1983 New England Patriots Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Meyer (8-8)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1983 New England Patriots RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Meyer (8-8)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1983 New England Patriots Results
The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
New England chalked up 274 points, while the solid defense gave up 289. Tony Collins rushed for a team-best 1,049 yards for the Patriots.
Steve Grogan tossed for 2,411 yards. Stanley Morgan paced the receiving corps, catching 58 passes for 863 yards.
Rick Sanford picked off 7 errant tosses from the opposition. Andre Tippett sacked quarterbacks 8.5 times.
Ron Meyer coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Steve Grogan | 303 | 168 | 55.4 | 2411 | 8.0 | 15 | 5.0 | 12 | 4.0 | 76 | 29 | 195 | 81.4 | Tony Eason | 95 | 46 | 48.4 | 557 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 5.3 | 35 | 16 | 139 | 48.4 | Mike Kerrigan | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 72 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 29.5 |
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| Totals | 412 | 220 | 53.4 | 3040 | 7.4 | 16 | 3.9 | 18 | 4.4 | 76 | 45 | 334 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tony Collins | 219 | 1049 | 4.8 | 50 | 10 | Mosi Tatupu | 106 | 578 | 5.5 | 55 | 4 | Robert Weathers | 73 | 418 | 5.7 | 77 | 1 | Mark van Eeghen | 95 | 358 | 3.8 | 11 | 2 | Steve Grogan | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 17 | 2 | Tony Eason | 19 | 39 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 | Clarence Weathers | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | Mike Kerrigan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Stanley Morgan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 538 | 2605 | 4.8 | 77 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Stanley Morgan | 58 | 863 | 14.9 | 50 | 2 | Tony Collins | 27 | 257 | 9.5 | 20 | 0 | Derrick Ramsey | 24 | 335 | 14.0 | 39 | 6 | Robert Weathers | 23 | 212 | 9.2 | 19 | 0 | Cedric Jones | 20 | 323 | 16.2 | 30 | 1 | Clarence Weathers | 19 | 379 | 19.9 | 58 | 3 | Stephen Starring | 17 | 389 | 22.9 | 76 | 2 | Mark van Eeghen | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 | Mosi Tatupu | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 17 | 1 | Lin Dawson | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 14 | 1 | Don Hasselbeck | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Brooks Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Grogan | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 220 | 3040 | 13.8 | 76 | 16 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Fred Steinfort | 17 | 16 | 94.1 | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 34 | John Smith | 15 | 12 | 80.0 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 21 | Joaquin Zendejas | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 36 | 31 | 86.1 | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 58 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Rich Camarillo | 81 | 3615 | 44.6 | 70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 81 | 3615 | 44.6 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ricky Smith | 38 | 398 | 10.5 | 55 | 0 | Clarence Weathers | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | Rick Sanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 399 | 9.1 | 55 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ricky Smith | 42 | 916 | 21.8 | 53 | 0 | Robert Weathers | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 29 | 0 | Cedric Jones | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 23 | 0 | Clarence Weathers | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 33 | 0 | Keith Lee | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 | Tim Golden | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 57 | 1155 | 20.3 | 53 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rick Sanford | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 | Roland James | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 46 | 0 | Fred Marion | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | Don Blackmon | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | Steve Nelson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Larry McGrew | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Clayton Weishuhn | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 17 | 175 | 10.3 | 46 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Andre Tippett | 8.5 | 0.0 | Julius Adams | 8.0 | 0.0 | Dennis Owens | 4.0 | 0.0 | Don Blackmon | 3.5 | 0.0 | Toby Williams | 2.0 | 0.0 | Roland James | 2.0 | 0.0 | Dave Browning | 2.0 | 0.0 | Clayton Weishuhn | 2.0 | 0.0 | Johnny Rembert | 2.0 | 0.0 | Larry McGrew | 2.0 | 0.0 | Lester Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | Steve Nelson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Doug Rogers | 0.5 | 0.0 | Marshall Harris | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ricky Smith | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roland James | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Hannah | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clayton Weishuhn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Cryder | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stanley Morgan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Reynolds | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Collins | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Lee | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Golden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Eason | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Julius Adams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andre Tippett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Sanford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Owens | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | George Peoples | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry McGrew | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Rembert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clarence Weathers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Grogan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ronnie Lippett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark van Eeghen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert Weathers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cedric Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stephen Starring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 47 | 43 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Tony Collins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Derrick Ramsey | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Fred Steinfort | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 34 | Mosi Tatupu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | John Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 21 | Clarence Weathers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Stephen Starring | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Stanley Morgan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Steve Grogan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mark van Eeghen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Clayton Weishuhn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cedric Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Robert Weathers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lin Dawson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joaquin Zendejas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 |
