 4091 27 15 30 190   427 1468 15   97 716 25 12 -- DEFENSE 313 5305 34 102 178 25 305   596 322 4055 17 23 33 252   434 1502 14   139 1189 23 -- 11     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 52 588 1   OPP: 34 334 0   OWN: 64 1424 0   OPP: 81 1683 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 64 2766 7 0 15   OPP: 82 3483   OWN: 39 42 27 35   OPP: 28 28 23 29
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Drew Bledsoe 16 623 373 59.9 4086 6.56 27 15 30 190 83.7   24 27 1.1 0 8   0 0 0.0 0 0 Tom Tupa 16 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dave Meggett 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   40 122 3.1 0 12   33 292 8.8 0 26 Marrio Grier 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   27 105 3.9 1 26   1 8 8.0 0 8 Scott Zolak 2 1 1 100.0 5 5.00 0 0 0 0 87.5   4 -3 -0.8 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Curtis Martin 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   316 1152 3.6 14 57   46 333 7.2 3 41 Sam Gash 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   8 15 1.9 0 3   33 276 8.4 2 28 Terry Glenn 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   5 42 8.4 0 26   90 1132 12.6 6 37t Keith Byars 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 2 1.0 0 3   27 249 9.2 2 27 Shawn Jefferson 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 6 6.0 0 6   50 771 15.4 4 42 Ben Coates 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   62 682 11.0 9 84t Troy Brown 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   21 222 10.6 0 38 Ha'son Graham 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 64 12.8 0 23 Will Moore 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 37 12.3 0 16 Dietrich Jells 7 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 5 5.0 0 5 Mike Bartrum 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 1 1.0 1 1t John Burke 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 19 19.0 0 19   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Dave Meggett 16 52 588 11.3 9 60t 1   34 781 23.0 54 0 Troy Brown 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   29 634 21.9 51 0 Mike Gisler 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 9 9.0 9 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Adam Vinatieri 16 1 27 27 0 0 1 27.0 27.0   1/1 9/10 8/8 8/14 1/2 50 27 35 39 42 Tom Tupa 16 63 2739 62 0 7 14 36.0 43.5   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Tedy Bruschi 16 4.0 0   0 0 0 0 Willie Clay 16 0.0 0   4 50 35 0 Todd Collins 16 0.0 0   1 7 7 0 Ted Johnson 16 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Willie Mcginest 16 9.5 0   1 46 46t 1 Lawyer Milloy 16 1.0 0   2 14 14 0 Terry Ray 16 1.0 0   1 43 43 0 Dwayne Sabb 16 0.5 0   1 0 0 0 Chris Slade 16 7.0 0   1 2 2 0 Mark Wheeler 16 1.0 0   0 0 0 0 Ferric Collons 15 0.5 0   0 0 0 0 Pio Sagapolutele 15 3.0 0   0 0 0 0 Mike Mcgruder 14 0.5 0   0 0 0 0 Jimmy Hitchcock 13 0.0 0   2 14 14 0 Ty Law 13 0.0 0   3 45 38t 1 Ricky Reynolds 12 0.0 0   2 7 7 0 Otis Smith 11 1.0 0   2 20 11 0 Devin Wyman 9 1.0 0   0 0 0 0 Jerome Henderson 7 0.0 0   2 7 7 0 Chad Eaton 4 1.0 0   0 0 0 0 Aaron Jones 2.0 0   0 0 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Bruce Armstrong 16 0 0 0 0 0 Troy Barnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Bartrum 16 0 0 0 0 0 Drew Bledsoe 16 9 1 0 -2 0 Vincent Brisby 3 0 0 0 0 0 Corwin Brown 14 0 0 1 42 1 Monty Brown 11 0 0 0 0 0 Troy Brown 16 0 0 0 0 0 Tedy Bruschi 16 0 0 0 0 0 John Burke 11 0 0 0 0 0 Keith Byars 10 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Clay 16 0 0 1 17 0 Ben Coates 16 1 0 0 0 0 Todd Collins 16 0 0 0 0 0 Ferric Collons 15 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Dellenbach 2 0 0 0 0 0 Chad Eaton 4 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Gash 14 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Gisler 14 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Glenn 15 1 0 0 0 0 Ha'son Graham 9 0 0 0 0 0 Marrio Grier 16 0 0 1 4 0 Jerome Henderson 7 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Hitchcock 13 0 0 0 0 0 Shawn Jefferson 15 2 0 0 0 0 Dietrich Jells 7 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Johnson 16 0 0 1 0 0 Aaron Jones 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Jones 16 0 0 1 31 0 Bob Kratch 8 0 0 0 0 0 Max Lane 16 0 3 0 0 0 Ty Law 13 0 0 0 0 0 Vernon Lewis 7 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Lucas 2 0 0 0 0 0 Curtis Martin 16 4 1 0 0 0 Willie Mcginest 16 0 0 2 0 1 Mike Mcgruder 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Meggett 16 7 3 1 0 0 Lawyer Milloy 16 0 0 1 0 0 Marty Moore 16 0 0 0 0 0 Will Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lovett Purnell 2 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Ray 16 0 0 0 0 0 Ricky Reynolds 12 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Richards 6 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Roberts 16 0 0 0 0 0 Todd Rucci 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dwayne Sabb 16 0 0 0 0 0 Pio Sagapolutele 15 0 0 0 0 0 Walter Scott 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Slade 16 1 0 0 0 0 Otis Smith 11 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Sullivan 16 0 1 0 0 0 Tom Tupa 16 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Vinatieri 16 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Wheeler 16 0 0 1 0 0 Larry Whigham 16 0 0 1 0 0 Dave Wohlabaugh 16 0 2 0 1 0 Devin Wyman 9 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Zolak 2 0 0 0 0 0

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