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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2001 New England PatriotsW2001 New England Patriots↗

NFL · AFC East · 11–5 (.688) · 1st in division · PF 371 · PA 272 · Coach Bill Belichick · Won Super Bowl XXXVI

◀ 2000 2002 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 2843Tom Brady
2. 400Drew Bledsoe
3. 60David Patten

Rushing (yds)

1. 1157Antowain Smith
2. 169Kevin Faulk
3. 141Marc Edwards

Receiving (yds)

1. 1199Troy Brown
2. 749David Patten
3. 204Terry Glenn

Sacks

1. 7Bobby Hamilton
2. 6Willie McGinest
3. 6Anthony Pleasant

Interceptions

1. 5Otis Smith
2. 3Terrell Buckley
3. 3Ty Law

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1001	1019
EPA per play	-0.04	-0.09
Pass EPA per play	+0.02	-0.10
Rush EPA per play	-0.10	-0.08
Success rate	40.5%	39.9%
Pass rate	52.8%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.05, success rate 40.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (19 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2001-09-09	1	@ Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–23	0–1	Paul Brown Stadium
2001-09-23	2	vs New York Jets	L 3–10	0–2	Foxboro Stadium
2001-09-30	3	vs Indianapolis Colts	W 44–13	1–2	Foxboro Stadium
2001-10-07	4	@ Miami Dolphins	L 10–30	1–3	Pro Player Stadium
2001-10-14	5	vs San Diego Chargers	W 29–26 OT	2–3	Foxboro Stadium
2001-10-21	6	@ Indianapolis Colts	W 38–17	3–3	RCA Dome
2001-10-28	7	@ Denver Broncos	L 20–31	3–4	Invesco Field at Mile High
2001-11-04	8	@ Atlanta Falcons	W 24–10	4–4	Georgia Dome
2001-11-11	9	vs Buffalo Bills	W 21–11	5–4	Foxboro Stadium
2001-11-18	10	vs St. Louis Rams	L 17–24	5–5	Foxboro Stadium
2001-11-25	11	vs New Orleans Saints	W 34–17	6–5	Foxboro Stadium
2001-12-02	12	@ New York Jets	W 17–16	7–5	Giants Stadium
2001-12-09	13	vs Cleveland Browns	W 27–16	8–5	Foxboro Stadium
2001-12-16	14	@ Buffalo Bills	W 12–9 OT	9–5	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2001-12-22	15	vs Miami Dolphins	W 20–13	10–5	Foxboro Stadium
2002-01-06	17	@ Carolina Panthers	W 38–6	11–5	Ericsson Stadium
2002-01-19	Div	vs Oakland Raiders	W 16–13 OT		Foxboro Stadium
2002-01-27	Conf	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–17		Heinz Field
2002-02-03	Super Bowl XXXVI	vs St. Louis Rams	W 20–17		Louisiana Superdome

Roster (72)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
11	Drew Bledsoe	QB	6-5	238	Washington State		ACT
12	Tom Brady	QB	6-4	225	Michigan	1	ACT
19	Damon Huard	QB	6-3	218	Washington		ACT
21	J.R. Redmond	RB	5-11	215	Arizona State		ACT
32	Antowain Smith	RB	6-2	232	Houston; East Mississippi JC		ACT
33	Kevin Faulk	RB	5-8	202	LSU		ACT
35	Patrick Pass	RB	5-10	217	Georgia		ACT
44	Marc Edwards	RB	6-0	249	Notre Dame		ACT
0	Jimmy Farris	WR	6-0	200	Montana		ACT
14	Walter Williams	WR	6-1	206	Grambling State		RES
80	Troy Brown	WR	5-10	196	Marshall; Lees-McRae College		ACT
81	Charles Johnson	WR	6-0	205	Colorado		ACT
82	Curtis Jackson	WR	5-10	194	Texas		RES
84	Fred Coleman	WR	6-0	192	Washington		ACT
84	Torrance Small	WR	6-3	220	Alcorn State		CUT
86	David Patten	WR	5-10	190	Western Carolina		ACT
87	Bert Emanuel	WR	5-10	185	Rice; UCLA		TRC
88	Terry Glenn	WR	5-11	196	Ohio State		SUS
48	Arther Love	TE	6-4	250	South Carolina State		ACT
49	Jabari Holloway	TE	6-2	260	Notre Dame		RES
83	Rod Rutledge	TE	6-5	265	Alabama		ACT
85	Jermaine Wiggins	TE	6-2	260	Georgia; Marshall		ACT
0	Brock Williams	DB	5-10	185	Notre Dame		RES
22	Terrance Shaw	DB	6-0	200	Stephen F. Austin State		ACT
23	Antwan Harris	DB	5-9	194	Virginia		ACT
24	Ty Law	DB	5-11	200	Michigan		ACT
25	Leonard Myers	DB	5-10	198	Miami		ACT
26	Matt Stevens	DB	6-0	205	Appalachian State		ACT
27	Terrell Buckley	DB	5-10	180	Florida State		ACT
29	Hakim Akbar	DB	6-0	222	Washington		RES
30	Je'Rod Cherry	DB	6-1	210	California		ACT
31	Ben Kelly	DB	5-9	185	Colorado		RES
34	Tebucky Jones	DB	6-2	220	Syracuse		ACT
36	Lawyer Milloy	DB	6-0	211	Washington		ACT
38	Ray Hill	DB	6-0	190	Michigan State		RES
45	Otis Smith	DB	5-11	198	Missouri; Taft College		ACT
61	Stephen Neal	DL	6-4	305	Cal State-Bakersfield		ACT
71	Chris Sullivan	DL	6-4	285	Boston College		ACT
91	Bobby Hamilton	DL	6-5	285	Southern Mississippi		ACT
92	David Nugent	DL	6-4	295	Purdue		ACT
93	Richard Seymour	DL	6-6	317	Georgia		ACT
94	Jace Sayler	DL	6-5	295	Michigan State		CUT
96	Brandon Mitchell	DL	6-3	290	Texas A&M		ACT
97	Riddick Parker	DL	6-3	295	North Carolina		ACT
98	Anthony Pleasant	DL	6-5	280	Tennessee State		ACT
47	Rob Holmberg	LB	6-3	240	Penn State; Navy		TRC
47	Ula Tuitele	LB	6-1	250	Colorado State		CUT
50	Mike Vrabel	LB	6-4	261	Ohio State		ACT
51	Bryan Cox	LB	6-4	250	Western Illinois		ACT
52	Ted Johnson	LB	6-4	253	Colorado		ACT
53	Larry Izzo	LB	5-10	225	Rice		ACT
54	Tedy Bruschi	LB	6-1	247	Arizona		ACT
55	Willie McGinest	LB	6-5	270	USC		ACT
58	Matt Chatham	LB	6-4	250	South Dakota		ACT
59	Andy Katzenmoyer	LB	6-3	260	Ohio State		RES
66	Lonie Paxton	LB	6-2	270	Sacramento State		ACT
90	Marty Moore	LB	6-1	245	Kentucky		RES
95	Roman Phifer	LB	6-2	248	UCLA		ACT
99	Kole Ayi	LB	6-1	231	UMass Amherst		RES
99	T.J. Turner	LB	6-3	255	Michigan State		CUT
63	Joe Andruzzi	OL	6-3	315	Southern Connecticut State		ACT
64	Greg Randall	OL	6-5	322	Michigan State; Coffeyville CC		ACT
65	Damien Woody	OL	6-3	327	Boston College		ACT
67	Grey Ruegamer	OL	6-4	299	Arizona State		ACT
70	Adrian Klemm	OL	6-4	318	Hawaii		RES
72	Matt Light	OL	6-4	305	Purdue		ACT
74	Kenyatta Jones	OL	6-3	307	University of South Florida		ACT
76	Grant Williams	OL	6-7	320	Louisiana Tech		ACT
77	Mike Compton	OL	6-6	310	West Virginia		ACT
4	Adam Vinatieri	SPEC	6-0	212	South Dakota State	5	ACT
10	Lee Johnson	SPEC	6-2	202	BYU		TRC
13	Ken Walter	SPEC	6-1	207	Kent State		ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Damien Woody	Damien Woody	Mike Compton
FB	Marc Edwards	Marc Edwards	Patrick Pass
LG	Mike Compton	Mike Compton	Kenyatta Jones
LT	Matt Light	Matt Light	Adrian Klemm
QB	Tom Brady	Tom Brady	Damon Huard
RB	Antowain Smith	Antowain Smith	J.R. Redmond
RG	Joe Andruzzi	Joe Andruzzi	Grey Ruegamer
RT	Greg Randall	Greg Randall	Grant Williams
TE	Jermaine Wiggins	Jermaine Wiggins	Rod Rutledge
WR	Troy Brown	Troy Brown	David Patten

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DL	Anthony Pleasant	Anthony Pleasant	Bobby Hamilton
DT	Brandon Mitchell	Brandon Mitchell	Richard Seymour
FS	Matt Stevens	Matt Stevens	Tebucky Jones
LCB	Ty Law	Ty Law	Terrell Buckley
MLB	Bryan Cox	Bryan Cox	Ted Johnson
OLB	Willie McGinest	Willie McGinest	Mike Vrabel
RCB	Otis Smith	Otis Smith	Terrance Shaw
SS	Lawyer Milloy	Lawyer Milloy	Antwan Harris
WLB	Tedy Bruschi	Tedy Bruschi	Bryan Cox

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
K	Adam Vinatieri	Adam Vinatieri
KR	Kevin Faulk	Kevin Faulk	David Patten
LS	Lonie Paxton	Lonie Paxton
PR	Troy Brown	Troy Brown	Kevin Faulk

Biggest contracts on the books in 2001

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Ty Law	CB	1999	6	$44.1M	$7.3M	$14.2M	12.8%
Richard Seymour	IDL	2001	6	$14.3M	$2.4M	$7.8M	3.5%
Adam Vinatieri	K	1999	3	$2.5M	$833,333	$900,000	1.5%
Tom Brady	QB	2000	3	$864,500	$288,167	$38,500	0.5%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.