1984 New England Patriots Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Meyer (5-3)
Coach: Raymond Berry (4-4)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1984 New England Patriots RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Meyer (5-3)
Coach: Raymond Berry (4-4)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1984 New England Patriots Results
The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
New England scored 362 points, while the defensive squad allowed 352. Tony Eason led the charge, throwing for 3,228 yards. Derrick Ramsey paced pass catchers, catching 66 passes for 792 yards. Stephen Starring and Stanley Morgan were targeted regularly also.
Craig James rushed for a team-best 790 yards for the Patriots.
Raymond Clayborn and Ronnie Lippett each intercepted 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Andre Tippett topped the defensive unit with 18.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 55 sacks.
Ron Meyer and Raymond Berry coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Tony Eason | 431 | 259 | 60.1 | 3228 | 7.5 | 23 | 5.3 | 8 | 1.9 | 76 | 59 | 409 | 93.4 | Steve Grogan | 68 | 32 | 47.1 | 444 | 6.5 | 3 | 4.4 | 6 | 8.8 | 65 | 7 | 45 | 46.4 | Mike Kerrigan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 500 | 292 | 58.4 | 3685 | 7.4 | 26 | 5.2 | 14 | 2.8 | 76 | 66 | 454 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Craig James | 160 | 790 | 4.9 | 73 | 1 | Mosi Tatupu | 133 | 553 | 4.2 | 20 | 4 | Tony Collins | 138 | 550 | 4.0 | 21 | 5 | Tony Eason | 40 | 154 | 3.8 | 25 | 5 | Steve Grogan | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Irving Fryar | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 | Stephen Starring | 2 | -16 | -8.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 482 | 2032 | 4.2 | 73 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Derrick Ramsey | 66 | 792 | 12.0 | 34 | 7 | Stephen Starring | 46 | 657 | 14.3 | 65 | 4 | Lin Dawson | 39 | 427 | 10.9 | 27 | 4 | Stanley Morgan | 38 | 709 | 18.7 | 76 | 5 | Craig James | 22 | 159 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 | Cedric Jones | 19 | 244 | 12.8 | 22 | 2 | Mosi Tatupu | 16 | 159 | 9.9 | 24 | 0 | Tony Collins | 16 | 100 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 | Irving Fryar | 11 | 164 | 14.9 | 26 | 1 | Clarence Weathers | 8 | 115 | 14.4 | 29 | 2 | Greg Hawthorne | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 26 | 0 | Bo Robinson | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 17 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 292 | 3685 | 12.6 | 76 | 26 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Tony Franklin | 42 | 42 | 100.0 | 28 | 22 | 78.6 | 108 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 42 | 100.0 | 28 | 22 | 78.6 | 108 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Rich Camarillo | 48 | 2020 | 42.1 | 61 | Luke Prestridge | 44 | 1884 | 42.8 | 89 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 92 | 3904 | 42.4 | 89 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Irving Fryar | 36 | 347 | 9.6 | 55 | 0 | Stephen Starring | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 | Clarence Weathers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Ernest Gibson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 48 | 430 | 9.0 | 55 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tony Collins | 25 | 544 | 21.8 | 46 | 0 | Jon Williams | 23 | 461 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 | Irving Fryar | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | Keith Lee | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 | Bo Robinson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 14 | 0 | Ricky Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Cedric Jones | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 63 | 1246 | 19.8 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Raymond Clayborn | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 85 | 0 | Ronnie Lippett | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 | Fred Marion | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 | Roland James | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | Ernest Gibson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | Rick Sanford | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | Paul Dombroski | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Don Blackmon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Steve Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 17 | 210 | 12.4 | 85 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Andre Tippett | 18.5 | 0.0 | Dennis Owens | 6.5 | 0.0 | Toby Williams | 6.0 | 0.0 | Don Blackmon | 5.0 | 0.0 | Steve Nelson | 4.0 | 0.0 | Julius Adams | 4.0 | 0.0 | Kenneth Sims | 3.5 | 0.0 | Luther Henson | 2.0 | 0.0 | Doug Rogers | 2.0 | 0.0 | Lester Williams | 1.5 | 0.0 | Fred Marion | 1.0 | 0.0 | Johnny Rembert | 0.5 | 0.0 | Larry McGrew | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 55.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Steve Grogan | 4 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Tony Eason | 7 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Rod McSwain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Marion | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roland James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stephen Starring | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Toby Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bo Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cedric Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mosi Tatupu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernest Gibson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lester Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lin Dawson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ronnie Lippett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Irving Fryar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Golden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig James | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Tony Franklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 42 | 0 | 108 | Derrick Ramsey | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Tony Eason | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Stanley Morgan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Tony Collins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Lin Dawson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Stephen Starring | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Mosi Tatupu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Cedric Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Clarence Weathers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bo Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Craig James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Irving Fryar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Roland James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 15 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 362 |
