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This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) for the New England Patriots franchise. This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
c The Patriots and the Baltimore Colts finished tied. However, the Colts finished ahead of New England based on a better division record (7–1 to Patriots' 6–2). [32] d The NFL expanded from a 14-game regular season schedule to 16 beginning in 1978. [33] e The Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 1978 season with the same record. However ...
The Patriots lacked a steady quarterback for most of the 1980s, with five (including Grogan) starting in the 1987 season. First-round selection Tony Eason , the longest-tenured of the decade, contributed to the Patriots making their Super Bowl debut, but lasted only three seasons as the primary starter.
He rushed for 516 yards as a rookie, a then record for Patriots rookies. [3] In only his second year, 1974, Cunningham gained 811 yards and nine touchdowns as he led the New England Patriots to a surprising 5–0 start before faltering to a 7–7 finish. [18] In 1977, he gained a career-high 1,015 yards and scored four touchdowns, and also ...
New England started the season with an 8–0 record. [481] The streak ended with a loss to the Baltimore Ravens. [482] The team won its 11th consecutive AFC East division title after a 24–17 win against the Buffalo Bills in Week 16, but New England didn't get a first-round bye for the playoffs. [483] [484] [485]
In addition to playing offense and defense with success, Brown is the Patriots' all-time leading punt returner with 252 returns for 2,625 yards and 3 touchdowns. He is third all-time in Patriots history in receptions (557) and third all-time in receiving yards (6,366). He still holds the Super Bowl record for most punt returns in a career with 8.
In just his second NFL season, Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe threw the ball more than any quarterback in history in 1994. He set NFL records for pass attempts in a season (691 – this record was later broken by Matthew Stafford in 2012), pass completions and attempts in a game (45-for-70 with no interceptions, Week Eleven vs. Minnesota in overtime), and most games in a season with 50 ...
The 2004 season was the New England Patriots' 35th in the National Football League (NFL), their 45th overall and their fifth under head coach Bill Belichick.They finished with their second consecutive 14–2 record before advancing to and winning Super Bowl XXXIX, their third Super Bowl victory in four years, and their last until 2014.