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| Team Statistics | ||
| Patriots | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 356 | 268 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 145 - 186 - 25 | 78 - 176 - 14 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 96/222 | 91/205 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 17/22 | 2/10 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 5847 | 4944 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 1095 - 5.3 | 920 - 5.4 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 2278 | 1722 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 513 - 4.4 | 415 - 4.1 |
| Total Passing Yds | 3569 | 3222 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 339 - 534 - 11 - 7.1 | 288 - 474 - 14 - 7.3 |
| Sacks | 31 | 48 |
| Field Goals | 36/40 | 17/21 |
| Touchdowns | 43 | 37 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 21 - 21 - 1 - 0 | 8 - 27 - 2 - 0 |
| Time of Possession | 32:25 | 28:04 |
| Turnover Ratio | +1 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Matt Cassel | 516 | 327 | 3693 | 63.4 | 7.2 | 21 | 4.1 | 11 | 2.1 | 76 | 47 | 219 | 89.4 |
| Tom Brady | 11 | 7 | 76 | 63.6 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 83.9 |
| Kevin O'Connell | 6 | 4 | 23 | 66.7 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 73.6 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 1 | -2 | 100.0 | -2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Sammy Morris | 156 | 727 | 4.7 | 35 | 7 |
| Kevin Faulk | 83 | 507 | 6.1 | 41 | 3 |
| LaMont Jordan | 80 | 363 | 4.5 | 49 | 4 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 74 | 275 | 3.7 | 15 | 5 |
| Matt Cassel | 73 | 270 | 3.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Laurence Maroney | 28 | 93 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Connell | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Randy Moss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Wes Welker | 111 | 1165 | 10.5 | 64 | 3 |
| Randy Moss | 69 | 1008 | 14.6 | 76 | 11 |
| Kevin Faulk | 58 | 486 | 8.4 | 22 | 3 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 38 | 468 | 12.3 | 37 | 2 |
| Benjamin Watson | 22 | 209 | 9.5 | 29 | 2 |
| Sammy Morris | 17 | 161 | 9.5 | 42 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Sam Aiken | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 28 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Kelley Washington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 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 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Chris Hanson | 49 | 43.7 | 10 | 19 | 70 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | 1 | 57.0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 50 | 44.0 | 10 | 20 | 70 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 75 | 43.0 | 7 | 20 | 82 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Wes Welker | 24 | 6 | 9.9 | 44 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 10 | 9 | 13.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Deltha O'Neal | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 36 | 16 | 10.3 | 44 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 11 | 13 | 14.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Ellis Hobbs | 45 | 1281 | 28.5 | 95 | 1 |
| Matthew Slater | 11 | 155 | 14.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Stephen Neal | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 62 | 1562 | 25.2 | 95 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 75 | 1672 | 22.3 | 92 | 2 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Jerod Mayo | 128 | 100 | 28 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Brandon Meriweather | 83 | 61 | 22 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Vince Wilfork | 66 | 45 | 21 | 2.0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 64 | 42 | 22 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 62 | 40 | 22 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 47 | 39 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 75 | 38 | 37 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 52 | 35 | 17 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 41 | 32 | 9 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Deltha O'Neal | 32 | 30 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 45 | 27 | 18 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Pierre Woods | 35 | 25 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Gary Guyton | 34 | 25 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Adalius Thomas | 34 | 25 | 9 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Wilhite | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 29 | 22 | 7 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Mike Wright | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2.5 | 2 |
| Lewis Sanders | 26 | 22 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Junior Seau | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Le Kevin Smith | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matthew Slater | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kelley Washington | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Raymond Ventrone | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Vince Redd | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sam Aiken | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Antwain Spann | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Randy Moss | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jason Webster | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Heath Evans | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Logan Mankins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Terrence Wheatley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Hanson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Lonie Paxton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1087 | 798 | 289 | 31 | 13 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1314 | 945 | 369 | 48 | 12 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Brandon Meriweather | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Deltha O'Neal | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jonathan Wilhite | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 14 | 104 | 7.4 | 47 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 11 | 186 | 16.9 | 89 | 0 |
