1st AFC East (12-4-0)
Founded: 1960
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Game Averages (2012)
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| Team Statistics | ||
| Patriots | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 330 | 264 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 121 - 181 - 28 | 67 - 164 - 33 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 96/226 | 75/209 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 16/20 | 3/11 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 5369 | 4710 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 1055 - 5.1 | 950 - 5.0 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 1969 | 1507 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 499 - 3.9 | 388 - 3.9 |
| Total Passing Yds | 3400 | 3203 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 326 - 527 - 12 - 6.8 | 294 - 518 - 22 - 6.7 |
| Sacks | 44 | 29 |
| Field Goals | 20/26 | 22/30 |
| Touchdowns | 46 | 24 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 20 - 25 - 1 - 0 | 11 - 10 - 2 - 1 |
| Time of Possession | 31:35 | 28:24 |
| Turnover Ratio | +8 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 516 | 319 | 3529 | 61.8 | 6.8 | 24 | 4.7 | 12 | 2.3 | 62 | 26 | 175 | 87.9 |
| Matt Cassel | 8 | 5 | 32 | 62.5 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 70.8 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 3 | 2 | 29 | 66.7 | 9.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 137.5 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Corey Dillon | 199 | 812 | 4.1 | 50 | 13 |
| Laurence Maroney | 175 | 745 | 4.3 | 41 | 6 |
| Tom Brady | 49 | 102 | 2.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 27 | 117 | 4.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 25 | 123 | 4.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 8 | -8 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Chad Jackson | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kelvin Kight | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Reche Caldwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Reche Caldwell | 61 | 760 | 12.5 | 62 | 4 |
| Benjamin Watson | 49 | 643 | 13.1 | 40 | 3 |
| Troy Brown | 43 | 384 | 8.9 | 23 | 4 |
| Kevin Faulk | 43 | 356 | 8.3 | 43 | 2 |
| Laurence Maroney | 22 | 194 | 8.8 | 31 | 1 |
| Daniel Graham | 21 | 235 | 11.2 | 29 | 2 |
| Corey Dillon | 15 | 147 | 9.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Chad Jackson | 13 | 152 | 11.7 | 35 | 3 |
| David Thomas | 11 | 159 | 14.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 11 | 142 | 12.9 | 33 | 1 |
| Heath Evans | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Patrick Pass | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Brandon Childress | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Kelvin Kight | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Josh Miller | 43 | 43.0 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 0 |
| Ken Walter | 16 | 36.9 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 |
| Todd Sauerbrun | 10 | 40.8 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 69 | 41.3 | 7 | 19 | 62 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 79 | 41.6 | 7 | 27 | 61 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 31 | 5 | 10.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Chad Jackson | 3 | 0 | 25.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 9 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 36 | 14 | 11.7 | 43 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 29 | 15 | 11.1 | 81 | 2 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Laurence Maroney | 28 | 783 | 28.0 | 77 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 17 | 364 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 10 | 360 | 36.0 | 93 | 1 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Chad Jackson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 58 | 1553 | 26.8 | 93 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 68 | 1547 | 22.8 | 70 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Asante Samuel | 64 | 59 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Ty Warren | 84 | 56 | 28 | 7.5 | 1 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 112 | 54 | 58 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 89 | 54 | 35 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Artrell Hawkins | 71 | 52 | 19 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 53 | 42 | 11 | 8.5 | 1 |
| Vince Wilfork | 50 | 40 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Junior Seau | 69 | 39 | 30 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 46 | 37 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 44 | 37 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 49 | 34 | 15 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 43 | 31 | 12 | 5.5 | 1 |
| James Sanders | 44 | 26 | 18 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 33 | 25 | 8 | 7.5 | 3 |
| Mike Wright | 32 | 24 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Richard Seymour | 40 | 22 | 18 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Eugene Wilson | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Pierre Woods | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Willie Andrews | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Don Davis | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Corey Mays | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Antwain Spann | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Logan Mankins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matt Light | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Reche Caldwell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Randall Gay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Stephen Neal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Kight | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Rashad Baker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Lonie Paxton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chad Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ray Mickens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Wesley Britt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Le Kevin Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ken Walter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1119 | 787 | 332 | 44 | 24 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1270 | 893 | 377 | 29 | 27 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Asante Samuel | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 70 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Artrell Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 22 | 262 | 11.9 | 70 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 38 | 0 |
