2006 New England Patriots Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bill Belichick (12-4)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts

2006 New England Patriots Roster
2006 New England Patriots Results

The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 2006 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.

The Patriots piled up points with 385 points, and the solid defense conceded 237. Tom Brady led the charge, throwing for 3,529 yards. Reche Caldwell caught 61 passes for 760 yards. Ben Watson contributed to the receiving game, too.

Corey Dillon rushed for a team-best 812 yards for New England, while Laurence Maroney additionally buoyed the ground attack.

The opportunistic defense manufactured 35 turnovers. Asante Samuel intercepted 10 errant tosses from the opposition. Rosevelt Colvin sacked quarterbacks 8.5 times, part of an overall team total of 44 sacks.

Bill Belichick coached the team. The 2006 New England Patriots lost in the Conference Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Tom Brady	516	319	61.8	3529	6.8	24	4.7	12	2.3	62	26	175	87.9
Matt Cassel	8	5	62.5	32	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	3	15	70.8
Vinny Testaverde	3	2	66.7	29	9.7	1	33.3	0	0.0	23	0	0	137.5
Totals	527	326	61.9	3590	6.8	25	4.7	12	2.3	62	29	190

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Corey Dillon	199	812	4.1	50	13
Laurence Maroney	175	745	4.3	41	6
Kevin Faulk	25	123	4.9	11	1
Heath Evans	27	117	4.3	35	0
Tom Brady	49	102	2.1	22	0
Chad Jackson	4	22	5.5	14	0
Patrick Pass	6	21	3.5	6	0
Troy Brown	2	18	9.0	16	0
Kelvin Kight	1	8	8.0	8	0
Reche Caldwell	1	5	5.0	5	0
Matt Cassel	2	4	2.0	5	0
Vinny Testaverde	8	-8	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	499	1969	3.9	50	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Reche Caldwell	61	760	12.5	62	4
Ben Watson	49	643	13.1	40	3
Troy Brown	43	384	8.9	23	4
Kevin Faulk	43	356	8.3	43	2
Doug Gabriel	25	344	13.8	45	3
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
Bam Childress	2	7	3.5	5	0
Kelvin Kight	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	326	3590	11.0	62	25

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Stephen Gostkowski	44	43	97.7	26	20	76.9	103
Totals	44	43	97.7	26	20	76.9	103

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Josh Miller	43	1848	43.0	62
Ken Walter	16	591	36.9	47
Todd Sauerbrun	10	408	40.8	58
Totals	69	2847	41.3	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kevin Faulk	31	330	10.6	43
Chad Jackson	3	76	25.3	39
Troy Brown	2	16	8.0	12
Totals	36	422	11.7	43

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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
Totals	58	1553	26.8	93	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Asante Samuel	10	120	12.0	33
Mike Vrabel	3	0	0.0	2
Ellis Hobbs	2	79	39.5	70
Chad Scott	2	32	16.0	32
James Sanders	1	21	21.0	21
Tedy Bruschi	1	8	8.0	8
Rodney Harrison	1	2	2.0	2
Artrell Hawkins	1	0	0.0	0
Richard Seymour	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	22	262	11.9	70

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Rosevelt Colvin	8.5
Ty Warren	7.5
Jarvis Green	7.5
Tully Banta-Cain	5.5
Mike Vrabel	4.5
Richard Seymour	4.0
Tedy Bruschi	1.5
Junior Seau	1.0
Rodney Harrison	1.0
Mike Wright	1.0
Vince Wilfork	1.0
James Sanders	1.0
Totals	44.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Asante Samuel	62.5	60	5	24	0	0	0	1
Ty Warren	70	56	28	2	0	1	0	1
Mike Vrabel	72	55	34	4	0	1	0	3
Tedy Bruschi	83.5	54	59	7	0	2	0	0
Artrell Hawkins	63.5	54	19	3	0	1	0	2
Rosevelt Colvin	49.5	43	13	3	0	1	0	1
Vince Wilfork	45	40	10	1	0	1	0	0
Junior Seau	54	39	30	1
Chad Scott	41.5	37	9	4
Ellis Hobbs	40.5	37	7	6	0	1	5	0
Rodney Harrison	42.5	35	15	3	0	1	0	1
Tully Banta-Cain	36	31	10		0	0	0	1
James Sanders	35	26	18	1
Mike Wright	30	26	8		0	2	0	1
Jarvis Green	28.5	26	5	1	0	1	0	3
Richard Seymour	32.5	24	17	8	0	1	0	0
Eugene Wilson	22	20	4	2
Eric Alexander	13	12	2
Pierre Woods	12.5	12	1
Larry Izzo	12.5	11	3
Willie Andrews	13.5	10	7
Don Davis	9	7	4
Corey Mays	7.5	6	3
Antwain Spann	5	3	4
Hank Poteat	2.5	2	1	1
Randall Gay	2	2	0
Rashad Baker	1.5	1	1
Lonie Paxton	1.5	1	1
Guss Scott	1.5	1	1
Chidi Iwuoma	1	1	0
Ray Mickens	1	0	2
LeKevin Smith	0.5	0	1
Dan Koppen					0	3	0	0
Reche Caldwell					2	1	0	0
Ben Watson					3	1	0	0
Tom Brady					12	1	-2	0
Ryan O'Callaghan					0	1	0	0
Heath Evans					1	1	0	0
Russ Hochstein					0	1	0	0
Kevin Faulk					2	1	0	0
Matt Light					0	1	0	0
Doug Gabriel					1	0	0	0
Patrick Pass					1	0	0	0
Laurence Maroney					1	0	0	0
Daniel Graham					1	0	0	0
Corey Dillon					2	0	0	0
Matt Cassel					1	0	0	0
Totals	893	732	322	71	27	24	3	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	43	0			103
Corey Dillon	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			78
Laurence Maroney	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Troy Brown	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		26
Reche Caldwell	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		26
Ben Watson	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Chad Jackson	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Kevin Faulk	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Doug Gabriel	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Daniel Graham	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
David Thomas	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ellis Hobbs	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jabar Gaffney	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Heath Evans	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ty Warren	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Totals	20	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	43	0	2	1	385