1998 New England Patriots Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Pete Carroll (9-7)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts

1998 New England Patriots Roster
1998 New England Patriots Results

The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

New England racked up 337 points, while the defense gave up 329. Drew Bledsoe led the charge, throwing for 3,633 yards. Ben Coates caught 67 passes, while Terry Glenn accumulated 792 receiving yards. Shawn Jefferson was targeted regularly also.

Robert Edwards rushed for a team-best 1,115 yards for the Patriots.

Ty Law snatched 9 errant tosses from the opposition. Henry Thomas sacked quarterbacks 6.5 times.

Pete Carroll coached the team. The 1998 New England Patriots lost in the Wild Card.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Drew Bledsoe	481	263	54.7	3633	7.6	20	4.2	14	2.9	86	36	295	80.9
Scott Zolak	75	32	42.7	371	4.9	3	4.0	3	4.0	61	4	49	54.9
Totals	556	295	53.1	4004	7.2	23	4.1	17	3.1	86	40	344

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Robert Edwards	291	1115	3.8	53	9
Sedrick Shaw	48	236	4.9	71	0
Derrick Cullors	18	48	2.7	15	0
Drew Bledsoe	28	44	1.6	10	0
Chris Floyd	6	22	3.7	10	0
Shawn Jefferson	1	15	15.0	15	0
Tony Carter	2	3	1.5	3	0
Scott Zolak	5	0	0.0	4	0
Terry Glenn	2	-1	-0.5	7	0
Tom Tupa	2	-2	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	403	1480	3.7	71	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ben Coates	67	668	10.0	33	6
Terry Glenn	50	792	15.8	86	3
Robert Edwards	35	331	9.5	46	3
Shawn Jefferson	34	771	22.7	61	2
Tony Simmons	23	474	20.6	63	3
Troy Brown	23	346	15.0	52	1
Tony Carter	18	166	9.2	49	0
Derrick Cullors	14	146	10.4	43	1
Lovett Purnell	12	92	7.7	22	2
Vincent Brisby	7	96	13.7	27	2
Sedrick Shaw	6	30	5.0	11	0
Henry Ellard	5	86	17.2	19	0
Chris Floyd	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	295	4004	13.6	86	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Adam Vinatieri	32	32	100.0	39	31	79.5	125
Totals	32	32	100.0	39	31	79.5	125

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Tupa	74	3294	44.5	64
Totals	74	3294	44.5	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Troy Brown	17	225	13.2	39
Chris Canty	16	170	10.6	36
Totals	33	395	12.0	39

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Derrick Cullors	45	1085	24.1	68
Chris Canty	11	198	18.0	29
Sedrick Shaw	1	16	16.0	16
Chris Sullivan	2	14	7.0	9
Chad Eaton	1	13	13.0	13
Tedy Bruschi	1	4	4.0	4
Larry Whigham	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	62	1330	21.5	68

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ty Law	9	133	14.8	59	1
Lawyer Milloy	6	54	9.0	30	1
Willie Clay	3	19	6.3	19	0
Steve Israel	3	13	4.3	12	0
Henry Thomas	1	24	24.0	24	1
Chris Canty	1	12	12.0	12	0
Larry Whigham	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	24	255	10.6	59	3

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Henry Thomas	6.5
Chad Eaton	6.0
Chris Slade	4.0
Willie McGinest	3.5
Greg Spires	3.0
Brandon Mitchell	2.0
Ted Johnson	2.0
Chris Sullivan	2.0
Steve Israel	2.0
Tedy Bruschi	2.0
Lawyer Milloy	1.0
Chris Canty	1.0
Chris Carter	1.0
Totals	36.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Lawyer Milloy	99.5	79	41	0	0	1	0	0
Willie Clay	82.5	66	33	0	0	1	3	0
Ted Johnson	80.5	64	33
Ty Law	65	60	10	0	0	1	17	0
Chad Eaton	64.5	49	31		0	1	2	1
Tedy Bruschi	61	48	26		0	0	0	2
Chris Slade	57.5	43	29		0	0	0	1
Chris Canty	46.5	43	7	0	2	0	0	0
Henry Thomas	53	42	22	0	0	1	0	2
Todd Collins	47.5	38	19
Chris Sullivan	30.5	26	9
Larry Whigham	23.5	22	3	0
Willie McGinest	25	21	8		0	0	0	1
Ferric Collons	22	18	8
Greg Spires	21	18	6
Mark Wheeler	17.5	15	5
Brandon Mitchell	17.5	14	7
Tebucky Jones	11.5	10	3		0	1	0	0
Chris Carter	11	9	4
Marty Moore	10	7	6		0	1	0	0
Steve Lofton	4	4	0
Vernon Crawford	4	3	2
Leonta Rheams	2.5	2	1
Drew Bledsoe					9	4	-10	0
Bruce Armstrong					0	3	0	0
Robert Edwards					5	2	0	0
Sedrick Shaw					2	1	-7	0
Shawn Jefferson					0	1	0	0
Shawn Stuckey					0	1	0	0
Derrick Cullors					1	0	0	0
Scott Zolak					1	0	0	0
Totals	857.5	701	313	0	20	19	5	7

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Adam Vinatieri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	32	0	1		127
Robert Edwards	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			72
Ben Coates	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Tony Simmons	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Terry Glenn	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Lovett Purnell	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Shawn Jefferson	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Vincent Brisby	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Henry Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ty Law	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Derrick Cullors	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Troy Brown	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Lawyer Milloy	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	9	23	0	0	0	3	0	0	31	32	0	1	0	337