2002 New England Patriots Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Belichick (9-7)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts

2002 New England Patriots Roster
2002 New England Patriots Results

The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 2002 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

New England scored 381 points, while the defensive squad yielded 346. Tom Brady triggered the aerial attack, throwing for 3,764 yards. Troy Brown paced all receivers, catching 97 passes for 890 yards, while David Patten was targeted regularly, too.

Antowain Smith rushed for a team-best 982 yards for the Patriots.

Ty Law and Terrell Buckley each snatched 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Richard Seymour and Willie McGinest each topped pass rushers with 5.5 sacks.

Bill Belichick coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Tom Brady	601	373	62.1	3764	6.3	28	4.7	14	2.3	49	31	190	85.7
Rohan Davey	2	1	50.0	3	1.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0	0	56.3
David Patten	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Kevin Faulk	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	605	374	61.8	3767	6.2	28	4.6	14	2.3	49	31	190

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Antowain Smith	252	982	3.9	42	6
Kevin Faulk	52	271	5.2	45	2
Tom Brady	42	110	2.6	15	1
Marc Edwards	31	96	3.1	17	0
Patrick Pass	4	27	6.8	13	0
Troy Brown	3	14	4.7	21	0
David Patten	2	6	3.0	7	0
Damon Huard	1	4	4.0	4	0
J.R. Redmond	4	2	0.5	5	0
Deion Branch	2	0	0.0	4	0
Rohan Davey	2	-4	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	395	1508	3.8	45	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Troy Brown	97	890	9.2	38	3
David Patten	61	824	13.5	39	5
Deion Branch	43	489	11.4	49	2
Kevin Faulk	37	379	10.2	36	3
Antowain Smith	31	243	7.8	35	2
Christian Fauria	27	253	9.4	33	7
Marc Edwards	23	196	8.5	27	0
Cam Cleeland	16	112	7.0	22	1
Daniel Graham	15	150	10.0	31	1
Donald Hayes	12	133	11.1	40	2
David Givens	9	92	10.2	30	1
J.R. Redmond	2	5	2.5	3	0
Mike Vrabel	1	1	1.0	1	1
Totals	374	3767	10.1	49	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Adam Vinatieri	36	36	100.0	30	27	90.0	117
Totals	36	36	100.0	30	27	90.0	117

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ken Walter	70	2723	38.9	55
Totals	70	2723	38.9	55

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Troy Brown	24	175	7.3	27
Kevin Faulk	8	65	8.1	16
Deion Branch	2	58	29.0	40
Totals	34	298	8.8	40

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Deion Branch	36	863	24.0	63	0
Kevin Faulk	26	725	27.9	87	2
Patrick Pass	7	123	17.6	28	0
Marc Edwards	3	27	9.0	15	0
J.R. Redmond	1	12	12.0	12	0
Tedy Bruschi	1	11	11.0	11	0
Jarvis Green	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	75	1771	23.6	87	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Terrell Buckley	4	50	12.5	39	0
Ty Law	4	33	8.2	29	0
Tedy Bruschi	2	75	37.5	48	2
Otis Smith	2	21	10.5	22	0
Victor Green	1	90	90.0	90	1
Richard Seymour	1	6	6.0	6	0
Willie McGinest	1	2	2.0	2	0
Bobby Hamilton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Vrabel	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tebucky Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	18	277	15.4	90	3

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Willie McGinest	5.5
Richard Seymour	5.5
Tedy Bruschi	4.5
Mike Vrabel	4.5
Anthony Pleasant	3.0
Jarvis Green	2.5
Bobby Hamilton	2.0
Ted Johnson	1.5
Tebucky Jones	1.5
Bernard Holsey	1.0
Ty Law	1.0
Roman Phifer	0.5
Totals	33.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Roman Phifer	89	69	40		0	1	0	0	0
Lawyer Milloy	79	64	30	6
Ted Johnson	79.5	63	33
Victor Green	73	62	22	0	0	3	0		0
Ty Law	68.5	60	17	10	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Vrabel	70.5	58	25	5	0	2	0		0
Tedy Bruschi	56.5	47	19	7	0	0	0		1
Otis Smith	47.5	44	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
Willie McGinest	52	42	20	10
Tebucky Jones	44	38	12	0	0	2	24	1	0
Bobby Hamilton	44.5	34	21	2
Richard Seymour	44.5	33	23	3	0	1	0	0	0
Terrell Buckley	21	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Pleasant	27.5	20	15
Jarvis Green	18.5	15	7	1	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Izzo	18	15	6
Matt Chatham	15.5	14	3
Rick Lyle	16.5	13	7
Steve Martin	15	13	4
Leonard Myers	11.5	11	1
Antwan Harris	9.5	9	1
Bernard Holsey	4	3	2
Ben Kelly	3.5	3	1
Je'Rod Cherry	1	1	0
Lonie Paxton	1	1	0
O.J. Brigance	1	1	0
Tom Brady					11	5	-32		0
Antowain Smith					2	3	0		0
Troy Brown					4	2	0		0
Matt Light					0	1	0	0	0
Deion Branch					1	1	0		0
Daniel Graham					0	1	0		0
Marc Edwards					1	0	0	0	0
David Givens					1	0	0		0
Kevin Faulk					1	0	0		0
Grey Ruegamer					1	0	-1	0	0
Mike Compton					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	912	754	316	44	24	24	-9	1	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Adam Vinatieri									27	36	0			117
Antowain Smith	6	2							0	0	0	1		50
Christian Fauria		7							0	0	0	1		44
Kevin Faulk	2	3	0	2					0	0	0			42
David Patten	0	5							0	0	0			30
Troy Brown	0	3	0						0	0	0	1		20
Deion Branch	0	2	0	0					0	0	0			12
Tedy Bruschi				0		2			0	0	0			12
Donald Hayes		2							0	0	0			12
Tom Brady	1								0	0	0			6
Tebucky Jones						0	1		0	0	0			6
David Givens		1							0	0	0			6
Daniel Graham		1							0	0	0			6
Cam Cleeland		1							0	0	0			6
Mike Vrabel		1				0			0	0	0			6
Victor Green						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	9	28	0	2	0	3	1	0	27	36	0	3	0	381